Monthly Archives: January 2009
Bookmarks for January 18th through January 21st
Web Design Resources I Use – everything on one single page
Automating Data Visualization with Ruby and Graphviz – OmniNerd – interesting simple manufacturing logistics example
CSCI B656 Web Mining – Web Mining class syllabus
VAIO P催生者 – 詫摩智朗訪談實錄 | 癮科科討論區 – some interesting pics of the vaio p, engadget has a translation. see design sketches, accessories, etc.
Chris [...]
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Best Mac Ever
2009 will bring the 25th anniversary of the Apple Macintosh and the question: what is the greatest Mac ever?
Some folks are already calling the Mac SE/30 the winner. I can understand that. It was my first Mac too. A true workhorse.
I was first introduced to what became my Greatest Mac Ever in the late [...]
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This is how I’ll remember it
NOTIFBUTWHEN #2: January 2009
Bookmarks for January 12th through January 15th
Noisy Decent Graphics: All the ephemera that's fit to print * – this one post contains everything i get excited about: typography, design, printing, newsprint, the internet and big loud machines.
sketch.basement.org –
Installing Ruby Enterprise Edition with Phusion Passenger | Perplexed Labs – "I’ve been using Phusion Passenger for a few months now and [...]
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Good bye Mr McGoohan
Someone gave me The Prisoner TV series DVD box set long ago. Had no idea what to expect but was totally absorbed once I started watching. This was great TV. Obvious the care and thought that went into every aspect, from the dialog to the things hanging on the walls. Sadly #6 just passed away.
Bookmarks for January 8th through January 12th
Quick-R: Home Page – "R is an elegant and comprehensive statistical and graphical programming language. Unfortunately, it can also have a steep learning curve. I created this website for experienced users of popular statistical packages such as SAS, SPSS, Stata, and Systat (although current R users should also find it useful). My goal is to [...]
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The Making of Forever / Victoria & Albert Museum
The Making of Forever / Victoria & Albert Museum from Universal Everything.
And catch a glimpse of Karsten Schmidt’s sketchbook as he works out the details.
Debugging with a drill
We’ve got this great old lamp that blew up recently. Smoke, black charred bits, scary. Easy enough to fix right? NO! The Master Craftsman that originally put this together must’ve been able to bend space & time. Wire doesn’t normally bend at right angles unassisted, much less an acute angle like this:
But the person that [...]
Bookmarks for January 6th through January 7th
VixML | This way to iPhone awesomeness. – "If you can write a Web page, you can write VixML. It's a simple, XML-based format for creating content for iPhone apps. Built natively for the iPhone, VixML allows you to take advantage of the device's best features… Tapping. Shaking. Tilting. Swiping. Pinching. Now you can create [...]
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Memories of Fake Buttons Past & Present