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Sematic email technologies & the State of Blogsearch

SEAmail: Applying Semantic Technology to Email – ReadWriteWeb In order to join a conversation, you’ve got to be able to find it first. Three years ago “blog search” was expected to be a booming industry, startups left and right developed different technologies and more than a few raised millions of dollars to help users search […]

A Place to Bury Strangers appearing at Coachella

LimeWire Music Blog However, I am surprised and pleased to see the likes of Glass Candy and A Place to Bury Strangers among the names listed, not to mention one of my new favorite underground noisemakers, Late of the Pier. (tags: aptbs coachella) Paul McCartney, Cure, Killers set to headline Coachella 2009 – Festival News […]

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Oliver’s Pedals and U2 (again)

// PRODUCT SHOP NYC A Place To Bury Strangers’ mainman Oliver Ackermann is also the head of Death By Audio, the Brooklyn-based effects pedal company that has handmade pedals for acts like Nine Inch Nails, Wilco, My Bloody Valentine and now, U2’s Edge. U2’s new single, “Get Your Boots On” was based around a riff […]

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Using Javadoc

I’m teaching a section of Object-oriented Analysis & Design. We’re using java, and so we’re using Javadoc. Here are some links to which I refer my students. How to Write Doc Comments for the Javadoc Tool This document describes the style guide, tag and image conventions we use in documentation comments for Java programs written […]

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Observer Pattern

In my aforementioned class on Object-oriented Analysis and Design we, of course, study design patterns. Here are a few links concerning the observer pattern. Observer In object-oriented programming, objects contain both data and behavior that, together, represent a specific aspect of the business domain. One advantage of using objects to build applications is that all […]

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UML & Netbeans links for 2009-01-26

I got these together for my aforementioned class in Object-oriented Analysis & Design. UML Tool for Fast UML Diagrams UMLet is an open-source UML tool with a simple user interface: draw UML diagrams fast, export diagrams to eps, pdf, jpg, svg, and clipboard, share diagrams using Eclipse, and create new, custom UML elements.      UMLet runs […]

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A Place to Bury Strangers in Aspen, Colorado

Loud As They Wanna Be | Aspen Daily News Online At the center of the power trio is guitarist/vocalist Oliver Ackermann. Ackermann, who has a side job as the founder of effects pedal company Death By Audio, is the Eddie Van Halen, Eric Clapton or, more appropriately, Thurston Moore, of the group. He picks the […]

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After the Inauguaration – Political Cartoons

Three days after the inauguaration of Obama some interesting pooitical cartoons are starting to emerge. by Singe Wilson by Stuart Carlson by Tony Auth

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5 Minutes with Python & A Place to Bury Strangers links for 2009-01-23

5 Minutes with Python – A Video Series Checking out Python but don’t have the time to read the manuals? Relax and watch a video or two that demonstrate the power and flexiblity of Python.   First 5 Minutes with Python Python and the Interactive Shell ‘IPython’ A Demonstration of ReStructuredText Python and the Image Manipulation […]

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About the Clapp Remix for I Know I’ll See You Again

WINGSTROKE: Historical Moment A Place to Bury Strangers’ “I Know I’ll See You (The Clapp Remix)” was used in Sunday’s The L Word season premier. (tags: aptbs)

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