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"Keep Watching, Internet Bozos."
MerlinVimeo - 2013, February 9 - 22:18
> "I want them to watch that."
Understand: my daughter is _trying to **help** you_.
Cast: Merlin Mann
Tags: Eleanor Mann, Internet Bozos and HOWTO
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Instructables based on Little Brother and Homeland
Cory Doctorow - 2013, February 9 - 06:41
The awesome people at Instructables have launched a series of HOWTOs based on my novel Homeland, written from the point of view of Marcus, the novel's hero. They previously posted 11 of these for Little Brother, and the new Homeland ones should be kicking off any day. Watch this space!
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Coming to Salt Lake City today
Cory Doctorow - 2013, February 9 - 06:27
As you read this, I'll be on a plane heading for Salt Lake City, where I'll be appearing at the Leonardo Science Museum at 2PM with my new novel Homeland. On Sunday, I'll be in Tempe at Changing Hands books, and then on Feb 12 I'll be in NYC for the Tools of Change conference (snow permitting!). There's lots more appearances to come, too! Hope to see you there -- we had a fantastic, standing-room-only time at Borderlands in San Francisco last night!
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Mesh wireless inspired by Little Brother
Cory Doctorow - 2013, February 8 - 13:32
If the protagonists in the book Little Brother had access to a low-power mesh network, they may have been able to avert the DHS. In reality, mesh networking could help organize protests like what occurred during the Arab Spring--helping citizens to peacefully participate in an effective manner, by leveraging the self-healing and spontaneous nature of mesh networks.
Pinoccios are tiny wireless microcontrollers for makers and DIY enthusiasts. They make it easy to connect physical things to each other and to the web. Pinoccios can connect wirelessly to each other and to the Internet, and with them you can build your own sensor networks, home automation, or UAV and robotics projects.
We also have an Indiegogo campaign going on right now.
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IAEA Reviews South Africa’s Nuclear Infrastructure for Expansion
IAEA - 2013, February 8 - 12:51
An IAEA team of international experts has carried out a review of South Africa’s nuclear infrastructure – the first Integrated Nuclear Infrastructure Review (INIR) mission to a country that is already generating nuclear power, and the first in Africa.
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Making Concrete Plans
IAEA - 2013, February 8 - 12:50
About 100 nuclear policymakers and senior managers will gather from 11 to 14 February 2013 at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna, Austria, to discuss nuclear power infrastructure development, with a particular focus on countries starting nuclear programmes and their specific needs.
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Revisiting dctdemo – Part 1
Matlab Image processing blog - 2013, February 8 - 08:19
Last month, Dave Garrison wrote a nice article on the MathWorks web site about coding an app (or GUI) by defining a class.
Curiously, this article made me think of a day back in September 1993. I arrived at MathWorks on that day to interview for a job as an image processing software developer. Sometime in the afternoon I found myself in an office with the two developers of version 1.0 of the Image Processing Toolbox. (One of those developers, Loren Shure, was the first employee hired by the MathWorks founders. You can find her over at Loren on the Art of MATLAB.)
Anyway, the Image Processing Toolbox was about to ship, and the developers were trying to think of some demo ideas. I joined in a brainstorming session in front of a whiteboard. One of my ideas that day became the product demo called dctdemo. Here is a screen shot.
(That's a picture of Loren, by the way.)
Prompted by Dave's article, I thought it might be a good time to revisit this oldie-but-goodie demo. It was originally written using MATLAB 4, and the programming techniques available at that time for doing this sort of thing were relatively crude. My plan is to take a fresh look at this demo and reimplement it using the techniques described by Dave.
Here's a start:
classdef dctCompressionDemo < handle endThat's enough code to actually execute.
dctCompressionDemo ans = dctCompressionDemo handle with no properties.And that's about all it does (for now). Next time we'll start filling in the details.
- Revisiting dctdemo - part 1
- Revisiting dctdemo - part 2
- Revisiting dctdemo - part 3
- Revisiting dctdemo - part 4
Get
the MATLAB code (requires JavaScript)
Published with MATLAB® R2012b
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Last night in San Francisco!
Cory Doctorow - 2013, February 8 - 08:05
Tonight's my last night in San Francisco on my Homeland tour. I'll be at Borderlands books at 7PM. Tomorrow I'll be at the Leonardo in Salt Lake City; and on Sunday I'll be at Changing Hands in Tempe, AZ. Come on down (and thanks to everyone who came by the Booksmith last night!).
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I’ll be in San Francisco tonight and tomorrow
Cory Doctorow - 2013, February 7 - 05:51
I'm still revving up my tour for Homeland, the sequel to Little Brother, and tonight I'll be at Booksmith in San Francisco. I'm lucky enough to get two days in SFO and tomorrow I'll be at Borderlands, before I head to Salt Lake City for an appearance at The Leonardo on Saturday. From there, it's off to Tempe, AZ for a gig at Changing Hands on Sunday, and then off to many more cities (here's the list). Last night's event in Portland at the Beaverton Powell's was amazing, with more than a hundred lovely folks in attendance, a lively Q&A and the swell atmosphere of one of the world's great bookstores.
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Coming to Portland today, San Francisco tomorrow!
Cory Doctorow - 2013, February 6 - 06:36
Last night, I kicked off the tour for Homeland (the sequel to Little Brother) with an amazing event at the Seattle Public Library, and now I'm hitting the road! I'll be in Portland tonight, at the Powell's in Beaverton at 7PM. Tomorrow I hit San Francisco with a stop at Booksmith on the 7th, then another at Borderlands on the 8th. From there, I'm off to Salt Lake City's Leonardo museum for an event on Feb 9. There's 22 cities in all -- here's the list!
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IAEA’s State-to-State Response and Assistance Network Meets
IAEA - 2013, February 5 - 10:38
If a nuclear or radiological emergency occurs, a State might need assistance responding to it, for example to detect radioactive contamination, evaluate radiological consequences, provide medical advice or initiate decontamination.
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Experts Discuss Improvements in Decommissioning and Remediation Following Nuclear Accidents
IAEA - 2013, February 5 - 10:19
Vowing to improve plans to protect the public and the environment from radiation following potential nuclear incidents in the future, more than 200 international experts concluded a week-long Forum to share their experience and views.
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Seattle tonight!
Cory Doctorow - 2013, February 5 - 04:32
Hey, Seattle! Just a reminder that I'll be at the Seattle Public Library tonight at 7PM with my new novel Homeland. Come on down (and bring the kids!)! Portland, you're next, then San Francisco (and again!). Here's the whole schedule -- 20+ cities!.
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BIG NEWS AT GREEN CITY ACRES!
Green City Acres - 2013, February 4 - 20:02
We are thrilled to announce that John and Brenda from Gooby Gardens will be joining the GCA team. Just as they share our passion for ecological farming, they also both bring a huge complimentary skill set to the operation. Expect bigger and better things to come in 2013. Their profiles have been added to the website. Go here.
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What Do You Know About Cancer? (Updated)
IAEA - 2013, February 4 - 10:39
On 4 February – World Cancer Day – the IAEA joined other international organizations to dispel common myths about cancer and its causes. During the 4 February commemorative event at the IAEA Headquarters in Vienna, Austria, IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano spoke about the human tragedy that is cancer and the reasons for hope.
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Coming to Seattle (then PDX, then SFO) for the Homeland tour
Cory Doctorow - 2013, February 3 - 22:25
Correction: The Borderlands event is on Feb 7, not Feb 8.
In a couple of hours, I'm getting on a plane from London to Seattle to kick off the tour for Homeland, the sequel to Little Brother. My first stop is tomorrow (Feb 5) night, at the Seattle Public Library, and then I head to Portland for Feb 6, where I'll be at Powell's in Beaverton. Then it's off to San Francisco, where I'll be at Booksmith on Feb 7, and Borderlands on Feb 8.
There's a lot more cities on this US tour, mostly in the warm spots (we're trying to minimize weather delays, because the schedule is so tight). And though it's not on the calendar yet, I'll be Lawrence, KS on Feb 28 at the Kansas Union's Alderson Auditorium at 7:30 and in Toronto on Mar 1 for a presentation at the Merril Collection at 7PM.
If you're wondering what the book's all about, The Oregonian ran an interview with me this weekend about the book:
A couple of years ago, it occurred to me that the emergency had become permanent. Declaring war on an abstract noun like "terror" meant that we would forever be on a war footing, where any dissent was characterized as treason, where justice was rough and unaccountable, where the relationship of the state to its citizens would grow ever more militarized.
But this permanent emergency didn't have any visible battlefront -- it was a series of largely invisible crises in the form of brutal prosecutorial overreach, police crackdowns, ubiquitous surveillance, merciless debt-hounding and repossession.
I wanted to write a story that helped kids see this invisible, all-powerful crisis unfolding around them, and helped them see that it didn't have to be that way, that they could push back.
I've heard from thousands and thousands of kids who were influenced by "Little Brother," kids for whom it was an inspiration to become makers, programmers and activists. I wanted to reach these kids again, and their little sisters and brothers, and show them that the fight goes on and it needs them.
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Kakapo Roundup
Another Chance to See - 2013, February 3 - 09:04
A few Kakapo articles lately...
From National Geographic: Kakapo Coprolite Yields Conservation Clues
From Auckland Now: Sick kakapo returns to the wild
From stuff.co.nz/national: Richard Henry: Our first conservation hero
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Originally published at http://www.anotherchancetosee.com
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nzbX Freemium Weekend - Features Revealed on Promising NZB Site
slyck - 2013, February 3 - 05:49
Check it out while it lasts...
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Interview with The Oregonian about Homeland
Cory Doctorow - 2013, February 3 - 02:42
I did a Q&A with The Oregonian to help publicize my stop at the Powell's Books in Beaverton, OR on Feb 6 at 7PM. It's the second stop in my 22 city tour.
What prompted you to write "Homeland," the sequel to "Little Brother," and what's the impact of "Little Brother" been, especially among younger readers?
A couple of years ago, it occurred to me that the emergency had become permanent. Declaring war on an abstract noun like "terror" meant that we would forever be on a war footing, where any dissent was characterized as treason, where justice was rough and unaccountable, where the relationship of the state to its citizens would grow ever more militarized.
But this permanent emergency didn't have any visible battlefront -- it was a series of largely invisible crises in the form of brutal prosecutorial overreach, police crackdowns, ubiquitous surveillance, merciless debt-hounding and repossession.
I wanted to write a story that helped kids see this invisible, all-powerful crisis unfolding around them, and helped them see that it didn't have to be that way, that they could push back.
I've heard from thousands and thousands of kids who were influenced by "Little Brother," kids for whom it was an inspiration to become makers, programmers and activists. I wanted to reach these kids again, and their little sisters and brothers, and show them that the fight goes on and it needs them.
Bookmarks: Q&A with Cory Doctorow, science fiction and Internet activist
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Law and Little Brother
Cory Doctorow - 2013, February 1 - 23:46
I'm excited to see the folks at Law and the Multiverse (a blog that considers legal questions through the lens of comics, movies and fiction) having a look at the legal issues raised in Little Brother. It's very timely, what with the sequel, Homeland, coming out on Tuesday!
A large portion of the book’s plot rests on the intersection of law and technology. Bruce Schneier thought the technology was handled pretty well, which is a strong endorsement. But what about the law? There are a couple of minor errors (e.g. referring to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals as the “9th Circuit Appellate Division Court”) that make one wonder about the larger issues. Was it illegal for Marcus and his friends to have been imprisoned at “Gitmo-by-the-Bay” without access to an attorney and without being charged with a crime? And what about the waterboarding? Could the Bay Area Department of Homeland Security be headed by a Major General and staffed by other members of the military? Could the State Troopers have saved the day?
The Law and the Multiverse people wrote a great book that runs through all the high points of US law by examining how it applies to superheros in comic books.
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