James Clarke

links for 2008-07-24

James — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:32:56 +0000

FoxyProxy

“FoxyProxy automatically switches an internet connection across one or more proxy servers based on URL patterns.”

(tags: firefox proxy extension)

links for 2008-07-23

James — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:36:29 +0000

Never Underestimate McCain, But … - TIME

“It’s also unwise to underestimate the hunger of the media for an exciting race. If Obama emerges as a big front runner, it’s a good bet that the press will air more of McCain’s attacks.”

(tags: politics news usa election)
Sapir–Whorf hypothesis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

(tags: language linguistics philosophy wikipedia)
Planned obsolescence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

“the process of a product becoming obsolete and/or non-functional after a certain period or amount of use in a way that is planned or designed by the manufacturer.”

(tags: obsolescence business wikipedia economics design)
The Great Game - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

“The Great Game is a British term for what the British saw as a strategic rivalry and conflict between the British Empire and the Russian Empire for supremacy in Central Asia.”

(tags: history wikipedia afghanistan russia empire)

links for 2008-07-22

James — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:34:32 +0000

independence day - Danny O’Brien’s Oblomovka

I’m going through a data-crisis phase at the moment so I decided to revisit this post.

(tags: data cloud internet google storage culture privacy web)

links for 2008-07-18

James — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:33:35 +0000

Running for Office: It’s Like A Flamewar with a Forum Troll, but with an Eventual Winner

This just seems the way to do it after reading Joe Trippi’s The Revolution will not be Televised. But I’m non-US so no money from me. Oh well…

(tags: election politics internet democracy)
pymox - Google Code

Mox will make mock objects for you. It mocks the public/protected interfaces of Python objects. You set up your mock objects expected behavior using a domain specific language (DSL), which makes it easy to use, understand, and refactor!

(tags: code dev framework python google library testing)
NetworkX

NetworkX (NX) is a Python package for the creation, manipulation, and study of the structure, dynamics, and functions of complex networks.

(tags: algorithms code framework python graph network library)
Coding Horror: Adventures in Rechargeable Batteries

(tags: battery electronics)

Food for thought…

James — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:11:41 +0000

Because in the end, that’s the Internet that we all want to be part of. As a society we rejected “walled gardens” like AOL, Compuserve, and MSN in the early 90s in favor of the distributed, open nature of the World Wide Web. And I think that the new walled gardens like Facebook and Google, need to be replaced with open protocols and standards. Will Open Network Services be the basis of “Web 3.0″, the next stage of Web culture? I truly think so, but that’s still an open question

Journal/14 Messidor CCXVI from Evan Prodromou

links for 2008-07-15

James — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:33:28 +0000

ssh-agent on Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) - Dave Dribin’s Blog

(tags: howto mac osx security ssh)
Flickr: Discussing GM Script: AllSizes+ v1.44 in Flickr Hacks

Greasemonkey script that improves the Flickr all sizes view. Useful for BBCode generation.

(tags: flickr greasemonkey)
Search Recipes for Yahoo’s BOSS in Python

“This tutorial is going to take a look at how to use Yahoo’s BOSS Mashup Framework’s optional Python library to (what else?) Build your Own Search Service.”

(tags: python search yahoo api)

Hellboy II

James — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 03:58:44 +0000

7 July 2008

James — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 04:23:05 +0000

Jesus Vacuums

James — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:20:59 +0000

3 July 2008

Jesus vacuums. Byers Vacuum Cleaner Sales is a great little vacuum shop in downtown Champaign.

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1 July

James — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:59:14 +0000

1 July 2008

I tried taking a photo a day for July back in 2006 but it proved difficult with travel and conferences. This year should be different.

I was originally going to shoot a pre-visualised shot but noticed this police car with all the pylons in the background. I have no idea why it was parked (and occupied) down this side entrance to a parking lot but it moved soon after I took this.

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