http://www.bradmurray.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Brad's feed generator 1.0 Some idiot 9/4/2010 12:57:32 PM -0500 120 http://blog.boxee.tv/2010/06/11/boxee-box-by-d-link-release-set-for-november-in-north-america/ Boxee has now delayed their oddly-shaped box until November. I don't seem them surviving this delay as many people (evidenced in the comments) are jumping ship. 9/4/2010 12:57:32 PM -0500 hardware tv http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/jun/01/digital-economy-act-will-fail Disconnecting downloaders will alienate the entertainment industry's most loyal customers 9/4/2010 12:57:32 PM -0500 copyright internet http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2010/05/new-amazon-s3-reduced-redundancy-storage-rrs.html The new REDUCED_REDUNDANCY storage class activates a new feature known as Reduced Redundancy Storage, or RRS. Objects stored using RRS have a durability of 99.99%, or four 9's. If you store 10,000 objects with us, on average we may lose one of them every year. RRS is designed to sustain the loss of data in a single facility. 9/4/2010 12:57:32 PM -0500 amazon aws cloud storage http://code.google.com/p/regexml/ Regular expressions are great at parsing portions of text out of a string or determining whether text matches a specific pattern. However, this power comes at a cost. Regular expressions can be very complex to write and difficult to document. Many regular expression libraries don't support in-line comments at all. And even when they are supported, comments can seem to blend in with the rest of the expression (see example below). Additionally, there are numerous special characters to remember that must be escaped in order to use them literally. The purpose of this project is to simplify the process of creating and maintaining complex regular expressions by allowing them to be defined in a more verbose XML vocabulary. 9/4/2010 12:57:32 PM -0500 opensource xml regexp http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/196017994/diaspora-the-personally-controlled-do-it-all-distr Enter your Diaspora seed, a personal web server that stores all of your information and shares it with your friends. Diaspora knows how to securely share your pictures, videos, and more. When you have a Diaspora seed of your own, you own your social graph, you have access to your information however you want, whenever you want, and you have full control of your online identity. Once we have built a solid foundation, we will make Diaspora easy to extend to facilitate any type of communication, and the possibilities will be endless. 9/4/2010 12:57:32 PM -0500 distributed p2p opensource socialnetworking privacy http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/05/everything-is-illuminated/8015 It looks like a vintage cell phone and weighs about 13 ounces. Held against a bag of white powder, it emits a beam of laser light that (in 20 seconds) can tell the officers at a crime scene whether the bag contains crack cocaine, methamphetamine, or baby powder. The device is programmed to recognize 100 narcotics. 9/4/2010 12:57:32 PM -0500 science tech http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=flying-blind-in-policy-reforms Health care, climate change and other complex topics demand more expert and public debate 9/4/2010 12:57:32 PM -0500 politics healthcare http://www.origin.popularmechanics.com/science/air_space/4344036.html You're six miles up, alone and falling without a parachute. Though the odds are long, a small number of people have found themselves in similar situations\u2014and lived to tell the tale. Here's Popular Mechanics's 120-mph, 35,000-ft, 3-minutes-to-impact survival guide. 9/4/2010 12:57:32 PM -0500 science flying survival http://www.cultofmac.com/ces-apple-fellow-alan-kay-explains-all-human-thinking-at-ces/25533 It was too early for most hungover CES attendees, but the brilliant computer scientist and former Apple Fellow Alan Kay explained the basis of all knowledge at a 9AM keynote speech here. All human knowledge can be explained by the simple logical expression NOT BOTH, Kay said. \u201cIt\u2019s a logical expression that explains all thinking,\u201d he said in the middle of his speech, which was about the failures of computers in modern education. 9/4/2010 12:57:32 PM -0500 theory apple http://www.hypershop.com/HyperMac-External-MacBook-Battery-and-Car-Charger-s/91.htm Nice battery add-on for MacBook - also has USB port to add juice to other devices. 9/4/2010 12:57:32 PM -0500 hardware power batteries http://markginnebaugh.com/blog/?p=1325 Fusion-io is a producer of enterprise-class SSDs. Their silicon-based storage architecture known as ioMemory applies flash memory to large-scale enterprise storage products like Storage Area Networks. 9/4/2010 12:57:32 PM -0500 hardware storage solidstate http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/12/how-to-make-your-kindle-into-an-automatic-instapaper/ Kindle + Instapaper + Mac = semi-automatic news to go 9/4/2010 12:57:32 PM -0500 kindle ebook news http://www.techcrunchit.com/2009/11/08/the-top-10-most-common-api-pitfalls/ A robust application programming interface (API) has become essential for today\u2019s successful SaaS independent software vendors (ISVs). As a SaaS vendor, you should expect that a majority of your customers are going to require interoperability with other SaaS applications, web services, and legacy systems. As demonstrated by internet pioneers Google, Amazon, and Facebook, an open application strategy facilitates deeper customer usage and enables new revenue streams. Integration is critical for SaaS vendors, and developing a reliable API strategy is the first step toward achieving that goal. 9/4/2010 12:57:32 PM -0500 architecture api recommendations http://www.codeproject.com/KB/ajax/ajaxproxy.aspx Continuously deliver data from across domains. Free source code and programming help 9/4/2010 12:57:32 PM -0500 programming asp.net streaming performance http://cnnsi.printthis.clickability.com/pt/cpt?action=cpt&title=As+the+gates+swing+open+upon+another+October%2C+baseball+-+10.05.09+-+SI+Vault&expire=&urlID=411628557&fb=Y&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsportsillustrated.cnn.com%2Fvault%2Farticle%2Fmagazine%2FMAG1160757%2F2%2Findex.htm&partnerID=289881 As the gates swing open upon another October, baseball will once again attempt to divine one of the game's great mysteries: how a man, closing fast on 40 and armed with but a single pitch, continues to dominate in the clutch like no other player. 9/4/2010 12:57:32 PM -0500 baseball http://www.adobe.com/devnet/logged_in/abansod_iphone.html Adobe now makes it possible to create applications for the Apple iPhone using the Adobe Flash Platform. You heard right: We're really excited to bring this new capability to Flash designers and developers\u2014the ability to target the iPhone with ActionScript 3 projects. You will be able to test this functionality in the forthcoming beta release of Adobe Flash Professional CS5 on Adobe Labs. 9/4/2010 12:57:32 PM -0500 programming apple adobe iphone http://www.google.com/mobile/products/sync.html#p=default Push gmail is released. It doesn't seem to be actually pushing my mail yet, but we'll see. We'll also see how well the battery lasts with this on. 9/4/2010 12:57:32 PM -0500 iphone google mobile sync http://www.businessweek.com/print/magazine/content/09_28/b4139054352321.htm Panama's quality health care, low costs, and proximity to the states are attracting American professionals as a retirement haven 9/4/2010 12:57:32 PM -0500 economy http://www.iphonehacks.com/2009/09/excellent-diy-iphone-dock-using-card-paper.html#comment-6a00d83534e7f169e20120a5797d4d970b If you\u2019re looking for an iPhone dock but don't want to shell out $49 for it then you should checkout this do-it-yourself iPhone dock designed by folks at French design site Dessine moi un objet (translated as 'Draw me something'). 9/4/2010 12:57:32 PM -0500 iphone diy hack hardware http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/09/monotouch-drops-net-into-apples-walled-app-garden.ars Novell has launched a new SDK for the iPhone that will allow developers to build native iPhone applications with .NET. It uses ahead-of-time compilation to avoid Apple's rules against embedded runtimes. 9/4/2010 12:57:32 PM -0500 programming .net iphone c# dev http://www.efksoft.com/products/us_iphone/ This is a great iPhone spotlight search improvement that is currently only available on jailbroken phones for $4.99. It allows spotlight to access mobile search sites to give location-based results. 9/4/2010 12:57:32 PM -0500 iphone software http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/biomedical/bionics/augmented-reality-in-a-contact-lens/0 A new generation of contact lenses built with very small circuits and LEDs promises bionic eyesight 9/4/2010 12:57:32 PM -0500 hardware technology future biotech http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=new-solar-cell-efficiency-record-se-2009-08-27 Yesterday, Spectrolab announced that its newest triple-junction solar cells had achieved the world record in efficiency, converting 41.6 percent of specially concentrated sunlight into electricity. All told, a tiny cell just 0.3174 square centimeters turned the sunlight equivalent of nearly 364 suns into 4.805 watts. 9/4/2010 12:57:32 PM -0500 power energy solar http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=336178343967257 Health care in France is often held up as a model the U.S. might follow. Yet the French have their own problems that show there's no such thing as a free lunch or a free doctor's visit. 9/4/2010 12:57:32 PM -0500 economics politics healthcare http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/08/25/tech/main5264503.shtml Researchers at Stanford University found that multitaskers are more easily distracted and less able to ignore irrelevant information than people who do less multitasking. 9/4/2010 12:57:32 PM -0500 research multitasking http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/21/opinion/21krugman.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print According to news reports, the Obama administration \u2014 which seemed, over the weekend, to be backing away from the \u201cpublic option\u201d for health insurance \u2014 is shocked and surprised at the furious reaction from progressives. 9/4/2010 12:57:32 PM -0500 economy politics obama http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2009/08/finding_my_own_voice.html Roger Ebert talks about text-to-voice technology 9/4/2010 12:57:32 PM -0500 technology voice http://ikeahacker.blogspot.com/2007/06/need-laptop-desk-diy-your-own-stand.html Adam from Boston sends me this cheap but functional laptop desk, hacked from ikea's benjamin stool. 9/4/2010 12:57:32 PM -0500 hack computer furniture laptop http://gawker.com/5328684/is-the-obama-message-machine-still-worthy-of-glowing-media-praise Jennifer Senior wrote a massive cover piece on the Obama communications machine for this week's issue of New York that is, to put it mildly, a nauseatingly fawning tribute to the communications genius of our president and his advisers. 9/4/2010 12:57:32 PM -0500 obama politics http://cultofmac.com/nikon-introduces-projector-camera/14108 Nikon, known for its skills as a camera maker, is now in the pocket projector business. That seems to be the news coming from the introduction of the Nikon s100pj, a 12.1-megapixel digital camera that also includes a VGA projector. 9/4/2010 12:57:32 PM -0500 tech camera http://www.paulgraham.com/segway.html The Segway hasn't delivered on its initial promise, to put it mildly. There are several reasons why, but one is that people don't want to be seen riding them. Someone riding a Segway looks like a dork. 9/4/2010 12:57:32 PM -0500 design innovation http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/send-mail-from-another-address-without.html Instead of using Gmail's servers to send the message, we'll use the servers where your other email address lives. Since Gmail isn't the originating domain, we don't have to include 'Sender' info in the header. No more 'on behalf of.' 9/4/2010 12:57:32 PM -0500 email tips gmail smtp http://www.prezi.com/ Very cool presentation tool 9/4/2010 12:57:32 PM -0500 business software webservice PowerPoint slideshow presentation http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/print/200906/happiness Is there a formula\u2014some mix of love, work, and psychological adaptation\u2014for a good life? For 72 years, researchers at Harvard have been examining this question, following 268 men who entered college in the late 1930s through war, career, marriage and divorce, parenthood and grandparenthood, and old age. Here, for the first time, a journalist gains access to the archive of one of the most comprehensive longitudinal studies in history. Its contents, as much literature as science, offer profound insight into the human condition\u2014and into the brilliant, complex mind of the study\u2019s longtime director, George Vaillant. 9/4/2010 12:57:32 PM -0500 commentary http://www.evga.com/uvplus/ EVGA\u2019s UV Plus adapter allows you to add external monitors via USB. I'm sure the performance isn't great, but it's a good way to have a 3rd, 4th or 5th monitor. 9/4/2010 12:57:32 PM -0500 video hardware usb monitor http://unite.opera.com/ Opera Unite allows you to easily share your data: photos, music, notes and other files. You can even run chat rooms and host entire Web sites with Opera Unite. It puts the power of a Web server in your browser, giving you greater privacy and flexibility than other online services. 9/4/2010 12:57:32 PM -0500 software sharing api collaboration browser http://www.ilikemyiphone.com/2009/06/20/redsn0w-is-the-new-quickpwn-activatejailbreakunlock-iphone-2g-iphone-3g-ipod-touch-firmware-3-0-windows-and-mac/ Redsn0w is a revolutionary way to jailbreak, activate, unlock an array of Apple\u2019s devices based on iPhone 3.0 firmware. Devices like iPhone 2G, iPhone 3G, iPod Touch 1G\/2G can easily be jailbroken, activated and unlocked (iPhone 2G \u2013 Automatic, iPhone 3G \u2013 Manually via Cydia & Ultrasn0w). [Windows and Mac] 9/4/2010 12:57:32 PM -0500 iphone hack http://stereogum.com/archives/behindthescenes-at-the-mtv-movie-awards-with-james_072332.html 9/4/2010 12:57:32 PM -0500 music http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,25239846-5006301,00.html Title says it all 9/4/2010 12:57:32 PM -0500 humor http://sixrevisions.com/javascript/free_javascript_image_galleries/ Here are 16 free image galleries and slideshows for you to take a look at. Though the effects are smooth and their features are robust, none of them use Flash, only JavaScript, and they require very little coding on your part. 9/4/2010 12:57:32 PM -0500 programming javascript ajax photography photos images gallery