I think it's time now for a blogbreak and to get ourself some amusement once in a while. The funny thing is that amusement sometimes is hard to take if there is some truth around ;) think about it. IT consists of hard work, but also good and planned breaks!
Check xkcd once in a while and go through your life with a smile!
If you like xkcd, then also have a look at the related sites:
Kubuntu is an official derivative of the Ubuntu operating system using the KDE graphical environment instead of GNOME.
It is part of the Ubuntu project and uses the same underlying system. It is possible to run both the KDE desktop (kubuntu-desktop) as well as the Gnome desktop (ubuntu-desktop) interchangeably on the same machine.
Every package in Kubuntu shares the same repositories as Ubuntu.[1] It is released regularly on the same schedule as Ubuntu.
The Linksys E3000 is a powerful dual-band Wireless-N router optimized for wireless entertainment. Connect your Blu-ray players, DVRs, and gaming consoles, and enjoy the smoother and faster HD video streaming and wireless gaming performance that simultaneous dual-band technology enables. A built-in USB port and UPnP AV media server let you share files over your network, as well as stream media content to an Xbox 360, PS3, or other compatible device. Plus, included Cisco Connect software gets you set up in a few simple steps and offers powerful tools for managing your wireless network.
Key Features * Enjoy the power of high-performance Wireless-N technology--optimized for wireless entertainment. * Connect your computers, gaming consoles, Internet-enabled HDTVs and Blu-ray players, and other wireless devices at up to 300 Mbps of transfer speeds. * Enjoy the benefits of simultaneous dual-band (2.4 GHz and 5 GHz), including smoother HD video streaming, wireless gaming and file transfers. * Share your files at home or on the Internet by connecting a storage device to the Linksys E3000's built-in USB port. * Stream video and media content via a built-in UPnP AV media server to an Xbox 360, PS3, or other compatible device. * Use four Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000 Mbps) ports for faster file sharing with other Gigabit-enabled devices, including computers, hard drives, and servers. * Set up your wireless network in a few simple steps using included Cisco Connect software. * Keep Wi-Fi freeloaders and Internet threats at bay with customizable security settings, including WPA/WPA2 Personal, WPA/WPA2 Enterprise, and SPI firewall protection. * Give visitors password-protected Internet access on a separate network--so your visitors have access to the Internet, but not your computers or data. * Use Cisco Connect's Parental Controls to block specific websites and restrict Internet access during certain hours. * Customize your network using easily accessible Advanced Settings.
I just check one of my favourite sites on news and found this amazing article. I suppose you read all through it. But for those who don't have time, here you have a short summary:
Today computer screens for blind people are expensive and only show one line at a time. The North Carolina State University is making an effort on developing a tactile display for more than one line. This means that blind people would be able to "read" images and text at the same time with more than one line. It's a "hydraulic and latching mechanism" which allows to raise dots at the hight that is needed to display the letter/word/image accurately! The good thing about it is that it is inexpensive!
And here is an image of how it works. Unfortunately the quality is not as it's best. But i think to understand the principle it's sufficient.
Seam is a web application framework developed by JBoss, a division of Red Hat.
Seam combines the two frameworks Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB3) and JavaServer Faces (JSF). One can access any back-end EJB component from the front-end by addressing it by its Seam component name.
Seam introduces the concept of bijection, taken from Spring's dependency injection feature where objects can be in-jected or out-jected to/from assigned variables using the @In and @Out annotations.
The framework also expands the concept of contexts. Each Seam component exists within a context. The default Seam context is conversation which can span multiple pages and usually spans the whole business flow, from start to finish. The session context captures all actions of a user until he logs out or closes the browser - even multiple uses of the browser back-button.
Wine, a recursive acronym for Wine Is Not an Emulator, is a free software application that aims to allow Unix-like computer operating systems to execute programs written for Microsoft Windows. Wine also provides a software library known as Winelib against which developers can compile Windows applications to help port them to Unix-like systems.[2]
Wine is predominantly written by means of enhanced “clean-room” techniques,[citation needed] with some developers advising against the use of certain information obtained via documentation or tools present in proprietary SDKs (for example, the Platform SDK or Windows Driver Kit). In most circumstances Wine developers use black-box testing to uncover specific behavior, and code added to Wine is generally required to be accompanied by test cases.
Absolutly interesting article about cancer research being done right now... Promising new tecnique that could maybe lead to new treatments of cancer... Really tecnical article tough... But basically as I understand some injection is done which influences the behaviour of a cancer gene. As the image shows the dosis can be controlled. If a higher number of nanoparticels are injected into the bloodstream a higher number of nanoparticles end up in the cell.
If you are an IT fan this is "the must see" place on your list.
The Googleplex is the corporate headquarters complex of Google, Inc., located at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway in Mountain View, Santa Clara County, California, near San Jose. "Googleplex" is a portmanteau of Google and complex, and a reference to googolplex, the name given to the large number 1010100, or 10googol.
The Googleplex is one of the company's 23 U.S. and Canadian locations. Google also maintains 23 European locations, 14 Asia/Pacific locations, 5 Middle East locations, and 3 Latin American locations.
The iPad is a tablet computer developed by Apple Inc. Announced on January 27, 2010, it is considered to be in a category between the smartphone and the laptop computer.
Similar in functionality to the smaller, less powerful iPhone or iPod touch, it runs a modified version of the same operating system (iPhone OS), with a user interface redesigned to take advantage of the larger screen.[14] The iPad has a 9.7-inch (25 cm) LED backlit multi-touch display, 16 to 64 gigabytes (GB) of flash memory, Bluetooth, and a 30-pin dock connector to sync with iTunes and connect wired accessories.[5] There are two models: one with 802.11n Wi-Fi and one with 802.11n Wi-Fi and 3G (which can connect to HSDPA cellular networks), and Assisted GPS. Both models may be purchased with three different storage capacities.
As Apple's first device to use its iBookstore service and companion iBooks ebook reading application, the iPad has been compared to Amazon's Kindle and Barnes & Noble's Nook.
Eclipse is a multi-language software development environment comprising an integrated development environment (IDE) and an extensible plug-in system. It is written primarily in Java and can be used to develop applications in Java and, by means of the various plug-ins, in other languages as well, including C, C++, COBOL, Python, Perl, PHP, and others. The IDE is often called Eclipse ADT for Ada, Eclipse CDT for C, Eclipse JDT for Java and Eclipse PDT for PHP.
I've used CakePhp for 2 years, but this article is really great. If you want to know the most important informatcion about Cake, that is it.
My favourites are: Adding a WYSIWYG editor to CakePHP
I found this great tutorial on getting TinyMCE set up with CakePHP. Basically you just link the tiny_mce .js file to your page and then add a small bit of init code to every page that you want textareas to be converted into TinyMCE editors.
and Logging errors
$this->log('Something broke');
This will log your error to /tmp/logs/ (I initially made the mistake of thinking it would log it to the apache error log)
Amazing... Google includes speak recognition tool into it's video streams.
YouTube hasn’t yet run all of its videos through the new transcription service, but video owners will be able to manually request that their older videos get transcribed more quickly through each video’s options screen.
The idea came from a deaf person who couldn't attend his computer science classes and now attends it over YouTube.
The Spring Framework is an open source application framework for the Java platform and .NET Framework (Spring.NET).[1]
The first version was written by Rod Johnson who released the framework with the publication of his book Expert One-on-One J2EE Design and Development in October 2002. The framework was first released under the Apache 2.0 license in June 2003. The first milestone release, 1.0, was released in March 2004, with further milestone releases in September 2004 and March 2005. The Spring 1.2.6 framework won a Jolt productivity award and a JAX Innovation Award in 2006.[2][3] The current version is 3.0.2.[4]
The core features of the Spring Framework can be used by any Java application, but there are extensions for building web applications on top of the Java EE platform. Although the Spring Framework does not impose any specific programming model, it has become popular in the Java community as an alternative to, replacement for, or even addition to the Enterprise JavaBean (EJB) model.
Silicon Valley is the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California, United States. The term originally referred to the region's large number of silicon chip innovators and manufacturers, but eventually came to refer to all the high-tech businesses in the area; it is now generally used as a metonym for the high-tech sector. Despite the development of other high-tech economic centers throughout the United States, Silicon Valley continues to be the leading high-tech hub because of its large number of cutting-edge entrepreneurs, engineers and venture capitalists. Geographically, the Silicon Valley encompasses all of the Santa Clara Valley including the city of San Jose (and adjacent communities), the southern Peninsula, and the southern East Bay.
CakePHP is a free, open-source, rapid development framework for PHP. It’s a foundational structure for programmers to create web applications. Our primary goal is to enable you to work in a structured and rapid manner–without loss of flexibility.
CakePHP takes the monotony out of web development. We provide you with all the tools you need to get started coding what you really need to get done: the logic specific to your application. Instead of reinventing the wheel every time you sit down to a new project, check out a copy of CakePHP and get started with the real guts of your application.
CakePHP has an active developer team and community, bringing great value to the project. In addition to keeping you from wheel-reinventing, using CakePHP means your application’s core is well tested and is being constantly improved.
