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Saturday, September 18

Today's Jots posts
by
joe
on Sat 18 Sep 2004 05:59 PM PDT
- Rogue Amoeba - Audio Hijack
tivo like functionality for internet radio
Tags: mac, radio, tivo
- Cocoatech: Path Finder 3.2.1 now available!
Path Finder is a powerful file manager with many built-in utilties and tools.
Tags: filemanager, mac
- Cheap Airline Tickets, Discount Hotels and Airfare - SideStep
Find travel deals from dozens of sites with one search! MSIE sidebar plugin
Tags: biz, ie, sidebar, toolbar, travel
- Abusing IP Relay - Tax-funded pranks, scams, and freeloading
spammers and scammers wrecking more stuff
Tags: crime
- Techdirt:Microsoft Shuts Down Nearly All Southern California Air Traffic
Tags: microsoft, scary, security
- Global File System and Debian is one step ahead
The Global File System (GFS) is a 64-bit shared disk cluster file system for Linux. GFS cluster nodes physically share the same storage by means of Fibre Channel or shared SCSI devices. The file system appears to be local on each node and GFS synchronizes file access across the cluster. GFS is fully symmetric, meaning that all nodes are equal and there is no server which may be a bottleneck or single point of failure
Tags: fs, gfs, ha
- delicious in rdf
i made an RDF API to the del.icio.us api, to make a point. The RDF version of the del.icio.us api works exactly the same as the real one, but the results are in RDF, and everything that goes through it gets stored in an RDF model. this means that you may get back more context about people or URLs or tags than you would through the regular API.
Tags: delicious, rdf
- blosxom beta has a "tag" plugin
A Tag plugin allows arbitrary tags to be assigned to entries, either instead of or alongside Blosxom's native path-based categorization. You can think of it as a personal, family, or workgroup del.icio.us
Tags: blog, blosxom, delicious, jots, tags
- WikalongExtension - Wikalong Firefox Extension
Wikalong is a FirefoxExtension that embeds a wiki in the SideBar of your browser, indexed off the url of your current page. It is probably most simply described as a wiki-margin for the internet.
Tags: firefox, wiki, xul
- links to microsoft research papers and patents in the area of search
Tags: microsoft, research, search
- Ask Jeeves Local: CitySearch Data Begins Appearing
In the past couple of days I've started to notice some CitySearch local data appering on Jeeves.
Tags: local, search
- Feld Thoughts: Why Did We Invest in NewsGator?
a VC explains why he invested in a webfeed newsreader
Tags: biz, vc, webfeed
- List of places with fewer than ten people
This is a list of places on Earth with a permanent population of fewer than ten people. Some may be (almost) deserted, and others may be places where people work, but do not live.
Tags: locations
- Bulldog Reporter's Media Relations HQ
media placement intelligence for PR professionals
Tags: dir, pr
- eBay: Sold on Grid
ebay vp of technology describes the ebay infrastructure
Tags: ebay, fault_tolerant, ha
- Ross Mayfield's Weblog: Media Value Unchained
Tags: biz, media, social
- DIY Black Box (Tagging photos with GPS coordinates) - Engadget - www.engadget.com
I really want gps built into my camera, inserting coordinates into the exif data
Tags: camera, gps
- Numbered Tabs for Firefox
Tags: firefox, xul
- Flickr iPhoto plugin
Tags: flickr, iphoto, mac, photo
- Stanford NLP group
The Stanford NLP group works on getting computers to process and understand natural human languages
Tags: ai, nlp
- Readings in Latent Semantic Analysis
Latent Semantic Analysis (LSA) is a theory and method for extracting and representing the contextual-usage meaning of words by statistical computations applied to a large corpus of text.
Tags: ai, lsa
Friday, September 17

Today's Jots posts
by
joe
on Fri 17 Sep 2004 05:59 PM PDT
- delicious html generator for your blog gutter
Tags: blog, delicious
- Request a library book...via Amazon
Tags: amazon, books, library
- ProcessLibrary.com - The online resource for process information
In the recesses of your computer, 20-30 invisible processes run silently in the background. Some hog system resources, turning your PC into a sluggish computer. Worse yet, other useless processes harbour spyware and Trojans - violating your privacy and giving hackers free reign on your computer. ProcessLibrary.com is an invaluable resource for anyone who wants to know the exact purpose of every single process
Tags: security, xp
- Google and Iowa Electronic Markets say Bush
Tags: election, markets, predict
- MSNBC - Groups work on schemes to stop hurricanes
Cures include fans, icebergs, coating ocean with olive oil
Tags: hurricane
- 2004 CHEMTRAILS OVER AMERICA
I have no idea how I ended up at this nutty page:
Aggressive combat warfare is occurring in the sky over the United States.
We believe Russian scalar longitudinal EM wave interferometers are actively attempting to manipulate and control the jet stream and weather over the United States. They are creating drought in the United States.
Tags: conspiracy, nutty, tinfoil_hat
- Why don't we try to destroy tropical cyclones by adding a water absorbing substance ?
it appears that it doesn't work
Tags: hurricane
- Halting Hurricanes
This summer (2002), a Florida company plans to slow down a storm and rein in the weather
guess it didn't work?
Tags: hurricane
- The End Of Management? Using markets in business
"A company that can predict the future is a company that is going to win." And if internal markets can refine those predictions, even incrementally? Well, then, the market signals a strong buy.
Tags: markets, social
- Your brand new U-Lock is not safe!
The SFBC has just learned that Kryptonite and many other major U-lock brands have been found to have a glitch that allows anyone using basic household items to easily open these locks in seconds...
Tags: bike, locks
- WebSideStory Trims Size of IPO
Web statistics tracking firm WebSideStory Inc. on Friday renewed its plan for an initial public offering, but cut the size of the deal to 4.4 million shares after stockholders withdrew all of the shares they intended to sell
Tags: biz, webstats
- Jon Udell: Medbloggers
It is also part of a small, but growing, trend: medical blogs where doctors or other health care professionals vent their frustrations, summarize key points in new studies, or correct distortions that find their way into the popular media.
Tags: blogs, health, medical
Thursday, September 16

Today's Jots posts
by
joe
on Thu 16 Sep 2004 05:59 PM PDT
- Exponential growth
A piece of paper at seventeen folds would be taller than your average house
Tags: exponential, math
- Voting cats (and dogs)
I registered my wife's cat as a voter in Cook County, Ill., Norfolk County, Mass., and Cuyahoga County, Ohio, and then requested absentee ballots from all three venues. My purpose wasn't to cast illegal multiple votes but to demonstrate how vulnerable to manipulation America's election system has become.
Tags: politics, scary, vote
- GUID Generator Web Service
generates a GUID for you
Tags: dev, guid
- Lying Protected by First Amendment
in February 2003, a Florida Court of Appeals unanimously agreed with an assertion by FOX News that there is no rule against distorting or falsifying the news in the United States.
Tags: crazy, law
- pozytron: acidsearch
AcidSearch is a search enhancement for Safari. It adds unlimited "Search Channels" to the Google search field
Tags: safari, toolbar
- All About RSS || Fagan Finder
using RSS and Atom, from a non-technical standpoint.
Tags: webfeed
- Realty Bites - Why do you still need an agent to buy a home?
Still, I'm hoping that upstarts such as ZipRealty, LendingTree, Foxtons (a discount broker in the Northeast), and Catalist (a California discounter) will soon blow away the traditional realty transaction model
Tags: broker, realestate
- The Age of the Essay
Very good read! "Expressing ideas helps to form them"
Tags: thinking, writing
- tags plugin for MT
Tags: jots, mt, tags
- Blowing The Whistle On Web Hosting Whistle Blowers
# iPowerWeb pays $80 per sale.
# PowWeb pays $80 per sale.
# StartLogic.com pays $80 per sale.
[...]
Tags: affiliate, biz, hosting
- SmartSieve - Sieve Script Manager
Smartsieve is a web based graphical user interface for creating and managing sieve scripts on a cyrus imap mail server
Tags: email, filter, imap, sieve
- PubSub linkranks
watch link ranking throughout the blogosphere
Tags: agg, blog, webmap
- 43 Folders: How does a nerd hack GTD?
Tags: gtd
- EarthLink SIPshare: SIP-based P2P Content Sharing Prototype
EarthLink SIPshare, a simple, SIP-based proof-of-concept content sharing application, demonstrates the viability of SIP as a protocol over which peer-to-peer (P2P) applications other than the well-known voice and video cases may be implemented
Tags: p2p, sip
- Rathergate.com
heh heh
Tags: fraudster, pompous, rathergate
- Mercury Policy Project
The Mercury Policy Project (MPP) works to promote policies to eliminate mercury uses, reduce the export and trafficking of mercury, and significantly reduce mercury exposures at the local, national, and international levels
Tags: fish, health, mercury
- Healthy Fish, Healthy Families
Clip and save this wallet card for use in grocery stores and restaurants. Fish are listed here from the lowest to the highest mercury level, except fatty fish, which are treated separately in the orange section
Tags: fish, health, mercury
- FDA / EPA What You Need to Know About Mercury in Fish and Shellfish - March 2004
some fish and shellfish contain higher levels of mercury that may harm an unborn baby or young child's developing nervous system
Tags: fish, health, mercury
Wednesday, September 15

Today's Jots posts
by
joe
on Wed 15 Sep 2004 05:59 PM PDT
- Feed2JS | tags: javascript,
php, webfeed
Using RSS Feeds in your web pages is just a cut 'n paste away!
- FAQTs - Knowledge Base - View Entry - How can post XML data to the server? | tags: javascript, xml
How can I post/receive XML data from the server in javascript?
- Regular Expression Tester
| tags: javascript, regex
nice: This page uses the regular expression parser in your browser's implementation of JavaScript
- WhizSpark: Fostering Interaction. Plan, Promote, Attend Events, Win Free Stuff | tags: calendar, events
a bit like evite?
- slayeroffice | catagorized and searchable list boxes
sweet action. tags?
Tags: javascript, jots, tags
- slayeroffice | code | slide show III
super cool image transition effects done in javascript. check it!
Tags: image, javascript
- copy text to clipboard with mozilla/netscape
Tags: firefox, javascript
- Yahoo! News - Beer in Moderation Could Be Good for You
A study from the University
of Western Ontario finds a brew could be good for you. The researchers
say beer has antioxidant boosters that could help fight cancer, heart
disease and diabetes.
Tags: beer, health
- Can Peer Review be better Focused?
Tags: academia, social
- Popular Tags on Flickr Photo Sharing
very nice way to show tag lists
Tags: flickr, jots, tags
- Hacking NetFlix : What is RSS
nice simple description of rss
Tags: webfeed
- Onfolio
Onfolio is a PC application that makes it easy to save and use what you find on the internet
Tags: ie, search, social
- Version Control with Subversion
Manual for Subversion
Tags: cvs, subversion, version_control
- Watch Out Google! Amazon Gets Search
good write up on amazon's a9 search engine
Tags: jots, search, toolbar
- Swiss Army Knife Meets the Kitchen Sink
Looking for a search toolbar,
an RSS reader, online bookmark manager or web research manager? Look no
further: Pluck incorporates all of these features into a single,
elegant search tool.
Tags: ie, toolbar, webfeed
- Ojai Valley Dentists - Dr. Mark T. Weiser and Dr. David L. Garber
Now, there's an Ojai Valley dental office with your image in mind.
Tags: dentist, ojai
Tuesday, September 14

Today's Jots posts
by
joe
on Tue 14 Sep 2004 05:59 PM PDT
- intro to social capital
social structure, structural holes, social capital, seeing holes, network constraint index
Tags: social
- Rands In Repose: N.A.D.D.
Nerd Attention Deficiency Disorder
Tags: psyc
- Rands In Repose: Incrementalists
A healthy population of both Incrementalists and Completionists is essential to a corporate agenda
Tags: dev, psyc
- PCWorld.com - Microsoft Warns of Critical JPEG Flaw
A wide range of Microsoft software, including various versions of its Windows and Office products, is vulnerable. Additionally, applications created with Microsoft's Visual Studio developer tool or the .Net Framework and third-party applications that distribute their own copy of the vulnerable JPEG parsing engine may also be vulnerable, Microsoft says.
Tags: microsoft, security
- ZFS--the last word in file systems.
The breakthrough file system in Solaris 10 delivers virtually unlimited capacity, provable data integrity, and near-zero administration.
Tags: fs, sun
- CMUSphinx: The Carnegie Mellon Sphinx Project
The CMU Sphinx Group Open Source Speech Recognition Engines
Tags: speech_recognition
- Gmail-like autocomplete
This is a really good start on a Gmail-esque auto-complete
Tags: javascript, ui
- png2ico - PNG to icon converter (Linux,GNU,Windows,Unix)
Converts PNG files to Windows icon resource files
Tags: icon, image
- Mozilla Firefox - Live Bookmarks
Live Bookmarks is a new technology in Firefox that lets you view RSS news and blog headlines in the bookmarks toolbar or bookmarks menu.
Tags: delicious, firefox, jots
- The Morning News - Trailers for Everyday Life
Tags: funny
- Google Local
Find local businesses and services on the web.
Tags: google, local
- Yet another ruby VM
see the README
Tags: ruby
- Windows security checklist (kottke.org)
If your machine is being hosed by spyware, virii, and malicious popups, this list is a good place to start.
Tags: security, xp
- khtml2png
a command line program to create PNGs of webpages
Tags: dev
Monday, September 13

Today's Jots posts
by
joe
on Mon 13 Sep 2004 05:59 PM PDT
- blosxom::related: a del.icio.us blosxom plugin
Tags: delicious, jots,
a plugin for the blosxom micro-cms which retrieves links related to each story from del.icio.us. This is different from the more common 'my latest links' integration with del.icio.us because the query is dynamic based on metadata in the story.
- uControl keyboard mapper for osx
Tags: mac, ui,
uControl is a keyboard remapper and more. Meaning, those useless keys can now be reused, remapped, or reduced. Unix hackers will be pleased to remap the caps lock key to the control key
- Nightly firefox drops
Tags: firefox,
- keeping the to do list simple (Surftrail)
Tags: gtd, tinderbox,
keep my to do list in Tinderbox just a simple map, not the big Getting Things Done engine.
- Taking a Stand on the Semantic Web
Tags: rdf, semweb,
The Semantic Web: Unworkable, unnecessary, and unsafe at any speed, so says Cathy Marshall
- Chrenkoff: Good news from Iraq, Part 10
Tags: iraq, toread,
long read on situation in iraq. compare and contrast with Raed, burningbird etc.
- LiveDeal.com - Your Local Marketplace - Buy
Tags: auction, local,
like ebay, but local
- Meta-Analysis of State Polls
Tags: politics,
Electoral College Meta-Analysis
- SeatGuru.com - Your Enlightened Guide to Airplane Seating
Tags: air, travel,
To find the best airline seats in First Class, Business Class or Coach, select the airline and aircraft you're flying using the menu on the left.
- Oliver Steele: Responsive Interfaces and Effective People
Tags: gtd, ui,
GTD as a model for ui. quite interesting
- The Tao of Mac - VNC
Tags: mac, remote, vnc,
links to mac vnc resources
- Ping-o-Matic!
Tags: agg, webfeed,
webfeed updates ping aggregator service
- Hot Links
Tags: agg, jots, webfeed,
HotLinks sources are RSS or Atom 0.3 files with a title, a direct link to the target, eventually a description, no more than ~15 items per day
Sunday, September 12

Today's Jots posts
by
joe
on Sun 12 Sep 2004 05:59 PM PDT
Saturday, September 11

Today's Jots posts
by
joe
on Sat 11 Sep 2004 05:59 PM PDT
- MadSciNet: The 24-hour exploding laboratory.
MadSci Network represents a collective cranium of scientists providing answers to your questions. For good measure
- hackdiary: del.icio.us experiments
delicious python lib
- RDFWeb and Friend of a Friend (FOAF) developer site
RDFWeb is an experimental linked information system, exploring some interconnected applications of the Semantic Web, beginning with the deployment of FOAF
- SugarCRM Inc. Commercial Open Source CRM
An innovative CRM solution
- Continuations on the Web
continuations in ruby
- MF Bliki: Closures
Essentially a closure is a block of code that can be passed as an argument to a function call. examples in ruby
- Broadband reports list of wisps
- WISPCon3 WISP List
Wireless Internet Service Provider Search
- WiFi 411 Online Hotspots Directory : Wireless Internet Service Providers
- Global Directory of Wireless Internet Service Providers
- Nav4 Search Engine Patch Kit - Think Tank 23 Contextual Navigation Solutions
Nav4 empowers users to locate relevant content in any context, no matter where it resides. And it empowers administrators to get up and running quickly. Just install it, point it at your content, and you're ready to go.
- Blender
Blender's goal is to offer RSS and Atom publishers a way to earn money from their syndication feeds. Our initial prototype shows off the beginnings of a better way to insert ads into RSS feeds.
- Creative Commons: search results
search Creative Commons content. powered by nutch.org
- Majestic Research
Majestic is a new kind of Independent Research Firm providing specialized services to institutional investors seeking to stay ahead in a changing market.
- Topix.net Weblog: The Daily Internet
But still it seems odd, that with the biggies supposedly in cutthroat competition for search, that they've left the field for Feedster as the best resource for this class of searches. Why?
- Keynote to buy researcher Vividence
- FocusJournal - Notebooks
A "focus" journal is a journal that you keep in order to collect a focus.
- Joel on Software - Getting Things Done When You're Only a Grunt
- Decode javascript obfuscated code
- CSS Fisheye
- The bookmarklet solution to the password problem
watch out for the slight security problem of a redefined prompt()
- javascript engine for Web Applications
The Engine framework creates an environment in which developers can add task- and transaction-based features.
- Feedsplitter
RSS to HTML to Javascript newsreader
- Chris Shiflett: Foiling Cross-Site Attacks
how to make your Web applications more secure by describing two contrasting types of attacks, Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) and Cross-Site Request Forgeries (CSRF)
- Blog23: Personalization, Classification and Staying Ahead of the Reader
- RSS feeds of various netflix categories by netflix themselves
nice
- The Face of Tomorrow is a photographic representation of projected demographic changes
In each city I take 100 photos of people in one specific location. I then divide these into male and female and from these I make a composite face
- Wi-Fi Hotspot Finder, Product Reviews, and Industry News
50,865 hotspots at 37,404 locations in 70 countries
- WebRing: hub of netstumbling
Websites dedicated to wireless network discovery, wardriving, security, access point mapping, antennas, etc.
- PCTEL WiFi Seeker
The PCTEL WiFi Seeker is a compact wireless (802.11b/g) network locator that is small enough to fit on a keychain
- freshmeat.net: Project details for KisMAC
KisMAC is a stumbler application for Mac OS X that puts your card into monitor mode. Unlike most other applications for OS X, it is completely invisible and sends no probe requests.
- USB GPS with KisMAC
KisMAC only supports serial GPS units because there is no standard protocol defined
- WiGLE - Wireless Geographic Logging Engine - Plotting WiFi on Maps
Worldwide database and mapping of 1,693,952 wireless networks, since September 2001
- TinGLE Project Home Page
TinGLE: A MacOSX Native Client for Wigle.net
- TNPI - Homemade (Do It Yourself) .mac using mod_dav and Apache
Friday, September 10

Today's Jots posts
by
joe
on Fri 10 Sep 2004 05:59 PM PDT

Listen to Jimmy Buffett live tonight
by
joe
on Fri 10 Sep 2004 02:05 PM PDT
Listen to Jimmy Buffett play Fenway Park live tonight: Radio Margaritaville. My cousins Gary and Laura are there now and having a blast. Wish I was too...
The concert starts at 5pm pacific tonight. Mix something tall and strong...
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