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- The body mass index doesn't weigh up for Asian populations Nature: Asian populations are at risk from weight-related diseases at lower BMI values.... |
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- I've updated my ID3 tools (the id3reader module and the m3utree utility) based on feedback from people who tried them. Thanks in particular to Samuel Wright (11 email roundtrips) and Kris W. and Mark Williamson (4 roundtrips each) for making useful suggestions and being patient while the kinks were hammered out. (more..) |
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YAROBFB (Jan 12 2004 23:25 GMT) - YAROBFB = "yet another report on blogging for business." At 93 pages, it looks promising, if somewhat academic (a sample sentence fragment from the abstract: "Weblogs, in other words, envisage a hierarchy circumvention mechanism..."). Author George Dafermos has his own weblog here: |
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- A few years ago, one of my favorite rock bands, the Dictators, posed a musical question: "Who will save rock... |
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- Diamonds in the news: State-Owned Diamond Company Might Rescind Contract With Trans Hex.... |
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- Si vous voulez en savoir plus sur ce visionnaire de la société de l'information qu'est DouglasEngelbart je vous conseille la lecture de cet article synthétique de Wired. On y parle de ses expériences de videoconférence et de sa théorie des hyperliens. Des idées qui ont fait du chemin! |
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- Week-end mitigé . J'ai passé un Samedi plutôt morose, presqu 'exclusivement à étudier et à dessiner , pendant que me soeur se trouvait chez une amie, et que mon Père, d'humeur maussade lui aussi, cherchait l'inspiration ... |
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- La façon la plus conviviale d'accéder à des documents consiste à utiliser le Web. Il permet d'afficher des pages non seulement avec du texte mais aussi avec des éléments multimédia (images, sons, vidéo...). De nombreux outils permettent de retrouver des documents sur le Web. |
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- MoteurRechercheNews Comme me le fait remarquer cette personne d'Allthenews en réponse à mon post de ce matin sur les nouvelles sources RSS, Allthenews propose aussi ses fils d'infos thématiques à monitorer. |
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- J'insinuais juste que j'ai envoyé aujourd'hui ma facture avec un timbre qui "leur" souhaite les voeux... à quoi la dèche me mène... mais j'avais que ça!!! Bonne Année ;o) |
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- Mes parents vont peut être divorcer. Demain, ma mère a RDV chez l'avocat avec les papiers qu'il faut pour lancer une procédure. Mais même... Je reste sceptique, car ma mère, ça fait 20 fois qu'elle nous a fait le coup du "Je vais divorcer". Un jour, on est même allée chez l'avocat, et après, rien, elle n'y est plus retournée. |
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- Elle arriva en retard ce matin là comme à son habitude. Disons que le déballage de son armoire y était pour beaucoup. Trouver les chaussures, le haut et la veste qui iraient avec sa jupe lui prirent plus de temps qu'elle ne crut. En effet, elle avait perdu l'habitude de s'habiller en fille. Mais elle avait décidé que ce serait le jour pour. |
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- [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] - A SCO official says the company believes the code it's handing over to IBM Monday will be enough to press its case for IBM to show some code too. |
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- Telephone nostalgia; yesterday - Amsterdam And I think, lying flat on my back on the woolen carpet with a glass of red wine in my hand, that phoning with someone you like, just makes a good day even better.... |
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- In an article by Malcolm Prior, the BBC is the latest to cover the LifeGem story.... |
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- Doodle/Jen,It's better but it's still very stiff when I try and squat or walk quickly. Actually, I can't really squat.I think what I did I did sort of the equivalent of involuntary splits, only with my knee instead of inner thighs.I want to go to the gym tomorrow.Should I wrap it, or just i dunno... |
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- Portugalin mestaruussarja: |
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- Italian viranomaiset ilmoittivat maanantaina valmistelevansa oikeudenkäyntiä, joka koskee natsien 60 vuoden takaisia väkivaltaisuuksia toscanalaisessa kylässä. |
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- Osakekurssit nousivat New Yorkissa maanantaina. Teknologiaosakkeita puntaroiva Nasdaq kohosi 1,19 prosenttia 2 111,78 pisteeseen ja teollisuusindeksi Dow Jones 0,25 prosenttia 10 485,18 pisteeseen. |
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- During his State of the State speech, Governor Pataki touched on a court ordered deadline to reform the state's school aid system. Education advocates are anxiously awaiting more from the governor in his budget address. Karen DeWitt reports. |
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- Martha Foley and horticulturist Amy Ivy talk about planning for the summer garden. |
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- Daily American Republic: The Atkins diet works by restricting processed carbohydrates such as high-sugar foods, breads, grains, pasta, cereal and starchy vegetables. These carbohydrates are the body's primary energy source. By reducing carbohydrate intake to less than 20 grams per... |
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- Former comrade “Big O” has deviated from the official party line and therefore must be summarily destroyed. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com: |
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Angry Howie (Jan 12 2004 23:23 GMT) - The Mighty Rightwing Wurlitzer's number one talking point about Howard Dean is that he is angry. Ever so angry. Why,... |
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- "A redesign has some built-in advantages over everyday maintenance; the most useful being focus. And focus is the loam that... |
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voip (Jan 12 2004 23:22 GMT) - I'm dumbfounded by all the hoopla over VoIP. You can call me right now using this technology that comes free with every mac. My 'number' is adamcurry@mac.com (ps) I don't answer all calls ofcourse :) |
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voip (Jan 12 2004 23:22 GMT) - I'm dumbfounded by all the hoopla over VoIP. You can call me right now using this technology that comes free with every mac. My 'number' is adamcurry@mac.com (ps) I don't answer all calls ofcourse :) |
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- Former comrade “Big O” has deviated from the official party line and therefore must be summarily destroyed. |
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- Diamonds in the news: Vault Minerals Inc.: Positive Diamond Drill Results from Lebel Gold Property, Kirkland Lake, Ontario.... |
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- Version changes: - Fixed a bad renaming behaviour with the HJSplit format. This app will be freeware and open-source very soon... Stay tuned! |
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- NewsLetter is a free batch emailer, speciallly thought for newsletters. Its interface is very simple and intuitive, and it features the creation of HTML messages, customization of subject and body using "smart tags", and attachments. Changes this version: -Added the capability to preview messages in NewsLetter (no more switching to a browser). -Added the capability to grab email addresses from FileMaker, Address Book and Entourage. |
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- Diamonds in the news: Hindujas cable TV, diamond trade among Rs224.42 FDI approvals.... |
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- THE TIMES OF INDIA: "A plus of the Atkins diet is that, being a low-carb programme, there is almost no weight-gain. Also, the diet can be easily adapted to the Indian context with beneficial results," says nutritionist Geetu Amarnani.... |
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- A federal judge ruled Monday that a jailed murder suspect can be ordered to answer some questions about his claim that a key witness in the nation's first major post-Sept. 11 terrorism trial lied to the FBI. |
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- "Terrorism is a common noun. It's a technique. How do you make war on terrorism as opposed to specific terrorist organizations?" Record asked. "I don't think that it is within America's power to rid the world of terrorism. |
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- Shadowbane is a damn fun game. Its just a shame that the game gets in the way of the fun most of the time. By Casey Carbonneau (Inside Mac Games via MyAppleMenu) |
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- It's not surprising that iPhoto does not read the CRW raw files, but it is unacceptable that the software deletes them from the CF card and does not save them anywhere! By Philip van Allen (MacFixIt via MyAppleMenu) |
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- Perhaps HP wil ask Microsoft to add support for AAC audio. (We'll see how that goes.) By Sandy McMurray (Apple Matters via MyAppleMenu) |
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- As Maine's pioneering laptop initiative got under way in the state's middle schools two years ago, it quickly became clear that some of today's computer-savvy students knew more about using the portable computers than their teachers did. By Tess Nacelewicz (Portland Press via MyAppleMenu) |
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- Accuracy tracking with Panther Mail has been improved; catching spam is better; bugs have been fixed; and more. By Peter Cohen (MacCentral via MyAppleMenu) |
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- Apple has come under fire for the iPod's power problems -- but the Great Battery Rip-off is a much wider issue for the industry, and consumers. By Rupert Goodwins (ZDNet UK via MyAppleMenu) |
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- Apple's efforts in the UK education sector continue to reap rewards, the company revealed at industry show BETT 2004 last week. By Jonny Evans (Macworld UK via MyAppleMenu) |
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- Apple Computer and its Macintosh, which has long sat on the desktops of many molecular biologists, are now seeing wider use in genomics. By Matthew Herper (Forbes via MyAppleMenu) |
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- Apple directors of marketing Peter Lowe (consumer software) and Stan Ng (iPod) are on a roll, following last week's Macworld Expo. (Macworld UK via MyAppleMenu) |
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- Apple is facing the music, and we will all reap the benefits. By Gene Steinberg (USA Today via MyAppleMenu) |
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- Diamonds in the news: PSAC handily wins diamond mine vote.... |
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- Then i'd have a GOOD excuse to be grumpy. It feels like lack of sleep, but that really can't be the case - I slept eight hours tonight, and then I had a nap during the afternoon. It's only a... |
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