May 2010
In the Garden - Upside-Down Crops Are Growing in... →
upside down tomato plants
ruby mechanize →
automating url scraping and clicking
http://parksandrecgifs.tumblr.com/ →
http://parksandrecgifs.tumblr.com/: DAMN. That was fast. Thanks internet.
My one piece of advice is to maybe follow the http://gifsofpopularrappers.tumblr.com/ model an just do one GIF per post…
Sayonara, iPhone: Why I'm Switching to Android... →
Daniel Lyons / Newsweek Blogs: Sayonara, iPhone: Why I’m Switching to Android — I was already fed up with my lousy AT&T service, and was seriously considering…
Script Center Home Page →
powershell stuffs
New 30 f/1.8 Type Prime? [CR1] →
Cheap prime! The story goes a US tech rep said Canon was going to be putting out a lens to compete with Nikon’s popular 35 f/1.8 lens.
I’ve heard it from two places, one saying 30mm and the…
Strategy: Scale Writes to 734 Million Records Per... →
In Scaling writes in MySQL (slides) Philip Tellis, while working for Yahoo, describes how using time based partitions they were able to increase their write capability from 2100 inserts per…
Google TV turns on at I/O: runs Android and Flash,... →
Nilay Patel / Engadget: Google TV turns on at I/O: runs Android and Flash, partnered with Sony, Logitech, and Intel — As expected, Google just announced Google TV at…
Proof That Google TV Will Make Its Debut Tomorrow... →
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch: Proof That Google TV Will Make Its Debut Tomorrow — For the last couple months (and even before that), rumors have been swirling about a…
It’s a Good Time to be a Web Developer. →
I think this graph from Google I/O says it all:
With all the FUD around Flash and the iPad its easy to forget that we are living in a golden age of web development. The web is…
Gov. Christie takes his 2.5 % limit on property... →
Gov. Christie takes his tax cap plan to the people New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is taking his plan to stem the nation’s highest property tax to the people. And he started on Monday in an unusual…
New: Amazon S3 Reduced Redundancy Storage (RRS) →
chaj:
coool
I’ve got a cool new Amazon S3 feature to tell you about, but I need to start with a definition!
Let’s define durability (with respect to an object stored in S3) as the…
Google To Launch Amazon S3 Competitor 'Google... →
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch: Google To Launch Amazon S3 Competitor ‘Google Storage’ At I/O — Amazon’s cloud storage services are going to be getting another major…
Notes On Video →
good vid tech blog
Gov. Christie takes his 2.5 % limit on property... →
Gov. Christie takes his tax cap plan to the people New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is taking his plan to stem the nation’s highest property tax to the people. And he started on Monday in an unusual…
Improv Everywhere Ghostbusters Prank in the New... →
chaj:
holy cow. this is awesome
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edited by Matt Adams / song by Tyler Walker
Read the full write up with tons of…
Amazon RDS - Multi-AZ Deployments For Enhanced... →
Amazon RDS simplifies many of the common tasks associated with the deployment, operation, and scaling of a relational database. You don’t have to worry about acquiring and installing hardware,…
Google Will Push Real-Time Feeds to Browser... →
Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb: Google Will Push Real-Time Feeds to Browser (Updated) — Updated at 9:30 PM PST with comment from Google. Google posted an…
7 Lessons Learned While Building Reddit to 270... →
Steve Huffman, co-founder of social news site Reddit, gave an excellent presentation (slides, transcript) on the lessons he learned while building and growing Reddit to 7.5…
Hot Rod Cameras PL Mount Canon 5D Mark II... →
Hot Rod Cameras Canon 5D Mark II PL Mount
By: Jared Abrams
Illya Friedman from Hot Rod Cameras stopped by my office the other day with his Canon 5D Mark II PL Mount. We have seen…
Little Seouls Blog: How to make your own Dol... →
nuff said
_Why: A Tale Of A Post-Modern Genius →
Shared by blanka
what a crazy story. I wish I had seen his book earlier - would have saved me loads of time and reading.
Why the Lucky Stiff (or _Why for…
Pimping A Compete Strobist Studio →
Just spent some good amount of time over at Kurbster photo stream. Seems like he completely nailed the whole, turn-a-room-into-a-strobist-studio thing.
Kurbster challenged Home Depot…
Marge Simpson is Europe in disguise →
I bet you didn’t know this. Marge Simpson was actually modeled after the coastlines of Europe. True story. [via Strange Maps]
Brevity Is Beautiful →
chaj:
yo fusion, you will love this blog
Brevity is my favorite aspect of effective communication. We’re limited creatures, only able to handle a few thoughts at once — make them count! Concise…
Instacalc Online Calculator | Instant Results →
realtime calculator - shareable. coooool
The CMOS Sensor Squared [CR2] →
Get Squared This is a leak from an unnamed camera manufacturer about square sensors.
We have heard in the past that the 1Ds Mark IV would have a square CMOS sensor. Most people dismissed it…
Stats API Redux →
We’ve seen great uptake by library developers on supporting the new Stats APIs. Now we’d love to see what you’re building with those APIs.
PHPFlickr, Flickr.Net, flickrapi.py, …
Outsourcing Unit To Be Set Up In Indian Jail →
littlekorea writes “Indian outsourcing firm Radiant Info Systems has found yet another way to lower wages — hiring data entry clerks from a local prison. Some 200 inmates will be paid $2.20 a day to…
Field guide to fanboys →
chaj:
awesome. Awesome!
PCWorld provides a handy field guide to help you spot fanboys in the wild. Come in contact with someone who is strangely turned on by brushed metal, goes…
Photographer #029: Rainer Elstermann →
German photographer Rainer Elstermann, 1965, approaches his photographs as if they were paintings. He is clearly inspired by the great painters. The lighting he uses is immaculate. In his series Old…
Apple Building Facebook Into iPhone OS (AAPL) (Dan... →
Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider: Apple Building Facebook Into iPhone OS (AAPL) — Apple is building Facebook features into the latest version of its iPhone…
Roland TB-303 Documentary BASSLINE →
Roland TB-303 Documentary BASSLINE BASELINE by Nate Harrison from Jack Time on Vimeo.
I first heard Acid House at club Mars in the late 80s. I believe the first Acid record I…
The 7 Biggest Money Problems Most People Have →
These Money Problems Can Prevent You From Building Wealth
Building wealth is a part of the American Dream. We’re told that through hard work and seizing opportunities we can lead…
Drag images into messages (Gmail Blog) →
Gmail Blog: Drag images into messages — Recently, we launched a feature that allows you to drag an attachment from your computer right onto Gmail. — I’ve always been…
Verizon, Google Developing iPad Rival (Niraj... →
Niraj Sheth / Wall Street Journal: Verizon, Google Developing iPad Rival — Verizon Wireless is working with Google Inc. on a tablet computer, the carrier’s chief executive,…
The Pixel Farm® →
match moving. tracking software
20 Fresh High Quality Free Fonts →
Every now and again we take a look around, select “fresh” high-quality free fonts and present them to you in a brief overview. The choice is enormous, so the…
Canon IXUS 300 →
chaj:
240fps super slow-mo feature? wow.
Photo From DPReview
High performance IXUS in a stunning stainless steel body
10.0 Megapixel high-sensitivity CMOS
Bright f/2.0, 28mm, 3.8x…
Self Realization & Clear-Mindedness →
alexander technique
Science and Technology Jobs in NYC | Nerds of... →
nuff said
Here is the new Sony EVIL NEX 3 (freshly leaked) →
chaj:
dang. look at how huge that lens looks
Full official specs:
Image Sensor: 14.2 million effective pixels. Metering: Multi pattern, centre-weighted and…
Use iPad with Magic Mouse [Video] (Taimur... →
chaj:
self defeating?
Taimur Asad / Redmond Pie: Use iPad with Magic Mouse [Video] — If you have been using your iPad on a desk with the official iPad Keyboard…
Imagine A Pie Chart Stomping On An Infographic... →
A certain category of design gaffes can be boiled down to violations of audience expectations. Websites that don’t work in Internet Explorer are a heck of a…
The Complete Guide to the Alexander Technique →
nuff said
MINI COOPER :: North American Motoring - Non-car... →
mini tires
Philips Livingcolors →
I like to keep my electronic music studio as modern looking as possible. I also like to set a mood. During my day job I came across these very cool lights from…
Critical Flaw Found In Virtually All AV Software →
Securityemo writes “The Register is running an article about a new method to bypass antivirus software, discovered by Matousec. By sending benign code to the antivirus driver hooks, and switching it…
Koenji Pentax LX →
chaj:
i always sweated the LX
Koenji
Pentax LX
Kamakura Leica M6 and Fuji GA645 →
chaj:
baller
Kamakura
Leica M6 and Fuji GA645