Sunday, November 30, 2008

Blogger: Blogger Features

Blogger: Blogger Features:

Group blogging

With Blogger, it's easy to create a team blog, allowing multiple bloggers to contribute to a single blog. You select which team members have administrative authority and those who are just authors. You can also choose to make your blog private and restrict who can view it. This puts you in full control of your blog.

Publications | Web Science Research Initiative

Web Science Research Initiative
Web Science Research Initiative Logo





  • Web Science: An interdisciplinary approach to understanding the World Wide Web
    James Hendler, Nigel Shadboldt, Wendy Hall, Tim Berners-Lee, and Danny Weitzner
    Communications of the ACM (cover story), July 2008

  • Web Science
    Kieron O'Hara and Wendy Hall
    Association of Learning Technologies Newsletter: Issue 12, May 2008

  • Trust on the World Wide Web: A Survey
    By Jennifer Golbeck (University of Maryland)
    Foundations and Trends in Web Science: Volume 1, Issue 2
    ISBN: 978-1-60198-116-5
    List Price $ 60.00 , € 60.00 , £ 45.00. Order here.

  • The Spy in the Coffee Machine
    Nigel Shadbolt and Kieron O'Hara
    Oneworld Publications, March 2008. ISBN 978-1-85168-554-7

  • Building a Pragmatic Semantic Web - PRE-PRINT
    Harith Alani, Peter Chandler, Wendy Hall, Kieron O'Hara, Nigel Shadbolt, and Martin Szomszor
    To be published in IEEE Intelligent Systems

  • Foundations and Trends® in Web Science
    Editors-in-Chief: Nigel Shadbolt and Wendy Hall
    First edition of the Foundations and Trends® in Web Science paper (anyone visiting from the WSRI site is eligible for a 50% discount on a printed copy).

  • The Semantic Web Revisited
    Nigel Shadbolt, Wendy Hall, Tim Berners-Lee
    IEEE Intelligent Systems Journal

  • Web Science Workshop Report
    12th-13th September, 2005. Hosted by the British Computer Society, London

  • Foundations and Trends in Web Science: Volume 1, Issue 1
    A Framework for Web Science (PDF available for download)
    By Tim-Berners Lee (MIT), Wendy Hall (University of Southampton), James A. Hendler (Rensselaer Polytechnic University), Kieron O'Hara (University of Southampton), Nigel Shadbolt (University of Southampton) and Daniel J. Weitzner (MIT)

    Also available in print as a book. ISBN: 1-933019-33-6 144pp September 2006
    List Price $ 90.00 , € 90.00 , £ 60.00. Order here. Visitors from this site are eligible for a 50% discount on a printed copy. Just enter the discount code WEBSCI456

  • Creating a Science of the Web
    Tim Berners-Lee, Wendy Hall, James Hendler, Nigel Shadbolt, Daniel J. Weitzner
    SCIENCE VOL 313 11 AUGUST 2006

Grid beam project project photo gallery

Grid beam project project photo gallery
photo: Wilma Keppel
grid beam folding chair with wooden frame
Project: Wood-framed folding chair. The crowds at Makerfaire 2008 loved it.

Builder: Chris Koveleski.

Things - Jeff Rutzky and the Potential of the Craft ROBO on Vimeo

Things - Jeff Rutzky and the Potential of the Craft ROBO on Vimeo


Things - Jeff Rutzky and the Potential of the Craft ROBO from Bre Pettis on Vimeo.

Saturday, November 29, 2008

Elegant, Simple Plywood Furniture - Andy Lee Design - Loft furniture made from plywood that is elegant, durable and easy to store and move.


Elegant, Simple Plywood Furniture - Andy Lee Design - Loft furniture made from plywood that
is elegant, durable and easy to store and move.
Andy Lee Design - Elegant Plywood Furniture
Coffee Table - Plywood Loft Furniture, Simple, Modern Design Bookshelf - Shelf made from plywood, simple design, modern furniture
Information about Andy Lee Design This elegant, modern set of furniture is an exploration of puzzles. The furniture is assembled with a clever set of slots and notches. No fasteners or glues are required. Like a jigsaw puzzle, each piece is cut out of a single sheet of plywood with no waste material other than sawdust. Designed and manufactured in the USA using North American wood, this furniture looks great with a wide variety of decors and interiors. Each unique design can be assembled by anyone in seconds.
Andy Lee Design offers simple plywood furniture for the modern living area. Andy's designs complement many aesthetic environments as well as the practical needs of the urban dweller. These furniture pieces are easily setup and broken down making them convenient for moving from place to place. The simplicity of the design means you will not be loosing parts or searching for manual.


24C3: Building a Hacker Space

24C3: Building a Hacker Space

Building a Hacker Space

A Hacker Space Design Pattern Catalogue

With the help of Design Patterns we will show you how to set up your own Hacker Space. The Design Patterns are based on more than 10 years of experience with setting up and running a Hacker Space.

Before the Chaos Communication Camp 2007 the Chaos Computer Club received a question from the US-based Hacker Foundation that we should help them in setting up Hacker Spaces (or club rooms) in the USA. After the Camp they did a tour through Germany and Austria and visited a couple of Hacker Spaces. Each of them gave a presentation about their history and how they managed to set up the Hacker Space and keep it running. In Cologne we prepared a Design Pattern Catalogue with the usual problem you encounter while finding the perfect location and managing the community.

This presentation received a large acknowledgment from the Hacker Foundation. Now we will present the Ultimate Hacker Space Design Pattern Catalogue including comments and enhancements from other local Chaos Computer Clubs.

Attend this talk when you are about to start your local Chaos Computer Club or Hacker Space somewhere else on earth and learn from our experience!

Friday, November 28, 2008

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Roberto De Almeida: My collaborative whiteboard is ready

Roberto De Almeida: My collaborative whiteboard is ready:

Comet based Collaborative Whiteboard, on Appjet. Nice simple code. Works. What are the odds?

My collaborative whiteboard is ready

Wednesday September 10, 2008

Hey, I finished my collaborative whiteboard! First instructions on how to use it: just visit http://whiteboard.appjet.net/ and you’ll be added to a random room. You can also create a specific room by visiting http://whiteboard.appjet.net/#my-room.

Monday, November 24, 2008

Reviews of Netineo | Listio

Reviews of Netineo | Listio:
Netineo is an interactive and community television service, broadcasting direct programming, time delayed and video-on-demand. Netineo allows users to watch an unlimited number of programs and interact directly with them. It also lets users create original programs and personalize channels. Netineo is very simple to use, letting you direct like a pro using a webcam or a video camera.


Home - Ask Nature - the Biomimicry Portal

Home - Ask Nature - the Biomimicry Portal

http://content.screencast.com/users/JonSchull/folders/Jing/media/7984d8ae-852d-47e2-ad68-cef93faa12dc/00000021.png

Sunday, November 23, 2008

sketchup-svg-outline-plugin - Google Code

sketchup-svg-outline-plugin - Google Code:

A plugin that allows the user to select SketchUp faces and export the oulines of these faces to a Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file.

Developed to help with constructing designs for laser cutting.

SVG editor of choice is Inkscape. Now testing with Ponoko for online laser cutting.

See the Wiki for more information. Do you know about approximation in SketchUp, if not see this wiki page.

SketchUp, Inkscape, and Ponoko Laser Cutting

SketchUp, Inkscape, and Ponoko Laser Cutting


- More cool how to projects

The Venture Center - FABLAB Video

The Venture Center - FABLAB Video

I like the quote, I like the video.



There are apparently only 4 Fab Labs in the US:


- USA (SETC) (Boston)
- USA (Fox Valley) (Wisconsin)
- USA (Bronx)
- USA (San Diego)

and 11 in the world

The Charter is short and sweet.

Thursday, November 20, 2008

ImTaginRIT


Mozes.com

BPM

http://phenostream.com/images/main/Phenostream_08.gif
BuildPlate Processing Machine

Of all the ideas I've nurtured through the hobby robotics side of Phenostream, the BuildPlate Processing Machine shines brightest and is the one that really ties everything together. A low-cost fabricator that produces aluminum structures from SketchUp models - very cool.


Supporting this nifty little machine is a SketchUp plug-in and a web-app. The PhenoStruct Plug-in (PSP) provides modeling support for BuildPlates and compatible components, output to the BPM, and a purchasing feature that works with the Modelers Market web-app.

The upshot of all this is that you can design everything from sculptures to suspension bridges, mini-bots to incredible machines, have the structural components (BuildPlates) instantly fabricated and what ever other things you need sent to you within 3 business days.

AppJet Documentation

AppJet Documentation

Etherpad's platform. I'm very impressed.

Documentation

© Copyright 2007-2008 AppJet Inc.

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Who has the oil?

uh oh!

Cometd and Chat

Here is how to set up a comet server with a chat demo.

Cometd is a protocol for pushing data to webbrowsers (so that browsers don't have to poll servers).
Jetty is a server that implements jetty.
http://cometdproject.dojotoolkit.org/documentation/cometd-jetty/quick-start

To get started

svn co http://svn.cometd.com/trunk cometd
cd cometd
mvn
cd cometd-jetty
mvn
cd demo
mvn jetty:run-war
now open two browsers to localhost:8080 and run some nice clear demos, based on the behavior toolkit.

And it works. That never happens.

Nabble - Free Forum Hosting

Nabble - Free Forum Hosting
Jon's Demo Forum

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

jQuery Live Query Plugin 1.0

jQuery Live Query Plugin 1.0:

Overview

Live Query utilizes the power of jQuery selectors by binding events or firing callbacks for matched elements auto-magically, even after the page has been loaded and the DOM updated.

For example you could use the following code to bind a click event to all A tags, even any A tags you might add via AJAX.

$('a')
.livequery('click', function(event) {
alert('clicked');
return false;
});

Once you add new A tags to your document, Live Query will bind the click event and there is nothing else that needs to be called or done.


Browser Support

Live Query is tested in Safari 2 and WebKit Nightlies, Firefox 1.5 and 2, Internet Explorer 6 and 7 and Opera 9.

Depends On

Live Query depends on jQuery 1.1.3 or higher.

Wordled

Wordle.net

Dynamic tag cloud v1.2 ~ Figment Engine





Dynamic tag cloud v1.2 ~ Figment Engine

DynaCloud – a dynamic JavaScript tag/keyword cloud with jQuery

DynaCloud – a dynamic JavaScript tag/keyword cloud with jQuery:

DynaCloud is a jQuery plugin that generates tag or keyword clouds from text on web pages and highlights matching parts once a keyword is clicked.

Demo


Sunday, November 16, 2008

ROXIK | PICTAPS

Make your own variation!



ROXIK | PICTAPS

ROXIK | PICTAPS

ROXIK | PICTAPS

Flare | Data Visualization for the Web

Flare | Data Visualization for the Web

Flare is an ActionScript library for creating visualizations that run in the Adobe Flash Player. From basic charts and graphs to complex interactive graphics, the toolkit supports data management, visual encoding, animation, and interaction techniques. Even better, flare features a modular design that lets developers create customized visualization techniques without having to reinvent the wheel.

View the demos and sample applications to see a few of the visualizations that flare makes it easy to build.