iPodDisk » About

iPodDisk » About: "To be accurate, iPodDisk isn’t a tool that copies songs from iPods; instead, it enables other applications to do so by emulating an iDisk drive."

3D World of Warcraft Screenshots

3D World of Warcraft Screenshots: "I've been a fan of 3D photography for a long time. Over the years I've built a few 3D cameras, but I've never thought to take 3D images of a game world. The idea finally occured to me, and I've taken a couple of shots to experiment. If I like the idea, I'll take a lot more and build a better website to display them. "

Really cheap homemade diy studio - no lighting needed | DIYPhotography.net

Really cheap homemade diy studio - no lighting needed | DIYPhotography.net: "Here is what I have to offer for about 1–3 USD. This studio utilizes a huge soft box and a background. But before we start lets see some of the prime requirements from a studio. We want to get even light, with good shadow management and a smooth background that will not distract from our main subject."

Computer History Museum - Selling the Computer Revolution - Marketing Brochures in the Collection

Computer History Museum - Selling the Computer Revolution - Marketing Brochures in the Collection

Fake model photography

Fake model photography: "With a very little effort, you can take existing photographs of everyday scenes and make it look like they're actually of miniature models.
It doesn't take much to fool the mind of the viewer, but there are a few basic rules you can follow to help convince your audience that they're looking at a railway set rather than the real world; see the section on picking the right photo at the bottom of this page. You'll need a copy of Photoshop CS or later to follow this tutorial. "

Simply Google

Simply Google: "All of Google on one page."

Simply Google

Simply Google: "All of Google on one page."

HUMAN EVENTS ONLINE - The 10 Most Harmful Government Programs by

HUMAN EVENTS ONLINE - The 10 Most Harmful Government Programs by: "The program with the highest aggregate score -- Social Security -- was given the No. 1 position on this year's list, and next year will be retired into the Government Program Hall of Shame. When the ballots were tallied, we phoned spokesmen for the federal agencies responsible for each program that made the list to see if they could point to the constitutional language, if any, that authorized the program."

UC Berkeley on iTunes U

UC Berkeley on iTunes U:
"ACCESS & DOWNLOAD COURSES on your computer or MP3 player
LISTEN TO EVENTS about the Arts, Education, Politics, Science and Technology
BE CONNECTED with what's happening at UC Berkeley"

Signum sine tinnitu--by Guy Kawasaki: The Top Ten Lies of Engineers

Signum sine tinnitu--by Guy Kawasaki: The Top Ten Lies of Engineers: "After a several month hiatus, I would like to return to my top-ten lies series. So far, I've covered entrepreneurs and VCs, Today's topic is the top ten lies of engineers."

// Protocollon » Episode 1

// Protocollon » Episode 1: "This week’s episode covers building an iSight Tripod Mount for less than $10 in parts."

Feynman's Talk

Feynman's Talk:

"There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom
An Invitation to Enter a New Field of Physics

by Richard P. Feynman

This transcript of the classic talk that Richard Feynman gave on December 29th 1959"

Empties4Cash.com - Welcome

Empties4Cash.com - Welcome: "printer cartridge recycling fundraiser"

The New Yorker: The Critics: Books

The New Yorker: The Critics: Books: "In “Why?” (Princeton; $24.95), the Columbia University scholar Charles Tilly sets out to make sense of our reasons for giving reasons. In the tradition of the legendary sociologist Erving Goffman, Tilly seeks to decode the structure of everyday social interaction, and the result is a book that forces readers to reëxamine everything from the way they talk to their children to the way they argue about politics."

AbsurdlyCool Freebie Finder

AbsurdlyCool Freebie Finder: "Hello. Freebie Finder is an automated free stuff aggregator."

The Dialectizer

The Dialectizer: "You are about to see a 'dialectized' parody of the page located at the URL below. Press the 'Dialectize' button to view it. If you have any questions about what The Dialectizer is and what it does, please see the bottom of this page."

GRYNX » Versatile compact 9v LED lamp

GRYNX » Versatile compact 9v LED lamp: "It’s the same thing every time, no lamp in place when you need one - so why not build a lot of these - always in place !"

Algebrator

Algebrator: "
“You can have Algebrator Start Solving your Algebra Homework in 5 Minutes!”"

Creating Passionate Users: Angry/negative people can be bad for your brain

Creating Passionate Users: Angry/negative people can be bad for your brain: "A few things I'll try to explain in this post:

1) One of the most important recent neuroscience discoveries--'mirror neurons', and the role they play in a decision like Robert's

2) The heavily-researched social science phenomenon known as 'emotional contagion'

3) Ignorance and misperceptions around the idea of 'happy people'"

NPR : Finding Happiness in a Harvard Classroom

NPR : Finding Happiness in a Harvard Classroom:
"Six Tips for Happiness
Advice from Tal Ben-Shahar."

d2k.5 Destination ImagiNation® Global Finals 2005

d2k.5 Destination ImagiNation® Global Finals 2005: "Pin trading:
It's at the heart of DI; a full year of work culminates in the opportunity to participate in the adrenaline-pumping, fast-paced, competitive world of pin trading. Sure, there are some performances and instant challenges scheduled in during the week, but the infectious nature of pin trading is an integral part of the Global Finals experience. Teams from around the world come toting their wares, seizing the opportunity to make friends with competitors and exchanging shared experiences. "

Petit théâtre de Pâques en papier gratuit pour les enfants

Petit théâtre de Pâques en papier gratuit pour les enfants: "Voici un petit théâtre à monter pour aider la famille lapin à trouver ou à déposer leurs oeufs. Un théâtre à utiliser pour raconter des histoires ou pour jouer avec les chiffres et l'association d'images. Une petite règledu jeu vous est proposée en fin de page!"

Incredible Stuff I Made - Giant Costumes, Paper Mache sculptures and other mashups.

Incredible Stuff I Made - Giant Costumes, Paper Mache sculptures and other mashups.: "Please select one of the images below and read the inspiring stories behind the Incredible Stuff I Made."

Building a simple Hero's Engine from a soda can

Building a simple Hero's Engine from a soda can: "I did a little research and found that a soda can is a terrific platform for building a Hero's engine.

I couldn't resist trying such a cheap experiment."

AIGA - Symbol signs

AIGA - Symbol signs: "The complete set of 50 passenger/pedestrian symbols developed by AIGA is now available on the web, free of charge. Signs are available in EPS and GIF formats.

About the symbol signs
This system of 50 symbol signs was designed for use at the crossroads of modern life: in airports and other transportation hubs and at large international events. Produced through a collaboration between the AIGA and the U.S. Department of Transportation, they are an example of how public-minded designers can address a universal communication need.

"

Hoover Institution Archives Firing Line Television Program Collection

Hoover Institution Archives Firing Line Television Program Collection: "The broadcast archive of William F. Buckley Jr.'s television show Firing Line is housed in the Hoover Institution Archives. Firing Line was broadcast from 1966 to 1999, first as an hour-long program and later as a half-hour show. The Preface to the program catalogue explains the program's broadcast history, format, and numbering system. The Firing Line collection includes videotapes of approximately 1,500 shows, as well as transcripts, still photographs, preparation materials, and other items. The material available for a particular program varies."

William F. Buckley, Jr. - Online Archive - Hillsdale College

William F. Buckley, Jr. - Online Archive - Hillsdale College: "This website contains the complete writings of William F. Buckley, Jr. Transcripts from his longrunning TV show, Firing Line are available at the Hoover Institution.

'Well, thanks to Hillsdale College, it is all here, a lifetime's work. Necessarily, you will find infelicities here, and maybe a deviation or two, but it is all an earnest attempt to contribute to the patrimony, preserved here thanks to Hillsdale.'
-- WFB"

Library Sun Tzu The Art of War and Strategy Site by Sonshi.com.

Library Sun Tzu The Art of War and Strategy Site by Sonshi.com.: "SONSHI LIBRARY

Welcome to the Sonshi Library...when Sun Tzu's The Art of War is not enough. The following lists the foremost thinkers and strategists in world history. All works are unabridged and complete. Enjoy!"

GRYNX » TicTac flashlight

GRYNX » TicTac flashlight: "A disposable torch with long life (I hope I don’t invent the wheel once more) I bought ‘tic-tac’ mint candy and found out that this package must be ideal for 3 AAA batteries to make a small torch (or lamp) with.
Yes the batteries fitted perfect - I soldered them in series and used a small micro switch from an old circuit-board together with an ultra bright white LED (25.000 mcd - 3,8 volt and 20 mA - 35 degrees) and a serial resistor of 27 ohm (to make it 3,8 Volt)."

10 Stupid Mistakes Made by the Newly Self-Employed

10 Stupid Mistakes Made by the Newly Self-Employed: "Having been a non-employee for about 14 years now, I’ve made my share of stupid business mistakes. I’ve also coached a number of people to start their own businesses, and I’ve seen many of them make similar mistakes. This advice is geared towards small business owners, particularly people who are just starting (or about to start) their own business.

"

BridgeBuilder-Game.com - The ultimate bridge building games website

BridgeBuilder-Game.com - The ultimate bridge building games website

View Source Chart (Firefox Extension)

View Source Chart (Firefox Extension): "Features

* Creates a Colorful Chart of a Webpage's Rendered Source Code
* Displays Source in its Altered State After the DOM has been Manipulated by JavaScript"

Flashcards: The world's largest library of printable flash cards

Flashcards: The world's largest library of printable flash cards: "Flashcards: 3,943,877
The world's largest flashcard library"

cl1p.net

cl1p.net: "cl1p.net The internet clipboard

With cl1p.net you can copy and paste between computers.

Just enter in any URL that starts with http://cl1p.net (example: http://cl1p.net/vhbrypxuobjsqpdm/) and post. Then from any other computer enter the same URL and copy."

Finding an outlet for plug-in hybrids becomes easier - 04/12/06 - The Detroit News

Finding an outlet for plug-in hybrids becomes easier - 04/12/06 - The Detroit News: "Toyota may have built plug-in hybrids on its own, but it is not showing them, nor has it cooperated with companies like Electro Energy that use the Prius as a base.

That poses a big problem for engineers who have to get around a sophisticated computer that wants to switch on the car's gas engine.

'You're limited to what you can do if you don't have the source code,' Hermance of Toyota conceded. 'You have to try and trick the computer.'"

yorkspace.com Blog Archive » Introducing the Dell De-Crapifier…

yorkspace.com Blog Archive » Introducing the Dell De-Crapifier…: "It’s a sad state of affairs when you buy a new computer these days and it comes pre-loaded with a ton of garbage software that brings your new machine to a crawl. If anyone’s bought a Dell PC in the last few years, you probably know what I’m talking about. Just recently, I was helping a friend set up his brand new Inspiron 1300 and it took FOREVER for it to boot up. It’s a very dissatifiying experience to pull a brand new computer out of the box and be spammed with a bunch of trial software. After removing all of the crap, (wich took a significant amount of time) it booted much faster and performed like it should. I kept thinking it would be nice to have an automated way to remove all this stuff. Thus was born the Dell De-Crapifier script."

Spelling poems.

Spelling poems.: "One reason why I cannot spell,
Although I learned the rules quite well
Is that some words like 'coup' and 'through'
Sound just like 'threw' and 'flue' and 'who';
When 'oo' is never spelled the same,
The 'juice' becomes a guessing game;"

Jack Bog's Blog: The Complete Internal Revenue Code Podcast Project

Jack Bog's Blog: The Complete Internal Revenue Code Podcast Project: "I'm all about public service, and I could not think of a more worthy internet project than to record a reading of the Internal Revenue Code for those who love to download mp3's and play them back on their iPods. You've heard of books on tape? How about tax law coming through those earbuds? Let's kick it with Title 26, people!"

Memorable Quotes from Billy Madison (1995)

Memorable Quotes from Billy Madison (1995): "Principal: Mr. Madison, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
Billy Madison: Okay, a simple 'wrong' would've done just fine. "

HOWTO: G5 PowerMac Hard Drive RAID on the Cheap.

HOWTO: G5 PowerMac Hard Drive RAID on the Cheap.: "Boosting performance on a budget

Although my 1.8 Dual G5 is plenty the power-horse for my daily tasks, iMovie/iDVD frame drops are driving me nuts. After I burned my 5th DVD of our Vegas vacation -- trying to get at least one disk with no dropped frames -- it became clear what to do with the money I got for Christmas this year. Limited to a little over 300 bux, I beefed up my project machine with a 3 drive RAID.

As with all projects, this one had rules.

* At least 3 hard drives.
* 50 Gig drive capacity or larger.
* No USB or Firewire.
* Best case: everything will be internal.
* $320 is the budget.
* No cutting, slicing, bending or drilling into the case allowed."

Implementing a Digital Asset Management

Implementing a Digital Asset Management System: For Animation, Computer Games, and Web Development:

"* A must read for anyone who wants to run a profitable and successful computer-based media production
* Teaches how to improve workflow, digital content security, speed-to-market and profit margin for projects large and small
* Written by the team that created the DAM system for such hits as Monsters Inc. and the video game Medal of Honor

About the Author
Tilman Schlenker (Munich, Geramany) has been working as an Application Engineer and Product Specialist for the Alienbrain product line at Avid/NXN Software in the last 4 years."

Current TV // Google Current - Venetian: Conor // Gary Brolsma

Current TV // Google Current - Venetian: Conor // Gary Brolsma: "Gary Brolsma"

Microsoft Readies 'BitVault' Self-Healing Data Store

Microsoft Readies 'BitVault' Self-Healing Data Store: "Microsoft is working to commercialize 'BitVault,' a Microsoft Research technology designed to store large volumes of seldom-changing information—the kind of material that overwhelms enterprises needing to house lots of compliance and reference data.

BitVault is Microsoft's code name for a 'content-addressable retention platform for large volumes of reference data.' BitVault incorporates P2P (peer-to-peer) technology for self-managing and self-healing and uses 'massively parallel repair' to reduce the vulnerability of data loss, according to a white paper on the project. Much, if not all, of the work on the BitVault strategy and working prototype seems to be coming out of Microsoft Research Asia.
ADVERTISEMENT

"

Archaeology of the Undead

Archaeology of the Undead: "Does the archaeological record hold any zombie-related lessons for us today? What can our ancestors teach us about meeting and, ultimately, defeating the undead menace?

The greatest lesson our ancestors have to teach us is to remain both vigilant and unafraid. We must endeavor to emulate the ancient Romans; calm, efficient, treating zombies as just one more item on a rather mundane checklist. Panic is the undead's greatest ally, doing far more damage, in, some cases, than the creatures themselves. The goal is to be prepared, not scared, to use our heads, and cut off theirs."

Archaeology of the Undead

Archaeology of the Undead: "Does the archaeological record hold any zombie-related lessons for us today? What can our ancestors teach us about meeting and, ultimately, defeating the undead menace?

The greatest lesson our ancestors have to teach us is to remain both vigilant and unafraid. We must endeavor to emulate the ancient Romans; calm, efficient, treating zombies as just one more item on a rather mundane checklist. Panic is the undead's greatest ally, doing far more damage, in, some cases, than the creatures themselves. The goal is to be prepared, not scared, to use our heads, and cut off theirs."

PJM News - Mel Brooks wants people to see his films - because he says they're worth it (8109954/AP)

PJM News - Mel Brooks wants people to see his films - because he says they're worth it (8109954/AP): "'I think people should buy 20 of them. Buy 20 and save a lot of them for Christmas presents. Who knows how many of these they make? They might be gone,' Brooks said, and not entirely in jest.

It's not that Brooks, 79, who turned his 1968 film The Producers into a Broadway money machine, could be financially strapped. Profit isn't the issue, he said.

'I want these movies to be seen. Nobody has seen The Twelve Chairs or Silent Movie,' he said, naming two of the hard-to-find titles in the boxed set out this week."

Poynter Online - Fifty Writing Tools

Poynter Online - Fifty Writing Tools: "At times, it helps to think of writing as carpentry. That way, writers and editors can work from a plan and use tools stored on their workbench. You can borrow a writing tool at any time. And here's a secret: Unlike hammers, chisels, and rakes, writing tools never have to be returned. They can be cleaned, sharpened, and passed on.

Each week, for the next 50, I will describe a writing tool that has been useful to me. I have borrowed these tools from writers and editors, from authors of books on writing, and from teachers and writing coaches. Many come from the X-ray reading of texts I admire."

Reformissionary: Jack Bauer Facts

Reformissionary: Jack Bauer Facts: "When Google doesn't know the answer, it asks Jack Bauer for help."

The A-Team Blog :: Theological Jack Bauer Facts

The A-Team Blog :: Theological Jack Bauer Facts: "Luckily, the Egyptians gave in after the 10th plague because number 11 was going to be Jack Bauer."

Negotiation and Agility

Negotiation and Agility: "How should we reach wise agreements? How should we reach agreements that create good outcomes for both parties?

There are excellent answers to these questions. The answers stem from extensive research and apply to all kinds of negotiation, from buying used cars to nuclear disarmament. They were documented by Roger Fisher and William Ury in their classic book, 'Getting to Yes'. (It still sells over 3000 copies per week, 25 years after it was first published). Fisher and Ury have applied their findings in many areas, from industrial disputes and corporate mergers to the highest levels of international politics. They have personally facilitated peace talks in war zones around the world.

Fisher and Ury call their approach 'principled negotiation'. It contains four key elements:

Separate People from the Problem

Focus on Interests, not Positions

Invent Options for Mutual Gain

Use Objective Criteria

Each is explained in 'Getting to Yes'."

O'Reilly Network: What Is Web 2.0

O'Reilly Network: What Is Web 2.0: "What Is Web 2.0
Design Patterns and Business Models for the Next Generation of Software
by Tim O'Reilly

The bursting of the dot-com bubble in the fall of 2001 marked a turning point for the web. Many people concluded that the web was overhyped, when in fact bubbles and consequent shakeouts appear to be a common feature of all technological revolutions. Shakeouts typically mark the point at which an ascendant technology is ready to take its place at center stage. The pretenders are given the bum's rush, the real success stories show their strength, and there begins to be an understanding of what separates one from the other.

The concept of 'Web 2.0' began with a conference brainstorming session between O'Reilly and MediaLive International. Dale Dougherty, web pioneer and O'Reilly VP, noted that far from having 'crashed', the web was more important than ever, with exciting new applications and sites popping up with surprising regularity. What's more, the companies that had survived the collapse seemed to have some things in common. Could it be that the dot-com collapse marked some kind of turning point for the web, such that a call to action such as 'Web 2.0' might make sense? We agreed that it did, and so the Web 2.0 Conference was born.

In the year and a half since, the term 'Web 2.0' has clearly taken hold, with more than 9.5 million citations in Google. But there's still a huge amount of disagreement about just what Web 2.0 means, with some people decrying it as a meaningless marketing buzzword, and others accepting it as the new conventional wisdom.

This article is an attempt to clarify just what we mean by Web 2.0."

Presentation Zen: Gates, Jobs, & the Zen aesthetic

Presentation Zen: Gates, Jobs, & the Zen aesthetic: "As a follow up to yesterday's post on Bill Gates' presentation style, I thought it would be useful to examine briefly the two contrasting visual approaches employed by Gates and Jobs in their presentations while keeping key aesthetic concepts found in Zen in mind. I believe we can use many of the concepts in Zen and Zen aesthetics to help us compare their presentation visuals as well as help us improve our own visuals."

The Great Taco Hunt

The Great Taco Hunt: "A guide to the Los Angeles taco scene"

BBC NEWS | World | South Asia | Time to end Sri Lanka time split

BBC NEWS | World | South Asia | Time to end Sri Lanka time split: "Sri Lanka is a country divided not just by war, but also by time. Officially the country is six hours ahead of GMT. But in Tamil Tiger controlled areas, the time difference is five and a half hours ahead of GMT, the same as in India. Now that may change."

BBC NEWS | World | South Asia | Time to end Sri Lanka time split

BBC NEWS | World | South Asia | Time to end Sri Lanka time split: "Science fiction guru Arthur C Clarke has spent many hours pondering the great mysteries of space and time.

Having made Sri Lanka his home for the past 50 years, he now finds himself embroiled in a clock fight.
He has written to newspapers here saying it is foolish to return to a time zone half an hour out of step with GMT.

'We should be in line with the rest of the world,' he argues. 'It's very inconvenient if we're not."

Twitch - Trailer For Carl Zhang's Lovers

Twitch - Trailer For Carl Zhang's Lovers: "Let me say this: if you're a twenty year old unproven film maker you'd better have some serious goods to back yourself up if you're going to give your production outfit a name like The Style Embassy. Carl Zhang does.

Splitting his time between Shanghai and Melbourne, Zhang is currently working on his debut feature. Titled Lovers it is being shot in Shanghai and he has just posted an early teaser reel of footage. It gives no real clue as to story line but the camera work is just beautiful ..."

Central Desktop Blog

Central Desktop Blog: "The Good In Email (or Why Email Is Still The Most Adopted Collaboration Tool)"

PistolWimp - The Art of Motion

PistolWimp - The Art of Motion: "The Art of Motion"

Tour de Babel

Tour de Babel: "This is my whirlwind languages tour — the one I was going to write for the Amazon Developers Journal this month, but couldn't find a way to do it that was... presentable.
[...]
My whirlwind tour will cover C, C++, Lisp, Java, Perl, (all languages we use at Amazon), Ruby (which I just plain like), and Python, which is in there because — well, no sense getting ahead of ourselves, now."

Folklore.org: Macintosh Stories

Folklore.org: Macintosh Stories: "The Original Macintosh
Anecdotes about the development of Apple's original Macintosh computer, and the people who created it. (118 stories)"

XML-RPC for C and C++: Features

XML-RPC for C and C++: Features: "A lightweight RPC library based on XML and HTTP."

test please ignore

test1

Gmail Filesystem

Gmail Filesystem: "Gmail Filesystem provides a mountable Linux filesystem which uses your Gmail account as its storage medium. Gmail Filesystem is a Python application and uses the FUSE userland filesystem infrastructure to help provide the filesystem, and libgmail to communicate with Gmail."