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Claus Ibsen: CamelFly - A mashup of real time flight positions
Last year the university of Applied Sciences at Brandenburg Germany posted a solution to gather earthquake data. This year they build a mashup example, CamelFly, for tracking plane positions in German...
View ArticleJames Duncan: Watch TED2012 Session 7 on an open livecast
Next Wednesday night, TED will be opening up the livecast of Session 7 from TED2012 in Long Beach to anyone and everyone with a network connection. Linked by James Duncan Davidson.
View ArticleJames Duncan: Photography: You’re doing it wrong
Aaron Hockley blasts some common sayings in the photography world, especially by fuddy-duddies. Linked by James Duncan Davidson.
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James Duncan: Thunderbolt at TED2012
The TED media team is no stranger to dealing with large amounts of data. The bulk of the data is the HD video recorded of the sessions from multiple angles at 1080p. Not only is all this data created...
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Bryan Pendleton: ABC follows up on the NYT Foxconn story
Remember that New York Times article on the Foxconn factories that I blogged about last month?Well, the ABC Nightline staff have followed up on that story, and David Pogue of the New York Times covers...
View ArticleJustin Mason: Links for 2012-02-24
BBC News – Sentinel project research reveals UK GPS jammer use : GPS jamming was this commonplace? I had no idea. ‘”We believe there’s between 50 and 450 occurrences in the UK every day,” said Charles...
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Yoav Shapira: Show review: Green Eyes
Last Saturday night I saw the unusual theatre show, "Green Eyes," a Company One production, with a friend. The show is unusual partially because it takes place in a hotel suite (at the Ames hotel...
View ArticleSam Ruby: Hearing Aid
I now have an open fit hearing aid device for my left ear. That ear has experienced tinnitus for approximately 10 years. An ABR test given at that time found nothing. My hearing loss is primarily...
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Andrew Savory: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-02-25
Is "SaaS" & "Cloud" the way the govt is going to wiggle out of using open source this year? Throw lots of buzzwords out & hope no-one looks? # @MaKleSoft @twtomcat having seen #SecuStore for...
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Andrew Savory: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-02-25
Is "SaaS" & "Cloud" the way the govt is going to wiggle out of using open source this year? Throw lots of buzzwords out & hope no-one looks? # @MaKleSoft @twtomcat having seen #SecuStore for...
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Mukul Gandhi: modular XML instances and modular XSD schemas
I was playing with some new ideas lately related to exploring design options, to construct modular XML instance documents vs/and modular XSD schema documents and thought to write my findings as a blog...
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Edward J. Yoon: Received new car as compensation
I was having (engine stalls) problem with ma car 2011 Z4 sDrive30i, so finally received new one as compensation from the BMW. Yahoo! The model of my new car is 2012 new Z4 sDrive 35i, and twin turbo,...
View ArticleJames Duncan: Beanbag Jumping at TED2012
While setting up TED2012 in Long Beach, a pile of beanbags beckoned some of us to play like kids for a few minutes. Work hard, play hard. Right? We captured the result using our iPhones: (watch on...
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James Duncan: Teller reveals some secrets
Teller writes for Smithsonian magazine and reveals a few secrets about magic, including some principles of perception that magicians have figured out over the centuries, including this gem: if you are...
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Bryan Pendleton: Time for the next generation
My daughter, who is studying computer programming using the Processing language, happened to be home (briefly) over the weekend, and one of her requests was about how she could start learning about...
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Ian Boston: Deploying/Tuning SparseMap Correctly
Deploying SparseMap is designed to maintain a shared cache of recently accessed maps in memory. The code base itself is also designed to use a little memory as possible. The SparseMap app server runs...
View ArticleJustin Mason: Links for 2012-02-26
Zombie Gnomes Bye Bye Birdie by ChrisandJanesPlace on Etsy : ‘This is a sorry sight indeed. A poor helpless Lawn Flamingo has been taken down by zombie gnomes: Nose-less Ned, Greedy Gary, and...
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Andrew Savory: Samsung Wave 3
Back in November, Samsung held a Bada Developer Day to herald the launch of Bada 2.0. This followed on from the 2010 Samsung Bada developer day they held. During the event, Samsung provided Wave 3...
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Bryan Pendleton: How do we peer-review code?
There's a fascinating article in the current issue of Nature magazine online: The case for open computer programs, by Darrel C. Ince, Leslie Hatton & John Graham-Cumming.The article deals with the...
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