June 2009
43 posts
adva cms →
adva-cms is an open source cms plattform based on Ruby on Rails and Rails Engines.
(george recommends this)
May 2009
80 posts
Integrating SMS Messaging with your Rails... →
These days, almost everyone has a cell phone. SMS text messaging is the oldest, most reliable means to communicate with a wide range of mobile users. Whether you need to send an emergency text message to a single cell phone or send 1 million messages to your closest friends, this session will detail how to SMS-enable your Rails application. Topics include: Sending a single message through a cell...
YAML - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia →
YAML syntax was designed to be easily mapped to data types common to most high-level languages: list, hash, and scalar.[3] Its familiar indented outline and lean appearance makes it especially suited for tasks where humans are likely to view or edit data structures, such as configuration files, dumping during debugging, and document headers (e.g. the headers found on most e-mails are very close to...
Trigger List - 43FoldersWiki →
Professional
Projects started, not completed
Projects that need to be started
Commitments/promises to others
Boss/partners
Colleagues
Subordinates
Other people in organization
“Outside” people
Customers
Other organizations
Professionals
Communications to make/get
Internal/External
Initiate or respond to:
Phone calls
Voice-mail
E-mail
Pages
Faxes
Letters
Memos
...
Tracks | Where Tracks is failing to implement GTD... →
I have a context @inbox which is the first in my context list. Because it is the first, it is automatically the default context in the new-todo form. So in my collection phase I can quickly enter a new todo and not think about context/project at that time. I think this is the way many users of Tracks have organized this.
2. Someday/maybe can be easily supported by Tracks right now, although...
Tracks | Create Tasks in Tracks via Email using... →
I have rigged my hosted Tracks installation to be able to receive emails into an Inbox context I can sort through later.
This allows me to go through my email (gmail, or otherwise) and forward emails to “mygtd@mydomain.com” and have it automatically create a to-do with the subject of the email as the description and the body of the email as a note.
Again, this is somewhat tricky, but if you have...
Tracks | Perl Script to generate recurring tasks →
Hi, I really wanted to have recurring tasks so I wrote a perl script which I can automate via a cron job. I leveraged the code by lkraven on “Create Tasks in Tracks via Email using the RESTFul API”, so I thought it would be good to share the results. As with lkraven’s post, this is not for the begineer. If you look inside the attachment you will see examples of adding a task with LWP. I was...
What is BPMN? FAQ →
The Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) is a graphical notation that depicts the steps in a business process. BPMN depicts the end to end flow of a business process. The notation has been specifically designed to coordinate the sequence of processes and the messages that flow between different process participants in a related set of activities.
zhiing : Getting started with LBS on your iphone... →
(this one to point out that interfaces are often overkill.) (it’s an important point, dammit.)
No need to be a member of a cumbersome social navigation network. With zhiing you can send directions to anyone, anytime, over any network without a hassle.
zhiing : Getting started with LBS on your iphone... →
(this one’s cause it’s cool)
zhiing connects people-to-people, people-to-places and people-to-services with dynamic maps and turn-by-turn driving directions.
No need to be a member of a cumbersome social navigation network. With zhiing you can send directions to anyone, anytime, over any network without a hassle.
Download our powerful browser add-on to send zhiings from your computer...
Poiesis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia →
more word day stuff…
Poïesis is etymologically derived from the ancient Greek term ποιέω, which means “to make”. This word, the root of our modern “poetry”, was first a verb, an action that transforms and continues the world. Neither technical production nor creation in the romantic sense, poïetic work reconciles thought with matter and time, and man with the world....
Ethics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia →
Ethics is a branch of philosophy which seeks to address questions about morality, such as what the fundamental semantic, ontological, and epistemic nature of ethics or morality is (meta-ethics), how moral values should be determined (normative ethics), how a moral outcome can be achieved in specific situations (applied ethics), how moral capacity or moral agency develops and what its nature is...
“Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions. The term is...”
– Politics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
i knew there was an older/other meaning to this word… or in other words, i knew my learned definition of this world was incomplete.
Praxis (process) - Wikipedia, the free... →
Praxis is the process by which a theory, lesson, or skill is enacted or practiced.
Origins
In Ancient Greek the word praxis (πρᾱξις) referred to activity engaged in by free men. Aristotle held that there were three basic activities of man: theoria, poiesis and praxis. There corresponded to these kinds of activity three types of knowledge: theoretical, to which the end goal was truth; poietical,...
Resnooze | Control your life →
Have you ever emailed yourself something just to keep it in mind? Resnooze makes the process or “emailing yourself” easier. By default, Resnooze reminders are periodical so you won’t forget them even if you ignore one. With Resnooze, you can adjust the reminder frequency in a single click, from within the email message.
What is it good for?
Resnooze is a great to-do list tool. Low-priority items...
“how long it takes Microsoft to exceed the quarterly profits of Apple (two...”
– The Raw Feed: 10 Stunning Facts About Microsoft’s Profits
NEWS THE SHIELD STARS THREATENED BY GANG BOSSES
... →
The cast and crew of gritty US police drama THE SHIELD were chased off a set in Los Angeles’ gang district after failing to clear their filming plans with local street bosses. Show star Michael Chiklis admits he was terrified when gunwielding gang leaders approached him and his castmates and urged them to halt filming. The Fantastic Four star recalls, “We’re in the seediest...
Fogonazos: The swimming elephants →
TRACKS::Integrations →
Add Actions with Quicksilver and Applescript.
tracks is also looking good for mutli-user scenarios, given all the ruby-ness and order. thinking of redmine for project management, and that might cover eveything!
Invoicing and billing software for businesses, web... →
Introducing CannyBill CannyBill is a web based invoicing and billing solution for businesses and web designers. Easily create, send and manage invoices and accept payments online via credit card. You can also sell your products and services using order forms which your customers can signup to and even link to live API’s such as Plesk, Geotrust, Enom, Basecamp and many more. Want to sell SSL...
trackersync →
Trackersync is a web-based application ideal for issue tracking with built-in synchronisation with internet using Google Spreadsheets API. You can work not only online but although offline and then synchronize data with internet for multi user using.
Decibel (Loudness) Comparison Chart
Here are some interesting numbers, collected from a variety of sources, that help one to understand the volume levels of various sources and how they can affect our hearing.
Environmental Noise
Weakest sound heard0dBWhisper Quiet Library30dBNormal conversation (3-5’)60-70dBTelephone dial tone80dBCity Traffic (inside car)85dBTrain whistle at 500’, Truck Traffic90dBSubway train at...
Odin vs. Kirk
me: is that bob oden-kirk (cant spell it) on breaking bad?
smart dude: It is.
smart dude: I'm hoping they do an episode where everyone is played by him.
smart dude: And it becomes a one-man off-broadway show called Breaking Bob.
smart dude: Or that he brings on David Cross as the head of Mexican drug cartel.
smart dude: Cross would have a shitty little black goatee and red tinted sunglasses.
goodship11: New non-profit biz plan, to help the... →
goodship11: New non-profit biz plan, to help the economy. Give me and fi$h $1mill (for food), and we’ll fix it. our motto? “We unfuck your shit.”
goodship11: to be perfectly frank, cigarettes are... →
goodship11: to be perfectly frank, cigarettes are very egalitarian masters. -fi$h2000
“Police in Troy, New York Confiscate Cars with Too-Loud Stereos as Evidence of...”
– Noise News for Week of July 18, 1999
it’s not “typical seizure” cause they say so. see? it says it right up there. ”not typical seizure.” that makes it ok. like “sobriety checks” are really “inspection checks,” and bicycle tickets really...
Terminal Tips: Disable Spotlight in menu bar →
Are you tired of accidentally opening spotlight by pressing command + space? With this simple Terminal “hack,” you can rid your precious menu bar of Spotlight for once and all. Just open Terminal.app (located in /Applications/Utilities/) and type the following command: sudo chmod 0 /System/Library/CoreServices/Spotlight.app You will be required to authenticate as an administrator,...