OCRFeeder – GNOME Live!
August 9th, 2010
software for automatic layout analysis and optical text recognition (GTK-based, possibly cross-platform)
http://n3on.org/projects/reCAPTCHA/
August 6th, 2010
A paper [presented @ DEFCON 2010] describing algorithm to solve reCAPTCHA ( http://reCAPTCHA .net )
Park Tool Website
August 2nd, 2010
Bike repair service
So You’d Like to Send Some Email
August 1st, 2010
post by Jeff Atwood about troubles involved in setting up your own mail server (i.e. in case you actually care that mail you send will actually reach the recipient). While I don't agree with the post, post and comments (especially comments) do contains good info and suggestions on what it takes to maintain a good email server. /PS: in Jeff's case, his code is just an email client, all the stuff he writes about is sysadmin's job and has nothing to do with programming/
www.flatpanelshd.com – Your guide to flat panel monitors and TVs …
August 1st, 2010
Info, tests, specs and other info -- this URL is a must when you are in a process getting a new flat panel TV or monitor
HP LP2465 24" LCD Monitor
July 31st, 2010
full specs on HP L2465 monitor, older HP high quality 24" monitor, currently sold "certified" (aka used) at various places around $200-250 ( example: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824176144&Tpk=LP2465 ) . [PS: current version of HP 24" pro series is LP2475w, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824176104&Tpk=LP2475w )
What’s Wrong With the American University System – Culture – The Atlantic
July 31st, 2010
Interesting interview with Andrew Hacker and Claudia Dreifus, the authors of "Higher Education"
You cannot make that up or "I heard that on NPR"
July 30th, 2010
(for Russian-speaking people)
I'm in my kitchen, listening the radio, I hear: Joe Palca takes interview from Anna Skalka
I'm in my kitchen, listening the radio, I hear: Joe Palca takes interview from Anna Skalka
You cannot make that up or "I heard that on NPR"
July 30th, 2010
(for Russian-speaking people)
I'm in my kitchen, listening the radio, I hear: Joe Palca takes interview from Anna Skalka
I'm in my kitchen, listening the radio, I hear: Joe Palca takes interview from Anna Skalka
PostgreSQL versus Oracle!
July 29th, 2010
Full Text Search benchmark, Oracle vs Postgres, on 2x Quad core Xeon, 8G RAM, 2 SSDs x RAID 1. Pg is being slightly faster when query contains several words, once word count increases, oracle leaps ahead (suggesting a more mature FTS implementation)
