I recently ran a hands-on session at the SICSA Summer School on Big Data Information Visualisation on MapReduce and Hadoop. The aim was to teach students how to process Big Data in a fast scalable manner using the MapReduce programming paradigm. The students started with a simpl … | Continue reading
I recently ran a hands-on session at the SICSA Summer School on Big Data Information Visualisation on MapReduce and Hadoop. The aim was to teach students how to process Big Data in a fast scalable manner using the MapReduce programming paradigm. The students started with a simple … | Continue reading
I've always found it annoying that you can't set a different ul bullet colour through CSS. It should be as simple as: ul { color: red; } li { color: black; } But unfortunately CSS will render both black. I came across this again the other day in a project, and I was just about … | Continue reading
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Regular readers will know I loathe queuing for food, even more so because on the occasions I have queued to try the latest over-hyped burger it turns out to be just that – an overhyped disappointment, where (largely, ironic) style over substance wins. So, the thought of joining w … | Continue reading
Over 60 fragments from the Nidaros Cathedral repository have been scanned and post-processed. They are publicly available through the project website: www.presious.eu -> Resources -> 3D Data … | Continue reading
This blog will post news and items of interest related to the PRESIOUS project.See our website for a description of PRESIOUS:www.presious.eu | Continue reading
Besides the pre-customized solutions like the Arduino Ethernet Board (retired) or the Arduino Ethernet Shield, there is a favorable alternative to connect an Arduino Board to the internet: the ENC28J60 Ethernet Network Module. As Hans Crijns pointed out, it is possible to connect … | Continue reading
Mitchell Hashimoto About Writing Misc Mitchell Hashimoto Packer June 28, 2013 For the past two months, I've been heads down working on something new. There is still a lot of work left, but I believe it's time to show everyone what I've been up to. Today, I'm announcing Packer: an … | Continue reading
I’d been reliably informed by friends and a number of local magazines and blogs that Pim Pam Burgers were the best in Barcelona, so you can understand I was keen to try them out (even in spite of the ridiculous name). I arrived in the city for a wedding one Thursday lunchtime in … | Continue reading
As an engineer working on libraries and being someone carrying about APIs in general, I always struggle with writing proper error messages. Worse than these are actual warnings: how do you best convey to someone using your library that he might be doing something “suboptimal”. It … | Continue reading
Mitchell Hashimoto About Writing Misc Mitchell Hashimoto The Tao of Vagrant June 18, 2013 Before even installing Vagrant or seeing how it works, it is important to understand the high-level workflow of Vagrant in an actual working environment. These principles are collectively kn … | Continue reading
”Kulturen eller konsten har i sig inget egenvärde. Det har bara blivit monopoliserats av den som inte har annat livsinnehåll.” ... | Continue reading
”Kulturen eller konsten har i sig inget egenvärde. Det har bara blivit monopoliserats av den som inte har annat livsinnehåll.”Björn Wahlroos, HBL 5.6.2013Hyvä Björn Wahlroos.Nämä sanat tuskin tulivat arvaamatta. Samanlaisia ajatuksia on liikkunut ilmassa taholla jos toisella … | Continue reading
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Mitchell Hashimoto About Writing Misc Mitchell Hashimoto Automation Obsessed June 6, 2013 Someone asked me recently to share some previous work I had done. As I looked back at my personal history, and reflected on what I've done successfully, it was clear to me that I'm definitel … | Continue reading
Nun denn, die Zeit vergeht und dieser Tage wurde WordPress zehn Jahre jung. Wobei im Software-Umfeld dies relativ zu sehen ist, denn hier lebt es sich schneller auf und nieder als so manchem Projekt lieb ist. Im Umfeld des Interntes kann die Lebensdauer einer Applikation noch vie … | Continue reading
Traditional management strategies are useless for problems that require creative thinking. | Continue reading
Mit WordPress 3.6 wird es eine neue API geben – Heartbeat. Am Ticket 23216 im Trac sammeln sich alle Diskussionen und Hinweise. Da Heartbeat aber auch Einflüsse für Anwender haben kann, hier einige Worte und Hinweise. Heartbeat wird eingeführt um diverse Aktivitäten, wie Autosave … | Continue reading
This is part 3 of a series of posts on setting up Django to use external authentication. This post explains how to setup your own environment to test Django authentication against Apache and Kerberos/Active Directory/LDAP.Setting up your own test environment Naturally, you only c … | Continue reading
This is part 3 of a series of posts on setting up Django to use external authentication. This post explains how to setup your own environment to test Django authentication against Apache and Kerberos/Active Directory/LDAP.Setting up your own test environment Naturally, you only c … | Continue reading
This is part 1 of a series of posts on setting up Django to use external authentication. This post explains how to setup Django with custom user models for corporate/internal authentication methods.Intro Everyone has or has had a Pointy-haired boss or client, right? micromanageme … | Continue reading
This is part 2 of a series of posts on setting up Django to use external authentication. This post explains how to setup Apache for Django to use a corporate/internal authentication environment.How do I Apache? Alright, now that my application is done and the custom user is setup … | Continue reading
This is part 1 of a series of posts on setting up Django to use external authentication. This post explains how to setup Django with custom user models for corporate/internal authentication methods.Intro Everyone has or has had a Pointy-haired boss or client, right? micromanageme … | Continue reading
This is part 2 of a series of posts on setting up Django to use external authentication. This post explains how to setup Apache for Django to use a corporate/internal authentication environment.How do I Apache? Alright, now that my application is done and the custom user is setup … | Continue reading
It was my first time at the Alice House. Up until then I’d only heard murmurings of discontent about poor service and food from locals, so I was somewhat apprehensive. It’s also why I went twice, a few weeks apart, just to be sure y’know. I’m glad to say I was pleasantly surprise … | Continue reading
The game show host, who died yesterday at age 80, donated items to the Smithsonian in 2013 | Continue reading
A friend of mine and I made a mashup over the weekend. It shows median incomes along different mass transit routes in the Bay Area (BART, MUNI, CalTrain). Check it out! UPDATE: Got some play on the New York Times' Bits Blog, KQED, Metafilter, and MUNI Diaries. | Continue reading
Meillä Suomessa on aukilausum aton näennäinen yhteisymmärrys siitä, että olisimme yksi kansa. Tähän myyttiin kuuluvat kansallisromanttisest... | Continue reading
Meillä Suomessa on aukilausumaton näennäinen yhteisymmärrys siitä, että olisimme yksi kansa. Tähän myyttiin kuuluvat kansallisromanttisesta ajasta alkavan taideperinteen lisäksi myös esimerkiksi talvisota, käsitys suomen kielestä koko kansan kielenä, käsitys hyvinvointiyhteiskunn … | Continue reading
Boy, I am sure behind the times with having a tech type of blog, but being late is better than never. I am going to try to use this platform to discuss some of my tech journeys while I delve into my new job as a DBA developer. I have worked on SQL Server in the past, but I will b … | Continue reading
Just a little blurb…I’m a former web and application developer, and Community Manager who is currently working as a Database Administrator at Stack Overflow. When I’m not at my desk, I’m probably running or pretending to be a woodworker. I can be reached via email at taryn.e.prat … | Continue reading
Now that we’re finally starting to see some mainstream cameras that can run apps (see previous discussion here) I suppose it’s time to talk a little bit about one of the potential downsides of such a scenario. Because as soon as you allow people to download and run third-party so … | Continue reading
So we’ve got this fun little app called Faceship out there – www.appstore.com/faceship. It is, as the name would imply, very face-centric in the sense that it provides a bunch of effects that are intended to be applied to people’s faces. Stuff like this: (These were all done by o … | Continue reading
For those unaware, the Truscott Arms opened two weeks ago, in the space formerly occupied by Idlewild. Keen readers will remember I reviewed the Idlewild burger back in January, concluding it was an ‘expensive disappointment’. Two weeks later, Idlewild closed down. Thankfully it … | Continue reading