jakehofman.comTumblr (3.0; @jakehofman)http://jakehofman.tumblr.com/<img src="http://4.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktha5xFQnX1qz7y4co1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>authentic vintage geek, down to the scotch-taped wiring. (via <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/extraketchup">Extra Ketchup</a>)</p>http://jakehofman.tumblr.com/post/252247112http://jakehofman.tumblr.com/post/252247112Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:25:09 -0500“Most hacker-founders would like to spend all their time programming. You won’t get to, unless you fail. Which can be transformed into: If you spend all your time programming, you will fail.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://www.paulgraham.com/really.html">Paul Graham, What Startups Are Really Like</a></em>http://jakehofman.tumblr.com/post/251995173http://jakehofman.tumblr.com/post/251995173Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:32:33 -0500“An organization that wins by exercising power starts to lose the ability to win by doing better work.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://daringfireball.net/linked/2009/11/19/graham-app-store">Daring Fireball Linked List: Paul Graham on How the App Store Has Damaged Apple’s Reputation With Developers</a></em>http://jakehofman.tumblr.com/post/251230042http://jakehofman.tumblr.com/post/251230042Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:16:15 -0500<img src="http://17.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktfjumj5Om1qz7y4co1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>An automated magnetic tape vault at CERN computer center, seen on September 15th, 2008 … The handling of the magnetic tape cartridges is now fully automated, as they are racked in vaults where they are moved between the storage shelves and the tape drives by robotic arms. (via <a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/11/large_hadron_collider_ready_to.html#photo12">Large Hadron Collider ready to restart - The Big Picture - Boston.com</a>)</p>http://jakehofman.tumblr.com/post/251214996http://jakehofman.tumblr.com/post/251214996Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:59:09 -0500<img src="http://3.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktfbafmcxe1qz7y4co1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>via <a href="http://www.topatoco.com/graphics/qw-cheatsheet-print-zoom.jpg"><a href="http://www.topatoco.com">www.topatoco.com</a></a> (h/t to josh)</p>http://jakehofman.tumblr.com/post/251065993http://jakehofman.tumblr.com/post/251065993Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:54:14 -0500<p>quick and easy way to remove non-ascii characters from a string: filter(lambda c: ord(c)</p>http://jakehofman.tumblr.com/post/249752218http://jakehofman.tumblr.com/post/249752218Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:20:10 -0500tipspython<img src="http://15.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktc7nkpRQh1qz7y4co1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000IZGIA8?linkCode=shr&camp=213733&creative=393185&tag=shasitnotupye-20">Amazon.com: Laptop Steering Wheel Desk: Electronics</a></p> <p>“This has been a total lifesaver. It allows me to prop my sheet music against the wheel, allowing me to play the guitar with both hands while driving.”</p>http://jakehofman.tumblr.com/post/249195364http://jakehofman.tumblr.com/post/249195364Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:42:56 -0500<p>use !, ^, etc. for quick navigation of previous commands <a href="http://bit.ly/1BLVdt">http://bit.ly/1BLVdt</a></p>http://jakehofman.tumblr.com/post/247609109http://jakehofman.tumblr.com/post/247609109Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:52:00 -0500tipsshell“Gladwell frequently holds forth about statistics and psychology, and his lack of technical grounding in these subjects can be jarring. He provides misleading definitions of “homology,” “sagittal plane” and “power law” and quotes an expert speaking about an “igon value” (that’s eigenvalue, a basic concept in linear algebra).”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/15/books/review/Pinker-t.html?pagewanted=all">Book Review - ‘What the Dog Saw - And Other Adventures,’ by Malcolm Gladwell - Review - NYTimes.com</a></em>http://jakehofman.tumblr.com/post/246879800http://jakehofman.tumblr.com/post/246879800Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:20 -0500<img src="http://14.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt8k9no6iY1qz7y4co1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://sixrevisions.com/resources/the-history-of-the-internet-in-a-nutshell/">The History of the Internet in a Nutshell</a></p>http://jakehofman.tumblr.com/post/246839669http://jakehofman.tumblr.com/post/246839669Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:24:58 -0500 <object codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,0,0" id="doc_141105835262464" name="doc_141105835262464" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" align="middle" height="500" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://d1.scribdassets.com/ScribdViewer.swf?document_id=22616315&access_key=key-1ju6hb437j2er980gjpv&page=1&version=1&viewMode=list" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="play" value="true" /><param name="loop" value="true" /><param name="scale" value="showall" /><param name="wmode" value="opaque" /><param name="devicefont" value="false" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" /><param name="menu" value="true" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="salign" value="" /><param name="mode" value="list" /><embed src="http://d1.scribdassets.com/ScribdViewer.swf?document_id=22616315&access_key=key-1ju6hb437j2er980gjpv&page=1&version=1&viewMode=list" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" play="true" loop="true" scale="showall" wmode="opaque" devicefont="false" bgcolor="#ffffff" name="doc_141105835262464_object" menu="true" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" salign="" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" align="middle" mode="list" height="500" width="100%"></embed></object> <br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2009/nov/17/public-sector-pay-uk-data">The Queen, Jonathan Ross, nurses and teachers. What do people get paid in the public sector? | News | guardian.co.uk</a></p>http://jakehofman.tumblr.com/post/246832254http://jakehofman.tumblr.com/post/246832254Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:18:29 -0500“What’s the most notable subject that’s not notable enough for inclusion in Wikipedia? … Is subject X notable merely by being The Answer?”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://michaelnielsen.org/blog/the-wikipedia-paradox/">Michael Nielsen » The Wikipedia Paradox</a></em>http://jakehofman.tumblr.com/post/246831257http://jakehofman.tumblr.com/post/246831257Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:17:38 -0500“A Googlewhack is a Google search query consisting of two words that return a single result.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Googlewhack">Googlewhack - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a> (via <a href="http://kottke.org/09/11/keeping-belle-de-jours-secret">kottke</a>)</em>http://jakehofman.tumblr.com/post/246821878http://jakehofman.tumblr.com/post/246821878Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:09:32 -0500<img src="http://15.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt8hweoPNB1qz7y4co1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://xkcd.com/552/">xkcd - A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language - By Randall Munroe</a></p>http://jakehofman.tumblr.com/post/246777165http://jakehofman.tumblr.com/post/246777165Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:33:50 -0500<img src="http://12.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt84b228GL1qz7y4co1_400.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.skytopia.com/project/fractal/mandelbulb.html">Mandelbulb: The Unravelling of the Real 3D Mandelbrot Fractal</a></p>http://jakehofman.tumblr.com/post/246435416http://jakehofman.tumblr.com/post/246435416Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:40:14 -0500<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="225" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6239027&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF"><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="scale" value="showAll" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6239027&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF" /><embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6239027&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://flowingdata.com/2009/10/19/when-twitter-says-good-morning-around-the-world/">When Twitter Says Good Morning Around the World | FlowingData</a></p>http://jakehofman.tumblr.com/post/244891460http://jakehofman.tumblr.com/post/244891460Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:19:11 -0500<p>use parameter expansion to remove file extensions in shell scripts, e.g. ${file%.*} <a href="http://bit.ly/4mJ8ev">http://bit.ly/4mJ8ev</a></p>http://jakehofman.tumblr.com/post/244854887http://jakehofman.tumblr.com/post/244854887Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:32:13 -0500tipsbash<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/n5bsQ_YDYCI&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/n5bsQ_YDYCI&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://kottke.org/09/11/slow-motion-water-drops">kottke</a>)</p>http://jakehofman.tumblr.com/post/243149287http://jakehofman.tumblr.com/post/243149287Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:20:18 -0500“Awesome zoomable demonstration of the scale of cells, book-ended from macro to nano by a coffee bean and a carbon atom. See also Powers of Ten.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://kottke.org/09/10/the-long-zoom-of-cells">The long zoom of cells</a></em>http://jakehofman.tumblr.com/post/242613840http://jakehofman.tumblr.com/post/242613840Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:06:09 -0500<img src="http://3.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksjvsfVYKQ1qz7y4co1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://xkcd.com/657/">xkcd - A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language - By Randall Munroe</a></p>http://jakehofman.tumblr.com/post/232134402http://jakehofman.tumblr.com/post/232134402Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:33:50 -0500