Monthly Archives: July 2009

There are two kinds of people in the world – yes there really are

Posted on July 31, 2009 by Karl

People believe either one of two things about intelligence and talent – either they are fixed traits – “it’s just the way someone is” – “God or genetics blessed or cursed them” – or they are something that is malleable … Continue reading →

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A Reading List: High Availability for Alfresco ECM

Posted on July 30, 2009 by Karl

Start with watching the Alfresco hosted webinar: High Availability Clustering with Alfresco to get a high level overview. Then read thru rivetlogic’s comprehensive page that includes notes on disaster recovery: Deploying HA Alfresco on Linux. This is mirrored on the … Continue reading →

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Reading List: Running Alfresco behind X

Posted on July 25, 2009 by Karl

Jeff D. Brown: Alfresco Integration with JBoss Portal optaros labs: Alfresco Django Integration Screencast optaros labs: Alfresco-Drupal Integration via CMIS (Screencast) Jeff Potts Drupal-Alfresco Integration and Alfresco’s Move to the Front-End content here: Drupal and Alfresco AlfrescoWiki: Blog Publishing User … Continue reading →

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Notes on the Alfresco Web Content Management Evaluation Guide

Posted on July 25, 2009 by Karl

This walk-thru requires 3.1 Enterprise or 3.2 Community as a prerequisite. Clean install of Alfresco seems a must. Network connection is required! Sometimes you need to restart your machine (if you see a deploy or preview task ‘freeze up’ for … Continue reading →

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Installing Alfresco on OSX – quick and dirty

Posted on July 25, 2009 by Karl

Note: These are terrible instructions – no security or any set up in regards to making upgrades easy. But this gets you up and running fast. Prerequisites: JDK 5.x, MySQL 5.x First, insure there is no pre-existing alfresco database $ … Continue reading →

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Inspiring

Posted on July 20, 2009 by Karl

USAToday: At 84, Colorado man gets high school diploma

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Congrats!

Posted on July 18, 2009 by Karl

Arpit Mathur: Personal landmark moment: My first patent: On the design of Comcast’s Fan Player

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Exercises to strengthen your core and support your spine

Posted on July 18, 2009 by Karl

NYTimes: Video: Core Values: Stuart McGill, a professor of spine biomechanics at the University of Waterloo in Canada, demonstrates a few core exercises that emphasize all the major muscles that support the spine.

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Four Videos on Changing Our Notions About Education

Posted on July 18, 2009 by Karl

Dr. Tae: “Building A New Culture Of Teaching And Learning”: TED.com: “Dave Eggers’ wish: Once Upon A School” TED.com: “Alan Kay shares a powerful idea about ideas”: TED.com: “Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity”: Metafilter Thread: Scratch, a beginner’s programming … Continue reading →

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How does news spread?

Posted on July 18, 2009 by Karl

Researchers at Cornell have published a paper titled “Meme-tracking and the Dynamics of the News Cycle” that I need to dig into. They’ve published visualizations of their research at

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