RFID: Augmented Reality
Using a portable projector combined with an RFID reader, researchers at Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs have invented a way to project labels directly onto objects identified by RFID tags.
- Bill Glover [01:50:35 PM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

Experimental Tempo Sync Calculator
This experimental JavaScript calculator displays durations of notes and phrases in seconds and milliseconds. It's handy for calculating tempo-based synchronization effects, and also demonstrates JavaScript rounding techniques.
- David Battino [09:28:52 PM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

Pay-Off From a Social Web?
I've been reading about viral marketing recently, so I tried to fit the phenomemon in with trends in social networks and Web Services.
- Andy Oram [10:03:28 AM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

Removing Multiple IP6FW Rules with the Same Number in One Go
A short script to remove multiple ip6fw rules sharing the same number.
- Jacek Artymiak [04:39:03 AM | Discuss (2) | Permalink]

firstname from name in PostgreSQL
SELECT name, INITCAP(SPLIT_PART(name, ' ', 1)) AS firstname FROM clients
- Derek Sivers [06:27:41 PM | Discuss (2) | Permalink]

Counter overflow the cause of Comair's computer failure?
Was a counter overflow the cause of Comair's computer failure? And while we are at it, can someone explain what a "worker keystroke error" is?
- Nitesh Dhanjani [03:01:56 PM | Discuss (2) | Permalink]

Query Links on the Web
Query links are typically links that trigger queries, and they often function as one-to-many links. Does anyone use web versions of these?
- Bob DuCharme [01:48:44 PM | Discuss (4) | Permalink]

RFID in Casino Chips
Will casinos be next to embrace RFID?
- Bill Glover [09:29:30 AM | Discuss (6) | Permalink]

Listing IPFW2, IPFW, and IP6FW Rules with the Same Number
IPFW, IPFW2, and IP6FW allow the ruleset writer to add more than one rule with the same number. Here's a command that lists rules with the same numbers.
- Jacek Artymiak [05:41:16 AM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

Two fun books: Spam Kings and Revolution in the Valley
The best part about working for O'Reilly is getting free books. But all too often it's like the 500-channel cable selection where the long tail is so overwhelming that it takes a TiVo to find something worth watching. After all, how many books on Windows XP and Oracle do I really want? But 2004 saw a few books so interesting that they made it worthwhile for me to dredge through those XP and Oracle books in our catalog.
- Nathan Torkington [05:52:30 PM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

Web search, without the web
Taking a hint from Google Suggest, I came up with a rapid search solution that doesn't even require the background XMLHTTP connection to a server...
- Micah Dubinko [09:13:18 PM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

Before the storm
Advocacy is a job riddled with challenges. I plan to beat a path to solve some of them...
- Jono Bacon [07:19:59 PM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

You know, for kids!
Give your children five minutes of fun on a Mac this holiday
- Giles Turnbull [07:49:26 AM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

Installing Mono on SuSE Linux with Red Carpet
In most of the articles and forum entries everyone always mentions that installing Mono is greatly simplified by using Red Carpet. Now with this article I hope that it is easy.
- Kevin Shockey [05:59:47 PM | Discuss (1) | Permalink]

New year, new beginnings
This is the time of year to jettison your junque and move ahead!
- Carla Schroder [01:16:29 PM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]