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HTTP headers and non-asci characters (Content-Disposition, filename, attachment) Article

2008 Mar 8, 11:43"I was not able to find universal settings to do this task, but it looks like Mozilla based browsers accepts utf-8 encoded headers and headers Encoded Word Extensions from RFC 2231. Internet explorer accepts utf-8 filenames only when 1. the data are URL ePermalinkCommentshttp http-header charset ascii utf8 mozilla ie browser content-disposition

Excerpts from "Expert Judgement on Markers to Deter Inadvertent Human Intrusion into the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant"

2008 Feb 11, 7:49Thanks Itrasbiel! FTA: "The site must be marked. Aside from the legal requirement, the site will be indelibly imprinted by the human activity associated with waste disposal. We must complete the process by explaining what has been done and why. "PermalinkCommentsvia:Itrasbiel future science time art nuclear government nuclear-waste

Desert Space Foundation - Universal Warning Sign Exhibition

2008 Feb 2, 5:51FTA: "The purpose of the warning sign is to deter intentional or inadvertent human intrusion or interference at the site and to effectively communicate over the course of the next 10,000 years (the projected duration of the volatility of the waste) that tPermalinkCommentsart sign warning radioactive-waste nuclear-waste

Excercise Bike and Tacoma Screw Products

2008 Jan 13, 11:07

Sarah and I got an exercise bike on sale and when attempting to put it together found that it was missing a bag of about ten different screws. The manufacturer website said we could order a replacement bag for thirty dollars (!!) but since the instructions listed the various kinds of screws we needed I figured we could just go to a hardware store and buy them.

We started at Home Depot because I didn't know better. The screws are all listed in metric sizes which is apparently uncommon and a helpful senior worker forwarded us to McLendons whose stock was better but we were again redirected this time to Tacoma Screw Products.

Tacoma Screw Products is great! See them for your hardware needs first! The store has a back area with every kind of screw ever. I felt a little out of place as as all the customers looked like contractors. The employee who helped me explained the various options I had in screws as the bike instructions weren't as explicit as they could have been. In the end I bought all my screws for only one dollar (much better than $30!) and they all fit correctly.

PermalinkCommentsscrew bike personal tacoma screw products nontechnical

Zune Software Update

2007 Nov 19, 3:47I really appreciate that the first gen Zune's get the new Zune's firmware and software. I like the updated Zune software personally because its faster and simpler, has better podcast support, and the whole social thing has is on their website now. So, I guess I like the software because it has new features that should have been there in the first place.

The social thing is like a Zune social network. It uses your Xbox Live friends to seed your Zune friends list, lets you do the expected social network stuff, lets you preview songs, and unlike first gen Zunes which required face to face time with other Zune owners, allows you to send songs to people. It also lets you display your recently played tracks and your favorite tracks, similar to what Last.FM has, via a Zune Card. I like the Zune Card from a technical perspective because it separates the Zune Card view, written in flash from the User Card data which is in XML. I hope they intend to keep the XML available via this UserCard Service because I think there's potential to easily do cool things.PermalinkCommentsmicrosoft technical music zune social

Many Eyes: Income and Sales Taxes in the United States

2007 Nov 13, 3:09Visualization of income and sales taxes in the US.PermalinkCommentsvisualization statistics tax income-tax sales-tax graph map

YouTube - The Chemical Brothers - The Salmon Dance

2007 Oct 26, 12:00I don't know why I find this song so humorous.PermalinkCommentsmusic video youtube the-chemical-brothers salmon the-salmon-dance humor

xkcd - A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language - By Randall Munroe

2007 Jun 3, 11:22xkcd's captcha proposal.PermalinkCommentscaptcha comic humor security robot spam xkcd

Universal Turing Machine in XSLT

2007 May 1, 6:04A turing machine implemented as an XSLT. A great way to show that XSLT is turing complete.PermalinkCommentsxslt turing turing-machine turing-complete algorithm xml programming

iliketotallyloveit.com

2007 Mar 21, 1:20A site to share interesting products found for sale on the Internet with others on the site. Lots of funny and interesting products.PermalinkCommentsblog collaboration cool design review social shopping product

Weekend Humor

2007 Mar 13, 8:16Over the weekend I went with Jon and Sarah to see Zach Galifianakis perform at The Moore who was awesome of course. I hadn't been to The Moore before but it was very cool. The space is very vertical with two levels of balconies making it seem small in the other dimensions. We were on the middle level so when Zach climbed off the stage to talk to the audience we couldn't see him.

Before the show we ate at The Steelhead Diner. I enjoyed my chicken sandwhich but the place seemed a little full of itself with salt and pepper that had been infused with this and that. At any rate it had a nice atmosphere and good food which I suppose is the point.

The opening act for Zach was another comedian whose name I don't recall. He was pretty funny but seemed to do just a tad too much pandering to the Seattle audience. "The administration should do something different than what they're doing currently!" *Audience Cheers* is sort of equivalent to "Its great to be here in... Seattle!" *Audience Cheers*.PermalinkCommentspersonal seattle nontechnical

"0wnz0red" - Salon

2006 Sep 25, 1:06Short StoryPermalinkCommentsbooks fiction programming scifi story read cyberpunk short-story cory-doctorow

RFC for UUID (Unique Universal IDentifier)

2005 Nov 21, 4:30PermalinkCommentsrfc reference development uuid guid

Proposal to encode Tengwar in Plane 1 of ISO/IEC 10646-2

2005 Apr 9, 8:32Proposal to add Tengwar the Elvish alphabet to UnicodePermalinkCommentsunicode humor nerds

Proposal to encode Klingon in Plane 1 of ISO/IEC 10646-2

2005 Apr 3, 6:54PermalinkCommentsunicode humor nerds tv startrek

UUID URN RFC

2005 Mar 28, 10:29RFC for UUID (Unique Universal IDentifier)PermalinkCommentsrfc reference development uuid
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