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85% of Americans are Trapped in Debt
because of Bad Personal Credit Credit
Repair Company Raises Poor Credit Scores
in 90 days - Guaranteed
85% of Americans are Trapped in Debt
because of Bad Personal Credit Credit
Repair Company Raises Poor Credit Scores
in 90 days - Guaranteed
01/05/2005 04:34 AMDreamLife,LLC is a credit repair company that guarantees it will erase
all negative lines of credit from the 3 major credit bureaus in 90
days or your money back. No other credit repair company uses the
techniques to delete bad credit the way DreamLife does. [PRWEB Jan 5,
2005]
MERit Credit Engine Provides
Simultaneous Internet Connections to the
Three US Credit Bureaus and Two Canadian
Credit Bureaus
MERit Credit Engine Provides
Simultaneous Internet Connections to the
Three US Credit Bureaus and Two Canadian
Credit Bureaus
01/05/2005 03:43 AMWith simultaneous connections to all three credit bureaus and support
for multiple threads and multiple sockets, the MERit Credit Engine
provides quick response for interactive credit applications, and
impressive throughput for high-volume and batch credit report
retrieval applications. [PRWEB Jan 5, 2005]
BugMe! Notepad for Palm OS Earns Highest
Rating 5 "Geek Heads" from Geek.com
BugMe! Notepad for Palm OS Earns Highest
Rating 5 "Geek Heads" from Geek.com
07/22/2004 02:33 AMGeek.com, a popular Web site for computing and gadgetry enthusiasts,
has published a review of Electric Pocket’s BugMe! Notepad for Palm OS
5.x—with the reviewer hailing it as “an application that I absolutely
cannot do without.” [PRWEB Jul 22, 2004]
Replay Radio geek solutions to geek
problems
Replay Radio geek solutions to geek
problems
09/21/2004 06:38 AMThe building I work in does not receive Radio receptions real good.
The guys and I in the office like to listen to a particular radio show
and we knocked our heads together for a while trying to figure out how
to improve the reception. Fixing the reception problem proved to be
impossible but we did find a geeks way to fix the problem.
I purchased Replay Radio and set it up at home to record the
network stream of the program. It saves the recorded stream in MP3
format every 30 minutes and dumps it in a directory that I have mapped
to a FTP server. I have a standard FTP client running on my desktop
that downloads the MP3 to my laptop which is connected to the network
and we load the MP3 up and listen to the program time delay.
My work does not allow for streaming audio. So to avoid confusion I
asked permission to do this via our IT department and promised to keep
the file sizes under control. They thought it was cool and gave the
thumbs up. It worked out so well that several departments do the same
thing and we have 2-3 national talk radio programs to listen to each
day. Albeit time delay but it works. [Replay Radio]
" Replay Radio is an incredibly easy way to record radio
broadcasts. It's like a "TiVo™ DVR" for the radio. Just pick your
favorite radio show, or select a station and a time range, and Replay
Radio records it for you. Hundreds of shows and stations are
pre-programmed, making recording as easy as point and click."
SIA Says R&D Tax Credit Extension is
Vital to U.S. Technology Leadership; R&D
Tax Credit Should Be Broadened a
SIA Says R&D Tax Credit Extension is
Vital to U.S. Technology Leadership; R&D
Tax Credit Should Be Broadened a
06/17/2005 04:26 PMdBusinessNews.com Jun 17 2005 9:17AM GMT
Credit Report Toolkit Released by MERit
Credit Systems
Credit Report Toolkit Released by MERit
Credit Systems
09/22/2004 02:28 AMEquifax, Experian, and Trans Union credit report toolkit for
developers of credit systems. Tools for integrating credit report
access, decisioning, analysis, scoring and merging, using XML, SQL,
and other technologies. [PRWEB Sep 22, 2004]
Consumer Credit / Credit Cards
Consumer Credit / Credit Cards
06/04/2004 01:55 PMThe success of being debt-free is sweet, indeed.
Taking Credit Where Credit Isn't Due
Taking Credit Where Credit Isn't Due
05/12/2004 05:28 AMTechfocus May 12 2004 9:23AM GMT
How we geek out in SF
How we geek out in SF
12/31/2004 10:59 AM
Rebecca Eisenberg (and her husband Curtis) are starting to get out
again. But it's not like Cyborganic days - no - nowadays we use blogs
to promote our parties. And please notice Pierre's hat. And Kaliya's
smile.
Here are three of my favorite peeps: Steve Gillmor, Dan Farber and
the legendary A-List Microsoft Blogger - nobody less than - his
highess - Robert Scoble.
I had the honor of watching over Robert's coat and bag until
someone came along and pushed it aside. I also had the honor of
teasing Steve Gillmor over whether the lower case semantic web would
establish clear meta-data standards for podcasting - faster than the
uPPER CaSE heretics.
:-)
once more into the geek
once more into the geek
06/05/2005 10:53 PMStephen Lynch, who wrote the article in the NY Post I linked
yesterday, sent me a link to his personal...
I'm such a geek
I'm such a geek
02/01/2005 08:42 PMThis morning as I walked into the gym for a quick workout, I
noticed an attractive young lady in a short skirt and high heels bent
over in front of her laptop. I looked over at her and said to
myself:
"Nice laptop."
Man, I'm such a geek.
Geek at RNC
Geek at RNC
09/01/2004 03:26 PM
Geek At NYC
Protests. Here is a take on the RNC convention and protests from a
geek point of view.
The Geek in all of us
The Geek in all of us
04/16/2004 11:39 AM
Geek Prom Has been going on
for a handful of years now,
here is an older news story 'bout it. That
is all, nothing earth shattering. Cheers
Geek Of The Day
Geek Of The Day
03/19/2005 02:38 AMThere's now
a
site (wasn't there always?) for geeks to be celebrated without
having to wear skimpy bikinis.
Geek DIY
Geek DIY
05/27/2004 07:48 PMgreat site listing super geeky projects like building your own
catapult
Geek ear
Geek ear
09/17/2004 12:59 AMSo I'm eating dinner and half-heartedly watching junk TiVo
recorded, including this episode of Landscaper's Challenge (in case
you're wondering, it's a homeowner thing), and I'm not actually
watching but listening kind of and I hear the client make some jokes
and I know that I know that voice from somewhere. I
start watching it intently and racking my brain for a few minutes.
Where have I heard that before? Books on tape? Narrator in a car
commercial? Cartoon voice? And then it hits me: I've heard this guy
"Al" dozens of times, but I've never seen him before. He does the
commentary tracks on all the Simpson's DVDs.
It was show writer/director Al Jean getting his
backyard done.
I <3 my geek
I <3 my geek
03/13/2003 10:15 AM Kevin is speaking at GDC tomorrow. He done a geek girl proud. :) Any
bloggers/readers out there that are...
Geek Toy
Geek Toy
12/31/2002 12:58 AMGeekTool 1.0 - 222k - Shows system logs or Unix commands on your
desktop [VT Mac OS X] A pretty cool little program for OS
a little help from the geek gallary
please........
a little help from the geek gallary
please........
12/02/2003 04:59 PMMy computer has apparently decided to mimic my car and start causing
problems. I tried to restore thinking that a...
Geek Wet Dream
Geek Wet Dream
01/03/2004 12:15 AMMy New power adapter. On the back row are my speakers, phone
charger, printer and lava lamp. The front row has a...
Sometimes it sucks to be a Geek
Sometimes it sucks to be a Geek
09/20/2004 02:53 AMMy wife and I went to a work related party last night which turned
out to be pretty boring. So much for the $70.00 spent on tickets. We
left early and knew that the sitter was good to go decided to drop in
on a friend of hers.
We get to her house and I am admiring her house and see a big
Master Degree in Education hanging over her computer. I was surprised
to see it actually as we have known her for a while and she had never
mentioned it. Anyway to make a long story short she says hey my PC is
having problems can you look at it.
You guessed it 2 hours later and much under breath cursing I give
up and tell her I need to take it home or we can just pull the restore
disk out and start from scratch. I get this deer in the headlights
look when I explain that her computer has been hijacked and is
infected with nearly every piece of spyware known to man.
1. Virus Definitions 2 years old
2. She had never run Windows Update.
3. Systems is plugged directly into cable modem
4. No Spyware detection software
5. No Firewall
Remember now she has a Masters Degree in Education. She commented I
should open a business and fix peoples computers like hers. I guess my
21+ years working with advanced electronics now makes me qualified to
fix computers. I suppose I could charge her $750.00 for a days worth
of work. All I could do was smile and say drop it by the house and I
will get it fixed for you...
All my wife could say when we left was sorry. I hate stupid
educated people. Sometimes being a geek sucks.
Bad Geek Ideas
Bad Geek Ideas
12/31/2003 12:19 AMThe Eight Biggest Tech Flops Ever: I
haven't even heard of half of these: Data Play? Magic Cap? Go?
WebTV: A type of internet appliance that used a TV,
instead of a monitor, to display web pages. Initially popular with the
tech-averse when it shipped in 1996, Microsoft would buy the company
for $425 million a year later. But when sales stalled at around a
million users, someone woke up and realized that low-resolution TVs
are lousy at displaying emails and web pages. Microsoft has since
renamed WebTV MSN TV, but it's not any better. If you're reading this
on a WebTV - or an MSN TV -- I'm sorry for calling your kid ugly, but
get yourself a real computer. You'll like it a whole lot
better.
Click here to comment on this entry
Geek Games
Geek Games
11/12/2003 01:11 PMSome folks in New Zealand have designed a race for the serious Wi-Fi
enthusiast: Participants drive around town sniffing for APs. Each AP
contains a clue in the SSID for where to find the next. The first to
find all the APs wins....
’nother XML Geek
’nother XML Geek
04/14/2004 10:33 AMJames Tauber has
stumbled into the
blogosphere. He’s a smart guy who understands this stuff as well
as anyone; worth keeping an eye on.
The Geek Test
The Geek Test
11/07/2003 05:28 AMen@Wed May 28 06:46:28 2003 .. how big a geek you are
.. I am 46.54832% Geek .. According to this .. Test your
might
innergeek.us/geek.html
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Geek Ballgame?
Geek Ballgame?
04/09/2004 04:05 PMI’m going to be in the Bay Area a couple of days this week, and it
looks like I might be able to get out a bit Tuesday evening. I was
thinking about a geek dinner or something but then noticed that the
A’s are hosting Texas that evening.
I’ve never been to see them, but I’ve been told that it’s a nice
park. On the other hand, on the map it looks like a long way to go;
the game’s at 7:05. If I’m going to have to knock off real early
to make the game, that’s not realistic. So... is this a practical
idea? Anyone else interested?
Year of the geek
Year of the geek
01/06/2004 09:16 AMCNET Jan 6 2004 8:18AM ET
Geek humor at its best
Geek humor at its best
07/14/2004 12:04 AM
The House With
Too Many Perpundiculars Bored Geek
Bored Geek
02/05/2005 09:11 PMWhat does a bored geek do? Put his system logs in RSS, of course.
It works pretty well now that I got a good GUID
scheme down and parsed out the dates properly. Cap it at 500
lines, run it every ten minutes ... I can monitor remote machines in
situations where I could not be the syslog delegate.
Trés nice.
Potsticker Geek
Potsticker Geek
08/19/2004 10:35 PMWell, normally I’d stick this in a
Sunbeams posting, but
it’s good enough to go standalone; you might want to take a trip
over and check out
Potsticker Guru AKA
James C. Liu. A geek’s geek and a good writer and funny, too.
Geek tatts
Geek tatts
12/14/2003 09:54 PM
Killer gallery of geeky tattoos.
Link
(
via Geisha Asobi)
Geek Dinner Thanks
Geek Dinner Thanks
01/16/2004 10:59 AM Thanks much to the 20 or so geeks who came out to The House of Orient
last night for the Geek Dinner. I snapped a few pics that didn't come
out terribly well. Oh, and you'll see a few folks have already pinged
the original post with TrackBacks to their write-ups too. As others
have noted, most folks seemed to know fewer than 4 or 5 other people
there, so there were a lot of interesting discussions. Several
folks...
Beauty & the Geek
Beauty & the Geek
07/22/2004 07:38 AMwins Miss Massachusetts .. Beauty & the Geek .. MIT Alumi
Profile
alum.mit.edu/ne/noteworthy/ebbel.html
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1d8-2 geek points
1d8-2 geek points
01/16/2004 11:31 AMDude. I'm in a Unix fortune. Seriously.
\m/What's the Best Geek Joke You Know?
What's the Best Geek Joke You Know?
06/24/2005 05:44 PMSlashdot Jun 24 2005 12:27AM GMT
Geek dreams
Geek dreams
05/04/2004 06:15 PMDo IT workers dream of electric sheep? This hilarious site compiles
the nightmares and dreams of coders.
One of the scariest nightmares I've had in the past decade or so was
about me being stuck in a Nethack dungeon. Everything was green on
black (I'd been playing on a Facit VT100-clone) and in 7-bit ASCII. I
distinctly remember being chased by a lower-case x, scared out of my
wits and at the same time feeling ashamed of being such a wimp that a
mere grid bug was a threat.
Link
(
Thanks, Eli!)
From geek to chef
From geek to chef
09/14/2004 12:46 PMThis past May, when I decided to go on sabbatical I wrote that I
needed a break because:
I had no perspective on anything, I was so deep into my world of
weblogs and tech that I didn't have much sense of what was going on
outside of my geek circles... I've been burning my candle at both ends
for years now, and decided it was time to stop. Emotionally I was
drained. Physically I was drained.
But that wasn't the full truth of it, because there was something I'd
been feeling that I wasn't quite able to admit. It's taken me several
months of time away from computers and tech and geeks to accept the
fact that computers and technology are not my passion.
My interest in the web and tech was always more about people. With
weblogs, it was making it possible for everyone to write online and
share and communicate. And while I was doing it, I really did care
very deeply about my work -- the products we were creating, the people
for whom they were built, and the people who worked with me to build
them. As my career progressed, I pushed myself to be more visible as a
technology speaker, dabbled at freelance writing, and started another
tech company. But something was always missing, and I've realized that
was true passion for what I was doing.
So last night I ended my sabbatical and began my new career doing
something I've always felt passionate about: cooking. I'm working in
the kitchen of a restaurant called Fifty-Six Union (mentioned at the
bottom of thisFeasting on Nantucket article) here on Nantucket.
Yesterday at 3 PM I put on my black chef's clogs, my black pants and
white t-shirt, pulled my Red Sox cap over my hair and got to work
peeling and deveining shrimp. Seven hours later, sweatily scrubbing
the kitchen floors, I was still smiling.
I've learned a lot this summer during my sabbatical but it all can be
summarized in three words: follow your heart.
I See Geek People
I See Geek People
03/20/2003 05:31 PMI was looking for something a few minutes ago and... well, the results
speak for themselves. Do a search for anything on Amazon.com - and
they'll tell you where to find it. "See 'the finest breast' on Page 3
of the menu at Cafe Starbucks." / "See 'my wife' on Page 53 of Things
You Never Knew Existed." / "See 'baby batter' on Page 149 of Macgill
Discount School Nurse Supplies." / See 'colored farts' on Index 3 of
Source Equipment." / "See 'your mom' on Page 105 of Dressler's Dog
Supplies-All Breed Dog Specialty." / "See 'your pubic hair' on Page 18
of Herbal Healer Academy Natural Medicine Supply." / "See 'horny
protozoa' on Page 88 of American 3B Scientific 2002 mail-order
catalog." / "See 'someone happier than me' on Page 5 of Boltz Steel
Furniture-Steel Style." What do YOU see?...
Geek law 101 audio
Geek law 101 audio
09/09/2004 06:00 PM
Cory Doctorow:
My cow-orker Cindy Cohn, EFF's Legal Director, gave a hell of a talk
at the last USENIX Security Conference, a kind of geek-security-law
101 crash-course, usingthe fight over the leaked Diebold code as her
example. EFF's just posted that talk in audio and as a set of slides.
I just finished listening to it and man, did I get a lot out of it.
Cindy is an amazing speaker, an amazing lawyer, and she's got a lot to
say.
Link
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Let Her Dance, Let Her Dance, Ket Her
Dance All Night Long....
Let Her Dance, Let Her Dance, Ket Her
Dance All Night Long....
05/07/2004 11:27 PM
Bobby
Fuller<
/a> was a Texas based rock and roll singer best known for the immortal
rebel anthem "I
Fought The Law,". Considered by many to be the heir to
Buddy Holly as the king of Texas Rock, he built on Holly's style with
songs like the aforementioned "...Law,"
"Jenny Lee," "Love's Made A Fool Of
You," and the 2 1/2 minute masterpiece "Let Her
Dance." And then it ended,
at age
22, in very
weird circumstances. Over the years, interest in Fuller and his work
has ebbed and flowed, and plenty of
archival material surfaced, but the mystery of his death
remains unsolved, although many have
speculated. Ann odd end for a footnote character in rick history, but who was
bound for more
Health insurers to fat kids: Go play
Dance Dance Revolution
Health insurers to fat kids: Go play
Dance Dance Revolution
04/04/2005 01:18 PMCory Doctorow:
American health insurers are working with obesity researchers to
encourage children to play Dance Dance Revolution on home consoles
with dance-mats as a way of reversing childhood obesity and the
concomitant health costs later in life.
Jones is one of 85 children in an at-home study trying the popular
Dance Dance Revolution video game to boost their activity. The study
is being done by West Virginia's public employees insurance group in
hopes it will lead to better health and lower costs.
Jones lost about 10 pounds by changing his diet. Now, after two weeks
playing the game, he has lost another 10.
Link
Kickass Kung Fu: Like Dance Dance
Revolution for martial artists
Kickass Kung Fu: Like Dance Dance
Revolution for martial artists
06/24/2005 06:25 PMCory Doctorow:
Kickass Kung Fu is a video-game in which you use real martial-arts
moves to control an on-screen kung-fu fighter in order to best both
human and AI opponents.
The game takes place on a 5 meter cushioned playfield suitable for
martial arts and acrobatics training. Using custom computer vision
technology, you are taken inside an artificial reality where the
normal laws of physics no longer apply. Your movements are exaggerated
so that you can easily dodge your opponent's bullets by jumping five
meters in the air and landing behind his back. Using the dual
projected screens, one at each end of the playfield, you can also
continue by counter-attacking your stupefied enemy from the behind.
Link
Play Dance Dance Revolution... Save On
Insurance
Play Dance Dance Revolution... Save On
Insurance
04/04/2005 01:54 PMThere have been discussions over the past few years about the problem
of childhood obesity and how
video
games that force kids to be active may be at least part of the
solution. While going outside and doing something is probably better,
if they must be staring at a screen, they might as well be active
about it. It appears that one insurance company has decided to test
this out and is
running a study by giving Dance, Dance Revolution to kids
in an effort to make them lose some weight. While others have noted
the aerobic nature of the game (and the game apparently has a calorie
burning counter as an option), this appears to be the first insurance
company promoting the game. Next thing you know, your car insurance
rates will rise if you play Grand Theft Auto...
Life on the pro Dance Dance Revolution
circuit
Life on the pro Dance Dance Revolution
circuit
01/25/2004 04:09 AMYoz has posted a great account of his encounter with a touring clade
of pan-European Dance Dance Revolution obsessives:
"We're a group of DDR players in Norway." Do they play other bemani
games? "No, just DDR." He points to the guy he was playing with, now
off the machine and chatting to his girlfriend. "He's from Sweden, he
has a DDR group there too." The machine is now in the control of the
third chap, a large-ish bloke with shoulder-length hair. "He has a
group in France, but they play all kinds of music games." Do you guys
play competitively? "Sometimes... like tomorrow. It's why we're all
here - there's a big contest at the Namco arcade in Westminster.
There'll be players from four different countries. It's pretty big."
LinkDance Dance Revolution as teen
weightloss aid
Dance Dance Revolution as teen
weightloss aid
05/24/2004 06:59 PMThis CNN piece follows the tales of formerly supersized boy and girl
geeks who shed *lots* of unwanted weight playing the wacky Japanese
electronic game "Dance Dance Revolution." In DDR, players stomp around
on a grid of brightly lit squares while hyperfast techno music blares
at them from a video display unit. There's also a home version, which
sells for under US$50.
As she cooled herself in front of a fan at a video arcade, two teenage
boys danced on a machine nearby. Their sneakers pounded out a staccato
rhythm at a pace so fast that "Lord of the Dance"'s Michael Flatley
would be envious.
Not everyone sees dramatic results. Seventeen-year-old Justin Meeks
says his body is more toned, but his weight hasn't changed. He's
pleased to point out, though, that his dancing skills have helped him
get girls. "Two. I'm guilty of that," Justin said with a grin as he
watched friends play DDR.
LinkDJ Format meets Dance Dance Revolution
DJ Format meets Dance Dance Revolution
04/03/2005 07:50 PM
DJ Format
meets Dance Dance Revolution Director Keith Schofield turns out a
blazing video for British DJ Format and his top notch crew of pasty
Canadian rappers, turning their song "3 Feet Deep" into a
high adrenaline arcade hi-score smashing rampage.
Dance, White Boy, Dance (glumbert.com)
Dance, White Boy, Dance (glumbert.com)
04/08/2005 05:05 AMborn
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StepMania 3.9a9
StepMania 3.9a9
12/05/2003 04:17 PMA music/rhythm game where the player presses different buttons in time
to the music.
StepMania
StepMania
11/04/2003 12:06 PMRelease: StepMania 3.9 alpha 8
StepMania 3.9a20
StepMania 3.9a20
05/26/2004 10:32 PMA music/rhythm game where the player presses different buttons in time
to the music.
Release: StepMania 3.9 alpha 20
Release: StepMania 3.9 alpha 20
05/27/2004 06:34 PMStepMania 3.9 alpha 20 is now available for download. StepMania is a
music/rhythm game. The player presses different buttons in time to the
music and to note patterns that scroll across the screen. Features 3D
graphics, visualizations, support for gamepads/dance pads, a step
recording mode, and more!
Download from
http://sf.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=37892&package_id=30318&re
lease_id=241061. If you encounter problems, please follow the
directions on the support page
(http://www.stepmania.com/stepmania/support.php) so we can help you
and fix our bugs as efficiently as possible.
Fixed profile step totals.
Fixed OpenGL crashes in X11R6.7.0.
Fixed toasties not always showing.
Fixed cursor not moving if p2 is on beginner when p1 moves to page 2
during difficulty selection.
Fixed statistics for the current game not being saved if Alt-F4 is
pressed mid-game.
Fixed difficulty icon placement in reverse course songs.
Fixed "Exception: CryptAcquireContext" error.
Stats.html is no longer written by default.
Editor: Fixed assertion failure playing long songs.
Steps and calories still count after failing a stage.
ScreenSelectCourse is now based on ScreenSelectMusic.
Added Yuki Matsuoka kanji.
Added Oni course autogen by artist.
Courses now support the #COURSETRANSLIT tag; works identically to .SM
#TITLETRANSLIT.
(from alpha 19)
Fixed songs not being reselected correctly from the sort menu.
Fixed editor menu and course editor not wrapping.
Fixed stage screen back transition being skipped.
Optimized Catalog.xml writing.
Unknown audio types in songs is no longer a fatal error.
Incorrect DifficultyIcon state count is no longer a fatal error.
Fixed DifficultyIcon staying hidden when no song is selected.
Fixed "volume not ready" dialogs.
Fixed song scores not being found.
Fixed music wheel speed regression.
Fixed some fading banners.
Fixed machine high score index when players both get the same high
score.
Fixed floating tails in reverse boomerang.
Fixed hold heads cycling through all note types while held.
Fixed timer on character selection.
Fixed character rendering in How To Play.
Fixed profile deletion not deleting edits.
Fixed character model rendering artifacts when a freeze segment lies
on beat 0.
Fixed BPM/offset changing during gameplay.
Added "Save Stats" option (available under "Other Options").
Added "easy" course mode (opposite to difficult courses).
Stomp is easier in dance-double.
Improvements to planted and twister transforms.
Latency improvements in ALSA for Linux 2.4 kernels.
Removed SaveToProfile option; it hasn't done anything for a while
(options are always saved to profile).
StepMania 3.0 final released
StepMania 3.0 final released
10/25/2002 07:23 AMThe final, official release of StepMania version 3.0 is now available
for download. There have been hundreds of additions and the program
now has a much more polished feel. New features include Ez2 support,
Para support, AutoGen for missing types (so you can play dance songs
in pump, etc), and a plethora of new add-ons. Let us know what you
think: http://forums.ddrmaniax.net/index.php?act=SF&f=17
Release: StepMania 3.9 alpha 9
Release: StepMania 3.9 alpha 9
12/04/2003 07:12 PMStepMania is a music/rhythm game. The player presses different buttons
in time to the music and to note patterns that scroll across the
screen. Features 3D graphics, visualizations, support for
gamepads/dance pads, a step recording mode, and more!
Release: StepMania 3.9 alpha 8 is available from
http://sf.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=37892. If you encounter
problems, please follow the directions on the support page
(http://www.stepmania.com/stepmania/support.php) so we can help you
and fix our bugs as efficiently as possible.
Car Pool Coordination
Car Pool Coordination
07/20/2004 06:07 PMDirect and Related Links for 'Car Pool
Coordination'
Free registration is required to read the article - but it’s
all posted here. “It’s already happening in a few cities.
Lone drivers who want to use car pool lanes can stop at informal
gathering spots to pick up passengers who need rides. But passengers
aren’t always going to the same destinations as drivers-and some
drivers prefer quiet passengers to talkative ones. So information
science researchers Paul Resnick of the University of Michigan in
Ann…
From P2P to Web Services: Addressing and
Coordination
From P2P to Web Services: Addressing and
Coordination
04/09/2004 04:09 PMAndy Oram presents a two-part series examining the utility of P2P
technology in the Web Services space.
As Airport Wi-Fi Use Grows, So Does
Coordination
As Airport Wi-Fi Use Grows, So Does
Coordination
06/08/2004 10:23 AMThe Wall Street Journal reports on airports' increased control of the
unlicensed airwaves in their confines: This is both an old and new
story. Airports started demanding control years ago, but it's a slow
boil as existing lease agreements expire and are revised, and as
airports start to see the full revenue and logistics potential of
having ubiquitous Wi-Fi for passengers, themselves, and their airline
and concessionaire tenants. What's most interesting in this piece is
that airlines and other airport "customers" are starting to push back,
given that Wi-Fi works in an unlicensed band. The writer notes, If an
airline's Wi-Fi hardware isn't compatible with an airport-installed
network, the carrier would have to buy a whole new system. This isn't
quite it: Wi-Fi hardware all works with other Wi-Fi hardware. What she
means becomes clear in the next paragraph when talking about UPS,
which employs a combination of Bluetooth and Wi-Fi that might not work
within all Wi-Fi networks....
Will That Be Coordination, Cooperation,
or Collaboration?
Will That Be Coordination, Cooperation,
or Collaboration?
03/25/2005 06:39 PM
The Idea: Three Words:
Coordination, Cooperation, and Collaboration, are often used
interchangeably. They shouldn't be.
Recently I specified<
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the requirements for collaboration:
Collaboration entails finding
the right group of people (skills, personalities, knowledge,
work-styles, and chemistry), ensuring they share commitment to the
collaboration task at hand, and providing them with an environment,
tools, knowledge, training, process and facilitation to ensure they
work together effectively
but I didn't define the term.
The term is being cheapened ("collaboration tools", "collaborative
environments") to the point where in many people's minds it's
indistinguishable from cooperation
and coordination, which are
less elaborate and less ambitious collective undertakings.
How can we differentiate between these terms in a meaningful way? Here
are a few ways that I think they differ:
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Coordination
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Cooperation
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Collaboration
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Preconditions for Success
("Must-Haves")
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Shared
objectives; Need for more than one person to be involved;
Understanding of who needs to do what by when
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Shared
objectives; Need for more than one person to be involved; Mutual trust
and respect; Acknowledgment of mutual benefit of working together
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Shared
objectives; Sense
of urgency and commitment; Dynamic process; Sense of belonging; Open
communication; Mutual trust and respect; Complementary, diverse skills
and knowledge; Intellectual agility
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Enablers (Additional "Nice to
Haves")
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Appropriate tools (see below); Problem resolution
mechanism
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Frequent consultation and knowledge-sharing between
participants; Clear role definitions; Appropriate tools (see
below)
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Right
mix of people; Collaboration skills and practice collaborating; Good
facilitator(s); Collaborative 'Four Practices' mindset and other
appropriate tools (see below)
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Purpose of Using This
Approach
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Avoid
gaps &
overlap in individuals' assigned work
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Obtain
mutual
benefit by sharing or partitioning work
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Achieve
collective results that the participants would be incapable of
accomplishing working alone
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Desired Outcome
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Efficiently-achieved results meeting objectives
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Same as
for Coordination, plus savings in time and cost
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Same as
for Cooperation, plus innovative, extraordinary, breakthrough results,
and collective 'we did
that!' accomplishment
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Optimal Application
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Harmonizing tasks, roles and schedules in simple environments and systems
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Solving
problems in complicated
environments and systems
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Enabling the emergence of understanding and
realization of shared visions in complex environments and systems
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Examples
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Project
to implement off-the-shelf IT application; Traffic flow regulation
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Marriage; Operating a local community-owned utility
or grain elevator; Coping with an epidemic or catastrophe
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Brainstorming to discover a dramatically better way
to do something; Jazz or theatrical improvisation; Co-creation
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Appropriate Tools
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Project
management tools with schedules, roles, critical path (CPM), PERT and
GANTT charts; "who will do what by when" action lists
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Systems
thinking; Analytical tools (root cause analysis etc.)
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Appreciative inquiry; Open Space meeting protocols;
Four Practices; Conversations; Stories
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Degree of interdependence in
designing the effort's work-products (and need for physical
co-location of participants)
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Minimal
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Considerable
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Substantial
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Degree of individual latitude in
carrying out the agreed-upon design
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Minimal
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Considerable
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Substantial
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Where do teams, partnerships, think-tanks, open-source and joint
ventures fit in this
schema? The general definition
of a team is an interdependent group, which suggests that
collaborative
groups are teams, coordinated groups are not, and cooperative groups
may or may not be. Partnerships and joint ventures are both, I would
argue, primarily cooperative undertakings, whose objectives evolve
over
time. Open-source developments can run the gamut among all three types
of undertaking. So theoretically can think-tanks, though in reality
most think-tank work is solitary and not really collaborative. Even
the
work of scientists on major international projects is, I am told,
substantially individual, with a lot more coordination and cooperation
than true
collaboration.
The last two rows of the above chart may seem somewhat paradoxical. It
is relatively easy to coordinate the activities of a 'virtual' group
that must work remotely and asynchronously, and much harder (but not
impossible) to achieve virtual collaboration, especially if the
collaborators already know each other. But once the 'design' of the
collective work-product is done, the implementation work of a
coordinated group is usually very explicit, while the implementation
work of collaborators is necessarily more improvisational.
So what? Well, in many cases, collective work may be dysfunctional
because it is organized as one of these types of undertaking when what
is needed is another type. Or, based on a misunderstanding of the
nature of the collective effort, the wrong resources and tools are
provided, or the preconditions for success are not met. And
collaboration is not always a better approach than coordination or
cooperation. In situations where the Wisdom of
Crowds
is valuable (prediction, optimization and coordination problems),
independence of 'crowd' members is essential, and cooperative or
collaborative processes can lead to 'groupthink' and actually detract
from the crowd's 'wisdom'. There is nothing more frustrating than
being
invited into a supposedly empowered, collaborative team and then being
charged with a task that needs nothing more than a good project
coordinator.
It all comes down to what you are trying to accomplish. The 'Purpose
of
Using This Approach" row of this chart is therefore perhaps the most
important. A hammer, a wrench and a screwdriver are not
interchangeable
tools, and none is best for all situations.
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Community Wi-Fi Needs Expansion,
Coordination
Community Wi-Fi Needs Expansion,
Coordination
05/24/2004 12:47 PMPaul Andrews writes in The Seattle Times about the notion of a public
coordinating board for municipal wireless: Andrews thinks that towns
and cities could be well served by planning policies and deployment,
whether public or public/private partnerships, to better ensure
comprehensive coverage rather than a patchwork....
Dance, familiar. Dance...
Dance, familiar. Dance...
12/11/2003 02:34 PMAn interesting line about the selves manufactured by spies (that
seems to me to have currency for all people who have cause to
narrativise their lives in one way or another) from John Le
Carré's rather blandly-titled (but also rather good) new novel
Absolute
Friends:
But who is Mundy Three, when Mundys One and Two have gone
to bed? Who is this third person who is neither one of the other two,
who lies awake while they sleep, and listens for the chimes of country
bells he doesn't hear? He is the silent spectator. he is the one
member of the audience who doesn't applaud the performances of his two
familiars. He is made up of all the odd bits of his life that are left
over after he has given the rest away.
Dance Voldo Dance
Dance Voldo Dance
07/18/2004 03:34 PM
Dance, Voldo,
Dance (embedded quicktime .mov) Two people controlling two Voldos
(the #1 freak from Soul Caliber). Quite possibly the most amazing
synchronized video game dancing you'll ever see.
Dance Dance Resurrection
Dance Dance Resurrection
05/28/2004 04:51 PM
Jesus-themed variant of DDR (shut up, don't go pointing me to snopes
-- of *course* it's a hoax).
Link; other
recent BoingBoing posts on DDR
1,
2,
3. (
millegrazie, mi piccolo
snoodilio, also on track this
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Dance dance revolution
Dance dance revolution
10/28/2003 11:07 PM
Holy cow!! They just had the guy from the Kollaboration 2000 talent
contest perform in between talks. Fucking amazing.
GRDDL Coordination Group Note Published
GRDDL Coordination Group Note Published
04/13/2004 12:49 PM
2004-04-13: Through joint efforts, the RDF in XHTML task force of the
Semantic Web Coordination Group and the HTML Working Group has
published a Coordination Group Note. Gleaning Resource Descriptions
from Dialects of Languages (GRDDL) is a mechanism for encoding RDF
statements in XHTML and XML to be extracted by programs such as XSLT
transformations. Visit the Semantic Web and HTML home pages. (News
archive)
Student Movement Coordination Committee
for Democracy in Iran
Student Movement Coordination Committee
for Democracy in Iran
04/15/2004 07:40 AM
Student Movement Coordination Committee for Democracy in Iran: Deadly
clashes rock east
Tehrandaneshjoo.org/smccdinews/article/publish/article_4180.shtmltrack
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Hole in Web software shows lack of
coordination in computer security
disclosures
Hole in Web software shows lack of
coordination in computer security
disclosures
06/18/2002 06:22 PMAP via New Jersey Online Jun 18 2002 3:18PM ET
SIPO seeks inter-agency coordination for
better intellectual property protection
SIPO seeks inter-agency coordination for
better intellectual property protection
12/23/2003 05:04 AMXinhuanet Dec 23 2003 4:34AM ET
Can therapy fix my parents?
Can therapy fix my parents?
01/06/2005 09:52 AMWe've been in counseling for about six months now, but it doesn't seem
to be affecting them.
Apartment Therapy -
Apartment Therapy -
04/20/2004 01:40 AMHow ToPaint Your Floors (And Not Screw It
Up)
apartmenttherapy.com/main/archives/000210.html
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