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Obama delivers speech like a symphony (16)
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I spent much of last week working in my office with one eye on the Democratic National Convention in the US as it played out on cable news here in Japan (and yes, I'm watching the RNC this week as well in search of some good speeches). Convention speeches can sometimes be real snoozers, and this year's DNC in Denver had a couple of those, but I thought most of the speeches were good, and ...Shared by Adrian (33) agent0x0 (8) Charles (12) Emon (9) fesja (13) Geoff H (2) John (17) Kneale Mann | RedFish Group (25) Lech Ambrzykowski (20) Marco Montemagno (5) MDWeezer (7) Net (8) Raffi Krikorian (5) Sacha Chua (6) Steve (9) stwn (16)- Charles said: It is a truly great speech. I particularly liked how he went from broad challenges to specific commitments for the next administration. In the context of the Palin nomination and the non-convention currently being run by the Republicans, I'm feeling optimistic about the election.
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Now That’s Gratitude (31)
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The page is in Dutch, but DF reader Rene Brouwer sent the following translation: 27 year old Frisian developer Eric Wijngaard won $275,000 in Google’s Android Developer Challenge for his ‘PicSay’ application. In an interview with a Dutch website he says he likes Google’s SDK but “What I really wanted to do was develop an iPhone app. The iPhone SDK wasn’t out yet, though.” Asked what he would do with the cash, his response was ...Shared by Alex Plank (3) Ben (8) BIGODE (23) Caleb Elston (29) Chris K (16) Debajit Adhikary (13) Dr. Ernie (59) Eduo (52) Eugene (26) Geoff H (2) Geoffrey Wiseman (17) gfurry (24) iBspoof (17) Jason Wong (10) Jon (22) jtokash (8) Juan Diego (39) louisgray (150) Mike F (466) pablo (18) Phil (14) pr1000 (16) Rob (4) robin (21) ryan (49) Satyajit Grover (5) ScrewTheMan.com (26) SengMing (13) StevieB (71) Tim (1) Tim (6)Explore read four notes- Tim said: too funny to be true. the man hasnt developed any mobile app before, nicely done.
- Ben said: LOL
- Geoffrey Wiseman said: LOL.
- Eduo said: Ouch...
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08/25/08 PHD comic: 'How Professors spend their time' (34)
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Piled Higher & Deeper by Jorge Cham www.phdcomics.com title: "How Professors spend their time" - originally published 8/25/2008 For the latest news in PHD Comics, CLICK HERE!Shared by 4nT0 (8) Abhilash (19) Aracnus (29) ash (45) astroprof (7) BIGODE (23) Bruno Campagnolo de Paula (60) César C (13) Chris De Vries (7) Chris. F. Masse (17) claudine (22) Corey (4) crazyjaf (44) David Arcos (29) Frank (8) Geoff H (2) imabug (26) Jason (10) JBu92 (65) jritch (5) jrodgers (9) Lauro (11) NeLaS (1) ngl (8) nuin (45) Rafael (8) Roy (11) Saket (24) Sandra B (17) Scott.Childers (18) Siavash (40) Todd (10) Voyagerfan5761 (29) Yusuf (3)Explore read four notes- Yusuf said: Don't tell me what to read!
- Geoff H said: Wait. Why does the "actually spend their time" graph only add up to 100%? It seems like I spend 120% of my time on these!
- Corey said: um, I wonder how this gets to be problematic....
- Scott.Childers said: Yep, I'd say that might be right.
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Phishing Kits Widely Compromised To Steal From Phishers (Information Week) (1)
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For your amusement: Information Week reports from a USENIX talk about compromised phishing kits. "In January, Netcraft security researcher Paul Mutton identified a phishing tool kit distributed by a group of Moroccan cybercriminals that had been compromised with a back door. Unbeknownst to its users, the phishing kit sent copies of stolen information to its creators. Now it turns out that more than 40% of the live phishing kits found online (61 out of 150) ...Shared by Geoff H (2)Contribute comment -
iPhone App Store Payday... Sustainable? (11)
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On Thursday, Apple provided developers with their first look at daily sales numbers. One developer generously shared her sales numbers with 9to5Mac. Erika Block is the author of a well reviewed crossword puzzle game called 2 Across ...Shared by Andrew Ruess (121) Casey (0) Christopher J Dudman (12) David (11) Geoff H (2) Kevin Chan (0) Marshall Bose (0) Mike P (0) Mitch Wagner (13) utility73 (9) Vincent van Wylick (22)Contribute comment -
Ambipolar, Single-Component, Metal-Organic Thin-Film Transistors with High and Balanced Hole and Electron Mobilities (1)
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- Geoff H said: Ha. Everyone thinks we need organic polymers to make good transistors, huh?
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CalDAV support comes to Google Calendar (89)
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Filed under: Internet, Internet ToolsI'm a pretty big user of Google Calendar, because I like how I can automatically sync it with my BlackBerry. The problem for me has been that on my desktop, I really prefer iCal's interface. Syncing the two can be cumbersome. We've written about third-party programs that can sync iCal and gCal together in the past, and although those are great -- I have still wanted a native way to sync ...Shared by AgentMunroe (1) albertb (3) Alberto (13) Alec Peden (25) Alex (8) AlexK (1) Andrés Milleiro (39) Beau Giles (19) Ben (8) Ben (5) BillDeys (67) Brad Garland (6) C.K. (134) Caspar (26) CHC (0) Chris K (16) danb420 (18) Darius (0) Dartanyon (2) DaveBinM (4) David (5) David Cancel (0) Diana (0) diffus (7) Drew (0) dryan (7) Dustin Diaz (15) Edgar Gonçalves (16) Emil (11) Eugene (26) Geoff H (2) gfurry (24) Glenn Batuyong (61) hybridite (40) Jason (7) jbrauer (3) JDAL. (6) Johan (3) John (4) Jonathan Johnson (5) Jrod (68) JustonWestern (5) Keeez (15) kxux (6) Kyle (1) Larsen (6) ludolphus (13) Magnolia (3) maqchang (18) martior (8) Mathew (0) Matt (19) Matthew (6) Mike (15) mk (3) Nate (15) Paul Westbrook (6) Peter (5) pikagwong (4) pixelcollector (3) pvantees (11) Rick (0) Rob (1) RT (9) Ryan Orr (0) Ryvis (2) Sam Harmon (1) Scott (22) sean h (29) SethyG (5) spLeaner (15) stephdau (4) talios (16) tatopuig (8) thingles (7) Tim (3) Tim Probst (14) Tom (3) Travis Swicegood (15) Trevor (41) TwisterMc (8) Vincenzo (59) Wanida (12) weldon (6) Wes (8) Wes Brown (11) Xen (19) yamahito (6) 迷客星球 (34)Explore read nine notes- AgentMunroe said: zomg
- Nate said: neat
- David Cancel said: finally. Great news, iCal's interface rocks.
- BillDeys said: nice I'll have to look at this more tomorrow
- Mathew said: FINALLY! iCal and Google Calendar sync! This is why Google will take over the world using Macs.
- Dustin Diaz said: Hey, cool. This is useful.
- Geoff H said: This is great -- we can share the Group's schedule via gCal.
- stephdau said: Great news.
- yamahito said: Hooray!!
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07/25/08 PHD comic: 'Average time spent writing one e-mail' (84)
onPiled Higher & Deeper by Jorge Cham www.phdcomics.com title: "Average time spent writing one e-mail" - originally published 7/25/2008 For the latest news in PHD Comics, CLICK HERE!Shared by $udhi™ (2) 10p (13) ab_aditya (7) abhidg (9) Abhinav Modi (3) Ali (31) Ali Shams (7) Alireza (22) Amir (6) amir (2) Anand L (6) André Elias (245) ash (45) Aspi (13) Athar (44) Atilano (39) baoilleach (0) Bernhard Bauer (0) Betushco (12) BIGODE (23) Burad (17) Casey (16) Corey (4) Dana (1) Daniele (2) Dheeraj Sidana (3) Eater (20) Fernando (27) Fernio (3) fyc (40) Gandhi (30) Geoff H (2) gizmo (23) Gopal (2) Goyal (13) Greg (18) HariKari (0) HejGustav (32) iamnoah (0) J. Phil (27) James Whatley (41) Jason (10) Jay Liew (12) JBu92 (65) Joey Doll (14) johnynek (3) jritch (5) K. M. Lawson (3) kerim (13) l_h2o_l (14) Lauro (11) Maelstrom (2) Mike (5) Musa (6) Nathan Reale (2) naveenkr (2) NeLaS (1) Nicole Simon (11) Nima (35) Padraic (0) pclouds (18) Powera (24) Pruet (7) Rahul Gaitonde (15) Rakesh (9) Riaz (21) Roy (11) Sabutay (1) Saeed (5) Sai Ram Kunala (5) Saket (24) Sandeep (5) Sandra B (17) Scotty (9) Sheila Thomson (1) Smal (9) soufron (5) Steinkirch (100) Tim (3) Todd (10) vim (108) wildgica (52) Zahra HB (91) Zeca (13)Explore read eight notes
- Abhinav Modi said: Very True !!
- l_h2o_l said: Jajaja muy bueno, siempre son muy buenos estos comics :P
- abhidg said: really funny!
- Daniele said: omg! succedeva sempre anche a me, uguale!!
- Joey Doll said: so true
- iamnoah said: This is dead on.
- Geoff H said: The amazing thing is that it's true. When you become a professor you get this little book on writing fast e-mail messages!
- jritch said: Exactly!
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Google Throws Open Rival for Wikipedia — Anon Authors Discouraged (2)
permalinkGoogle announced on its official blog Wednesday the debut of Knol, a Wikipedia-like online encyclopedia penned by authoritative sources. Udi Manber loves cartoons. Not animations, but the single-panel graphics that appear in magazines like The New Yorker. He studies the history of the field, has covered the walls of his house with framed originals, and has edited a book of cartoons about Google, where he works as the head of search engineering. "Udi's not just ...Shared by baoilleach (0) Geoff H (2)Contribute comment
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Nanoskiving: A New Method To Produce Arrays of Nanostructures (1)
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Qiaobing Xu, Robert M. Rioux, Michael D. Dickey, and George M. WhitesidesWeb Release Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT (Article) DOI: 10.1021/ar700194yShared by Geoff H (2)Contribute comment - |||| ChemSense |||| (1)
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Nanotechnology and the singularitarians (1)
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A belief in the power and imminence of the Drexlerian vision of radical nanotechnology is part of the belief-package of adherents of the view that an acceleration of technology, linked particularly with the development of a recursively self-improving, super-human, artificial intelligence, will shortly lead to a moment of ineffably rapid technological and societal change - the Singularity. So it’s not surprising that my article in the IEEE Spectrum special issue on the Singularity - “Rupturing ...Shared by Geoff H (2)Contribute comment -
Lowe's Law of Diurnal Distribution (In the Pipeline) (1)
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Heres an appropriate topic for a Friday, although at first many of you may think Ive lost my mind. What would happen if you combed the full text of the experimental sections of the chemistry journals, looking for how long......Shared by Geoff H (2)Contribute comment -
Correlated Piezoelectric and Electrical Properties in Individual ZnO Nanorods (1)
onDavid A. Scrymgeour and Julia W. P. HsuWeb Release Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT (Letter) DOI: 10.1021/nl080704nShared by Geoff H (2)Contribute comment
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Electronic Properties of Conjugated Polyelectrolyte Thin Films (1)
onJung Hwa Seo and Thuc-Quyen NguyenWeb Release Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/ja801451eShared by Geoff H (2)Contribute comment
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One-Dimensional Self-Assembly of Planar π-Conjugated Molecules: Adaptable Building Blocks for Organic Nanodevices (1)
onLing Zang, Yanke Che, and Jeffrey S. MooreWeb Release Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT (Article) DOI: 10.1021/ar800030wShared by Geoff H (2)Contribute comment
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Doping Molecular Monolayers: Effects on Electrical Transport Through Alkyl Chains on Silicon (1)
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n-Si/CnH2n + 1/Hg junctions (n = 12, 14, 16 and 18) can be prepared with sufficient quality to assure that the transport characteristics are not anymore dominated by defects in the molecular monolayers. With such organic monolayers we can, using electron, UV and X-ray irradiation, alter the charge transport through the molecular junctions on n- as well as on p-type Si. Remarkably, the quality of the self-assembled molecular monolayers following irradiation remains sufficiently high to ...Shared by Geoff H (2)Contribute comment -
iPhone App Store: 500 Apps at Launch, 25% Free [Update] (1)
onUSA Today spoke with Steve Jobs about the impending App Store launch that is rumored to launch at 9 am PT on Thursday, July 10th. Jobs reveals that 500 applications will be launching on Thursday and that it is "the biggest launch" of h...Shared by Geoff H (2)Contribute comment
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Google Open Source Blog: Protocol Buffers: Google's Data Interchange Format (11)
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bookmark this on del.icio.us - posted by donaldball - more about this bookmark...Shared by Alexander Konovalenko (9) Beemer (8) Caleb (12) Geoff H (2) GodsMoon (2) Jiangyan (8) Joel C (2) Michael S (5) Mike Cannon-Brookes (7) Vincent (10) Will Robinson (10)- GodsMoon said: An XML replacement?
- Alexander Konovalenko said: Новый свободный формат для сериализации и обмена структурированными данными. Компилирует описание формата на IDL в код на С++, Java и Python. Быстрый (по крайней мере, по сравнению с XML) и простой.
- Will Robinson said: In my 20% time, I wrote most of the Python implementation in this release. (w00t!)
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Casual Saturdays: How Important is Science Education? (1)
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This must be a hoax, but on the other hand...Shared by Geoff H (2)Contribute comment
