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Earthships!
- sara
Yes! Have you been there?
- Robin Barooah
from email
Nope-- but I have read a lot about earthships (and other 'handmade' building techniques). Did you go inside any? What did you think-- ready to grab some tires and go off grid?
- sara
I went inside the 'visitor center' which is itself and earthship. It was pretty impressive. I also spent some time doing mud plasterwork at the zen refugue, so yes - I was quite inspired, although it's probably easier in NM than in the Bay Area.
- Robin Barooah
from email
Vacation in NM was amazing. Coming home to a bright sunny day and the smell of the ocean in the bay area, just as good!
Skinny dipping in the rio grande :-)
Be careful to avoid the pollution.
- Jonathan Le Plastrier
Very nice. We were actually in some hot springs that outlet into the river, and only spent a few seconds in the actual (ice cold) rio grande.
- Robin Barooah
from email
Listening to 'eat static' while driving across New Mexico http://yfrog.com/05n98cj
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Antosh liked this
"You put the aliens in the middle of this stuff and you've got all the answers"
- Antosh
The Quantified Self - http://www.kk.org/quantif...
The Quantified Life - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com - http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2009...
Spurning the "false god of coffee" - Boing Boing - http://www.boingboing.net/2009...
(Metal) Stairway to Heaven? Shocking Sky Staircase Design - http://dornob.com/metal-s...
yarr, excuse me manners and excuse me princess - http://qwantz.livejournal.com/112122...
Antosh liked this
My guest posting on 'The quantified self': The false god of coffee - http://www.kk.org/quantif...
Tim Tyler, Antosh and Jonathan Le Plastrier liked this
Good work. I recommend not bothering to reintroduce it to check your results.
- Tim Tyler
Re: "I am having trouble concentrating and coffee might help" - it probably would help. In theory, stimulants when needed is not such a bad idea. Coffee is an addictive drug, though - so use with caution - http://www.mycaffeineaddiction.com/caffein...
- Tim Tyler
The false god of coffee - http://www.kk.org/quantif...
The Pmarca Guide to Personal Productivity - pmarca Archive - http://pmarca-archive.posterous.com/the-pma...
Super-Sized DIY ‘Knit’ Floor Furniture, Cushions & Blankets - http://dornob.com/super-s...
Antosh liked this
Giant Industrial Gasworks Turned into Domed Indoor Town - http://dornob.com/giant-i...
'Super Normal', Naoto Fukasawa & Jasper Morrison. Nice book about 'reading' design, I am about halfway through. http://yfrog.com/0324vj
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TidBITS Macs & Mac OS X: Revealing Mac OS X's Hidden Single-Application Mode - http://db.tidbits.com/article...
Jonathan Le Plastrier liked this
Tim Tyler: Superintelligent junkies - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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@Scobleizer actually google wave works great on iPhone - you just have to 'proceed at own risk' http://yfrog.com/0mchxlj
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Can't iphones do screencasts?
- Rahsheen ™, Coach of FF
you mean like this one: http://screencast.com/t... ?
- Robin Barooah
you can also create a shortcut so that Wave launches in its own process, outside of safari: http://screencast.com/t...
- Robin Barooah
At 'picadilly fish and chips' - best I've had in 8 years in the US. The real thing. http://maps.google.com/... http://yfrog.com/3dpadmj
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Jonathan Le Plastrier liked this
Hewitt is Right, Ament is Wrong - http://news.ycombinator.com/item...
"This argument sets up a false dichotomy. Comparing the internet to the app store and claiming that just because the internet is a free for all, every service that is built on top of it 'should' also be a free for all is simply illogical. Because the internet is as free as it is, we have the fortune of being able to choose between a heavily curated store - the apple app store, and some competitors who claim they will be more open - e.g. the Android Market. This is analogous to what happens in the high street. I could rent a retail space, and then allow anyone who wants to come in and set up a table selling any legal goods, or I could rent the same space and carefully choose products that I think my customers will value. Some people will prefer the trading hall, and others will prefer the department store. The point is that it's a good thing that Apple can provide this more curated option for those of us who want it, and that others can provide alternatives for those who don't like..."
- Robin Barooah
Apple seem to have practically no sandbox or security model. Their approach to viruses and spyware is to control the distribution channel. That is quite a mess. Competitors without this problem could offer a pay-per-hit app store, and a free-for-all. Apple can't do the free-for-all without exposing their customers to risk - unless they develop a security model. It is something they should have done years ago.
- Tim Tyler
It think it's been a mistake to think that average people have the same hatred for "walled gardens" that geeks do. Open meadows are nice, too, but walled gardens keep out the predators and allow you more control over what grows and what gets pulled as weeds. The world is big enough for both. To say that it's somehow immoral to have a walled garden reminds me of any other zealot who pushes their own religion on others. It's unattractive.
- Dawn
Tim: The risks include things like social engineering, and devious uses of legitimate mechanisms. I've never come across a 'security model' that is an effective defense against such things. In any case, my point is that Apple is providing a service that a lot of people like just as it is, and other people (Google for example) are free to create a free-for-all if they like. My complaint...
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- Robin Barooah
I mean applet-style security - the ability to execute a program without granting it the right to trash your device. Apple lacking that sort of security seems likely to become a problem for them - if competitors are able to offer it. Native apps are notoriously like unprotected sex: fun, but potentially problematical. Apple's approach is like compulsory visits to the doctor. It sort-of works - up to a point - but are they going to be able to compete with the "safe sex" proponents?
- Tim Tyler
As far as I know, you are wrong about this. Individual iPhone apps can't access memory or files outside a private sandbox, and access to other system resources - e.g. location, can only be done through controlled APIs that request the user's permission. Applications are never granted the right to trash your device. The API frameworks themselves do have vulnerabilities and hidden...
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- Robin Barooah
Right, I was over-stating things - they do have a sandbox of sorts. Part of Apple's security model appears to work via the app store, though - e.g. see: http://blogs.oreilly.com/iphone...
- Tim Tyler
as far as I know, that's outdated information and it was closed up with 3.0
- Robin Barooah
from IM
Hmm. The Apple sandbox appears to have been forming gradually. The most recent "iPhone Developer Program License Agreement section 3.3.4 rejection" I found was here: http://www.rustybrick.com/subscri... However, I am now splitting hairs: Apple do now seem to have a servicable iPhone sandbox.
- Tim Tyler
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