September 2007
Rails Rumble: 92 Web Apps Created in 48 Hours
On September 8th and 9th, over 100 teams of between 1 and 4 programmers and designers got together to compete in a 48 hour programming competition called the Rails Rumble. The idea was to create the best web application possible in just 48 hours, start to finish…. (via Digg / Technology)
21c: Take Action? Or Watch? What's your choice? -...
21c: Take Action? Or Watch? What’s your choice? - http://urltea.com/174d (via Twitter / jimkcouk with friends)
Lamborghini Car Painted Amazingly [ Pics ]
I’m sure that the owner of this car can get all the attention. This car is pure art !2 (via Digg / Technology)
Unbricked iPhones Now Fully Working, Calls...
Today we have discovered that you can send and receive calls, SMS and mails too, as well as surf the Web with it. (via Digg / Technology)
Five Common Misconceptions About Linux
1. Linux is Behind the Times …Wrong2. Linux is Hard to Use …Wrong3. Linux isn’t Compatible with Anything ..WrongAnd finally 4. Linux isn’t Enterprise Ready / No One Uses Linux ..Also wrong4. Linux isn’t Enterprise Ready / No One Uses Linux …Wrong (via Digg / Technology)
Jumping Monkeys 17: Ask Moxie
Episode number17Summary
Guest: Moxie of the Ask Moxie parenting advice blog.
Show notes available on Megan’s blog, JumpingMonkeys.com.
This week’s Audible book pick: The Magic Treehouse Series
Bandwidth for Jumping Monkeys is provided by Cachefly. The Jumping Monkeys theme is by Paul Minshall.
Teaser
We chat with Moxie of the Ask Moxie parenting advice blog…
Hosts
Hosts:...
ijustine: I'll be in SF until Wednesday. Let's...
ijustine: I’ll be in SF until Wednesday. Let’s meet up!! (via Twitter / jimkcouk with friends)
Pegasus WheelChair Concept
I really do hope pegasus wheelchair is going to be mass produced, it will help a lot of disabled people moving efficiently. Compared to manually operated wheelchairs, pegasus is trying to break the image of the old wheelchair by combining electric drive motor with gyroscopic sensors to help the driver to move not just forward and backward … (via Digg / Technology)
Social networks might actually be semi-anti-social
It struck me the other day, watching several phone potatoes doing their “social” thing, that while people are communicating more than ever – on phones and through (ahem) “social” networks and email and text messaging – that they (we!) might actually be more isolated than ever. (via Digg / Technology)
ijustine: Just got a super heroes of podcasting...
ijustine: Just got a super heroes of podcasting coloring book…. and crayons!!!! (via Twitter / jimkcouk with friends)
CA shoves out BrighStor security fix
Hierarchical high risk
CA has moved to fix a trio of high risk security holes in its popular BrightStor Hierarchical Storage Manager software.…
(via The Register)
Kubuntu Linux Takes Over the Canary Islands
The Canary Islands have two derivatives of Kubuntu Linux, one which is being installed in all their schools and one used by the largest university. The Jornadas de Software Libre conference at The University of La Laguna, took place in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, from the 18th-21st September 2007. (via Digg / Technology)
Liquid rescale feature now available as a GIMP...
This article reports that a liquid rescale plugin which uses the content aware image rescaling technology has been released for the very popular Free graphics suite GIMP. (via Digg / Technology)
SGI fires up fancy NAS for dummies
Petabyte tamer
SGI has pumped out a fresh set of storage gear aimed at customers that would like a helping hand setting up large-scale NAS (network attached storage) systems.…
(via The Register)
Demonoid is BACK!
It was the CRIA , right TorrentFreak? (via Digg / Technology)
chrisbrogan: What did you learn from PME?
chrisbrogan: What did you learn from PME? (via Twitter / jimkcouk with friends)
Microsoft launch anti-linux campaign worthy of a...
Microsoft’s latest affront to the Linux community is their “STATE GOVERNMENT SAYS LINUX WAS TOO BIG A RISK” campaign, and I’m sick of them ad-spamming Linux related articles with this piece of garbage. The Linux Scorecard blog digs a bit deeper and discusses the claim, and the man who originally made it. (via Digg / Technology)
ijustine: at registration booth: "hmm.. Maybe try...
ijustine: at registration booth: “hmm.. Maybe try first name i last name Justine?” (via Twitter / jimkcouk with friends)
21c: Do you know what do you do if a Compact...
21c: Do you know what do you do if a Compact Fluorescent Light (CFL) bulb breaks? - http://urltea.com/16xy (via Twitter / jimkcouk with friends)
ijustine: Getting breakfast then heading over to...
ijustine: Getting breakfast then heading over to the expo! Get to the Talkshoe booth 415 so we can be friends. (via Twitter / jimkcouk with friends)
Do You Use Linux? The RIAA and MPAA Don’t Want You...
Just a short tutorial how to use PeerGuardian alternative on Ubuntu called MoBlock (via Digg / Technology)
Pidgin 2.2.1 Released.
We have some new code in the pipeline, but it’s not quite ready for a general release. Instead, this is basically a bug fix release. (via Digg / Technology)
adamcurry: Back at The Manor
adamcurry: Back at The Manor (via Twitter / jimkcouk with friends)
chrisbrogan: Arrived at Logan, and now heading...
chrisbrogan: Arrived at Logan, and now heading home. Hope you’re having a good day. : ) (via Twitter / jimkcouk with friends)
ijustine: Good morning Ontario! You're the last...
ijustine: Good morning Ontario! You’re the last place I’d ever tell anyone to visit. (via Twitter / jimkcouk with friends)
joshr: sitting on a very small table at the...
joshr: sitting on a very small table at the yoemans. at least we got a table! (via Twitter / jimkcouk with friends)
joshr: time for a sunday roast lunch soon
joshr: time for a sunday roast lunch soon (via Twitter / jimkcouk with friends)
The 34 funniest search queries so far
The guy from blogstorm has been looking at the phrases people are typing into Google to find his site, some of them are pretty strange for an internet marketing blog. (via Digg / Technology)
chrisbrogan: JFK - just touched down. 2 hour...
chrisbrogan: JFK - just touched down. 2 hour layover. (via Twitter / jimkcouk with friends)
Man has iMac replaced three times, emails Steve...
He had his iMac replaced 2 and had a problem with the third. He decided to email Steve Jobs because of this and he gets a free iPod. (via Digg / Technology)
ijustine: Crap!
ijustine: Crap! (via Twitter / jimkcouk with friends)
ijustine: Unfilter Steve jobs
ijustine: Unfilter Steve jobs (via Twitter / jimkcouk with friends)
joshr: running to Stormwind from Stranglethorn...
joshr: running to Stormwind from Stranglethorn Vale (via Twitter / jimkcouk with friends)
ijustine: I need a skateboard
ijustine: I need a skateboard (via Twitter / jimkcouk with friends)
ijustine: Joe is angry and Shooby is so cool
ijustine: Joe is angry and Shooby is so cool (via Twitter / jimkcouk with friends)
ijustine: Still at libsyn as well.
ijustine: Still at libsyn as well. (via Twitter / jimkcouk with friends)
ijustine: Where is everyone at and why does...
ijustine: Where is everyone at and why does Ontario close at 9pm? (via Twitter / jimkcouk with friends)
ijustine: Hanging with @Shooby, @nickstarr,...
ijustine: Hanging with @Shooby, @nickstarr, @jakekerber and joe who won’t join Twitter. I’ll fix that!!!! (via Twitter / jimkcouk with friends)
iPhone Downgrade Baby! Go from 1.1.1 to 1.0.2!
Just what the title says. Looks like all that complaining might be for nothing! Take that Apple! (via Digg / Technology)
iPhone 1.1.1 "bug" unleashes music over Bluetooth
The iPhone 1.1.1 update has a hidden little surprise for y’all: Bluetooth audio streaming is now available off of your iPhone for whatever you darn please, meaning you can finally listen to music from the phone wirelessly. (via Digg / Technology)
The Progress Of The RadeonHD Driver (AMD's...
At the time of writing, in about the past week and a half there has been about 90 commits to the RadeonHD driver, and can largely be attributed to Novell’s involvement with this AMD driver… The Novell developers hope to complete 2D work on the RadeonHD driver by the end of this year. (via Digg / Technology)
ijustine: At the bar with cool podcasters in the...
ijustine: At the bar with cool podcasters in the Marriott. (via Twitter / jimkcouk with friends)
ijustine: Oh.. The cops just showed up. I think...
ijustine: Oh.. The cops just showed up. I think the one was subscribed to my feed? (via Twitter / jimkcouk with friends)
ijustine: There really is a girl getting tied up...
ijustine: There really is a girl getting tied up at the libsyn party.. Ropecasting? Help!!!!!!! (via Twitter / jimkcouk with friends)
chrisbrogan: Fallin asleep waiting for the plane....
chrisbrogan: Fallin asleep waiting for the plane. See you at some (via Twitter / jimkcouk with friends)
chrisbrogan: Thank God for good friends. Thanks to...
chrisbrogan: Thank God for good friends. Thanks to everyone for a good visit at PME. - Chris… (via Twitter / jimkcouk with friends)
ijustine: At the libsyn partay talking with the...
ijustine: At the libsyn partay talking with the one and only @verytasteful. Be jealous! (via Twitter / jimkcouk with friends)
Unreal Tournament 3 box includes Linux client
During a chat with BeyondUnreal, Epic Games’ “WarTourist” mentioned that the retail version of Unreal Tournament 3 will include the Linux client executable on the disc, as was the case with UT2004. (via Digg / Technology)
ijustine: Heading to the libsyn party. Talking...
ijustine: Heading to the libsyn party. Talking about twitter.. again! (via Twitter / jimkcouk with friends)
chrisbrogan: Takers- Stop.
chrisbrogan: Takers- Stop. (via Twitter / jimkcouk with friends)