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DanBri/ChirpChirp - FOAF Wiki

by karlcow

This page explores the idea of encoding URIs/IRIs in audio, eg. computed melodies or synthetic birdsong. It can be considered a form of audio steganography, or a kind of aesthetically pleasing but very slow modem. Unlike modems and much steganography, the payload is pretty small.

real life tweet #4

by blackgoldfish
we can learn a lot from his films. a quick list: 1. life and people are impermanent. 2. slow down. 3. look people in the eye. 4. drink tea. 5. be kind. 6. simple things hold the secret.

October 2009

Extending ltrace to make your Ruby/Python/Perl/PHP apps faster at time to bleed by Joe Damato

by Xavier Lacot
Joe Damato has added libdl support in ltrace, which makes tracking down slow queries really easy. Performance performance performance !

Slow Photoshop? A solution. | Hoefler & Frere-Jones

by sbrothier
Intermittently, Photoshop will start taking EXTRAORDINARY amounts of time to open files, regardless of their size. This problem has persisted from CS2 to CS3, and from a PowerPC to an Intel Mac. The problem is intermittent, seeming to go in long cycles (a few months at a clip), but when it strikes, a 2k file -- or a 100mb one, curiously -- will take upwards of two minutes to open. Also curiously, an open file can be saved and saved again without any performance hit. But saving a new file creates the lag as well, especially loathsome if you're using "Save for Web" a lot.

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September 2009

Tinychat - Free Chat Rooms & audio video conferences

by sbrothier & 2 others
Video conferencing today is broken: typically requiring cumbersome downloads, logins, and endless contact lists, it too often becomes a service that is slow and unreliable. Enter tinychat. Tinychat delivers dead simple video conferences without the extraneous ad-ons and inconvenience, making video conferencing an accessible, uncomplicated experience. It works on Windows, Mac and Linux; with Firefox, IE, Safari, and Chrome; and there is a version available for iPhones.

A Manifesto for Slow Communication - WSJ.com

by karlcow

It starts with a simple instruction: Don't send.

ooops

August 2009

days fly by

by blackgoldfish
"i am here and life is full and i think tomorrow i'll go to the pool while the kids are at camp and sit. just sit. and try to slow down the passing of time, if only for a morning."

VENDANGES DU COEUR 2009

by paulantoinem
La 15°édition des VENDANGES du COEUR aura lieu le dimanche 6 septembre 2009. Venez rejoindre notre équipe "Slow Food Ermitage", vendanger dans le vignoble de la Maison M. Chapoutier et déc ...

DIYcity

by Spone & 1 other
Our cities today are relics from a time before the Internet. Services and infrastructure, created and operated by the government, are centrally managed, non-participatory and closed. And while this was once the best (and only) way for cities to operate, today it leads to a system that is inefficient, increasingly expensive to maintain, and slow to change.

Quakes slow cyber connections -- Shanghai Daily | 上海日报 -- English Window to China New

by night.kame

SHANGHAI'S international Internet connections slowed significantly yesterday after earthquakes rocked Taiwan and southern Japan. It was unclear last night how long repairs might take.

Millions of Chinese Netizens were unable to connect to overseas Websites or use popular online chat tools yesterday afternoon.

Censure plus efficace que le Great Firewall of China : les câbles sous-marins en zone sismique. Tous les 3 ans ça pète.

Verses for Daily Living

by blackgoldfish
Following the Breath Breathing in, I calm my body Breathing out, I smile Dwelling in the present moment I know this is a wonderful moment Breathing in, I know I am breathing in And breathing, out I know As the in-breath goes deep The out-breath grows slow Breathing in makes me calm Breathing out brings me ease With the in breath, I smile With the out breath, I release Breathing in, there is only the present moment Breathing out, it is a wonderful moment In, Out Deep, Slow Calm, Ease Smile, Release Present moment, Wonderful moment

FrontPage Magazine - A Slow-Motion Honor Killing

by paulantoinem
Rifqa has fled to Florida, where she has become the center of a bitter custody battle with her parents – and she herself is adamant that if she is forced to return to her parents, her life wil ...

July 2009

Ajaxian » The slow death of IE 6 support; YouTube and browser placement

by srcmax (via)

Many sites have been slowly crying off of IE 6 support, and big boys like Twitter, Facebook, Digg and YouTube are joining the action. What is interesting about the YouTube story is the placement of the upgrade buttons.

June 2009

Michael(tm) Smith » On privacy protection in Web applications and browser APIs

by karlcow

I feel a lot of anger and frustration in this list.

Some of the items seem fine to me. I would not have written them like this ;). I disagree strongly with the last one, not because of the rationale but the form. It’s an unproven affirmation. There will be cases where it will be indeed the case and some not. :)

About geolocation privacy, the issue has hit the fan already ;) Advertising the user’s location is one way to make aware the user (or users in developping countries) of a mobile device. Blocking access to the location is *not always* a solution either. Sometimes the solution will be in how long the data can be kept, sometimes the solution will be in how the data will be used.

Repeat after me 1000 times: It is not a privacy issue, but a lack (or very thin) opacity issue. The network makes the access to information very quick and easy. There’s no need or no use to block it. There is need to be able to slow down the stream at will.

May 2009

Ponoko Blog

by karlcow

If anyone has ever been involved in Industrial Design, Interior Design or Architecture for a large (or even mid sized) corporation you will know the pain of an incredibly slow process punctuated by hours of mind numbing meetings where an original concept is diluted beyond recognition by accounts, engineering, marketing, middle management, upper management, directors and the weird guy who is either in the IT department or servicing the coffee machine.

April 2009

March 2009

Zen Bound from Secret Exit

by sbrothier & 2 others
A calm and meditative game of wrapping rope around wooden sculptures. Something to be enjoyed at a slow pace: a game where a high score is not the goal. Zen Bound is designed to challenge in a subtle way, it does not attack or force the player.

bbPress

by keusta & 26 others
bbPress is forum software with a twist from the creators of WordPress. Have you ever been frustrated with forum or bulletin board software that was slow, bloated and always got your server hacked? bbPress is focused on web standards, ease of use, ease of integration, and speed. We’re focused on keeping things as small and light as possible while still allowing for great add on features through our extensive plugin system.

bbPress

by Spone & 26 others
bbPress is forum software with a twist from the creators of WordPress. Have you ever been frustrated with forum or bulletin board software that was slow, bloated and always got your server hacked? bbPress is focused on web standards, ease of use, ease of integration, and speed. We’re focused on keeping things as small and light as possible while still allowing for great add on features through our extensive plugin system.

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