Another contender in the ebook space
Singularity Proponent Ray Kurzweil Reinvents the Book, Again | Gadget Lab | Wired.com Another contender in the ebook space. (tags: ebook)
Some handy tips including useful code snippets for the CSS programmer.
CSS Techniques I Wish I Knew When I Started Designing Websites – Noupe Some handy tips including useful code snippets for the CSS programmer. (via @susiewee and @randymatheson on Twitter) (tags: tutorial reference design code web css)
links for 2009-12-21
Graphics.com: A Brief History of Grids A nice overview of how the use of grids has developed over the centuries (tags: design layout) Vaadin – thinking of U and I – vaadin.com An interesting Java web framework (tags: programming web2.0 library javascript java web ajax) TiltViewer My photos viewed by TiltViewer (tags: my photo)
Scala Class, an online resource to make it easier to learn the Next Big Language
I believe that Scala is poised to take off as the successor to Java as the main programming language for programming on the Java virtual machine. However, I have found the online resources for learning the language to be a bit weaker than for some other programming languages, so I set up scalaclass.com where I [...]
An idiom for cleaner pimping of libraries in Scala
In dynamic languages like JavaScript and Ruby you can modify existing classes, including system classes, with extra methods. This can be a very handy, if dangerous, technique. Scala, being a static language does not allow this same technique. But it does allow the use of implicit functions to get the same effect. For example the [...]
Here is a form that will speak out any English text you type into it.
Use Google For Text – Webmonkey You can craft a URL that will take advantage of Google’s web service to do test-to-speech of arbitrary English text like this http://translate.google.com/translate_tts?tl=en&q=some+text+separated+by+plus+signs This can easily be extended to work in a form. (Note, I found by trial-and-error that the text cannot have more than about 100 characters, so [...]
Sproutcore, a Rails-like approach to client-side web programming
Spoutcore A different approach to creating rich JavaScript/AJAX web apps. The programming and development methodology is basically the same as for Ruby on Rails, though it is all client-side and can work with any Server backend. (tags: programming web2.0 library design ruby javascript code web ajax css)
Circular BIST with Partial Scan
At AT&T Bell Labs in Princeton I worked on this particular type of built-in self-test for chip design. These technologies are now commonplace, but back then it was cutting edge. Circular BIST with Partial Scan My first published paper (tags: my) Welcome to IEEE Xplore 2.0: Circular BIST with partial scan Better link for my [...]
An Agile Approach
m-pulse / a cooltown magazine / An Agile Approach: HP Labs' Jim Rowson on Developing and Deploying for Device Ensembles This is about one of the first projects I worked on in HP labs. The original URL is long gone, but luckily it is still there in the wayback machine. (tags: me pervasive hp)
The research I did in my first job out of college
A Fast Signature Simulation Tool for Built-In Self-Testing Circuits This is paper came out of a research team that I worked with in London. (tags: my) High-Level CAD for Interactive Layout and Design This was the research project that I worked on for several years in London, (tags: my)
Building iPhone web apps that look like native apps
Building iPhone Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript Full text of a draft O'Reilly book on building web apps for the iPhone. (tags: programming tutorial reference javascript web css books mobile) iPhone Development: 12 Tips To Get You Started [HTML & XHTML Tutorials] How to create web apps that use iPhone-specific capabilities, so that they [...]
Mandarin Chinese class I plan to take
Survival Mandarin for Business & Travel (Part I) : San Francisco State University : Mandarin Chinese Language Classes : Summer Program : College of Extended Learning I am planning on taking this class (tags: mandarin language)
















































































































































































































































































