Open your programming environment and open your code editor.

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"The only way to establish intimacy is to be willing to open up about yourself, " says David Bakke, 46, an editor at a personal-finance website.

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"A party would almost always have incumbents run for reelection rather than open seats, especially in swing states, " said Quinn McCord, the executive editor of the Hotline.

CNN: Senate Republicans brace for ominous 2010

While it's a little undignified for an Engadget editor to be packing an old Samsung Galaxy S (circa 2010), it does open up certain opportunities for experimentation.

ENGADGET: IRL: Mailplane, Verizon Wireless iPad and the Samsung Galaxy S running CM9