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Re: Swell Season with Glen Hansard - Massey Hall :: seems Artless

seemsArtless — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:16:03 -0000

Here's a link to the Toronto poster for the show: http://www.theswellseason.com/news/toronto-poster/

Re: WolframAlpha Opening Up to Developers and Launching iPhone App

seemsArtless — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:41:00 -0000

I haven't tried to sign up, but http://products.wolframalpha.com/api/pricing.html doesn't show a free access plan. They have a "Developer & Personal Use plans are offered in blocks of requests that may be added to at any time. These plans may be used for development, testing, and non-commercial, personal use." starting at $60 for 1,000 requests... They do list a Pioneer Grant program: 'Some grants are available for startups and other developers to experiment with the Wolfram|Alpha API.' I realize if you're serious then the signup cost is minimal, and not out of the ordinary, but I wonder if this will hurt them more than help them.

Llocation aware WolframAlpha queries might be interesting? Something like http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=current+ge... isn't all that inspired, but if it could take that data and offer pre-canned queries about that location it would be interesting.

Queries like:

Conversions to local units: http://www.wolframalpha.com/examples/UnitsMeasu...
Sunrise/sunset times: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=what+is+th...

And on and on...
Tides for the area: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=tides+Bost...

Re: MG Blue Trees - Friends cottage :: seems Artless

seemsArtless — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:16:48 -0000

Thanks for the comment, Ed. I took a bunch of shots with different parts of the car in focus, and decided that mid-way looked the most interesting, as opposed to focusing on the front headlight.

Re: The Lost Symbol: Links, annotations, and more details | Whole Map

seemsArtless — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 08:13:06 -0000

I agree, I'm also trying to avoid spoilers, hence dividing the pages up chapter by chapter, so that you can get more details on the chapter after you've read it. The book is really full of references, though, so I suspect it will take me a while to get links for all of it, but each one is interesting. Thanks for the link back!

Re: Google Earth KML file for the photographs on my photoblog | Whole Map

seemsArtless — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 08:47:09 -0000

Peter, you're correct - pblog.php generates the XML file with all the geocoded content. You can certainly use the <network link> to point to a static XML file on a server, then only refresh that file as necessary. Another option, though, is to see if you already have automatic caching going on on your server - most big sites already do this, so you might be able to get this for 'free'... If you know your geodata won't be changing very often then you'd want to set a much longer <refreshInterval> value so that the clients aren't pinging your server unnecessarily.

Re: Bruce Trail hikes | Whole Map

kgaletin — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:10:07 -0000

thanks!

Re: Bruce Trail hikes | Whole Map

seemsArtless — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:02:23 -0000

Unfortunately I have to experience with overnight camping on the Bruce Trail. I imagine the farther south you are, the tougher it would be to find campsites. Here's a trip report that might be of interesting, though: http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Rapids/5814/g...

Re: Sunnybrook Auditor - Sunnybrook hospital :: seems Artless

seemsArtless — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:34:07 -0000

Azmat, the hospital is located here: http://wholemap.com/map/index.php?pin=SART-897 On Bayview Avenue between Eglinton and Lawrence.

Re: Don Valley Brickworks - Toronto - Don Valley Brickworks :: seems Artless

seemsArtless — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:33:11 -0000

It is a great place, we were just there on the weekend, watching a turtle swim around one of the ponds. Great summary, by the way, on andywilliams.com.

Re: Fever Ray - Seven (Martyn Remix) Whatever you... - adnans.org

seemsArtless — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 10:43:47 -0000

Great remix, thanks for the link. We're thinking of going to see them in Toronto next month.

Re: 10 People You Won’t See on Twitter Anymore

seemsArtless — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:15:15 -0000

Good that they are cleaning things up. They really shouldn't have let the Twitter name Squatting go on so long. What are they going to do with all those reserved names that have lots of people following them but 0 updates? Like http://twitter.com/computer

Might be a good way to raise money for charity? Auction them off over a couple of weeks and donate the money.

Re: How to Use RSS for LinkedIn Answers

seemsArtless — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:06:17 -0000

Thanks, this was just the information I was looking for. At first I thought I could set up an RSS feed for a search in Answers on a given keyword, but this will work too.

Re: mum can you write me a note for gym class?

casiestewart — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:52:58 -0000

That's awesome! The frontman runs an ad agency in my building. Cool dudes!!

Re: mum can you write me a note for gym class?

seemsArtless — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:09:31 -0000

Thanks for the Prince Perry link, I love finding music like this... buying the CD now. I found out about Escalate in a similar way... took their photo during a Kensington Car Free day http://www.seemsartless.com/index.php?pic=701 , didn't know who they were until I saw a similar photo on Flickr with a link to their CD.

Re: Why is Bell Canada returning a fake web browser 404 error?

seemsArtless — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 11:12:17 -0000

A good question. Certainly many (most?) ISPs offer the URL suggestion 'service', but I'm not sure if they have an 'opt-out' option, and if so, if they try and spoof browser 404 error messages.

Re: Bruce Trail hikes | Whole Map

seemsArtless — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 10:29:15 -0000

Margaret, thanks for the comment. I've never managed to get that far north on the trail, but it is too bad to hear that that marking wasn't great at all. I've never had that problem in the southern sections.

I imagine that most of the trail is wet and buggy this year, but fungus on mushrooms is an excellent way to put it!

Re: Feeding the next economy – Give us a stimulus that stimulates, not placates

seemsArtless — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:30:03 -0000

An excellent point, one that hopefully our governments will eventually understand., bit by bit. Thanks!

Re: YQL, amazing, but...

seemsArtless — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 10:16:16 -0000

This is a real problem for sure, and highlights the problem with closed systems like Twitter. How do they afford the bandwidth to give away that much free data, especially if, with Twitter, it will also likely be the way they monetize their success.

Re: Yorkville Petals 1 - Yorkville :: seems Artless

seemsArtless — Tue, 19 May 2009 09:27:06 -0000

Pretty what?! But thanks!

Re: Why Is Religion A Problem?

seemsArtless — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:22:31 -0000

Another great post, thanks. I'm at a loss for words, too. "That Religious talk makes me uncomfortable" is a great comment!

Re: May Windsurfing 2006 - Lake Simcoe :: seems Artless

surfboards — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 05:11:52 -0000

Yes it is, I am very much excited!

Re: Meme Throwdown

seemsArtless — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:29:41 -0000

Oh yeah, and it you're cool like me, you'll figure out which browser tab you have open right now is the oddest or most unlikely, and Twitter about it with the hash tag #oddtab

Re: Meme Throwdown

seemsArtless — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:27:15 -0000

Just realized that the string "meme" is perfect, as it is "me" amongst all the other "me"s out there. And to me that is the value of a meme, it provides a way people can feel like they belong to a group.

Re: Collingwood Post Office columns - Main Street :: seems Artless

seemsArtless — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:35:48 -0000

I've been to Collingwood many times, but never really noticed this building until now. Who knew central Ontario would have such architecture. Thanks for the comment!

Re: In These Troubled Times, Can't We Find Something Better to Fight About?

seemsArtless — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:21:04 -0000

The Good Ol'Boy test is a perfect way to look at race!

I'd also suggest listening to the excellent NPR podcast Radio Lab, which did an interesting show on Race ( see http://www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/episodes/200... ) and how people judge other people's race, as well as how they report their own race.