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Researchers find social robots require astute tuning to improve acceptability by the human mind Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST
(The Kavli Foundation) The future of social robotics requires meeting the expectations of the human brain, as well as keenly respecting the subtle complexities of both verbal and nonverbal communication.

Study published in Neuro-Oncology shows brain tumor eradication and prolonged survival Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST
(Canale Communications) Tocagen Inc. today announced the publication of data showing the company's investigational treatment for high grade glioma eradicates brain tumors and provides a dramatic survival benefit in mouse models of glioblastoma. Almost all mice receiving the top dose of Toca 511 followed by 5-FC were still alive at 180 days, which was the termination date for the experiment, whereas all control mice died by day 43. The article was published today in the February issue of the Neuro-Oncology j ...

Fellowships to assist 9 UC Riverside students secure doctoral degrees Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST
(University of California - Riverside) The University of California, Riverside has awarded nine first-year graduate students an annual stipend of $30,000 for two years to increase underrepresented minority students in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics at the doctoral level. In addition to the stipend that covers living expenses, each student's graduate tuition and fees are fully covered. Because of the fellowships, the nine students will be fully engaged in research from the out ...

Surface of Mars an unlikely place for life after 600 million year drought, say scientists Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST
(Imperial College London) Mars may have been arid for more than 600 million years, making it too hostile for any life to survive on the planet's surface, according to researchers who have been carrying out the painstaking task of analyzing individual particles of Martian soil.

Judder-free videos on the smartphone Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST
(Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft) Overloaded cellular networks can get annoying - especially when you want to watch a video on your smartphone. An optimized Radio Resource Manager will soon be able to help network operators accommodate heavy network traffic. Researchers will present their solution at the GSMA Mobile World Congress from Feb. 27 to March 1, 2012 in Barcelona (Hall 2, Booth E41).

Jointly utilizing LTE networks Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST
(Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft) Data-intensive Internet applications on smartphones, tablets and laptops are more popular than ever before. The result: Traffic on the mobile network is increasing at a blinding speed. Intelligent technologies are intended to increase the data rates on the new LTE network. The solution is to use the mobile networks jointly.

NASA satellites see wind shear battering Tropical Depression Iggy Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST
(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) NASA satellites have watched as wind shear has torn Cyclone Iggy apart over the last day. NASA infrared satellite imagery showed that Iggy's strongest thunderstorms have been pushed away from the storm's center and visible imagery shows the storm is being stretched out. Iggy is weakening and heading for a landfall between Geraldton and Perth.

'First light' taken by NASA's newest CERES instrument Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST
(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) The doors are open on NASA's Suomi NPP satellite and the newest version of the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) instrument is scanning Earth for the first time, helping to assure continued availability of measurements of the energy leaving the Earth-atmosphere system.

Hubble zooms in on a magnified galaxy Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST
(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) Thanks to the presence of a natural "zoom lens" in space, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope got a uniquely close-up look at the brightest "magnified" galaxy yet discovered.

Scripps Research alumnus wins International Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST
(Scripps Research Institute) A powerful 3-D animation tool created by Graham Johnson at the Scripps Research Institute has been selected as the winning video in the ninth annual International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge.

New RNA-based therapeutic strategies for controlling gene expression Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST
(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) Small RNA-based nucleic acid drugs represent a promising new class of therapeutic agents for silencing abnormal or overactive disease-causing genes, and researchers have discovered new mechanisms by which RNA drugs can control gene activity. A comprehensive review article in Nucleic Acid Therapeutics, a peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert Inc., details these advances.

Football findings suggest concussions caused by series of hits Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST
(Purdue University) A two-year study of high school football players suggests that concussions are likely caused by many hits over time and not from a single blow to the head, as commonly believed.

A zap of cold plasma reduces harmful bacteria on raw chicken in Drexel study Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST
(Drexel University) A new study by food safety researchers at Drexel University demonstrates that plasma can be an effective method for killing pathogens on uncooked poultry. The proof-of-concept study was published in the January issue of the Journal of Food Protection.

ORNL, partners earn FLC honor for cookstove technology Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST
(DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory) Envirofit International, the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Colorado State University have won a Federal Laboratory Consortium award for excellence in technology transfer for a clean-burning cookstove designed for the developing world.

Penn State team's QR code wins REACH Challenge Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST
(Penn State) "Real-Time Care Experience Feedback Using QR Codes," a Penn State project that allows hospital patients to inform hospital personnel of their experiences -- good or bad -- in real time, is the winner of the 2012 REACH Developer Challenge, sponsored by AcademyHealth and part of the Health 2.0 Developer Challenge.

DNA test that identifies Down syndrome in pregnancy can also detect trisomy 18 and trisomy 13 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST
(Women & Infants Hospital) A recent study by Drs. Glenn Palomaki and Jacob Canick of Women & Infants Hospital shows that a new DNA test that identifies Down syndrome in pregnancy can also detect trisomies 18 and 13.

Studying butterfly flight to help build bug-size flying robots Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST
(Johns Hopkins University) By figuring out how butterflies flutter among flowers with amazing grace and agility, researchers hope to help build small airborne robots that can mimic those maneuvers.

UT biosolar breakthrough promises cheap, easy green electricity Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST
(University of Tennessee at Knoxville) A professor of biochemistry, cellular and molecular biology, at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and a team of researchers have developed a system that taps into photosynthetic processes to produce efficient and inexpensive energy.

New investment aims to establish the UK as a global graphene research hub Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST
(Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) Today sees the announcement of full details of how an additional £50 million will be spent to keep the UK at the forefront of research into 'wonder material' graphene. 200 times stronger than steel yet less than an atom thick, graphene is the strongest and thinnest material ever measured, and also the world's most conductive material. It has a wide range of potential uses, including electronics, flexible touch screens, sensors and in composite materials ...

Technology that translates content to the Internet protocol of the future Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST
(Carlos III University of Madrid) A new protocol, IPv6, is being introduced across the Web. Researchers at Universidad Carlos III of Madrid who are participating in the Trilogy project have defined technology that allows users of this protocol to access Internet contents that are currently only available to users entering the Web using IPv4 protocol.

Using plants to silence insect genes in a high-throughput manner Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST
(Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology) Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Germany, are now using a procedure which brings forward ecological research on insects: They study gene functions in moth larvae by manipulating genes using the RNA interference technology (RNAi). RNAi is induced by feeding larvae with plants that have been treated with viral vectors. This method called "plant virus based dsRNA producing system" increases sample throughput compared to the use of genetica ...

Scripps research scientists demonstrate effective new 'biopsy in a blood test' to detect cancer Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST
(Scripps Research Institute) Scientists from the Scripps Research Institute, Scripps Health, and collaborating cancer physicians have successfully demonstrated the effectiveness of an advanced blood test for detecting and analyzing circulating tumor cells -- breakaway cells from patients' solid tumors -- from cancer patients. The findings, reported in five new papers, show that the highly sensitive blood analysis provides information that may soon be comparable to that from some types of surgical biopsies.

Plant power: The ultimate way to 'go green'? Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST
(Cell Press) Researchers are turning to plants and solar power in the search for new sources of renewable and sustainable energy that can support the transition from rapidly depleting fossil fuels to a bio-based society. An article published by Cell Press in the Feb. 8 issue of Trends in Plant Science discusses innovative strategies for harnessing and re-routing the chemical reactions associated with photosynthesis to efficiently produce highly valuable products.

Graphene electronics moves into a third dimension Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST
(University of Manchester) Wonder material graphene has been touted as the next silicon, with one major problem - it is too conductive to be used in computer chips. Now scientists from the University of Manchester have given its prospects a new lifeline.

Combination drug therapy urged to battle lung cancer Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST
(The Translational Genomics Research Institute) Combination drug therapy may be needed to combat non-small cell lung cancer, according to a study by the Translational Genomics Research Institute and Van Andel Research Institute. The study, "STAT3 is Activated by JAK2 Independent of Key Oncogenic Driver Mutation in Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma," was published online today, Feb. 2, 2012, by the PLoS ONE.

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Last feed update: February 04 2012 22:09:33.

Canada's Massive Public Traffic Surveillance System 2012-02-04T21:01:00+00:00
New submitter cqwww writes "A small magazine in Victoria, BC just uncovered a massive public traffic surveillance system deployed in Canada. Here's a quote from the article: 'Normally, area police manually key in plate numbers to check suspicious cars in the databases of the Canadian Police Information Center and ICBC. With [Automatic License Plate Recognition], for $27,000, a police cruiser is mounted with two cameras and software that can read license plates on both passing and stationary cars. According ...

German Government Endorses Chrome As Most Secure Browser 2012-02-04T19:54:00+00:00
New submitter beta2 writes "Several articles are noting that the German IT security agency BSI is endorsing Google Chrome browser: 'BSI ticked off Chrome's anti-exploit sandbox technology, which isolates the browser from the operating system and the rest of the computer; its silent update mechanism and Chrome's habit of bundling Adobe Flash, as its reasons for the recommendation. ... BSI also recommended Adobe Reader X — the version of the popular PDF reader that, like Chrome, relies on a sandbox to ...

Milky Way Magnetic Fields Charted 2012-02-04T18:50:00+00:00
eldavojohn writes "Using radio telescope data, scientists from around the world have plotted the Milky Way Galaxy's magnetic field in the form of Faraday Depth. From the article, 'For 150 years, scientists have measured cosmic magnetic field by observing the Faraday effect. They know that when polarized light passes though a magnetized medium, the plane of polarization turns. This concept is called Faraday rotation. The strength and direction of the magnetic field governs the amount of rotation that occurs ...

New Book Helps You Start Contributing To Open Source 2012-02-04T17:45:00+00:00
jrepin writes "This new book Open Advice is the answer to: 'What would you have liked to know when you started contributing?' 42 prominent free and open source software contributors give insights into the many different talents it takes to make a successful software project; coding, of course, but also design, translation, marketing and other skills. They are here to give you a head start if you are new. And if you have been contributing for a while already, they are here to give you some insight into othe ...

$100,000 Prize: Prove Quantum Computers Impossible 2012-02-04T16:38:00+00:00
mikejuk writes "Quantum computing is currently a major area of research — but is this all a waste of effort? Now Scott Aaronson, a well-known MIT computer scientist, has offered a prize of $100,000 for any proof that quantum computers are impossible: 'I'm now offering a US$100,000 award for a demonstration, convincing to me, that scalable quantum computing is impossible in the physical world.' Notice the two important conditions — 'physical world' and 'scalable.' The proof doesn't have to rule ...

President By Day, High-Tech Headhunter By Night 2012-02-04T15:31:00+00:00
theodp writes "The White House is following up on an offer made by President Barack Obama this week to help find a job for an unemployed semiconductor engineer in Texas. The offer was made during a live online town hall after the ex-TI engineer's wife questioned the government's policy concerning H-1B visa workers. Obama asked for EE Darin Wedel's resume and said he would 'forward it to some of these companies that are telling me they can't find enough engineers in this field.' While grateful, patent-holde ...

You Will Never Kill Piracy 2012-02-04T14:25:00+00:00
scottbomb writes "This is perhaps the best op-ed I've read about the whole SOPA/PIPA controversy. The author challenges Hollywood to re-think their entire business model. It will undoubtedly fall on deaf ears, for now. But sooner or later, they will have no choice but to adapt. From the article: 'Now that the SOPA and PIPA fights have died down, and Hollywood prepares their next salvo against internet freedom with ACTA and PCIP, it's worth pausing to consider how the war on piracy could actually be won. It ...

New Mobile Plan Pools Data On Unlimited Devices 2012-02-04T13:21:00+00:00
Hugh Pickens writes "PC Magazine reports that Ting, a new reseller of Sprint's voice, 3G and WiMax services, has a new approach to mobile pricing that lets customers buy minutes, messages, and data separately, and allows households to pool them to an unlimited number of phones and data devices on one account. 'Household data plans are the next step for consumers, mainly because people are adding more connected screens and devices to their lifestyle,' writes Kevin Tofel. 'And different household members hav ...

The Destruction of Iraq's Once-Great Universities 2012-02-04T10:12:00+00:00
Harperdog writes "Hugh Gusterson has written a devastating article about what has happened to Iraq's once great university system, and puts most of the blame for its total collapse on the U.S. Quoting: 'While American troops guarded the Ministries of Oil and the Interior but ignored cultural heritage sites, looters ransacked the universities. For example, the entire library collections at the University of Baghdad's College of Arts and at the University of Basra were destroyed. The Washington Post's Rajiv ...

World's Largest Virtual Optical Telescope Created 2012-02-04T08:26:00+00:00
erice writes "Astronomers in Chile linked four telescopes together to form a single virtual mirror 130 meters in diameter. Previous efforts had linked two telescopes but this is the first time that all four had been linked. 'The process that links separate telescopes together is known as interferometry. In this mode, the VLT becomes the biggest ground-based optical telescope on earth. Besides creating a gigantic virtual mirror, interferometry also greatly improves the telescope's spatial resolution and zoo ...

Facebook On Collision Course With New EU Privacy Laws 2012-02-04T07:14:00+00:00
An anonymous reader writes "Facebook and other U.S. internet companies are faced with a new EU data protection regime, the Christian Science Monitor reports. U.S. concepts of free expression and commerce will battle European support for privacy and state legislation. 'Companies must understand that if they want access to 500 million consumers in the EU, then they have to comply. This is not an option,' said a spokesman for the EU Justice Commissioner." ...

Researchers Feel Pressure To Cite Superfluous Papers 2012-02-04T05:08:00+00:00
ananyo writes "One in five academics in a variety of social science and business fields say they have been asked to pad their papers with superfluous references in order to get published. The figures, from a survey published in the journal Science (abstract), also suggest that journal editors strategically target junior faculty, who in turn were more willing to acquiesce. The controversial practice is not new: those studying publication ethics have for many years noted that some editors encourage extra ref ...

Ask Slashdot: Are Daily Stand-Up Meetings More Productive? 2012-02-04T03:06:00+00:00
__roo writes "The Wall Street Journal reports that an increasing number of companies are replacing traditional meetings with daily stand-ups. The article points out that stand-up meetings date back to at least World War I, and that in some place, late employees 'sometimes must sing a song like "I'm a Little Teapot," do a lap around the office building or pay a small fine.' Do Slashdot readers feel that stand-up meetings are useful? Do they make a difference? Are they a gimmick?" ...

Doctors 'Cheating' On Board Certifications 2012-02-04T01:04:00+00:00
Maximum Prophet writes "After taking board exams, doctors have been routinely getting together to remember and reproduce as much of the exam as they can. These notes are then bound and reproduced. According to the American Board of Dermatology, the exams are protected by copyright laws, and any reproduction not approved by the board is illegal. While I have no doubt that the Board believes this, and pays lawyers to believe it as well, I don't think they understand copyright. Perhaps they should invest in b ...

Yes We Can (Profile You): a Brief Primer On Campaigns and Political Data 2012-02-04T00:20:00+00:00
An anonymous reader writes "In the Stanford Law Review Online, Professor Daniel Kreiss discusses 'the history of political data, focusing on the recent proliferation in voter data and development of new voter-modeling techniques,' and how 'these data practices undermine privacy and democratic practice, even as they increase participation and voter turnout.' He writes: 'Underlying all of this is a vast data infrastructure that has made targeted online advertising and marketing possible, and has contributed ...

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Last feed update: February 04 2012 22:09:34.

Nikon – “WHY” D4 Release Video Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:55:36 +0000
Well the Nikon D4 Camera has finally been released! I’m super proud to have been part of the production team for the release film “WHY”! Nikon asked Corey Rich, adventure photographer and filmaker, to dream up a project that would not only show off the D4’s video capabilities but inspire those that watch the film. Corey... read more >

Deep North: A Trip to the Arrigetch Peaks Fri, 30 Dec 2011 19:01:57 +0000
Well, this was a giant of a project and we finally get to talk about it! Corey Rich, Adventure Photographer and Filmaker, put together an incredibly ambitious trip…to summit AND document unclimbed peaks in the Arctic Circle! He put together a great team of adventures and friends. I came along to film and... read more >

RED 4K Ultra-High Definition Cinema Camera – In Tahoe! Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:46:27 +0000
Big news for the Tahoe area, Deep Roots Media, has purchased the brand new RED Scarlet-X Digital Cinema Camera! We are super excited to share the advance in technology and the unparalleled images produced by the RED Scarlet-X to our client’s productions. The camera fits directly into the philosophy of Deep Roots Media, simply to... read more >

Discovery Channel – Flying Wild Alaska Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:18:31 +0000
Tune in to the Discovery Channel on Friday, December 9th at 10pm EST/PST (9pm CST) to see some of my peeps & maybe me(?????) on the small screen as we’re featured in Flying Wild Alaska. Join Corey Rich, Tommy Caldwell, Hayden Kennedy, Todd Offenbacher, Tommy Thompson and myself as we head... read more >

ESPN Films – The Depth Chart: Auburn & Arkansas Sun, 20 Nov 2011 17:05:17 +0000
I had the privilege of shooting again for DLP Entertainment, a production house out of LA, for 35 days this past August and 2 weeks in September on two ESPN Films. We had a small footprint crew, and had the great opportunity to work with DP, Matt Pederson and his First AC Scott Jannson. As... read more >

England: Manchester Derby Promo Sun, 30 Oct 2011 18:04:03 +0000
So, after being in Manchester, England for the last 4 days I have come to one conclusion…it rains…alot. I’m currently on a shoot for a 3 minute feature that will play before the Manchester United vs. Manchester City Soccer Derby on American televisions this coming weekend. Producer, Adam Goldberg, and I are... read more >

TV Spot – Heavenly 2011 Summer Mon, 06 Jun 2011 15:25:11 +0000
Heavenly’s 2011 summer spot is now airing. Deep Roots Media produced the piece over the past 2 weeks. We have been getting some questionable weather up here in Tahoe as of late, so when a decent opportunity arrived, we squeezed all the shooting into one day! We got pretty lucky and Heavenly is super happy... read more >

Showtime Sports “Fight Camp 360″ Fri, 06 May 2011 20:11:22 +0000
Had a busy April! Started the month off with my final winter shoots for both Heavenly Mountain Resort and Northstar-at-Tahoe then flew down to LA/Big Bear for 6 days to shoot for “Fight Camp 360″, Showtime’s 4 part documentary series about the Pacquiao vs Mosley Boxing match. I then flew to Alaska for 2 weeks... read more >

Deep Roots Media features at NAB 2011 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 20:38:13 +0000
The Deep Roots Media production of the “Let Nevada Capture Your Heart”, Nevada 2011 Winter Advertising Campaign, videos are being featured in Killer Tracks NAB booth this year. NAB is the biggest trade show of the year for Broadcast Professionals. “For more than 85 years, the NAB Show continues to be the essential destination for broad-casting... read more >

Northstar-at-Tahoe Lifestyle Shoot Sat, 05 Mar 2011 23:48:00 +0000
I’ve recently been spending a lot of time on Tahoe’s north shore shooting at Northstar-at-Tahoe for their next season’s marketing campaign. I’ve been working with photographer, Corey Rich, as we captured lifestyle shots through out their Village base as well as the on-mountain Ritz-Carlton. It’s exciting to tell the story of Northstar and It’s been... read more >

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Last feed update: February 04 2012 22:09:37.

Light-box tutorial for embedded web-servers Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:36:27 +0000
Light-boxing is a technique for cleanly popping up  information in a web-page while simultaneously darkening the main page to provide focus to the popup content.  All of the major javascript libraries provide very nice light-box implementations, but they come at … Continue reading →

Syndicate Press version 1.0.5 released Thu, 15 Dec 2011 02:32:48 +0000
Syndicate Press lets you include RSS feeds directly in your WordPress Posts or Pages at a location YOU choose. This plugin provides a very easy to use administration page and includes great features such as feed caching, filters and several … Continue reading →

Syndicate Press version 1.0.4 released Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:01:37 +0000
Syndicate Press version 1.0.4 has been released.  This version contains a minor enhancement to help reduce errors in the configuration page.

New selection of Radio’s at AirsoftRanch.com Thu, 08 Dec 2011 23:38:07 +0000
AirsoftRanch.com is now offering a newly expanded range of radios including FRS, MURS, CB, GMRS and HAM models.  For great deals on airsoft, tactical training and emergency preparedness, visit AirsoftRanch.com today!

New Version of Syndicate Press Available Sat, 12 Nov 2011 15:03:22 +0000
Syndicate Press version 1.0.3 has been released!  This version contains a small fix which enables you to insert advertisements between news feeds.  If you are running a WordPress site and you would like to incorporate news feeds from around the … Continue reading →

New article about the MURS License Free Radio Band Thu, 20 Oct 2011 15:57:34 +0000
The traditional CB (Citizens Band) channels have been clogged for many years.  The FRS (Family Radio Service) bands are becoming increasingly noisy and clogged as more people buy FRS radios.  The MURS (Multiple Use Radio Service) band is still relatively … Continue reading →

Thank you Syndicate Press donors! Wed, 19 Oct 2011 16:17:29 +0000
The Syndicate Press development team would like to extend a sincere thank you to our latest donors! One donor chose to remain anonymous.  The other donor hosts her website at http://saillwhite.com/.  Please take a moment to visit her site.  If … Continue reading →

Syndicate Press 1.0.2 bug-fix release Fri, 07 Oct 2011 04:06:48 +0000
Syndicate Press 1.0.2 was released this evening with 1 bug-fix and 1 enhancement.  Join the more than 700 WordPress users who have installed Syndicate Press during the first week of publication!  See the Syndicate Press homepage here: http://henryranch.net/software/syndicate-press/

New Ballistic Pop Bottle Rocket Tutorial Wed, 05 Oct 2011 03:20:26 +0000
If you have seen the wimpy pop bottle rocket videos on YouTube, you might want to take a look at this tutorial where we have ramped up the good ‘ol pop bottle rocket into a honcho pop bottle missile with … Continue reading →

Syndicate Press 1.0.1 release Tue, 04 Oct 2011 04:40:34 +0000
Syndicate Press 1.0.1 was released this week with 1 bug fix and 1 feature enhancement.  For details, see the Syndicate Press homepage at http://henryranch.net/software/syndicate-press/

Syndicate Press 1.0 released! Tue, 27 Sep 2011 04:50:28 +0000
After nearly a year in release candidate status, Syndicate Press has been released into the WordPress Plugin repository.  Users may now download the latest Syndicate Press version directly through their WordPress admin page.  For details see: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/syndicate-press/.  The Syndicate Press … Continue reading →

A new series exploring automated web testing with Selenium Mon, 26 Sep 2011 03:41:39 +0000
Join us for a multi-part series in which we explore the powerful Selenium tool-chain.  If you have been looking for an alternative to the expensive automation tools from the big vendors or you are just starting to research automated web … Continue reading →

Various quotes about war and the military Thu, 22 Sep 2011 03:12:41 +0000
Wow, this is some good stuff, enjoy: http://www.kernairsoft.org/forum/random-quotes/view-random-quotes.asp

Major RC Airplane sale going on Fri, 16 Sep 2011 23:04:33 +0000
I recently bought my first RC airplane and I am learning how to fly it.  What an adventure! Back in the day, an RC airplane cost hundreds of dollars, but NitroPlanes.com is changing all of that.  With an excellent mix … Continue reading →

New Real-time earthquake news feed! Tue, 23 Aug 2011 18:27:16 +0000
If you are interested in following real-time earthquake related news and receiving immediate notification of when an earthquake occurs, take a look at the new feed provided by the USGS and made available to you by henryranch.net: http://henryranch.net/news/real-time-earthquake-news/

Review of StarStrikers, Tyrmia and Tales From Ocherva Sat, 06 Aug 2011 13:58:58 +0000
Great science fiction with a fresh, action packed storyline doesn’t come along that often.  If you are looking for a new author with some fantastic new plots and technology, take a look at this review of Ken McConnells latest three … Continue reading →

New review of the Wouxun KG-UVD1P (KG-UVD2 & KG-UVD3) Fri, 29 Jul 2011 14:56:45 +0000
Henryranch.net reviews one of the best low-cost ham radio’s to hit the market. From it’s sleek, feature rich design, to the lovable Shanghai Shelly voice, this radio is sure to make every ham happy! Check out the review here: http://henryranch.net/reviews/wouxun-kg-uvd1p-kg-uvd2-kg-uvd3-review/

WordPress 3.2 out of memory Wed, 06 Jul 2011 01:20:03 +0000
Planning to upgrade to WordPress 3.2 on a shared host such as 1and1?  If so, you might want to give yourself a little more time to do the upgrade.  On many shared hosts, the default PHP memory is limited.  Take … Continue reading →

Review of the BEST Yerba Mate Bombilla Fri, 15 Apr 2011 23:22:31 +0000
Looking for a great bombilla style filter straw for Yerba Mate, loose coffee or loose leaf tea?  Take a look at this review for the best bombilla ever: http://henryranch.net/reviews/the-best-yerba-mate-bombilla-filtered-drinking-straw/

AirsoftRanch.com: A new storefront showcasing the best in airsoft and tactical gear Wed, 16 Mar 2011 05:04:11 +0000
Airsoftranch.com is a new site which showcases the best in airsoft and tactical training equipment.  With a simple to navigate storefront and the ordering, payment and shipping power of Amazon, Airsoftranch.com enables you to find the best in airsoft and … Continue reading →

Huge sale on Yerba Mate and free mate with every order! Sun, 20 Feb 2011 01:57:10 +0000
This is the season for huge sales on Yerba Mate!  Order now to take advantage of these great deals! Get great deals on the following products: Organic Salante Strawberry Taragui Traditional Yerba Mate La Merced Yerba Mate Tea Bags And … Continue reading →

Fixing the WordPress unexpected { fatal error Fri, 18 Feb 2011 04:38:27 +0000
If you have just tried to activate a new plugin in your WordPress installation and received a strange “Fatal Error: unexpected {” message, don’t worry!  There is an easy fix. For details, see this tutorial: http://henryranch.net/fixing-wordpress-3-x-y-plugin-fatal-error/

How to fix the WordPress update Out of Memory error Wed, 16 Feb 2011 12:55:23 +0000
I recently attempted to update my wordpress installation from 3.0.4 to 3.0.5 via the automatic update feature when I encountered an ugly error: “Fatal error: Out of Memory”.  This error will prevent the update from completing.  Fortunately, the fix is … Continue reading →

How to recover from a failed WordPress update Sun, 13 Feb 2011 06:15:06 +0000
Occasionally, a WordPress update will fail for one reason or another.  If your WordPress site is stuck in “maintenance” mode, or will not upgrade automatically, this tutorial will show you how to clean up your WordPress installation and get your … Continue reading →

The best tools for open source development on Windows Sat, 29 Jan 2011 06:36:13 +0000
If you are starting to develop open source software on the Windows platform, you may not be aware of all of the great tools available to you.  Henryranch.net has put together a list of the best free and open-source tools … Continue reading →

New review of an airsoft shooting chronograph – XCorTech X3200 Wed, 19 Jan 2011 04:55:04 +0000
If you work on airsoft guns or host airsoft games, then you need a shooting chronograph to measure the muzzle velocity of the bb’s.  In this article, I review the newly updated XCorTech X3200 shooting chronograph: http://henryranch.net/airsoft/airsoft-shooting-chronograph-review-xcortech-x3200

Access WMI directly from java Sat, 08 Jan 2011 01:35:03 +0000
Did you know that you can make WMI (Windows Management Interface) queries directly from Java? In this tutorial, I present the jWMI library which provides access to the WMI in pure java. With jWMI, you no longer need JNI, COM, … Continue reading →

Updated airsoft ballistic goggle review Fri, 03 Dec 2010 04:45:01 +0000
If you are looking for a an inexpensive pair of ballistic, mil-spec rated goggles for airsoft or other sports, you need to take a look at this review of the Pyramex XSG Ballistic goggle: http://henryranch.net/reviews/airsoft-goggle-review-pyramex-xsg-ballistic-goggles/.

New review of a tactical flashlight video camera Fri, 26 Nov 2010 08:19:16 +0000
If you are looking for a small profile video camera to attach to your airsoft rifle, hunting rifle or shotgun, you need to take a look at this review: http://henryranch.net/reviews/flashlight-camera-review/

Ooma review: 1 year update Mon, 22 Nov 2010 06:18:50 +0000
It has been almost a year since we purchased and installed the Ooma Telo and we have recently added a couple of “vintage” cord-style phones to our home phone system.  So far, they are working great with the Ooma Telo.  … Continue reading →

Syndicate Press 0.9.9.7 released Sun, 17 Oct 2010 05:48:49 +0000
With a new season, comes new features in Syndicate Press.  This version allows the admin to preserve or remove the formatting in a feed article.  Additionally, a customized message can now be displayed when a feed is not available.  If … Continue reading →

WordPress requested URL ‘/$’ error Thu, 14 Oct 2010 01:44:36 +0000
If you recently updated your WordPress installation, you may see the following error when trying to post a comment: “The requested URL ‘/$’ was not found on this server. “ If  you see this error, relax… it is likely just … Continue reading →

How to backup your website Thu, 07 Oct 2010 01:56:57 +0000
Backing up your website does not have to be a difficult thing to do.  If you have a static website, the easiest way to make a backup is by using the open-source tool ‘wget’. To recursively back up your site, … Continue reading →

Filter coffee with a bombilla Tue, 14 Sep 2010 23:36:14 +0000
Did you know that a bombilla makes a great coffee filter?   The bombilla is a traditional South American drinking straw with a filter on the bottom and is typically used to filter yerba mate.   While the bombilla has a long … Continue reading →

Hot yerba mate for cool fall evenings! Mon, 13 Sep 2010 01:57:22 +0000
What is better on a brisk fall evening than a hot cup of yerba mate?  Not much compares to a cup full of strawberry or vanilla yerba mate on a chilly fall evening.  If you are looking for some good … Continue reading →

New review of the Blue LiPo brand battery Sat, 11 Sep 2010 06:16:52 +0000
In the market for a LiPo battery that works in your airsoft AEG gun, model airplane, helicopter or RC car and won’t cost an arm and a leg?  Hopefully you are looking for just the right balance of price and … Continue reading →

Syndicate Press 0.9.9.5 released Tue, 17 Aug 2010 03:13:46 +0000
Syndicate Press has been receiving a lot of new users lately.  In this release, we have added a new feature that displays the feed item publication time-stamp.  See the Syndicate Press homepage here: http://henryranch.net/software/syndicate-press/.   If you have not yet donated, … Continue reading →

Mint, strawberry and vanilla flavored Yerba Mate for the summer! Mon, 21 Jun 2010 03:53:27 +0000
Cool summer mornings, hot summer days and beautiful summer evenings… What better way to enjoy the summer than with a cup of iced yerba mate! Take a look at this review for some great summer mate recommendations: http://henryranch.net/reviews/yerba-mate-reviews/.   If … Continue reading →

New tutorial on how to find out where a java class was loaded from Sun, 30 May 2010 02:37:33 +0000
Have you ever been working on some java code, when all of the sudden it appears that the app is NOT doing what you expect and the code clearly does something different than the compiled app?  You probably have an … Continue reading →

New review and repair article for the KIT150 PIC programmer Tue, 18 May 2010 18:57:23 +0000
Looking for a great programmer for PIC Microcontrollers including the 16F and 18F series of chips?  The KIT150 is a versatile programmer that supports a wide variety of chips and can program standalone chips via a ZIF socket or in-circuit … Continue reading →

Syndicate Press 0.9.9.4 beta released Sat, 01 May 2010 04:12:17 +0000
There is a new version of Syndicate Press available.  This release adds a Syndicate Press news feed to the Admin page so that the site admin can stay up to date on the latest Syndicate Press releases.  If you are … Continue reading →

Behringer UCA202 stereo analog to digital converter review Mon, 19 Apr 2010 13:31:49 +0000
Just posted a review of the Behringer UCA202 stereo audio I/O device. If you need a quality converter that does both analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog audio conversion and need to stay within a small budget, then this device is for you! … Continue reading →

Satellite dish airsoft prop article Fri, 16 Apr 2010 06:00:43 +0000
Including props in an airsoft game can add a bit more enjoyment and challenge to the scenario.  Check out this new article about a man portable satellite dish with an embedded electronics package that I have been working on: http://henryranch.net/airsoft/airsoft-prop-satellite-communication-dish/

Airsoft goggle review – Pyramex XSG ballistic goggles Sat, 03 Apr 2010 07:02:16 +0000
Just posted a review of my recently purchased Pyramex XSG ballistic goggles.  If you are in the market for a great Airsoft or general safety goggle at an excellent price, you have to read this review: http://henryranch.net/reviews/airsoft-goggle-review-pyramex-xsg-ballistic-goggles/

Lipo battery charger review Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:57:33 +0000
Need a charger for your high performance Airsoft or RC battery?  Looking for a great Lipo battery charger with integrated cell balancing?  In this article I review my recently purchased Lipo/NiCd/NiMH/Pb battery charger.  If you are in the market for … Continue reading →

Syndicate Press version 0.9.9.2 available Sun, 14 Mar 2010 02:04:59 +0000
Syndicate Press is moving along.  This latest release includes a number of error handling, security and administration page updates.  If you are looking for a great news feed aggregator for your WordPress site, give Syndicate Press a try: http://henryranch.net/software/syndicate-press/

Salante Mint Madness Yerba Mate review Wed, 24 Feb 2010 06:07:54 +0000
I just got my hands on some of the Salante Mint Madness flavored yerba mate.  What a treat!  With deep mint flavors and a subtle mate foundation, this blend is sure to please the most discerning of mate drinkers.  Take … Continue reading →

New Yerba Mate review – Adding stevia to your mate Fri, 19 Feb 2010 03:39:11 +0000
Stevia is a completely natural, sugar free sweetener that you can add to your hot and cold drinks without it becoming bitter like the more popular sugar free sweeteners on the market.  Take a look at the new review of … Continue reading →

Airsoft reviews, products and links Fri, 12 Feb 2010 03:03:53 +0000
I just got into airsoft and like any newbie I have been learning as much as I can about all the gear I need. As a result of all this research I have been compiling quite a list of links … Continue reading →

FRS/GMRS radio privacy code list Wed, 27 Jan 2010 05:40:53 +0000
FRS and GMRS radios can make use of privacy tones to reduce the audio chatter that can sometimes make a channel nearly unusable.  This article provides some more detail about what privacy tones really are and what frequency each privacy … Continue reading →

Ooma Telo review Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:42:58 +0000
Just added a new review of the Ooma Telo VOIP phone system. If you have broadband internet access and would like to stop paying for a home phone line, then you should take a serious look at the Ooma and … Continue reading →

FRS frequency list Mon, 18 Jan 2010 02:12:48 +0000
Check out this quick reference chart that shows FRS/GMRS channels and frequencies: http://henryranch.net/reviews/frs-radio-frequency-list/

Problem checking out a plugin from the WordPress SVN site? Tue, 12 Jan 2010 05:49:59 +0000
Ever encountered the following error from svn when trying to checkout (or checkin) to a wordpress plugin repository: svn: OPTIONS of ‘http://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/yourPlugin’: 200 OK (http://plugins.svn.wordpress.org) Unfortunately, that error message makes almost no sense and is a bit frustrating, especially when … Continue reading →

Awesome tequila shrimp! Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:28:47 +0000
These tequila shrimp are nothing short of awesome and if you like shrimp, then you need to try this.  All you need are some simple ingredients and about 15 minutes including prep and cooking time. Ingredients: 1/2 to 1 pound … Continue reading →

Syndicate Press WordPress plugin being prepped for release Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:08:39 +0000
The Syndicate Press RSS/Atom/RDF syndication plugin for WordPress got one step closer to it’s initial release today with the cleanup of code, testing of features and optimization of the formatted output cache.  See http://henryranch.net/software/syndicate-press/ for more information. If you would … Continue reading →

Syndicate Press RSS/Atom feed WordPress plugin nears release Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:10:37 +0000
The Syndicate Press plugin for wordpress took a major step forward this week with the release of Version 0.6 for beta testers.  This release uses a completely redesigned feed parser implemented from the ground up. See http://henryranch.net/software/syndicate-press/ for more information

Secure that coffee shop wi-fi! Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:39:37 +0000
We have all browsed the internet over an unsecured wi-fi network at some point in time. Obviously, this presents numerous security and privacy implications. Fortunately, there is a relatively simple solution that will allow you to securely “tunnel” back to … Continue reading →

The crippling of PHP’s file_get_contents() Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:33:37 +0000
If you have been around the PHP scene for a while now, you are probably aware of the file_get_contents() function. This function has been used in many web applications for years, but has been under increasing attack from nefarious evil … Continue reading →

Chicken in a bag Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:10:28 +0000
Ever wondered how to transport a chicken in your car when you don’t have a cage or a box? While traveling in East Africa several years ago, my wife and I faced just such a quandary. We had traveled about … Continue reading →

New Yerba Mate review Sat, 29 Aug 2009 15:25:31 +0000
Posted a new review of various Yerba Mate brands and blends.  Check it out here.

Looking for the citumpe.com site? Sat, 29 Aug 2009 05:04:23 +0000
Welcome to henryranch.net, where we bring you a holistic mix of articles, tutorials and reviews covering topics such as software and technology, sustainablity and rural living. The citumpe.com site content has been folded into the new and improved henryranch.net site. … Continue reading →

It’s just two acres Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:22:23 +0000
Two acres.  Before moving out of the city, we thought that two acres was a lot of land.  From the perspective of a suburban dweller, two acres is a lot of space.  After living here for the last five years, … Continue reading →

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TED: Danny Hillis: Back to the future (of 1994) - Danny Hillis (1994) Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:06:37 +0000
From deep in the TED archive, Danny Hillis outlines an intriguing theory of how and why technological change seems to be accelerating, by linking it to the very evolution of life itself. The presentation techniques he uses may look dated, but the ideas are as relevant as ever.

TED: Erica Frenkel: The universal anesthesia machine - Erica Frenkel (2011) Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:28:27 +0000
What if you're in surgery and the power goes out? No lights, no oxygen -- and your anesthesia stops flowing. It happens constantly in hospitals throughout the world, turning routine procedures into tragedies. Erica Frenkel demos one solution: the universal anesthesia machine.

TED: Shawn Achor: The happy secret to better work - Shawn Achor (2011) Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:09:38 +0000
We believe that we should work to be happy, but could that be backwards? In this fast-moving and entertaining talk from TEDxBloomington, psychologist Shawn Achor argues that actually happiness inspires productivity.

TED: Bill Doyle: Treating cancer with electric fields - Bill Doyle (2011) Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:01:14 +0000
Surgery, chemotherapy and radiation are the best-known methods for treating cancer. At TEDMED, Bill Doyle presents a new approach, called Tumor Treating Fields, which uses electric fields to interrupt cancer cell division. Still in its infancy -- and approved for only certain types of cancer -- the treatment comes with one big benefit: quality of life.

TED: Peter van Uhm: Why I chose a gun - Peter van Uhm (2011) Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:51:45 +0000
Peter van Uhm is the Netherlands’ chief of defense, but that does not mean he is pro-war. At TEDxAmsterdam he explains how his career is one shaped by a love of peace, not a desire for bloodshed -- and why we need armies if we want peace.

TED: Gayle Tzemach Lemmon: Women entrepreneurs, example not exception - Gayle Tzemach Lemmon (2011) Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:06:45 +0000
Women aren’t micro--so why do they only get micro-loans? At TEDxWomen reporter Gayle Tzemach Lemmon argues that women running all types of firms-- from home businesses to major factories-- are the overlooked key to economic development.

TED: Ariel Garten: Know thyself, with a brain scanner - Ariel Garten (2011) Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:08:32 +0000
Imagine playing a video game controlled by your mind. Now imagine that game also teaches you about your own patterns of stress, relaxation and focus. At TEDxToronto Ariel Garten shows how looking at our own brain activity gives new meaning to the ancient dictum "know thyself."

TED: Brian Goldman: Doctors make mistakes. Can we talk about that? - Brian Goldman (2011) Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:50:19 +0000
Every doctor makes mistakes. But, says physician Brian Goldman, medicine's culture of denial (and shame) keeps doctors from ever talking about those mistakes, or using them to learn and improve. Telling stories from his own long practice, he calls on doctors to start talking about being wrong.

TED: Diana Nyad: Extreme swimming with the world's most dangerous jellyfish - Diana Nyad (2011) Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:23:09 +0000
In the 1970s, Diana Nyad set long-distance swim records that are still unbroken. Thirty years later, at 60, she attempted her longest swim yet, from Cuba to Florida. In this funny, powerful talk at TEDMED, she talks about how to prepare mentally to achieve an extreme dream, and asks: What will YOU do with your wild, precious life?

TED: Lisa Harouni: A primer on 3D printing - Lisa Harouni (2011) Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:17:50 +0000
2012 may be the year of 3D printing, when this three-decade-old technology finally becomes accessible and even commonplace. Lisa Harouni gives a useful introduction to this fascinating way of making things -- including intricate objects once impossible to create.

TED: Sheena Iyengar: How to make choosing easier - Sheena Iyengar (2011) Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:46:06 +0000
We all want customized experiences and products -- but when faced with 700 options, consumers freeze up. With fascinating new research, Sheena Iyengar demonstrates how businesses (and others) can improve the experience of choosing.

TED: Clay Shirky: Why SOPA is a bad idea - Clay Shirky (2012) Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:47:31 +0000
What does a bill like PIPA/SOPA mean to our shareable world? At the TED offices, Clay Shirky delivers a proper manifesto -- a call to defend our freedom to create, discuss, link and share, rather than passively consume.

TED: Mikko Hypponen: Three types of online attack - Mikko Hypponen (2011) Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:54:24 +0000
Cybercrime expert Mikko Hypponen talks us through three types of online attack on our privacy and data -- and only two are considered crimes. "Do we blindly trust any future government? Because any right we give away, we give away for good."

TED: Alain de Botton: Atheism 2.0 - Alain de Botton (2011) Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:05:04 +0000
What aspects of religion should atheists (respectfully) adopt? Alain de Botton suggests a "religion for atheists" -- call it Atheism 2.0 -- that incorporates religious forms and traditions to satisfy our human need for connection, ritual and transcendence.

TED: Sonaar Luthra: Meet the Water Canary - Sonaar Luthra (2011) Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:33:25 +0000
After a crisis, how can we tell if water is safe to drink? Current tests are slow and complex, and the delay can be deadly, as in the cholera outbreak after Haiti's earthquake in 2010. TED Fellow Sonaar Luthra previews his design for a simple tool that quickly tests water for safety -- the Water Canary.

TED: Morley sings "Women of Hope" - Morley (2011) Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:11:53 +0000
Inspired by Aung San Suu Kyi’s call to action, “If you’re feeling helpless, help someone,” Morley composed this song. She sings it at TEDxWomen in her gorgeous, warm voice.

TED: Drew Berry: Animations of unseeable biology - Drew Berry (2011) Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:51:26 +0000
We have no ways to directly observe molecules and what they do -- Drew Berry wants to change that. At TEDxSydney he shows his scientifically accurate (and entertaining!) animations that help researchers see unseeable processes within our own cells.

TED: Jonas Gahr Støre: In defense of dialogue - Jonas Gahr Støre (2011) Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:18:23 +0000
In politics, it seems counterintuitive to engage in dialogue with violent groups, with radicals and terrorists, and with the states that support them. But Jonas Gahr Støre, the foreign minister of Norway, makes a compelling case for open discussion, even when values diverge, in an attempt to build greater security for all.

TED: Award-winning teen-age science in action - Lauren Hodge / Shree Bose / Naomi Shah (2011) Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:10:16 +0000
In 2011 three young women swept the top prizes of the first Google Science Fair. At TEDxWomen Lauren Hodge, Shree Bose and Naomi Shah described their extraordinary projects-- and their route to a passion for science.

TED: Sebastian Wernicke: 1000 TEDTalks, 6 words - Sebastian Wernicke (2011) Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:30:34 +0000
Sebastian Wernicke thinks every TEDTalk can be summarized in six words. At TEDxZurich, he shows how to do just that -- and less.

TED: Paddy Ashdown: The global power shift - Paddy Ashdown (2011) Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:04:54 +0000
Paddy Ashdown claims that we are living in a moment in history where power is changing in ways it never has before. In a spellbinding talk at TEDxBrussels he outlines the three major global shifts that he sees coming.

TED: Jane Fonda: Life's third act - Jane Fonda (2011) Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:18:58 +0000
Within this generation, an extra 30 years have been added to our life expectancy -- and these years aren’t just a footnote or a pathology. At TEDxWomen, Jane Fonda asks how we can think about this new phase of our lives.

TED: A.J. Jacobs: How healthy living nearly killed me - A.J. Jacobs (2011) Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:20:02 +0000
For a full year, A.J. Jacobs followed every piece of health advice he could -- from applying sunscreen by the shot glass to wearing a bicycle helmet while shopping. Onstage at TEDMED, he shares the surprising things he learned.

TED: Alberto Cairo: There are no scraps of men - Alberto Cairo (2011) Fri, 23 Dec 2011 15:02:17 +0000
Alberto Cairo's clinics in Afghanistan used to close down during active fighting. Now, they stay open. At TEDxRC2 (the RC stands for Red Cross/Red Crescent), Cairo tells the powerful story of why -- and how he found humanity and dignity in the midst of war.

TED: Karen Tse: How to stop torture - Karen Tse (2011) Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:57:15 +0000
Political prisoners aren't the only ones being tortured -- the vast majority of judicial torture happens in ordinary cases, even in 'functioning' legal systems. Social activist Karen Tse shows how we can, and should, stand up and end the use of routine torture.

TED: Daniel Goldstein: The battle between your present and future self - Daniel Goldstein (2011) Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:33:51 +0000
Every day, we make decisions that have good or bad consequences for our future selves. (Can I skip flossing just this one time?) Daniel Goldstein makes tools that help us imagine ourselves over time, so that we make smart choices for Future Us.

TED: Sheila Nirenberg: A prosthetic eye to treat blindness - Sheila Nirenberg (2011) Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:08:37 +0000
At TEDMED, Sheila Nirenberg shows a bold way to create sight in people with certain kinds of blindness: by hooking into the optic nerve and sending signals from a camera direct to the brain.

TED: Antonio Damasio: The quest to understand consciousness - Antonio Damasio (2011) Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:02:38 +0000
Every morning we wake up and regain consciousness -- that is a marvelous fact -- but what exactly is it that we regain? Neuroscientist Antonio Damasio uses this simple question to give us a glimpse into how our brains create our sense of self.

TED: Ramona Pierson: An unexpected place of healing - Ramona Pierson (2011) Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:37:28 +0000
When Ramona Pierson was 22, she was hit by a drunk driver and spent 18 months in a coma. At TEDxDU she tells the remarkable story of her recovery -- drawing on the collective skills and wisdom of a senior citizens' home.

TED: Homaro Cantu + Ben Roche: Cooking as alchemy - Homaro Cantu / Ben Roche (2011) Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:27:09 +0000
Homaro Cantu and Ben Roche come from Moto, a Chicago restaurant that plays with new ways to cook and eat food. But beyond the fun and flavor-tripping, there's a serious intent: Can we use new food technology for good?

TED: Pavan Sukhdev: Put a value on nature! - Pavan Sukhdev (2011) Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:22:56 +0000
Every day, we use materials from the earth without thinking, for free. But what if we had to pay for their true value: would it make us more careful about what we use and what we waste? Think of Pavan Sukhdev as nature's banker -- assessing the value of the Earth's assets. Eye-opening charts will make you think differently about the cost of air, water, trees ...

TED: Quyen Nguyen: Color-coded surgery - Quyen Nguyen (2011) Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:03:30 +0000
Surgeons are taught from textbooks which conveniently color-code the types of tissues, but that's not what it looks like in real life -- until now. At TEDMED Quyen Nguyen demonstrates how a molecular marker can make tumors light up in neon green, showing surgeons exactly where to cut.

TED: Monika Bulaj: The hidden light of Afghanistan - Monika Bulaj (2011) Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:07:05 +0000
Photographer Monika Bulaj shares powerful, intimate images of Afghanistan -- of home life, of ritual, of men and women. Behind the headlines, what does the world truly know about this place?

TED: Stefon Harris: There are no mistakes on the bandstand - Stefon Harris (2011) Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:13:24 +0000
What is a mistake? By talking through examples with his improvisational Jazz quartet, Stefon Harris walks us to a profound truth: many actions are perceived as mistakes only because we don't react to them appropriately.

TED: Yoav Medan: Ultrasound surgery -- healing without cuts - Yoav Medan (2011) Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:28:08 +0000
Imagine having a surgery with no knives involved. At TEDMED, Yoav Medan shares a technique that uses MRI to find trouble spots and focused ultrasound to treat such issues as brain lesions, uterine fibroids and several kinds of cancerous growths.

TED: Cheryl Hayashi: The magnificence of spider silk - Cheryl Hayashi (2010) Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:50:05 +0000
Cheryl Hayashi studies spider silk, one of nature's most high-performance materials. Each species of spider can make up to 7 very different kinds of silk. How do they do it? Hayashi explains at the DNA level -- then shows us how this super-strong, super-flexible material can inspire.

TED: Luis von Ahn: Massive-scale online collaboration - Luis von Ahn (2011) Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:39:04 +0000
After re-purposing CAPTCHA so each human-typed response helps digitize books, Luis von Ahn wondered how else to use small contributions by many on the Internet for greater good. At TEDxCMU, he shares how his ambitious new project, Duolingo, will help millions learn a new language while translating the Web quickly and accurately -- all for free.

TED: Kathryn Schulz: Don't regret regret - Kathryn Schulz (2011) Fri, 02 Dec 2011 15:50:10 +0000
We're taught to try to live life without regret. But why? Using her own tattoo as an example, Kathryn Schulz makes a powerful and moving case for embracing our regrets.

TED: Charles Limb: Building the musical muscle - Charles Limb (2011) Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:15:56 +0000
Charles Limb performs cochlear implantation, a surgery that treats hearing loss and can restore the ability to hear speech. But as a musician too, Limb thinks about what the implants lack: They don't let you fully experience music yet. (There's a hair-raising example.) At TEDMED, Limb reviews the state of the art and the way forward.

TED: Annie Murphy Paul: What we learn before we're born - Annie Murphy Paul (2011) Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:31:26 +0000
Pop quiz: When does learning begin? Answer: Before we are born. Science writer Annie Murphy Paul talks through new research that shows how much we learn in the womb -- from the lilt of our native language to our soon-to-be-favorite foods.

TED: Damon Horowitz: Philosophy in prison - Damon Horowitz (2011) Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:22:47 +0000
Damon Horowitz teaches philosophy through the Prison University Project, bringing college-level classes to inmates of San Quentin State Prison. In this powerful short talk, he tells the story of an encounter with right and wrong that quickly gets personal.

TED: Britta Riley: A garden in my apartment - Britta Riley (2011) Fri, 25 Nov 2011 16:18:14 +0000
Britta Riley wanted to grow her own food (in her tiny apartment). So she and her friends developed a system for growing plants in discarded plastic bottles -- researching, testing and tweaking the system using social media, trying many variations at once and quickly arriving at the optimal system. Call it distributed DIY. And the results? Delicious.

TED: Joe Sabia: The technology of storytelling - Joe Sabia (2011) Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:11:04 +0000
iPad storyteller Joe Sabia introduces us to Lothar Meggendorfer, who created a bold technology for storytelling: the pop-up book. Sabia shows how new technology has always helped us tell our own stories, from the walls of caves to his own onstage iPad.

TED: Péter Fankhauser: Meet Rezero, the dancing ballbot - Péter Fankhauser (2011) Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:03:37 +0000
Onstage at TEDGlobal, Péter Fankhauser demonstrates Rezero, a robot that balances on a ball. Designed and built by a group of engineering students, Rezero is the first ballbot made to move quickly and gracefully -- and even dance.

TED: Phil Plait: How to defend Earth from asteroids - Phil Plait (2011) Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:57:42 +0000
What's six miles wide and can end civilization in an instant? An asteroid -- and there are lots of them out there. With humor and great visuals, Phil Plait enthralls the TEDxBoulder audience with all the ways asteroids can kill, and what we must do to avoid them.

TED: Robin Ince: Science versus wonder? - Robin Ince (2011) Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:03:20 +0000
Does science ruin the magic of life? In this grumpy but charming monologue, Robin Ince makes the argument against. The more we learn about the astonishing behavior of the universe -- the more we stand in awe.

TED: Cynthia Kenyon: Experiments that hint of longer lives - Cynthia Kenyon (2011) Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:03:54 +0000
What controls aging? Biochemist Cynthia Kenyon has found a simple genetic mutation that can double the lifespan of a simple worm, C. elegans. The lessons from that discovery, and others, are pointing to how we might one day significantly extend youthful human life.

TED: Yves Rossy: Fly with the Jetman - Yves Rossy (2011) Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:59:54 +0000
Strapped to a jet-powered wing, Yves Rossy is the Jetman -- flying free, his body as the rudder, above the Swiss Alps and the Grand Canyon. After a powerful short film shows how it works, Rossy takes the TEDGlobal stage to share the experience and thrill of flying.

TED: Alexander Tsiaras: Conception to birth -- visualized - Alexander Tsiaras (2010) Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:34:40 +0000
Image-maker Alexander Tsiaras shares a powerful medical visualization, showing human development from conception to birth and beyond. (Some graphic images.)

TED: Charlie Todd: The shared experience of absurdity - Charlie Todd (2011) Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:14:51 +0000
Charlie Todd causes bizarre, hilarious, and unexpected public scenes: Seventy synchronized dancers in storefront windows, "ghostbusters" running through the New York Public Library, and the annual no-pants subway ride. At TEDxBloomington he shows how his group, Improv Everywhere, uses these scenes to bring people together.

TED: Allan Jones: A map of the brain - Allan Jones (2011) Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:02:50 +0000
How can we begin to understand the way the brain works? The same way we begin to understand a city: by making a map. In this visually stunning talk, Allan Jones shows how his team is mapping which genes are turned on in each tiny region, and how it all connects up.

TED: Ben Kacyra: Ancient wonders captured in 3D - Ben Kacyra (2011) Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:54:01 +0000
Ancient monuments give us clues to astonishing past civilizations -- but they're under threat from pollution, war, neglect. Ben Kacyra, who invented a groundbreaking 3D scanning system, is using his invention to scan and preserve the world's heritage in archival detail. (Watch to the end for a little demo.)

TED: Aparna Rao: High-tech art (with a sense of humor) - Aparna Rao (2012) Tue, 08 Nov 2011 15:32:44 +0000
Artist and TED Fellow Aparna Rao re-imagines the familiar in surprising, often humorous ways. With her collaborator Soren Pors, Rao creates high-tech art installations -- a typewriter that sends emails, a camera that tracks you through the room only to make you invisible on screen -- that put a playful spin on ordinary objects and interactions.

TED: Martin Hanczyc: The line between life and not-life - Martin Hanczyc (2011) Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:00:39 +0000
In his lab, Martin Hanczyc makes "protocells," experimental blobs of chemicals that behave like living cells. His work demonstrates how life might have first occurred on Earth ... and perhaps elsewhere too.

TED: Marco Tempest: Augmented reality, techno-magic - Marco Tempest (2011) Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:41:17 +0000
Using sleight-of-hand techniques and charming storytelling, illusionist Marco Tempest brings a jaunty stick figure to life onstage at TEDGlobal.

TED: Daniel Wolpert: The real reason for brains - Daniel Wolpert (2011) Thu, 03 Nov 2011 14:55:30 +0000
Neuroscientist Daniel Wolpert starts from a surprising premise: the brain evolved, not to think or feel, but to control movement. In this entertaining, data-rich talk he gives us a glimpse into how the brain creates the grace and agility of human motion.

TED: Anna Mracek Dietrich: A plane you can drive - Anna Mracek Dietrich (2011) Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:22:05 +0000
A flying car -- it's an iconic image of the future. But after 100 years of flight and automotive engineering, no one has really cracked the problem. Pilot Anna Mracek Dietrich and her team flipped the question, asking: Why not build a plane that you can drive?

TED: Paul Zak: Trust, morality -- and oxytocin - Paul Zak (2011) Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:53:41 +0000
What drives our desire to behave morally? Neuroeconomist Paul Zak shows why he believes oxytocin (he calls it "the moral molecule") is responsible for trust, empathy and other feelings that help build a stable society.

TED: Hasan Elahi: FBI, here I am! - Hasan Elahi (2011) Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:15:48 +0000
After he ended up on a watch list by accident, Hasan Elahi was advised by his local FBI agents to let them know when he was traveling. He did that and more ... much more.

TED: Béatrice Coron: Stories cut from paper - Béatrice Coron (2011) Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:50:56 +0000
With scissors and paper, artist Béatrice Coron creates intricate worlds, cities and countries, heavens and hells. Striding onstage in a glorious cape cut from Tyvek, she describes her creative process and the way her stories develop from snips and slices.

TED: Jay Bradner: Open-source cancer research - Jay Bradner (2011) Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:24:40 +0000
How does cancer know it's cancer? At Jay Bradner's lab, they found a molecule that might hold the answer, JQ1 -- and instead of patenting JQ1, they published their findings and mailed samples to 40 other labs to work on. An inspiring look at the open-source future of medical research.

TED: Malcolm Gladwell: The strange tale of the Norden bombsight - Malcolm Gladwell (2011) Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:21:28 +0000
Master storyteller Malcolm Gladwell tells the tale of the Norden bombsight, a groundbreaking piece of World War II technology with a deeply unexpected result.

TED: Richard Wilkinson: How economic inequality harms societies - Richard Wilkinson (2011) Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:05:36 +0000
We feel instinctively that societies with huge income gaps are somehow going wrong. Richard Wilkinson charts the hard data on economic inequality, and shows what gets worse when rich and poor are too far apart: real effects on health, lifespan, even such basic values as trust.

TED: Nathalie Miebach: Art made of storms - Nathalie Miebach (2011) Fri, 21 Oct 2011 15:17:54 +0000
Artist Nathalie Miebach takes weather data from massive storms and turns it into complex sculptures that embody the forces of nature and time. These sculptures then become musical scores for a string quartet to play.

TED: Todd Kuiken: A prosthetic arm that "feels" - Todd Kuiken (2011) Thu, 20 Oct 2011 15:09:49 +0000
Physiatrist and engineer Todd Kuiken is building a prosthetic arm that connects with the human nervous system -- improving motion, control and even feeling. Onstage, patient Amanda Kitts helps demonstrate this next-gen robotic arm.

TED: Guy-Philippe Goldstein: How cyberattacks threaten real-world peace - Guy-Philippe Goldstein (2010) Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:27:46 +0000
More and more, nations are waging attacks with cyber weapons -- silent strikes on another country's computer systems that leave behind no trace. (Think of the Stuxnet worm.) At TEDxParis, Guy-Philippe Goldstein shows how cyberattacks can leap between the digital and physical worlds to prompt armed conflict -- and how we might avert this global security hazard.

TED: Justin Hall-Tipping: Freeing energy from the grid - Justin Hall-Tipping (2011) Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:48:59 +0000
What would happen if we could generate power from our windowpanes? In this moving talk, entrepreneur Justin Hall-Tipping shows the materials that could make that possible, and how questioning our notion of 'normal' can lead to extraordinary breakthroughs.

TED: Bunker Roy: Learning from a barefoot movement - Bunker Roy (2011) Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:08:51 +0000
In Rajasthan, India, an extraordinary school teaches rural women and men -- many of them illiterate -- to become solar engineers, artisans, dentists and doctors in their own villages. It's called the Barefoot College, and its founder, Bunker Roy, explains how it works.

TED: Jae Rhim Lee: My mushroom burial suit - Jae Rhim Lee (2011) Fri, 14 Oct 2011 15:15:32 +0000
Here's a powerful provocation from artist Jae Rhim Lee. Can we commit our bodies to a cleaner, greener Earth, even after death? Naturally -- using a special burial suit seeded with pollution-gobbling mushrooms. Yes, this just might be the strangest TEDTalk you'll ever see ...

TED: Pamela Meyer: How to spot a liar - Pamela Meyer (2011) Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:34:53 +0000
On any given day we're lied to from 10 to 200 times, and the clues to detect those lie can be subtle and counter-intuitive. Pamela Meyer, author of Liespotting, shows the manners and "hotspots" used by those trained to recognize deception -- and she argues honesty is a value worth preserving.

TED: Ian Ritchie: The day I turned down Tim Berners-Lee - Ian Ritchie (2011) Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:17:11 +0000
Imagine it's late 1990, and you've just met a nice young man named Tim Berners-Lee, who starts telling you about his proposed system called the World Wide Web. Ian Ritchie was there. And ... he didn't buy it. A short story about information, connectivity and learning from mistakes.

TED: Richard Seymour: How beauty feels - Richard Seymour (2011) Tue, 11 Oct 2011 15:12:48 +0000
A story, a work of art, a face, a designed object -- how do we tell that something is beautiful? And why does it matter so much to us? Designer Richard Seymour explores our response to beauty and the surprising power of objects that exhibit it.

TED: Alison Gopnik: What do babies think? - Alison Gopnik (2011) Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:12:56 +0000
"Babies and young children are like the R&D division of the human species," says psychologist Alison Gopnik. Her research explores the sophisticated intelligence-gathering and decision-making that babies are really doing when they play.

TED: Charles Hazlewood: Trusting the ensemble - Charles Hazlewood (2011) Fri, 07 Oct 2011 15:25:56 +0000
Conductor Charles Hazlewood talks about the role of trust in musical leadership -- then shows how it works, as he conducts the Scottish Ensemble onstage. He also shares clips from two musical projects: the opera "U-Carmen eKhayelitsha" and the ParaOrchestra.

TED: Mike Biddle: We can recycle plastic - Mike Biddle (2011) Thu, 06 Oct 2011 15:10:03 +0000
Less than 10% of plastic trash is recycled -- compared to almost 90% of metals -- because of the massively complicated problem of finding and sorting the different kinds. Frustrated by this waste, Mike Biddle has developed a cheap and incredibly energy efficient plant that can, and does, recycle any kind of plastic.

TED: Graham Hill: Less stuff, more happiness - Graham Hill (2011) Wed, 05 Oct 2011 15:08:50 +0000
Writer and designer Graham Hill asks: Can having less stuff, in less room, lead to more happiness? He makes the case for taking up less space, and lays out three rules for editing your life.

TED: Christoph Adami: Finding life we can't imagine - Christoph Adami (2011) Tue, 04 Oct 2011 14:31:14 +0000
How do we search for alien life if it's nothing like the life that we know? At TEDxUIUC Christoph Adami shows how he uses his research into artificial life -- self-replicating computer programs -- to find a signature, a 'biomarker,' that is free of our preconceptions of what life is.

TED: Yang Lan: The generation that's remaking China - Yang Lan (2011) Mon, 03 Oct 2011 15:03:21 +0000
Yang Lan, a journalist and entrepreneur who's been called "the Oprah of China," offers insight into the next generation of young Chinese citizens -- urban, connected (via microblogs) and alert to injustice.

TED: Ben Goldacre: Battling bad science - Ben Goldacre (2011) Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:20:49 +0000
Every day there are news reports of new health advice, but how can you know if they're right? Doctor and epidemiologist Ben Goldacre shows us, at high speed, the ways evidence can be distorted, from the blindingly obvious nutrition claims to the very subtle tricks of the pharmaceutical industry.

TED: Jarreth Merz: Filming democracy in Ghana - Jarreth Merz (2011) Wed, 28 Sep 2011 15:13:24 +0000
Jarreth Merz, a Swiss-Ghanaian filmmaker, came to Ghana in 2008 to film the national elections. What he saw there taught him new lessons about democracy -- and about himself.

TED: Geoff Mulgan: A short intro to the Studio School - Geoff Mulgan (2011) Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:18:07 +0000
Some kids learn by listening; others learn by doing. Geoff Mulgan gives a short introduction to the Studio School, a new kind of school in the UK where small teams of kids learn by working on projects that are, as Mulgan puts it, "for real."

TED: Abraham Verghese: A doctor's touch - Abraham Verghese (2011) Mon, 26 Sep 2011 13:40:05 +0000
Modern medicine is in danger of losing a powerful, old-fashioned tool: human touch. Physician and writer Abraham Verghese describes our strange new world where patients are merely data points, and calls for a return to the traditional one-on-one physical exam.

TED: Sunni Brown: Doodlers, unite! - Sunni Brown (2011) Fri, 23 Sep 2011 13:43:20 +0000
Studies show that sketching and doodling improve our comprehension -- and our creative thinking. So why do we still feel embarrassed when we're caught doodling in a meeting? Sunni Brown says: Doodlers, unite! She makes the case for unlocking your brain via pad and pen.

TED: Elizabeth Murchison: Fighting a contagious cancer - Elizabeth Murchison (2011) Thu, 22 Sep 2011 15:18:02 +0000
What is killing the Tasmanian devil? A virulent cancer is infecting them by the thousands -- and unlike most cancers, it's contagious. Researcher Elizabeth Murchison tells us how she's fighting to save the Taz, and what she's learning about all cancers from this unusual strain. Contains disturbing images of facial cancer.

TED: Amy Lockwood: Selling condoms in the Congo - Amy Lockwood (2011) Wed, 21 Sep 2011 15:24:41 +0000
HIV is a serious problem in the DR Congo, and aid agencies have flooded the country with free and cheap condoms. But few people are using them. Why? "Reformed marketer" Amy Lockwood offers a surprising answer that upends a traditional model of philanthropy. (Some NSFW images.)

TED: What we learned from 5 million books - Jean-Baptiste Michel / Erez Lieberman Aiden (2011) Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:38:56 +0000
Have you played with Google Labs' Ngram Viewer? It's an addicting tool that lets you search for words and ideas in a database of 5 million books from across centuries. Erez Lieberman Aiden and Jean-Baptiste Michel show us how it works, and a few of the surprising things we can learn from 500 billion words.

TED: Niall Ferguson: The 6 killer apps of prosperity - Niall Ferguson (2011) Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:07:04 +0000
Over the past few centuries, Western cultures have been very good at creating general prosperity for themselves. Historian Niall Ferguson asks: Why the West, and less so the rest? He suggests half a dozen big ideas from Western culture -- call them the 6 killer apps -- that promote wealth, stability and innovation. And in this new century, he says, these apps are all shareable.

TED: Lauren Zalaznick: The conscience of television - Lauren Zalaznick (2010) Fri, 16 Sep 2011 15:12:27 +0000
TV executive Lauren Zalaznick thinks deeply about pop television. Sharing results of a bold study that tracks attitudes against TV ratings over five decades, she makes a case that television reflects who we truly are -- in ways we might not have expected.

TED: Richard Resnick: Welcome to the genomic revolution - Richard Resnick (2011) Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:32:07 +0000
In this accessible talk from TEDxBoston, Richard Resnick shows how cheap and fast genome sequencing is about to turn health care (and insurance, and politics) upside down.

TED: Kate Hartman: The art of wearable communication - Kate Hartman (2011) Wed, 14 Sep 2011 15:02:32 +0000
Artist Kate Hartman uses wearable electronics to explore how we communicate, with ourselves and with the world. In this quirky and thought-provoking talk, she shows the "Talk to Yourself Hat", the "Inflatable Heart", the "Glacier Embracing Suit", and other unexpected devices.

TED: Misha Glenny: Hire the hackers! - Misha Glenny (2011) Tue, 13 Sep 2011 14:45:59 +0000
Despite multibillion-dollar investments in cybersecurity, one of its root problems has been largely ignored: who are the people who write malicious code? Underworld investigator Misha Glenny profiles several convicted coders from around the world and reaches a startling conclusion.

TED: Yasheng Huang: Does democracy stifle economic growth? - Yasheng Huang (2011) Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:44:18 +0000
Economist Yasheng Huang compares China to India, and asks how China's authoritarian rule contributed to its astonishing economic growth -- leading to a big question: Is democracy actually holding India back? Huang's answer may surprise you.

TED: Raghava KK: Shake up your story - Raghava KK (2011) Fri, 09 Sep 2011 15:27:37 +0000
Artist Raghava KK demos his new children's book for iPad with a fun feature: when you shake it, the story -- and your perspective -- changes. In this charming short talk, he invites all of us to shake up our perspective a little bit.

TED: Lee Cronin: Making matter come alive - Lee Cronin (2011) Thu, 08 Sep 2011 15:05:37 +0000
Before life existed on Earth, there was just matter, inorganic dead "stuff." How improbable is it that life arose? And -- could it use a different type of chemistry? Using an elegant definition of life (anything that can evolve), chemist Lee Cronin is exploring this question by attempting to create a fully inorganic cell using a "Lego kit" of inorganic molecules -- no carbon -- that can assemble, replicate and compete.

TED: Sarah Kaminsky: My father the forger - Sarah Kaminsky (2010) Wed, 07 Sep 2011 01:01:00 +0000
Sarah Kaminsky tells the extraordinary story of her father Adolfo and his activity during World War II -- using his ingenuity and talent for forgery to save lives.

TED: Edward Tenner: Unintended consequences - Edward Tenner (2011) Tue, 06 Sep 2011 14:37:23 +0000
Every new invention changes the world -- in ways both intentional and unexpected. Historian Edward Tenner tells stories that illustrate the under-appreciated gap between our ability to innovate and our ability to foresee the consequences.

TED: Joan Halifax: Compassion and the true meaning of empathy - Joan Halifax (2010) Fri, 02 Sep 2011 15:52:04 +0000
Buddhist roshi Joan Halifax works with people at the last stage of life (in hospice and on death row). She shares what she's learned about compassion in the face of death and dying, and a deep insight into the nature of empathy.

TED: Skylar Tibbits: Can we make things that make themselves? - Skylar Tibbits (2011) Thu, 01 Sep 2011 15:29:02 +0000
MIT researcher Skylar Tibbits works on self-assembly -- the idea that instead of building something (a chair, a skyscraper), we can create materials that build themselves, much the way a strand of DNA zips itself together. It's a big concept at early stages; Tibbits shows us three in-the-lab projects that hint at what a self-assembling future might look like.

TED: Julia Bacha: Pay attention to nonviolence - Julia Bacha (2011) Wed, 31 Aug 2011 15:10:16 +0000
In 2003, the Palestinian village of Budrus mounted a 10-month-long nonviolent protest to stop a barrier being built across their olive groves. Did you hear about it? Didn't think so. Brazilian filmmaker Julia Bacha asks why we only pay attention to violence in the Israel-Palestine conflict -- and not to the nonviolent leaders who may one day bring peace.

TED: Svante Pääbo: DNA clues to our inner neanderthal - Svante Pääbo (2011) Tue, 30 Aug 2011 15:14:56 +0000
Sharing the results of a massive, worldwide study, geneticist Svante Pääbo shows the DNA proof that early humans mated with Neanderthals after we moved out of Africa. (Yes, many of us have Neanderthal DNA.) He also shows how a tiny bone from a baby finger was enough to identify a whole new humanoid species.

TED: Dan Ariely: Beware conflicts of interest - Dan Ariely (2011) Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:29:34 +0000
In this short talk, psychologist Dan Ariely tells two personal stories that explore scientific conflict of interest: How the pursuit of knowledge and insight can be affected, consciously or not, by shortsighted personal goals. When we're thinking about the big questions, he reminds us, let's be aware of our all-too-human brains.

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Jens Georg: FOSDEM 2012 Talk Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:21:05 +0000
Here are my slides to the short talk I did today about Rygel here at FOSDEM.

Stuart Langridge: It's cold outside Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:41:34 +0000
You're gonna catch a cold From the ice inside your soul Christina Perri — Jar of Hearts I bet at four o'clock this morning you weren't in a police station. Or, at least, if you were I bet you were drunk and I bet it wasn't voluntary. After the usual Friday night poor showing from my local pub (people who follow me on twitter will be aware that the torture of watching a hundred people think they're affirming their lives by singing Mr Brightside at the top of their voices is a regular part of my balance ...

Jasper St. Pierre: GJS Improvements Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:07:23 +0000
Myself, Giovanni Campagna as well as Colin Walters have all been working hard trying to make GJS somewhat of a competitor to PyGObject, being a full introspection stack for the GNOME Desktop Environment. Rather than give you a bunch of history, let me just give you a quick taste. There’s much more to the landing than this, such as implementing your own signals, properties, as well as implementing interfaces, but it will take me a few days to come up with an exciting example that fully showcases the power ...

Karen Sandler: In Brussels! Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:40:10 +0000
I’ve arrived safely and soundly in Brussels for FOSDEM, despite a weird back injury (I didn’t know you could get those from sneezing…) I’ve had a nice time talking to folks already, even if I’ve gotten a couple of rants about GNOME. There’s been some really great positive discussion too. I’m excited for the Legal Issues devroom I’m cohosting with Tom, Bradley and Richard and also for the Crossdesktop devroom. I’ll also try to hang around the GNOME booth. Please come and say hi. See you ...

Nirbheek Chauhan: An unintended gem about usability Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:35:00 +0000
<UU> Somedays, I think why can't we have computers which just work.<UU> But then I remember that I am a Computer Scientist.<UU> So, yeah, I guess I understand why.<Nirbheek> :DQuite related to GNOME, really.

Ian McIntosh: Zoom H1 firmware update 2.0 adds USB Digital Audio support in Linux Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:50:37 +0000
I’m so happy about this added functionality! I want to publicly thank Zoom for such a great free update. The Zoom H1 makes super high quality recordings, and now also serves as a high quality digital audio mic while connected to a Linux computer. Performing the Zoom H1 version 1.x to 2.0 upgrade in Linux In short, this fails. Something about writing the H1MAIN.bin to the Fat32 file system in Linux causes the very brittle upgrade process to fail. It will notice the file and begin the process, and end w ...

Jani Monoses: Recent misc likes Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:53:00 +0000
Even though some of these tools have been around for years, I have only recently started using them.* byobu - nicer than plain screen with good defaults, for example key binding for scrolling is like in a regular terminal.* sbuild - nicer than pbuilder, defaults to overlay directory instead of tarball, hence fast by default, nice colors, build summary. I have heard about it for a long time, but the recent mention during Ubuntu devel week made me curious. It is friendlier now - no need for LVM snapshots. htt ...

Murray Cumming: Openismus at FOSDEM 2012 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:07:45 +0000
A few Openismus people will be at FOSDEM In Brussels this weekend. FOSDEM is always a great conference, but I can’t be there myself as my travel is generally limited by the need to take care of my kids. Michael Hasselmann and Jon Nordby are both giving talks about the Maliit input method framework, as seen on the N9. We are eager to find customers who need our help to integrate and improve this only real choice for an open-source on-screen keyboard. So we hope that some people of influence take the oppor ...

Bryen Yunashko: Name that event! Poll for openSUSE Event in Florida Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:54:44 +0000
As promised, the poll to name the openSUSE event to be held in Orlando, FL September 21-23, 2012 is now online.  Please vote before February 11th! Naming Poll And as always, if you want to get involved in planning, please visit our planning page. Thanks! Bryen M Yunashko

Jordi Mallach: FOSDEM 2012 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:22:32 +0000
In a few hours, I'll be flying to Brussels with Ivan, for a new edition of FOSDEM, undoubtedly the best Free Software conference in Europe. I'm looking forward to hang out with Debian, GNOME and #dudes people, as well as to explore some other quiet and cool spots in the city with our hosts Raül and Vir. I'll probably be around the CrossDistro and CrossDesktop rooms most of the time, but before that I'll be at the Delirium café not long after landing in Brussels. For someone who doesn't enjoy cold weather ...

Johannes Schmid: What’s up? Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:05:11 +0000
So as usual I need an excuse for not blogging for so long. This times it’s work, moving to Berlin and some other things. Anjuta While I haven’t contributed that much code in that cycle apart from minor bug-fixing there have been a couple of nice contributions: Sébastien Granjoux did amazing work to improve our project management which is now much easier to use and more powerful Marco Diego Aurélio Mesquita (what a name) improved the glade integration by allowing to automatically connect widgets and ...

Michael Meeks: 2012-02-03: Friday Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:34:08 +0000
Up early, breakfast, onto Easy Hackery slides, nasty head cold catching me with a vengance. Italo published a beautiful FOSDEM infographic which he has been building.

Martin Pitt: PackageKit/aptdaemon “what-provides” plugin support Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:06:59 +0000
PackageKit has a “WhatProvides” API for mapping distribution independent concepts to particular package names. For example, you could ask “which packages provide a decoder for AC3 audio files? $ pkcon what-provides "gstreamer0.10(decoder-audio/ac3)" [...] Installed gstreamer0.10-plugins-good-0.10.30.2-2ubuntu2.amd64 GStreamer plugins from the "good" set Available gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-0.10.18-3ubuntu4.amd64 GStreamer plugins from the "ugly" set This is the kind of question your video play ...

Luis Villa: The license term smorgasbord: copyleft, share-alike, reciprocal, viral, or hereditary? Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:39:44 +0000
I microblogged (diaspora, identica, twitter) the following statement a few weeks ago: First new year’s resolution, 10 days late: I will use ‘hereditary license’ any time I am tempted to say ‘viral license.’ Surprisingly, this generated quite a few responses (on identica and elsewhere)- some people liked it, but many people had their own alternative to propose. So here are some longer-form thoughts. There are four primary options that I am aware of when trying to find a one-word term for open sour ...

John Palmieri: Well hello OpenShift Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:25:42 +0000
I haven’t blogged lately. For some reason since the popularization of Facebook posts and tweets, my ability to write more than a few coherent sentences have greatly diminished. Perhaps it is just me getting old but change is what change does and a lot of change has happened recently. The biggest recent change is me getting a promotion to Senior Software Engineer and moving from the Fedora team to the OpenShift team inside of Red Hat. Yes, I have traded Beefy Miracles for Space Pandas and I think the ...

Bryen Yunashko: Moving Along for Florida’s openSUSE Event Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:10:36 +0000
As some of you may have noticed, SUSE will have their SUSECon event in Orlando, Florida this coming September.  And because SUSE recognizes the importance of the openSUSE Community, they have graciously granted space for us to have our own conference of sorts immediately after SUSECon. So, yesterday we had our kickoff meeting to start planning our event.   We have yet to have an official name for it but we will be launching a poll tomorrow on our Connect site to see which name most people like.  Stay t ...

Natan Yellin: VLC Illegal Under ACTA? Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:06:29 +0000
VLC  uses libdvdcss and ignores region codes, a copyright mechanism designed for the sole purpose of fucking consumers and the primary reason why I will never ever purchase DVDs. From the final version of ACTA: 5. Each Party shall provide adequate legal protection and effective legal remedies against the circumvention of effective technological measures that are used by authors, performers or producers of phonograms in connection with the exercise of their rights in, and that restrict acts in respect ...

Michael Meeks: 2012-02-02: Thursday Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:00:00 +0000
Up earlyish, attempted to catch the train to Cambridge, drove instead, slideware on the train to Kings Cross. More happy hacking on the Eurostar. Off to meet up with some Mozilla hackers at a beautiful co-working space. Caught up with JP, Julian Seward, Taras Gleck & met a host of others. Out for dinner.

Christy Eller: Gotta get git Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:20:13 +0000
Two more big weeks at GNOME, and Marina has reminded me that my internship is already halfway over.  This made me sad, until I remembered I don’t have to leave… ever! These weeks were full: Allan Day, Sri and I had a successful meeting using Google hangout, where we discussed the redesign of news.gnome.org, a restructuring of the news process, and tried on reindeer disguises. We couldn’t help but be impressed with the hangout, which worked perfectly with our 3 different operating systems. Since the ...

Jean-François Fortin Tam: Aventuras en Málaga y Ronda Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:37:13 +0000
Last week was a blast. Spending a couple of days working on Pitivi fulltime and meeting with the awesome GStreamer folks again was a thrilling experience. Not only that, but it happened in the beautiful city of Málaga. Coming from Montréal, I’m still a bit shocked at the sight of people wearing coats, scarves and tuques in broad daylight at +15°C. Hell, the weather in Malaga was so consistently mild that even if we were in the middle of January, in the morning I went outside straight from the show ...

Friedel Wolff: Survey about the usability of Virtaal Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:38:09 +0000
A student at the University of Mainz in Germany, Almana Mukabenova, is doing some research on the usability of the translation tool Virtaal. She prepared a questionnaire for the purposes of her master's thesis: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NV9YFJR I'm very interested to see what comes out of this, and want to encourage all users of Virtaal (past and present, serious and casual) to take part if they can.

Antigoni Papantoni: Gstreamer HackFest 2012 in Malaga Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:13:00 +0000
Last week, I attended the GStreamer HackFest in Malaga and it turned out to be a very good decision to be there! First of all, I got to meet my two mentors for the OPW (Jeff and Thibault) and Edward, who first started PiTiVi and work closely with them for 3 days. Also, I got to meet a lot of people working on the porting of several applications to GStreamer 0.11. It was a great HackFest and I thank all the people that made it happen.Working closely with the other PiTiVi team members, offered me the opportun ...

Henri Bergius: Open Mobile Linux, this Saturday in FOSDEM Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:09:03 +0000
As mentioned in the earlier call for presentations, we're running a track on Open Mobile Linux in FOSDEM this Saturday. Room AW1.120 at the ULB campus in Brussels. From the CfP: Our primary goal is to facilitate meetups, collaboration and awareness between different projects and communities within Open Mobile Linux and provide a place to present directions, ideas and your projects themselves. By Open Mobile Linux we mean any open source projects revolving around typical non-desktop/server Linux, such ...

Bradley M. Kuhn: Some Basic Thoughts on GPL Enforcement Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:07:03 +0000
I've had the interesting pleasure the last 36 hours to watch people debate something that's been a major part of my life's work for the last thirteen years. I'm admittedly proud of myself for entirely resisting the urge to dive into the comment threads, and I don't think it would be all that useful to do so. Mostly, I believe my work stands on its own, and people can make their judgments and disagree if they like (as a few have) or spe ...

Kasia Bondarava: Localization. Which tools to use Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:31:00 +0000
Hi all! :)At the last OPW interns meeting I was asked which application I use for my localization activity, and why. A few weeks ago I’ve experienced Virtaal (the application I use) hanging, so I’ve tried to install some other applications and see how they would work for my workflow.Below you can find a brief overview of some open-source applications available for localization.poEditpoEdit is a very simple gettext editor with a minimal set of features.Pros:Automatic translation is possible with a datab ...

Benjamin Otte: Google is killing Free Software Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:39:20 +0000
Now that I got your attention with the catchy title, lemme rephrase that in a somewhat longer sentence: Google is the greatest danger to the Free Software movement at the current time. I’m not sure I should presume intent because of Hanlon’s razor, but a lot of smart people concerned about Free Software work at Google, so they should at least be aware of it. The first problem I have with Google is that they are actively working on making the world of Free Software a worse place. The best example for ...

Stormy Peters: How to foster productive online conversations: Mozilla Conductors Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:40:54 +0000
When I first started using email, I had a part time job in the computer science department at Rice University. A new grad student joined the department and a few days after he started, I noticed it was his birthday. Knowing he was unlikely to know many people in town, I sent him an email that said, “HAPPY BIRTHDAY” all spelled out in big letters made out of asterisks. He wrote me back “Thanks a lot”. Now in my world, “Thanks a lot” was always said “Thanks a *lot*” with a slightly sarcastic ...

Ted Gould: Procmail vs. Launchpad Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:22:28 +0000
Launchpad users know that it can send quite a bit of e-mail. Okay, a LOT of e-mail. There has been effort on the Launchpad side of things to add controls to set the amount of Launchpad e-mail you get. But for some of us, even getting the mail that you need results in a fair amount of Launchpad mail. In playing with my procmail config for Launchpad mail I stumbled on this little feature that I love, and thought I'd share, as it's cleaned up my mail a lot. The secret rule is: :0: * ^X-launchpad-bug: ...

Andy Wingo: eval, that spectral hound Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:33:49 +0000
Friends, I am not a free man. Eval has been my companion of late, a hellhound on my hack-trail. I give you two instances.the howl of the-environment, across the agesAs legend has it, in the olden days, Aubrey Jaffer, the duke of SCM, introduced low-level FEXPR-like macros into his Scheme implementation. These allowed users to capture the lexical environment: (define the-environment (procedure->syntax (lambda (exp env) env))) Tom Lord inherited this cursed bequest from Jaffer, when he establi ...

Jim Gettys: Bufferbloat demonstration videos Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:24:22 +0000
If people have heard of bufferbloat at all, it is usually just an abstraction despite having personal experience with it. Bufferbloat can occur in your operating system, your home router, your broadband gear, wireless, and almost anywhere in the Internet.  They still think that if experience poor Internet speed means they must need more bandwidth, and take vast speed variation for granted. Sometimes, adding bandwidth can actually hurt rather than help. Most people have no idea what they can do about buffe ...

Patricia Santana Cruz: PackageKit in Cheese Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:36:00 +0000
As I already mentioned in one of my last posts, the sharing functionality in Cheese uses nautilus-sendto, which is a runtime dependency, and we wanted to do it our best to let the user/developer/maintainer know about it:  1. By checking the dependency at configure time.   2. By writing a comment in the README file.  3. By using PackageKit to install the package at runtime. If the package is not installed, and the user tries to use the sharing functionality, PackageKit will be used to install it at runti ...

Stefan Westerfeld: 01.02.2012 bfsync: the journey from SQLite to Berkeley DB Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:20:06 +0000
My software for keeping a collection of files synchronized on many computers, bfsync, is perfect in the current stable release if the number of files in the collection is small (at most a few 100000 files). But since I’ve always wanted to use it for backups, too, this is not enough. I blogged about my scalability issues before, and the recommendation was: use Berkeley DB instead of SQLite for the database. And so I started porting my code to Berkeley DB. I can now report that its quite a journey to take ...

Youness Alaoui: How the ECDSA algorithm works Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:10:34 +0000
To popular demand, I have decided to try and explain how the ECDSA algorithm works. I’ve been struggling a bit to understand it properly and while I found a lot of documentation about it, I haven’t really found any “ECDSA for newbies” anywhere. So I thought it would be good to explain in simple terms how it works so others can learn from my research. I have found some websites that explain the basic principles but nowhere near enough to actually understand it, others that explains things without an ...

Mario Sanchez Prada: Back to FOSDEM Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:20:16 +0000
So it seems I’m going to FOSDEM this year (yay!), together with a bunch of other Igalians who will be attending as well, coming from different places from across the globe (well, mainly from Europe this time). I know some people will probably disagree with me on this, but for me FOSDEM is one of the greatest events of this kind, and so I’m quite happy to go there this time, specially after not being able to attend last year due to some unexpected (and unavoidable) personal matters. Opposite to other o ...

Colin Walters: GNOME as a platform Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:09:55 +0000
In the previous post, I discussed platforms and their relationship to “projects” and “products”. While I was writing it, I had in mind an old blog post from Havoc. It took me a while to find it…can’t believe it’s been 6 years. Anyways, you should go and read that post before continuing. Here’s the link again. What I’d like to argue – and most of you probably agree – is that GNOME shouldn’t explicitly take the “building block” or “platform” approach. There are multiple r ...

Jesse van den Kieboom: Avahi on fedora Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:20:32 +0000
I have been frustrated by avahi apparently not working properly on Fedora. Turned out I just had to disable the firewall… One more thing fedora could polish…

Sophia Yu: How do I set up my Vala IDE in Vim Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:24:48 +0000
Today I want to share how I set my Vim for Vala coding. It is not a fully-loaded IDE but it works for me very well. Hopefully it will help you too. First I would like to show a screenshot of Vim session when I’m hacking GNOME Gnames: Gnomine. It shows basically three awesome Vim plugins (Tagbar, Fuzzyfinder and Nerdtree) and the terminal multiplexer, Tmux. For those are not familiar with the plugins, Tagbar shows the class variables, functions, etc for easy jumping. Nerdtree is a file explorer. Fuzzyfind ...

Andrea Veri: A few useful Puppet snippets Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:52:39 +0000
I’ve been playing with Puppet lately both on my home network and within the Fedora’s Infrastructure team and I thought some of the work I did might be useful for anyone out there being stuck with a Puppet’s manifest or an ERB template. Snippet #1: Make sure the user ‘foo’ is alwais created with its own home directory, password, shell, and full name. class users { users::add { "foo": username => 'foo', comment => 'Foo's Full Name', shell =& ...

Frederic Peters: Commit Digests Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:38:17 +0000
After several months on hiatus, then some January evenings to process the backlog, I am happy to have the commit digests back to the present day. What now? I'll try to get back to the weekly updates, whatever the weather. Of course you can help; whenever you see a noteworthy commit, whenever you make a noteworthy commit, just send me an email, or ping me on IRC, this will help me, and could also bring other perspectives on what constitutes a “noteworthy” commit. And if you love the commit digests, if y ...

Stormy Peters: How to hire an Executive Director Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:40:17 +0000
When I told the GNOME Foundation Board of Directors that I was leaving my job as executive director, I told them my number one priority was to hire my replacement. Before I was hired, the GNOME Foundation went through a long period without an executive director and I wanted to make sure that didn’t happen again. At the Boston Summit, there was actually some discussion about whether they wanted another executive director or whether they could hire more specialized individuals for particular tasks. For nu ...

Andiswa Mvanyashe: The love of work overcomes all problems Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:38:00 +0000
I do not want to lie I had some few problems with my computer since the Gnome internship. For instance the other day I was working and I experienced power failure. When I had to open my computer it showed that I must repair system files.I panicked a bit but I thought to myself I am not the first person to experience this problem. I Googled the answer in my BlackBerry mobile device. I found the answer that I should type: “blkid followed by this command: fsck -y /dev/sda2 and then type exi ...

Andiswa Mvanyashe: Planning week 30-Jan to 3rd February 2012 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:55:00 +0000
This week I will be focusing on documentation (help file). I will focus on the help files on Mallard Format. Help files of the files I have already translated. I will focus on one document at a time cause leaving a file half way and jump to another one does not help. The one file that I am about to finish with its software translated is Cheese which I reserved earl yer this month although I was working with some other files. cheese master Cheese is a program to take pictures and vide ...

Christophe Fergeau: Going to FOSDEM! Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:24:00 +0000
This is this time of the year again, FOSDEM will take place in Brussels next week-end. This is one of my favourite free software event, lots of interesting talks, lots of interesting people, and lots of energy everywhere. This year, it looks like it will be the best FOSDEM ever! More devrooms, more than 400 talks, more everything!I've helped again organizing the crossdesktop devroom. Among these talks, I can only recommend the gnome-boxes presentation that Marc-André and Zeeshan will be giving :) While I' ...

Joaquim Rocha: (Hopefully) Going to FOSDEM 2012 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:35:56 +0000
Most of you might have heard about the sudden “death” of the airline Spanair. I had never known of an airline stopping its planes on the same day it announces it’s rupture. Several colleagues of mine in Igalia were affected by the events and guess with whom some of us (mostly Igalians based at Coruña) were flying to Brussels? That’s right… Fortunately yesterday we bought new flights and decided to try to get the reimbursement for the cancelled ones later. This means that thanks to Igalia: I had ...

Sophia Yu: Gnome Gnomine has a new look Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:24:44 +0000
I’m very glad today since My patch to the bug has been accepted which removes the status bar and put everything else into the toolbar. Hopefully in the coming Gnome release you will see a new look of Gnome Gnomine. Thanks for the reviews from Robert! Here is the preview:

Jordi Mallach: GNOME Shell 3.2 in wheezy: a retrospective Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:07:24 +0000
When you read this, GNOME Shell 3.2 will (hopefully!) have finally transitioned to Debian’s testing suite. Planet GNOME readers might think Debian now has outdated versions of software even in their development versions, or the distribution’s development marches at glacial pace. Wheezy GNOME users will finally have a Shell that matches the rest of their GNOME components, something that works with the Shell extensions website and much less problems and limitations compared to 3.0.2. The reality is tha ...

Jono Bacon: Severed Fifth Release Party this Friday in San Francisco Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:38:56 +0000
Can’t see the video? Watch it here. Just a quick note to let you know that this Friday, 3rd February in San Francisco we will be having the Severed Fifth CD Release Party. The new album ‘Liberate’ was funded by donations from the Severed Fifth community and will be released soon under a Creative Commons license. As such, on Friday we will be releasing the album at Cafe Cocomo, 650 Indiana St, San Francisco, CA where we will perform a full, live set of the new record. We will also be supported by Ul ...

Matthew Garrett: The ongoing fight against GPL enforcement Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:54:06 +0000
GPL enforcement is a surprisingly difficult task. It's not just a matter of identifying an infringement - you need to make sure you have a copyright holder on your side, spend some money sending letters asking people to come into compliance, spend more money initiating a suit, spend even more money encouraging people to settle, spend yet more money actually taking them to court and then maybe, at the end, you have some source code. One of the (tiny) number of groups involved in doing this is the Software F ...

Ruben Vermeersch: Awesome details Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:22:57 +0000
I like small details in software. Here’s a nice one I spotted the other day: The Amazon Kindle app for iPad changes its background depending on the hour of the day. It even has some very nice effects, for instance, when switching to the night view, a falling star flies by. Small details and nice polish shows your users that you care. Don’t be happy when it works, go the extra mile.

Stuart Langridge: A year goes past Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:47:46 +0000
Blimey, I've been doing these birthday posts for ten years. Today I am a year older. This particular day will be a subdued day; last weekend I spent with Niamh and Birmingham geeks (not at the same time), the previous one with my parents, so there's not actually a lot left to do on this actual birthday day. So I'm working, heh. When I first met Sam, I related the old joke about being able to say "eighteen happy years... and then I met her". Which was totally invalid since we only were eighteen. Today I c ...

Mukund Sivaraman: Interview of ColorHug maker, Richard Hughes Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:37:04 +0000
For a while now, I've wanted Banu to do interviews of makers of things with free and open designs. Being a fan of PingMag MAKE, it was apparent that there was a lot of hard work, learning, fun and satisfaction to be had in making. It's too bad that PingMag shutdown, but they still inspire. So when the ColorHug comes along—an open hardware product related to graphics—there's no better time to start interviewing. Solder when the iron's hot! The ColorHug is a colorimeter that can be used to calibrate com ...

Andrew Cowie: My sound hardware didn’t vanish, honest Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:24:47 +0000
I’ve been having intermittent problems with sound not working. Usually restarting (ie, killing) PulseAudio has done the trick but today it was even worse; the sound hardware mysteriously vanished from the Sound Settings capplet. Bog knows what’s up with that, but buried in “Sound Troubleshooting” I found “Getting ALSA to work after suspend / hibernate” which contains this nugget: The alsa “force-reload” command will kill all running programs using the sound driver so the driver itself ...

Emily Gonyer: Countdown to FOSDEM!! Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:10:04 +0000
The countdown has begun! Today, I am doing laundry, and cleaning out the fridge & the house just in general, in anticipation of our upcoming trip to Brussels & FOSDEM 2012! Kevin & I will be flying out of Columbus on thursday afternoon and thus arriving in Brussels, friday morning ~8am. Most of friday will be spent wandering around Brussels before attending the FOSDEM Beer Party that evening, FOSDEM on Saturday & Sunday, and then another day of exploring Belgium before flying back on Tuesday ...

Shaun McCance: Mallard Cheat Sheet Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:20:34 +0000
Mallard cheat sheet:

Christian Schaller: Summary of GStreamer Hackfest Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:07:47 +0000
So as I talked about in my last blog post we had a great GStreamer hackfest. A lot of things got done and quite a few applications got an initial port over to 0.11. For instance Edward Hervey ended up working on porting the Totem video player, or rather trying to come up with a more optimized design for the Clutter-gst as the basis port was already done. Another cool effort was by Philippe Normand from Igalia who put a lot of effort into porting WebKit to use 0.11. His efforts where rewarded with success ...

Jono Bacon: Python GTK Documentation Sat, 28 Jan 2012 19:23:42 +0000
After my recent blog post about the lack of Python GTK documentation since the new era of GIR bindings, I was delighted to find this awesome online documentation. I am certainly not presuming that this documentation was as a result of someone reading my blog post; I assume I didn’t see it online before, but thankyou to everyone who has contributed to it.

Bastien Nocera: Getting conned: eBay/Paypal fun Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:19:00 +0000
After seeing, this article about "How secure is Paypal for eBay sellers" in this morning's Guardian, I'll share my personal experience with you.In October, I sold my first generation MacBook Air on eBay, and got a buyer within a day for the £500 "Buy It Now" price. "Buy It Now" requires using Paypal, and the £500 (minus commission) appeared in my Paypal account¹. After a bit of to and fro, the buyer got in contact, and suggested that he come and pick it up. Saving about £30 of shipping, and sorting out ...

Colin Walters: Platforms as a side effect Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:54:37 +0000
What I want to talk about here is a simple statement that I believe to be true: The best platforms are written by the people who are forced to invent them as they make a product. Years ago I learned a bit about J2EE; never actually wrote an app using it, but enough to get a sense. I came away with the very strong impression that the people working on it were driven by committee, with managers in their respective contributing corporations telling them what to do. They weren’t the same people out in the ...

Lionel Dricot: FlattrStat, a small statistic tool for Flattr Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:17:12 +0000
I'm a big fan of Flattr. But I find it hard to have some statistics about your things that have been flattered. On my Flattr account, I receive flatts for both my blog and for Getting Things GNOME!. But I want to keep a clear separation. There are multiple persons now involved in GTG and they deserve part of the money (we will use that to buy beers at FOSDEM). Also, on my own blog, I was interested to know which posts where the more successful, speaking of revenue. I knew that, so far, this post had t ...

Mendy Meng: previous two weeks work on GTG Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:04:00 +0000
In these two weeks I continue my works on Google task syncing. In order to make it consistent with other backends, I break the authentication into three stage, add the pin request when authenticating. So in the first stage it will open the browser to ask for the allowance of syncing. Then the browser gives a code. After type the code in GTG and checking, finally the authentication succeed and the program start syncing.Another thing I did is fix the task content cannot shown in google tasks problem. All the ...

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USGS M 2.5+ Earthquakes

Real-time, worldwide earthquake list for the past day
Last feed update: February 04 2012 22:09:59.

M 5.3, Owen Fracture Zone region 2012-02-04T21:50:51Z
Saturday, February 4, 2012 21:50:51 UTCSunday, February 5, 2012 01:50:51 AM at epicenterDepth: 10.00 km (6.21 mi)

M 3.0, Central California 2012-02-04T21:36:28Z
Saturday, February 4, 2012 21:36:28 UTCSaturday, February 4, 2012 01:36:28 PM at epicenterDepth: 8.60 km (5.34 mi)

M 4.3, Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska 2012-02-04T21:09:18Z
Saturday, February 4, 2012 21:09:18 UTCSaturday, February 4, 2012 11:09:18 AM at epicenterDepth: 195.30 km (121.35 mi)

M 2.7, Southern Alaska 2012-02-04T20:12:50Z
Saturday, February 4, 2012 20:12:50 UTCSaturday, February 4, 2012 11:12:50 AM at epicenterDepth: 10.10 km (6.28 mi)

M 5.7, Vancouver Island, Canada region 2012-02-04T20:05:32Z
Saturday, February 4, 2012 20:05:32 UTCSaturday, February 4, 2012 12:05:32 PM at epicenterDepth: 12.80 km (7.95 mi)

M 4.8, near the coast of northern Iran 2012-02-04T20:04:13Z
Saturday, February 4, 2012 20:04:13 UTCSaturday, February 4, 2012 11:34:13 PM at epicenterDepth: 33.90 km (21.06 mi)

M 4.3, off the coast of Oregon 2012-02-04T19:34:34Z
Saturday, February 4, 2012 19:34:34 UTCSaturday, February 4, 2012 11:34:34 AM at epicenterDepth: 24.70 km (15.35 mi)

M 5.4, Samar, Philippines 2012-02-04T19:29:21Z
Saturday, February 4, 2012 19:29:21 UTCSunday, February 5, 2012 03:29:21 AM at epicenterDepth: 54.90 km (34.11 mi)

M 4.7, Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan 2012-02-04T19:22:30Z
Saturday, February 4, 2012 19:22:30 UTCSaturday, February 4, 2012 11:52:30 PM at epicenterDepth: 157.90 km (98.11 mi)

M 2.6, offshore Oregon 2012-02-04T19:08:44Z
Saturday, February 4, 2012 19:08:44 UTCSaturday, February 4, 2012 11:08:44 AM at epicenterDepth: 2.50 km (1.55 mi)

M 4.8, near the east coast of Honshu, Japan 2012-02-04T18:02:59Z
Saturday, February 4, 2012 18:02:59 UTCSunday, February 5, 2012 03:02:59 AM at epicenterDepth: 58.60 km (36.41 mi)

M 5.1, central Mid-Atlantic Ridge 2012-02-04T18:01:46Z
Saturday, February 4, 2012 18:01:46 UTCSaturday, February 4, 2012 04:01:46 PM at epicenterDepth: 13.50 km (8.39 mi)

M 5.2, Vanuatu 2012-02-04T17:45:29Z
Saturday, February 4, 2012 17:45:29 UTCSunday, February 5, 2012 04:45:29 AM at epicenterDepth: 16.40 km (10.19 mi)

M 4.6, Volcano Islands, Japan region 2012-02-04T16:12:38Z
Saturday, February 4, 2012 16:12:38 UTCSunday, February 5, 2012 02:12:38 AM at epicenterDepth: 81.20 km (50.46 mi)

M 3.1, northern Alaska 2012-02-04T15:18:09Z
Saturday, February 4, 2012 15:18:09 UTCSaturday, February 4, 2012 06:18:09 AM at epicenterDepth: 2.30 km (1.43 mi)

M 5.6, Samar, Philippines 2012-02-04T13:09:23Z
Saturday, February 4, 2012 13:09:23 UTCSaturday, February 4, 2012 09:09:23 PM at epicenterDepth: 10.70 km (6.65 mi)

M 3.0, southern Texas 2012-02-04T12:48:08Z
Saturday, February 4, 2012 12:48:08 UTCSaturday, February 4, 2012 06:48:08 AM at epicenterDepth: 5.00 km (3.11 mi)

M 2.5, Kodiak Island region, Alaska 2012-02-04T12:40:33Z
Saturday, February 4, 2012 12:40:33 UTCSaturday, February 4, 2012 03:40:33 AM at epicenterDepth: 4.80 km (2.98 mi)

M 3.0, Baja California, Mexico 2012-02-04T12:06:06Z
Saturday, February 4, 2012 12:06:06 UTCSaturday, February 4, 2012 04:06:06 AM at epicenterDepth: 7.80 km (4.85 mi)

M 3.7, Utah 2012-02-04T11:27:03Z
Saturday, February 4, 2012 11:27:03 UTCSaturday, February 4, 2012 04:27:03 AM at epicenterDepth: 5.50 km (3.42 mi)

M 4.3, offshore El Salvador 2012-02-04T11:06:45Z
Saturday, February 4, 2012 11:06:45 UTCSaturday, February 4, 2012 05:06:45 AM at epicenterDepth: 81.20 km (50.46 mi)

M 2.8, Seattle-Tacoma urban area, Washington 2012-02-04T10:16:59Z
Saturday, February 4, 2012 10:16:59 UTCSaturday, February 4, 2012 02:16:59 AM at epicenterDepth: 24.80 km (15.41 mi)

M 3.1, San Juan urban area, Puerto Rico 2012-02-04T08:53:07Z
Saturday, February 4, 2012 08:53:07 UTCSaturday, February 4, 2012 04:53:07 AM at epicenterDepth: 113.10 km (70.28 mi)

M 2.5, Central California 2012-02-04T08:32:13Z
Saturday, February 4, 2012 08:32:13 UTCSaturday, February 4, 2012 12:32:13 AM at epicenterDepth: 8.50 km (5.28 mi)

M 5.8, Tonga 2012-02-04T07:40:13Z
Saturday, February 4, 2012 07:40:13 UTCSaturday, February 4, 2012 08:40:13 PM at epicenterDepth: 10.00 km (6.21 mi)

M 2.8, Wyoming 2012-02-04T07:23:37Z
Saturday, February 4, 2012 07:23:37 UTCSaturday, February 4, 2012 12:23:37 AM at epicenterDepth: 4.60 km (2.86 mi)

M 4.4, Azerbaijan 2012-02-04T06:19:32Z
Saturday, February 4, 2012 06:19:32 UTCSaturday, February 4, 2012 10:19:32 AM at epicenterDepth: 17.90 km (11.12 mi)

M 3.5, Alaska Peninsula 2012-02-04T05:36:39Z
Saturday, February 4, 2012 05:36:39 UTCFriday, February 3, 2012 08:36:39 PM at epicenterDepth: 197.70 km (122.85 mi)

M 3.2, Puerto Rico region 2012-02-04T05:00:06Z
Saturday, February 4, 2012 05:00:06 UTCSaturday, February 4, 2012 01:00:06 AM at epicenterDepth: 54.00 km (33.55 mi)

M 5.4, central Mongolia 2012-02-04T04:09:35Z
Saturday, February 4, 2012 04:09:35 UTCSaturday, February 4, 2012 12:09:35 PM at epicenterDepth: 9.60 km (5.97 mi)

M 5.1, Taiwan region 2012-02-04T02:54:22Z
Saturday, February 4, 2012 02:54:22 UTCSaturday, February 4, 2012 10:54:22 AM at epicenterDepth: 120.60 km (74.94 mi)

M 4.3, northwest of the Kuril Islands 2012-02-04T00:54:28Z
Saturday, February 4, 2012 00:54:28 UTCSaturday, February 4, 2012 11:54:28 AM at epicenterDepth: 413.70 km (257.06 mi)

M 2.7, Central California 2012-02-04T00:39:39Z
Saturday, February 4, 2012 00:39:39 UTCFriday, February 3, 2012 04:39:39 PM at epicenterDepth: 19.80 km (12.30 mi)

M 4.7, Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan 2012-02-03T23:32:12Z
Friday, February 3, 2012 23:32:12 UTCSaturday, February 4, 2012 04:02:12 AM at epicenterDepth: 104.70 km (65.06 mi)

M 2.5, Central Alaska 2012-02-03T22:43:03Z
Friday, February 3, 2012 22:43:03 UTCFriday, February 3, 2012 01:43:03 PM at epicenterDepth: 75.20 km (46.73 mi)

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Last feed update: February 04 2012 22:10:00.

A Smattering of Selenium #79 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:44:10 +0000
The only links left now are ones currently open in tabs right now. Hurray! November’s SFSE was Continuous Deployment At Mozilla: slides, video Practical Web Test Automation is a book available in both a free and paid editions. I haven’t looked at it so can’t comment how good or bad it is. The Why, What [...]

A Smattering of Selenium #77 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 01:52:46 +0000
No. Really. A Smattering every day this week and I’ll have the link queue cleared. Go! Mentioned in #74, Automating Web Performance data collection with BrowserMob Proxy and Selenium is more than just a link to GitHub Of course you are using the excellent Requests module rather than urllib2 which ships with Python; but are [...]

A Smattering of Selenium #76 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 03:24:45 +0000
Post ten links, find seven more to add to the queue. Selenium Page Objects and Abstraction is one person’s attempt at writing down how they describe POs Running Geb specs using a separate driver profile to test mobile views in Grails shows how to create a custom Firefox profile in WebDriver Django and Selenium on [...]

A Smattering of Selenium #75 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:47:33 +0000
And home. Which mean 100% more internets! Or at least 98% more. As things like native-driver become more prevalent, knowing how to do Continuous Integration for iOS projects with Jenkins CI will become more important Chocolatey seems like a nice and big step towards managing Windows build slaves SST (Selenium Simple Test) comes out of [...]

A Smattering of Selenium #74 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 04:57:59 +0000
It is kinda hard to do these without reliable internet… dear hotels, fix. your. internet. Testing Facebook Login with Selenium has some nice Python helpers to dealing with Facebook auth VBS WebDriver – ummm, wtf?! Python Browsermob Proxy Library – the best code is code you don’t have to write yourself. (Thanks David!) I saw [...]

A Smattering of Selenium #73 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:58:13 +0000
Two Ruby gems rwebspec-webdriver – Executable functional specification for web applications in RSpec syntax and Selenium-WebDriver loadable_component – Ruby implementation of LoadableComponent A three-parter on building a framework showing there is more than one way to skin the framework cat. Testing Concepts Base Classes Putting it all together Another three-parter on Is the Cost of [...]

Selenium 2.16 Released: Welcome to 2012! Thu, 05 Jan 2012 11:36:48 +0000
It’s been a while since we last blogged about a Selenium release. Since the release of 2.0, we’ve been attempting to give you a fresh and shiny Selenium release every week (though, in reality, we’re managing to get you one every 10 days on average). This allows you to pick the version that’s most suitable [...]

A Smattering of Selenium #72 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 13:00:15 +0000
January means its time to escape from under the deadlines I found myself under during December so some of this stuff is a month old (or older!). Hopefully it is still interesting though. Localizing automation well is something I’ve seen people struggle with. Creating Multi-Language Web Applications with Zend_Translate is a possible solution for PHP [...]

Announcing Selenium Conf ’12 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 12:18:49 +0000
The community around Selenium is the thing that really makes the Selenium project special. Last year, we held the first official Selenium Conference in San Francisco, and it was both great fun and a huge success. It is therefore with great pleasure that we are announcing Selenium Conf ’12! It’ll be taking place in London from [...]

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Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:30:50 +0000
February's Member of the Month | Smart Tansmarttan.comDanita Sauerwein is the owner of Australian Sands in Fairfield, Ohio. Her experience in accounting and unparalleled gratitude for her clients has created a loyal customer base that keeps the business unscathed by the competition.

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:07:30 +0000
Teen Tanning Sting Questioned | Smart Tansmarttan.comA New Jersey tanning business owner reported in July 2011 that an undercover investigator who phoned her salon alleging to be a 16-year-old prospective customer badgered her into attempting to make false statements about tanning -- a charge that now appears to be leveled at an investigative report i...

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:43:47 +0000
Norvell Releases Auto Revolution Spray System | Smart Tansmarttan.comNorvell Skin Solutions, LLC is excited to announce the first shipments of the Auto Revolution are heading out the doors and into the sunless marketplace. The Auto Revolution Spray System is a state-of-the-art “smart booth” that utilizes ground breaking technology to deliver a hand spray quality sun...

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:51:21 +0000
Smart Tan Downtown 2012 - Registration Opens Soonwww.youtube.comSmart Tan Downtown 2011 was a blast! Tons of opportunities to learn about new products and improve your business. We can wait to bring you Smart Tan Downtown...

Employee Appreciation Day is March 2nd. What are you planning to show your emplo... Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:21:18 +0000
Employee Appreciation Day is March 2nd. What are you planning to show your employees how much you appreciate them? (Your response could be featured in Smart Tan Magazine or on SmartTan.com)

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:05:57 +0000
Derms Call Phototherapy ‘Safe’ | Smart Tansmarttan.comJACKSON, Mich. (Feb. 1) - The dermatology industry continues to use UV sunbeds to treat cosmetic skin diseases in their offices — often for up to 20 times the price of equivalent indoor tanning sessions — calling their use of sunbeds “safe” while simultaneously referring to typically lower UV dosage...

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:19:46 +0000
Report Misleads About Salon Claims | Smart Tansmarttan.comA Congressional report alleging that indoor tanning facility operators mislead clients about the risks and benefits of UV exposure and indoor tanning itself misstates facts about UV exposure and vitamin D.

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:40:05 +0000
SmartTan.com Consumer Landing Page | Smart Tansmarttan.comSmartTan.com now features a “consumer landing page” for first-time viewers, re-directing salon clients to a consumer information hub while directing indoor tanning business staff to Smart Tan’s regular business-to-business educational web site.

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:20:39 +0000
The Trouble with 'Sun Scare' | Smart Tansmarttan.comSince coining the term “sun scare” in 1996, Smart Tan has talked a lot about the anti-tanning lobby's penchant for distorting the truth about UV light. I was recently asked to better explain that. Here is what I said:

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:03:13 +0000
Let us help you succeed in 2012www.youtube.comSmart Tan's Matt Russell explains one of the ways Smart Tan can help you succeed in 2012.

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:38:01 +0000
January's Member of the Month Canada | Smart Tansmarttan.comJonelle Easter and Brad Jacques, co-owners of du soleil Tanning Studios, over-see two locations in Ontario. The pair's careful consideration of demand in the outskirts of Ottawa has produced positive results for the salon since its inception.

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:24:20 +0000
Natural Vitamin D Levels 46 ng/ml: Study | Smart Tansmarttan.comA first-of-its-kind study of vitamin D levels among those whose outdoor lifestyles give us the best clues of what is natural for humans supports the contention that regular tanners have natural vitamin D levels and non-tanners are falling far short.

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:49:47 +0000
Salons Report January Increases | Smart Tansmarttan.comNearly half of all tanning businesses say they have been busier this January than they were the same month a year ago, according to a SmartTan.com poll conducted this week.

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:11:53 +0000
Understanding the Base Tan | Smart Tansmarttan.comOne thing that critics of the indoor tanning industry either don’t understand or refused to admit is the reality that base tans acquired in a non-burning fashion at a professional tanning facility help to prevent sunburn.

What are you doing to prepare for the busy season? (Your response could be featu... Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:03:41 +0000
What are you doing to prepare for the busy season? (Your response could be featured in Smart Tan Magazine or on SmartTan.com)

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:20:42 +0000
Why The Derm Message Is Failing | Smart Tansmarttan.comA study in the February issue of Pediatrics reports that the number of children who say they “often or always” use sunscreen has decreased in the last three years — a statistic that is being interpreted by the dermatology and sunscreen lobby as evidence that their message is failing.

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:21:59 +0000
Pauly D on The Tonight Show | Smart Tansmarttan.comOn Jan. 10, Pauly D made an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. During his interview, Pauly talked about an early career as a used car salesman, the new season of “Jersey Shore” and his new sunless tanning product from Devoted Creations.

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:03:04 +0000
Study: UV Suppresses MS Symptoms | Smart Tansmarttan.comA University of Wisconsin study suggests that UV exposure, totally independent of vitamin D production, suppresses an animal model of multiple sclerosis — another indication that UV exposure’s positive influence extends well beyond vitamin D production.

It was great seeing so many of you at the PC Tan and Heartland shows! Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:31:55 +0000
It was great seeing so many of you at the PC Tan and Heartland shows!

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:45:27 +0000
More Doctors Pro-Sun Today: Poll | Smart Tansmarttan.comDermatology lobbying groups doubling-down on their sun abstinence messaging might have something to do with the fact that more doctors in other disciplines are telling their patients to get back into the sun.

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:00:20 +0000
News Report: Sun Prevents Cancer | Smart Tansmarttan.comA Canadian news organization has published a report suggesting that sun avoidance causes more cancers than overexposure to the sun and that staying out of the sun is a huge public health mistake.

What methods does your salon use to incentitivize your employees? (Your response... Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:49:17 +0000
What methods does your salon use to incentitivize your employees? (Your response could be featured in Smart Tan Magazine or on SmartTan.com)

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:27:19 +0000
Are Derms ‘D’ Deficient? | Smart Tansmarttan.comNews reports this week have been flooded with dermatology leaders suggesting that sun exposure isn’t necessary to maintain recommended vitamin D blood levels. But can dermatology’s lobbying groups really be trusted on this topic?

On Google+? So are we! Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:10:16 +0000
On Google+? So are we!Smart Tan - Google+plus.google.comSmart Tan - Your tanning business solution provider! - With more than 3,000 members representing more than 6,000 professional tanning businesses, International Smart Tan Network is the educational institute driving professionalism in all aspects of

Non-tanning teens burn more Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:20:09 +0000
Non-tanning teens burn moreNon-Tanning Teens Burn More: Poll | Smart Tansmarttan.comRestricting teenagers from professional tanning salons will only increase the incidence of sunburn, according to a SmartTan.com poll of tanning facility operators conducted in January.

Vitamin D Lowers Diabetes Risk Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:18:55 +0000
Vitamin D Lowers Diabetes RiskVitamin D Lowers Diabetes Risk | Smart Tansmarttan.comA new study of more than 2,000 people at risk for diabetes suggests that higher sunshine vitamin levels reduces the risk of contracting the disease — another study connecting vitamin D with lower risk of disease.

Meet our January Member of the Month! Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:19:49 +0000
Meet our January Member of the Month!January’s Member of the Month | Smart Tansmarttan.comLeigh Winston, owner of Sun Resorts Tanning Salon in Virginia Beach, Va., is January’s Member of the Month. Read about how Sun Resorts accommodates the military community and their families, how their sunless services became a huge success and Winston’s acquisition of two more salons and the unique ...

What are the best ways to advertise events at your salon: Radio, TV, magazines,... Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:08:05 +0000
What are the best ways to advertise events at your salon: Radio, TV, magazines, local papers, mass coupon mailings, etc.? (Your response could be featured in Smart Tan Magazine or on SmartTan.com)

Should Cosmo be taken off store racks? Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:32:39 +0000
Should Cosmo be taken off store racks?Angry Readers Want To Ban ‘Cosmo’ | Smart Tansmarttan.comThe magazine that has sold millions of dollars in chemical sunscreen advertising in exchange for leading a public relations charge to restrict teenagers from tanning salons has now been targeted by thousands of angry consumers who want to ban its teen-inappropriate covers from grocery store racks.

Salons Mixed on 2011 Performance Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:06:22 +0000
Salons Mixed on 2011 PerformanceSalons Mixed on 2011 Performance | Smart Tansmarttan.comA majority of indoor tanning businesses report that 2011 met or exceeded their business expectations, according to a SmartTan.com poll conducted in the past two weeks.

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Business calendar Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:21:53 -0800
THE CONNECTICUT BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION will hold a panel with U.S. Rep. Jim Himes , state Sen. L. Scott Frantz and House Minority Leader Lawrence Cafero Jr. from 8:30 to 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Norwalk Inn and Conference Center, 99 East Ave. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. The cost per person is $24 for CBIA and CEO Roundtable members and $35 for nonmembers.

Carr Workplaces to Open Landmark Washington D.C. Location at 1000 Connecticut Avenue in Central Business District Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:15:00 -0800
Carr Workplaces, a provider of executive offices and flexible workplace solutions nationwide, announced today that they will open a new business center in downtown Washington, D.C.

Malloy proposes separate board to run tech schools Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:59:32 -0800
Connecticut legislators will soon be asked to create a new oversight board for the state's technical high schools under a plan intended to make their training align with skills needed by the students' potential employers.

Small business urges lawmakers to reverse Connecticut’s 'abysmal business ranking' Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:33:26 -0800
HARTFORD – A new report by the non-profit Tax Foundation ranks Connecticut near the bottom of all states for its business climate, an embarrassing distinction and one that Governor Malloy and lawmakers should be working hard to erase, according to the National Federation of Independent Business .

Malloy pitching Conn. to business leaders in Davos Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:33:15 -0800
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy says he's pitching Connecticut as a good place to do business at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland.

Yale president, others join education reform group Sat, 28 Jan 2012 08:49:40 -0800
The leaders of Yale University, Travelers, United Illuminating's parent company and others have joined the growing board of a group of business leaders calling for education reform in Connecticut.

Watch and chat about citizen journalism live Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:29:08 -0800
“Citizen Journalism” is a loaded phrase, one that people in the news business have come to loathe or love. Connecticut SPJ will host a discussion on acts of journalism by citizens at a program co-hosted by the Connecticut Pro Chapter, Society of Professional Journalists by The Register Citizen at its newsroom at 59 Field Street in Torrington.

In Connecticut And The Nation, Families Have An Alarming Lack of Financial Cushion Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:36:26 -0800
Get Business Mobile Text Alerts When it comes to Connecticut residents' financial health, there are plenty of reasons to be grateful for our relative prosperity.

Connecticut Democrats want changes to minimum wage laws Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:22:58 -0800
HARTFORD — A group of Democratic state lawmakers, including the House Speaker, want to make changes to Connecticut’s minimum wage laws.

Report: Connecticut Democrats discuss protections against price gouging Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:52:30 -0800
Democratic state lawmakers visited East Haven Wednesday to discuss protections against price gouging, according to a report on CT News Junkie.

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Last feed update: February 04 2012 22:10:02.

Some former Komen supporters can't forgive, forget (AP) Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:58:49 GMT
AP - When Dorothy Twinney first saw a Race for the Cure walk for breast cancer — "a sea of pink" traveling through her hometown of Plymouth, Mich. — she was so moved she sat in her car and wept.

Komen drops plans to cut Planned Parenthood grants (AP) Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:28:15 GMT
AP - For leaders of the nation's pre-eminent breast-cancer charity, it was a firestorm they didn't see coming — and couldn't withstand.

Surprises about Planned Parenthood cancer testing (AP) Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:02:25 GMT
AP - To many people, breast cancer screening means a mammogram. But for millions of poor, mostly young women who visit Planned Parenthood, it is usually just a physical exam by the only health professional they may ever see.

Booze and Family History of Colon Cancer a Bad Mix: Study (HealthDay) Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:47:14 GMT
HealthDay - FRIDAY, Feb. 3 (HealthDay News) -- People who consume a few alcoholic drinks a day and have a family history of colorectal cancer are at increased risk for developing colon cancer, new research suggests.

Soy Supplements May Not Shield Against Breast Cancer (HealthDay) Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:47:07 GMT
HealthDay - FRIDAY, Feb. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Soy supplements do not protect women against breast cancer, a new study suggests.

Erotica director Zalman King dies from cancer (Reuters) Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:35:55 GMT
Reuters - Director Zalman King, best known for erotic film "9 1/2 Weeks" and television series "Red Shoe Diaries," died on Friday in Santa Monica, Calif., after a long battle with cancer. He was 69.

Obesity Could Be Infectious (LiveScience.com) Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:45:00 GMT
LiveScience.com - We've heard obesity can be "spread" between friends when we copy each other's eating habits, but a new study in mice suggests obesity could actually be infectious.

Many Stroke Victims Still Don't Get Treated Fast Enough: Study (HealthDay) Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:47:12 GMT
HealthDay - FRIDAY, Feb. 3 (HealthDay News) -- While a clot-busting medication can often help stop a stroke in its tracks if it's given promptly, a new study finds that a high number of stroke victims continue to fail to get to the emergency room quickly enough to get the drug.

Health Tip: Teach Your Toddler Good Behavior (HealthDay) Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:47:22 GMT
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Toddler tantrums can challenge even the most patient parent, but being firm and consistent can help you discipline your toddler in an effective, loving way.

Winter Can Pose Hazards for Seniors (HealthDay) Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:01:38 GMT
HealthDay - SATURDAY, Feb. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Winter weather can be challenging for some seniors, especially those with mobility or other health issues.

Is Club Drug 'Special K' a Quick Fix for Depression? (LiveScience.com) Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:10:02 GMT
LiveScience.com - About 30 million Americans suffer from depression, and when a sudden wave of severe symptoms hits them, there's no instant fix. The most commonly prescribed drugs — Prozac, Celexa and Zoloft — take a few weeks to kick in, and in the meantime, depressed people are at an escalated risk of suicide. More than half the time, the prescribed drug doesn't end up working at all, and patients must start over with a different treatment.

Professor documents cancer battle in online videos (AP) Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:59:29 GMT
AP - At first, David Oliver ignored the bump on his neck that he noticed while shaving. The medical school professor assumed it was calcified scar tissue from a previous surgery.

Health Tip: Prepare for Breast-feeding (HealthDay) Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:47:21 GMT
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Preparations for successful breast-feeding begin during pregnancy.

Study Looks at Possible HIV Drugs-Birth Defect Link (HealthDay) Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:47:03 GMT
HealthDay - MONDAY, Jan. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Pregnant women with HIV can prevent passing the AIDS-causing virus to their babies by taking antiretroviral drugs, but there remains a possibility that some of these medications might cause birth defects, such as cleft lip and palate, according to a new study.

Diabetes Takes Toll on Women's Hearing: Study (HealthDay) Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:47:09 GMT
HealthDay - FRIDAY, Feb. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Diabetes is associated with hearing loss in women, especially if the blood sugar disease isn't well-controlled, new research indicates.

Study: Heartburn drugs don't aid children's asthma (AP) Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:01:16 GMT
AP - An acid reflux drug often used for hard-to-treat asthma doesn't help children with the breathing disease and may cause side effects, a study in 300 children found.

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