Vista 'really good, really' says MS. 'Like we care?' says world

"The trouble is, Vista is sunk. The dog is dead. It doesn't actually matter now whether everything Microsoft says about today's Vista is true or not, because Windows 7 is coming tomorrow. And it doesn't matter what Microsoft says about Windows 7 - if it really is basically Vista but better, then why buy Vista now when a better version is on its way? And if it's not really very Vista at all, then why buy Vista now and risk running an orphan OS? You can finesse those arguments any way you like, but since the days of Adam Osborne one of the rules of the game is that announcing a new version of anything sends out the funeral notice for the old."

http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10008660o-2000331777b,00.htm

Home > Personality Leonard Cohen: Out of the monastery and back on the road

"The womanising, the four bottles of wine a day and the five-year retreat in a Buddhist monastery are all behind him. This week, Leonard Cohen embarks on his first British tour for 15 years. And the former poet laureate of despair might even be singing with a smile on his face..."

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=9,6625,0,0,1,0

Best Online Dharma Videos

"This is the first in an ongoing series of posts highlighting the very best online Dharma teachings available on YouTube and other video sites. There are some genuine classics out there and I don’t know of any sites that showcase them. Anyway, in the interests of promoting free access to the universal wisdom of the Buddha, here are some selections from His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Vidyadhara Chögyam Trungpa, Ven. Suzuki Roshi, Sogyal Rinpoche, Ringu Tulku Rinpoche, and Ven. Pema Chödrön."

http://lotsawahouse.wordpress.com/2008/06/14/best-online-dharma-videos/

Google Browser Sync Alternatives

"Passpack replaces the password sync feature for former Google Browser Sync users."

http://passpack.wordpress.com/2008/06/15/google-browser-sync-alternative/

Cardiff could be heading down same road as London with A470 bus lane

"Traffic Commissioner for Wales Nick Jones said he could use wide-ranging executive powers to force a bus lane on the southbound A470 into Cardiff – the scene of huge congestion during the morning rush-hour."

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2008/06/16/cardiff-could-be-heading-down-same-road-as-london-with-a470-bus-lane-91466-21079845/

Orphaned baby birds taught to sing by CD

"Orphaned baby birds are being played recordings of the dawn chorus to help them to learn to sing, the RSPCA revealed today.

Fledglings at the charity’s wildlife centres are played CDs featuring the birdsong of their own species up to twice a day before they are released back into the wild"

Firefox extensions to bring back the dead

"Don't you find it irritating when a Web page you bookmarked or favorited returns a 404 error on a subsequent visit? Or when a Web site is temporarily down? Firefox extensions Resurrect Pages and 404: Page is Not Found? Now it will be! can help in such scenarios. While Resurrect Pages relies on several popular page cache sites, 404: Page is Not Found uses the Wayback Machine at Internet Archive to serve the dead pages."

http://www.linux.com/feature/137231

ID Cards by the back door

"In Shetland a vulnerable section of the community is being used to pilot a scheme that threatens our fundamental freedoms. It is quite clear that the new 'National Entitlement Card' that provides access to free travel for the elderly and disabled, in fact marks the introduction of ID Cards by the back door."

http://www.idcardsexposed.com/

Starbucks Buddhism?

"The Karmapa Has His First Cup of Coffee Ever Courtesy of Starbucks - A Telling Moment."

http://www.arcanology.com/2008/06/03/starbucks-buddhism/

Star Wars Asciimation

http://www.asciimation.co.nz/

Neighbours-Norman McLaren (1952)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88JS1lrqPHA

Slowing pains evident in Welsh town

""If we're not taking money, then no one is," remarks Dorothy Williams, who runs Tenby's Famous £1 Shop.



The trouble is, in this Welsh seaside resort, people are saving their pounds. "



http://draft.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7181957999441705790

Thoughts : Without a Thinker

"Descartes assumed the primary truth is that “I” exist - because “I” think. However, he was unmindfully attached to the idea of an unchanging “I”, which is non-existent. His very thinking already rendered his thinking wrong! As a matter of conventional speaking, “I” exist as a label for social identification. But ultimately speaking, “I” am always changing. To realise this unchanging truth is to realise enlightenment. "



http://www.moonpointer.com/?itemid=2360

Visualising CoAuthors in Open Repostory Online Papers

"...if you hover over the name of an author, the links to the papers they contributed to will be highlighted. If you hover over a paper reference, the authors who contributed to it will be highlighted."



http://blogs.open.ac.uk/Maths/ajh59/014979.html

10 Steps to Becoming Fluent in a Language in 6 months or Less

"Although English is my first language, I learned Mandarin Chinese and Cantonese Chinese as a child, picked up French in high school, and have recently became conversant in Spanish as I travel through South America. Over the years, I’ve picked up the following tips for expediting language acquisition."



http://matadorstudy.com/10-steps-to-becoming-fluent-in-a-language-in-6-months/

Easily test Web services with soapUI

"SOA and Web services have revolutionized the way we work with Web applications and exchange data, but they can be very difficult to debug problems during development. There are numerous options available depending upon your development environment. The caveat is working with a Web service — yours or a third-party — once it has been rolled out. This is where the soapUI tool enters the picture."

http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/programming-and-development/?p=699&tag=nl.e055

Cisco Unveils Hologram Communication

http://www.gadgettastic.com/2008/06/01/cisco-unveils-hologram-communication/

Hunkin's Experiments

" Welcome to Hunkin's Experiments. Cool cartoons that will have you experimenting with food, light, sound, clothes, and a whole lot more!! Hundreds of cartoon experiments from cartoonist, broadcaster and engineer Tim Hunkin."

http://www.hunkinsexperiments.com/

Geneva drive

"The Geneva drive or Maltese cross is a mechanism that translates a continuous rotation into an intermittent rotary motion. It is an intermittent gear where the drive wheel has a pin that reaches into a slot of the driven wheel and thereby advances it by one step. The drive wheel also has a raised circular blocking disc that locks the driven wheel in position between steps."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geneva_drive

Version Control for Designers

"Version control

* allows programmers to easily communicate their work to other programmers
* allows a team to share code
* maintains separate “production” versions of code that are always deployable
* allows simultaneous development of different features on the same codebase
* keeps track of all old versions of files
* prevents work being overwritten"

http://hoth.entp.com/output/git_for_designers.html

Guerilla Gardening

"This blog began as a record of my illicit cultivation around London. It is now a growing arsenal for anyone interested in the war against the neglect of public space ..."

http://guerrillagardening.org/