Category Archives: tech

The QR Code for this website

A QR Code is a matrix code (or two-dimensional bar code) created by Japanese corporation Denso-Wave in 1994. The “QR” is derived from “Quick Response”, as the creator intended the code to allow its contents to be decoded at high … Continue reading

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I am attending WordCampNYC

I’m attending WordCampNYC 2009 (and am completely psyched for it)

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Netflix Competitors Learn the Power of Teamwork – NYTimes.com

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/28/technology/internet/28netflix.html The biggest lesson learned, according to members of the two top teams, was the power of collaboration. It was not a single insight, algorithm or concept that allowed both teams to surpass the goal Netflix,……Instead, they say, the formula … Continue reading

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How to do the Math with Google Earth Pallete Icons

How to do the Math with Google Earth Pallete Icons. How to select icons for your Google Earth map.

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Lightbox JS

Lightbox JS Lightbox JS Lightbox JS is a simple unobtrusive script used to to overlay images on the current page. It’s a snap to setup and works on all modern browsers.

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The Best Mouse for a Macintosh. Period. MacMice The Mouse.

MacMice The Mouse. I love this product. Let me say it again: “I Love This Mouse”. I bought one about a year and a half ago. It crapped out fairly soon, but the folks at DVForge sent me a new … Continue reading

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Music to make code by

Music to make code by, according to Red Hat Linux developers. “Hats Off” to the inclusion of The Living End

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Essential Wireless Hacking Tools

From The Ethical Hacker Network comes: Essential Wireless Hacking Tools, and even more important, Protecting Against These Tools.

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moo.fx + script.aculo.us + Prototype: javascript effects libraries + Dojo

moo.fx – the next small thing moo.fx is a superlightweight, ultratiny, megasmall javascript effects library, written with prototype.js. and… Building upon the wonderful Prototype JavaScript library, script.aculo.us provides you with some great additional ingredients to mix in. script.aculo.us and… The … Continue reading

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MeasureIt – Firefox ruler extension for web developers

MeasureIt – Firefox ruler extension for web developers. A very nifty little extension for measuing anything in your browser window.

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Give your Mac OS X computer a hostname with DynDNS

Give your Mac OS X computer a hostname with DynDNS This article will show you how to easily setup a free DNS service that will give your Mac computer a static hostname. There are a lot of possibilities you can … Continue reading

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Google Groups : Google is Evil

Google Groups : Google is Evil Seems Google has some unhappy customers these days. Are they getting too big for their britches?

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Wingdings and Webdings

Fun with Wingdings and Webdings. How to figure out what the keyboard mappings are for those little Wingdings and Webdings.

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Filenaming conventions for managing image collections and image databases

Filenaming conventions for managing image collections and image databases and Recommendations for Limitations on Image Filenaming for managing image collections and image databases

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GRAVITY Research: HIPerWall

GRAVITY Research: HIPerWall Scientists at UC Irvine have completed the world’s highest-resolution grid-based display for visualizing and manipulating massive data sets. The Highly Interactive Parallelized Display Wall (HIPerWall) is a room-sized display that measures nearly 23 x 9 feet. The … Continue reading

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Kiss the PalmOS and the Treo Goodbye

Analysis from PC Magazine: “Palm’s Dangerous Path” Palm unveiled their first Windows Mobile Treo today… As a palm user since around 1996, and a Treo 600 user from the minute they came out (I had seen one early, for about … Continue reading

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What exactly is a LAMP environment?

LAMP: Setting Up Your PHP Server Environment Using Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP Another good place to look is O’reilly’s ONLamp.com

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A good description of AJAX

from the folks at adaptive path: ajax: a new approach to web applications. A good description of AJAX.

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Portable Firefox

ThePlaceforitAll.com – Portable Firefox Mac and PC Compatible Cross-platform Portable Firefox

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mpg into DVD via iDVD

Quick refresher on the steps needed to turn an mpg into a DVD using iDVD

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