Recycled ebook: I Am Charlotte Simmons

I bought Tom Wolfe's "I Am Charlotte Simmons" from http://www.ereader.com/ and enjoyed it well emough, but don't think I'll ever re-read it. I'm willing to pass on the file (in ereaders's proprietary format) to the first person who asks for it. Send me an email -- lobrien -atsign- …

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Blink Working!

Ah hah! No leading / on the FTP Path: www/knowing.net/images

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Hau'oli Makahiki Hou!

First, the more serious resolutions inspired by the tsunami tragedy:

  • treasure loved ones and the short time we get in this life;
  • give more;
  • be more humble about the affairs of Man

Second, the fun ones:

  • do a 3 minute free-dive (my personal best is a 2:51 dive in …
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Ink-Based Wiki: Should I Go Smart Client?

I am working on “Weka Wiki”: an ink-based Wiki (”Weka” being the Hawaiian word for “squid ink”). All pages will be rendered on any machine (as bitmaps on mundane machines), but the only way to edit ink-based pages will be with a Tablet PC. My question for the inkernet: when …

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AdSense revenues to disaster relief -- a no brainer

Greg Hughes came up with the idea of donating all AdSense revenue pending at the new year to disaster relief.

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Windows Journal Reader Supplemental Component

Journal Reader Component for Tablet PC SDK 1.7  [via]{style="font-style:italic"} [Microsoft Download Center]

Note that the documentation contains samples that read " Dim jntReader As New Microsoft.Ink.JournalReader()" and similar. In fact, you can't construct a JournalReader object, you'll use the static (shared in VB.NET) method …

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COmega and Concurrency: The Next Important Thing

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Because CPU speeds have topped off recently even though I/O speeds continue to increase, Herb Sutter posits that the Moore's Law free performance lunch is over [via]{style="font-style:italic"} [Marquee de Sells: Chris's insight outlet]

Concurrency is at the stage …

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Rather Than Post-Christmas Sales, Make A Donation

I've not yet found any links specific to the disaster that's struck around the Indian Ocean, but here is the link to the Red Cross' individual donation page: http://www.icrc.org/Web/Forms/webforms.nsf/F_DON?OpenForm&ParentUNID=BA9B14845AF1638FC1256E2B00394093&action=Operations%20most%20in%20need

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Pynk: Programming the Tablet PC With Python article online

My first article on Pynk, my experimental Python IDE, is up on DevX http://www.devx.com/TabletPC/Article/26666.  The preliminary version of Pynk is available for download and can be used to work interactively with IronPython on the Tablet PC.

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Cleaning a Tablet

What do you clean your Tablet screen with? I have been going with a water-dampened microfiber cloth but as part of my end-of-the-year cleaning spree, I was thinking of going a little stronger. There are no computer stores on the Big Island, so anything I buy gets about a \$10 …

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