Notable URLs on 2006-06-26

• Home - CruiseControl: ECI (Enterprise Continous Integration) system, mostly for Java, but some .net ports
  ( Automation Development Java SCM Software Tools ms_NET )

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Notable URLs on 2006-06-25

• Useful MySQL Stuff
  ( Monitoring MySQL Scripts sw_Cacti )

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Notable URLs on 2006-06-24

• A Touch of Stained Glass: A Touch of Stained Glass specializes in the fabrication and installation of beveled, leaded and stained glass windows and doors in a collaboration process with clients, interior decorators and architects.
  ( Doors Glass House )

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Notable URLs on 2006-06-22

• HL7 MESSAGES, SEGMENTS, etc.: Solid HL7 message and segment reference
  ( HL7 Reference Specifications )

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Notable URLs on 2006-06-17

• Tiny Icons: Description / constraints: 10x10 pixel icons (in 2-bit grayscale) for a wide range of toolbar and display functions Design approach: as recognizable as possible in that little space! Other inf
  ( Graphics Icons WebDev )

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Notable URLs on 2006-06-16

• List of problems solved by MacGyver - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: This is a list of problems that have been solved by the fictional character MacGyver from the television program of the same name.
  ( Amusing Reference Television Tutorials Wiki )

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Notable URLs on 2006-06-15

• VMTN Virtual Appliances Directory: Virtual Appliances (VMWare images) pre-configured w/ software for testing and use. Mostly open-source stuff.
  ( Software Virtualization co_VMWare )

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Notable URLs on 2006-06-14

• VMware Utilities Homepage: GUI front-ends for VMWare utlities -- controls various aspect of storage and system configuration.
  ( Software Utilities VMWare Virtualization )
• VM Ware Command Line Tools: command line programs which can replace and/or supplement the VMware's official VMwareTools. Although they come in most handy on guest operating systems to which no VMwareTools is provided (such as DOS and Solaris), there are also places for them even on
  ( Software Utilities VMWare Virtualization )
• Free and easy way to resize an NTFS partition: I recently had the need to resize the virtual disk on the VMWare image. VMWare includes a handy tool for resizing a virtual disk, but of course that doesn't resize the partition on the disk.
  ( Linux NTFS Software Tools )

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Notable URLs on 2006-06-12

• Business 2.0: Bulletproof Startup: Got a great idea? There's never been a better time to turn it into a great company. Here's a 16-step guide to help you do it right.
  ( *ToRead Articles Business Management Startups )
• Step-by-Step Beginners Guide to Project Management | Lifehack.Community Beta: In my experience, projects must; actively involve all the group members, have excellent communication and access to project information, have a shared desired outcome, have specific dates for completion of tasks, and have all the required tools (when need
  ( Management Organization PM Tutorials )
• Psychology Today: Getting Out From Under: Say the word procrastination and heads snap to attention. Procrastination is the one personal flaw that every student and adult in our time-pressured culture openly admits to. Misery has oodles of company.
  ( Articles Health Procrastination Psychology )
• Test Smarter, Not Harder by Scott Sehlhorst: Complexity leads to futility: Creating a test suite that tries all two million combinations for a high end laptop could be automated, but even if every test took one tenth of second to run, the suite would take over 64 hours! Dell changes their product of
  ( Articles Development Programming Testing )
• Get Rich Slowly » Learning to Eat More Meals at Home: Cooking at home is an excellent way to save money. But if you’re accustomed to dining out for most meals, it can be a difficult transition. Fortunately, there’s plenty of help available on the web.
  ( Cooking Finance Nutrition Tutorials )
• The Falkirk Wheel - Design: The objective uppermost in all their minds was to create a functional boat lift that could raise and lower boats swiftly, whilst celebrating the reconnection of the two historic canals with a structure worthy of a new millennium. Ideas and concepts were n
  ( *ToRead Architecture Interesting Travel )

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This class saves lives!

I took Tedd to a cool Teen Car Clinic hosted by a local performance driving school, Driving Concepts. The class was all day Sunday and attended by a range of teens (some with permits, some with licenses and some who had never actually driven before). It consisted of classroom discussion followed by practice sessions on a "Closed Course" (read: rented parking lot of local community college). Many of these techniques will sound all to familiar to anyone that's attended a performance driving school.

As I looked on, I realized just how ridiculous our "normal" drivers education is... This was the first time someone was explaining to these kids proper seat positioning and "proper" mirror setup (a method normally taught in performance schools, that elimates blinds spots and does not require turning your head). Not one of them had ever learned how their cars reacted under hard braking or turning.

The kids learned about visual awareness (lifting their eyes), spacing and distance. They learned about ABS and SRS systems. They got lectures on RWD, FWD and AWD. Understeer versus Oversteer was discussed. Everything was followed-up by on the "track" practice sessions.

The exercises basically allowed each student to run through the track at 3-5 different speeds (25-45 MPH) and consisted of things like: slalom (w/ two hands and w/ one to simulate cell phone use and illustrate just how much can go wrong with only one hand on the wheel), hard braking, hard braking in a corner, following distances, object avoidance, cornering with over/under steer and much more than I can remember.

Think about just how much better equiped these students will be able to handle emergency situations on the road now -- they know how cars will react, they've practiced avoidance techniques and they are aware of how to spot potential situations much sooner. If you have a teen that's learning to drive, I can't recommend this program enough. This class really could save lives.

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Notable URLs on 2006-06-07

• Hack Attack: Turn your $60 router into a $600 router - Lifehacker: Of all the great DIY projects at this year’s Maker Faire, the one project that really caught my eye involved converting a regular old $60 router into a powerful, highly configurable $600 router.
  ( Hack Linux Software Tutorials WiFi co_Linksys )

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Notable URLs on 2006-06-06

• Recent Tracks - CC Hits
  ( Lists Music Reviews Social )
• AJ's Blog - Two Minute Timer: “If the Next Action can be done in 2 minutes or less, do it when you first pick the item up. Even if that item is not a “high priority”, because it takes longer to store and track any item than to deal with it the first time its in your head.” (p.
  ( Freeware GTD Software Win32 )
• Born Geek: Download CoLT: A new option allows the "Copy Link Text and Location" menu item to show up as a sub-menu, presenting all three options to the user at once (plain text, HTML link, custom format).
  ( Extensions FireFox Software )
• Gmail Encryption: Originally I planned on using the Solitaire encryption algorithm devised by Bruce Schneier for the book, Cryptonomicon, written by Neal Stephenson. (As an aside, I heartily recommend this book.) However, this method has a couple of drawbacks when used to
  ( Encryption Extension FireFox Gmail Software co_Google )
• GCALSYNC - synhronize your phone with Google Calendar: Carry your Google Calendar in your pocket! GCalSync will allow two-way synchronization between Google Calendar and your phone's built-in calendar. Download events to your phone, or add an event on your phone and upload it to Google Calendar.
  ( GCal Organization PIM Software Telephone co_Google )
• 12 financial tips for women (Page 1 of 2): While neither gender has an exclusive lock on money management skills, the financial deck is stacked against women. They earn about three-quarters of what men make. In a divorce, they get less of the assets and more of the children.
  ( Finance Tutorials Women )
• Sitening Blog » Blog Archive » How To Backup Your Mac Intelligently: I’m a paranoid person when it comes to backing up my files, but it took a hard drive crash of my own to make me realize how important backing up can be. Since then, I’ve gotten very good at making sure my data is secure. The setup I’m about to descr
  ( Backups MacOSX Software Tutorials )
• studentl.inc: Meeting Planner | Organizer | Worksheet: I've created a one-page tool called the MPOW (meeting planner | organizer | worksheet). It provides our student leaders with a format to make the most of the meetings that they are in charge of.
  ( GTD Organization Productivity Templates )
• [unsanity] Menu Master - Change menu shortcuts on the fly: Assign/Remove hotkeys from Mac OSX software/OS
  ( Keyboard MacOSX Shortcuts Software )
• Photojojo » Photo Blocks: Stunning Gifts from Your Photos in 15 Minutes or Less: We're going to show you how to make a stunning gift using your photos in 15 minutes or less. Keep it for yourself and make another for a friend. It's sure to impress.
  ( Crafts Design Photography Tutorials )
• UltraVNC: UltraVNC is an easy to use, fast and free sotware that can display the screen of another computer (via internet or network) on your own screen. The program allows you to use your mouse and keyboard to control the other PC remotely.
  ( Software VNC )
• Geek to Live: Use your cell phone as a modem - Lifehacker: Plug that phone into your laptop, of course, and get to surfing! This week we’ll turn a cell phone into a modem that will get you online even when there’s not a wifi hotspot, landline or ethernet jack in sight.
  ( Hacks Telephone Tutorials )
• LeapFish.com Domain Name Resource Center
  ( Amusing Calculator DNS WebApps )

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Notable URLs on 2006-06-05

• New Scientist Letting babies cry will only end in more tears - News: PARENTS of bawling babies take note: comforting them may work better than leaving them to cry - at least during the first few weeks of life.
  ( Baby Research Science )
• Heading East: Motion Sensing and iSight Hacks on the Mac: These hacks led me on a search for other hacks which use the mac motion sensor. As of yet there are only a couple but I assume more are in the pipeline... (onscreen dice anyone?, how about a 'jiggle your dock icons with a bump' hack?)
  ( Hacks MacOSX Software )
• Nikhil Kothari's Weblog : Script# Prototype: Script# brings the C# developer experience (programming and tooling) to Javascript/Ajax world. Yep, I am finally publicly sharing a spare time project I've been working on the side in an off and on manner for some time now.
  ( AJAX Reference Scripts WebDev )
• The Office supplies trebuchet: Bored at work? Build your own 3" trebuchet out of paperclips and throw balls of blu-tac up to an amazing 4 feet.
  ( Amusing Office Tutorials Weapons )
• Googlepedia :: Mozilla Add-ons :: Add Features to Mozilla Software: Shows you a relevant Wikipedia article along with your search results. Clicking links in the article will trigger new Google searches, making it a very useful research tool.
  ( Extensions FireFox Plugins Wikipedia co_Google )

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Notable URLs on 2006-06-03

• BookQueueToo Homepage: BookQueueToo is a plugin for MovableType which allows users to manage a book list, and then to publish that book list to their MT blog.
  ( MT MoveableType Plugins Scripts WebDev )

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Notable URLs on 2006-06-01

• Hotel Reviews | Hotel Ratings | Hotels | TravelPost: TravelPost.com is the best source for relevant hotel reviews, travel blogs, photos, and advice from real travelers truly like you.
  ( Hotels Reviews Travel )

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