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3 good podcasts while printing vouchers: spectrum policy, eXist-db & Jon Udell with social website author | http://tinyurl.com/y

mshook — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 07:41:00 -0500

 * http://twit.tv/floss97 about http://exist.sourceforge.net/ 
   * example: http://history.state.gov/
 * http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/shows/detail4301.html
   * http://www.amazon.com/Building-Social-Web-Applications-Establishing/dp/0596518757/
   * interview with Jon Udell
   * at ~22:30 - Jon: ~"an application" can be accomplished by a convention
   * noticings (Flickr game) - Activity Stream - Oauth - OpenID
 * http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/shows/detail4289.html
   * panel discussion of spectrum: cognitive radio, FCC, policy, lots of complicated stuff
          

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Short interview with jPolite (lightweight jQuery framework for iGoogle/netvibes-like portals) author Wayne Lee | http://bit.ly/2

mshook — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:20:00 -0500

via http://twitter.com/programmingjoy/status/5857692995

I decided to re-engineer it from the ground up. JPolite V2 is then a complete re-design from the ground up with nothing from V1 except for the look & feel. The code structure is much clearer which makes it easier for customization, as well as integration with other jQuery plugins.

A new feature that is now being tested with JPolite is called XDO (XML Data Object), which currently supports JSON objects only. The whole idea is based on some discussion around “Thin Server Architecture” and REST architecture style, that a browser client first construct the foundation of a web app with STATIC content (HTML, CSS and JavaScript) from a web server, and then exchange only DATA (XML, JSON, TXT) with the application server, which relieves the server from the burden of generating HTML markup. This feature is still experimental with lots enhancements expected.

Tagged by mshook under jquery, jpolite, interview, javascript, portal, igoogle, netvibes, why, json, gadget, framework, rest, architecture, xdo, interesting,

Simple UDP server & client examples in Python - tested on XP & Ubuntu | http://www.evolt.org/node/60276

mshook — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:27:00 -0500

# Server program

from socket import *

# Set the socket parameters
host = "localhost"
port = 21567
buf = 1024
addr = (host,port)

# Create socket and bind to address
UDPSock = socket(AF_INET,SOCK_DGRAM)
UDPSock.bind(addr)

# Receive messages
while 1:
	data,addr = UDPSock.recvfrom(buf)
	if not data:
		print "Client has exited!"
		break
	else:
		print "nReceived message '", data,"'"

# Close socket
UDPSock.close()

# Client program

from socket import *

# Set the socket parameters
host = "localhost"
port = 21567
buf = 1024
addr = (host,port)

# Create socket
UDPSock = socket(AF_INET,SOCK_DGRAM)

def_msg = "===Enter message to send to server===";
print "n",def_msg

# Send messages
while (1):
	data = raw_input('>> ')
	if not data:
		break
	else:
		if(UDPSock.sendto(data,addr)):
			print "Sending message '",data,"'....."

# Close socket
UDPSock.close()

Tagged by mshook under test, python, udp, example, code, simple, useful, works,

Minimal echo server in Ruby, Python (several), Perl & C | http://jacobian.org/writing/star-is-unix/

mshook — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:07:00 -0400

* is Unix

Jacob Kaplan-Moss

October 7, 2009

Ruby: I like Unicorn because it’s Unix (Ryan’s original version).

Python: Python is Unix (my original Python version).

Python: Jeff Zellman’s improved Python version.

Python: my more Pythonic version (using SocketServer).

Perl: Perl is Unix (by Aristotle Pagaltzis).

C: Unix is C (Paul Smith brings it full circle).

Tagged by mshook under c, ruby, python, example, code, minimal, server, viapopular, good, linux, perl, how, network, socket, process,

10 year history of virtualization | http://www.engineyard.com/blog/2009/10-years-of-virtual-machine-performance-semi-demystified

mshook — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 09:20:00 -0400

There are many opinions in the air about the impact that virtualization has on performance, so I thought a short blog would be good to explain (as best I can) virtual machine performance characteristics with pointers to relevant benchmarks and technical papers.
My background is that I was an early Product Manager working on VMware ESX Server (from version 1.5) and among other things ran product management for VMware for a few years. As a product management guy, I kept track of the output of the engineering performance group, and as a result had a reasonable high level (although never code level) understanding of the whys and wherefores of virtualization performance. Although I’m not as fresh on virtualization as I once was, I’ll try to do my best here. I also want to thank Steve Herrod at VMware, and Simon Crosby at Citrix for providing a technical sanity check on the blog contents, although I retain responsibility for any mistakes and oversights.

Tagged by mshook under virtualization, history, virtual, machine, viapopular, comparison, performance,

Mobile phone app programming with functional Scheme; Scheme, XML & XSLT; Flapjax (Javascript) | http://tinyurl.com/yd77c5j

mshook — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:32:00 -0400

One page: http://www.google.com/notebook/public/17894154587286929730/BDV0B5goQxvPDrcEk

Moby
My take on how Moby Works ...
The Moby Scheme Compiler for Smartphones ...
1.2Simulations and Animations: "world.ss" ...
How to Design Worlds: Imagi...
Shriram Krishnamurthi: Talk...
YouTube - Handbells for the...
Handbells for the 21st Century
InfoQ: Javascript as Compil...
Another language that compiles to Javascript is...
examples/bell-choir.ss at m...
The CONTINUE Server Shriram Krishnamurthi Sy...
How to Design Programs: An ...
Contents Preface IProcessing ...
XML
Transformation-by-Example for XML Shriram Kri...
SXSLT: Manipulation Language for XML Oleg Kis...
Flapjax Demos Catch Up Delicious Dra...
Papers
Shriram Krishnamurthi: Publ...
Chronological List of All Papers These papers...

Tagged by mshook under cool, interesting, eclectic, brown, javascript, scheme, lisp, functional, declarative, xml, xslt, mobile, application, gnb, pdafriendly,

A web site hosted on a Commodore 64 running the Contiki OS. Contiki supports 6LoWPAN | http://58.6.118.18/ | http://www.c64web.c

mshook — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 08:56:00 -0400

Tagged by mshook under os, avr, ip, contiki, nostalgia, game, obsession, server, 8bit, bbs, ipv6, tcpip, cool, emon, java, emulation,

current transducers, arduino, & custom software to monitor power consumption. measurements, graphed on a server http://tinyurl

mshook — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:03:00 -0400

Materials

Current Transducers - $46.00 for 2

Arduino Diecimilia Microcontroller ~ $20

Arduino Ethernet Shield ~ $45

Small sheet plexiglass with mounting screws and standoffs ~ $5

Router capable of running openwrt or something can serve a cgi script (optional) ~ $40

Web server to host the power charts (optional) ~ $5/month

Total cost ~ $110 (not counting what I already had lying around) If money is tight there are a few things that can make this cheaper by about fifty bucks:

Tagged by mshook under howto, power, energy, emon, diy, arduino, how, avr, home, monitor, interesting,

Joe Gregorio's informed thoughts (& critique) of Google's Wave protocols w/ comments by Sam Ruby, James Clark,.. | http://tinyur

mshook — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 06:02:00 -0400

There are actually 3 protocols and 2 APIs that are used in Wave:

Federation (XMPP)
The robot protocol (JSONRPC)
The gadget API (OpenSocial)
The wave embed API (Javascript)
The client-server protocol (As defined by GWT)

The last one in that list is really nothing that needs to be, or will probably ever be documented, it is generated by GWT and when you build your own Wave client you will need to define how it talks to your Wave server. The rest of the protocols and APIs are based on existing technologies.

Tagged by mshook under wave, rest, example, protocol, json, xmpp, gwt, joegregorio, good, api, rpc, how, why, comments, gadget, robot,

"how to use the Arduino and an Xport Ethernet module to send and retrieve data to an [PHP] web server"

mshook — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:44:00 -0400

void httpRequest()
{
  byte theByte;

  xPortSerial.print("GET ");
  xPortSerial.print(PHP_PAGE_LOCATION);

  // value0 = 123 and value1 = 456
  // You should change these to be your sensor values or whatever you want to send
  // (see php code if you want to add more values or change the names value0/value1
  xPortSerial.print("?value0=123&value1=456");
  xPortSerial.print(" HTTP/1.1n");
  xPortSerial.print(WEB_HOST);

  while(!xPortSerial.available()) {} // Just loop until available
  theByte = xPortSerial.read();
  if (theByte != 0)
    Serial.println("Passed.");
  else
    Serial.println("Failed.");
}

Tagged by mshook under arduino, ethernet, server, client, avr, howto, code, php, c, sheild,

How can I make SVN serve HTML and images with the correct Content-Type? | http://code.google.com/p/support/wiki/FAQ#Subversion

mshook — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:47:00 -0400

You need to tell subversion what mime-type to use. Just use the command:

svn propset svn:mime-type 'text/html' FILENAME

or

svn propset svn:mime-type 'image/jpeg' FILENAME

For more info: http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.4/svn.advanced.props.file-portability.html#svn.advanced.props.special.mime-type

It's also possible to configure your Subversion client to automatically set
each file's mime-type. For example, by modifying ~/.subversion/config to resemble

[miscellany]
enable-auto-props = yes

[auto-props]
*.html = svn:mime-type=text/html

For more info: http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.1/ch07.html#svn-ch-7-sect-1.3.2

Tagged by mshook under svn, html, howto, serve, server, google, code, image, jpg, subversion,

Skype conflict with 4.2 Mona Uniform Server | http://forum.uniformserver.com/index.php?showtopic=1679

mshook — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:56:00 -0400

Loading up a new laptop I downloaded and ran Uniform Server 4.2-Mona and everything worked just fine.

A few days ago I tried to start up the server and it failed, being unable to find redirect.html on drive z:

Inserting some pauses in a copy of Server_Start.bat is discovered that after uniserv.exe ran, z: disappeared.

Some searching around got me to:
http://wiki.uniformserver.com/index.php/Ne...s_Section#Skype

I closed Skype and everything worked great.

I've been using Uniform Server for years and have been very happy with it.

Many thanks!

-Michael Tagged by mshook under windows, wamp, lamp, bug, server, uniform, apache, php, mysql, perl, fixed,

Shows how to assemble, link and run assembler programs under MVS, CMS & VSE

mshook — Mon, 11 May 2009 09:16:00 -0400

CONTENTS "HLASM V1R3 Programmer's Guide" IBM Library Server
http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/asmp1002/CCONTENTS

Tagged by mshook under ibm, assembler, jcl, card, 1998, howto, asm,

IT Conversations | Tech Nation | Ken Brill (Free Podcast)

mshook — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 08:14:00 -0500

"Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Ken Brill about a paradox of modern life. He discusses how we traded in our big gas-guzzling automobiles, while dealing with the surprise energy downside of surfing the Internet." Tagged by mshook under energy, server, farm, itconversations, listened,

Library of Over 500 Free Database Models | Webmasters by Design

mshook — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 09:54:00 -0400

" 1. Libraries and Books 2. Inventory Control for Retail Stores 3. Hotel Reservations 4. Video Rentals 5. School Management 6. Clients and Fees 7. CD Collections 8. Customers and Invoices 9. Payroll 10. Apartment Rentals 11. Customers and Services 12. ERP 13. Car Sales 14. Customers and Addresses 15. Driving Schools 16. Health and Fitness Clubs 17. Hospital Admissions 18. Inventory of Files in Boxes 19. Sports Clubs 20. Airline Reservations The creator of all of these database models runs multiple database companies; one is in the UK; the other is in the US. He has also created data models that are included in Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express. He offers his reason for providing these saying, "I design these Data Models for free to give something back to the Database community that has provided me with a good (and interesting) living for the past 15 years" (DatabaseAnswers.org). Be sure to check these out and show some love for all the hard work that went into creating these and offering them for FREE!" Tagged by mshook under database, design, example, sql, viapopular, mysql, er, free,

The Universe Web | What Not How | http://duncan-cragg.org/blog/

mshook — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:41:00 -0400

"The Universe Web I've just described is a lot like the World Wide Web: * An Entity is like a Web Resource * The State of an Entity is like an HTML Web Representation of a Web Resource * A Link in an Entity's State is like a Web URL inside an HTML Web Representation * Laws are like Javascript, Flash, link hover, blink tags and animated GIFs * Rule sets are like PHP scripts or Java servers * A State Observation is like a Web Representation Transfer " Tagged by mshook under duncancragg, vr, secondlife, rest, architecture, interesting, ibm,

Routeabout: Whither tinyurl?

mshook — Sun, 18 May 2008 10:35:00 -0400

Yikes! Here's what it says this morning: 500 - Internal Server Error This server has encountered an internal error. Follow these instructions: change the domain name that appears in the URL in the address bar of your web browser from tinyurl.com to b.tinyurl.com and leave everything else the same. Press the "go" button or hit the return key to be redirected to the page the TinyURL you followed goes to. Tagged by mshook under tinyurl, scale, twitter, bug,

Layer Six Labs - Numenta Pictures Demo

mshook — Sun, 11 May 2008 02:08:00 -0400

"We use AS3 to take drawing input and send it back to a server running the Numenta software. The server performs and inference and sends a response back to the Flash frontend. To learn more about how HTMs work, go to" Tagged by mshook under cool, numenta, bayesian, recognition, aws, as3, ec2, htm, neuron, neuralnet, python,

OakLeaf Systems: Comparing Google App Engine, Amazon SimpleDB and Microsoft SQL Server Data Services

mshook — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 05:20:00 -0400

"All three services use the Entity-Attribute-Value (EAV) model, which Wikipedia describes as: [A] data model that is used in circumstances where the number of attributes (properties, parameters) that can be used to describe a thing (an "entity" or "object") is potentially very vast, but the number that will actually apply to a given entity is relatively modest. " Tagged by mshook under simpledb, microsoft, ssds, appengine, comparison, good, db, model,

Category:Software architecture summaries from Wikipedia via DBpedia

mshook — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 09:39:00 -0400

" * AGATE (architecture framework) * AHAH * AJAX Service Bus * AJILE * AUTOSAR * AXAH * Abstraction of transport/protocol connectivity * Acme (ADL) * Agent Open Service Interface Definition * Agent architecture * Anemic Domain Model * Anti-pattern * Application Domain * Application server * Architectural pattern (computer science) * Architecture Driven Modernization * Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method * Architecture description language * Artificial intelligence systems integration * Assessment Open Service Interface Definition * Authentication Open Service Interface Definition * Authorization Open Service Interface Definition B" Tagged by mshook under software, architecture, summary, wikipedia, list, dbpedia,