February 2011
65 posts
sweetcron - Project Hosting on Google Code →
Sweetcron is a self-hosted lifestreaming application that supports themes & plugins. It is based on the CodeIgniter php framework, from EllisLab. Automatic Import Uploaded a photo to flickr? Bookmarked a new site? In a few minutes it will show up on your blog! Easily Customisable Edit simple templates to change the way your Sweetcron Lifestream looks. Default Boxy But Good theme included! Self...
“Nothing is hidden so much that it wouldn’t be revealed through its fruit.—...”
– Portal:Occult - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Interesting to find this on wiki’s occult portal (edit: Paracelsus was an alchemist/magicman/whatever, so, that explains that). I take this as “nothing (worth doing) can be kept a secret,” so to speak. The “worth...
WatchIntelligent Interactive Billboard - Multi-touch with Face detection - NUI Group Community Forums
http://www.immersivelabs.com/
Ways to use multitouch - NUI Group Community Wiki →
I’m loving the comprehensiveness (and specificity) of this site…
Manipulation of digital contents (digital photos etc.)
Zooming
Drag and drop
MT usage in educational system (educational games)
Collaborative work in offices, meeting halls, exhibitions
Hand-eye coordination (ie. disabilities, sport, etc)
Multi-touch turntable for DJing (like number 1 but music not photos and more...
Great FAQ about multitouch–DIY et al
Great links for some of the finer details in the process too.
Frequently asked questions - NUI Group Community Wiki
2 Multitouch
2.1 What is multitouch?
2.2 What are the possible ways of making a multitouch device?
2.3 What is a “compliant surface” and why do/don’t I need one?
2.4 Where can I buy silicone rubber sheets or liquid silicone for pouring my own?
2.5 What’s a...
Collaboration, love it, but I wonder if this can...
Teach your old docs new tricks with Google Cloud Connect for Microsoft Office - http://pulsene.ws/13q4O
WatchPaula Antonelli answers the question: What makes good design?
Antonelli: You know what makes good design is one of the biggest questions and one of the hardest questions to answer. Sometimes people ask us, “How do you decide to put an object in the collection of MOMA?” because you know it’s a small collection. It’s not huge. It’s about 4,000 objects. You can talk about anything you want – form,...
The Ultimate Productivity Blog →
15 Things Kurt Vonnegut Said Better Than Anyone... →
16. Of all Kittredge’s jargon, only one term has ever found its way into conversation. The term is un-neurotic courage .
It was that sort of courage, of course, that carried Winston Niles Rumfoord out into space. It was pure courage — not only pure of lusts for fame and money, but pure of any drives that smack of the misfit or screwball.
There are, incidentally, two strong, common words...
“Inventables is the innovator’s hardware store.
We sell materials that...”
– Inventables: Find new materials
Give me money and I’ll make you awesome stuff.
“Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it,
and virtue is...”
– David Starr
WatchTeuxDeux Part Deux (by TeuxDeux)
This looks promising, besides that it’s another walled playground for my to-do items…. i need to remember the future isn’t always today.
“Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss...”
– Eleanor Roosevelt (via david)
Dj text →
Winner: Coolest word with most obscurely specific...
Computus (Latin for computation) is the calculation of the date of Easter in the Christian calendar. The name has been used for this procedure since the early Middle Ages, as it was one of the most important computations of the age. The canonical rule is that Easter day is the first Sunday after the 14th day of the lunar month (the nominal full moon) that falls on or after 21 March (nominally the...
Everything You Should Know About Adobe Photoshop |... →
We all know how powerful and versatile Adobe Photoshop is but only a few of us can really fully master use this application to its limits. If you want to learn how to use Adobe Photoshop like a pro, or just to put your knowledge to the test, here you have more than 45 useful cheat sheets keyboard shortcuts articles and must-know articles for beginners and for pro`s. Please keep in mind that even...
Social Networks Allow Companies to Call on... →
In today’s workforce, it’s important to be able to call upon talent not only internally, but from the ever-expanding pool of what Grainger calls “the contingent workforce,” external people who possess specific skills needed for particular projects and tasks, but how do you find them, especially when it comes to high-risk projects? “The new frontier is in trust and referrals,” Grainger says, and...
