Michal Migurski's Reblog

Dragon on Broadway - Bruce Lee in Oakland

2010-08-30T13:47:52-0700

"45 years ago, 4175 Broadway was the site of a kung fu showdown that changed martial arts forever. Bruce Lee, a 24 year-old dropout from the University of Washington had recently landed in North Oakland, where he opened a martial arts studio not far from Oakland Technical High School. The school quickly attracted students. It also made enemies. The Bay Area's martial arts establishment vilified Lee for accepting non-Chinese pupils. The beef came to blows when Wong Jack Man crossed the bay from San Francisco to fight in a pre-arranged match with Lee's livelihood at stake."

Mule Design: Give The Client Permission To Go Negative

2010-08-30T10:28:25-0700

"Today, we are going to show you some things that may not be right. If you see something that isn't working, you need to point it out. If you don't tell us what you think isn't working, we will show you the same thing again and again until we are out of time and money and you are stuck with it."

Taking the Mystery out of Scaling a Company

2010-08-28T10:26:53-0700

Business and sports metaphors - sorry. "At the point when adding people into the company feels like more work than the work that you can offload to the new employees, the defensive lineman has run around you and you probably need to start giving ground grudgingly. The first scale technique to implement is specialization."

Originally from ben's blog by bhorowitz reBlogged to business company scale specialization movetheballupthefield on Aug 2, 2010, 1:44PM

basemap.py

2010-08-28T10:02:11-0700

"An add-on toolkit for matplotlib that lets you plot data on map projections with coastlines, lakes, rivers and political boundaries."

Originally from Delicious/network/migurski by straup reBlogged on Aug 5, 2008, 10:49AM

Mission Railroad

2010-08-28T10:02:11-0700

Better detail on the railroad from my old May 2006 Scar Tissue blog post (http://mike.teczno.com/notes/scar-tissue.html)

Originally from Delicious/network/migurski by mikel_maron reBlogged on Aug 4, 2008, 1:26PM

Universal Edit Button

2010-08-28T10:02:11-0700

"The Universal Edit Button is a green pencil icon in the address bar that indicates a web page is editable. It is similar to the orange 'broadcast' RSS icon that indicates there is an RSS feed available. To see the universal edit button in your browser, install this Firefox extension. In time, we expect web browsers will support the Universal Edit Button directly, as they have done for RSS feeds."

Originally from Delicious/network/migurski by straup reBlogged on Aug 4, 2008, 11:37AM

Britain seen from above

2010-08-28T10:02:11-0700

BBC series, video explorations of various forms of traffic over the UK.

Originally from Delicious/network/migurski by chrisdodo reBlogged on Aug 3, 2008, 2:25PM

What Do I Do With This?

2010-08-28T10:02:11-0700

"Whether you are a professional builder, merchant or 'DIYer', WhatDoIDoWithThis.com is the place to BUY & SELL your building materials. Designed by people in the industry, you will find WhatDoIDoWithThis.com a quick and easy-to-use building marketplace. By taking no cut on the sale, recycling surplus on WhatDoIDoWithThis.com helps buyers and sellers to save money, and be sustainable."

Originally from Delicious/network/migurski by sevensixfive reBlogged on Sep 30, 2007, 8:00AM

Rehashed Hash

2010-08-28T10:02:11-0700

"So if people can sample music in advance, and know in advance what they will like, music sales will plummet. This will be a sign of market efficiency, not market failure."

Originally from Delicious/network/migurski by magnetbox reBlogged on Sep 28, 2007, 10:25AM

Cornelius: Fit Song

2010-08-28T10:02:11-0700

Wonderful music video.

Originally from Delicious/network/migurski by bopuc reBlogged on Sep 26, 2007, 8:04AM

Six Great Long-Distance Bike Trails

2010-08-28T10:02:11-0700

"A quickly emerging network of abandoned railway lines are being converted by regional governments into superb bike paths. In addition to offering very gentle grades that are ideal for bikes, many of these new trails are satisfying long. The longest rail trail is over 300 miles long, and the longest off-pavement bike trail in the country stretches 2,500 miles. On these bike roads you can cruise along for weeks without ever encountering a car, or worrying about being bumped off the white line by an oblivious motorist. "

Originally from Delicious/network/migurski by fruminator reBlogged on Sep 25, 2007, 9:54AM

Pretend to be a Time Traveler Day

2010-08-28T10:02:11-0700

"You must spend the entire day in costume and character. The only rule is that you cannot actually tell anyone that you are a time traveler. ... Stand in front of a statue (any statue, really), fall to your knees, and yell 'NOOOOOOOOO' ... Discover and become obsessed with one trivial aspect of technology, like automatic grocery doors. Stay there for hours playing with it."

Originally from Delicious/network/migurski by deusx reBlogged on Sep 23, 2007, 11:05AM

Wall of Tyra

2010-08-28T10:02:11-0700

"On my own and via some help (thanks to Erin and Caitlin), I've noticed a few sites have made big posts of gifs that I've taken and I have to say that a sea of mugging Tyras all on one page is pretty fucking hypnotizing. So, to reclaim what I've essentially taken from television, I thought I'd compile my own. Call it a wall of motion. Call it my art."

Originally from Delicious/network/migurski by yatta reBlogged on Sep 22, 2007, 11:15AM

"Globollocks"

2010-08-28T10:02:11-0700

"Perhaps Tyler Brule really does nip to Zurich for a half-kilo of coffee beans; if so, it says far more about his airmiles account than his nose for coffee. No matter what, it sums up the particular strain of globollocks in Monocle that both entices and infuriates, like a coke-fiend friend. (You know that kind of person, the one with the fabulous lifestyle that's always a nudge or a breath away from spinning out of control, but for the moment, bathes you with centripetal adrenaline.)"

Originally from Delicious/network/migurski by infovore reBlogged on Sep 19, 2007, 2:26PM

3oo

2010-08-28T10:02:11-0700

"O3 is MapReduce distributed computing system written in Python. O3 contains a distributed filesystem and an implementation of map/reduce."

Originally from Delicious/network/migurski by straup reBlogged on Sep 18, 2007, 10:44AM

Yerba Buena Island Viaduct Operation

2010-08-28T10:02:11-0700

Time lapse video footage of the Bay Bridge work over 2007 Labor Day weekend.

Originally from Delicious/network/migurski by mikelove reBlogged on Sep 17, 2007, 6:37PM

Google's Election Plan

2010-08-28T10:02:11-0700

"Australia Votes - and the all but certain sequel, America Votes - demonstrates emphatically the lopsided competitive advantage Google (and similar but less formidable web publishers) has over the traditional media companies." Be sure to watch the linked video.

Originally from Delicious/network/migurski by magnetbox reBlogged on Sep 17, 2007, 10:08AM

The Continuous World of Dungeon Siege

2010-08-28T10:02:11-0700

"One of the key requirements of the Dungeon Siege engine is that once the game starts, the player never sees a loading screen or even a hitch in gameplay from beginning to end. Chris called this feature the 'continuous world'. This paper is the story of its development and how it works. First we'll talk about what continuous world means to Dungeon Siege, then we'll cover implementation of the various components of the system, along with the hard lessons the development team learned along the way."

Originally from Delicious/network/migurski by infovore reBlogged on Sep 12, 2007, 2:48AM

Dr. Whippy

2010-08-28T10:02:11-0700

"Employing voice stress analysis of the user's answers to specific questions, varying degrees of unhappiness are measured and the counteractive quantity of ice cream is dispensed: The more unhappy you are, the more ice cream you need."

Originally from Delicious/network/migurski by blackbeltjones reBlogged on Sep 11, 2007, 10:52PM

YouTube Phenom' Big Secret

2010-08-28T10:02:11-0700

"What her legions of fans don't realize, however, is that Ms. Digby's career demonstrates something else: that traditional media conglomerates are going to new lengths to take advantage of the Internet's ability to generate word-of-mouth buzz."

Originally from Delicious/network/migurski by gnat reBlogged on Sep 6, 2007, 2:48PM

Journalistopia Online Crime Maps Directory

2010-08-28T10:02:11-0700

"These days, everyone from independent designers to large newspaper companies are creating crime maps, causing severe headaches for police PIOs nationwide. So for all your crime map perusing needs, below is a directory of maps pulled together with tremendous help from the denizens of the Online News Association listserv."

Originally from Delicious/network/migurski by rodcorp reBlogged on Sep 6, 2007, 8:34AM

foldschool

2010-08-28T10:02:11-0700

"Foldschool is a collection of free cardboard furniture for kids, handmade by you. The downloadable patterns can be printed out with any printer. Follow the instructions and assemble a stable piece of furniture."

Originally from Delicious/network/migurski by hirmes reBlogged on Sep 5, 2007, 11:20PM

Practice Noticing Stuff

2010-08-28T10:02:11-0700

"To be a better design researcher, hone your ability to observe the world around you. Keep a regular log that you add to at least weekly (daily would be ideal). Document the strange, the curious, the weird, the awesome and the funny. Learn to keep a close eye on the artifacts, signs, designs, behaviors, products and experiences that you encounter in your everyday life. Put your observations on the Internet."

Originally from Delicious/network/migurski by anne reBlogged on Sep 5, 2007, 11:14AM

Dealing With Dates In Python

2010-08-28T10:02:11-0700

"I find Python's timezone stuff endlessly frustrating: I know it can do what I want, but it always takes me a ridiculously long time to figure out the necessary incantations. My recommendation is to convert to UTC as early as possible, stay in UTC as long as possible, and convert to local time as late as possible - preferably in JavaScript on the client."

Originally from Delicious/network/migurski by thescoop reBlogged on Sep 3, 2007, 4:55AM

CouchDB

2010-08-28T10:02:11-0700

"Cluster Of Unreliable Commodity Hardware " - experimental REST/Javascript/JSON/erlang/mapreduce non-relational database.

Originally from Delicious/network/migurski by mattb reBlogged on Sep 3, 2007, 4:40AM