August 2009
I am meat-drunk
AT&T + Twitter API = FAIL. Works fine over wireless but on 3g it’s host not found.
“I discovered JSON. I do not claim to have invented JSON, because it already...”
– Video: Douglas Crockford — The JSON Saga
LangId - Identify any Language from Text →
Tiny Fijian island bans pants on Sundays →
Men living on a tiny Fijian island have been ordered to wear a skirt instead of trousers on Sundays to avoid offending God.
The Methodist Church on Bua island has ruled that men must wear the…
jquery-in-place-editor - Project Hosting on... →
“That’s because the justice system isn’t solely about punishment....”
– Charlie’s Diary: Merciless
How Tim O'Reilly Aims to Change Government -... →
Ripple Project Homepage →
Trubanc →
Loom Login →
San Francisco Crimespotting: Map →
Lift – The Simply Functional Web Framework – Home →
pachube.community | connecting environments,... →
8 Free Online Entrepreneurial Finance Classes from... →
Introducing Shippinglogic - Binary Logic →
DataSF - DataSF - Liberating City Data →
“to treat the market as nature, as some product of purely evolutionary forces, is...”
– Edge: ECONOMICS IS NOT NATURAL SCIENCE By Douglas Rushkoff
911.is_a?(Joke) == true #songsincode
Online Mind Mapping - MindMeister →
Aptonic Software - Dropzone →
goldenfiddle:
Same as it ever was: If I see this... →
goldenfiddle:
Same as it ever was: If I see this scene, the one where the big scary cgi monster/bird/reptile/snake opens its trap and whines real loud again, in another big budget cgi…
If Your Computer Detects You Laughing At This... →
ChurchHatesTucker alerts us to the news that Sony has applied for a patent on an emotion detection device that could, for example, recognize when someone viewing a television or playing a video…
The 3 key parts of news stories you usually... →
R.I.P. @_why
Eulogy to _why →
Unfortunately I’m short on time at the moment (trying to launch a project this week) but I have to say, at least, a few words about the hacker and artist _why. At this moment, _why’s…
Skottie Young – Lord of the Flies →
Further information on Skottie Young: skottieyoung.deviantart.com
Further information on Lord of the Flies: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_of_the_Flies
New Relic RPM - Industry’s First SaaS Java Web... →
New Relic RPM is a subscription-based application performance management solution for web applications developed in Ruby on Rails or Java. It has has announced the opening of a public beta…
Copyright Insanity: Courts Continue To Try To... →
For years, I’ve been watching the rather insane battle between the heirs of Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel and Warner Bros., over who owns what copyrights concerning Superman. The overall details…
Can There Be A Fair File Sharing Trial When The... →
In the past, we’ve discussed the various problems with the language choices by the entertainment industry in discussing file sharing. Terms like “intellectual property,” “piracy,” “theft” and even…
Bought (and got as gifts) bar supplies so I can mix proper cocktails. This may have been a bad idea. Doctor Whiskey has too many toys now.
The Jura Malt Whisky Writer Retreat →
God, what a lovely idea.
Scottish Book Trust and Isle of Jura Single Malt Whisky are working together to offer writers the opportunity to spend a month living and writing on the idyllic island…
RT @openprocessing ░▒▓▒░▒▓▒░▒▓▒░▒▓▒░▒▓▒░▒▓▒░▒▓▒░▒▓▒░▒▓▒░▒ (via @bruces)
MIME types holding REST back →
With the increasing focus on
REST
within enterprise circles, the
practice of how REST gets done is becoming more important to get right
outside of the context of the Web. A big part of this is…
TV ratings are murder →
”Nowadays everyone is killing.”
A Brazilian politician decided to make cyberpunk real, or live the postmodern Gothic dream. Whichever way, one Wallace Souza is being charged with having…
Mathematical model for surviving a zombie attack →
It is possible to successfully fend off a zombie attack, according to Canadian mathematicians. The key is to “hit hard and hit often.”
Oh yes, somebody actually did a study on mathematics of…
DOJ Doesn't Believe $80,000 Per Song... →
While this probably isn’t a huge surprise, given the fact that the Justice Department is stocked with former lawyers for the entertainment industry (and because it’s filed similar briefs before),…
Hollywood's War With Redbox Expanding To Netflix... →
Hollywood really never learns, does it? Following 20th Century Fox’s decision to try to stop Redbox from getting movies to rent via its kiosks (to which Redbox has responded by suing Fox), Warner…
Burners Getting Burned About Play IP →
I’m not a burner (person who attends the Burning Man festival) but several of my friends have gone in past years and some will go this year. And more than a few are unhappy with the Terms and…
Morrissey: Don't Buy My Music →
We keep hearing from the big record labels and the RIAA how they’re doing everything they do “for the artists.” Yet, everywhere we turn, we see artists who are anything but happy by what’s being done…