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IOActive Labs Research: I can still see your actions on Google Maps over SSL

by karlcow

shows the concept of SSL traffic analysis pretty well. It also might be easier to understand for less technically inclined people, as in "An attacker can still figure out what you're looking at on Google Maps" (with the addendum that it's never going to be a 100% perfect and that my shoddy proof of concept has lots of room for improvement). 

Virgill ^ Vicky - Music - CTG Music Community

by sylvainulg (via)
3rd at MekkaSymposium2002 Mp3 competition. A pretty groovy song that shows demosceners can come with nicely recorded vocals too.

Streaming held back — TNL.net

by karlcow

Over the last cou­ple of weeks, I’ve looked at avail­abil­ity of movies and TV shows that came out in the past year. But what about movies that came two years ago? Are those more avail­able today than they were a year ago? Let’s look at the data.

January 2012

Tenouchi for men cutting | [ kenshi247.net ]

by Takwann
As I noted on facebook, in a dojo of 10 sensei you will get 10 different methods of striking men. I know this through experience. Although kendo does have a general ‘set’ method (defined by the ZNKR) it does – in fact – allow for a breadth of style. To exclaim that this or that is ‘wrong’ shows, I believe, not only inflexibility of mind, but potentially of method also. So, even if you don’t adhere to the method explained here, at least realise that many people actually do. What would be nice, however, would be that the people who don’t use this method to actually try it… a bit of research and self study (called KUFU in Japanese) is required in budo after all. As implied by the above, please realise that this is not some ‘how to do kendo properly’ article at all, but is presented for your (and my) study purposes. One of the well-known kendo phrases is: 我以外皆師 ‘Everybody but myself is my teacher’

Radio Interview with Matriarch of Social TV - MIT's Marie-Jose Montpetit

by sbrothier
Social TV is a huge buzzword in the TV world these days. Basically, it refers to the ways people are using social media in conjunction with their TV viewing. That might refer to something as simple as checking your Twitter feed on your phone while watching a political debate. It might also include joining a social network oriented around media discovery, like GetGlue, or Miso, where you can find out what your friends think of shows, or be notified when they are watching something. It had us wondering what impact Social TV will have on the way programmers design shows, and whether we’re returning to gathering in the living room watching I Love Lucy, only virtually. Marie-Jose Montpetit is a research scientist at the Research Lab of Electronics at MIT, where she researches putting video on multiple devices and combining it with social networking components.

swissted

by sbrothier
swissted is an ongoing project by graphic designer mike joyce, owner of stereotype design in new york city. drawing from his love of punk rock and swiss modernism, two movements that have absolutely nothing to do with one another, mike has redesigned vintage punk, hardcore, and indie rock show flyers into international typographic style posters. each poster is sized to the standard swiss kiosk dimensions of 35.5 inches wide by 50 inches high and set in berthold akzidenz grotesk medium, all lowercase. every single one of these shows actually happened.

MSN Visualizer - Overview

by gregg
VISUALIZER BY MSN PLAYS 47 SONGS AND SHOWS MILLIONS OF PICTURES. THE LYRICS WITH A TOTAL OF OVER 11'000 WORDS EXPLORE FLICKR AS TAGS FOR IMAGES, THE DYNAMIC SELECTION WITHIN THE SEARCH RESULTS HAPPENS RANDOMLY. EACH TIME A SONG IS BEING PLAYED, VISUALIZER BY MSN CREATES A COMPLETELY NEW AND UNIQUE VIDEO CLIP. ENJOY IT AND USE IT: WRITE YOUR OWN WORDS, PLAY IT WITH A RANDOM SONG AND SEND THE SOUNDING MESSAGE TO YOUR FIENDS. IT'S GREAT, IT'S FUN, IT'S HIGHLY PERSONAL.

One year of books

by sbrothier
We are husband and wife, living in Paris. This blog shows our growing book collection

December 2011

THE HUMANITARIAN IMPACT ON PALESTINIANS OF ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE WEST BANK

by sbrothier
This repor t examines the humanitarian impact on Palestinians from the ongoing construction of settlements in the West Bank and other Israeli infrastructure, such as the Barrier and the roads that accompany them. The analysis shows that almost 40% of the West Bank is now taken up by Israeli infrastructure. It also demonstrates how roads linking settlements to Israel, in conjunction with an extensive system of checkpoints and roadblocks, have fragmented Palestinian communities from each other. The deterioration of socio-economic conditions in the West Bank has been detailed in regular OCHA and World Bank repor ts over the last several years. These have underlined the fact that freedom of movement for Palestinians is crucial to improving humanitarian conditions and reviving socio-economic life.

Secret database shows Israeli government to be active partner in settlement landgrab | Mondoweiss

by sbrothier
Ha'aretz has busted open a huge story today: "Secret Israeli database reveals full extent of illegal settlement." The story outlines a database created by the Israeli defense establishment to gather:

November 2011

HTML5 - 12 Cool HTML5 Geolocation Ideas

by karlcow

Public transportation sites can list nearby bus stops and metro locations.Late night out? Taxi or car service Web sites can find where you are, even if you don’t know.Shopping sites can immediately provide estimates for shipping costs.Travel agencies can provide better vacation tips for current location and season.Content sites can more accurately determine the language and dialect of search queries.Real estate sites can present average house prices in a particular area, a handy tool when you’re driving around to check out a neighborhood or visit open houses.Movie theater sites can promote films playing nearby.Online games can blend reality into the game play by giving users missions to accomplish in the real world.News sites can include customized local headlines and weather on their front page.Online stores can inform whether products are in stock at local retailers.Sports and entertainment ticket sales sites can promote upcoming games and shows nearby.Job postings can automatically include potential commute times.

A simple introduction to web accessibility | Feature | .net magazine

by Monique

Accessibility can often seem daunting and complex but in fact there are only four types of disability you need to be aware of. Through groupings, simulations and quick fixes, UX and accessibility consultant Ian Hamilton shows that the basics are actually surprisingly simple

Using Fonts for Icons... | CSS-Tricks

by Monique

I've created this page to attempt to convince you. It shows examples and lists six reasons why it's a good idea and three common arguments against them (some of which I refute).

Latest Updates - DocumentCloud

by karlcow

The entities are displayed in a chart that shows how often each entity occurs across each page. Using this chart, you can see which companies and individuals tend to be mentioned together frequently, or which parts of a long document concern a certain topic.

page as unit. units dependent of the shape

September 2011

anddev.org • View topic - Poor mans GPS - Cell(Tower)ID / Location Area Code -Lookup

by JJL
This tutorial shows how to approximate your current location in the world using the CellID ( CellTowerID ) and LAC ( Location Area Code ), by requesting data, from a 'secret' Google-API.

Languages of the World (Wide Web) - Research Blog

by karlcow

Chinese and Japanese also seem unusual because there are relatively few links from pages in these languages to pages in English. This is despite the fact that Japanese and Chinese sites are the most popular non-English sites for English sites to link to. However, the number of sites in a language is a strong predictor of its `introversion', or fraction of off-site links to pages in the same language. Taking this into account shows that Chinese and Japanese webs are not unusually introverted given their size. In general, language webs with more sites are more introverted, perhaps due to better availability of content. 

Collaboration Matters! - IBM launches new Social Business Digital Library - features case studies, testimonials, Lotusphere sessions and industry insights

by oseres (via)
Featuring 60 second social stories, customer testimonials, Lotusphere 2011 session recordings and industry insights, this site shows signs of being a starting point toward a catalogue of excellent videos to be shared with customers and colleagues.

Singular

by rmaltete
Singular helps you to find and remove duplicate files on your Mac. Drop files & folders on its window or its Dock icon, choose files with the open panel, it makes no difference: it finds duplicate files, shows you the results and lets you move them to the Trash just in a click of the mouse.

August 2011

Building Hypermedia APIs with HTML5 and Node - O'Reilly Media

by karlcow

Building Hypermedia APIs with HTML5 and Node shows how to build stable, flexible Web APIs using JavaScript on both client and server. Its practical examples demonstrate best practices for writing and maintaining Web APIs and provide clear coverage of general principles of hypermedia that appeal to Web architects.

Why mobile apps suck when you're mobile (TCP over 3G)

by karlcow

The graph above shows the round-trip time (RTT) for 1000 IP packets I traced over a supposed super-fast HSDPA connection while travelling on a train in the UK.

Create a cool wax seal with an engraved eagle — Tutorials — gimpusers.com

by bebs (via)
You maybe know this: In the very past important letters have been sealed using a so called wax seal. This is a hot wax drop on the opening of the envelope - then a seal ring containing the unique emblem of the empire was pressed on the wax to harden the wax. So the letter was secured from spys from now on - because any opening would have breached the original letter. This tutorial shows how to create such a wax seal in GIMP! Have fun ;)

One month with Google+: why this social network has legs

by night.kame (via)

Google+ also offers the ability to re-share posts made by others. Twitter's retweet feature is similar, where the other person's content shows up in your own feed as something that you have "forwarded" onto your own followers. This in itself is handy, but Google+ takes it a step further by also offering options not to allow re-sharing (say you make a private post to a small group of people and you don't want those people re-sharing your thoughts to their own friends).

Et oui, Google+ peut bloquer le copier-coller et la capture d'écran : c'est ça le Web 3.0.

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