tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69554222024-03-13T16:47:59.067-07:00The Message DigestVarious recommendations that have come to me via email.
Dear BLOGGER checker, I am a REAL PERSON, see one of the drafts where I have given you my phone number to reach me.Mark Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15303543607242803764noreply@blogger.comBlogger2900125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955422.post-47850788864875851272016-07-31T21:49:00.001-07:002016-07-31T21:49:12.334-07:00Epic Rice Cooker Pancakes!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<li><a href="http://en.rocketnews24.com/2014/06/14/how-to-make-epic-pancakes-with-your-japanese-rice-cooker/">Making pancakes in a rice cooker</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.rocketnews24.com/2014/07/01/our-recipe-for-green-tea-rice-cooker-pancakes-amazingly-tasty-ridiculously-easy/">Green Tea recipe</a></li>
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Hotcake mix (300 g / 10.6 oz.)<br />
Milk (200 ml / 1 cup)<br />
Eggs (2)<br />
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Yude azuki / sweet red beans (1 can)Mark Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15303543607242803764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955422.post-6336467554391853202016-04-23T21:54:00.001-07:002016-04-23T21:54:24.243-07:00Totoro Stamps!<a href="http://en.rocketnews24.com/2016/04/17/enhance-your-texting-with-new-line-stamps-featuring-totoro-catbus-and-more/">http://en.rocketnews24.com/2016/04/17/enhance-your-texting-with-new-line-stamps-featuring-totoro-catbus-and-more/</a><br />
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<br />Mark Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15303543607242803764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955422.post-60390666360390984182012-03-29T21:53:00.001-07:002012-03-29T21:53:49.488-07:00Tanenbaum's advice for building product, networks, and living life. - thoughts<a href="http://whockey.tumblr.com/post/19774967449/tanenbaums-advice-for-building-product-networks-and">Tanenbaum's advice for building product, networks, and living life. - thoughts</a>: Tanenbaum’s advice for building product, networks, and living life.<br />
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The title is a bit misleading, technically it is Andrew Tanenbaum’s and David Wetherall’s adaption of RFC 1958. Furthermore it is simply their thoughts on�appropriate�principles to designing a�successful�network protocol.<br />
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However, I believe their synopsis can be taken in a more general sense and applied to building�successful�products and even contains some life lessons.<br />
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Interpret as you’d like, and without further ado…Mark Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15303543607242803764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955422.post-60222182946062589052012-02-25T14:53:00.000-08:002012-02-25T14:53:05.788-08:00Teller Reveals His Secrets | Arts & Culture | Smithsonian Magazine<a href="http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/Teller-Reveals-His-Secrets.html?c=y&story=fullstory">Teller Reveals His Secrets | Arts & Culture | Smithsonian Magazine</a>: I think you’ll see what I mean if I teach you a few principles magicians employ when they want to alter your perceptions.Mark Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15303543607242803764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955422.post-90247245742963121582011-11-07T08:31:00.001-08:002011-11-07T08:31:39.270-08:00How to Draw Apple iCloud Icon – Photoshop Tutorial<a href="http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/apple-icloud-photoshop-tutorial/">How to Draw Apple iCloud Icon – Photoshop Tutorial</a>: iCloud, the newest cloud storage service introduced by the Apple has a pretty simple yet beautiful logo. The icon is made from metallic material and has an extruded cloud icon on top of it. You may not know it, but creating this type of icon is actually very easy, and below is the iCloud icon that we will teach you how to draw in this post, using Photoshop!Mark Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15303543607242803764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955422.post-46268602594238974132011-11-07T08:31:00.000-08:002011-11-07T08:31:32.281-08:00There is only one Cloud Icon in the Entire Universe - Scott Hanselman<a href="http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ThereIsOnlyOneCloudIconInTheEntireUniverse.aspx">There is only one Cloud Icon in the Entire Universe - Scott Hanselman</a>: Of course, there's only so many ways to draw a cloud, right? But somehow this one just nails it and is itself iconic, if you'll excuse the pun.Mark Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15303543607242803764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955422.post-2923712486225189612011-11-06T19:41:00.000-08:002011-11-06T19:41:40.752-08:00Bezier curves - a primer<a href="http://processingjs.nihongoresources.com/bezierinfo/">Bezier curves - a primer</a>: Before we begin I'd like to say that all the graphics on the page, except for the Wolfram Alpha images, are interactive graphics, without requiring any special browser plugins. If your browser supports javascript, and the canvas element (sorry IE8 users, you'll have to upgrade to IE9, which supports - Get it here,) it will be able to let you use this page, thanks to the most excellent Processing.js project. You will also see rather nicely typeset mathematics, thanks to the equally excellent MathJax library.Mark Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15303543607242803764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955422.post-49400663794759772742011-10-30T21:09:00.001-07:002011-10-30T21:09:52.191-07:00Elements of Modern C Style � Sutter’s Mill<a href="http://herbsutter.com/elements-of-modern-c-style/">Elements of Modern C Style � Sutter’s Mill</a>: <div><br /></div><div>The C 11 standard offers many useful new features. This page focuses specifically and only on those features that make C 11 really feel like a new language compared to C 98, because:<br /><br />They change the styles and idioms you’ll use when writing C code, often including the way you’ll design C libraries. For example, you’ll see more smart pointer parameters and return values, and functions that return big objects by value.<br />They will be used so pervasively that you’ll probably see them in most code examples. For example, virtually every five-line modern C code example will say “auto” somewhere.</div>Mark Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15303543607242803764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955422.post-18861052120293974922011-10-30T21:09:00.000-07:002011-10-30T21:09:51.511-07:00Elements of Modern C Style � Sutter’s Mill<a href="http://herbsutter.com/elements-of-modern-c-style/">Elements of Modern C Style � Sutter’s Mill</a>: <div><br /></div><div>The C 11 standard offers many useful new features. This page focuses specifically and only on those features that make C 11 really feel like a new language compared to C 98, because:<br /><br />They change the styles and idioms you’ll use when writing C code, often including the way you’ll design C libraries. For example, you’ll see more smart pointer parameters and return values, and functions that return big objects by value.<br />They will be used so pervasively that you’ll probably see them in most code examples. For example, virtually every five-line modern C code example will say “auto” somewhere.</div>Mark Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15303543607242803764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955422.post-49754533726430780282011-10-28T21:37:00.000-07:002011-10-28T21:37:21.536-07:00App Store - iCircuit<a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/icircuit/id383359044?mt=8">App Store - iCircuit</a>: iCircuit is the premier iPad and iPhone app for designing and experimenting with circuits. Its advanced simulation engine can handle both analog and digital circuits and features realtime always-on analysis. It is the perfect companion to students, hobbyists, and engineers.Mark Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15303543607242803764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955422.post-59997531677746708522011-10-08T15:43:00.000-07:002011-10-08T15:43:11.273-07:00Watch "12 Lessons Steve Jobs Taught Guy Kawasaki" at SVB Financial Group<a href="http://video.svb.com/video/12-Lessons-Steve-Jobs-Taught-Gu#c=K6047X335R9Y3XJG&t=12+Lessons+Steve+Jobs+Taught+Guy+Kawasaki">Watch "12 Lessons Steve Jobs Taught Guy Kawasaki" at SVB Financial Group</a>: Guy Kawasaki survived working for Steve Jobs twice. At Silicon Valley Bank�s CEO Summit on October 6, 2011, Guy shared lessons learned from the entrepreneur of the 21st century. #SVBCEOMark Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15303543607242803764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955422.post-80160055576103354712011-09-25T21:03:00.000-07:002011-09-25T21:03:20.507-07:00Calibrating by NIST<a href="http://www.tunelab-world.com/calnist.html">Calibrating by NIST</a>: The National Institute of Standards and Technology provides precise audio tones that can be used to calibrate electronic tuning devices.� These tones are available over the phone by calling NIST at (303)499-7111 in Colorado.� They are also available on shortwave radio.� Since most piano techs do not have access to shortwave radios, we focus on the use of the telephone service.Mark Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15303543607242803764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955422.post-28383086101565968202011-09-04T21:25:00.000-07:002011-09-04T21:25:04.007-07:00WiredAcademic – Khan Academy Competitor? Mike Feerick of Alison.com Talks About The Future of Online Education<a href="http://www.wiredacademic.com/2011/09/khan-academy-competitor-mike-feerick-of-alison-com-talks-about-future-of-online-education/">WiredAcademic – Khan Academy Competitor? Mike Feerick of Alison.com Talks About The Future of Online Education</a>: MF – It’s great to see people innovating… He’s got a lot of publicity because Bill Gates is promoting him and saying he’s his kid’s favorite tutor. But go on Alison and look at Math Planet out of Sweden. It’s much more in-depth. He (Khan) is a pioneer. But there’s the old clich�of pioneers getting arrows in their back! I tremendously admire what he’s done. But is it sustainable? Some of his courses are terrific. And he, personally, has a great knack at creating those courses. But a lot of people can do what he is doing. Is it a stable business plan? One thing it is doing is it’s showing the power of video. Video is so easily and quickly created. It all goes down to quality… Harvard is harvard because it constantly puts together good students and good courses.Mark Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15303543607242803764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955422.post-78452350010458818982011-09-04T21:22:00.000-07:002011-09-04T21:22:39.774-07:00Closing is for losers and benefits don’t work? | SebastianMarshall.com: Strategy, Philosophy, Self-Discipline, Science. Victory.<a href="http://www.sebastianmarshall.com/closing-is-for-losers-and-benefits-dont-work">Closing is for losers and benefits don’t work? | SebastianMarshall.com: Strategy, Philosophy, Self-Discipline, Science. Victory.</a>: I asked both guys their favorite books on sales. Both of them replied, right away, with “SPIN Selling by Neil Rackham” – they each had separate other recommendations, but when the first book recommended on a topic by two people who have succeeded at a really high level in unrelated parts of the same field… well, you’re probably on to something.Mark Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15303543607242803764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955422.post-86080860673693944732011-08-15T17:06:00.000-07:002011-08-15T17:06:03.238-07:00You can list a directory containing 8 million files<a href="http://www.olark.com/spw/2011/08/you-can-list-a-directory-with-8-million-files-but-not-with-ls/">You can list a directory containing 8 million files</a>: "You will need to use the getdents() syscall directly, rather than helper methods from libc."Mark Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15303543607242803764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955422.post-28679927360324858462011-06-23T11:07:00.000-07:002011-06-23T11:07:56.629-07:00The origin of the WOM - the "Write Only Memory"<a href="http://www.national.com/rap/Story/WOMorigin.html">The origin of the WOM - the "Write Only Memory"</a>: "An engineer at Signetics, frustrated by the long and useless sequence of approvals for data sheets (during which no actual checking occurred), once made up a spec for a 'Write Only Memory' (a 'WOM') and sent it along with a batch of other data sheets to be approved. After all, if you are selling 'Read Only Memories', why not have a 'Write Only Memory'? It's perfectly logical - - which is why the managers saw nothing wrong with the data sheet."Mark Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15303543607242803764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955422.post-16222129413732659782011-06-21T11:23:00.001-07:002011-06-21T11:23:31.652-07:00Asciiflow - ASCII Flow Diagram Tool<a href="http://www.asciiflow.com/">Asciiflow - ASCII Flow Diagram Tool</a>:<br />
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And scarcer.<a href="http://coding-and-more.blogspot.com/2011/06/its-official-developers-get-better-with.html">Peter's blog: It's official: developers get better with age. And scarcer.</a>: "As a senior developer I get asked sometimes if constant change of technology is making me, well, obsolete. Personally I don't have problem with high pace of new technologies coming. I actually enjoy learning new stuff.<br /><br />But the question remains: how do developers cope with onslaught of new technologies with age?<br /><br />This kind of data is hard to come by, but thanks to almighty Stackoverflow ands their wise decision (thanks Joel), to make this data publicly available we can mine this data to our collective benefit.<br /><br />With a simple bash script to download the data, a small Java program to extract the stats and Google Docs to make the graphs, I was able to produce some interesting stats.<br /><br />I pulled in data of about 70.000 developers whose Stackoverflow reputation is over 100. On average 53% of them have their age listed in their profiles. So the sample was 37.400 users."Mark Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15303543607242803764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955422.post-74457477153081543952011-05-15T22:21:00.000-07:002011-05-15T22:21:40.620-07:00Ollie- a DIY autonomous robotic blimp<a href="http://www.instructables.com/id/Ollie-a-DIY-autonomous-robotic-blimp/?ALLSTEPS">Ollie- a DIY autonomous robotic blimp</a>: "Ollie is an open source blimp-based autonomous and ambient robot that dwells in human habitats. Ollie is observant, often flying in a manner suggesting curiosity for the world around him. Ollie reacts to voices by excitedly flapping his wings, communicating his friendliness and eagerness to be noticed. Ollie wants to know about humans and yearns for their attention."Mark Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15303543607242803764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955422.post-83091593524477013752011-05-15T01:22:00.000-07:002011-05-15T01:22:25.790-07:00$1.20 - Booster Flux Bottle with Funnel and Needle - Professional Tools<a href="http://www.dealextreme.com/p/booster-flux-bottle-with-funnel-and-needle-5068">$1.20 - Booster Flux Bottle with Funnel and Needle - Professional Tools</a>:<br /><br />Homemade Flux Recipe:<br /><br />"put one colophony violin rosin 20g (crushed in a vice) in the bottle, add 30cc of IPA (IsoPropylic Alcohol) and a few drops of glycerin. Wait 24 to 48 hours and voila !<br />"Mark Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15303543607242803764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955422.post-48387538309889726042011-05-09T10:39:00.000-07:002011-05-09T10:39:55.242-07:00Blambot Comic Fonts and Lettering<a href="http://www.blambot.com/fonts.shtml">Blambot Comic Fonts and Lettering</a>: "Read the Pay Fonts License"Mark Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15303543607242803764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955422.post-77771415372408997182011-03-27T17:11:00.000-07:002011-03-27T17:11:35.263-07:00RAND | Search on baran<a href="http://search.rand.org/search/?input-form=rand-simple&query=baran">RAND | Search on baran</a><br /><br />Paul Baran docsMark Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15303543607242803764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955422.post-41408529554237225282011-03-18T18:58:00.000-07:002011-03-18T18:58:09.405-07:00Documentation Camera Dolly - Grathio Labs<a href="http://grathio.com/2011/03/documentation-camera-dolly.html">Documentation Camera Dolly - Grathio Labs</a>: "This overhead camera dolly holds a camera pointing straight down onto your work surface and it lets you easily move it both side-to-side and toward and away from you so it can focus on any part of your workspace."Mark Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15303543607242803764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955422.post-73529545273789812422011-03-03T16:29:00.000-08:002011-03-03T16:29:57.334-08:00Python: interfacing with an arduino | Stealthcopter.com<a href="http://www.stealthcopter.com/blog/2010/02/python-interfacing-with-an-arduino/">Python: interfacing with an arduino</a>: "First we import the serial library to python in order to communicate with the arduino (this includes talking over usb)."Mark Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15303543607242803764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955422.post-45380290852019797912011-03-03T16:25:00.000-08:002011-03-03T16:30:10.107-08:00Tracking Signups with Woot Lights | Loggly<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.loggly.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/wootie-300x219.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="146" src="http://www.loggly.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/wootie-300x219.png" width="200" /></a></div><a href="http://www.loggly.com/2011/03/woot/">Tracking Signups with Woot Lights | Loggly</a>: "The ground wire and and the trigger pin (port 13) are at the top, but covered up in the diagram above. You’ll need a PNP transistor, readily available from Radio Shack, or Fry’s. You can also order them on Sparkfun, where you can get an Arduino if you don’t have one already."Mark Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15303543607242803764noreply@blogger.com