Sponsorised links
May 2009
Galleriffic | A jQuery plugin for rendering fast-performing photo galleries
by delavigne
Galleriffic
A jQuery plugin for rendering fast-performing photo galleries
Galleriffic was inspired by Mike Alsup's Cycle plugin, but with performance in mind for delivering a high volume of photos. This is my first experiment with jQuery, so I would love feedback on how to improve this plugin.
The Kitchen
by karlcow
Well before Soho became SOHO, there was the West Village, an urban network of lower and middle class dwellers, merchants, craftsmen, intellectuals and artists in the infrastructure of city parks, small restaurants, cafes and theaters. In time, this cultural stronghold of the Lower West Side fell into decline and one of the last flagships of the performing arts was, for a short time, located at the Mercer Arts Center, an assembly of small theaters facing Mercer street in what was the old Hotel Central.
April 2009
Live from the Artists Den | wnet.org
by garret
Each week, the series spotlights a cutting-edge contemporary musician performing at an intimate, invitation-only concert, and includes artist interviews and insights about the unconventional venues chosen.
Performers Include Alanis Morissette, Raphael Saadiq, Ani DiFranco, The Hold Steady, Jakob Dylan and Ingrid Michaelson
In Kyoto, a Call to Not Trample the Geisha - NYTimes.com
by karlcow
interesting because 2 or 3 years ago, they were complaining that the business was going limbo and they started to open the geisha to people not only on recommendations. More without more.“They are not performing for tourists,” said Mr. Yamamoto. “They are simply traveling to and from the venues of the party where they are working.”
“We are not like a Mickey Mouse in Disneyland,” said Mameharu, another maiko, walking along Hanamikoji street.
Sponsorised links
March 2009
just hear it | playable music search
by garret
& 4 others
"Similiar to Seeqpod and Songza, Just Hear It offers registered and unregistered users alike a seamless interface for song search and playlist creation, all from within the browser.
Just Hear It claims to be completely legal, following DMCA guidelines, and paying royalties to all of the major performing-rights organizations, like ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC. In the future, Just Hear It aims to negotiate licenses to share revenue with labels. Currently, much of the music actually seems to come from YouTubeYouTube reviewsYouTube reviews - much like another site we recently reviewed, StreamDrag." - Mashable
February 2009
January 2009
Prevent Windows XP from searching inside ZIP and CAB files, without breaking Windows XP's native ZIP / CAB support
by night.kame
When you initiate a file search in Windows XP, it searches for files inside ZIP and CAB archives. Most people don't want this feature [...] This prevents Windows XP Search companion from looking inside Zip and Cab archives when performing a file search.
Try This Search On - UserScripts - Greasemonkey
by decembre
& 1 other
Provides useful links to search engines based on the page that you're viewing or the search that you're performing.
December 2008
Touchscreen Stencils
by Spone
Especially useful for those of us who can’t draw well, the drawings are of hands performing common touchscreen gestures like tap, slide, point, drag, pinch, and spread.
Octave
by salnsg
& 2 others
GNU Octave is a high-level language, primarily intended for numerical computations. It provides a convenient command line interface for solving linear and nonlinear problems numerically, and for performing other numerical experiments using a language that is mostly compatible with Matlab. It may also be used as a batch-oriented language.
MIDI-Perl: Reading and Writing MIDI in Perl
by Emaux
MIDI-Perl is a suite of Perl modules which allows MIDI files to be read in and manipulated, or composed anew, and written out as MIDI files.
Its simplest uses include listing text events from MIDI files for archival purposes, making dumps of MIDI files for debugging purposes, and extracting, saving, or dumping sysexes. More complex applications include aleatoric/algorithmic composition, and modifying existing MIDI files (e.g., changing their timing, transposing their key, or performing some yet more complex transform on them)
November 2008
Galleriffic | A jQuery plugin for rendering fast-performing photo galleries
by camel
(via)
Galleriffic was inspired by Mike Alsup's Cycle plugin, but with performance in mind for delivering a high volume of photos. This is my first experiment with jQuery, so I would love feedback on how to improve this plugin.
Features
* Smart Image Preloading after the page is loaded
* Thumbnail Navigation (with pagination)
* Bookmark-friendly URLs
* Slideshow (with auto-updating url bookmarks)
* Image fade transitions
* Optional download link for the original image
* Flexible configuration
* Graceful degradation when javascript is not available
* Now supports multiple galleries per page (View Multiple Gallery Demo)
Ubiquity__Firefox Add-ons__
by decembre
It is activated by the keyboard CTRL Space command which displays a transparent black rectangle in the upper left corner of the screen below the Firefox header area. That screen resembles a command line waiting for user input. There are about 50 commands that Ubiquity comes installed with which are the core of the extension. This reaches from posting messages (about a website) to Twitter, looking up information on Wikipedia, performing web searches on various search engines or looking up information on Google Maps. The real benefit for the user is that he does not have to leave the current tab to get the information because everything happens in that black box. Results are shown in that block as well in real time.
Main Page - GNOME Do Wiki
by tadeufilippini
GNOME Do (Do) is an intelligent launcher tool that makes performing common tasks on your computer simple and efficient. Do not only allows you to search for items in your desktop environment (e.g. applications, contacts, bookmarks, files, music), it also allows you to specify actions to perform on search results (e.g. run, open, email, chat, play)
Check Your Mysql Server Performance with MySQLTuner -- Debian Admin
by helmeloh
& 1 other
MySQLTuner is a script written in Perl that will assist you with your MySQL configuration and make recommendations for increased performance and stability. Within seconds, it will display statistics about your MySQL installation and the areas where it can be improved.
It’s key to remember that MySQLTuner is a script which can assist you with your server, but it is not the solution to a badly performing MySQL server. The best performance gains come from a thorough review of the queries sent to the server, and an evaluation of the MySQL server itself. A qualified developer in your application’s programming or scripting language should be able to work with a MySQL database administrator to find improvements for your server. Once the server and application are optimized well, you may need to consider hardware upgrades to the physical server itself.
This is a really useful tool for helping to optimize MySQL performance.Understanding the various my.cnf variables and how they affect performance can seem really complicated but this tool takes some of the pain away and makes it easier to understand the effects of each variable.It is especially useful to be able to see the global memory usage, memory usage per thread and the maximum possible memory usage - that is really valuable information that is otherwise complex to calculate.
Xen Backup Image — Rogerio Ferreira
by camel
(via)
# Performing remote backups of VMs created with xen-create-image tool (xen-tools). # Use rdiff-backup as backend.
Check Your Mysql Server Performance with MySQLTuner -- Debian Admin
by camel
& 1 other
MySQLTuner is a script written in Perl that will assist you with your MySQL configuration and make recommendations for increased performance and stability. Within seconds, it will display statistics about your MySQL installation and the areas where it can be improved.
It’s key to remember that MySQLTuner is a script which can assist you with your server, but it is not the solution to a badly performing MySQL server. The best performance gains come from a thorough review of the queries sent to the server, and an evaluation of the MySQL server itself. A qualified developer in your application’s programming or scripting language should be able to work with a MySQL database administrator to find improvements for your server. Once the server and application are optimized well, you may need to consider hardware upgrades to the physical server itself.
This is a really useful tool for helping to optimize MySQL performance.Understanding the various my.cnf variables and how they affect performance can seem really complicated but this tool takes some of the pain away and makes it easier to understand the effects of each variable.It is especially useful to be able to see the global memory usage, memory usage per thread and the maximum possible memory usage - that is really valuable information that is otherwise complex to calculate.
October 2008
Galleriffic | A jQuery plugin for rendering fast-performing photo galleries
by eledo34
& 2 others
Galleriffic was inspired by Mike Alsup's Cycle plugin, but with performance in mind for delivering a high volume of photos. This is my first experiment with jQuery, so I would love feedback on how to improve this plugin.
Galleriffic | A jQuery plugin for rendering fast-performing photo galleries
by conseilnet
& 1 other
Galleriffic was inspired by Mike Alsup's Cycle plugin, but with performance in mind for delivering a high volume of photos.
Features
* Smart Image Preloading after the page is loaded
* Thumbnail Navigation (with pagination)
* Bookmark-friendly URLs
* Slideshow (with auto-updating url bookmarks)
* Image fade transitions
* Optional download link for the original image
* Flexible configuration
* Graceful degradation when javascript is not available
* Now supports multiple galleries per page (View Multiple Gallery Demo)
Galleriffic | A jQuery plugin for rendering fast-performing photo galleries
by camel
& 1 other
Galleriffic was inspired by Mike Alsup's Cycle plugin, but with performance in mind for delivering a high volume of photos.
Features
* Smart Image Preloading after the page is loaded
* Thumbnail Navigation (with pagination)
* Bookmark-friendly URLs
* Slideshow (with auto-updating url bookmarks)
* Image fade transitions
* Optional download link for the original image
* Flexible configuration
* Graceful degradation when javascript is not available
* Now supports multiple galleries per page (View Multiple Gallery Demo)
Galleriffic | A jQuery plugin for rendering fast-performing photo galleries
by keusta
& 2 others
Galleriffic was inspired by Mike Alsup's Cycle plugin, but with performance in mind for delivering a high volume of photos. This is my first experiment with jQuery, so I would love feedback on how to improve this plugin.
Galleriffic | A jQuery plugin for rendering fast-performing photo galleries
by damdec
& 2 others
Galleriffic was inspired by Mike Alsup's Cycle plugin, but with performance in mind for delivering a high volume of photos. This is my first experiment with jQuery, so I would love feedback on how to improve this plugin.
