July 2009
14 posts
Jul 31st
WatchWatch
World Science Festival 2009: Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale on Vimeo (via Vimeo) “regardless of where i am, anywhere, every audience gets that.”
Jul 31st
“They’re a software company whose primary platform no longer appeals to people...”
– Daring Fireball: Microsoft’s Long, Slow Decline
Jul 31st
WatchWatch
A Serious Man Trailer Looks Pretty Good, Seriously — Vulture — Entertainment & Culture Blog — New York Magazine
Jul 31st
Jul 29th
Jul 29th
“When you’re operating on the maker’s schedule, meetings are a...”
– Maker’s Schedule, Manager’s Schedule
Jul 29th
2 tags
tip: mysql
use show tables like “table_name” to see if a table exists http://bit.ly/SjdBG
Jul 28th
2 tags
tip: python
return rows as dicts with mysqldb using the DictCursor class http://bit.ly/56bBm
Jul 28th
2 tags
tip: google
use postfix to send smtp gmail from the command line on mac/linux http://bit.ly/qKECQ
Jul 16th
“Yes, you’re correct; it’s free, but it has to be administered, the patches have...”
– Farhad Manjoo’s page on the Internet (legacy sucks.)
Jul 15th
“When you let people upload and download as many videos as they want, lots of...”
– Malcolm Gladwell reviews Free by Chris Anderson: Books: The New Yorker
Jul 15th
“Actually, I think scientists need to talk to people more. After all, we work for...”
– Frequent Flier - I’m a Particle Physicist. Want to Chat? - NYTimes.com
Jul 14th
2 tags
tip: matlab
use spdiags to row-wise (or column-wise) normalize a sparse matrix http://bit.ly/v4xbm (via @ssuri)
Jul 13th