XZ Utils

XZ Utils: "XZ Utils is free general-purpose data compression software with high compression ratio. XZ Utils were written for POSIX-like systems, but also work on some not-so-POSIX systems. XZ Utils are the successor to LZMA Utils."

“Dead Drops” preview at Aram Bartholl – Blog

“Dead Drops” preview at Aram Bartholl – Blog: "‘Dead Drops’ is an anonymous, offline, peer to peer file-sharing network in public space. I am ‘injecting’ USB flash drives into walls, buildings and curbs accessable to anybody in public space. You are invited to go to these places (so far 5 in NYC) to drop or find files on a dead drop. Plug your laptop to a wall, house or pole to share your files and date."

Die Antwoord: 'Are we awful or the best thing in the universe?' | Music feature | Music | The Observer

Die Antwoord: 'Are we awful or the best thing in the universe?' | Music feature | Music | The Observer: "And you can't stop it. We've got this fierce fucking following – like the cutest, most freak-mode, wildest kids, and also older people who are super-duper in tune with what we're doing, and that's not going away – it's getting bigger fucking fast. Bigger and bigger.

'It's, like,' he continues, 'is this [Die Antwoord] fucking terrible, like fucking retardedly the worst thing ever or the most amazing thing in the entire universe?' I'm with David Lynch et al on the answer."
Die Antwoord. !sness!! M.I.A. future style.

Last night I was mashing up "Rich Bitch" by Die Antwoord with "Telephone" by Lady Gaga. It was sublime.

[Breaking news] More info about Desire HD! Constantly updated - xda-developers

[Breaking news] More info about Desire HD! Constantly updated - xda-developers: "The power off (hold powerbutton and choose power off) takes some time (measures:....5 seconds). The powerup then takes 1 or 1,5 seconds. Very quick! All apps are closed during the shut down."


Umm, powerdown is not super intuitive.

Friday, October 22, 2010

choosel - Project Hosting on Google Code

choosel - Project Hosting on Google Code: "Choosel is a web-based environment that aims at facilitating flexible visual data exploration for information visualization novices. It supports the iterative construction of multiple coordinated views during the visual data analysis process. Some of its features include:"

How not to get a job with a startup

How not to get a job with a startup

: "It’s a great match if you like being independent: not the Rambo-”don’t tie me down, baby”-independent, the “::snerk::, I like dinosaurs so I wrote a research paper on sauropods”-independent."

Stephen Wolfram Blog : The Poetry of Function Naming

Stephen Wolfram Blog : The Poetry of Function Naming: "Each one encapsulates some idea, some creative concept—frozen in a tiny clump of words. Like little poems. Thousands of them."


Naming is very important.

Mari-pos-a

Mari-pos-a: "of orcas and butterflies"

Tuesday, October 05, 2010