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Google Prediction API - Google Code
Aug 13, 11:46RESTful machine learning API from Google... "The Prediction API implements supervised learning algorithms as a RESTful web service to let you leverage patterns in your data, providing more relevant information to your users. Run your predictions on Google's infrastructure and scale effortlessly as your data grows in size and complexity."
RFC 5854 - The Metalink Download Description Format
Jun 1, 6:46"Metalink describes download locations (mirrors), cryptographic hashes, and other information. Clients can transparently use this information to reliably transfer files."notes.husk.org. “Infographic” (by Phil Gyford, repurposed under a....
Apr 11, 3:55Humour infographic backlash infographic.
Getting started with Google Calendar Sync - Google Calendar Help
Mar 21, 3:22Google Calendar Sync is an Outlook plugin that syncs your Google and Outlook calendars (you get to pick 1way and direction or 2way sync'ing). This almost looks like what I want but perhaps my feature requests are too obscure for someone to have already implemented them:Events marked personal added on my Outlook calendar should get full 2-way sync'ing with my Google calendar.
All other events added on my Outlook calendar should be assumed to have private company information and should get 1-way sync'ing with just the time and location - no attendees or subject or desceiption.
All events added on my Google calendar should get full 2-way sync'ing with Outlook and there should be marked personal.
I doubt I'm going to find a pre-made app to do this so I guess I should get coding. Otoh, if they ever bring the updated Android OS that has Exchange support to my G1 maybe none of this would be necessary...
New Paintings Page: Ward Shelley
Feb 4, 2:07Infographic oil paintings of things like the historical influences of avant garde or the life of Frank Zappa.A Peek Into Netflix Queues - NYTimes.com
Jan 11, 2:24Heat map of rental popularity of particular movies from NetFlix in various cities.Victorian Infographics - a set on Flickr
Jan 5, 6:38Lovely historical infographics. For instance, check out the topographical map of NY city from 1874.
SensorEvent | Android Developers
2009 Dec 28, 9:27"This class represents a sensor event and holds informations such as the sensor type (eg: accelerometer, orientation, etc...), the time-stamp, accuracy and of course the sensor's data."The Metalink Download Description Format
2009 Dec 28, 2:19"This document specifies Metalink, an XML-based download description format. Metalink describes download locations (mirrors), checksums, and other information. Clients can transparently use this information to reliably transfer files."YouTube - Hungry Beast: Gullible Australia? Gullible Media
2009 Dec 14, 2:20This just in: 'Gullible' removed from dictionary. Story at 11...RFC 2132 - DHCP Options and BOOTP Vendor Extensions
2009 Dec 12, 2:42"The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) [1] provides a framework for passing configuration information to hosts on a TCP/IP network. Configuration parameters and other control information are carried in tagged data items that are stored in the 'options' field of the DHCP message. The data items themselves are also called "options.""Android Developer Challenge
2009 Dec 3, 2:20"We're pleased to announce the overall winners in the Android Developer Challenge 2. These winners were selected after two rounds of scoring by thousands of Android users as well as an official panel of judges. Please see our official page for more information about the challenge."
Metalink/HTTP: Mirrors and Checksums in HTTP Headers
2009 Nov 24, 5:51"Metalink/HTTP describes multiple download locations (mirrors), Peer-to-Peer, checksums, digital signatures, and other information using existing standards for HTTP headers. Clients can transparently use this information to make file transfers more robust and reliable."YouTube - The Web That Wasn't
2009 Oct 28, 8:31"The presentation will focus on the pioneering work of Paul Otlet, Vannevar Bush, and Doug Engelbart, forebears of the 1960s and 1970s like Ted Nelson, Andries van Dam, and the Xerox PARC team, and more recent forays like Brown's Intermedia system." Covers things like As We May Think and others who could have made the Web. Would love to have this as a summary with links to everything rather than a video =)The Hierarchy Of Digital Distractions | Information Is Beautiful
2009 Sep 8, 7:29The food pyramid of digital distractions.Timelines: Time travel in popular film and tv | Information Is Beautiful
2009 Aug 28, 3:02Lovely visualization of the time travels taken by characters in various movies and television series and notes the places where they overlap.YouTube - AtYourLibraryOrg's Channel - Cory Doctorow Interview
2009 Aug 24, 9:56AtYourLibraryOrg interviews Cory Doctorow on library and librarian related Cory Doctorow topics, then breaks up his answers into short videos. Easy to watch and interesting.
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