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KompoZer - Easy web authoring

Mon, 04 Feb 2008 09:51:38 +0000

KompoZer - Easy web authoring:

Free Open Source WYSIWYG HTML and CSS editor (derived from Nvu) for Linux, Macintosh OS X and Windows.

InstantShot!

Mon, 04 Feb 2008 09:24:31 +0000

InstantShot!:

Free screen capture software for Mac OS X.

PodSafe Audio

Mon, 04 Feb 2008 09:21:12 +0000

PodSafe Audio:

This site aims to provide a location where musicians can upload music under the Creative Commons license for use in Podcasts, Mashups, Shoutcasts, Webcasts and every other kind of ‘casting’ that exists on the net.

Filtering my network

Mon, 04 Feb 2008 08:51:00 +0000

Filtering my network:

I’ve never been a political animal, and when the whole social network thing took off a couple of years ago, I was initially uninterested. As ever, I was slow on the uptake, and as ever, I eventually found one site which finally brought home to me what I was missing (that, and reading The Wisdom of Crowds).

For me, that site wasn’t Facebook or Twitter, but del.icio.us. And since I discovered the value of social networking, I’ve carefully cultivated my del.icio.us network. My network is…

Negative sense RNA viruses

Mon, 04 Feb 2008 08:35:37 +0000

Negative sense RNA viruses:

The genomes of all cellular organisms, from bacteria to humans, consist of double-stranded DNA. But in viruses, there is tremendous diversity of virus genomes: double stranded or single-stranded, DNA or RNA, positive- or negative-sense, but only viruses have RNA genomes.

In terms of virus genomes, “negative sense” means that a single-stranded nucleic acid molecule has the opposite sequence to messenger RNA (mRNA) and so cannot be translated into protein until it has been copied….

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Sun, 03 Feb 2008 21:20:15 +0000

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy:

Philosophy

The Internet Undersea World

Sun, 03 Feb 2008 15:29:05 +0000

The Internet Undersea World

For Sale, UK Only

Sun, 03 Feb 2008 15:07:00 +0000

For Sale, UK Only:

Adult male Phelsuma klemmeri:

I had a pair of P. klemmeri hatched in July 2006. They have mated and laid eggs several times. The eggs were fertile (contained embryos) but I never managed to get any of them to hatch. The female died on 23rd January, so I’m left with the male I need to rehome. Buyer collects, Leicester, UK.

Also:

Dendrobates tinctorius Patricia: 3-6 months old, currently ~25mm SVL. Not sexable at this age. £25 each. Delivery possible:

Please email if…

What is Second Life for?

Sun, 03 Feb 2008 11:22:00 +0000

What is Second Life for?:

A spot of casual adultery? Is that all?

Howard Rheingold’s implementation of virual reality makes sense to me (video):

Who wouldn’t rather sit in his garden and watch the flowers bloom, the leaves fall, the seasons come and go?

The issue I have is how to translate the clunky Second Life interface into a mass medium which has some utility for RL students.

And I haven’t seen any examples of that yet.

Newts halt work on Leicestershire bypass

Sat, 02 Feb 2008 15:49:45 +0000

Newts halt work on Leicestershire bypass:

Work on the Earl Shilton bypass in Leicestershire has been held up because great crested newt have been found in the construction area.

Thou Shalt Always Mashup

Sat, 02 Feb 2008 15:17:00 +0000

Thou Shalt Always Mashup:

RSS subscribers - visit site to watch the video

Credits: Stephen Fry, Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip

Deliver us from Microsoft: Stephen Fry

Sat, 02 Feb 2008 14:53:27 +0000

Deliver us from Microsoft: Stephen Fry:

The Asus EEE PC on my knee combines Linux software with an Intel Celeron Mobile Processor to produce an extraordinary laptop which weighs less than 1 kg, starts up in 12 seconds and shuts down in five.

How Wordpress.com makes money with Adsense - without annoying users

Sat, 02 Feb 2008 14:49:40 +0000

How Wordpress.com makes money with Adsense - without annoying users:

If you’re a regular reader, cookies prevent you from seeing ads. However, if you land there by accident after a Google search, things are different.

Advertising or Education? Sometimes It's Hard To Tell

Sat, 02 Feb 2008 14:45:13 +0000

Advertising or Education? Sometimes It's Hard To Tell:

The more a person needs the information being presented, the less appropriate it is to offer advertising in place of education.

Liam Green-Hughes on the Asus eeePC

Sat, 02 Feb 2008 12:35:35 +0000

Liam Green-Hughes on the Asus eeePC

VoiceThread

Sat, 02 Feb 2008 03:42:43 +0000

VoiceThread:

Flash-based video annotation and commenting.

LinuxCommand.org: Learning the shell

Sat, 02 Feb 2008 03:32:16 +0000

LinuxCommand.org: Learning the shell:

Linux terminal commands

Reduced pdf file size in Mac OS X Preview

Sat, 02 Feb 2008 03:28:29 +0000

Reduced pdf file size in Mac OS X Preview

Saturday Cinema: Cyanobacteria

Sat, 02 Feb 2008 02:48:16 +0000

Saturday Cinema: Cyanobacteria:

Cyanobacteria are the oldest bacteria, having evolved around 3.8 billion years ago. The ability of cyanobacteria to perform oxygenic photosynthesis is thought to have converted the early reducing atmosphere into an oxidizing environment which dramatically changed the life forms on Earth and provoked an explosion of biodiversity. And they’re still here:

Video Credit: WLanier

MicroHoo

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 19:06:00 +0000

MicroHoo: