Friday, June 17, 2005
Profile: Meg Hourihan - Feature - Tufts University: "After a childhood spent playing around on her mom's Apple II computer and learning elementary programming languages at school in Brookline, Mass., her early interest in math and science gave way to an emphasis on literature and writing by her senior year of high school.
'By the time I got to Tufts, the only thing I was using a computer for was writing papers, then helping other people format their papers in Microsoft Word,' the English major recalls. While temping after graduation, she found herself working a lot in desktop publishing, mostly due to her skill with Microsoft Word.
When one investment firm decided to post its prospectuses on the web, Hourihan jumped at the chance to teach herself HTML and spearhead the project.
There was no turning back. 'That was it, I was hooked,' she says.
As she moved on to work for a consulting firm, she evangelized about the web being the next step for businesses. Her technological interests finally found their outlet.
'It wasn't until the connectivity of the Web really came along that I realized what was really interesting about it all for me,' she says.
Blogger emerged at the height of the dot-com bubble, and for Hourihan and her hard-working Blogger colleagues, it was a crazy time. Companies sprung up overnight promising 'the next big thing' for the web, and venture capitalists threw funding at them freely."
'By the time I got to Tufts, the only thing I was using a computer for was writing papers, then helping other people format their papers in Microsoft Word,' the English major recalls. While temping after graduation, she found herself working a lot in desktop publishing, mostly due to her skill with Microsoft Word.
When one investment firm decided to post its prospectuses on the web, Hourihan jumped at the chance to teach herself HTML and spearhead the project.
There was no turning back. 'That was it, I was hooked,' she says.
As she moved on to work for a consulting firm, she evangelized about the web being the next step for businesses. Her technological interests finally found their outlet.
'It wasn't until the connectivity of the Web really came along that I realized what was really interesting about it all for me,' she says.
Blogger emerged at the height of the dot-com bubble, and for Hourihan and her hard-working Blogger colleagues, it was a crazy time. Companies sprung up overnight promising 'the next big thing' for the web, and venture capitalists threw funding at them freely."
Thursday, June 16, 2005
A stunning vaccine cover-up | MetaFilter: "Can you seriously defend quotes such as these?
'We are in a bad position from the standpoint of defending any lawsuits,' said Dr. Robert Brent, a pediatrician at the Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Delaware. 'This will be a resource to our very busy plaintiff attorneys in this country.' Dr. Bob Chen, head of vaccine safety for the CDC, expressed relief that 'given the sensitivity of the information, we have been able to keep it out of the hands of, let's say, less responsible hands.' Dr. John Clements, vaccines advisor at the World Health Organization, declared flatly that the study 'should not have been done at all' and warned that the results 'will be taken by others and will be used in ways beyond the control of this group. The research results have to be handled.'
Can you ignore the way the original report was dealt with with your application of the 'conspiracy theory' label. It sounds like it meets the very definition of conspiracy to me.
posted by spock at 9:51 AM
MST
on June 16 [!]"
'We are in a bad position from the standpoint of defending any lawsuits,' said Dr. Robert Brent, a pediatrician at the Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Delaware. 'This will be a resource to our very busy plaintiff attorneys in this country.' Dr. Bob Chen, head of vaccine safety for the CDC, expressed relief that 'given the sensitivity of the information, we have been able to keep it out of the hands of, let's say, less responsible hands.' Dr. John Clements, vaccines advisor at the World Health Organization, declared flatly that the study 'should not have been done at all' and warned that the results 'will be taken by others and will be used in ways beyond the control of this group. The research results have to be handled.'
Can you ignore the way the original report was dealt with with your application of the 'conspiracy theory' label. It sounds like it meets the very definition of conspiracy to me.
posted by spock at 9:51 AM
MST
on June 16 [!]"
Wednesday, June 15, 2005
'You've got to find what you love,' Jobs says
: "Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything %u2013 all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that your are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart."
Air conditioner coils | Ask MetaFilter: "We just had our 2-3 year old AC looked at because of ice on coils. There are coils on the outside unit which you can clean yourself with a hose and sprayer. There are also coils in the inside unit. Those would be the ones to form ice. Cleaning those might do some good depending on how old the inside unit is, but you would really want to fix what is causing the ice. In our case the filters (electronic but that does not matter really) were so packed with cat hair, lint, and dirt that there was not enough air flow to the coils. When that happened the coils iced up and the AC barely cooled. Our AC guy told us to keep the filters cleaned and be sure the air intake in the wall was no restricted/blocked. After cleaning the filters and the ice melted it has worked great.
Our AC guy told me that we should see a 15-20 degree drop between the intake and vent temps. Our unit is in a closet with both intake and vent very close to check this.
Not particularly part of every icy coil problem, but we also had trouble with the drip/drain pan's drain pipe on our unit. It was blocked outside which backed up water when the ice melted and tripped the float sensor. The float sensor turns off the outside unit and leaves the inside unit running in 'fan mode', no cooling. For a week we had poor cooling with ice forming and melting and turning off the outside unit which was all remedied by cleaning filters and clearing the drain pipe.
When having the unit looked at get the freon levels checked too."
Our AC guy told me that we should see a 15-20 degree drop between the intake and vent temps. Our unit is in a closet with both intake and vent very close to check this.
Not particularly part of every icy coil problem, but we also had trouble with the drip/drain pan's drain pipe on our unit. It was blocked outside which backed up water when the ice melted and tripped the float sensor. The float sensor turns off the outside unit and leaves the inside unit running in 'fan mode', no cooling. For a week we had poor cooling with ice forming and melting and turning off the outside unit which was all remedied by cleaning filters and clearing the drain pipe.
When having the unit looked at get the freon levels checked too."
Saturday, June 11, 2005
Buffalograss decision: "If you want rock-solid proof, the book 'Waterwise Landscaping with Trees, Shrubs, and Vines: A Xeriscape Guide for the Rocky Mountain Region, California, and the Desert Southwest by Jim Knopf (Editor)' has various well-documented examples of xeriscape 'payoffs.' In some cases, you will break even in just a few years. I would consider this a sure-fire investment rather than an expense. If you install cheap lawn, you will be saddled with the negative economics of care, feed, water and waste."
Friday, June 10, 2005
Using Flat Files - Writing Data - Tutorial php script - Tips and Tutorials: "Using Flat Files - Writing Data - Tutorial
Rating 0 - Tips and Tutorials
This may come in useful for those of you who have access to PHP but not any form of database. Flat files are essentially text files which store data, much like databases themselves ... the only drawback being many less functions, such as search, edit and all the other things possible with MySQL."
Rating 0 - Tips and Tutorials
This may come in useful for those of you who have access to PHP but not any form of database. Flat files are essentially text files which store data, much like databases themselves ... the only drawback being many less functions, such as search, edit and all the other things possible with MySQL."
Thursday, June 09, 2005
Hyundai Performance Forums: "As well, as far as Accent swaps go, the Beta is a perfect candidate... it gives a significant power increase, even if you leave it N/A; it requires little custom work to make it fit; and even though the Beta has never been sold as a turbo motor (unlike the 4g63), the Beta is a tough motor, with a strong block, and can be turboed reliably.
If I were you, I would buy an x3 Accent, (so far, I think there have been many more x3 Beta swaps than there have been with the newer LC) and find a good quality Beta motor (they can be found on e-bay fairly regularly) and do that swap. The Beta can be swapped in with the Beta transmission OR it can be used with the Accent transmission too, if you prefer.
Many other Tiburon/Elantra piece fit the x3 Accent too... the front brakes are one example I can think of right now."
If I were you, I would buy an x3 Accent, (so far, I think there have been many more x3 Beta swaps than there have been with the newer LC) and find a good quality Beta motor (they can be found on e-bay fairly regularly) and do that swap. The Beta can be swapped in with the Beta transmission OR it can be used with the Accent transmission too, if you prefer.
Many other Tiburon/Elantra piece fit the x3 Accent too... the front brakes are one example I can think of right now."
Tuesday, June 07, 2005
Google Groups : microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support: "Hi
Please try the following links to Jim Eshelman's web site:
http://aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.htm
http://aumha.org/win5/a/tshoot.htm "
Please try the following links to Jim Eshelman's web site:
http://aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.htm
http://aumha.org/win5/a/tshoot.htm "
Spangenberg Theatre: "Director Nicolas Philibert apparently considered some 300 village schools before choosing to film this one and a good choice it was too. Although Philibert paces the seasons and the progression of the year through too many shots of the local landscape, his direction remains understated. This remains a funny and emotionally affecting film that makes up for any trivial indulgence."
Monday, June 06, 2005
Richest Are Leaving Even the Rich Far Behind - New York Times: "The share of the nation's income earned by those in this uppermost category has more than doubled since 1980, to 7.4 percent in 2002. The share of income earned by the rest of the top 10 percent rose far less, and the share earned by the bottom 90 percent fell.
Next, examine the net worth of American households. The group with homes, investments and other assets worth more than $10 million comprised 338,400 households in 2001, the last year for which data are available. The number has grown more than 400 percent since 1980, after adjusting for inflation, while the total number of households has grown only 27 percent."
Next, examine the net worth of American households. The group with homes, investments and other assets worth more than $10 million comprised 338,400 households in 2001, the last year for which data are available. The number has grown more than 400 percent since 1980, after adjusting for inflation, while the total number of households has grown only 27 percent."
WWDC 2005 - Live Coverage of Keynote || The Mac Observer: "'This has been going on for the last five years.' Every release of OS X has been compiled and run on Intel processors."
Sunday, June 05, 2005
UNC Writing Center Handout | Writing Your Dissertation: "Remember that there is no shame in not pursuing this advanced degree.
Many, many people lead happy, fulfilling lives, build lucrative and rewarding careers, make important contributions to knowledge, share interesting ideas with others, and generally get along just fine without three letters after their names. Deciding not to continue with a Ph.D. does not mean that you have 'quit' or that others who remain in the program are smarter, more driven, or more virtuous than you are. It also does not mean that you have wasted the time and money that you invested in the degree up to the ABD stage. It may simply mean that after considering your own personal motivations and goals, you decided this career choice wasn't for you—and that you plan to use the skills you honed as a graduate student in other ways that are more suited to you."
Many, many people lead happy, fulfilling lives, build lucrative and rewarding careers, make important contributions to knowledge, share interesting ideas with others, and generally get along just fine without three letters after their names. Deciding not to continue with a Ph.D. does not mean that you have 'quit' or that others who remain in the program are smarter, more driven, or more virtuous than you are. It also does not mean that you have wasted the time and money that you invested in the degree up to the ABD stage. It may simply mean that after considering your own personal motivations and goals, you decided this career choice wasn't for you—and that you plan to use the skills you honed as a graduate student in other ways that are more suited to you."
Thursday, June 02, 2005
Google Search: hyundai dealer near Orem, UT: "(801) 226-8194 We are happy to introduce University Hyundai
located in the Orem, Utah (UT) area to the largest car dealer "
located in the Orem, Utah (UT) area to the largest car dealer "
Sunday, May 29, 2005
Crooked Timber ? ? Regexps Rule: "The whole thing went far more smoothly, and far faster, than I had any right to expect. In retrospect, of course, I’d urge LaTeX dweebs to lay off the bells and whistles when producing long manuscripts. It’s a waste of time. But so is watching TV, and you probably do a lot of that, too. If you have a standard book or article with little in the way of add-ons, it should be relatively easy to convert it to HTML. "
Saturday, May 28, 2005
Ask E.T.: Thinking and Paper: "I like to think that I have - over the years - devised a personal operational work system that combines the benefits of both chaos and organisation. It is completely paper-based, although I have had a computer on my desk since 1982.
It is actually a fully-specified system but I won't go into all the details, just the core bit. Everything coming in is printed or noted on paper. That paper is then slipped into one of say a dozen clear plastic folders which are kept in a tray (sometimes two or three) called Work in Progress. One of those files may otherwise be in a tray called Current Task. Paper from the folder in Current Task (but only that folder) can be scattered all over the desk in whatever order or chaos best serves to carry out the task in hand. If the task is interrupted for more than a phonecall then all the paper goes back in the folder, the folder goes back in Work in Progress - and another folder becomes Current Task. As the folders fill up they are culled: in effect I use a kanban system to restrict their size. Since paper is filed in the plastic covers loose in the order in which is was last looked at, it is an easy matter to take out the bottom half of each file, flip through it for anything archival (not much, usually - that's what we have computers for) and drop it in a Xerox box under the desk. Anything not looked at for a month in the box gets dumped.
The beauty of the system is that everything scattered on the desk is current (so no hunting around for things that might be missing) and the fact that once a week I can skim-read every piece of paper in the files (1000 to 2000 pieces say) in about thirty minutes and pick up dependencies, connections, forgettings, omissions whilst the file is held in my short-term memory for that half-hour.
Impossible to do on computer.
-- Martin Ternouth (email), June 13, 2002 "
It is actually a fully-specified system but I won't go into all the details, just the core bit. Everything coming in is printed or noted on paper. That paper is then slipped into one of say a dozen clear plastic folders which are kept in a tray (sometimes two or three) called Work in Progress. One of those files may otherwise be in a tray called Current Task. Paper from the folder in Current Task (but only that folder) can be scattered all over the desk in whatever order or chaos best serves to carry out the task in hand. If the task is interrupted for more than a phonecall then all the paper goes back in the folder, the folder goes back in Work in Progress - and another folder becomes Current Task. As the folders fill up they are culled: in effect I use a kanban system to restrict their size. Since paper is filed in the plastic covers loose in the order in which is was last looked at, it is an easy matter to take out the bottom half of each file, flip through it for anything archival (not much, usually - that's what we have computers for) and drop it in a Xerox box under the desk. Anything not looked at for a month in the box gets dumped.
The beauty of the system is that everything scattered on the desk is current (so no hunting around for things that might be missing) and the fact that once a week I can skim-read every piece of paper in the files (1000 to 2000 pieces say) in about thirty minutes and pick up dependencies, connections, forgettings, omissions whilst the file is held in my short-term memory for that half-hour.
Impossible to do on computer.
-- Martin Ternouth (email), June 13, 2002 "
Friday, May 27, 2005
Wednesday, May 25, 2005
Tuesday, May 24, 2005
Monday, May 23, 2005
Mind Hacks: Avoiding 'stereotype threat' for better performance: "Steele wondered if the [black] Michigan students suffered from a kind of self-image threat, so with colleagues Joshua Aronson and Steven Spencer, he designed a series of studies. They gave sophomores matched by SAT scores a frustrating section of the Graduate Record Examination. When first told that the test evaluated verbal ability, the black students scored a full standard deviation lower on average. But when the researchers described it as a study of problem-solving techniques unimportant to academic achievement, the scores for blacks leaped to the same level as those for whites."
Google Groups : alt.rec.bicycles.recumbent: "If you can't get it, you can make one. All you need is a piece of 1 -
1/8' tubing and an aheadset style MTB handlebar stem. Get a 130
degree model in whatever length works for you. Many brands have a 130
in a 120mm length, which will give a 4' offset. Some brands also have
130s in 135mm.
See http://mnhpva.org/meetings/June_02/Dawg.html and scroll to the
bottom for a really bad picture of what I mean. It's a bit clumsy
looking, but so are the welds on the Cannondale stem.
Another option would be to keep the stock stem and try to find a BikeE
NX handlebar, which comes back about 4' and, if adjusted properly,
gives much better steering ergonomics. "
1/8' tubing and an aheadset style MTB handlebar stem. Get a 130
degree model in whatever length works for you. Many brands have a 130
in a 120mm length, which will give a 4' offset. Some brands also have
130s in 135mm.
See http://mnhpva.org/meetings/June_02/Dawg.html and scroll to the
bottom for a really bad picture of what I mean. It's a bit clumsy
looking, but so are the welds on the Cannondale stem.
Another option would be to keep the stock stem and try to find a BikeE
NX handlebar, which comes back about 4' and, if adjusted properly,
gives much better steering ergonomics. "
MYTHS AND FACTS ON MOTHERHOOD AND MARRIAGE: "Fact: 'Meta-analysis supports the notion that the impact of father absence appears to be mediated by family conflict; father absence in itself may not affect children's well-being. The family conflict perspective was strongly confirmed by the data. This perspective holds that children in intact families with high levels of conflict should have the same well-being problems as children of divorce, and the data supported this hypothesis.'"
Sunday, May 22, 2005
Saturday, May 21, 2005
Scale Modeling of OGRE and GEV units: "Kitbashing, or the creation of something
completly new from the ordinary, has been a source of modeling ever since modeling first
became a hobby. %uFFFD Many times, artists would be upset that a company didn't offer a
model of a rare vehicle, truck, car, war plane, etc. and they would simply set about to
build their own copy of what they wanted using bits and pieces from other pre-existing
models to accomplish their goals.%uFFFD OGRE and GEV are some of the easiest and the
hardest models to kitbash.%uFFFD The genre would seem simple; a future war using somewhat
contemporary vehicles.%uFFFD The concepts are familiar; treads and hovercraft, projectile
firing weapons, electronics and armor.%uFFFD We have tanks, howitzers, and a host of other
familiar vehicles.%uFFFD And then we have OGREs.%uFFFD On a 1/35th scale representation, I
would see a Mark V OGRE as being about 8 feet long, three feet wide, and three feet tall.
%uFFFD An almost impossible item to kitbash, or would it?%uFFFD I don't know, I doubt I
have room for something like that, but we'll see...%uFFFD A 1/35th scale OGRE Mark V...
%uFFFD Hmmm.%uFFFD Interesting.%uFFFD Need a trailer to carry it to a Con.%uFFFD It would
never fit in the back seat, unless I made it modular.%uFFFD Hmmm."
completly new from the ordinary, has been a source of modeling ever since modeling first
became a hobby. %uFFFD Many times, artists would be upset that a company didn't offer a
model of a rare vehicle, truck, car, war plane, etc. and they would simply set about to
build their own copy of what they wanted using bits and pieces from other pre-existing
models to accomplish their goals.%uFFFD OGRE and GEV are some of the easiest and the
hardest models to kitbash.%uFFFD The genre would seem simple; a future war using somewhat
contemporary vehicles.%uFFFD The concepts are familiar; treads and hovercraft, projectile
firing weapons, electronics and armor.%uFFFD We have tanks, howitzers, and a host of other
familiar vehicles.%uFFFD And then we have OGREs.%uFFFD On a 1/35th scale representation, I
would see a Mark V OGRE as being about 8 feet long, three feet wide, and three feet tall.
%uFFFD An almost impossible item to kitbash, or would it?%uFFFD I don't know, I doubt I
have room for something like that, but we'll see...%uFFFD A 1/35th scale OGRE Mark V...
%uFFFD Hmmm.%uFFFD Interesting.%uFFFD Need a trailer to carry it to a Con.%uFFFD It would
never fit in the back seat, unless I made it modular.%uFFFD Hmmm."
Monday, May 16, 2005
: "Atomic Zombie's Bicycle Builder's Bonanza is the definitive guide to creative bicycle building. With 16 fully detailed and easy to build bicycle projects, you will keep busy in your garage for months. Recumbent lowracers that outrun city traffic, choppers that spit in the face of conformity, winter bikes that take on the most hostile environments, and a few extremely fun rides that simply defy explanation.
"
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: "I have just finished building an Econ-Bent SWB recumbent from plans by Cyclo-Pedia, (517) 263-5803. It is my first recumbent bicycle, as well as my first metal-working project and my first welding project. It is also the first time I've ever built anything from plans alone, rather than from a kit."
Harbor Freight Tools - Quality Tools at the Lowest Prices: "Fly high without your feet ever leaving the ground. Includes charger, remote, rechargeable battery, AC adapter, mini screwdriver and two spare propellers.
* Flies for up to 20 minutes on a full charge"
* Flies for up to 20 minutes on a full charge"
Sunday, May 15, 2005
GREEN CAR JOURNAL ONLINE: "RB: The answer to that is…I don’t know how you push the boundaries. We’re having trouble right now with our educational system, where we’re not pushing any boundaries. We have to redo our total education system to help young people and their imaginations. The President is saying we’ve got to have an educational system that by the third grade people know how to learn to read and write, but that’s too late. It’s got to happen when children are eager to learn – that’s Kindergarten, first grade – so that by the time they arrive at the second grade they are reading and absorbing. The ability to increase the imagination of our children is destroyed because you can’t increase the boundaries of imagination if the children don’t know how to read and write. Your basic problem has to be solved first.”"
Monday, May 09, 2005
Sunday, May 08, 2005
MadMonkey.net - Independent game network - Free games : games: "ph'@ntasy is the first project / goal of phpRPG - open source multiplayer web-based RPG. We currently try to concentrate on building around the fantasy theme similar to the classical console / computer RPGs, with multiplayer capability.
It is open source under the GNU General Public License as it gives you the freedom to modify the code and adapt to your needs. "
It is open source under the GNU General Public License as it gives you the freedom to modify the code and adapt to your needs. "
Thursday, May 05, 2005
Wednesday, May 04, 2005
GPS and Director MX: "GPSy is a software interface for a variety of GPS receivers including Garmin. GPSy is AppleScriptable, meaning that the data it captures can be passed through AppleScript to other applications, such as Director MX. Although GPSy currently runs in the Classic MacOS, it has no difficulty communicating with USB ports under OSX. But GPSy must be configured to receive the GPS data correctly from the serial port. The settings in this example are:
serial port: P#1USA19W1 (the identity of the USB adapter)
real time display protocol: NMEA 0183
protocol BPS rate: 4800 8N1
data transfer protocol: Garmin data protocol
AppleScript is used to extract latitude, longitude, and altitude data from GPSy. But by itself it has limited capabilities to visualize the data. Director MX, which has sophisticated capabilities to build dynamic displays, doesn't natively send or receive AppleEvents. So an extension to Director, called an Xtra, is used. The Xtra in this example is ZScript. The Xtra must be placed in the Director MX application folder, in the Xtras directory."
serial port: P#1USA19W1 (the identity of the USB adapter)
real time display protocol: NMEA 0183
protocol BPS rate: 4800 8N1
data transfer protocol: Garmin data protocol
AppleScript is used to extract latitude, longitude, and altitude data from GPSy. But by itself it has limited capabilities to visualize the data. Director MX, which has sophisticated capabilities to build dynamic displays, doesn't natively send or receive AppleEvents. So an extension to Director, called an Xtra, is used. The Xtra in this example is ZScript. The Xtra must be placed in the Director MX application folder, in the Xtras directory."
Monday, May 02, 2005
Dangers of Anabolic Steroids: "physically deteriorate the whole body system. When injected one risks the chances of developing hematoma and contracting AIDS. In women "
b. plagiarism
b. plagiarism
Google Groups : rec.autos.makers.mazda.miata: "First, an answer to the questions you did not ask. Read the 'how to
buy a used Miata' pages on miata.net that tell you about what things
to have checked. If you are financing, set up the financing in
advance with your credit union or bank so you know the cost of money
separate from the cost of the car. See if you can find the book
'Don't get taken every time' and/or read some of the advice pages
on how to negotiate a deal.
"
buy a used Miata' pages on miata.net that tell you about what things
to have checked. If you are financing, set up the financing in
advance with your credit union or bank so you know the cost of money
separate from the cost of the car. See if you can find the book
'Don't get taken every time' and/or read some of the advice pages
on how to negotiate a deal.
"
Sunday, May 01, 2005
How do you get rid of lawn weeds? | Ask MetaFilter: "Now modify your lawn care. You're probably cutting the grass the wrong height and frequency. If you cut the grass too short, it is weakened and unable to resist weeds (which get more light than they should). If you wait too long between trims, the amount you cut off is too much and weakens the plant, the long grass trimmings can cover up growing grass, and you get more plant growth at the expense of root growth. Try to cut to a slightly higher height (2.5-3' is generally good), more often, and your lawn will begin to get its legs back. The best defense against weeds is healthy turf.
Then, this fall, give it a winterizer appropriate for your area. Grass continues to grow over the winter, and a winterizer helps root growth. In the spring, give it a fertilizer with crabgrass preventer, before it begins to come up. You might end up with some bare areas; when it's warm enough, properly till and seed them."
Then, this fall, give it a winterizer appropriate for your area. Grass continues to grow over the winter, and a winterizer helps root growth. In the spring, give it a fertilizer with crabgrass preventer, before it begins to come up. You might end up with some bare areas; when it's warm enough, properly till and seed them."
Thursday, April 28, 2005
Tuesday, April 26, 2005
Monday, April 25, 2005
The Mongol devastations - signandsight: "When soldier Jack Couffer walked among the houses of the Dugway Proving Grounds in Utah in 1943, which, according to the Air Force 'correspond to the type of housing in which 80 percent of the German industrial population lives', he started imagining things. 'I looked in the empty windows and imagined with terrible clarity that the houses were inhabited, bursting with life, with people walking through the narrow alleys on their way to and from the factories, street traders, shoppers, children playing. It is easier to set a sterile place like that on fire if you whisk such fantasies away'. The coming air war was no longer to be won with scruples. "
Saturday, April 23, 2005
Friday, April 22, 2005
WordPress Tutorials: "Overview:
WordPress uses the 'secret address' method to post by email. You have to create a new email address on your web host's mail server, and then change some settings in WordPress. You also have to regularly check the page wp-mail.php for new mails to post to the blog. You need to create a sufficiently secretive email account to prevent the possibility of SPAM messages being posted on your blog. This is also addressed in this How-To."
WordPress uses the 'secret address' method to post by email. You have to create a new email address on your web host's mail server, and then change some settings in WordPress. You also have to regularly check the page wp-mail.php for new mails to post to the blog. You need to create a sufficiently secretive email account to prevent the possibility of SPAM messages being posted on your blog. This is also addressed in this How-To."
Wednesday, April 20, 2005
Tuesday, April 19, 2005
MySQL Manual | 3.3.3 Loading Data into a Table: "After creating your table, you need to populate it. The LOAD DATA and INSERT statements are useful for this."
Load Data Infile syntax
what worked:
LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE "fall_2005_mysql.txt" INTO TABLE Fall05;
what worked:
LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE "fall_2005_mysql.txt" INTO TABLE Fall05;
Saturday, April 16, 2005
Friday, April 15, 2005
Thursday, April 14, 2005
Free-Codecs.com :: Download Real Alternative 1.35 : Real Alternative will allow you to play RealMedia files without having to install RealPlayer/RealOne Player: "Real Alternative will allow you to play RealMedia files without having to install RealPlayer/RealOne Player."
Wednesday, April 13, 2005
Monday, April 11, 2005
Groundspeak Forums -> Gps With Mac's: "First of all, I should say all this takes place with a 12 inch, G4 iBook with an 800 Mhz processor, 256 MB RAM, and Panther 10.3.3. Thankfully, OS 9 did not have to come into play at ANY point.
I have a Garmin eTrex, the regular ol' yellow base model which ran about 100 bucks when I bought it a few years ago. My first task in marrying the iBook and eTrex was purchasing the proper cabling, and the cavemen from prehistory who make GPS data cables still work with 9-pin serial ports. That would be great if this was 1997, but nowadays most Macs are strictly USB and Firewire. So i needed 1) a GPS data cable that ran from the back of the eTrex to a female 9-pin serial connect and 2) an adapter to plug that 9-pin serial into a USB port. "
I have a Garmin eTrex, the regular ol' yellow base model which ran about 100 bucks when I bought it a few years ago. My first task in marrying the iBook and eTrex was purchasing the proper cabling, and the cavemen from prehistory who make GPS data cables still work with 9-pin serial ports. That would be great if this was 1997, but nowadays most Macs are strictly USB and Firewire. So i needed 1) a GPS data cable that ran from the back of the eTrex to a female 9-pin serial connect and 2) an adapter to plug that 9-pin serial into a USB port. "
Garmin connector assembly: "Lets make a PC cable ... for Mac see below.
The pin-out for the 45 is found in Appendix F ( page 55 ) of the GPS 45 Owner's Manual & Reference, and Dr. V's great graphic below. Notice the view (in your manual) is the 'cable view' as if looking at the connector on the cable from ... um, which direction?... very confusing. Not a problem with Dr. T.V.'s super diagram, take note Garmin! (... UPDATE: Garmin has improved with every new model! Congrats Garmin! ) Notice the position of the key-way notch. Notice if you get power and ground backwards you will make your new GPS all black inside! (... more updates: I've put and - and R and T right in the mold so you can check it easy ... Congrats to Me! )
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The pin-out for the 45 is found in Appendix F ( page 55 ) of the GPS 45 Owner's Manual & Reference, and Dr. V's great graphic below. Notice the view (in your manual) is the 'cable view' as if looking at the connector on the cable from ... um, which direction?... very confusing. Not a problem with Dr. T.V.'s super diagram, take note Garmin! (... UPDATE: Garmin has improved with every new model! Congrats Garmin! ) Notice the position of the key-way notch. Notice if you get power and ground backwards you will make your new GPS all black inside! (... more updates: I've put and - and R and T right in the mold so you can check it easy ... Congrats to Me! )
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Garmin connector assembly: "Lets make a PC cable ... for Mac see below.
The pin-out for the 45 is found in Appendix F ( page 55 ) of the GPS 45 Owner's Manual & Reference, and Dr. V's great graphic below. Notice the view (in your manual) is the 'cable view' as if looking at the connector on the cable from ... um, which direction?... very confusing. Not a problem with Dr. T.V.'s super diagram, take note Garmin! (... UPDATE: Garmin has improved with every new model! Congrats Garmin! ) Notice the position of the key-way notch. Notice if you get power and ground backwards you will make your new GPS all black inside! (... more updates: I've put and - and R and T right in the mold so you can check it easy ... Congrats to Me! )
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The pin-out for the 45 is found in Appendix F ( page 55 ) of the GPS 45 Owner's Manual & Reference, and Dr. V's great graphic below. Notice the view (in your manual) is the 'cable view' as if looking at the connector on the cable from ... um, which direction?... very confusing. Not a problem with Dr. T.V.'s super diagram, take note Garmin! (... UPDATE: Garmin has improved with every new model! Congrats Garmin! ) Notice the position of the key-way notch. Notice if you get power and ground backwards you will make your new GPS all black inside! (... more updates: I've put and - and R and T right in the mold so you can check it easy ... Congrats to Me! )
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Sunday, April 10, 2005
Thursday, April 07, 2005
New Scientist Features - Life's top 10 greatest inventions: "The eye
THEY appeared in an evolutionary blink and changed the rules of life forever. Before eyes, life was gentler and tamer, dominated by sluggish soft-bodied worms lolling around in the sea. The invention of the eye ushered in a more brutal and competitive world. Vision made it possible for animals to become active hunters, and sparked an evolutionary arms race that transformed the planet."
THEY appeared in an evolutionary blink and changed the rules of life forever. Before eyes, life was gentler and tamer, dominated by sluggish soft-bodied worms lolling around in the sea. The invention of the eye ushered in a more brutal and competitive world. Vision made it possible for animals to become active hunters, and sparked an evolutionary arms race that transformed the planet."
Tuesday, April 05, 2005
Interview: 43Folders' Merlin Mann : Lifehacker"God knows you better not try to install Firefox and Greasemonkey on your box at work, right? That weird little MIS guy with the cape and the pet snake might totally ream you out for putting anything on your PC that he didn’t expressly approve. And—as most of us eventually learn the hard way—life’s too short to argue with people in capes."
Monday, April 04, 2005
SwishMax: "Swishzone has been laboring down under for at least 2 years retooling the popular Swish 2 into SwishMax and in the process have proved they understand aspects of animation better than their Macromedian mentors - Flash is more than data processing - its roots are rich media and animation."
Sunday, April 03, 2005
Friday, April 01, 2005
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