Monthly Archives: May 2006

Blognomics 2006

Posted on May 1, 2006 by Administrator Barnhard Blog

econmics
“Slide from of Paul Molenaar presentation, reference of active links in blogs”

Blognomics passed last week. I didn’t really follow it but it seems that few of the main points are about web 2.0 and the lack of advertisement 2.0 (LeMeur). Well, ok.

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    The Instant Googlemap Plugin!

    Posted on May 2, 2006 by Administrator Barnhard Blog

    Better late than never. I’ve found it!

    cool

    The Instant Googlemap Plugin!

    see it in action @ http://blog.parrott.com.au

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      PimpMyCode – Let the pimpin’ begin!

      Posted on May 3, 2006 by Administrator Barnhard Blog

      He he , Tijs just made a huge mistake :-)

      pimpWell launched is maybe a bit of a big word for registering a domain name and installing a Wiki on it, but either way… Today is the day that PimpMyCode.nl goes live. A website that allows you to share and comment on working code with a single goal; elegance in programming. Plus you might learn something.

      Website Tijs: blog.tijs.org
      PimpMyCode website: http://pimpmycode.nl

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        Amazon S3 – Simple Storage Service

        Posted on May 5, 2006 by Administrator Barnhard Blog

        Amazon S3 is storage for the Internet. It is designed to make web-scale computing easier for developers.

        Amazon S3 provides a simple web services interface that can be used to store and retrieve any amount of data, at any time, from anywhere on the web. It gives any developer access to the same highly scalable, reliable, fast, inexpensive data storage infrastructure that Amazon uses to run its own global network of web sites. The service aims to maximize benefits of scale and to pass those benefits on to developers.

        Pricing

        • Pay only for what you use. There is no minimum fee, and no start-up cost.
        • $0.15 per GB-Month of storage used.
        • $0.20 per GB of data transferred.

        Website: www.amazon.com [via]

        Looks great and therefore I’m not going to write to much about it before I use it myself and share my experience with you. It seems to serve my acute server problem for my new site www.bangkoktalk.nl and www.bangkoktalk.tv.

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          ISO and IEC accept opendocument

          Posted on May 7, 2006 by Administrator Barnhard Blog

          With adoption of ODF by ISO/IEC now assured, software that implements the standard will now become more attractive to those European and other government purchasers for whom global adoption by ISO/IEC is either desirable, or required. Given the ongoing unhappiness in Europe with Microsoft over what the EU regards as unacceptable bundling and other practices, this may be particularly significant, especially when taken with the desire of many European and other purchasers to use open source products whenever possible.

          standardsblog

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            Shanghai Train Station

            Posted on May 7, 2006 by Administrator Barnhard Blog

            Shanghai train station rain When I’m really tired I often just browse though video’s on e.g. video.google.com or search for nice pictures for e.g. the header for this site on Flickr.

            Today I found a real nice photoset of the Shanghai Train Station. Especially the pictures taken during the rain season are awesome.

            Taken mainly during three sessions, in July and November 2005 as well as January 2006

            Website: http://www.flickr.com

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              Chinese Character Madness

              Posted on May 8, 2006 by Administrator Barnhard Blog

              chinese characterThe most complex chinese character
              according to wikipedia (noodle type) [via]

              The Chinese character “Biang” is one of the most complex Chinese characters in contemporary usage, although the character is not found in modern dictionaries or even in the Kangxi dictionary.

               

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                How to Survive a Robot Uprising

                Posted on May 8, 2006 by Administrator Barnhard Blog

                 

                website

                Book by Daniel H. Wilson, a recent PhD graduate
                from the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon.


                 
                Video and website: (more…)

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                  Asian Humor ?

                  Posted on May 9, 2006 by Administrator Barnhard Blog

                  World’s Worst Ringtone

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                    Real-time Mobile Vlogging

                    Posted on May 9, 2006 by Administrator Barnhard Blog

                    video callAllthough people roughly since 2004 can imitate CNN video reporters in Afghanistan with their videophone as citizen real-time tv-reporters, it isn’t happening. Already in 2000 this was noticed (in 2003 some initiatives) but now 2006 with barely 28% of video phone users, it hasn’t caught on very quick.

                    Yes Youtube is booming, yes complete films are made with mobiles, viewed and broadcasted. Still, mobile video reporting/vlogging is not adopted by the masses.

                    So what could change that? Here are some developments…
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                      Nieuwe ANWB fietspaddestoel

                      Posted on May 10, 2006 by Administrator Barnhard Blog

                      NPSP logoNieuwe ANWB fietspaddestoel mooier, sterker maar met name aanzienlijk milieuvriendelijker.

                      sorry dutch article

                      NPSP Composieten lanceert Nabasco – nature based composites, als nieuw merk voor milieuvriendelijk kunststof composiet producten.

                      De ANWB heeft NPSP Composieten uit Haarlem de opdracht gegeven de huidige fietspaddestoelen te vervangen door een milieuvriendelijker versie. Deze bestaat uit natuurvezel i.p.v. glasvezel en wordt vervaardigd met een productieproces met zeer lage milieubelasting. De Life Cycle Analysis methode geeft een milieuvoordeel van de nieuwe fietspaddestoel ten opzichte van de huidige van 50%. ANWB neemt hiermee een concrete actie in de trend van maatschappelijk verantwoord ondernemen. Naast de milieuvoordelen zijn de paddestoelen door het gebruikte dubbele mal procédé ook aanzienlijk fraaier en sterker.

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                        Itzle

                        Posted on May 12, 2006 by Administrator Barnhard Blog

                        Chat while remaining on the same website as your buddies, nice idea if you feel like it.

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                          Crazy Japanese Show

                          Posted on May 13, 2006 by Administrator Barnhard Blog

                          Weird japanese show

                          Watch them Here

                          An other crazy Japanese show thanks to Gast from Ochblog
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                            The Lyceum Project

                            Posted on May 15, 2006 by Administrator Barnhard Blog

                            lyceum

                            Lyceum has been around for a while but now finally the first versionized version of Lyceum is out.

                            Although there are already with for example WordPress MU solutions for multiple blogs, the finalization of the first workable Lyceum version shows there much development in this field possible.

                            Almost every SQL statement has been changed. There have been many changes made to add security that is needed in a multi-blog environment. In terms of features and the vast majority of business logic, essentially none of the other code has been changed. Lyceum is currently synchronized with WordPress 2.01, and will continue to synchronize its codebase with future WordPress releases

                            Which means it allows for plug-ins and all other stuff, good stuff!

                            I do wonder however if the number of 200,000 is really enough though for the big game, like for example Typepad recently showed. Especially since Lyceum focuses on enterprises.

                            Update:                             And the scaling debate continues..

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                              Dutch troops to change their operation name

                              Posted on May 16, 2006 by Administrator Barnhard Blog

                              Unicorn

                              Tired of the Canadians and Americans making gay jokes, Dutch troops to change their operation name from the Unicorn Force

                              Source: Fark.com [via Dreknek]

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                                Announcement – Bangkok Talk

                                Posted on May 17, 2006 by Vincent Barnhard

                                Bangkok Talk

                                As some of you already know I’ve started a new website www.bangkoktalk.nl on which the Bangkok Talk Production Company of Christine Barnhard-Kappetijn and Peter Jan Rens will broadcast the Bangkok Talk Talk Show.

                                This show provides Thai/Dutch sport news and information. Supplying high-quality, multi-platform sport content to governing interesting entities, the media and customers worldwide. Premium entertainment, essential news and business information are some other features of the talk show.

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                                  Chinese Woman Eats Dirt For 11 Years

                                  Posted on May 18, 2006 by Administrator Barnhard Blog

                                  Chinese Woman eats dirt

                                  BEIJING – A young Chinese woman is undergoing medical tests in Beijing after dining on dirt for 11 years.

                                   
                                   
                                   
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                                    Hong Kong’s oldest public housing estate

                                    Posted on May 18, 2006 by Administrator Barnhard Blog

                                    Hong Kong

                                    In December i’ve posted “Architecture of Density” which paid attention to the amazing photo shoot of apartment blocks in Hong Kong by Michael Wolf. An other photo shoot of Michael shows the interior of these apartments, again amazing.

                                    Photographs of residents in their flats in Hong Kong’s oldest public housing estate: website

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                                      Evolution of Dance

                                      Posted on May 18, 2006 by Administrator Barnhard Blog

                                      Via Choco in bsc Ochblog

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                                        Anti-Verdonk T-shirts: who wants one?

                                        Posted on May 19, 2006 by Administrator Barnhard Blog

                                        We all know secretary Rita Verdonk, the woman that revoked Ayaan’s citizenship in order to ensure her victory in the leadership contest that’s currently taking place within the VVD party. That’s why my dear friend Kay Coenen and I had a bit of a phone conversation earlier today. Kay is a magnificent artist and made this:

                                        Anti Verdonk

                                        website & more info @ www.zachtei.nl [via]

                                        this weekend they will start the production


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                                          Emergency man-cannon

                                          Posted on May 19, 2006 by Administrator Barnhard Blog

                                          canon

                                          You’d think that with global terrorist threats and fighting two wars, the US Defense Department would have little time on its hands to start a circus troupe.

                                          However, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has filed a patent application for a contraption designed to hurl SWAT teams and other emergency workers onto the roofs of inaccessible tall buildings human cannonball style, New Scientist reports.

                                           
                                          Website: www.theregister.co.uk

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                                            Conspiracy U.S. Dollar Bills

                                            Posted on May 19, 2006 by Administrator Barnhard Blog

                                            20 dollar bill
                                             
                                            ” Hidden Pictures on our New U.S. Dollar Bills of the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks ! ”

                                            ” 9 /11 is 9 + 11 = $20 Bill “
                                             
                                            More new conspiracy bills and pictures: www.retakingamerica.com
                                             
                                            get a life :-)
                                             
                                            Another nice american money article

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                                              Real-Time Mobile Vlogging (2)

                                              Posted on May 19, 2006 by Administrator Barnhard Blog

                                              icemobil

                                              I found a Dutch company, Icemobile, who does something quite similar as the previous mentioned Comvu services. Their website nicely illustrates the previous mentioned benefits of real time vlogging.
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                                                Drive Around Movies

                                                Posted on May 19, 2006 by Administrator Barnhard Blog

                                                movcar

                                                Forget the come back of Drive-in Movies, the latest unreleased movie is driving around in your street, LOL! Maybe traffic jams become less boring soon?

                                                Ps. If you don’t plan to watch the World Cup on your mobile, win a ticket with it.

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                                                  Iran – Distinctive color schemes for religious minorities

                                                  Posted on May 20, 2006 by Administrator Barnhard Blog

                                                  Jodenster

                                                  We are deeply disturbed by reports indicating that the Iranian Parliament (Majlis) may be in the process of adopting legislation that would require religious minorities in Iran — including Christians, Jews and Zoroastrians — to adopt distinctive color schemes, or according to some reports, different colored cloth markers that would identify them. This is part of legislation, originally introduced in 2004 but blocked within the Majlis, mandating that Iranians wear standard Islamic garments.

                                                  While such legislation would be reminiscent of dark periods in the past, like the Nazi era when Jews and others had to wear identifying badges, it is also consistent with the racist and extremist ideology propagated by President Ahmadinejad.

                                                  Website: www.jpost.com

                                                  Found on Dutch website: “Iran wil jodenster invoeren” (www.sargasso.nl)

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