Aliyah Marr http://blogs.graphicdesignforum.com/amarr/ Copyright 2008 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 02:52:31 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=4.01 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Fix Linux bugs. Get free cookies debianlogo.png
From the "Cookie Monster is not a toy story character" files:

Every Linux distribution (and open source project) has an ongoing challenge to resolve bugs. Fixing bugs becomes increasingly important at release time - which is where Debian is now at with the upcoming "lenny" release. Debian is gearing up for a bug sprint to fix remaining bugs (about 100 key ones) and is offering a unique incentive to developers - free cookies.
"The one who Fixes a RC bug that is more than 3 months old by writing a patch shall become a WINNER. WINNERs and release managers will be eligible to receive home-made cookies from volunteers and from those who are not able to fix their RC bug in 5 days," Josselin Mouette wrote in an email to Debian developers.
I think it's a great idea. Sure free beer and the admiration/respect of peers is good thing too but home made cookies? Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
]]> http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/10/fix-linux-bugs-get-free-cookie.html http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/10/fix-linux-bugs-get-free-cookie.html Tue, 21 Oct 2008 09:47:09 -0500 WWYD - Situation Tabulation What Would You Do design situations posted thus far. There's been many mindful and thought-provoking comments and I thought I'd take a few moments to highlight some of them. Overall, you guys are awesome! Please read on...]]> http://blogs.graphicdesignforum.com/mlenhart/2008/10/wwyd-situation-1.html http://blogs.graphicdesignforum.com/mlenhart/2008/10/wwyd-situation-1.html Tue, 21 Oct 2008 08:03:53 -0500 James Reinders to Speak at Microsoft PDC Parallel Symposium: Future of Parallel Computing talk at Microsoft PDC 2008. James Reinders is Intel’s leading spokesperson on tools for parallelism and author of the O’Reilly Nutshell book on Intel Threading Building Blocks. James's experience with parallelism include such architectures as the systolic arrays WARP and iWarp and ASCI Red, the world’s first TeraFLOP supercomputer. He'll describe Intel's upcoming support for Microsoft Visual Studio with Intel Parallel Studio, and also delve into Intel Threading Building Blocks on Concurrency Runtime, software transaction memory, agents, Intel Ct and tools.]]> http://blog.devx.com/go-parallel/blog/2008/10/james-reinders.html http://blog.devx.com/go-parallel/blog/2008/10/james-reinders.html Mon, 20 Oct 2008 19:32:35 -0500 James Reinders to Speak at Microsoft PDC Parallel Symposium: Future of Parallel Computing talk at Microsoft PDC 2008. James Reinders is Intel's leading spokesperson on tools for parallelism and author of the O'Reilly Nutshell book on Intel Threading Building Blocks. James's experience with parallelism include such architectures as the systolic arrays WARP and iWarp and ASCI Red, the world's first TeraFLOP supercomputer. He'll describe Intel's upcoming support for Microsoft Visual Studio with Intel Parallel Studio, and also delve into Intel Threading Building Blocks on Concurrency Runtime, software transaction memory, agents, Intel Ct and tools.]]> http://blog.devx.com/go-parallel/blog/2008/10/james-reinders-1.html http://blog.devx.com/go-parallel/blog/2008/10/james-reinders-1.html Mon, 20 Oct 2008 19:32:35 -0500 This Tech "Crash" Is Nothing Compared to 2000 The tech sector certainly is suffering the effects of the overall economic slowdown, but the impact is nowhere near the severity caused by the dot-com meltdown of 2000 and 2001. At least, that's what the experts are saying this time around.

]]> http://blog.itchannelplanet.com/2008/10/this-tech-crash-is-nothing-com.html http://blog.itchannelplanet.com/2008/10/this-tech-crash-is-nothing-com.html Mon, 20 Oct 2008 18:02:03 -0500 App of the Week: Day - Panorama panaormaa.gif

Author: Troy Dreier

It's photo week on the blog, so we're exploring some of the cool paid apps that let you do surprising things with your iPhone's camera. Panorama ($9.99), as you'd guess, lets you take panoramic photos. Take several horizontal photos with the app and it stitches them together using cutting-edge image processing techniques to produce a single photo. You don't need to align your photos perfectly - Panorama, available here, will still create fantastic results.

]]> http://blog.iphoneguide.com/2008/10/app-of-the-week-paid-panorama.html http://blog.iphoneguide.com/2008/10/app-of-the-week-paid-panorama.html App of the Day Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:50:07 -0500 App of the Day: Free - AP Mobile News Network Untitled-2ap.gif

Author: Troy Dreier

The Mobile News Network, powered by the Associated Press, helps you keep up-to-date with what's happening anywhere, in your hometown or across the globe. Personalization options let you choose exactly what news you want to see. Select from entertainment, sports, election coverage, finance, and more. The app, available here, even offers news videos and photo galleries (although you will find an occasional ad).

]]> http://blog.iphoneguide.com/2008/10/app-of-the-day-free-ap-mobile.html http://blog.iphoneguide.com/2008/10/app-of-the-day-free-ap-mobile.html App of the Day Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:43:28 -0500 Photo Expo in New York City this week

If you're around the Big Apple this weekend, you may want to take in the annual PDN PhotoPlus Expo being held at the Javits Convention Center Thursday through Friday. The combination trade show and educational event, which had 27,000 visitors last year, promises to be bigger than ever with more than 300 exhibitors and 100 seminars taught by high profile photo pros like Stephen Johnson, Joe McNally, Walter Iooss, Seth Resnik, John Paul Caponigro, Jay Maisel and Katrin Eismann. In addition to the formal seminars, there are also mini-seminars conducted by exhibitors on the show floor.

A show pass costs $49 and a gold pass--which allows you to access exhibitors before the hordes descend on them during the day--is $79. Seminar prices range from $65 to $80.

"If you've never been to the show...you should absolutely go," says photographer-writer Jeff Wignall. "You'll have a blast and you'll bring home far too many camera brochures and pieces of demo software."

]]> http://blog.megapixel.net/blog/2008/10/photo-expo-in-new-york-city-th.html http://blog.megapixel.net/blog/2008/10/photo-expo-in-new-york-city-th.html Industry Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:31:28 -0500 The Nuclear (Networked) Family survey from Pew Internet & American Life Project challenges a common assumption about the impact of modern technology on family togetherness. From the survey report's introduction:
A national survey has found that households with a married couple and minor children are more likely than other household types -- such as single adults, homes with unrelated adults, or couples without children -- to have cell phones and use the internet.
The survey shows that these high rates of technology ownership affect family life. In particular, cell phones allow family members to stay more regularly in touch even when they are not physically together. Moreover, many members of married-with-children households view material online together.
Of course, a social criticism often heard about modern digital technology -- from computers to PDAs to the internet to video games -- is that it isolates users from the rest of the human race. Apparently not so.

Here are some interesting bits of data from the survey:
  • 89% of married-with-children households own multiple cell phones, and nearly half own three or more mobile devices.
  • 57% of children (aged 7 to 17) in these households have their own cell phone. (Note to my daughters, ages 10 and 12: No. I don't care. It's not happening. Don't even ask.)
  • 25% of online adults say the internet has decreased the amount of time they spend watching television.
  • Only 52% of all online adults have a home broadband connection, while nearly two-thirds (66%) of married-with-children households have a high-speed connection into the house.
  • 25% of survey respondents said their family today is now closer than their family when they were growing up thanks to the use of the internet and cell phones.
The full report (in glorious pdf form) can be found here.

]]> http://blog.datamation.com/blog/2008/10/the-nuclear-net.html http://blog.datamation.com/blog/2008/10/the-nuclear-net.html Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:04:36 -0500 Majority of Cars iPhone/iPod Ready in 2009 iphonebenz.jpgiSuppli reports that iPhone/iPod integration will hit 58 percent next year, up from 39 percent in 2008 So, for the first time, the majority of all cars sold in this country will be ready to dock with Apple's massively popular smartphone and music player. The reason: Simple supply and demand. iSuppli writes:

U.S. consumers for the past few years have been demanding improved connectivity between their vehicles’ audio/video systems and their Portable Media Players (PMPs), particularly iPods. Automakers have responded to that demand in a big way...

To support a broader range of portable music players and and devices, Automakers will offer USB interface options in 33 percent of cars in 2009, more than double this year's percentage.

Bluetooth wireless connectivity will become either standard or an option in 82 percent of cars next year, up from 55 percent this year.

]]> http://blog.iphoneguide.com/2008/10/majority-of-cars-iphoneipod-re.html http://blog.iphoneguide.com/2008/10/majority-of-cars-iphoneipod-re.html News Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:51:52 -0500