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Will Steacy Blog: The Facebook Effect

by karlcow

Corporate taxes paid on profits fell to 12.1% in fiscal 2011. Companies on average paid 25.6% from 1987-2008.

2011

I AM PELLE | Pelle Martin

by gregg
My areas of expertise include Creative direction, Art direction, Web design, App design, Graphic design, Concept development, User experience, Motion Graphics, Animation, Video editing, Post production, Quality securing and making people fell good when they work with me :)

2010

Japan’s Farmers on the Rise? - Japan Real Time - WSJ

by karlcow

Although the number of people starting new farms fell overall, those in the under-39 age group rose by 6.9%. That suggests the current popularity of farmers’ markets, organic food and “sustainable living” in cities like Tokyo and Osaka is spurring some young people to head for the countryside, supported by grants from the farm ministry and help with agricultural know-how from organizations such as Refarm.

Better Gmail Firefox add-on

by decembre
As you can see, this add-on packs a wallop, including many of our old (and new) favorites such as the Macros script (for many more keyboard shortcuts Gmail should really have in the first place), an Unlabelled label hack and a Filter Assistant which brings that handy email client functionality of building filters from a currently selected message. Of course, one could run out and find all these scripts on their own, but Better Gmail takes the clicking out of that process and wraps all this great stuff into one handy extension, complete with the ability to disable it all in one fell swoop in case you need to get back to Gmail's basics.

2009

Desktop drapes: GNOME wallpaper manager

by tadeufilippini
What's Desktop Drapes Desktop drapes is a wallpaper manager application for the gnome desktop. It can randomly changing your wallpaper every once in a while, or whenever you fell like it. It can also automaticaly pickup any wallpapers you added to a directory with the ninja magic of inotify. It's written using C# (mono) with the help of Gtk#/Gnome#. For your viewing pleasure here is a screenshot.

Number of On-demand Titles Topped Traditional Books in 2008   - 5/19/2009 7:21:00 AM - Publishers Weekly

by karlcow

The number of new and revised titles produced by traditional production methods fell 3% in 2008, to 275,232, but the number of on-demand and short run titles soared 132%, to 285,394. The on-demand and short run segment is the method typically used by self-publishers as well as online publishers.

The Kitchen

by karlcow

Well before Soho became SOHO, there was the West Village, an urban network of lower and middle class dwellers, merchants, craftsmen, intellectuals and artists in the infrastructure of city parks, small restaurants, cafes and theaters. In time, this cultural stronghold of the Lower West Side fell into decline and one of the last flagships of the performing arts was, for a short time, located at the Mercer Arts Center, an assembly of small theaters facing Mercer street in what was the old Hotel Central.

Grid Based Design Toolbox | Fuel Your Creativity

by fabifab & 2 others
Grid Based Design Toolbox March 16, 2009 by Adelle Charles My favorite place to go for Grid based design information is The Grid System. It’s a ‘must bookmark’ in my opinion. Don’t forget to check out the new Grid System Forum too. I’m a minimalist designer so I believe the grid is one of the most important elements of web design. There are many articles and resources on the web, I’ve chosen to pick through them all and compile my best resources/tools all in one fell swoop. Keep in mind, there are plenty of list posts out there but these are my ‘go to’ grid resources.

My pachislo machine will not power on. what's wrong?

by pachinko
My pachislo machine will not power on. what's wrong?I had it open, trying to adjust the volume, and i had not touched anything, when this little kid i was babysitting pushed a button that turned on the hopper. A few tokens fell on the floor and then th...

2008

The Mobile City » Blog Archive » Locative media and the situationists

by karlcow

What struck me was that locative media practitioners often refer back to the situationists as some kind of ancestors, as if they’re working in the same vein. …

But that, to me, seems to be where the similarities end. As alive-and-kicking situationist muse Jacqueline de Jong pointed out during the evening, the situationists wanted one thing above all else: to destroy and disrupt our cushy society. They were sick of it, vowing never to work a day in their lives. They probably would have laughed if they had seen that their ideas had been cherry-picked for ripe concepts. The derive, the detournement. All simple concepts that they purposefully packaged in complex and artistc jargon. And we fell for it.

:) Gauche caviar et Sofa Revolution

{ Pretty Cool People Interviews }

by sbrothier
In Paris we met with one half of the design duo that makes up Studio Deubal. Deubal is a French creative agency consisting of Stéphanie Lelong and Olivier Marquézy. We fell in love with their original character-based title sequence designs. When we visit Olivier in his studio, he's on his last legs. He's been pulling an all-nighter.

Bleak New Batch of Data on Economy - NYT

by ravi
With the price of oil near record levels, import costs grew in January at the highest annual rate in a quarter century, the Labor Department said. In New York, manufacturing activity fell to its lowest level in five years. And consumers, responding to a national survey, said they felt worse about the economy than any time since the recession era of the early 1990s.

2007

In Freiburg - Travel Images

by wiwiana & 1 other
The square around the Freiburg's cathedral was unusually quiet, then snow flakes fell and in about half an hour it was white.

In Freiburg - Travel Images

by axel & 1 other
The square around the Freiburg's cathedral was unusually quiet, then snow flakes fell and in about half an hour it was white.

Python instead of Matlab for plotting?

by pvergain
A few years ago I «fell in love» with Python , which is a dynamically typed interactive, object oriented scripting language. With a few extensions I found it very suitable for efficient visualization and problem solving in Scientific computing. So can it replace Matlab? For me its pretty close! For you? It depends on your needs, but have a look! Why I use Python * Python is a small, high level scripting language that sits on top of a efficient C library. Because of this, Python code is compact, and the resulting code can run at a speed close to C if the computationally intensive parts are done via library calls. * Short learning curve - I was almost instantly productive. * Python can be used interactively (like matlab), and documentation for most functions can be accessed via a built in help facility. * It is free (also in this regard) * The syntax invites you to write clean code. No ;'s at the end of lines, the block structure is described by indentation instead of Begin-End or {..}. Through the Numeric/numarray modules one gets powerful array syntax - inspired by languages such as Fortran 90, Matlab, Octave, Yorick etc. Python itself has also borrowed features from e.g. Lisp, with its interactivity and built in support for list manipulation. * Python has many other useful modules built in, one may for instance write a web server in just a few lines of code or work transparently with gzipped files (handy for analyzing large ascii data files) * Linking in and reusing Fortran subroutines is very easy using e.g. f2py mentioned below, or the Pyfort module found on www.python.org. Integration with C is of course even tighter since the most popular python is written in C. (yes. there is a java python...) * It is possible to work in single precision, which is sufficient for most scientific purposes. This makes it easier to work with large datasets/arrays using only half the memory compared to e.g. matlab. As my basic setup I use Python with the following extensions: Numpy: a.k.a. Numeric python, contain the advanced array syntax, as well as powerful and commonly used functions that can be applied to the multi dimensional arrays. Pygist: Gist is a very fast graphics library for 2D and 3D plots written directly for X11, but also ported to Mac and Windows. Gist is a part of the Yorick language. Pygist contain the Python bindings, read about it here. A recent version of Pygist can be found here. Pygist is currently also a part of a distribution of Python packages called Scipy, that can be found here. f2py: Makes connecting Fortran subroutines a breeze! Also a part of Scipy. A complete example: wrap this subroutine in a Python function returning "dist": [avle@tindved test]$ cat r1.f90 subroutine r1(x,y,n,dist) real x(n),y(n) !f2py intent(out) dist xl=0.0 ; yl=0.0 ; vp=0.0 do i=1,n xl=xl + x(i)**2 ; yl=yl + y(i)**2 vp=vp + x(i)*y(i) end do if(vp>=0.0)then dist = acos(sqrt(vp/(xl*yl))) else dist = 4*atan(1.0)-acos(sqrt(-vp/(xl*yl))) end if end subroutine r1 [avle@tindved test]$ ls r1.f90 [avle@tindved test]$ f2py -c -m r1 --fcompiler=g95 r1.f90 ..lots of output... [avle@tindved test]$ ls r1.f90 r1.so* [avle@tindved test]$ python2 Python 2.2.3 (#1, Feb 15 2005, 02:41:06) [GCC 3.2.3 20030502 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.3-49)] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import Numeric as nx, r1 >>> a=nx.array((2.3,2.2)) ; b=nx.array((3.2,2.1)) >>> r1.r1(a,b) 1.2827057838439941 >>>

Mary fell back on her papa, and begged him to take hers

by wuzupguys998
Mary fell back on her papa, and begged him to take hers. Papa told the best stories of all, she said, and Meta looked beseeching. Tags: literature, interesting stuff

Va. gunman's family feels hopeless, lost

by huahua
BLACKSBURG, Va. - The family of Virginia Tech gunman Seung-Hui Cho told The Associated Press on Friday that they feel "hopeless, helpless and lost," and "never could have envisioned that he was capable of so much violence." He has made the world weep. We are living a nightmare," said a statement issued by Cho's sister, Sun-Kyung Cho, on the family's behalf. It was the Chos' first public comment since the 23-year-old student killed 32 people and committed suicide Monday in the deadliest shooting rampage in modern U.S. history. Raleigh, N.C., lawyer Wade Smith provided the statement to the AP after the Cho family reached out to him. Smith said the family would not answer any questions, and neither would he. "Our family is so very sorry for my brother's unspeakable actions. It is a terrible tragedy for all of us," said Sun-Kyung Cho, a 2004 Princeton University graduate who works as a contractor for a State Department office that oversees American aid for Iraq. "We pray for their families and loved ones who are experiencing so much excruciating grief. And we pray for those who were injured and for those whose lives are changed forever because of what they witnessed and experienced," she said. "Each of these people had so much love, talent and gifts to offer, and their lives were cut short by a horrible and senseless act." Authorities are in frequent contact with Cho's family, but have not placed them in protective custody, said Assistant FBI Director Joe Persichini, who oversees the bureau's local Washington office. Authorities believe they remain in the Washington area, but are staying with friends and relatives. Persichini said the FBI and Fairfax County Police have assured Cho's parents that they will investigate any hate crimes directed at the family if and when they ever return to their Centreville home. The family statement was issued during a statewide day of mourning for the victims. Silence fell across the Virginia Tech campus at noon and bells tolled in churches nationwide in memory of the victims. "We are humbled by this darkness. We feel hopeless, helpless and lost. This is someone that I grew up with and loved. Now I feel like I didn't know this person," Cho's sister said. "We have always been a close, peaceful and loving family. My brother was quiet and reserved, yet struggled to fit in. We never could have envisioned that he was capable of so much violence." She said her family will cooperate fully and "do whatever we can to help authorities understand why these senseless acts happened. We have many unanswered questions as well." Wendy Adams, whose niece, Leslie Sherman, was killed in the massacre, said of the family's statement: "I'm not so generous to be able to forgive him for what he did. But I do feel for the family. I do feel sorry for them." "I do believe they're living a nightmare," she added. Robert Jeffers of Idaho Falls, Idaho, a friend of slain 25-year-old student Brian Bluhm, said: "I hope people can see that the right action to take from all of this is love, not hate." "Based on this sorrowful statement, it is apparent that the family grieves with everyone in the world," Virginia Tech spokesman Larry Hincker said. Cho's name was given as "Cho Seung-Hui" by police and school officials earlier this week. But the the South Korean immigrant family said their preference was "Seung-Hui Cho." Many Asian immigrant families Americanize their names by reversing them and putting their surnames last. While Cho clearly was seething and had been taken to a psychiatric hospital more than a year ago as a threat to himself, investigators are still trying to establish exactly what set him off, why he chose a dormitory and a classroom building for the rampage and how he selected his victims. "The why and the how are the crux of the investigation," Virginia State Police spokeswoman Corinne Geller said. "The why may never be determined because the person responsible is deceased." During the campus memorial, hundreds of somber students and area residents, most wearing the school's maroon and orange, stood with heads bowed on the parade ground in front of Norris Hall, the classrooom building where all but two of the victims died. Along with the bouquets and candles was a sign reading, "Never forgotten." "It's good to feel the love of people around you," said Alice Lo, a Virginia Tech graduate and friend of Jocelyne Couture-Nowak, a French instructor killed in the rampage. "With this evil, there is still goodness." The mourners gathered in front of stone memorials, each adorned with a basket of tulips and an American flag. There were 33 stones — one for each victim and Cho. "His family is suffering just as much as the other families," said Elizabeth Lineberry, who will be a freshman at Virginia Tech in the fall. In a city park in Frederick, Md., student Claire Moblard rang a 3,400-pound bell once for each of the slain. Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland asked state residents to observe a moment of silence. And in Baltimore, Mayor Sheila Dixon and about 100 city employees paused silently at City Hall while bells tolled at Zion Lutheran Church and the Baltimore Basilica. Near Richmond, Va., a dozen Tech alumni gathered at dawn at an intersection, waving school flags and banners and holding signs asking motorists to honk. The blare of car horns was deafening, and some drivers lowered their windows and raised their arms in a thumbs-up or V-for-victory salute. President Bush wore an orange and maroon tie in a show of support. The White House said he also asked top officials at the Justice, Health and Human Services and Education Departments to travel the country, talk to educators, mental health experts and others and compile a report on how to prevent similar tragedies. Seven people hurt in the rampage remained hospitalized, at least one in serious condition. ___ Aaron Beard contributed to this story from Raleigh, N.C. wow powerleveling hitachi seo Imitation jewelry Fashion jewelry China factory The biggest wholesale market in china Translation service in yiwu Trading company in yiwu Yiwu trading company Yiwu commodity smoke detector motion detector Yiwu fair China fair

Ingenious Iranian PR and Diplomacy - Releasing British Sailors as "Easter Gift"

by trnscndr
In one fell-swoop today Iran and their seemingly Napoleonic leader, Ahmadinejad, made everyone in the world further consider the possibility that Bush and Co. are all smoke when it comes to their portrayal of Iran as "warmongering" or set on anything other than than defending itself against proven aggressors. They announced plans to release British POW's as an "Easter" gift. What a coup for these witty Persians. With smiling faces on their captives they presented themselves as fair and appropriately deliberative, if not gracious.

Elementary My Dear Watson - Music Bands Led Zeppelin

by chernobylnews
Originally from Eastern Washington, so I can drive in snow (a rarity in Seattle). Have a wonderful blue-eyed blonde wife (Annette) and two kids (Still trying to get the last one moved out). Fell into embedded software engineering a few years back and have been able to make a living at it. Play guitar and am pretty much stuck in the 70's (Led Zeppelin medley anyone?). This is a paragraph of text that could go in the sidebar. Thanks for stopping by.

Python, Ruby, Testing

by pvergain
That aside, despite appreciating both languages, Andrzej feels that he learns more from the Ruby community. I mentioned earlier that Andrzej isn't a language zealot. He is a zealot for agile development techniques. What he appreciates about both Ruby and Python is that they are languages that assist and encourage in the production of beautiful and elegant code. He cares about the beauty of his code, ugly code offends him. Smile This is something that I started to appreciate with Python, and why I fell in love with it. It is also what makes the art of software creation so beguiling. Not only can we solve problems, but we can do so in ways that are elegant. Beautiful code is easier to understand, is a clearer expression of the programmers intention (a concise encapsulation of concepts), and is therefore more reliable and easier to maintain. This is why domain specific languages are important. They emphasise that code should be the clearest expression of meaning possible, and this is often exemplified in the declarative style. You write code that says what you mean, and then provide a framework which interprets this in ways the computer can understand. See this blog entry, about a PyCon talk, for an example of writing a DSL with Python. For Andrzej, and also now for me since joining Resolver a year ago, agile practises like test driven development are an important part of creating beautiful code. This is what Andrzej means when he says that he learns more from the Ruby community than from the Python community. Part of this probably stems from his longer involvement in the Ruby community, but he feels that he learns more about effective testing (and explorations of other subjects about methodologies that are not specific to any individual programming language) when reading Ruby blogs than Python blogs. I have to say that in the Python blogosphere it does seem like there is not a huge emphasis on testing and test driven development, and the nuances of when to test and when to mock. That isn't to say there is no-one talking about it, just not a focussed exploration of these issues. There are exceptions (and feel free to disagree with this point). Grig Gheorghiu is a notable and important exception to this. (Andrzej and I were fortunate to meet Grig at PyCon, although only briefly, and I regularly point Andrzej to interesting posts on Grig's blog.) Not only does he blog regularly about testing, but he has also just started the Testing in Python mailing list. Hopefully this will become a focal point for the Python community in discussing and refining testing tools and practises.

How to Fall In Love with Your Job All Over Again

by munkutha
Remember how exciting it was when you first fell in love? Your heart did somersaults every time you met the one you loved. The two of you sat up talking all night. And you always seemed to have so much energy. The thrill of falling in love is wonderful

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