April 2011
13 posts
Worried about peer-to-peer file sharing? Here's a... →
http://unsuck-it.com →
If you hate jargon and want a laugh, this is for you.
Unconfirmed reports of 12 car pile-up in the...
jackyan:
henrycooke:
Fuck. More on Stuff soon.
If true, I am not surprised. The sign says 60 but I frequently get tailgaters or overtakers there. Folks, it’s 60 for a reason. Someone might have started a chain reaction, and that is not cool for the innocent, careful motorists who got caught up in this.
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Getting content to properly display in Facebook...
One of the strangest bugs I’ve had to deal with was ensuring that content was “likeable” and “shareable” on Facebook. The Ushahidi platform is an amazing tool for sourcing data from the crowd in crisis situations. However, when we deployed it for eq.org.nz, there was a problem. When someone tried to share the link on Facebook, the blurb looked something like this:
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benhealey asked: Hi Tim,
I saw your presentation last night on NLP and Python. I had to leave straight afterward, but thought you'd be interested in these related sites I found recently (I'm not involved in either, just sharing).
- http://extractiv.com/
- http://topicmarks.com/
Cheers,
Ben
@BenHealey
I saw your presentation last night on NLP and Python. I had to leave straight afterward, but thought you'd be interested in these related sites I found recently (I'm not involved in either, just sharing).
- http://extractiv.com/
- http://topicmarks.com/
Cheers,
Ben
@BenHealey
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Quick Tips for Developing for the Mobile Web
Here, we’re looking at building websites that can cater for both ‘normal’ users as well as mobile devices.
Prepare for interruptions
Your application is not the only thing that your user will be doing. The most basic element of crafting a GUI application, that’s different from the web is making sure that there is an effective pause mode. Make sure that your code and data...
“There were more people who believed in the English Crown at the time of the...”
– Lawrence Lessig
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The Cloud: what it is, where it came from & why it...
This post focuses on broadly why people are telling you that the cloud is
the future of the world. I want to clarify things for you. I feel that there’s
lots of confusion around this area. I can’t speak for others, but when I first heard
it, I wondered whether the term “cloud computing” sounded like some form of
euphemism.
What is the cloud?
There are two senses of...
“The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by skeptics or cynics whose...”
– JFK