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My Photos from Toronto Ribfest 2008
by Joey deVilla | about 9 hours ago |
Read more Every year around Canada Day, the Rotary Club of Etobicoke holds the Toronto Ribfest, a festival attended by tens of thousands and featuring about a dozen different barbecue places Ontario and the U.S. and held at Centennial Park. Barbecue places at festivals like these traditionally set up stands with giant facades festooned with signed boasting about [...]
PAC + SSH翻墙
by nowazhu | about 9 hours ago |
Read more 话说最近GFW又连续封了SourceForge和Facebook， 虽然我朝答应在奥运的时候给外国友人们一个开放的internet，但估计到时也是一个适当开放的internet罢了。 说起GFW，这个GreatWall的虚拟版本虽然如它的实体一样声名远扬，不过却是相当狼藉。对于我来说，GFW最操蛋的有以下两点： 1、flickr上08年前（大致上是这个时间）的图片都被GFW了，可怜我07年初还买了pro帐号 2、My Opera以及Blogspot（最近刚刚解封）、Wordpress的BSP托管或者国外的个人博客上大量的博文无法观看，当然这个可以通过Google Reader等订阅观看，但是这样会把我的订阅列表搞的相当不整洁 当然，现在又要至少加上一点了：SourceForge。 为了解决这些问题，最初的时候到处找代理，可是稳定的代理相当罕见，后来就开始戴Tor。不过这玩意的速度相当的慢，后面也放弃了。再后来开始用Hotspot Shield这个免费的VPN， 不过每次拨号之类的也颇费时间，偶尔还使使小性子掉掉线。 所以后来买了MT的Dedicated-Virtual后，便开始用SSH + PAC代理配置文件翻墙。MT的服务稳定且优质，速度也很不错，所以后面我开始不仅仅使用它翻墙，还用它来加速对国外一些站点的访问。 PAC是Proxy Auto-Config的缩写，它其实是一段Javascript脚本，实现了一个FindProxyForUrl的函数，使用正则表达式来查找匹配URL的Proxy。下面举一个例子： function FindProxyForUrl(url, host) { if (shExpMatch(url, "*.sourceforge.net/*")) {return "SOCKS 127.0.0.1:7070";} if (shExpMatch(url, "*.apple.com/*")) {return "SOCKS 127.0.0.1:7070";} return "DIRECT"; } DIRECT的意思是不使用代理直接连接。Mac OS X可以直接针对某个网络连接使用PAC文件（还是Mac好，嘿嘿），而主流的浏览器也都提供了PAC文件的支持。 上面代码中的本地7070端口的SOCKS代理就是使用SSH来创建的，你可以在*nix的系统终端里运行： ssh -qTfnN -D 7070 username@host.com 这样就可以在本地打开一个SOCKS代理，随意冲浪，享受出墙的快感。:p ——————— 后记： 在厦门的日舞里，小娘安静的坐在我的对面猛击iPhone，又或不时叉起一条烤鱼在柠檬上蹭点汁送到偶的嘴边，曾经缥缈流连的美梦里也不过如此，足矣。
Samba Band -Samba Reggae - Villanova/UARrts in Philly!
by Steven Ness | about 9 hours ago | Read moreTips for Playing Percussion Instruments : How to Play Latin Percussion
by Steven Ness | about 9 hours ago | Read moreTips for Playing Percussion Instruments : How to Play the Shaker: Percussion
by Steven Ness | about 9 hours ago | Read moreFlex and Rails
by Michał Wyrobek | about 9 hours ago | Read moreThis is the one of the most exciting topic in web development in my opinion. Why ? It’s because Adobe Flex gives us amazing flexible tool for creating RIA interfaces. I mean we can be very productive in creating very very usable and beautiful interfaces for our applications, and what is more it is can’t [...]
links for 2008-07-06
by Brent Sordyl | about 10 hours ago | Read moreBookmooch helps readers trade old paperbacks and hardcover books Since its launch in 2006, about 785,000 books have been traded on www.bookmooch.com. The site now has 74,000 members across 91 countries. (tags: bookmooch web2.0) Vista market share surges 256% in one year Mac OS X market share surges 32% in one year. Vista grows by 256% in the same [...]
This should be interesting weekly - week 27
by Slobodan Kovacevic | about 10 hours ago |
Read more This is the first weekly condensed edition of my “This should be interesting” tumblelog. Every Sunday I will re-post most interesting posts here on the Icebergist. Free Book: “Ruby on Rails 2.1 - What’s new” Better Blockquotes - blockquotes CSS styling examples Slife - free automatic time tracking for Mac unfocus-history-keeper - back button enabling, deep linking, event driven [...]
What’s Bizroof Made?
by Jason Smith | about 10 hours ago | Read moreThe application is made with PHP and javascript, and we use a MySQL database. Amazon’s S3 is used for storage of files upload by users. Prototype and script.aculo.us provides us with easy-to-use and sexy user interface. We use Zend Framework APIs to support web services (such as Google, Flickr, Yahoo and Amazon). Meanwhile, we [...]
Install Rails Development IDE Aptana/RadRails on Ubuntu 8
by Andreas Roedl | about 10 hours ago | Read moreHow to install the Ruby on Rails, Ajax, Html, Javascript development IDE Aptana and RadRails Eclipse Plugins on Ubuntu.
Got whacky git status coloring like the one above in your...
by Jörg Battermann | about 10 hours ago | Read more
Got whacky git status coloring like the one above in your Leopard terminal? Type
git config core.pager “less -FMRSXi”
.. and you’re all set.
Register For Classes...
by Darryl L. Pierce | about 10 hours ago |
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Apparently, the registration period already started. The class I had planned to take (BIO112) is already closed for lecture-based sections. The only one still available was the hybrid class (online discussions and in-person labs), so I grabbed a slot there. A few of the people from my BIO111 class said they would be taking the hybrid 112 so I probably already know the four others already registered. But I need to talk with my advisor first and make sure this class is necessary for my degree. Then I can petition to graduate this fall and be done with the first milestone.
Mais uma turma de Ruby terminada em 05/07/2008
by Eustáquio Rangel | about 11 hours ago |
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Ontem terminou mais uma turma do curso de Ruby da Object Training, cuja foto pode ser vista a em cima. Foi uma turma muito legal e quero agradecer a todos pela presena, pelas boas risadas e timo ambiente que tivemos. Espero que tenham aproveitado o curso e desejo um timo curso de Rails para todos que vo fazer.
Eu cheguei na Sexta em SP a convite do Mereghost, e fui conversar com uma galera muito legal a qual ele est incentivando para o uso de Ruby/Rails. Tomara que todos tenham aproveitado o papo, eu achei muito legal.
Eu, o Luiz Rocha e o Ronaldo Ferraz amos gravar o Po de Cast ao vivo, mas novamente a coisa no rolou. A esposa do Luiz passou mal (melhoras!) e o Ronaldo ficou enrolado com o Brasigo (carcoles, na Sexta noite!) e vamos ter que gravar via web mesmo. Algum dia a gente consegue gravar ao vivo, j que agora est mais fcil pois o Ronaldo est em SP.
Agora descansar algumas semanas. Apesar de ser bem legal, viajar todo Sbado cansa, ufa!
aizatto: The brooding chessire smile isn't as deliciously evil tonight. Maybe next month.
by Ezwan Aizat bin Abdullah Faiz | about 11 hours ago |
Read more aizatto: The brooding chessire smile isn't as deliciously evil tonight. Maybe next month.
How to have a vacation close to home.
by Jonathan Mulcahy | about 11 hours ago | Read moreWith the price of Gas, many people are skipping their vacations. I've got some suggestions on how you can keep your vacation without going too far.
Alla svenska nyheter om Apple på samma ställe!
by Magnus Hjelm | about 12 hours ago |
Read more Förra söndagen spontanköpte jag domänen aapl.se. På ledig tid den senaste veckan har jag byggt en insamlare för nyheter om Apple skrivna på svenska. Resultatet ligger nu live på Aapl.se Tanken är att man ska kunna surfa in på Aapl.se för att få en överblick av vad som händer i den svenska Apple-världen utan att behöva [...]
Leitura da semana
by Cairo Noleto | about 12 hours ago |
Read more Na última semana comecei a ler os livros Como transformar sua equipe no seu maior patrimônio e Caindo na Real. O primeiro livro, Como transformar sua equipe no seu maior patrimônio, é sobre 8 lições que devemos ter não apenas a frente de uma empresa mas que devemos ter sempre ao lidarmos com as pessoas ao [...]
acts_as_what?
by Aaron Pfeifer | about 12 hours ago |
Read more This guy’s expression pretty much sums up my reaction whenever a new acts_as_* shows up in my RSS feed for AgileWebDevelopment plugins. As of today, there are 1,115 plugins listed there, 129 of which start with acts_as. That’s about 11.5% and I’m not even including ones like acts_as_hasselholf or acts_as_rickroll acts_as_chuck_norris is [...]
解决 svn 在 terminal 里面的乱码问题
by Rui Su | about 12 hours ago | Read more前几天用 macport 装 git 的时候顺带升级了一下 svn，没想到原来的英文提示变成了乱码，莫非支持中文了？在 terminal 里面看上去超级不爽，但当时急事在身就没管。 今天搜了下，解决方法很简单...
Pense certo ao usar ORM
by Cairo Noleto | about 12 hours ago |
Read more Muitos acham que usar Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) é fazer você não ter mais que escrever SQL dentro do códigos de sua linguagem preferida. É uma pena pensar assim, ORM é muito mais que isso e é muito mais difícil do que se parece. Para se usar ORM, é necessário pensar Orientados a Objetos. Pensar que você [...]
Living on the Edge
by Glenn Verhalle | about 12 hours ago | Read moreEdge Rails now supports ‘Thin‘ when using script/server, which can be quite convenient ! More info here.
Video Embedding Done Right
by Dave Grijalva | about 12 hours ago | Read moreAfter the disgraceful performance by the LA Times, here is funny or die to show us the proper way to provide embed tags. A simple button to push the tag right up into your clipboard. Very nice. Also, enjoy this hilarious interview with a classic American Gladiator. See Malibu is a Champion and [...]
Petia Wohed on YAWL at BPMinna
by John Mettraux | about 13 hours ago |
Read more On Monday 30th of June, we were lucky enough to have a presentation by Petia Wohed of the Information Systems Laboratory of the University of Stockholm (and Royal Institute of Technology). Petia contacted me last year while she was reviewing OpenWFE[ja] (and other open source workflow systems) in the light of the workflow patterns. I already [...]
Randomness
by Calle Dybedahl | about 13 hours ago | Read moreSo, lately I have, in between playing WoW and writing for
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femslash08, been binge-watching Kim Possible (it's Andy Weir's fault). It's surprisingly entertaining, and quite rich in jokes I'm not at all sure are actually aimed at their primary target audience.I have also, of course, been looking for Kim Possible slash. That experience has been very similar to when I first started looking for Xena altfic some ten years ago. First, there is the incredible OTPness of it. Somewhere around 80% of KP slash is Kim/Shego, and I suspect something like that was Xena/Gabrielle back in the day. Second, there is the at least to me surprising underrepresentation of a pairing with pretty strong in-text support (Kim/Monique and Gabrielle/Aphrodite, respectively). Third, there is the astounding length of many of the stories. Like, where you first look at the wordcount number and think "Hm, that's a pretty long story", and then you realise that wait, no, that number has six digits, not five (I still remember being totally boggled when I realised that not only did Melissa Good's "Journey of Soulmates" series have quite a few parts, each part was an entire novel). I mean, who the heck sits down and writes a story of almost half a million words? That's half again as long as Lord of the Rings, just to give you something to compare with. Or about the same as Tolstoy's War and Peace (depending on which language you read Tolstoy in), if you're more familiar with that. The mind, it boggles.
And of course most of it is crap, but that is universal to all fandoms.
regexp on String object
by Vidul Petrov | about 13 hours ago | Read moreSome of the more rarely used string methods:
str = "the tester"
str["tester"] #true, the String contains "tester"
str[/\w+\s\w+/] #true, the String matches the regexpstr[/(\w+)/] = ($1[0] - 32).chrRDoc Documentation
Nursing theory - conceptual spaces: Where's my T-shirt?
by Peter Jones | about 13 hours ago |
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Tripp-Reimer's 1996 paper The Dimensional Structure of Nursing Interventions has been sitting in my dsw - 'do something with' - pile for ages. Now reading Gardenfors I came across multidimensional scaling and realised that Tripp-Reimer et al. have also been there done that. They have been wearing the T-shirt for well over a decade.Their paper begins with the evolution of nursing’s substantive structures and the emergence through the late 1960s to the early 1980s of a plethora of conceptual models (including - but not mentioned Hodges’ model). According to Tripp-Reimer these models while clearly possessed of nursing credentials, they were not always produced as combined research and practice tools. They argue that this failure may have contributed to the rise of the metaparadigm of nursing, with the effect that:
‘At best, the metaparadigm myth provided a rationale and mechanism for the discipline to displace (transcend) the conceptual models.’ p.11.Ah! So that would account for why Hodges' model (and other global conceptual frameworks) have languished in the lay-bye!
‘Currently, nursing conceptual models have limited utility beyond their historical importance. That utility is derived from the structures they can provide for nursing education programs. Analogously, they also provide a framework that is useful for beginning nurses, assisting them in cognitively framing a clinical situation. These models provide a map, stimulating the new nurse in a clinically familiar space.’ p.15.The paper goes on to contrast the way these models are used a-consciously by experts. I would suggest that there is a problem in nursing theory; or if not so severe as to be deemed a 'problem' then a tension at least. Educationalists (theorists) will rightly justify the case for nursing to be defined and boundaries set; otherwise, curricula will not support delivery of the desired learning experience, would lack focus and integrity in terms of evaluation of content and professional credibility. Socio-politically professional groups need a sense of (group) identity. The intention to develop models – theories in order to delineate nursing and establish professional identity is, however, at odds with the practice objectives of holistic and (interdisciplinary) integrated health and social care. Nurses need conceptual models and spaces that extend - from the outset - beyond the clinical situation.
It is the unfamiliar spaces (patient, carer, community... occupied) that we must seek or at least be able to account for in assessment, planning, interventions, evaluation (research) and information governance. Clinical situations should certainly be familiar within the bounds (latitude) of the curricula and including the match between what is taught and practical experience (practicum).
Health and social care, education and policy are constantly changing. Amid the rapid pace of T-shirt slogan turnover tools such as Hodges’ model retain their relevance for experts and beginners alike.
Tripp-Reimer, T., Woodworth, G., McCloskey, J.C., Bulechek, G. (1996). The dimensional structure of nursing interventions. Nursing Research; 45(1):pp.10-17.
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IMGP0773
by Dan Higham | about 13 hours ago | Read moredanhigham posted a photo:
If Carlsberg made Granddads, they'd probably be the best Granddads in the world! My Granddad, died 4th July 2008, rest well, we'll all miss you...
Rails 2.1
by Marcos Abel | about 14 hours ago | Read moreSobre Rails 2.1 sólo puedo decir que es más de lo mismo, pero mejor. Podéis comprobarlo leyendo el libro gratuíto que el amigo Carlos Brando ha tenido a bien publicar y que recopila todas las novedades de esta versión.
The return of Lina
by Hongli Lai | about 15 hours ago |
Read more HOLY COW!!! After more than 10 years*, she’s back! Who am I talking about? She refers to herself as “the perfect, invi…” aw whatever, I’ll let her do the talking: Why is Slayers so great? I think this comment worded it the best: Oh, shush Zaeris. Slayers was one of THE most popular titles of the 90’s [...]
Why Startups Need Automated Infrastructures
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aizatto: Maybe nothing. Maybe everything.
by Ezwan Aizat bin Abdullah Faiz | about 15 hours ago |
Read more aizatto: Maybe nothing. Maybe everything.
"In 2007, with oil at $82 and gas nearing $3, Congress finally approved the first big increase in..."
by Alan C Francis | about 16 hours ago |
Read more “In 2007, with oil at $82 and gas nearing $3, Congress finally approved the first big increase in fuel-efficiency standards in 32 years, requiring the fleet average to reach 35 m.p.g. by 2020. That will save one million barrels a day by 2020, but onetime CAFE opponents like Mr. Castle now say they wish that Congress had acted sooner. Since the 1980s, fuel efficiency has flatlined at 24 m.p.g., while vehicle weight has jumped more than 25 percent and horsepower has nearly doubled. In Europe, on the other hand, fuel efficiency currently stands at 44 m.p.g. and is slated to hit 48 m.p.g. by 2012.”
- American Energy Policy, Asleep at the Spigot - NYTimes.com
"Representative John D. Dingell, the powerful Democrat from Detroit who chairs the House Energy and..."
by Alan C Francis | about 16 hours ago |
Read more “Representative John D. Dingell, the powerful Democrat from Detroit who chairs the House Energy and Commerce Committee, argues — as he did more than a decade ago — that tightening CAFE standards unfairly penalizes domestic automakers while rewarding foreign rivals who make more small cars.
Mr. Dingell, who has defended the automakers fiercely during his 52 years on Capitol Hill, decided to support the stronger CAFE standards last year. But he does not apologize for his longtime stance. “The American auto industry has sold the cars people wanted,” he says. “You’re going to blame the auto industry for that or the American consumer? He likes it sitting in his driveway, he likes it big, he likes it safe.”
A much more effective approach would be to simply raise taxes on gasoline, Mr. Dingell says, because higher prices are the easiest way to change buying habits. Some Europeans agree with this, noting that policy changes engineered through taxation can alter consumer choices without impeding economic growth.
Consumers overseas might not like higher taxes on gasoline, but they’ve adapted, says Jeroen van der Veer, chief executive of Royal Dutch Shell, the European energy giant. “A society can work, can function and can grow even at higher fuel prices,” he says. “It’s a way of life — you get used to it.”
In Mr. van der Veer’s native Holland, for example, gasoline sells for more than $10 a gallon, with $5.57 of that going to taxes. Even in Britain, which has substantial North Sea production, gasoline sells for $8.71 a gallon.”
- American Energy Policy, Asleep at the Spigot - NYTimes.com
"Home to only 4 percent of the world’s population, the nation slurps up about a quarter of the..."
by Alan C Francis | about 16 hours ago |
Read more “Home to only 4 percent of the world’s population, the nation slurps up about a quarter of the planet’s oil — and Americans’ daily use is nearly twice the combined consumption of the Chinese and Indians, according to an annual energy survey published by BP, the British oil giant.”
- American Energy Policy, Asleep at the Spigot - NYTimes.com
LAGWAGON, MxPx, Only Crime, and TAT - Rimouski September 8th
by Andrew Koster | about 16 hours ago | Read moreNick says go see Lagwagon in Rimouski on September 8th with MxPx, Only Crime, and TAT.
Proposal: An open inter-conversation microblogging protocol
by Myles Eftos | about 16 hours ago |
Read more Spurred on by Gary’s discussion on the number of micro-blogging sites around, the “Is it Distributed?” question made we wonder if we are going about this wrong. Cameron Adams was right when he said there is only one social network, so why are we flicking between a large number of them? Why aren’t we running [...]
Deployment tutorial … soon …
by Bob Martens | about 17 hours ago | Read moreI need to apologize. I will be bringing the next part in my Rails Deployment Tutorial soon, hopefully the beginning of this week. Sorry for the time delay, just gotten caught up in too many things at once.
New! — Make A Payment
by Robert Bousquet | about 17 hours ago |
Read more In an effort to simplify the billing process for our customers we have recently completed our very own custom built online payment application. We are now a web design company that can accept credit or check cards…through our website. Who knew?
Check Out Make A Payment
https://newleaders.com/payments
The process is very simple and allows you to enter your contact, invoice (optional) and billing information. Once you submit the payment you will be presented with a receipt page which you can print (or save as PDF) as well as an email that details the transaction for safe keeping. The link to “Make A Payment” is located at the bottom of every page of our website.
We are currently in the process of developing full account management features for our customers including estimates, invoices, payments, financing and online ordering. As time passes you will see how all of these applications add up to be a more accountable and pleasant experience when working with us.
My Bloody Valentine
by Cameron Yule | about 18 hours ago | Read moreWent to see My Bloody Valentine at the Barrowlands with Sarah and my ears are still recovering. The following video is from a section of the gig that came in the middle of their last song, and is called ‘the holocaust’.
Contando lineas de código
by Juan Pablo Ortiz Arechiga | about 18 hours ago |
Read more Cloc es una herramienta hecha en perl para contar lineas de código. Lo grande de todo es que tiene la habilidad de detectar y separar por lenguaje de programación, ademas de distinguir los resultados para que estos no sean inflados por lineas blancas o comentadas. Estaba acostumbrado a algún simple script que contara los totales, cuando mucho [...]
tuneage:Lilofee - “Lock and Key”We don’t know much about...
by Tim Riley | about 18 hours ago |
Read more Lilofee - “Lock and Key”
We don’t know much about Lilofee, except that they make excellent electro pop, listing their influences as 60s girl bands, 80s dark pop, and 90s industrial.
Don’t just check out this sweet tune from lilofree, but also head over to tuneage for regular doses of new, interesting music!
aizatto: Finished "Stranger In A Strange Land"
by Ezwan Aizat bin Abdullah Faiz | about 18 hours ago |
Read more aizatto: Finished "Stranger In A Strange Land"
Takashi Murakami
by Eric Mill | about 18 hours ago |
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MB and I went to the Murakami exhibit exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum today. It’s only running until June 13, so if you’re here, get there quick.
There’s some compelling stuff there, some more lurid and some more disturbing than these. I don’t know if I saw anything I’d qualify as “simply beautiful”, in any peaceful kind of way. There was always some non-innocent quality to the work. This also makes sense, as I just noticed his website has on the front page him quoted as saying “I express hopelessness.” I very much appreciated it.
And now, a commercial of some kind that features minutes of his lighter work brought into “3D”, kind of.
Salve os desenvolvedores - Diga não ao Internet Explorer 6
by Carlos Brando | about 18 hours ago |
Read more É normal no mundo do desenvolvimento de software discussões sobre qual tecnologia é melhor ou pior e normalmente isto gera muito flame war, mas existe uma coisa que todos os desenvolvedores (seja ele de java, ruby, php, …) concordam: o Internet Explorer 6 demorou para sumir da face da Terra. Por isto também entro na campanha [...]
CapGun and LogBuddy updated to 0.0.5
by Rob Sanheim | about 19 hours ago |
Read more Some long overdue releases of cap_gun and log_buddy - both have been updated to version 0.0.5. Both are now available as gems on github.com/relevance as well as from rubyforge. CapGun gives you super simple deployment notifications from Capistrano. LogBuddy gives you a log helper through all objects, and can also log the name of [...]
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