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Recyclable Paper Laptop by Je Sung Park » Yanko Design

by karlcow

I quite agree with Je Sung Park when he says that disposable cameras and cell phones have gained acceptance, so why don’t we take the next step and bring out a disposable computer. His Recyclable Paper Laptop is quite a raw version and could do with some refinement. It uses recycled paper or pulp material all packed in layers. This is so that you can easily replace the damaged portions (even corrugated paper will tear easy). The vibe of a Paper Laptop is intriguing, I kno eventually someone will figure out the tech bit, so let’s see who will take the bait.

October 2009

The full extent of executive pay

by karlcow

The pay gap between executives and the average American worker has always been pretty big, and seems to have increased as the world's economy grows. But with the recent recession bringing the most desperate financial conditions the world has seen since the Great Depression, one could be excused for expecting this gap to be reduced.

Corey Goldberg: Selenium RC with Python in 30 Seconds

by karlcow

Selenium is a suite of tools to automate web app testing across many platforms. It has various pieces (Core, RC, IDE, etc), and I struggled trying to figure out how everything fits together and works. At the end of the day, all I wanted to do was use Selenium from my Python code to drive a browser session.

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September 2009

Top Games for Nintendo Wii - Top Rated Wii Games

by cryogenius (via)
These are the top rated Wii games of all-time according to metacritic.com. Metacritic takes all of the major publication reviews of a game and then makes an average, called a metascore. The score is out of 100.

What Visualization Tool/Software Should You Use? – Getting Started | FlowingData

by karlcow

With all of the available tools to help you visualize data, it can be confusing where to start. The good news is, well, that there are a lot of (free) available tools out there to help you get started. It's just a matter of deciding which one suits you best. This is a guide to help you figure that out.

Prefixes, not that complicated. | Garbage Collection

by karlcow

We were able to come up with rules that make using prefixes in almost any context simpler. Note, these are for the most part AUTHORING guidelines, not requirements when reading:

1. Reusing the same prefix in the same document with different meanings is horribly confusing (”If you did that, I’d break your figures.”). Possible to figure out, but not really desirable. Seems like a reasonable place for a warning.

2. Defining all the prefixes in one place makes it simpler to keep track of them. But understood when it would be simpler to define a new prefix for a section of content.

3. “Couldn’t you have a simple tool that just shows you what prefixes are defined at any point in the document?” How such a tool has failed to exist in the XML world… may write this.

Nihon Katchû Seisakuben -- An Online Japanese Armour Manual

by Takwann
It was originally my intention to produce an issue of the Compleat Anachronist pamphlet series which would enable an armourer with fairly average skills to produce a good Japanese armour. The idea has grown to the point where it’s probably too unweildy for such a publication. Also, using the Web to present the information allows me to use color photographs and color illustrations to clarify things that are simply not well presented in a black-and-white printed document. There was another problem, though: specifically, the issue of what constitutes “proper” Japanese armour for use in the Society for Creative Anachronism. Unfortunately, many aspects of Japanese armour fly in the face of thirty-odd years of SCA-style combat. What this means is that, in many instances, a decision will have to be made — namely, are you making armour for combat or for dress? I will present dress armour primarily, as I am a firm believer in authenticity of appearance. Where concessions for SCA combat must be made, I will explain the necessary diversions and provide explanations on how to finish the armour in either functional or authentic form.

Monopoly City Streets: What's going on?

by srcmax

We had planned for a lot of traffic on launch day and had been load testing the game - in fact, we've been testing and optimizing for a whole month. However, between the enthusiasm of Monopoly fans around the world, everyone who was excited to try out the new experience and non-stop mentions of the game on Twitter, blogs and everywhere else, our servers were overwhelmed. Based on the stats we have, we show a daily rate of about 1.7 million unique visitors, but the figure is likely far higher.

La guerre contre le partage doit cesser, nous dit Richard Stallman - Framablog

by shadoko (via)
Il n’y a aucune justification à la guerre actuelle menée contre le partage en général et celui de la musique en particulier, nous dit ici Richard Stallman, non sans proposer au passage quelques pistes pour sortir de cette inacceptable situation. On remarquera que cet article ne figure ni sur le site de GNU ni sur celui de la FSF mais sur son site personnel

Symposium for the Future » It is easy to fall in love with technology… (by danah boyd)

by karlcow

There are also no such things as “digital natives.” Just because many of today’s youth are growing up in a society dripping with technology does not mean that they inherently know how to use it. They don’t. Most of you have a better sense of how to get information from Google than the average youth. Most of you know how to navigate privacy settings of a social media tool better than the average teen. Understanding technology requires learning.

how i found what i love

by blackgoldfish
"You've got to follow your passion. You've got to figure out what you love -- who you really are. And have the courage to do that. I believe the only courage anybody ever needs is the courage to follow your own dreams." -- Oprah Winfrey

August 2009

Tel-Aviv La centenaire délurée - Valeurs actuelles

by paulantoinem
C’est une évidence. Effervescente et délurée, la tolérante Tel-Aviv fait figure de centre névralgique de l’Israël libéral que rejettent les milieux fondamentalistes juifs. À Tel-Aviv ...

Learn You Some Erlang for Great Good!

by greut & 1 other

Oh Hello! Welcome to my guide to Erlang! This guide is intended to be read by beginners, but if you're average or somewhat advanced you can probably learn a few things too! If you're too good for that, please help me when you find errors; you can also send me suggestions at mononcqc at gmail dot com or find me on #erlang (under the nickname MononcQc). Also, check out my twitter! Good read to you!

Les américains surfent (plus) la nuit

by thomas.deyries
* We all share the same morning and evening Internet addiction: On average, European traffic starts picking up around 5am GMT / 7 am CEST and similarly US traffic takes off around the same time at 7am EDT. Internet traffic also reaches its peaks in the early evening (7pm GMT / 9pm CEST in Europe and 10pm EDT / 7 pm PDT in the US). * North American’s don’t surf over dinner: Unlike European traffic, US daily Internet percentages take a small dip in the early evening between 6pm and 10pm EDT. In contrast, Europe traffic keeps climbing through the evening until a marked 9pm GMT / 11pm CEST drop off. Of course, Europeans tend towards later (and longer) dinner hours than their North American counterparts. * What Europeans do at night: Actually, this bullet point should be what Europeans don’t do at night — spend a lot of time on the Internet. In contrast to North America, European traffic plummets much more steeply and reaches a lower daily minimum than US traffic (US traffic never drops below 50% whereas Europe declines more more than 60% from its peak). Apparently, North American Internet users stay up later and use the Internet longer (next blog post we’ll explore what they’re doing on the Internet late at night).

françois bon | journal : tête de cochon

by paulantoinem
Rapide passage supermarché, je tombe sur cet homme déguisé en cochon, gros pyjama rose à oreilles et un faux nez en groin sur la figure, pour vendre des saucisses qu’il fait griller direct ...

Obama, Hitler et la loi de Godwin - Technologies - Le Monde.fr

by paulantoinem
Mais si Hitler reste la représentation du mal absolu et le non-argument qui met fin à un débat, le dictateur est également une figure courante de satire sur le Web. Depuis la sortie du film ...

FAUSSES NOUVELLES VRAISSEMBLABLES - Le CABINET des CURIOSITÉS, des ÉTRANGETÉS et des SINGULARITÉS de ÉRIC POINDRON

by paulantoinem
Une figure littéraire singulière, que ce Henri de la Touche (1785-1851), qui évoque du sérieux et de la fantaisie, de la piété littéraire et le goût singulier des mystifications. Si le t ...

The Ultimate Joomla Toolbox: Themes, Extensions and Resources | Noupe

by decembre & 1 other
Joomla is one of the most popular CMSs out there, and it’s no surprise considering how extensible it is. The great thing about Joomla is the extensions (components, modules and plugins), that can be added to your Joomla website. This allows the average user to add more functionality and dynamic content to their website without being a developer or programmer. In this post you will find a thorough collection of all kinds of resources that will aid designers and developers working with Joomla-powered websites. This collection is intended to simplify your tasks and save you time when working with Joomla. This post covers essential resources related to Joomla— Themes, Extensions, Tutorials, Forums, Cheat Sheets and Useful Documents.

July 2009

Figure Skating videos

by saltyfish
Koral's Ice Skating site. Here you will find a collection of montages and video clips from a variety of skaters.

The Pushbutton Web: Realtime Becomes Real - Anil Dash

by Spone & 1 other
Pushbutton is a name for what I believe will be an upgrade for the web, where any site or application can deliver realtime messages to a web-scale audience, using free and open technologies at low cost and without relying on any single company like Twitter or Facebook. The pieces of this platform have just come together to enable a whole set of new features and applications that would have been nearly impossible for an average web developer to build in the past.

formalchemy - Project Hosting on Google Code

by karlcow

FormAlchemy greatly speeds development with SQLAlchemy mapped classes (models) in a HTML forms environment.

FormAlchemy eliminates boilerplate by autogenerating HTML input fields from a given model. FormAlchemy will try to figure out what kind of HTML code should be returned by introspecting the model's properties and generate ready-to-use HTML code that will fit the developer's application.

Action Figure || Action Figure

by sbrothier & 1 other
Mark thought it would be fun to punch the Figures in the face at 1000fps. This clip has gone on to be a true viral smash hit seen by millions online and listed as one of MySpace's Top 10 viral videos. // slowmotion boxing boxe

June 2009

writing | ben fry » Transit Trekkies

by karlcow

“They actually … attempted to downplay what the existing control center looks like, because they wanted to make it look real to the average eye as compared to… we’re pretty Star Trekky up in the new control center now.”

Le réseau Twitter émerge comme source d'information pour les médias - Technologies - Le Monde.fr

by srcmax
Les réseaux sociaux sur Internet intéressent les médias : le New York Times vient de nommer une rédactrice en chef chargée de ces nouveaux outils, Jennifer Preston. Elle doit en développer l'usage dans la rédaction, afin de "trouver des sources, dépister des tendances, diffuser des informations et en collecter", selon Jonathan Landman, directeur adjoint de la rédaction. Au premier rang de ces outils figure Twitter, le réseau social de micro-blogging.

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