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And here we thought tables were for data!
Crazy html-coder/artist from Japan. Fascinating to watch this develop! [YouTube link]
Get Free - It’s Easy!
Free replacements for many commercial apps are already available. Here is a good list to help you get started looking, once you have your basic Linux system up and running. (Some of these apps will already be bundled with many distros!) If you don’t find it in the list, freshmeat and sourceforge are your friends. [...]
What’s a Gibi-byte?
Hard drive space actually comes in 1024 byte “blocksâ€, and the correct prefixes are ones like kibi-, mebi- and giba- (versus kilo-, mega-, and giga-, all of which are units of a 1000). So a GiB is simply the accurate and slightly larger cousin of the Gigabyte (1 Gibibyte = 1.073741824 Gigabytes).
As Fall arrives, check out Spring!
Find out what it takes to migrate Struts applications to Spring MVC.
Spring MVC has gained steady adoption and Java developer attention. The highly popular Spring framework (with Spring MVC as its core component) is nicely designed, productive, and innovative, so many Struts users undoubtedly will investigate Spring MVC as a replacement framework for Struts.
A Linux Computer for Every Student
This could be huge. Indiana Access Program is sponsoring a broad one-to-one computing initiative. If the Indiana Access Program is successful, a total of 300,000 Linux machines could be deployed in the near future, according to the news release. Linspire’s education initiative is key to the success of this. [via Slashdot]
Slide Rule in Javascript
This is a wonderful demonstration of a working slide rule. Really brings back high school memories. I was just old enough to be on that technology overlap. I used my father’s K & E for high school physics and got quite fast with it. Here are a couple more slide rule links:
Eric’s Slide Rule Site
Derek’s [...]
Under $100 Notebook?
“We have to get the display down to below $20, to do this we need to rear project the image rather than using an ordinary flat panel.”
Business Week on Linux
The latest Business Week has a lengthy feature on Linux. It explains the unique development model and how it is being adapted and adopted in industry. Not a bad article overall, it shows the maturization of Linux and open-source devel in general.
Arial is everywhere
This article by noted graphic artist Mark Simonson, who specializes in lettering, typography and identity design, explains why Arial font-face is everywhere and why that’s not a good thing. The history of the use of fonts in digital media is important study for all, not just designers. (We even get an early view into [...]
Hardware spending hits its stride with Linux
Spending on Linux servers grew in double digits for the eighth straight quarter in Q2, according to International Data Corp.’s worldwide quarterly server tracker. Lots of details here.
In the Classroom, Web Logs Are the New Bulletin Boards
The New York Times > Technology > Circuits has an article about this hot topic.
Chart the market with help from Venice
A new version of an interesting stock program, Merchant of Venice has been released. Venice is a stock market trading program that supports portfolio management, charting, technical analysis, paper trading and experimental methods like genetic programming. Venice runs on UNIX, including Mac OS X and Windows.
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