2011
FourthParty
FourthParty is an open-source platform for measuring dynamic web content. Unlike many previous web measurement tools FourthParty is built on a production web browser, Mozilla Firefox, lending it the ability to: monitor realistic interactions with web applications,
Nicholas Nethercote » Blog Archive » Clownshoes available in sizes 2^10+1 and up!
beware of what you measure might become part of the measurement.SQLite is very careful about measuring its memory usage and provides an API to access those measurements. But in order to measure its own memory usage accurately, it adds 8 bytes to every allocation request in order to store the requested size at the start of the resulting heap block. In doing so, it converts a lot of 1,024 byte requests into 1,032 byte requests. Ironically enough, the slop caused by storing the requested size rendered the stored size inaccurate.
Font sizing with rem - Snook.ca
by Spone & 3 others (via)
Determining a unit of measurement to size our text can be a topic of heated debate, even in this day and age. Unfortunately, there are still various pros and cons that make the various techniques less desirable. It's just a matter of which less-desirable is most desirable.
There are two main techniques that are extolled:
Size with px
Size with em
Let's review these two approaches before I reveal the magical third.
2010
Consultancy Notice - Pact Institute Consultant | The Phnom Penh Post
by ebilodeau
Another example of a job posting relating to the creating of a CoP: "Through the South-East Asia (SEA) Change project, Pact seeks to establish an active Southeast Asia community of practice (COP) for monitoring and evaluation of climate change interventions in which members innovate and apply measurement approaches, methods and tools resulting in demonstrable solutions to climate change. "
Collection: alg_plays
The "Windcuts" are experiments in turning sensor data into physical instantiations, via Processing and an NC Milling machine (a computer controlled drill, for the rest of us ).
Wind movement measurement data (wind direction, velocity and temperature) was used to generate a 3d form, which was then cut out of wood.
( Digital wind meets wood :)
Juicy Studio: CSS Analyser - colour contrast test
by dzc & 3 others (via)
This service has been provided to allow you to check the validity of your CSS against the W3C's validation service, along with a colour contrast test, and a test to ensure that relevant sizes are specified in relative units of measurement. If the CSS is specified by a URL, it will be loaded into the text area to offer an option to make changes for testing without having to re-upload.
2009
LOVELAND - ABOUT
by 4004
Based in Detroit, Michigan, LOVELAND is all about creative new concepts in micro payments for micro ownership and use of land. It is building frameworks for many people to invest and participate in the creation of something where nothing was before, and to interact with places both in person and online in various unique ways.
Starting with the smallest unit of American measurement, the humble inch, the first LOVELAND "colony" is a 10,000 square inch grid called Plymouth. People are invited to purchase these inches for a dollar a piece. When Plymouth is full it will move outdoors from its temporary home in Detroit's Russell Industrial Center and the next colony (or colonies) will appear.
Allan Jardine | Reflections | Design
by ycc2106 & 6 others
Design is a suite of web-design and development assistive tools which can be utilised on any web-page. Encompassing utilities for grid layout, measurement and alignment, Design is a uniquely powerful JavaScript bookmarklet.
Allan Jardine | Reflections | Design
by ronpish
Design is a suite of web-design and development assistive tools which can be utilised on any web-page. Encompassing utilities for grid layout, measurement and alignment, Design is a uniquely powerful JavaScript bookmarklet.
Googleがネット中立性のための新兵器Measurement Labを導入
by kuroyagi
"Googleは今日（米国時間1/28）、インターネットのプロバイダがユーザのブロードバンド接続を、特定のアプリケーションをブロックしたり減速することによって妨害していないか、ユーザ自身が調べることのできるツールを一般に提供すると発表した。"
M-Lab - Measurement Lab
by marco & 2 others (via)
Pour savoir si votre FAI vous ment. Plate-forme distribuée de mesures sur Internet, avec un système de rapport qui permet à tout utilisateur de tester sa connectivité, son débit mais aussi d'éventuelles violations de la transparence du réseau
2008
dispcalGUI—Display Calibration powered by Argyll CMS and Python
by -Nicolas- & 1 other
dispcalGUI is a GUI frontend for several utilities from the open source color management system Argyll CMS by Graeme Gill, specifically dispcal, dispread, colprof and dispwin, which when used together allow you to calibrate and profile your display using a measurement device.
SourceForge.net: pagetest » home
by camel (via)
Pagetest is an open source tool for measuring and analyzing web page performance right from your web browser. AOL developed Pagetest internally to automate load time measurement of its many websites, and it has evolved into a powerful tool for web developers and software engineers in testing their web pages and getting instant feedback. We decided to release it to the grander web development community to further help evolve it into an even more useful - and free - web performance tool.
Word of Mouth Measurement | Andiamo Systems
by gregg
Pssst...people are talking about you. Your business. Your products. Your competitors. Your customers. On the millions of blogs, forums, social networks, review sites & message boards. On mainstream media and PR newswires. Listen, understand and you'll prosper.
Allan Jardine | Design
by gregg & 6 others
Design is a suite of web-design and development assistive tools which can be utilised on any web-page. Encompassing utilities for grid layout, measurement and alignment, Design is a uniquely powerful JavaScript bookmarklet.
Understand Scala’s class syntax and semantics
by BlueVoodoo
In this second installment of The busy Java developer's guide to Scala series, learn a basic premise of language measurement: that the power of a language can be measured in direct relation to its ability to integrate new facilities -- in this case, support for complex numbers. Along the way you'll see some interesting tidbits related to class definitions and usage in Scala.
