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Archive for September 2010


Bookmarks for 28 Sep 2010

This is a news website article about a scientific finding | Martin Robbins | Science | guardian.co.uk"In the standfirst I will make a fairly obvious pun about the subject matter before posing an inane question I have no intention of really answering: is this an important scientific finding?" At the time of writing this article [...]

Bookmarks for 22 Sep 2010

YouTube – Battlestar Galactica Cylon theme on Eigenharp AlphaPretty awesome: "I've been studying the Eigenharp Alpha for a few months and have been looking for a nice song to cover until my own compositions are finished. I accidentally stumbled into the melody of the Battlestar Galactica Cylon theme while jamming and thought it could be [...]

Bookmarks for 19 Sep 2010

Why we shut NewsTilt down | Bad Nomenclature"A while back, we announced to our journalists that we shut NewsTilt down, only two months since we launched. I think people are interested in why it failed, and there are some interesting lessons in our demise, at least for me." Impressively honest and generous account of a [...]

Bookmarks for 15 Sep 2010

Eigenlabs posts Eigenharp instrument range demo | EigenZone"Dave shows off the different Eigenharp models: Pico, Tau and Alpha.[...] After the performances, he explains what the unique Eigenharp elements were for each performance." (video eigenharp ) Scala 2.8 Collections API ← Decodified"This document provides a graphical overview over the Scala 2.8 Collections API types most relevant [...]

Bookmarks for 9 Sep 2010

CouchOne — Your Data. Anywhere."Introducing CouchOne Mobile. A new application development platform based on CouchDB." (cloud_computing api apache database ) Newsrooms need more metrics, not fewer. « Emily Bell(wether)"The existence and use of metrics strengthens the needs for editorial judgment and moreover an ability to receive, interpret and act on live feedback should be a [...]

Bookmarks for 8 Sep 2010

"I have read your website and it is obviously that your a foggot."An e-mail conversation with David Thorne. (humour email ) Rupert Murdoch’s Paywall Disaster: Readers, Advertisers, Journalists & Publicists All Hate It | Techdirt"We had already seen the early indications that Rupert Murdoch's paywalls from The Times and The Sunday Times in the UK [...]

Bookmarks for 7 Sep 2010

Work Smart 2: How to Take Smart Meeting Notes | Fast Company"smart advice on taking thorough meeting notes" (productivity video meetings ) Adapting Comics for The Amazon Kindle Part 2 – The HTML Doc (Tutorial) | Robot Comics (html comics markup kindle css ) Kindle Formatting – Formatting Tips"The information on this page only covers [...]

Bookmarks for 3 Sep 2010

500 Internal Server Error500 Internal Server Error (none) kindlefeeder.com – RSS and Atom Feed Subscriptions For Your Amazon Kindle"Kindlefeeder is a service for Amazon Kindle owners that lets you aggregate your favorite feeds and have them delivered to your Kindle in a convenient, easy-to-navigate format. Kindlefeeder also lets you save individual webpages and have them [...]