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Re: Python Threads and the Global Interpreter Lock

Jay — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:20:18 -0000

Thanks for the article, but downloading the listings seems broken.
I did; wget http://jessenoller.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-co...

and got;

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: add_action() in /home/jnoller/public_html/wp-content/plugins/wp-codebox/wp-codebox.php on line 47

Re: A Member of Eastern Standard Tribe

Jay — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:27:19 -0000

Hmm, I think it's interesting to compare your "throw timezones away" vs. the fact that just a few years ago we increased the duration of DST.

I think rather then continental divides it might be interesting to say each TZ can only hold [x] amount of people (maybe each TZ could be split up w/ the appropriate diversity of occupation, income, race, sex, etc... ).

In the electronic generation, geography isn't the true "constraint"...

Re: Square Connect turns your iPhone into a remote control

Jay — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 12:23:02 -0000

This is neat and all but a $200 price point seems way too steep. Obviously I haven't played with SquareConnect's stuff but Isaw a demo from ioBridge lastnight and it seems the way to go. (no, I don't work for them.)

They've got a device which is more flexible that can control IR receivers, transmitters, servos, etc.

With their controller platform you can build web widgets to embed anywhere. It'd be pretty simple to build the widgets and make a webpage (public or private) to control the IR transmitter and then it's controllable from an iphone or any thing else.

I guess it doesn't fit into the "big brother nelson rating" space like S.C.'s does but personally I'm happier w/ a bit of DIY anonymity.

Re: Video: Researchers release tool for hacking user-generated content sites

Jay — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 23:17:48 -0000

Sounds interesting but I couldn't take the interviewer constantly "mmm hum"-ing in the background.
Like he was so anxious just to ask the next Q on his list...

Re: Connecting First and Second Life

Jay — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:48:11 -0000

You should check out iobridge. It's basically arduino w/ all the embedded stuff worked out. You can goto their website and see your board and I/O devices and they've got embeddable widgets which would be perfect to use in SL.

Re: Google’s New Layout: Love it or Hate It?

Jay — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:25:05 -0000

I'll just say that I don't think the left indentation is useless.
As someone who doesn't run their browser's fullscreen (I make it more like a page width) I hate it when things are bumped up all the way against the window border.

Re: Hello world from my iPhone

Jay — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:02:05 -0000

Yea,
It's more like twitter for wordpress then it is a true XML-RPC wordpress client.
Still a good 1st start, and you can indeed attach pictures, it's just not "obvious".

When you're editing a post take some pictures (or add them from your library) and they'll get sent along w/ the post. But they're attached @ the bottom, nothing fancy, see; http://blog.thecapacity.org/2008/07/22/posting-...

As for admining WP, I set it up to email me and use the links from the email to approve / spam comments, etc... It's not ideal but since it's usually / mostly a "yes / no" statement on those then it's ok.

The iPhone admin plugin would be worth a try.

Re: Using Twitter to Remote Control Your Home's Lights

Jay — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:23:16 -0000

I've seen some of this before. Unfortunately the HW platforms (and all the network setup etc) seem too daunting for me.

A friend of mine showed me a board from ioBridge recently and it handles a lot of the network stuff for you.

I've got to accumulate the servos and sensors first but i love the way technology is finally allowing us to _interact_ w/o being forced to only use a mouse and keyboard!