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Simpler Android APIs with AutoParcel I have made a small change to one of the Android libraries I maintain and was quite happy with how it turned out, so I wanted to write a few words about it. Strings! Strings everywhere! One of the things I like the...
In recent posts, I have spoken of my heroes – there are five of them, in no particular order: Ezra Stoller, Balthazar Korab, Robert Polidori, Gabriele Basilico, and Eugene Atget. They all have in common the use of the large format view camera, the architectural...
We survivalists, turned to consumers Just to get by, just to get by - Talib Kweli Cosumer Consider how much we take for granted when using technology. All the processes that translate our intentions into pulses of electricity and then into results are...
During the course of migrating directory services from OpenLDAP to Open Directory, I was tasked with finding alternate configurations for connecting a lot of different services to OD. Among these were gitlab, freeradius, a slew of Atlassian products,...
Lots of people write prediction pieces heading into a new year. As a general fan of consumer internet / tech, aside from working at one such company, I can’t wait to observe a number of potential events in 2014. Rather than postulate about their outcome,...
Because the night belongs to us. The jitters fit right into the equation. For I never had sisters, with a childhood growing up in a household with just a single female, so it’s a slightly different leap into the unknown. And staring at the abyss does...
boron nitride powder | Image Resource : kennametal.com style="text-align: justify;">Technology has limited the work of men and also constituted a lot towards the growth of mankind. The credit definitely goes to nano technology. With nano sized particles,...
Note: The idea of developing text based interfaces that intelligently deal with idiosyncratic input & interpret structure from layout still appeals to me. A lot of natural language interfaces focus on voice input, but I think its equally worth thinking...
“Hamid Karzai with U.S. Special Forces Operational Detachment Alpha 574 during Operation Enduring Freedom in 2001.” President Karzais smiley face no longer covers up his politics of deception. His words do not sound promising, nor does his behavior seem...
(Texte initialement publié par le think tank EALI) En montant dans le métro qui m'emmenait au travail hier matin, je remarquais une affiche de “Save Darfur”, une alliance d'organisations non gouvernementales luttant pour la sensibilisation du public sur...
