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 13 Nov 2007 @ 16:55, by jhs. Technology
Important Security Update for Girapoli Available
November 13, 2007. The International Girapoli Foundation releases an important security update for Girapoli. All users should upgrade to the latest version of the Girapoli Preview Release. A patch is available for current Preview Release users.
Getting the Update:
* Girapoli Preview Release (Girapoli 0.10) users: To update Girapoli, open your Polar Dynamics 1 book and go to the Advanced section. Add this security bulletin together with a printout of the Girapoli procedures on this website. You will need to restart Girapoli after installing the patch.
* For users of versions prior to Prevew Release, study Polar Dynamics and the Girapoli procedures on this website BEFORE attempting to start up Girapoli.
Questions & Answers:
How does this security vulnerability expose the user? More >
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24 Jul 2007 @ 12:45, by anandavala. Technology
What exactly is SMN and how does it connect with other technologies?
I have recently begun to take a new approach, not focusing on explanations
but instead on concrete demonstrations, instead of producing essays about ideas
I'll focus on producing concrete products such as ontologies, software, etc.
I have also been looking into ways to get the message across. I have decided
to look into developing SMN and thereby giving the mass consciousness what it
wants - this will help to get its attention.
Understanding New Technology
First a quote from an article about XML, B2B and
The XML/edi Group...
/quote
Gerry Galewski, a philosopher on information technologies, gave a provocative
explanation on why it often takes years to truly appreciate the full potential
of new technology:
"... when a breakthrough in technology is achieved, it takes us a while as a
culture to figure out what we really have. New developments are culturally
assimilated often based on what has come before. We can't help but place the new
developments within an historical context.
"Here's an example: In 1844 Samuel Morse invented the ability to transmit
information coded into electromagnetic pulses. He sent the first message of dot
dash dot dot dash from Baltimore to Washington DC, and therefore people called
this telegraphy.
"That first message Morse sent was 'What hath God wrought.' Telegraphy became
ingrained into the cultural consciousness. It was easy to understand and deploy.
"Fifty years later, Marconi made a technological breakthrough. He broadcast
electromagnetic waves through the air. But what did he send? The ability to
modulate a signal was well understood. But Marconi sent dot dash dot dot dash.
That is what was ingrained into the cultural consciousness of the time. So
people called this wonderful new tool, simply "Wireless Telegraphy." Within
their frame of reference, they didn't know what they really had. It took another
twenty years for Lee Deforest to apply practical knowledge that had been around
for decades. Deforest had the Eureka event, and gave us radio. More >
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 26 Apr 2007 @ 15:56, by ming. Technology
Earlier I was lamenting my lack of success in having a browser that works for me on my Mac. But I hadn't seriously tried OmniWeb, and it was sort of the only remaining browser after Firefox, Opera and Safari. I hadn't given it much attention, because it is the lesser known, and it isn't free. Only $14.95, which is perfectly alright, but that was enough of an obstacle that I hadn't seriously tried it.
And, as it turns out, OmniWeb is the only browser that solves my showstopping problems. Mainly that if I use the other browsers the way that comes naturally to me, at the end of the day my machine would have slowed to a grinding halt, and I see the spinning beachball for several seconds no matter what I push. There are other things that are nice to have, but that in itself far outweighs all the other concerns.
Part of the secret is that OmniWeb has several separate Workspaces. That is, one can have collections of windows and tabs, and they're kept separate from one another. So, I can have 30 sites open without them all showing at the same time and the one with bad javascript slowing everything down. I see just the windows and tabs I'm working on. When I switch out of a workspace, it still keeps running for an hour or so, so if I went back to it, it would be there instantly. If it is longer than an hour, it would need to load the pages again, but everything would still come back like I left it, rather quickly.
After two weeks of using it, I haven't had that slowdown experience at all. So, they must be doing something right in terms of managing resources.
OmniWeb has a system of "tabs" which aren't like tabs in the other browsers. Not little folder tabs along the top. Rather, they're small snapshots showing in a sidebar to the left. Which is a bit odd as far as tabs go, but it actually works very well.
There'd still be a bunch of things I'd miss from FireFox, like the FireBug javascript debugger, and various other plugins and add-ons for dealing with pictures, showing Google PageRank and things like that. But the other thing that really irritated me with Firefox - that a download of any file would take 10 seconds to start, freezing all activity in the meantime - no problem like that in OmniWeb. Opera and Safari don't have that problem either.
OmniWeb uses the same engine for rendering pages as Safari, the built-in Apple WebKit, which seems to work fine. More >
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 5 Jun 2006 @ 21:41, by ming. Technology
So, Reboot was great. One of the best tech conferences around. Not that I go to many conferences these days, but I heard that said a number of times. See the list of participants, the program, blog posts via Technorati, and shared photos via Flickr.
The theme was renaissance. I can't think of a better theme. Ben Hammersley gave a hilarious (as usual) presentations on "How to be a Renaissance Man".
Otherwise, great speeches by Doc Searls, Stowe Boyd, Rebecca Blood, Hugh Macleod, Euan Semple, Loic Le Meur, Lee Bryant and many others, but those were some of the more well-known characters.
Particular topics I find interesting: The Global Microbrand, i.e. come up with something really unique and present it to the whole world; mobile or geo-aware applications of various kinds; practical application of standard tools and protocols (blogs, wikis, RSS, etc) for better information systems; Creativity; Participatory Culture; new kinds of economies. And Renaissance.
I would have liked more space for deeper dialogue. OK, the best value of conferences is usually in who you meet in-between, but it would be nice if it actually was scheduled more. You know, one spends most of the time listening to people who talk to you, one-way. That's a little tiring in length. I'd want to do something too.
Overall, very enjoyable, well-organized, by people who have a clue, and fun gettogethers before and after the conference.
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 3 Mar 2006 @ 18:01, by bushman. Technology
Again, high school kids find a way, to make efficiant use of alternitive fuels. In my own engine set up, I've been able to get the 0 to 60 in 4 seconds, but not the MPG, so far, best I can get is 27mpg, it's still better mileage than the stock 13mpg you get from a big engine.
But these kids, being misfits and dropouts, finding a class they like, and not only comming up with a cool engine set up, but also self esteem to get better grades, and really make a differance in the world.
Hopfuly they don't get shot down by the automotive and oil industries. :}
"The CBS news article below reveals a major breakthrough in car engine design. This car engine gets over 50 mpg, goes from zero to 60 in four seconds, and runs on soybean oil! So why isn't this remarkable breakthrough making front page headlines in all major media? For the same reason that many other major energy breakthroughs have been reported but never given the headlines they deserve. Those who are reaping huge profits from oil sales have much more political and media influence than you might imagine."
Full story and additional links:
[link]
Original story:
[link] More >
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4 Jan 2006 @ 04:39, by letecia. Technology
I am a bookaholic. I love books!!! I have wanted to find a way to organize and track my personal library. I decided to try out BookDB:
"With BookDB you can enter all your books with author, category, publisher etc and print them out in a variety of formats. Why would you need such a thing? Well, if you're always going to book sales and buying bargains only to get home and find you've doubled up, take a printout with you! BookDB has a super-condensed print mode so you'll need a magnifying glass, but at least it'll save a tree or two.
BookDB also has lending library features. With them, you can add borrowers, loan out books, add multiple copies and so on."
from [link]
I have entered about 10 books so far and like what I see. If anyone else out there has a favorite software the use to track their books, I loved to hear about it.
Oh the best part about this is it is Freeware!
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30 Sep 2005 @ 11:27, by swanny. Technology
Howdy just trying out the Opera web browser
It seems pretty good with a few different features
I find most browsers to be pretty similar.
I've tired Firefox, Navigator, Epiphany, Modzilla,
Internet explorer, Safari and a real old one made by and
for Java. I find not much significant difference between them
I suppose some are a little faster but I suppose in the end
its like just different colors for the same model T. I guess some have different "skins" that give a different show but the nuts and bolts seem to be pretty basic. Oh there was this one I tired that only did web cams that was pretty neat and this other one called Earth browser but it was difficult to use.
Anyway opera is free for the moment with no ads so i thought i'd give it a whirl. Actually I suppose there is some difference as I tend to use different browser depending on what the thing I wish to accomplish is. More >
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 19 Aug 2005 @ 20:20, by ming. Technology
Yesterday I was at the launch event for 23 in Copenhagen. I'm on vacation in Denmark at the moment. "23", spearheaded by Thomas Madsen-Mygdal, is a photo storage and sharing website. Well, there are several of those already, but these guys seem to have gone a good deal further and really created a system that does what most people actually need and want. It seems quite suited to replace whatever local program you store your digital photos in. I use iPhoto. 23 does most of what iPhoto does, and most of what Flickr does, and some things none of them do. While still appearing very simple. You can add photos a number of ways. By e-mail, by an upload, either individually or as a zip file, from a URL, or from plugins to iPhoto or similar programs. You can organize your photos in a number of ways, like tagging them and putting them in albums. You have finegrained control over who can look at the photos. They can be all private, they can be public, or you can give particular people access to particular photos or albums. You can subscribe to photos from certain people or with certain tags. Even with a free account you can upload lots of photos, and with a very cheap paid account you have unlimited storage. Doesn't scare them at all that lots of folks are going to upload the multiple gigabytes they have on their disks already. The system is very new so you might well run into quirks, or things that aren't there yet. And there are less than 100 users right now. But overall it seems very well designed. They've thought a lot about the usability, and interviewed many people about how they use photos and what they need. Anyway, be one of the first to check it out. More >
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 2 Aug 2005 @ 18:42, by scotty. Technology
My good friend Wayne Parker ( [link] ) has had a really
wonderful brilliant idea !!
And I woudln't be the adorable wee Scot that you all know and love if I passed up the chance to pass this on to you !!
First let me give you a wee bit of background on Wayne.
Wayne is an amazing graphic artist turned website designer
and while he earns a portion of his living creating websites
for people - what he wants most is to empower people to make
their own websites.... isn't that great !
To quote Wayne - "A website is a highly personal piece of
real-estate on the internet and having someone else create
it, is like having someone else write your diary."
So - what Wayne did was create a course that he could teach on the telephone - to teach people who don't know anything about website design how to create a web page!
Cool eh?
Here is what one lady said after taking his course...
"Wayne, you definitely deserve a two thumbs up."
"I started your web design class as a true beginner. I had
no technical knowledge and I was even a little scared of the
subject. I thank you so much for making the lessons simple
to follow and for all your guidance and patience through the
process."
"I am thrilled that after just 10 classes I have my own
website up and running! Thanks again for making it fun and
easy. You opened up a whole new world for me. I can't wait
to create more sites."
"I highly recommend your class to everyone, and I look
forward to taking your Web Design Advanced class."
Namaste
Jennifer Hardy ( [link] )
Burnaby, BC Canada
So - if you're interested in learning how to create your own
web site but always thought it was much to hard to do - this
course is for you!!!
(And it is only 97$ for this time around.)
This course is done on a conference line in the USA.
Long distance charges do apply but it is easy to get long
distance for US and Canadian residence for 5 cents a minute.
If you live in a different country besides Canada and the
US and you gather 6 or more people who speak English Wayne
would be more than happy to make arrangements to teach your
class !!
So reserve your seat at [link]
Now ! - 'cos the class is filling up fast!!
Oh - and just in case you're wondering why I've decided to post this about Wayne - well - I love what he does enough to share it with the world ! Well - you fellow NCN'rs anyway!
So please don't forget to tell Wayne I sent you !!
You can contact Wayne either through the website - or perhaps you'd prefer his e-mail address - which is .. wayne@themagichappens.com
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21 Aug 2005 @ 01:11, by jmarc. Technology