10 Tips for New iPhone Developers
b3rn, 04/07/2009 | Source: del.icio.us/b3rn
The NYPL Map Rectifier
b3rn, 04/07/2009 | Source: del.icio.us/b3rn
The NYPL Map Rectifier is a tool for digitally aligning ("rectifying") historical maps from the NYPL's collections to match today's precise maps. Visitors can browse already rectified maps or assist the NYPL by aligning a map. Play the video above to tour the site and learn how to rectify a map yourself.
Kissing Point
admin, 04/07/2009 | Source: Point 2 Point
Name believed to have originated from the way in which heavily laden boats passing up the Parramatta River bumped or ‘kissed’ the rocky outcrop which extends into the river at the point. (Source: History of Ryde)
Another explanation – Governor attended a picnic, fell asleep and was kissd awake.
Busy point, with good view of Rivendell and its gorgeous water gate.
Raven Point
admin, 04/07/2009 | Source: Point 2 Point
Approached through a little shady park at the end of a cul-de-sac. Basically more a set of steps than a point, but interesting view of Breakfast Point a.k.a. the set of The Truman Show.
Point named after William Raven, land grantee.
Not a shiny black bird or a writing desk in sight.
Looking Glass Point
admin, 04/07/2009 | Source: Point 2 Point
Got its name on Friday 15 February 1788 when Governor Phillip, Captain Hunter and others in three boats stopped ‘at a neck of land’ for breakfast. They were joined by an Aborigine, who put down his spear to look at the boats. Bradley said he ‘examined every thing very attentively and went into all our boats from one to the other’. Phillip have him an iron hatchet and looking glass (mirror). ‘When he looked into it,’ wrote Bradley, ‘he looked immediately behind the Glass to see if any person was there and pointed to the Glass and the shadows which he saw in the water signifying they were similar.’ The original name of Looking Glass Point is not known. (Source: Wallumedegal, An Aboriginal History of Ryde, Keith Vincent Smith, 2005)
It’s a point, neither here nor there. Good views up and down the river, with another sailing club that looked like a popular spot for a local afternoon bevvy.
Bedlam Point
admin, 04/07/2009 | Source: Point 2 Point
Bedlam Point once had a punt. Originally a pulling boat operated by the ferryman pulling the boat via ropes, after 1832 it became a chain operated punt. The service ran until 1884 when the Gladesville Bridge opened. It was part of the Great North Road to Newcastle. Here’s an interesting story of highway robbery.
In 1837 the colonial government established the Tarban Creek Lunatic Asylum east of Bedlam Point – a convenient explanation for its name, but probably not correct (PDF).
Somewhat overgrown and rundown point, but with some interpretive signage explaining the history of the area. It is part of Banjo Paterson Park with the rather cute Rockend, a nineteenth century sandstone cottage that is now a restaurant.
Chrissy's "Artisan Guild & Curiosity Shop" - 263 Oxford St Darlinghurst
hooch, 03/07/2009 | Source: #vhood chump
slaithwaite.coop | a community owned shop for Slaithwaite offering fresh, local produce and quality healthy foods
edmittance, 03/07/2009 | Source: del.icio.us/edmittance
Conviction in MySpace suicide case tentatively overturned - CNN.com
edmittance, 03/07/2009 | Source: del.icio.us/edmittance
APIs, Accessibility and Mobility
b3rn, 03/07/2009 | Source: del.icio.us/b3rn
I would recommend changes to 2 sections within the AGIMO Web Publishing Guide.
First, I’d remove RSS from the Technical Development section and create a separate section entitled Open Data and Application Programmer Interfaces or just Open Data and APIs.
This would then be the logical home for the RSS link and should be fleshed out to include Open Data expectations or policies and discussion around common Web Service Interface topics such as SOA, REST, XML-RPC, JSON-RPC, etc. and even SOAP for legacy systems and from my perspective SOAPjr for modern Ajax driven applications 8)
The second recommendation I would make would be to bind the content of the Accessibility and Equity section to this new Open Data and APIs section in a deep and intimate way. Both at a guideline content level and also at a policy level.
Pirates Choice#204
rockashacka, 03/07/2009 | Source: Rock A Shacka Radio
TOMMYS ROCK STEADY ALTON 7inch12inch、GLEN BROWN CD [BIG DUB] SOON!! Download pirates_choice204.mp3 (17.5MB)
Send big files the easy way. Files too large for email attachments? No problem!
edmittance, 02/07/2009 | Source: del.icio.us/edmittance
The Importance of Active Community Management – Proved With Real Data « Social Media Musings by Tom Humbarger
edmittance, 02/07/2009 | Source: del.icio.us/edmittance
7.30 Report - Mahboba Rawi's projects in Afghanistan help illiterate widows and orphans
hooch, 02/07/2009 | Source: #vhood chump
"You're going to drink lots of tea. You'€™re going to eat lots of goat."
hooch, 02/07/2009 | Source: #vhood chump
David Barrie: Digital Butetown: Building the community collective online
edmittance, 02/07/2009 | Source: del.icio.us/edmittance
Ruth Madoff agrees to give up nearly all ass..
b3rn, 02/07/2009 | Source: del.icio.us/b3rn
dangers of stripping to X characters
WalesOnline - RugbyNation - News - Springboks dancing to different tune
edmittance, 02/07/2009 | Source: del.icio.us/edmittance
cryptogon.com » Archives » Goldman Sachs: The Wall Street Bubble Mafia
edmittance, 02/07/2009 | Source: del.icio.us/edmittance
Map Compare - Canberra as seen by Google Maps and OpenStreetMaps
b3rn, 02/07/2009 | Source: del.icio.us/b3rn
ETester is a free WebBrowser that allows you to have the rendering and javascript engines of IE8, IE7 IE 6 and IE5.5 on Vista and XP, as well as the installed IE in the same process.
sonius_, 02/07/2009 | Source: #vhood chump
Nothing is too banal for twittering classes cabal
b3rn, 02/07/2009 | Source: del.icio.us/b3rn
For some, sports tweeting divides people in a similar way. Either you regard Murray's mildly wry aperçus about ice baths as really putting you inside the action, or you're able to look back to the Borg-McEnroe final tie break in 1980 and think: now, would that experience really have been enhanced had McEnroe punctuated the build-up with tweets along the lines of "physio this morning. off to play Game&Watch now:-)"?
Peter Morville's collection of search examples and patterns
hooch, 01/07/2009 | Source: #vhood chump
Saving Texts From Oblivion: Oxford U. Press on the Google Book ...
b3rn, 01/07/2009 | Source: del.icio.us/b3rn
So we at Oxford University Press support the settlement, even as we recognize its imperfections and want it made better. As Voltaire said, "Le mieux est l'ennemi du bien," the perfect is the enemy of the good. Let us not waste an opportunity to create so much good. Let us work together to solve the imperfections of the settlement. Let us work together to give students, scholars, and readers access to the written wisdom of previous generations. Let us keep those minds alive.
Tim Barton is president of Oxford University Press, Inc. (OUP-USA).
Also nice quote - In describing books, the Scottish-American classicist Gilbert Arthur Highet once wrote, "These are not lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves."
Creative Textures from love textures
b3rn, 01/07/2009 | Source: del.icio.us/b3rn
LoveTextures gives you free creative textures in hi-resolution for print and on screen.
Live like you did 20yrs ago and you'll feel 20 years younger!
pixelboy, 01/07/2009 | Source: #vhood chump
Compulsory ID card idea scrapped for the UK!
Jansen Mann, 30/06/2009 | Source: Jansen Mann's photos
LOCAL GOVERNMENT 3.0 - HOW COUNCILS CAN RESPOND TO THE NEW WEB AGENDA
b3rn, 30/06/2009 | Source: del.icio.us/b3rn
UK - Local Government Information Unit
Alright gov
b3rn, 30/06/2009 | Source: Stap Isi
Here are some U.K. L.G. tweeps that are neat.
There’s lots more, this is just my arbitrary list. Special shout out to bashley, not from the U.K. but does speak English.
Twitter profile pics pulled courtesy spiurl
The ubiquity of Coca Cola
John Hempton, 30/06/2009 | Source: Bronte Capital
I was perusing the Post-Courier Online - a newspaper in Papua New Guinea. The cover story with picture is as follows:
Neighbouring tribes in South Wahgi district of Western Highlands Province exchanged food at the weekend as they started negotiation to restore peace among themselves and end hostilities in their area. The Ngenika and Kisu tribes have realised that there was an increase in illegal activities in their communities and after much discussion, starting in 2007, the Kisu tribe gave 21 cows, red pandanus fruits (marita), 200 coke cartons, scone packets, sugarcane and bananas to the Ngenika tribe. They also slaughtered 100 pigs for their neighbours. Last year the Ngenika tribe gave 10 cows with the same amount of food to the Kisu.
200 Coke Cartons is part of the tribal peace offering between tribes in the Western Highlands of PNG. And you read about it on the internet.
This modern world is very strange.
Blogging Denmark
b3rn, 30/06/2009 | Source: del.icio.us/b3rn
Blogging Denmark is a sister site to Denmark.dk – Denmark’s official portal. The aim of Blogging Denmark is to create a range of commentary on Denmark and the Danes.
The bloggers have been invited to blog by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, and they will blog under their own names. The bloggers will not receive payment for their participation.
