Archive for April, 2008

links for 2008-04-30

30th April 2008 by eamonn No Comments

RDFa Primer
A way of embedding RDF in XHTML, in the same way as microfromats but with more rigour.
(tags: tutorial guide language)

links for 2008-04-27

27th April 2008 by eamonn No Comments

reCAPTCHA: Stop Spam, Read Books
Free web service for to provide humanness test to web application, while at the same time digitizing books one word at a time.
(tags: graphics code webservices security service)

Gin, Television, and Social Surplus – Here Comes Everybody
Clay Shirky’s keynote speech at the Web 2.0 Expo. Analogy of gin-drinking during the industrial [...]

links for 2008-04-26

26th April 2008 by eamonn No Comments

Web 2.0: The How Of OAuth » SlideShare
Using ruby-on-rails to implement a OAuth consumer or service provider. (Talk I attended at the Web 2.0 Expo.)
(tags: web2.0 rubyonrails ruby security)

SlideShare » Slideshows tagged with web2expo (share powerpoint presentations online, slideshows, slide shows, download presentations, widgets, MySpace codes)
Some Slidesets from the Web 2.0 Expo
(tags: web2.0)

Presentation Files: Web [...]

links for 2008-04-23

23rd April 2008 by eamonn No Comments

Scaling Twitter » SlideShare
How to scale in Ruby on rails (Though see also the uncharitably titled http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/23/amateur-hour-over-at-twitter/ which casts this presentation in a different light.)
(tags: architecture scaling rubyonrails ruby programming deployment database)

links for 2008-04-17

17th April 2008 by eamonn No Comments

Diffie-Hellman key exchange
Javascript implementation of Diffie-Hellman key exchange
(tags: programming service)

links for 2008-04-15

15th April 2008 by eamonn No Comments

Richard’s technical notes: Java Caching APIs
One comparison of ehcache and JBoss cache
(tags: java programming architecture)

links for 2008-04-14

14th April 2008 by eamonn No Comments

Flickr RSS Feed Generator
More flexible source of media RSS feeds than on Flickr itself.
(tags: service photo)

Snapfish Lab on HP Labs Front Page

13th April 2008 by eamonn No Comments

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Snapfish Lab on HP Labs Front Page, originally uploaded by Tolka Rover.

Today Snapfish Lab made the front page of the HP Labs’ web site. Pictured is the Fish Eye Viewer with the cursor hovering over one [...]

links for 2008-04-12

12th April 2008 by eamonn No Comments

Jena I/O Mini HowTo
Reading and writing RDF in Java.
(tags: rdf database java tutorial)