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Apr 11, 2012
Re-blog if you don’t want this guy anywhere near the Oval Office.
I mean he is free to visit like any citizen but yeah he shouldn’t be working there.
Mar 19, 2012
Knight News Challenge: DifferentFeather
1. What do you propose to do?
Build an engaging tool that helps readers discover previously unexplored news items that their “opposite” (politically, demographically, geographically) reads instead of news stories endlessly aggregated across their own narrow social networks.
They should look at Memeorandum for inspiration—it’s the main way I find out “oh, what is the right wing freaking out about now.” It clusters writing by topic, recency, and the link network, so you can see at a glance stories that affiliated groups are discussing. Aside from big national media stories, most things tend not to get commented on much outside of a like-minded bubble, which is what you’d predict, so it’s easy to spot the clusters that are “new to you.”
(Source: newschallenge1)
Feb 15, 2012
How to install GDAL, OGR and Shapely on Mac OS X Lion 10.7
First, install the GDAL Complete framework (a packaged binary build that includes GDAL/OGR, GEOS, PROJ.4).
Download the GDAL Python package from PyPI. Untar it, cd to the new directory and execute the following:
CFLAGS=`/Library/Frameworks/GDAL.framework/Versions/1.8/Programs/gdal-config --cflags` LDFLAGS=`/Library/Frameworks/GDAL.framework/Versions/1.8/Programs/gdal-config --libs` python setup.py install
Now download the Shapely Python package from PyPI, untar, cd, then:
LDFLAGS=`/Library/Frameworks/GEOS.framework/Versions/3/unix/bin/geos-config --libs` CFLAGS=`/Library/Frameworks/GEOS.framework/Versions/3/unix/bin/geos-config --cflags` python setup.py install
Confirm that it worked by issuing:
python -c 'import osgeo; print osgeo.__version__'
Should print 1.8.1, and:
python -c 'import shapely.speedups; print shapely.speedups.available'
Should print True.
Jan 10, 2012
Impressive OS archaeology. Points for the custom cursors and startup screens as animated GIFs (some with audio).
(Source: twitter.com)
Jan 9, 2012
MakerBot announces their latest 3D printer, the Replicator, which has two extruders, meaning you can print with two different colors at once. Starts at $1749.
Jan 5, 2012
This is a one-way flow valve with no moving parts by Nikola Tesla.
I love the idea that with 3D printers we can resurrect the obscure or forgotten sketches of past masters, cheaply, easily, for fun and exploration.
(Source: blog.makezine.com)
Jan 5, 2012
Cassette tape Bender
Rather than junking my data tapes, I decided to create some art for my office. Bender from Futurama seemed appropriate. twitter.com/dylanparker/st…
— Dylan Parker (@dylanparker) January 5, 2012
It appears to be unbroken tape, too.
Jan 3, 2012
This gorgeous map of the United States was the winner of the “Best in Show” award at the annual competition of the Cartography and Geographic Information Society. Bought.
All elements—labels, borders, symbols, backgrounds—were positioned and styled entirely by hand by one cartographer, David Imus of Oregon.
The democratization and digitization of maps and geospatial data has been a boon for all, but a layout algorithm can never replace the hand and skill of a dedicated map-maker. Having worked with one such cartographer and seen up close the level of precision, knowledge, and taste brought to the domain, I can only hope that we neo-cartographer programmers strive for this quality of design.
(Source: Slate)
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