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http://avigle.stumbleupon.com/review/37470682/

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:03:59 -0800

All of a sudden, this whole social networking thing looks pretty boring to me. Everybody just seems to be involved in a never-ending process of promoting themselves/their content/company/etc.

There is no real interaction. People seem life-less, emotion-less, playing millions of tricks to gain visibility for some unknown/partially-known goals. Human mind wasn't made to compete with machines OR to act like machines. This very behavior makes them look boring, un-interesting object.

Someone tell me how many people do you really interact with over here @ StumbleUpon? You may have thousands of fans/friends but how many of them really care about who you are or how you're living your everyday life?

I think it'd be a lot better if we developed such an application that did all the boring works on our part, leaving us free to do what only we (humans) can do: feelings, emotions, care, help, etc. These are the qualities that we're known for. Sadly, in recent years, we've become so machine-like that this life doesn't really seem to have any meaning, other than trying to compete with machines -- in doing what a machine can do way better than we can.

How to serve different web templates and resources using WURFL - Forum Nokia Wiki

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:41:22 -0700

This article explains how to serve different versions of website's pages, depending on the browsing devices, by following these steps:

>> performing device detection using the WURFL (Wireless Universal Resource FiLe) open source project

>> serving different templates and resources, based on Mobile Web Templates, depending on the identified device

Theo Aartsma 2009

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:22:50 -0700

Theo Aartsma's portfolio. He's a designer / illustrator from the north of Holland.

zscreen - Project Hosting on Google Code

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:05:03 -0700

From the page: "ZScreen is an open-source screen capture program for Microsoft Windows. It can upload screenshots, pictures, text & files and put the URL in your clipboard in a single keystroke."

Blitz++ Home Page

Sun, 27 Sep 2009 04:21:53 -0700

From the page: "Blitz++ is a C++ class library for scientific computing which provides performance on par with Fortran 77/90. It uses template techniques to achieve high performance. The current versions provide dense arrays and vectors, random number generators, and small vectors and matrices."

PyS60 extensions - OpenSource

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 06:45:37 -0700

Python for S60 native extension modules (.PYD's) - libraries that enable access to platform functionality not provided by the standard PyS60 distribution.

Welcome to Indian EO Visualisation

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 03:42:44 -0700

Developed by ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization), Bhuvan is an easy way to experience, explore and visualize IRS images over Indian region

CMake - Cross Platform Make

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 02:33:23 -0700

CMake is a family of tools designed to build, test and package software. CMake is used to control the software compilation process using simple platform and compiler independent configuration files. It generates native makefiles and workspaces that can be used in the compiler environment of your choice.

PediaPress - Home

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:01:08 -0700

PediaPress is an online service that lets you create customized books from wiki content. Simply add any articles you like into a Collection, and then click to order them as a paperback book. Covers, a table of contents, a detailed index and a list of figures are generated automatically, and the books are printed and shipped within 2-3 business days.

The PediaPress.com web-to-print service works on all MediaWikis that have installed the free Collection Extension.

Google Fast Flip

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:48:19 -0700

Google Fast Flip is a web application that lets users discover and share news articles. It combines qualities of print and the Web, with the ability to "flip" through pages online as quickly as flipping through a magazine. It also enables users to follow friends and topics, discover new content and create their own custom magazines around searches.