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ThansCornerThansCornerNews articles, musings, coldfusion, technology, gadget and web design discoveries, code snippets, and Than's commentary on the news of the day - a filter of the news and web through my lens of interest. Not a journal Not a diary. Just commentary. Articles
Books, Cars, Plane Tickets and Such?When to Buy
2007-10-15 00:55:00 Ok, so I hate to simply post links to things I find on Life hacker quite this much, but some things are just too good to let go. Everything Finance did an analysis on the cheapest days to shop for certain types of things including books, plane tickets, hotel rooms, cars, clothing….you get the idea. ... More About: Cars , Books , Tickets
Books, Cars, Plane Tickets and Such?When to Buy
2007-10-15 00:55:00 Ok, so I hate to simply post links to things I find on Life hacker quite this much, but some things are just too good to let go. Everything Finance did an analysis on the cheapest days to shop for certain types of things including books, plane tickets, hotel rooms, cars, clothing….you get the idea. It’s ... More About: Cars , Books , Tickets
Quick and Dirty Photography Tips in 60 Seconds
2007-10-15 00:36:00 From lighting to composition to landscapes and portraits, there is a lot to be learned in a short period of time from this whirlwind tour of photography tips. These tips may not be applicable in all cases or true for everyone but know I personally get bored of taking the same kinds of shots ... More About: Photography , Tips , Dirty , Quick , Seconds
Quick and Dirty Photography Tips in 60 Seconds
2007-10-15 00:36:00 From lighting to composition to landscapes and portraits, there is a lot to be learned in a short period of time from this whirlwind tour of photography tips. These tips may not be applicable in all cases or true for everyone but know I personally get bored of taking the same kinds of shots over ... More About: Photography , Tips , Dirty , Quick
?Victory for Costa Rica?
2007-10-09 19:32:00 The Washington Post Article by the same title represents what we can safely consider to be the general United States perspective on the matter. The approval of the “Tratado de Libre Comercio” by 51.5% of the Costa Rica n voting public represents the culmination of several years of debate over the issue and it’s many ... More About: News , Politics , Victory , Life
?Victory for Costa Rica?
2007-10-09 19:32:00 The Washington Post Article by the same title represents what we can safely consider to be the general United States perspective on the matter. The approval of the “Tratado de Libre Comercio” by 51.5% of the Costa Rica n voting public represents the culmination of several years of debate over the issue and it’s many ramifications. ... More About: News , Politics , Victory , Life
Free Online Course Materials From MIT
2007-10-09 04:01:00 If I had the time and energy, I’d take courses in a huge variety of different departments and subjects. Unfortunately, my college career is 4 years long, and majoring in Physics and Computer Science, I’m limited mostly to courses along those lines. I recently stumbled across MIT’s OpenCourseWare which hosts more than 1700 courses, fully ... More About: Education , Free , Online , Materials
Free Online Course Materials From MIT
2007-10-09 04:01:00 If I had the time and energy, I’d take courses in a huge variety of different departments and subjects. Unfortunately, my college career is 4 years long, and majoring in Physics and Computer Science, I’m limited mostly to courses along those lines. I recently stumbled across MIT’s OpenCourseWare which hosts more than 1700 courses, fully accessible ... More About: Education , Free , Online , Materials , Materia
Mozilla WebRunner 0.7
2007-10-05 18:35:00 Firefox has been our browser for quite some time now, touted all along as safer and more efficient. Everyone knows, though, that firefox has memory leaks and, when using many of the web applications out there (gmail, meebo, facebook, etc.), firefox can slow down to a crawl. Mozilla ’s WebRunner is a streamlined version of the ... More About: News , Websites
Mozilla WebRunner 0.7
2007-10-05 18:35:00 Firefox has been our browser for quite some time now, touted all along as safer and more efficient. Everyone knows, though, that firefox has memory leaks and, when using many of the web applications out there (gmail, meebo, facebook, etc.), firefox can slow down to a crawl. Mozilla ’s WebRunner is a streamlined version of the ... More About: News , Websites
Embodying Wisdom
2007-10-03 03:51:00 Lost in a world, fresh and vivid, the weary and seeking mind of a man beneath the blossom of branches and colored leaves begins a journey. The novel, whose pages flutter like the leaves above on the autumn breeze, could be a calculus text, or a romance novel, or a simple story with plot and ... More About: Philosophy , Life , Wisdom
Embodying Wisdom
2007-10-03 03:51:00 Lost in a world, fresh and vivid, the weary and seeking mind of a man beneath the blossom of branches and colored leaves begins a journey. The novel, whose pages flutter like the leaves above on the autumn breeze, could be a calculus text, or a romance novel, or a simple story with ... More About: Philosophy , Life , Wisdom
Block caller id for your cell phone call
2007-10-01 17:56:00 I had forgotten about this useful bit of cell phone lore. Now and then, there’s a time when you wouldn’t want someone to have your number or know it was you who called. To make a cell phone call that will show up without your caller id info and number, dial *67 before the call. More About: Technology , Phone , Cell Phone , Cell , Call
Block caller id for your cell phone call
2007-10-01 17:56:00 I had forgotten about this useful bit of cell phone lore. Now and then, there’s a time when you wouldn’t want someone to have your number or know it was you who called. To make a cell phone call that will show up without your caller id info and number, dial *67 before the call. More About: Technology , Phone , Cell Phone , Cell , Call
Protesting Monks in Burma
2007-09-26 20:52:00 By 12:30 p.m., hundreds of monks, students, and other Rangoon residents approached the police, stood in the road and began to pray. Then the soldiers and police began pulling monks from the crowd, targeting the leaders, striking both monks and ordinary people with canes. Several smoke bombs exploded and the riot police charged. The monks ... More About: News , Politics , Life , Burma
Protesting Monks in Burma
2007-09-26 20:52:00 By 12:30 p.m., hundreds of monks, students, and other Rangoon residents approached the police, stood in the road and began to pray. Then the soldiers and police began pulling monks from the crowd, targeting the leaders, striking both monks and ordinary people with canes. Several smoke bombs exploded and the riot police charged. The monks ... More About: News , Politics , Life , Burma , Monks
Turn a Smartphone into a Webcam
2007-09-26 19:02:00 SmartCam Alas, I can’t personally justify to myself the need for a smartphone, but if I could, I would totally take advantage of this SmartCam project. You install a server on your machine and then extract the client on your smarphone and voila! you have your very own portable webcam. I could see this coming ... More About: Software , Phone , Smartphone , Webcam
Turn a Smartphone into a Webcam
2007-09-26 19:02:00 SmartCam Alas, I can’t personally justify to myself the need for a smartphone, but if I could, I would totally take advantage of this SmartCam project. You install a server on your machine and then extract the client on your smarphone and voila! you have your very own portable webcam. I could see this coming in ... More About: Technology , Phone , Smartphone , Webcam , Turn
Xming and Linux Programs on your Windows PC
2007-09-24 23:02:00 As a computer science major, I spend a fair amount of time in the Science Center on Linux machines working on homework and projects. With the semester wearing on, the trek over there and the time spent in the lab have become more and more of an annoyance. Solutions for my laziness? I could ... More About: Windows , Technology , Programs , Grams
Xming and Linux Programs on your Windows PC
2007-09-24 23:02:00 As a computer science major, I spend a fair amount of time in the Science Center on Linux machines working on homework and projects. With the semester wearing on, the trek over there and the time spent in the lab have become more and more of an annoyance. Solutions for my laziness? I could go ... More About: Windows , Technology , Programs
Your Online Footprint
2007-09-21 02:08:00 Each of us has at some point done a google search of our name, curious about what sort of information is out there to be found about each of us. Taking this process one step further is a new site in beta called Pipl. Enter the first and last name, and home city of a ... More About: Online
Your Online Footprint
2007-09-21 02:08:00 Each of us has at some point done a google search of our name, curious about what sort of information is out there to be found about each of us. Taking this process one step further is a new site in beta called Pipl. Enter the first and last name, and home city of a ... More About: Websites , Online
ReCAPTCHA Putting Website Users to Work
2007-09-17 23:33:00 ReCAPTCHA puts a new spin on the typical ‘Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart’ (CAPTCHA) CAPTCHA describes a technique for restricting website access to spammers or bots by means of an image with scrambled letters that a human user should be able to recognize and authenticate. ReCAPTCHA combines a solution ... More About: Web Design , Website , Work , Putting
ReCAPTCHA Putting Website Users to Work
2007-09-17 23:33:00 ReCAPTCHA puts a new spin on the typical ‘Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart’ (CAPTCHA) CAPTCHA describes a technique for restricting website access to spammers or bots by means of an image with scrambled letters that a human user should be able to recognize and authenticate. ReCAPTCHA ... More About: Website , Work , Putting , Users
White House Benchmarks on Iraqi Progress Released ? Success?
2007-09-14 22:37:00 White House Press Release on Assessment of Iraqi Progress This morning, the White House released the mandatory assessment of Iraqi progress on a number of benchmarks. All-in-all, there has only been one additional ‘satisfactory’ benchmark rating since the same assessment was made in July. So, our ultimate purpose for military and political action in Iraq ... More About: Politics , Success , White
White House Benchmarks on Iraqi Progress Released - Success?
2007-09-14 22:37:00 White House Press Release on Assessment of Iraqi Progress This morning, the White House released the mandatory assessment of Iraqi progress on a number of benchmarks. All-in-all, there has only been one additional ’satisfactory’ benchmark rating since the same assessment was made in July. So, our ultimate purpose for military and political action in Iraq was ... More About: Success , White , Released
Xbox Media Center
2007-09-14 21:59:00 Lifehacker: Turn Your Xbox into a Killer Media Center This article is really a sweet tutorial for how to turn your (probably) neglected Xbox into a networked media center capable of running video, music, and additional applications off of its own hard drive or those of any PC on your network. I look at this and ... More About: Media Center
Xbox Media Center
2007-09-14 21:59:00 Lifehacker: Turn Your Xbox into a Killer Media Center This article is really a sweet tutorial for how to turn your (probably) neglected Xbox into a networked media center capable of running video, music, and additional applications off of its own hard drive or those of any PC on your network. I look at this ... More About: Technology , Media Center
Productivity
2007-09-13 01:56:00 Skimming through my daily set of blogs this afternoon, I encountered one of the many productivity posts out there, outlining a system for organizing your life, managing time and getting things done in an orderly and effective manner. These things pop up all over in different forms all over the web, appealing to our universal ... More About: Life , Productivity
Productivity
More articles from this author:2007-09-13 01:56:00 Skimming through my daily set of blogs this afternoon, I encountered one of the many productivity posts out there, outlining a system for organizing your life, managing time and getting things done in an orderly and effective manner. These things pop up all over in different forms all over the web, appealing to our universal ... More About: Productivity 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
