Greenwich Park's sky to be turned into RF-driven balloon-art

Grok Headline matches for Greenwich Park's sky to be turned into RF-driven balloon-art

Don Park's Fireside/Beachside Chats

Don Park's Fireside/Beachside Chats 02/12/2004 06:13 PM

Franklin D. Roosevelt made radio addresses by a fireplace called Fireside Chats which I always admired about.  I have been to a few Blogger's Dinners and Geek Dinners but never felt satisfied coming back home because, while I met many people, depth of the conversations weren't deep enough.  I could chat online with practically anyone on earth, but such virtual exchanges are not as immersive as face to face conversations.

So I am thinking about having a fireside chat once a month with a handful of guests.  I don't have a location picked out yet, but it should be a cozy location somewhere on the Penninsula, maybe a backroom of a bar or restaurant.  There was a nice little bar just off highway 92 at top of the mountain range I visited long time ago which would be perfect, but I am not sure if it is still there.

During the summer, it can be held during the day at a beach (Half Moon Bay?) on weekends with cold beer.  What do you guys think?

Don Park's Daily Habit - Belated Apology

Don Park's Daily Habit - Belated Apology 06/20/2004 05:01 AM
Don Park's Daily Habit - Belated Apology .. Better late than never

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Greenwich 0.7.1 (Development)

Greenwich 0.7.1 (Development) 06/29/2004 09:16 AM
A graphical whois client for GNOME.

Greenwich 0.7.0 (Development)

Greenwich 0.7.0 (Development) 04/29/2004 10:39 AM
A graphical whois client for GNOME.

APs in Greenwich SE10, London

APs in Greenwich SE10, London 03/06/2004 02:02 AM
in and around greenwich uni, about 6 (init cnt) APs. will post exact details later in week (2 mch cors wk) topper

Judge Lets City Bar Convention Protest
on Park's Great Lawn

Judge Lets City Bar Convention Protest
on Park's Great Lawn 08/23/2004 02:19 PM
Two groups had sought an injunction directing New York to grant them a permit for 75,000 people on Aug. 28.

"full Greenwich Village grid"

"full Greenwich Village grid" 05/04/2004 02:37 AM

Dog Rides Train From Greenwich to Harlem
(AP)

Dog Rides Train From Greenwich to Harlem
(AP) 12/29/2003 11:36 PM
AP - Animal control officials are looking for the owner of a dog who rode a commuter train from Greenwich to Harlem on Christmas Eve.

Touch-screen survey gives tenants their
say in Greenwich

Touch-screen survey gives tenants their
say in Greenwich 05/24/2004 04:05 PM
PublicTechnology.net May 24 2004 8:23PM GMT

Did you ever wonder what it would be
like to see a water balloon pop in
space?

Did you ever wonder what it would be
like to see a water balloon pop in
space? 02/12/2004 03:32 PM
What does it look like when you pop a water ballon in zero-g? .. Why every little kid wants to be an astronaut someday .. water balloon at zero gravity .. deze pagina

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Fly Over Mars... in a Robotic Balloon

Fly Over Mars... in a Robotic Balloon 02/12/2004 01:24 AM

MI5 IT upgrade costs balloon

MI5 IT upgrade costs balloon 04/09/2005 02:47 AM
ZDNet UK Apr 9 2005 6:53AM GMT

Japanese Balloon Battle

Japanese Balloon Battle 06/17/2004 06:42 AM

'Spongebob' Toy Balloon Flies 800 Miles
(AP)

'Spongebob' Toy Balloon Flies 800 Miles
(AP) 01/09/2004 09:55 PM
AP - A Spongebob Squarepants balloon with a holiday wish attached traveled hundreds of miles from Central Mexico to southeast Texas, where a landowner found it in some bushes.

That High-Tech Balloon Is Going
Ssssssssss

That High-Tech Balloon Is Going
Ssssssssss 07/10/2004 07:25 PM
With technology companies cautioning that their businesses softened in the second quarter, the sound of air escaping a balloon is more than detectable.

Buy Stephen Hawking's balloon basket

Buy Stephen Hawking's balloon basket 11/13/2003 09:52 PM
Balloon basket for sale. Low mileage. Only used by possibly the smartest man on the planet. [via linkdump]

4 Hurt in Balloon Stuck Over Baltimore
(AP)

4 Hurt in Balloon Stuck Over Baltimore
(AP) 07/17/2004 07:25 PM
AP - A balloon ride turned into a scary ordeal for 20 people Saturday when the aircraft got stuck high above the city, then was tossed around by high wind like a pinata for an hour and a half before rescuers brought it down.

The Problem, the Balloon, and the Four
Bedroom House

The Problem, the Balloon, and the Four
Bedroom House 04/16/2004 08:49 AM
Without a problem, there is no project. Where there is a problem, however, there is a stakeholder who is desperate for a solution and who has a delivery deadline -- which is normally sometime yesterday. Find out how a good process can tame even the most unruly project.

Israel uses high-tech spy balloon

Israel uses high-tech spy balloon 08/13/2004 05:49 PM
Aljazeera.com Aug 13 2004 9:42PM GMT

Boy's Balloon Note Found 20 Years Later
(AP)

Boy's Balloon Note Found 20 Years Later
(AP) 03/06/2004 02:00 AM
AP - A note sent aloft on a green balloon 20 years ago by an elementary school student was returned to him this week by someone who lives halfway across the state.

Davinci Announces Balloon Rocket
X-Prize Contender

Davinci Announces Balloon Rocket
X-Prize Contender 08/07/2004 10:36 AM

Kenneth Armstrong wrote in with this report: The Davinci Project, a Canadian team vying for the ANSARI X PRIZE unveiled its Wild Fire rocket yesterday in Toronto. The plan is to have a balloon carry it to 60,000 feet over the Canadian prairies and engage the rocket which will make "The da Vinci Project is on the cusp of a new era of space travel for humankind. Our team is proof positive that ingenuity and innovation can overcome the impossible." at least according to pilot, Brian Feeny. He also announced the sponsor for the flight, online casino Golden Palace.com.

No humor when an online casino sponsors a balloon carrying a rocket into space, no sir. How do you double-or-nothing a rocket?

Read - Project Page [DaVinciProject]

Long-shot, balloon-aided rocket aims for
X Prize

Long-shot, balloon-aided rocket aims for
X Prize 08/20/2004 06:45 AM
USA Today Aug 20 2004 10:53AM GMT

Their guy is just like our guy, and look
how he turned out

Their guy is just like our guy, and look
how he turned out 12/10/2003 04:38 AM
Just wondering about this quote .. David Brooks does not grok

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Driven

Driven 10/28/2003 11:09 PM
In the mad rush of the announcements of this week and the excitement building for the Panther release, I've completely...

We've turned over a new leaf: Sun

We've turned over a new leaf: Sun 09/22/2004 12:55 AM
ZDNet Australia Sep 22 2004 4:51AM GMT

Comments Turned off

Comments Turned off 01/08/2004 08:22 PM
In order to curb a rampant spamming of our comments by porn sites we have turned off comments for a...

Sun: We've turned over a new leaf

Sun: We've turned over a new leaf 09/21/2004 12:30 PM
Customers asked, but the server giant failed to deliver, execs tell a confab crowd. But that's all changed, they promise.

Pay To Have Your CDs Turned Into MP3s

Pay To Have Your CDs Turned Into MP3s 01/26/2004 12:42 PM
I've mentioned before that I'm still a bit behind on using digitized music, as it seems like quite a chore to rip all my CDs. It's been something of an ad hoc process. Every once in a while, when I want to listen to a specific CD and have the music stored on my computer, I'll rip that CD. However, ripping them all (over 1,000) seems like quite a process. That said, I'm still not sure I'd be interested in a service that would rip your CDs into MP3s for you. Still, it appears plenty of people are interested and are paying about a dollar per CD to have the process done. While the service was originally intended for DJs, many people are apparently signing up to have their personal collections ripped as well. Of course, you have to wonder how sustainable this business is. You certainly aren't going to have many repeat customers.

The year the GOP turned right

The year the GOP turned right 05/05/2004 08:15 AM
When Teddy Roosevelt lost the 1912 election, the Republicans started down the road that led to George W. Bush.

turned up some defenses of NAT

turned up some defenses of NAT 01/22/2004 02:35 AM
Doc turned up some defenses of NAT that finally pissed me off enough to rant about.

Psychic TV turned on again

Psychic TV turned on again 09/06/2004 05:23 AM
David Pescovitz: Transmedia artist Genesis P-Orridge has reactivated his seminal industrial/trance band Psychic TV to tour Europe and the United States beginning this month. Last winter, I was fortunate enough to catch a rehearsal and they sounded fabulous--tight, energized, and... happy. (Douglas Rushkoff was playing keyboards with the group for several dates late last year but will not be joining this particular "de-tour.")

Genesis is quite a sight these days as well. As part of the Breaking Sex art exploration he's immersed in with his other half, Lady Jaye, the two received identical breast implants on Valentine's Day 2003. Gen's new mantra? "S/he is Her/e." Link

Turned Off by Visteon

Turned Off by Visteon 09/13/2004 11:13 AM
See why the company's outlook is dark.

She turned me into a newt!

She turned me into a newt! 06/17/2005 04:19 PM
I'm guessing this kind of thing only happens in America...

Digital UK driven by net and TV

Digital UK driven by net and TV 03/22/2005 04:30 PM
Britain's take-up of digital TV and broadband makes it the fourth 'most digital' European nation, says a report.

Test-Driven

Test-Driven 07/05/2004 10:23 PM

I started reading Kent Beck's Test-Driven Development: By Example over the weekend.  Tim Bray menti oned the book a while back and his impression of TDD differed from mine so I figured I was overlooking something.  Boy, I sure was.

I thought TDD (Test-Driven Development) was just development with a strong emphasis on tests.  It's more than that.  What threw me off was the word 'development' which encompasses the entire development process including design, implemention, evolution, etc.  The core gem of an idea behind TDD impacts the design phase most heavily and it's uncovered in rather tedious detail by Kent Beck.  Tedious yet startling is what I felt.

The simple idea is this:

Design software by writing tests first.

By 'software', I mean services, frameworks, modules, components, and objects.

Since tests are written before the module being tested is written, the experience of writing of the test drives the module's designing process.  More importantly, you are looking at the API, of the module being designed, from the API client's perspective.  Net result is higher quality API design.

While TDD during the design process is enough of a benefit for engineers to put into use immediately, TDD has problems because test cases are software and there are maintenance cost associated with them.  Having a tool like Eclipse helps but much more is needed to help the engineers document the tests, keep track of them, and reuse as needed.

I think a visual tool that lets engineers drag and drop tests into test suites for various purposes like release testing, runtime testing, diagnostic testing is essential.  TDD also encourages refactoring through out the development process which calls for more flexible source control system than CVS.

Have e-books turned a page?

Have e-books turned a page? 08/27/2004 01:42 PM
Steady growth suggests that the publishing industry may finally have a grip on what readers want from electronic books.

"37signals recently turned down a big
job"

"37signals recently turned down a big
job" 06/18/2004 12:29 AM

How Amazon Turned A Profit

How Amazon Turned A Profit 01/28/2004 03:38 PM
The most amazing thing, to me, about Jeff Bezos was that he never (publicly, at least) took all the post-boom Wall Street naysayers to task for completely changing their minds in 2000 and 2001. For years, Wall Street was telling Bezos to grow faster and faster and not to worry about profits - and he did so. Then, suddenly, as the dot com bubble collapsed, they started yelling at him "but where are your profits?" even though they were the same ones who were telling him to forget about profits the month before. To his credit, Bezos (calmly) appears to have turned the big ship Amazon around, and is now meeting the profitability standard that Wall Street now values. While there are a ton of stories talking about Amazon's earnings announcement (yes, they were profitable for the year last year), the Seattle Post-Intelligencer has a much more interesting article talking about how Amazon has managed to change over the years to make all of this possible.

My wife has suddenly turned on me

My wife has suddenly turned on me 03/31/2005 11:33 AM
After 22 years of marriage, for no apparent reason, she just doesn't like me anymore.
Grok Description matches for Greenwich Park's sky to be turned into RF-driven balloon-art
GrokA matches for Greenwich Park's sky to be turned into RF-driven balloon-art

Jayson Williams to Be Retried on
Manslaughter Charge

Jayson Williams to Be Retried on
Manslaughter Charge 05/21/2004 08:24 PM
A New jersey prosecutor said that the state would retry Jayson Williams, the former New Jersey Nets basketball star, on a charge of reckless manslaughter.

Ruling on Jayson Williams Trial
Postponed (AP)

Ruling on Jayson Williams Trial
Postponed (AP) 04/13/2004 11:23 AM
AP - The judge in the manslaughter trial of Jayson Williams on Tuesday postponed a ruling on whether to drop charges against the retired NBA player because the prosecutor, Steven C. Lember, had a death in the family.

MIT's Tech Review Pulls A Jayson Blair

MIT's Tech Review Pulls A Jayson Blair 03/22/2005 05:03 PM
nonuser writes "MIT's Technology Review retracted two stories on reaction by HP rank and file employees to the firing of CEO Carly Fiorina, both written by a New York freelance journalist named Michelle Delio. The stories referred to a Hungarian immigrant, identified only by the initials G.S., who worked at HP's Imaging System Laboratory for nearly three decades before resigning in disgust in 2003. G.S. compared Fiorina's leadership with that of the Communist regime he had fled. The only problem was the employee apparently didn't exist, as HP officials pointed out to the embarrassed Tech Review editor." Delio (who also used to write articles for Wired News) apparently still insists that the guy is real -- but no one else can find any evidence of him. It's also not clear if this is a case where Delio made the guy up, or someone tricked Delio into believing he was real. The original Tech Review article was a bit strange. When reading it, it seemed that the guy put in enough information about himself that it would be quite easy to figure out who he was if you worked at HP Labs. Still, what may be most interesting is that HP actually did an internal investigation to figure out who the guy was.

Stephen Glass, Jayson Blair, meet Mitch
Albom

Stephen Glass, Jayson Blair, meet Mitch
Albom 04/08/2005 07:53 PM
Mitch Albom, one of the most decorated sports columnists ever and a best selling author, has been busted for fabricating information in his latest Detroit Free Press column. Albom has apologiz ed, but this has set the sports journalism field abuzz, many happy to the star of the Freep squirm. The President of The National Society of Newspaper Columnists has called the column "bogus" and an "egregious ethical lapse." Others wonder why he wasn't suspended or fired, thinking his status as an author and TV / radio personality is allowing him special favors. The Freep has started an inve stigation and may look into previous articles. To top it all off, here's the pot calling the kettle black.

New York Daily News - Business -
Publisher's story ends: Liquidation for
Jayson Blair house New Millennium

New York Daily News - Business -
Publisher's story ends: Liquidation for
Jayson Blair house New Millennium 05/14/2004 03:30 AM
"Burning Down My Masters' House" Indeed! .. Blair Book Publisher Bankrupt .. Publisher's story ends .. PAUL COLFORD .. liquidated

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Rathergate.com » Rathergate:
Jayson Blair Speaks Out

Rathergate.com » Rathergate:
Jayson Blair Speaks Out 09/23/2004 03:14 PM
...maybe it's time to call it a day .. Rathergate.com cleverly asked .. JAYSON BLAIR ON RATHERGATE: .. Rathergate

rathergate.com/index.php?p=200
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StationRipper

StationRipper 01/01/2004 03:21 AM
V1.10 of StationRipper Released

Peed-out Prozac detectable in UK
water-supply

Peed-out Prozac detectable in UK
water-supply 08/08/2004 05:37 AM
There're so many Prozac-takers in the UK that urine-borne traces of unmetabolised antidepressent have contaminated the drinking-water supply.

An Environment Agency report suggests so many people are taking the drug nowadays it is building up in rivers and groundwater...

The DWI said the Prozac was unlikely to pose a health risk as it was so "watered down"...

The exact amount of Prozac in the nation's drinking water is not known.

Link (via Crooked Timber)

A parallel universe, it may surprise you
to learn, is actually detectable in your
own home, office, or almost anywhere
indoors

A parallel universe, it may surprise you
to learn, is actually detectable in your
own home, office, or almost anywhere
indoors 05/16/2004 04:58 AM
Lasers and parallel universes .. Here at allsci

allsci.com/parallel.html
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Vanguard Introduces New “FailSafe”
System of Detectable Warnings for Blind
and Visually Impaired.

Vanguard Introduces New “FailSafe”
System of Detectable Warnings for Blind
and Visually Impaired. 12/17/2004 06:31 PM
Vanguard ADA Systems of America resolves deterioration problems in pedestrian ramps for cities nationwide, incorporating its highly effective detectable warning system while cost effectively repairing ramps and vehicular way areas where installation of other brands of detectable warnings have failed. Vanguards R&D team effectively cut the cost in half while tripling the lifespan of these necessary repairs. [PRWEB Dec 2, 2004]

First malware for OS X?

First malware for OS X? 04/09/2004 04:04 PM
One of the selling points of OS X has been, to date, the lack of any viruses, worms, or Trojan horses. Intego reports that it has identified a Trojan horse called MP3Concept.

Mac OS X displays the icon of the MP3 file, with an .mp3 extension, rather than showing the file as an application, leading users to believe that they can double-click the file to listen to it. But double clicking the file launches the hidden code, which can damage or delete files on computers running Mac OS X, then iTunes to play the music contained in the file, to make users think that it is really an MP3 file . While the first versions of this Trojan horse that Intego has isolated are benign, this technique opens the door to more serious risks.

Link

Meeroh sez: The Mac OS X mp3 trojan is being blown completely out of proportion. Quick review of facts so far:

1. It was pointed out in a Usenet thread that it is possible to embed arbitrary data in an mp3 2. It was subsequently suggested that the arbitrary data could be executable 3. An enterprising developer proceeded to then create a file which to any mp3 player will appear as an mp3 file, but the Mac OS X Finder sees it as an application 4. An anti-virus vendor published advertising for their product saying that it has a cure for this form of Trojan.

Some other relevant points:

1. This has little to do with Mac OS X vs. Mac OS 9. The exact same file will do the exact same thing on Mac OS 9 -- be playable by mp3 players, and act as an application 2. This has little to do with Mac OS X using extensions to identify file types. The icon shown by the Finder could be embedded in the file itself, in which case the file would look like an mp3 file regardless of its name. 3. This trick requires using the resource fork, and therefore the file has to be transmitted encoded. Any mp3 file that is transferred as a plain binary file (as opposed to a Mac binary file, with the resource fork), is harmless. 4. The fact that the file can be played in am mp3 player is irrelevant; if the trojan were malicious, the user would be doomed after double-clicking on it regardless of whether the file is a valid audio file.

To summarize, a Mac application can have any icon or name whatsoever, including a name and an icon that make it look like a document. Exactly what happens when you receive such an application (in email or by downloading it in your browser) depends on your settings, but I am not aware of any case in which it will be automatically launched.

Therefore, to activate this Trojan you have to either receive a Mac-encoded attachment and double-click on it in the Finder, or you have to download a Mac-encoded a file (which is then usually decoded to your desktop) and double-click it in the Finder.

The only reason that this is news is that a vendor of anti-virus software took it as an opportunity to generate some advertising, as far as I can tell.

Malware on the way out

Malware on the way out 07/15/2004 12:21 PM
Are spyware & adware on the way out? More and more I'm hearing about companies taking the turn for the better. BOUT TIME! Even the once-accused WeatherBug has taken strong stances and stronger actions against malware, and is called for it. But will it last, has features and views beat the 'ware?

Malware Inc.

Malware Inc. 04/04/2005 08:50 PM
In news that should surprise absolutely none of you, it appears that the people who used to write viruses for ego purposes are increasingly writing spyware for money instead. Basically, what the study (bias alert: done by a security company who's trying to sell you stuff) points out is that, just like with file sharing applications, spyware and adware have become a business model for virus writers. They're wrapping up their viruses with spyware; they still get the ego boost, but also some profit as well. No wonder virus companies are desperately trying to come up with decent anti-spyware offerings.

New Malware Causes Concern

New Malware Causes Concern 06/25/2004 12:46 AM
Developing | NetSec Inc. has detected a new vulnerability that is infecting users of Microsoft Windows with malware. By visiting a malicious website with the Internet Explorer web browser, users can become silently infected with arbitrary code that is embedded in images on web pages. Once installed, the code begins to log keystrokes and then calls home to servers which then upload even more payload onto infected systems.

Click Here For Malware

Click Here For Malware 09/23/2004 06:52 AM
TechTree Sep 23 2004 10:05AM GMT

Analyzing malware

Analyzing malware 02/19/2004 04:11 AM
Malware is a set of instructions that run on your computer and make your system do something that an attacker wants it to do. I strongly encourage you to run attack and defensive tools in a laboratory of your own. Here's how.

Malware: Do you know your enemy?

Malware: Do you know your enemy? 02/05/2005 09:11 PM
ZDNet Feb 4 2005 12:40PM GMT

Malware Might Become a Problem for
Macintosh

Malware Might Become a Problem for
Macintosh 09/04/2004 01:38 AM

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“Macintosh users have had some bragging rights over their Windows counterparts for various reasons, not the least of which is “malware” — viruses, worms and Trojan horses — that is a frequent pain to Windows users. But on March 20, a “proof of concept” Trojan horse named MPSConcept (file name MP3Virus.Gen) was discovered, paving the way for more serious malware. The malware is theoretically benign but is intended to show a particular vulnerability in an…

Big muscle on the way to battle malware

Big muscle on the way to battle malware 12/27/2004 04:34 AM
USA Today Dec 27 2004 8:50AM GMT

Other News: Using Malware for Profit

Other News: Using Malware for Profit 09/09/2004 10:37 AM
USA Today spent eight months digging into details of computer malware and its use for profit.

Other News: Sniffer Malware

Other News: Sniffer Malware 09/20/2004 10:43 AM
The latest malware sniffs network traffic for sensitive information, a nasty new trick.

All quiet on the malware front

All quiet on the malware front 07/01/2004 06:55 AM
Zafi tops viral charts in placid June

Symantec: Mac OS X Becoming a Malware
Target

Symantec: Mac OS X Becoming a Malware
Target 03/22/2005 04:42 PM
Slashdot Mar 22 2005 1:34AM GMT

Malware attacks IE users via pop-ups

Malware attacks IE users via pop-ups 06/30/2004 07:34 AM
Oh dear

First 64-Bit Malware for Windows Appears

First 64-Bit Malware for Windows Appears 05/27/2004 11:05 AM
Proof-of-concept threat not spreading in wild, only affects 64-bit Windows systems.

Other News: Macs and Malware

Other News: Macs and Malware 03/19/2005 02:34 AM
One anti-virus executive says Macs are untroubled by malware, but here's why you need to keep up your guard.

Malware Analysis for Administrators

Malware Analysis for Administrators 05/24/2004 12:36 PM

Stopping Malware Before It Hits

Stopping Malware Before It Hits 11/16/2003 06:14 PM
SpudGunMan writes "John Lockwood, Ph.D, an assistant professor of computer science at Washington University, and the graduate students that work in his ...

spyware, adware, sneakware, malware

spyware, adware, sneakware, malware 05/07/2004 07:56 AM

Microsoft Prepares to Dash Malware with
"A1"

Microsoft Prepares to Dash Malware with
"A1" 01/05/2005 03:30 AM
Microsoft's upcoming antivirus/anti-spyware subscription service, dubbed "A1" is going beta. Microsoft Watch is reporting that even while Redmond has remained tight-lipped, it has silently begun to inform partners of its plans for the service. A1 will "secure the perimeter" around Windows, making flaws in its design less significant than in the past.

Greenwich Park's sky to be turned into RF-driven balloon-art

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