Monthly Archives: November 2008

My thoughts and prayers

Posted on November 30, 2008 by Karl

I wanted to offer my thoughts and prayers towards those dealing with the horror of the last few days in Mumbai. Arpit: When terrorism hits home NYTimes: What They Hate About Mumbai The Atlantic: Behind Mumbai Guardian: ‘We were told … Continue reading →

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Improving my chess game

Posted on November 30, 2008 by Karl

Lifehacker has some useful links.

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“A New Media Tells Different Stories” by Bruno Giussani

Posted on November 30, 2008 by Karl

“A New Media Tells Different Stories” by Bruno Giussani April, 1997: There are also many other ramifications that the new journalist will have to take into consideration while handling information and exploiting the different tools. quote First, the behavior of … Continue reading →

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Retrying Netbeans

Posted on November 30, 2008 by Karl

While I live in Emacs, Eclipse won me over for Java development a long time ago. I’ve been keeping my eye on Netbeans for a while. Each major release I’ve given a try by checking out a current project from … Continue reading →

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Growing demand for Salvation Army services

Posted on November 29, 2008 by Karl

Kevin Barbieux, “The Homeless Guy”, takes note of the growing lines for feedings from the Salvation Army. The Salvation Army was there for my family when I was young. As a host for my Cub Scouts pack. As a place … Continue reading →

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Two on project process

Posted on November 29, 2008 by Karl

Aaron Held, coworker at CIM, “A House With No Front Door Keeps you off the streets”: Scrum and Agile are desinged to solve this by making it a team effort. So in Scrum it is not the “developers” that build … Continue reading →

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Emacs links for Saturday September 29th, 2008

Posted on November 29, 2008 by Karl

Greg Newman’s six part Emacs Series. So far three are up: Part One: Distraction Free Programming with GNU Emacs, Part Two: Emacs Terminal Emulator and Part Three: Dired Directory Management. Steve Yegge: Emergency Elisp – a great Emacs Lisp tutorial.

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Model-view-controller, JavaScript Links

Posted on November 29, 2008 by Karl

Advogato: Blurring of MVC lines: Programming the Web Browser. Slashdot: discussion of Advogato piece pyjamas does for Python what Google Web Toolkit does for Java.

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Python links for Saturday, November 29th, 2008

Posted on November 29, 2008 by Karl

news.ycombinator.com: Python+Scipy+Matplotlib vs Matlab? Drawing Machines:

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Alternative journalism documenting Fishtown and Kensington

Posted on November 28, 2008 by Karl

In Episode 6 of “Shadow World”, David S. Kessler took a break from giving interviews to let the location speak for itself – Front and Berks – the Berks El Station. I can still recall the elderly man following me … Continue reading →

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