The Archives
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30 Days
30 Day Challenge: Meditation (and 2011 resolutions)
My next 30 day challenge will be to sit and meditate everyday for at least 20 minutes. I’ve done 14 consecutive days before, but never 30. My meditation practices in the past have always been spotty, a day here and a day there, but I really want to make it a daily practice. (see below) [...]
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Code & Design
Bespin: Coding in the Cloud
This is a neat concept. The quality of the video kind of sucks, but you’ll get the idea. Introducing Bespin from Dion Almaer on Vimeo. Did they say this project was started by someone named Russ Bespin? Who is this guy? Either that is a fake name to help fend off George Lucas’s copyright lawyers, [...]
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Cyberculture & the Net
Notice anything different?
Yup, that’s right…everything. I traded in my original (hacked beyond recognition) red theme, for a new, more functional minimalistic theme. It’s amazing what a fresh coat of CSS will do for a site. All the code under the hood has been overhauled as well. I also changed the name of the site from :skyecade online [...]
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Code & Design
Scratch – Interactive programming language
Scratch is a new programming language developed at M.I.T. and specifically geared towards kids. Instead of using the conventional syntax based methodology, Scratch employs colorful building blocks (objects) which users can drag and drop. Each of these blocks has different attributes, and when combined with other blocks, users can alter the functionality of their program [...]
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Self Improvement
O'Reilly School of Technology
What have we here? It looks like O’Reilly – of O’Reilly Media, not Bill O’Reilly – has opened up its internet ports to all those who are interested in getting an education in technology. O’Reilly School of Technology offers a variety of online courses ranging from programming to system administration to web development. You can’t [...]
