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Today Jeff Dean gave a talk at the University of Washington about BigTable – their system for storing large amounts of data in a semi-structured manner. I was unable to find much info about BitTable on the internet, so I decided to take notes and write ab

Earlier articles in the Crossing borders series introduced Ruby on Rails as an explosively popular framework that’s serving as a catalyst for the Ruby programming language. As Ruby experiences increasing success, developers are seeking to integrate their

Today Jeff Dean gave a talk at the University of Washington about BigTable – their system for storing large amounts of data in a semi-structured manner. I was unable to find much info about BitTable on the internet, so I decided to take notes and write ab

Earlier articles in the Crossing borders series introduced Ruby on Rails as an explosively popular framework that’s serving as a catalyst for the Ruby programming language. As Ruby experiences increasing success, developers are seeking to integrate their

Solar-Powered Sun Bricks Add Accent Lighting and Safety, to Dark Paths at Night!

There is a common thread to all self help books. Instead of having to fork out hard earned cash to hear the same message again and again – why not just follow the tips listed below and it will save you time and money. I have called this post “Self Help an

This is a relatively simple, safe and cheap way to remove light or heavy rust from any ferrous object. I used this process to restore an old wood plane that I bought for $1 (it looked totally un-usable because of the rust). As opposed to grinding, heavy w

iPhoto for documents

In this article I will show how to create a generator that generates the code from my previous article about basic user authentication in rails.

Custom, “one of a kind”, metal artwork for your home and Harley.

Windows batch file directory replication

Keeping track of how you spend your work day isn’t easy, but it has many benefits. Last week’s article, Map your time, covered how to create your ideal schedule, and then compare it to reality. But how do you keep track of everything you do in one day? Yo

This is the current home for my little Google Calendar client. Inspiration for this app came from the OS X program Gcal.App. This is a small web browser that defaults to the Google Calendar page, and is rather stuck at that page. As everyone knows, a pict

Console is a Windows console window enhancement. Console features include: multiple tabs, text editor-like text selection, different background types, alpha and color-key transparency, configurable font, different window styles

The thrust of the news is this: straight-to-video BABYLON 5 adventures…involving B5 characters in an anthology format…should arrive late next year. Written and directed by JMS.

$1495.00, this little 110cc bobber,

BabySplat is “DonationWare”. If you find BabySplat to be of value to you and you would like to make a donation in support of future versions of BabySplat, please mail whatever you feel is appropriate to the address found in the Contact link. A donation is

Dark Room is a full screen, distraction free, writing environment. Unlike standard word processors that focus on features, Dark Room is just about you and your text.

What it is: The Uncle Mark 2006 Gift Guide & Almanac is simply the very best guide for anyone vexed about technology, in search of good purchases, or who simply wants to know the answers to life’s incessant questions. Free.

The Junxion Box makes it easier for any device with Ethernet or Wi-Fi to connect with the latest data services from leading U.S. wireless carriers.

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Wonder how difficult it would be to make a Duct Tape version…

* Fits SLR camera with short lens.
* Adjustable, detachable thickly
padded shoulder strap.
* Belt loop and handle for
easy carrying.

* Adjustable, detachable padded shoulder strap.
* Memory card holder included.
* Bump proof design.

* Briefcase style.
* 2 detachable inserts for SLR camera.
* 8 pockets for extra accessories.
* Adjustable, padded shoulder strap.

I’m so tired of seeing so many products with the same features that nobody wants. It’s bad enough to let feature requests from users get out of control, but when we start adding features just because our competitors have them, we’re all screwed.

Cool gadget bags and cases.

Motorcycle Racing School

The usability of two Web page layouts was directly compared: one with the main site navigation menu on the left of the page, and one with the main site navigation menu on the right. Sixty-four participants were divided equally into two groups and assigned

Why so much hunger? What can we do about it? To answer these questions we must unlearn much of what we have been taught. Only by freeing ourselves from the grip of ­widely held myths can we grasp the roots of hunger and see what we can do to end it.

There are many free web browsers on the market. One of the best is Mozilla Firefox. Often referred to as just Firefox, it includes features such as pop-up blocking, tabbed browsing, and increased security. Firefox’s design allows the user to extensively c

MTGoogleMaps is a Movable Type plugin that uses the Google Map API to embed Google Maps in your own web pages.

MTMaps is a Movable Type plugin that makes it easy to create Google Maps from your Movable Type blog entries. It’s perfect for
* Photo Blogging
* Travel Blogging
* Reviews
* Urban Diaries
* Collaborative Blogging
…or any ot

Inspired by Khoi Vinh’s post about using a background image of a grid for layout, and a subsequent post over at Smiley Cat about the same thing, I decided to knock up a quick Photoshop style Layout Grid Bookmarklet

MySQL Quick Admin is a MySQL database managing software tool. MySQL Quick Admin helps you manage your MySQL database without requiring you to know the actual Query Language. Experience fast querying with an easy to use interface.

Blade Engine is a free game engine and construction kit aimed at making Visual Novel easy to construct. It is fully localized into English.

If you’re looking for a CBR and CBZ reader for your favorite OS, look no farther. Comical is an easy-to-use, featureful GUI comic book viewer, written in C++ using wxWidgets. It’s open-source, so feel Free to contribute!

The Windows Image Viewer ‘CDisplay’ was written to ease the viewing of images in JPEG, PNG and static GIF format. This was partly down to the existing programs currently available being too general purpose and thus awkward to use when simply wanting to v

Inspired largely by DHH’s RailsConf keynote, I recently set about refactoring IconBuffet.com. Specifically, I wanted to embrace the SimplyRestful plugin and see how much of the application could be re-cast in terms of resources, as opposed to RPC—with