User:Woozle/linkdump

2013

• how to use pkgsrc on linux
• http://www.blockmrecords.org/bach/download.htm - free Bach downloads
• http://puredata.info/downloads - I've already forgotten what PureData is... oh, right, it's "a real-time graphical programming environment for audio, video, and graphical processing." Includes packages for Raspberry Pi.
• http://lib-ray.org/reasons.html open-source alternative to Blu-Ray, which contractually requires DRM
  • XION HTPC Series XON-810PCB-RD icro ATX / Mini ITX Slim Desktop Micro ATX Media Center - can this play Lib-Ray?
• http://speckyboy.com/2013/02/04/myths-about-how-blind-people-use-the-internet/
• http://www.howtogeek.com/106526/how-to-resolve-dependencies-while-compiling-software-on-ubuntu/ - for Ubuntu
• http://www.digikey.com/us/en/techzone/wireless/resources/articles/internet-connected-wireless-networks.html?WT.z_sm_link=g+_tz_0124 - for mesh wireless (subset of mesh network)
• Deep Space Industries will compete with Planetary Resources for Asteroid Mining
• Planetary Resources Updates the Arkyd-100 space telescope
• http://sourceforge.net/projects/openupload/ "Open Upload is an open source extensible PHP application for fast file upload and download for big (and small) file sharing, like rapidshare and megaupload."
  • http://openupload.sourceforge.net/
• http://sonic.net/solutions/home/internet/fusion/ - ISP in California
• wikipedia:IEEE 802.11 -- all the wireless protocols
  • http://www.wimax.com/wimax-regulatory/what-is-unlicensed-spectrum-what-frequencies-are-they-in - WiMax
• http://www.theverge.com/2012/12/24/3801102/3d-printing-and-self-assembling-dna-revolutionize-drug-development
• git:
  • http://www.codeschool.com/courses/try-git - learning git
  • http://git-scm.com/book/en/Getting-Started-Git-Basics
• http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/msg04642.html - closest thing to "outline view" in LibreOffice
• http://opencores.org/or1k/OR1K:Community_Portal - open hardware (I think)
• https://bitbucket.org/kc5tja/kestrel - can't remember, but related
• http://www.sinatrarb.com/intro - Sinatra is a DSL for quickly creating web applications in Ruby with minimal effort:
• http://opensimulator.org/wiki/Main_Page - OpenSimulator - for creating 3D environments (like Minecraft, but the resolution looks better)
• http://datamapper.org/why.html - a Ruby object relational mapper, which is what when it's at home?
• http://twistedsifter.com/2013/02/urban-exploration-with-chris-luckhardt/ - urban exploration
• https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair - Ubuntu - can be run from a liveCD
• http://archive.org/details/opensocietyandit033120mbp - free book: Karl Popper
• http://phys.org/news/2013-03-teen-compact-nuclear-reactor.html
• http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/p2p-money-transfer/2013/02/26
• http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13970_7-57571755-78/ubuntu-touch-firefox-os-and-tizen-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-new-oses/
• http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/books/2013/03/len_deighton_s_bomber_the_first_book_ever_written_on_a_word_processor.single.html#pagebreak_anchor_2 - first novel written with a word processor
  • https://plus.google.com/115423900555666892711/posts/dqA7jrTKicB - Jim Henson's promotional film for the word processor
• http://www.charterbusiness.com/serviceability-service-area-map.aspx - large ISP, not sure what their service area is but they don't cover the whole US
• Solar DIY:
  • http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/02/28/466075/-Lifecycle-Costs-of-Photovoltaics
  • http://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/es071763q
  • http://www.treehugger.com/solar-technology/inexpensive-diy-solar-power-the-600-kit.html
  • http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-20013704-54.html
  • http://www.freesunpower.com/
  • http://www.builditsolar.com/Projects/PV/DougEnphase/DougEnphase.htm
  • related: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/02/28/466075/-Lifecycle-Costs-of-Photovoltaics
• http://hackaday.com/2013/03/06/everything-you-need-to-build-a-light-cured-resin-3d-printer/
• http://bjk5.com/post/44698559168/breaking-down-amazons-mega-dropdown - snappy JS menu
• http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/rosetta-stones/2013/03/07/living-and-sometimes-dying-with-karst/
• http://www.gizmag.com/improved-ion-engines-jet-propulsion-laboratory-erosion-lifetime/26323/
• http://www.technologyreview.com/view/512281/chinese-physicists-measure-speed-of-spooky-action-at-a-distance/ - quantum entanglement
• http://www.patheos.com/blogs/slacktivist/2013/03/06/unc-the-vatican-and-sovereign-grace-ministries-when-pr-trumps-concern-for-victims/
• http://www.knitpicks.com/cfBlog/post.cfm/message-from-our-ceo-matt-petkun - how to do an apology correctly
• http://extremelongevity.net/2011/12/08/drug-reverses-aging-in-brain/
• http://aerogrammestudio.com/2013/03/07/pixars-22-rules-of-storytelling/
• http://nextbigfuture.com/2013/03/japanese-researchers-have-improved.html - cloning
• http://www.power2u.org/articles/trauma/ment_cope.html - mental illness is a coping mechanism
• http://fudforum.org/forum/ - another open-source forum
• http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/03/mac-malware-that-infected-facebook-bypassed-os-x-gatekeeper-protection/
• https://plus.google.com/101896915525351208408/posts/3P37apciYQR - video: using a prosthetic robot arm to tie a shoe
• http://www.cultofandroid.com/23724/how-google-could-solve-mobiles-biggest-problem/
• http://grist.org/climate-energy/the-next-big-thing-in-energy-decentralization/
• http://grist.org/climate-energy/energy-democracy-three-ways-to-bring-solar-to-the-masses/
• http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1a4ab0/alert_payattention_a_block_was_mined_that_was_too/
• http://www.reed.com/dpr/locus/OpenSpectrum/
• http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/13/feedly-rss-service-promises-seamless-transition-after-google-r/ - Google Reader replacement

2011-11-02

• http://173.17.111.185/photo_album/chron/2011/2011_09_04-thinkpad_600_squeeze/
• http://173.17.111.185/photo_album/chron/2011/2011_09_07-wmbutton_lock_and_switch_desktop/
• http://173.17.111.185/photo_album/chron/2011/2011_09_12-multi_monitors_squeeze_e16/
• http://173.17.111.185/photo_album/chron/2011/2011_08_19-saving_the_right_deskspace/
• http://173.17.111.185/photo_album/chron/2011/2011_07_14-kde3_vm_integration/
• http://173.17.111.185/photo_album/chron/2011/2011_09_12-multi_monitors_squeeze_e16/
• http://iotic.com/averia/ - a nice font, but also a blog post with some interesting technical details about font files
• http://xbmc.org/ - an open-source media center that apparently doesn't suck (and apparently Medibuntu/MythTV kind of does)
• open-source laptop?
  • http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2010-02/msg00000.html
  • wikipedia:Lemote
  • http://wiki.gnewsense.org/Projects/Lemote
• http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/xubuntu-1110-and-my-netbook
• http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/blutracker-long-range-bluetooth-tracker-on-indiegogo

2011-11-01

• http://www.adafruit.com/blog/2011/10/31/meet-beaglebone-the-new-89-open-source-hardware-platform/