Links from April 30th through May 8th
Links from April 30th through May 8th:
- Piwik - Web analytics - Open source - Claims to be an open source clone of Google Analytics.
- Designers Toolbox: Design Resources - Sizes, measurements, templates, etc., for common design needs. (Ex., envelopes, banner ads, etc.)
- Boodler: a programmable soundscape tool - Programmable soundscapes in Python
- Webstemmer - Webspider for news sites; Identifies and extracts articles.
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Links from April 14th through April 30th
Links from April 14th through April 30th:
- twish - Google Code - A Twitter shell written in Python
- Greenling Organic Delivery - Local food and Organic produce and groceries home delivered - Austin and San Antonio
- Johnson’s Backyard Garden - A small, family-run and community-supported farm, serving the Austin, Texas area.
- interactions magazine -
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How to become a genius
“You must clarify your goals, gain knowledge through spaced repetition, preserve health, work steadily, minimize stress, refuse interruption, and never resist sleep when tired. This should lead to radically improved intelligence and creativity. The only cost: turning your back on every convention of social life.”
Citation from: Want to Remember Everything You’ll Ever Learn? Surrender to This Algorithm.
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Time to backup gmail if this is true…
If this post is true, there’s now a really good reason to backup gmail locally: “Is google shutting down email accounts if they suspect hijacking?“
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Links from April 9th through April 14th
Links from April 9th through April 14th:
- OpenID provider using Google Accounts (built on App Engine)
- Predicting U.S. flight delays by airport code and time.
- Nice listing of reusable Django apps (and app components)
- A color scheme for text editing (particularly with vim, and coding)
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Links from April 2nd through April 8th
Links from April 2nd through April 8th:
- Google's new web app platform. - %extended%
- The launch announcement of Google App Engine - %extended%
- scalr - Google Code - “allows you to create server farms through a web-based interface” using EC2
- IxDA | Interaction 08 Videos - The “official” collection of presentation videos from IxDA08.
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Tomatoes and peppers off to a good start
Last year was the first time I intentionally tried growing anything meant for eating, though it was limited to just a few herbs (oregano, mint, rosemary, etc.) This season, I thought I’d expand the gardening to include a small selection of more fruitful plants. I dropped by a neighborhood “community garden” plant sale and picked up a small variety of peppers and tomatoes.
After giving them a nice, sunny plot in the back yard (and a little water in the mornings), the whole batch has tripled in size and begun budding and/or flowering. Since I’m pretty much making up this “gardening” thing as I go, I’m assuming that this behavior is a good thing.
The shot below shows one of the Jalapeno plants that has started to bud:
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