2010 Mar 1, 2:24There is an amazing amount of info around about the alleged assassination Mahmoud al-Mabhouh including this Dubai hotel survielance footage.
video crime security privacy wired cctv 2010 Feb 4, 2:07Infographic oil paintings of things like the historical influences of avant garde or the life of Frank Zappa.
art design visualization information gallery infographics painting ward-shelley via:infosthetics 2010 Jan 29, 10:28"Is your browser configuration rare or unique? If so, web sites may be able to track you, even if you limit or disable cookies." Examines HTTP headers and browser features and reports if your
configuration is unique (mine is). Good info for anyone looking at creating an anonymous browsing plugin or service
web security privacy eff education identity surveillance cookies cookie anonymity anonymous technical 2010 Jan 18, 3:24"UVB-76 is the callsign of a shortwave radio station that usually broadcasts on the frequency 4625 kHz (AM full carrier). It's known among radio listeners by the nickname The Buzzer. It features a
short, monotonous buzz tone (help·info), repeating at a rate of approximately 25 tones per minute, for 24 hours per day. The station has been observed since around 1982.[1] In rare occasions, the
buzzer signal is interrupted and a voice transmission in Russian takes place. Only four such events have been noted. There is much speculation; however, the actual purpose of this station remains
unknown." Inspiration for Lost?
radio russia mystery 2010 Jan 13, 6:35Ars Technica rounds up links on the recent Google threatening to stop censoring itself in China including quotes from Secretary of State Clinton, and the EFF and info on the hacks.
google china arstechnica news politics security censorship 2010 Jan 12, 7:10Info on writing apps to work with low rights mode in IE7 and IE8. Includes info on elevation policy for applications
technical programming ie ie7 ie8 security elevation msdn microsoft windows 2010 Jan 11, 2:24Heat map of rental popularity of particular movies from NetFlix in various cities.
visualization movie netflix map nytimes flash information 2010 Jan 5, 6:38Lovely historical infographics. For instance, check out the topographical map of NY city from 1874.
information infographics graph design history via:kottke 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."
sensor android technical programming development reference accelerometer java 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."
xml download browser web url todo 2009 Dec 14, 2:20This just in: 'Gullible' removed from dictionary. Story at 11...
humor video via:bengoldacre media australia information communication 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.""
technical reference rfc dhcp ietf ipv4 ip 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."
cellphone android google app contest 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."
http metalink url p2p http-header cache redirect reference technical 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 =)
via:connolly technical google video internet web information technology memex 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.
via:waxy time-travel bttf startrek tv movie information visualization 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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