Lazyweb, How do I use you from Blogger?
Posted on November 29, 2005 - Filed Under Blogger Posts | 3 Comments
Lazyweb, how do I submit my request to you from Blogger. Just kidding. Heres the problem, and then the solution:
Lazyweb intro
In my previous post, I wanted to know if anyone out there can help me with a little unix problem. However because I am the only regular reader of my blog, I don’t really expect [...]
Finding only leaf folders
Posted on November 28, 2005 - Filed Under Blogger Posts | 9 Comments
How can I find only leaf folders in unix? I have a couple of ways I don’t really like. Surely this should just be an option on find. Anyway:
Option 1: Counting Hard Links
find -type d -links 2
Why I don’t like it: It won’t work if there are any hard links (other than . and ..) [...]
Short Term Fame, and the monetizing of
Posted on November 20, 2005 - Filed Under Blogger Posts | Leave a Comment
What if all the disappointed people who’s Australian Idol contestant didn’t make it could buy a produced mp3 (or DRM’d equivalent) immediately on iTunes? That would make some money. Even better, what if the songs were put up for all contestants each week, and the polling was done according to the number of sales (at [...]
Read More..>>Gravitational Tractor Beam
Posted on November 10, 2005 - Filed Under Blogger Posts | Leave a Comment
The latest astronomy picture of the day (APOD) from NASA details a possible implementation of a gravitational tractor. I don’t really understand it (perhaps I should read the paper) but it appears that you simply put a heavy ship near the rock you want to move, and by applying gentle thrust away from the rock [...]
Read More..>>Funny Road Rage Ad
Posted on November 10, 2005 - Filed Under Blogger Posts | Leave a Comment
For Ikea (huh?). Thanks, Museum of Hoaxes.
Read More..>>Riya.com - Face recognition-based online photo tagging
Posted on November 4, 2005 - Filed Under Blogger Posts | Leave a Comment
Riya photo search looks like it will be very interesting. I like the idea that once you tag an item in a single photo (a face, or even an object), it will be recognised in all other photos, and tagged accordingly. It will be interesting to see how accurate it is. It’s good to see [...]
Read More..>>Quadratic Formula - the tax office way
Posted on November 2, 2005 - Filed Under Blogger Posts | Leave a Comment
If the IRS had discovered the quadratic formula, by Daniel Velleman. via Isabel’s math blog.
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