June 2008
“Wget’s major strong side compared to curl is its ability to download...”
– curl vs Wget
“But, as Swiss trains are almost always on time, most of the time the position is...”
– Train map
“Just about everything in life is more important than programming.”
– Slash7 with Amy Hoy - Home
“The air-conditioning is based on an ancient Arabian system: the air from the...”
– Experimental home in Ijburg / FARO architecten bv | Arch Daily
“found and industrial materials such as highway construction remnants, laboratory...”
– MoCo Loco: Modern Shoestring: Contemporary Architecture on a Budget
“I’ve taken to “cloud blogging” recently, spending more time contributing...”
– The Comment Box: Character & Policy on the Campaign Trail
“MacPorts 1.6.0, the .profile is not set up as it should be, with the consequence...”
– ProblemHotlist - MacPorts - Trac
http://lamusica305.com/salsa/ →
latin groove - egoista.mp3
“it’s only bicultural individuals who were found to change their...”
– Language Log
“This kind of language leverages authority but fails to support the statement -...”
– Data Mining: Text Mining, Visualization and Social Media: Theory - Meta Post
“There’s a dawning sense that extremely large databases of information,...”
– Data Mining: Text Mining, Visualization and Social Media: Theory - Meta Post
“Because a big company probably sponsors an immigrant’s H1-B visa, they aren’t...”
– Scobleizer — Tech geek blogger » Blog Archive Debriefing of our DC Trip «
“We only have the 15th best connectivity out of all the countries in the world,...”
– Scobleizer — Tech geek blogger » Blog Archive Debriefing of our DC Trip «
“She aims her critical lens at the ways in which they seize space from each other...”
– MIT Events Calendar - Saturday, June 28, 2008 - Maria Frigerg’s Embedded (2006) and Commoncause (2008)
“They receive an e-mail with a link to a Web page displaying their encrypted,...”
– Continental tests electronic boarding pass at Logan - Daily Business Update - The Boston Globe
“I wonder, among all the apocalyptic signs they note, none is so indicative that...”
– Scrutiny » AP news: world is in crapper
“Recent natural disasters around the world dwarf anything afflicting the U.S....”
– Everything seemingly is spinning out of control - Salon.com
“The can-do, bootstrap approach embedded in the American psyche is under assault....”
– Everything seemingly is spinning out of control - Salon.com
Lifeblock Rules
kfan:
I recently installed Leechblock on Firefox so that I may better stay Highly Focused at all times and I am totally digging it. I’ve got it set so that Monday-Friday I get 10 minutes per hour on tumblr, livejournal, google reader, flickr, goodreads, facebook and twitter TOGETHER. Thumbs up. But now with less internet time to distract me from the pain of life, I’m noticing all these other...
The Internet Vs. The Care of Your Soul
not that i necessarily agree with all this, but even starting to think about the limits of internet use is helpful
kfan:
1. No laptop in bed. 2. No internet for at least 30 minutes before you got to sleep. 3. Nothing on your feed reader that posts more than X times per Y. 4. Being bored does not mean you have to check your email. 5. Don’t only read websites related to subjects you know inside and...
ZERO ENERGY MEDIA WALL
GreenPix is a groundbreaking project applying sustainable and digital media technology to the curtain wall of Xicui entertainment complex in Beijing, near the site of the 2008 Olympic Games. Featuring the largest color LED display worldwide and the first photovoltaic system integrated into a glass curtain wall in China, the building performs as a self-sufficient organic system, harvesting solar...
“known for using color, lights, mirrors and natural materials to immerse viewers...”
– ‘Waterfalls’ Opens In New York - The New York Times > N.Y. / Region > Slide Show > Slide 8 of 11
“The sheets aren’t all tucked in. But perhaps that’s the price you pay for...”
– Is Don Norman right about Google? - Signal vs. Noise (by 37signals)
“So it kicks new services out the door to see if they have legs. It’s Darwinian.”
– Is Don Norman right about Google? - Signal vs. Noise (by 37signals)
“Research has shown that the carbon footprint issue is becoming a decisive factor...”
– Airport Technology - Christchurch International Declared Carbon Neutral
Big Hairy Audacious Goal - Wikipedia, the free... →
“why would we consume real time data yesterday”
– Data Mining: Text Mining, Visualization and Social Media: Dealing With Real Time Media
“None of this will be easy. The industry can supply the hardware and software,...”
– Technology and climate change | Computing sustainability | Economist.com
“his company has reduced its carbon footprint by 11% by using its own...”
– Technology and climate change | Computing sustainability | Economist.com
“When it comes to emissions, ICT is on a par with aviation.”
– Technology and climate change | Computing sustainability | Economist.com
“running and slowing down/stopping on the treadmill provides the public with a...”
– Exploded Views - Remapping Firenze - we make money not art
“C-Span has an economic interest to restrict access to video of Congressional...”
– Using Technology to Bring Politics Out of the Darkness - Bits - Technology - New York Times Blog
“He didn’t seem stoned, exactly, but a lot of his humor appeared to come from...”
– An Appraisal - George Carlin - A Master of Words, Including Some You Can’t Use in a Headline - An Appraisal - NYTimes.com
“Cyberart can be anything from an examination of complex ideas about the nature...”
– Boston Cyberarts Festival 2009
“eBay, Google, Intel, Sun, and Yahoo have either a founder or co-founder who was...”
– The High-Tech Job Capital IsThe Big Apple? - Bits - Technology - New York Times Blog