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For the scientists out there ...
For the scientists out there ...
http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/56IumhcXH5I/music-to-do-lab-work-by.html
http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/56IumhcXH5I/music-to-do-lab-work-by.html
Really interesting stuff but these top economists don't seem very positive on the future.
Really interesting stuff but these top economists don't seem very positive on the future.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-16090055?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-16090055?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
This has really helped clarify what was going on when Cameron used his EU veto.
This has really helped clarify what was going on when Cameron used his EU veto.
http://blogs.channel4.com/factcheck/factcheck-has-cameron-saved-the-city-from-sarkozy/8766
http://blogs.channel4.com/factcheck/factcheck-has-cameron-saved-the-city-from-sarkozy/8766
Smallest rotary motor in biology, the ATP synthase.
Originally shared by Rajini Rao
Smallest rotary motor in biology, the ATP synthase. All the work done in your body is fueled by breaking a chemical bond in ATP, the “currency of energy”. Did you know that you convert your body weight (or an estimated 50 kg) of ATP per day?!
Where does this ATP come from? It is synthesized by an incredibly sophisticated molecular machine, the ATP synthase, embedded in the inner membrane of our mitochondria. Energy from the oxidation of food results in protons being pumped across the membrane to create a proton gradient. The protons drive the rotation of a circular ring of proteins in the membrane that in turn move a central shaft. The shaft interacts sequentially with one of 3 catalytic sites within a hexamer, making ATP (little butterflies in the movie!). The ATP synthase rotates about 150 times/second
To visualize the rotation under a microscope, a very long fluorescent rod (actin filament) was chemically attached to the central shaft. Watch real movies (not animations!) of the enzyme spinning here: http://www.k2.phys.waseda.ac.jp/F1movies/F1long.htm
Notice the rotation is slower with longer rods. The rotor produces a torque of 40 pN nm (40 pico Newtons x nanometer), irrespective of the load. This would be the force you would need to rotate a 500 m long rod while standing at the bottom of a large swimming pool at the rate shown in the movie.
How did this amazing rotor evolve? The hexameric structure is related to DNA helicases that rotate along the DNA double helix, using ATP to unzip the two strands apart. The H+ motor has precedence in flagella motors that use proton gradients to drive rotation of long filaments, allowing bacteria to tumble through their surroundings. At some point, a H+ driven motor came together with a helicase like hexamer to create a rotor driving the hexamer in reverse, to synthesize ATP.
The 1997 Nobel prize in Chemistry was awarded to John Walker and Paul Boyer for solving the structure and cyclical mechanism of the ATP synthase, respectively. This amazing enzyme was also the subject of my own Ph.D. thesis, and my first love!
For #ScienceSunday curated by Allison Sekuler and Robby Bowles .
First in a new series on the basics of statistics in the Guardian. Seems a good start.
First in a new series on the basics of statistics in the Guardian. Seems a good start.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/dec/02/biased-sample-statistics
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/dec/02/biased-sample-statistics
Beatboxing + Cello is the coolest cello thing you'll see today
Originally shared by Carter Gibson
Beatboxing + Cello is the coolest cello thing you'll see today
Despite having been a cellist for over 13 years, I could never do this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T36A-H8dPhI
Beatboxing + Cello is the coolest cello thing you'll see today
Despite having been a cellist for over 13 years, I could never do this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T36A-H8dPhI
Only Spain and Portugal have had bigger cuts than the UK (approximately). What about Italy and Greece?
Only Spain and Portugal have had bigger cuts than the UK (approximately). What about Italy and Greece?
http://fullfact.org/blog/europe_government_cuts_spending_borrowing-3165
http://fullfact.org/blog/europe_government_cuts_spending_borrowing-3165
Prof David H Phillips' valedictory lecture
Yesterday I went to the valedictory lecture by Prof David H Phillips,
his swan song after thirty years of service before heading off to Kings
College. It was a great lecture full of wit and humour and reminded me
of how important environmental factors are in the cause of cancer.
Obesity alone causes huge increases in risk (50-100%) of developing a
large range of cancers (http://www.nature.com/nrc/journal/v4/n8/abs/nrc14
Yesterday I went to the valedictory lecture by Prof David H Phillips, his swan song after thirty years of service...
Yesterday I went to the valedictory lecture by Prof David H Phillips, his swan song after thirty years of service before heading off to Kings College. It was a great lecture full of wit and humour and reminded me of how important environmental factors are in the cause of cancer. Obesity alone causes huge increases in risk (50-100%) of developing a large range of cancers (http://www.nature.com/nrc/journal/v4/n8/abs/nrc1408.html). He ended with a group sign song of "When The Music's Over" by The Doors! Obviously a class chap and I feel honoured that I have done bits of work with him over the years. Just a shame that the institute doesn't value preventive cancer research any more.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plRgOw5uxLo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plRgOw5uxLo
Hacked
So I thought I had solved the problem with my mail server sending out spam messages by closing it as an open relay, but no the spam kept on pouring out. I spent ages trying to work out where on earth it was coming from and eventually decided to look at the apache logs. From there is was clear that a file called sm5so7.php was accessed every time a mail got sent out. It turns out that there was a nasty exploit in zenphoto the gallery software that I run on the server. More information can be found here:
- http://www.zenphoto.org/news/alert-security-hole-in-zenphoto-1.4.1.4
- http://www.zenphoto.org/news/security-alert-part-2
- http://www.zenphoto.org/support/topic.php?id=9951#post-58366
Home server being used as an open rely
My email account got locked today because my home server was being using as an open rely so the spammers could send mail at will from brewer.me.uk. It looks like it started at Nov 28 15:33:49 and the account got locked at Nov 30 04:20:40, with a total of 5109 spam mails being sent. Doh!
What I can't understand is why my router was allowing access to the mail server i.e. port forwarding port 25. I have a vague feeling that it was another half completed project that I was playing around with years ago.
Anyway, firewall is working correctly and the mail server is configured a bit better now. These are the changes I made to my postfix configuration file (main.cf):
One and one were very quick to unlock the account.
What I can't understand is why my router was allowing access to the mail server i.e. port forwarding port 25. I have a vague feeling that it was another half completed project that I was playing around with years ago.
Anyway, firewall is working correctly and the mail server is configured a bit better now. These are the changes I made to my postfix configuration file (main.cf):
smtpd_client_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, reject
smtpd_helo_restrictions = reject_invalid_helo_hostname,
reject_non_fqdn_helo_hostname, reject_unknown_helo_hostname
smtpd_sender_restrictions = reject_unknown_sender_domain
smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_mynetworks,
reject_invalid_hostname, reject_unknown_recipient_domain,
reject_unauth_destination, reject_rbl_client sbl.spamhaus.org
smtpd_data_restrictions = reject_unauth_pipelining
Jabba the Huttcake
Originally shared by Chris Pirillo
Jabba the Huttcake
via http://starwarsandwine.tumblr.com/ #StarWars
Another great infographic showing the inter-connectedness of European debt. In short we're all doomed.
Another great infographic showing the inter-connectedness of European debt. In short we're all doomed.
http://flowingdata.com/2011/11/22/who-owes-what-to-whom-in-europe/
http://flowingdata.com/2011/11/22/who-owes-what-to-whom-in-europe/
This script exports data from iphoto into a folder structure that can be used by picasa and the like.
This script exports data from iphoto into a folder structure that can be used by picasa and the like. It seems to replicate a lot of the features of a script I developed to do the same thing and adds a bit more.
https://sites.google.com/site/phosharedoc/
https://sites.google.com/site/phosharedoc/
More granular scale for children paracetamol doses. Makes sense.
More granular scale for children paracetamol doses. Makes sense.
http://www.nhs.uk/news/2011/11November/Pages/new-child-calpol-paracetamol-doses.aspx
http://www.nhs.uk/news/2011/11November/Pages/new-child-calpol-paracetamol-doses.aspx
Interesting visual comparison of money in different contexts.
Interesting visual comparison of money in different contexts.
http://xkcd.com/980/
http://xkcd.com/980/
This looks like it could be really useful to get a quick analysis done on published datasets.
This looks like it could be really useful to get a quick analysis done on published datasets. The feature I like the most is that it produces R code of what it's done, so you can run and adapt it away from the web interface.
http://gettinggeneticsdone.blogspot.com/2011/11/geo2r-web-app-to-analyze-gene.html
http://gettinggeneticsdone.blogspot.com/2011/11/geo2r-web-app-to-analyze-gene.html
Useful advice on setting up your bike for the winter. I really need to get myself some mudguards.
Useful advice on setting up your bike for the winter. I really need to get myself some mudguards.
http://www.londoncyclist.co.uk/maintenance/winter-bike-setup/
http://www.londoncyclist.co.uk/maintenance/winter-bike-setup/
This looks like it could be a useful tool to recover lost files and repair windows partitions.
This looks like it could be a useful tool to recover lost files and repair windows partitions.
http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk
http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk
Amazing
Amazing
Originally shared by Majid Dawood
30 degrees below zero pour boiling water...
Plz SHARE to public and +1 . . . thanks :)
Mesmerizing and well-paced.
Originally shared by Gina Trapani
Mesmerizing and well-paced.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJ6APKIjFQY
Mesmerizing and well-paced.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJ6APKIjFQY
This could be an interesting new development in the fight against cancer.
This could be an interesting new development in the fight against cancer. It looks like it uses antibodies to target cancer cells and make them photo-sensitive allowing light to destroy the cells.
http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/11/light-kills-tumors-that-are-first-targeted-with-a-photosensitive-agent.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss
http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/11/light-kills-tumors-that-are-first-targeted-with-a-photosensitive-agent.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss
It's probably for the best in the long run.
It's probably for the best in the long run.
http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/Techcrunch/%7E3/l4aWdwUF_Js/
http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/Techcrunch/%7E3/l4aWdwUF_Js/
These look useful for beginners in R.
These look useful for beginners in R.
http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2011/11/three-free-books-on-r-for-statistics.html
http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2011/11/three-free-books-on-r-for-statistics.html
GOOGLE's vs FACEBOOK's TERMS via L'ammiraglio Valerio
Originally shared by Gabriel Vasile
GOOGLE's vs FACEBOOK's TERMS via L'ammiraglio Valerio
This is a must read. You find what you see in the picture under these links:
http://picasa.google.com/intl/en_us/legal_notices.html
http://www.facebook.com/terms.php
Just trying out the new google reader intergration with google+
Just trying out the new google reader intergration with google+
http://feeds.gawker.com/%7Er/lifehacker/excerpts/%7E3/7qMVnR_0yAI/google-reader-rolls-out-a-new-clean-google-plus+integrated-interface
http://feeds.gawker.com/%7Er/lifehacker/excerpts/%7E3/7qMVnR_0yAI/google-reader-rolls-out-a-new-clean-google-plus+integrated-interface
Swing your pants, boys, we are going live! Take a look, you never know you might like it!
Originally shared by Alice Brewer
Swing your pants, boys, we are going live! Take a look, you never know you might like it!
http://www.beanpi.co.uk
Swing your pants, boys, we are going live! Take a look, you never know you might like it!
http://www.beanpi.co.uk
I think it's a paradox.
I think it's a paradox.
http://flowingdata.com/2011/10/28/best-statistics-question-ever/
http://flowingdata.com/2011/10/28/best-statistics-question-ever/
Android phones are generally not being updated to newer versions of the OS, at least in a timely manner.
Android phones are generally not being updated to newer versions of the OS, at least in a timely manner.
http://theunderstatement.com/post/11982112928/android-orphans-visualizing-a-sad-history-of-support
http://theunderstatement.com/post/11982112928/android-orphans-visualizing-a-sad-history-of-support
Google reader is finally being integrated with Google+. Hooray and about time.
Google reader is finally being integrated with Google+. Hooray and about time.
http://googlereader.blogspot.com/2011/10/upcoming-changes-to-reader-new-look-new.html
http://googlereader.blogspot.com/2011/10/upcoming-changes-to-reader-new-look-new.html
Share to G+ Bookmarklet Makes it Easy to Share Links on Google Plus -...
Share to G+ Bookmarklet Makes it Easy to Share Links on Google Plus - http://lifehacker.com/5847951/share-to-g%252B-bookmarklet-makes-it-easy-to-share-links-on-google-plus
Daniel Holbach see this? this is you. Yes it is.
Originally shared by Stuart Langridge
Daniel Holbach see this? this is you. Yes it is.
http://www.explosm.net/db/files/Comics/Rob/intervention.png
Daniel Holbach see this? this is you. Yes it is.
http://www.explosm.net/db/files/Comics/Rob/intervention.png
This is one of the project's I have been working on and I'm trying to get a bit more Google juice!
This is one of the project's I have been working on and I'm trying to get a bit more Google juice!
http://prostatedatabase.org.uk/
http://prostatedatabase.org.uk/
PI = 3.1415926535897932384626433832795
Originally shared by Javier Miranda Nieto
PI = 3.1415926535897932384626433832795
Marche gif nerdoso para Alexa Dosk
Google Reader Google+ Integration
Originally shared by Peter du Toit
Google Reader Google+ Integration
Ok so I just saw a comment by Yonatan Zunger that has got me seriously excited :) Since I can't hyperlink to his comment - here is a screenshot and context of the discussion here: https://plus.google.com/103389452828130864950/posts/XshrNNDbb1H
I can't believe it myself, but if it's true ... wow!
I can't believe it myself, but if it's true ... wow!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15034852
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15034852
Fuse4X is a port of FUSE – The Filesystem in Userspace to Mac OS X and allows you to mount all different kinds of...
Fuse4X is a port of FUSE – The Filesystem in Userspace to Mac OS X and allows you to mount all different kinds of remote / local filesystems on you Mac computer. A very popular ‘filesystem’ is sshfs, which allows you to mount a directory of a remote server to a local mountpoint (which is also a folder). You need to have access to the remote server via SSH to make this work.
Fuse4X is a modern replacement for the old MacFUSE implementation of Fuse for Mac OS.
http://blog.philippklaus.de/2011/07/sshfs-on-mac-os-x-10-6-8-with-fuse4x/
Fuse4X is a modern replacement for the old MacFUSE implementation of Fuse for Mac OS.
http://blog.philippklaus.de/2011/07/sshfs-on-mac-os-x-10-6-8-with-fuse4x/
A fork of MacFuse that is actively maintained.
A fork of MacFuse that is actively maintained.
http://fuse4x.org/
http://fuse4x.org/
Fuse4X – The Easiest and Fastest Way to Create File Systems for Mac OS X
Fuse4X allows you to extend Mac OS X's native file handling capabilities via 3rd-party file systems. It can be used as a software building block other products.
As a user, installing the Fuse4X software package will let you use any 3rd-party file system written atop Fuse4X.
As a developer, you can use the Fuse4X SDK to write numerous types of new file systems as regular user-mode programs. The content of these file systems can come from anywhere: from the local disk, from across the network, from memory, or any other combination of sources. Writing a file system using Fuse4X is orders of magnitude easier and quicker than the traditional approach of writing in-kernel file systems. Since Fuse4X file systems are regular applications (as opposed to kernel extensions), you have just as much flexibility and choice in programming tools, debuggers, and libraries as you have if you were developing standard Mac OS X applications.
In more technical terms, Fuse4X implements a mechanism that makes it possible to implement a fully functional file system in a user-space program on Mac OS X (10.5 and above). It provides API compatible with the FUSE (File-system in USEr space) API that originated on Linux. Therefore, many existing FUSE file systems become readily usable on Mac OS X.
The Fuse4X software consists of a kernel extension and various user-space libraries and tools. It comes with C-based and Objective-C based SDKs. If you prefer another language (say, Python or Java), you should be able to create file systems in those languages after you install the relevant language bindings yourself.
Report about a Problem
via fuse4x.org
An updated and maintained version of the outdated MacFuse
A google+ post from space
A google+ post from space
Originally shared by Ron Garan
One of the last pictures I took yesterday - Aurora Australis - the southern lights - dancing with the constellation Orion. An amazing moment.
Originally shared by Ron Garan
One of the last pictures I took yesterday - Aurora Australis - the southern lights - dancing with the constellation Orion. An amazing moment.
Now things get interesting: the start of the Google+ API. This is where real competition could be launched.
Originally shared by Jeff Jarvis
Now things get interesting: the start of the Google+ API. This is where real competition could be launched.
http://googlecode.blogspot.com/2011/09/getting-started-on-google-api.html
Now things get interesting: the start of the Google+ API. This is where real competition could be launched.
http://googlecode.blogspot.com/2011/09/getting-started-on-google-api.html
More Guardian Datablog stuff.
More Guardian Datablog stuff.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2011/jan/13/interest-rates-uk-since-1694#
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2011/jan/13/interest-rates-uk-since-1694#
Two engineers fixing the aerial up the empire state building via James Ogden
Two engineers fixing the aerial up the empire state building via James Ogden
http://www.laforetvisuals.com/data/photos/1737_1New_York__8_of_23.jpg
http://www.laforetvisuals.com/data/photos/1737_1New_York__8_of_23.jpg
An interesting look at the technical aspects of doing large-scale sequencing projects.
An interesting look at the technical aspects of doing large-scale sequencing projects.
http://www.massgenomics.org/2011/08/a-guide-for-deep-sequencing-of-human-genomes.html
http://www.massgenomics.org/2011/08/a-guide-for-deep-sequencing-of-human-genomes.html
NPR top 100 SF and fantasy books
NPR top 100 SF and fantasy books
https://www.npr.org/2011/08/11/139085843/your-picks-top-100-science-fiction-fantasy-books
https://www.npr.org/2011/08/11/139085843/your-picks-top-100-science-fiction-fantasy-books
Guardian data blog riot info:
Guardian data blog riot info:
* http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2011/aug/09/uk-riots-data-figures
* http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2011/aug/09/uk-riots-incident-listed-mapped
* http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/interactive/2011/aug/09/uk-riots-incident-map
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2011/aug/09/uk-riots-data-figures
* http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2011/aug/09/uk-riots-data-figures
* http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2011/aug/09/uk-riots-incident-listed-mapped
* http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/interactive/2011/aug/09/uk-riots-incident-map
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2011/aug/09/uk-riots-data-figures
Truly destructive for no apparent reason.
Truly destructive for no apparent reason.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14461868
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14461868
Getting Genetics Done: Golden Helix: A Hitchhiker's Guide to Next Generation Sequencing
Getting Genetics Done: Golden Helix: A Hitchhiker's Guide to Next Generation Sequencing
This is a useful introduction to next generation sequencing. You can get PDFs of the content too.
This is a useful introduction to next generation sequencing. You can get PDFs of the content too.
A useful introduction to Next generation sequencing
A useful introduction to Next generation sequencing
http://gettinggeneticsdone.blogspot.com/2011/05/golden-helix-hitchhikers-guide-to-next.html
http://gettinggeneticsdone.blogspot.com/2011/05/golden-helix-hitchhikers-guide-to-next.html
Looks like a couple of nice speed ups are coming in R. Particularly like the prospect of parallelised core functions
Looks like a couple of nice speed ups are coming in R. Particularly like the prospect of parallelised core functions
http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2011/08/with-byte-compiler-r-214-will-be-even-faster.html
http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2011/08/with-byte-compiler-r-214-will-be-even-faster.html
Top baby name list, don't think we'll found our lot in there.
Top baby name list, don't think we'll found our lot in there.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2011/jul/28/top-100-baby-names-oliver-olivia
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2011/jul/28/top-100-baby-names-oliver-olivia
This balloon chart tries to visualize which dietary supplements might actually have tangible health benefits.
Originally shared by Matt Cutts
This balloon chart tries to visualize which dietary supplements might actually have tangible health benefits.
http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/snake-oil-supplements/
This balloon chart tries to visualize which dietary supplements might actually have tangible health benefits.
http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/snake-oil-supplements/
A comment on OS X Lion's new scrolling "feature"
A comment on OS X Lion's new scrolling "feature"
Originally shared by Leo Laporte
So. You spend 27 years teaching people how to scroll. Then you turn it upside down just for fun. I think Steve is laughing at us.
Originally shared by Leo Laporte
So. You spend 27 years teaching people how to scroll. Then you turn it upside down just for fun. I think Steve is laughing at us.
Great stuff.
Great stuff.
Originally shared by Matt Cutts
This is important: Google has been able to detect a large number of computers infected with a specific piece of malware. If you go to Google and do a search (any word will do) right now, check to see whether you get a "Your computer appears to be infected" warning at the top of the search results. If you see the message, you need to clean up the infection from your machine.
We're trying this as an experiment to alert and protect consumers that we believe have infected machines. Please share this widely.
Added: This is malware that's specific to Windows. Remember to do an actual search (any search will do) and check the top of the search results page; don't just go to the home page.
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/using-data-to-protect-people-from.html
Originally shared by Matt Cutts
This is important: Google has been able to detect a large number of computers infected with a specific piece of malware. If you go to Google and do a search (any word will do) right now, check to see whether you get a "Your computer appears to be infected" warning at the top of the search results. If you see the message, you need to clean up the infection from your machine.
We're trying this as an experiment to alert and protect consumers that we believe have infected machines. Please share this widely.
Added: This is malware that's specific to Windows. Remember to do an actual search (any search will do) and check the top of the search results page; don't just go to the home page.
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/using-data-to-protect-people-from.html
This is an amazing interactive graphic of how twitter posts covered the Murdoch questioning yesterday.
This is an amazing interactive graphic of how twitter posts covered the Murdoch questioning yesterday. I particularly like the sudden eruption after the pie incident.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/interactive/2011/jul/19/rupert-murdoch-twitter-pie
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/interactive/2011/jul/19/rupert-murdoch-twitter-pie
Google+ iphone app out
Google+ iphone app out
Originally shared by Vic Gundotra
iPhone, meet Google+
Share just the right stuff, with just the right circles :-)
This app should be rolling out over the next few hours. Try getting it here: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google/id447119634?ls=1&mt=8
Originally shared by Vic Gundotra
iPhone, meet Google+
Share just the right stuff, with just the right circles :-)
This app should be rolling out over the next few hours. Try getting it here: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google/id447119634?ls=1&mt=8
"Man, these colour-in pics of CBeebies presenters are the stuff of NIGHTMARES: http://bbc.in/qixouN...
"Man, these colour-in pics of CBeebies presenters are the stuff of NIGHTMARES: http://bbc.in/qixouN http://bbc.in/qyN4Ke http://bbc.in/pKk0p5" -alexispetridis on twitter
http://bbc.in/qixouN
http://bbc.in/qixouN
LulzSec has hacked "The Sun". It's been a tough week for Murdoch.
LulzSec has hacked "The Sun". It's been a tough week for Murdoch.
http://yfrog.com/z/kk55828609p
http://yfrog.com/z/kk55828609p
iplayer-plus-2 - Mac downloader for iPlayer TV and Radio Shows - Google Project Hosting
The Always Up-to-Date Guide to Managing Your Facebook Privacy
via lifehacker.com
A very useful page by lifehacker that is an up to date guide on all of facebook's privacy settings.
Basics of Photography: The Complete Guide
via lifehacker.com
This looks really interesting. I've only read one of the articles but it was really useful.
Digital Camera Buying Resources
Comparison tools and detailed specifications
- snapsort A simply amazing site that allows you to look at the specifications of the cameras in detail and highlights where they are weak or string. It is particularly good for comparing cameras and showing what other cameras are competitors. Invaluable. It also recommends the best camera at a particular price according to their calculations.
- Digital Camera Shutter Lag Comparison Table
- http://www.photographyblog.com/articles_best_digital_camera.php
- http://www.steves-digicams.com/best-cameras.html
- http://www.cameras.co.uk/html/simple-and-easy-Digital-Cameras.cfm
- http://www.cameras.co.uk/html/Extra-Zoom-Digital-Cameras.cfm
- http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/q210grouptravelzoom/page24.asp
- http://www.whatdigitalcamera.com/equipment/advice/507488/best-compact-cameras-2010.html
- http://www.whatdigitalcamera.com/equipment/reviews/1/compactcameras.html?sort=rating&order=desc
- http://www.cameralabs.com/buyers_guide/compacts/best_compact_digital_camera.shtml
- http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/bestsellers/electronics/332215031/ref=pd_zg_hrsr_ce_1_4_last
The two main criteria for the new camera was that it had to be good in low light conditions and it could film reasonable films. In the end I decide that Canon and its newer "HS" (High Sensitivity) cameras were the way forward as they have amazing performance in low light conditions. The two I looked at, the Ixus 115 HS and Ixus 220 HS, are equipped with a fast 12.1-megapixel CMOS image sensor, Canon DIGIC 4 processor, a new 1080p full HD video mode. They are very similar, with the more expensive 220 HS being smaller, with a bit better lens, a 5x zoom instead of 4x, but a smaller LCD screen. After much debate I plumped for the cheaper Ixus 115 HS as it was less of a risk on a new brand and there is £20 rebate offered at the moment. Other cameras that we seriously considered:
Password Haystacks: How Well Hidden is Your Needle?
... and how well hidden is YOUR needle?
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This is an interesting idea from Steve Gibson on how to make secure and easy to remember passwords. There are two parts: - Length is the most important ingredient, so pad a memorable password to a long length with some sort of padding character e.g. dog..........., <<
dog>>>>>>>>>, !!!dog_cat!!!! (make sure you use your own style of padding) - Make sure that there is at least one character of each of the following: upper-case letter, lower-case letter, number and special character (!, ., * etc.) e.g. !D0g......
R: Make sure command output is piped to sink()
In an R script when using sink() to output the results of commands to a file you will often get a blank file whereas if you copy and paste the same command into the R shell it will work fine. There are two ways round this:
- Wrap all commands with the print() fucntion
- When sourcing the file make sure that echo is set to TRUE i.e. source("input.r", echo=TRUE)
RStudio
via rstudio.org
"RStudio™ is a new integrated development environment (IDE) for R. RStudio combines an intuitive user interface with powerful coding tools to help you get the most out of R."
This is free and pretty great really. It does need some work though, especially making sure history and sessions are saved on a folder by folder basis and some vi key bindings would be nice.
Homebrew
Homebrew
The missing package manager for OS X
via mxcl.github.com
Homebrew is a smart alternative to macports and fink that attempts to use the libraries already in OS X where ever possible, so doesn't install a load of stuff you don't need. It seems to have all the unix type stuff I want so I am giving it a go.
TimeTracker - Monitor what files have been backed up in each time machine image
TimeTracker
TimeTracker is a quick-and-dirty application that displays the contents of your Time Machine backups, and shows what's changed since the previous backup. TimeTracker is in an extremely early state, and is as such very unpolished (for example, it doesn't yet have an icon).
via charlessoft.com
Nokia C1-01 budget voicephone
via reghardware.com
This looks like an amazing well-featured phone for a budget price. No 3G, but it is a half-decent MP3 player and syncs your contacts with Google.
The Five Best Open Source Calendar Servers for Linux | Linux.com
Finding Linux-based calendar clients, like Evolution or Mozilla Lightning, is easy — but what about the server-side software? You'll find some great calendar servers for Linux, if you know where to look. From light-weight to heavy duty, Cosmo to Darwin, we've picked five of the best open source calendar servers for Linux for you to try.
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