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"greetings from CERN"

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:31:35 GMT

greetings from CERN –Leuchtzeile am Metalab Kühlschrank

"Don't worry if a project doesn't seem to be on the path to some goal you're s..."

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:25:23 GMT

Don't worry if a project doesn't seem to be on the path to some goal you're supposed to have. Paths can bend a lot more than you think. So let the path grow out the project. The most important thing is to be excited about it, because it's by doing that you learn. –What You'll Wish You'd Known

"Just pick a project that seems interesting: to master some chunk of material,..."

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:25:08 GMT

Just pick a project that seems interesting: to master some chunk of material, or to make something, or to answer some question. Choose a project that will take less than a month, and make it something you have the means to finish. Do something hard enough to stretch you, but only just, especially at first. If you're deciding between two projects, choose whichever seems most fun. If one blows up in your face, start another. Repeat till, like an internal combustion engine, the process becomes self-sustaining, and each project generates the next one. (This could take years.) –What You'll Wish You'd Known

"I think a society in which people can do and say what they want will also ten..."

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:03:57 GMT

I think a society in which people can do and say what they want will also tend to be one in which the most efficient solutions win, rather than those sponsored by the most influential people. Authoritarian countries become corrupt; corrupt countries become poor; and poor countries are weak. –The Word "Hacker"

"When choosing an idea for your project it doesn't have to be hugely innovati..."

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:02:24 GMT

When choosing an idea for your project it doesn't have to be hugely innovative, it just needs to make it possible for you to be innovative in every step of the way when realizing it. –Eskil Steenberg

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(Video)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:27:54 GMT

Domino's Scientists Test Limits Of What Humans Will Eat

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"The promise of Shapeways is to enable consumers to make stuff, virtually anyt..."

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:03:53 GMT

The promise of Shapeways is to enable consumers to make stuff, virtually anything of reasonable size and detail, and have it in hand in 10 days or less for an average cost of $50-150. –Shapeways Aims to Make 3D Fabrication Cheap and Easy (Invites)

YouTube - I love XKCD

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:17:54 GMT

YouTube - I love XKCD

"pgpool-II talks PostgreSQL's backend and frontend protocol, and relays a conn..."

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:12:53 GMT

pgpool-II talks PostgreSQL's backend and frontend protocol, and relays a connection between them. –pgpool-II README

"Wenn die Telekom Austria einem Trend folgt, ist das ein sicheres Zeichen für ..."

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:54:15 GMT

Wenn die Telekom Austria einem Trend folgt, ist das ein sicheres Zeichen für dessen Ende. –kreisrot rundschreiben: Logo-Trends 2008

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(Video)

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:51:10 GMT

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"Today at The Last HOPE, [Far McKon] from Philadelphia's Hacktory presented on..."

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:41:55 GMT

Today at The Last HOPE, [Far McKon] from Philadelphia's Hacktory presented on community fabrication. Over the last few years we've seen a lot of different accessible rapid prototyping machines created. There's the RepRap, a fabrication machine that has achieved self replication; our friends at Metalab have gotten their own version of the machine running too. The Hacktory has recently acquired a Fab@home machine. Fab@home hopes to make manufacturing using multiple materials accessible to home users. Multiple materials means people have constructed objects that vary from embedded circuits to hors d'oeuvres. We can't talk about edible prototyping without bringing up the CandyFab machine, which fuses sugar. The Hacktory has enjoyed their machine so far, but have found the learning curve fairly difficult. While it's great to see the cost of rapid prototyping dropping, we'll be much happier when the ease of use improves. –HOPE 2008: Community Fabrication - Hack a Day

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"nearly every geek social group of significant size has at least one member th..."

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:37:46 GMT

nearly every geek social group of significant size has at least one member that 80% of the members hate, and the remaining 20% merely tolerate. If [the opinion that "ostracizers are evil"] exists in sufficient concentration -- and it usually does -- it is impossible to expel a person who actively detracts from every social event. –Five Geek Social Fallacies

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"This is a big deal. No matter how good you're caching objects, you need to ma..."

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:48:28 GMT

This is a big deal. No matter how good you're caching objects, you need to make sure only ONE process is refreshing the cache. –Ed Menendez's Blog - Launching a High Performance Django Site

"In 1989 a great tradition started with GHP (Galactic Hacker Party), which con..."

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:58:50 GMT

In 1989 a great tradition started with GHP (Galactic Hacker Party), which continued four years later in 1993 with HEU (Hacking at the End of the Universe), HIP (Hacking In Progress) in 1997, HAL (Hacking At large) in 2001 and finally WTH (What The Hack) in 2005. We want to continue this tradition in 2009 with another great outdour hacker event. –WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT HAR2009 - in the tradition of What The Hack

"August centers on two brothers fighting to keep their start-up company afloat..."

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:19:17 GMT

August centers on two brothers fighting to keep their start-up company afloat on Wall Street during August 2001, a month before the 9/11 terrorist attacks. –August (2008)

YouTube - John Cleese - How to Irritate People - Airplane Sketch

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:10:42 GMT

YouTube - John Cleese - How to Irritate People - Airplane Sketch

(Image)

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:40:07 GMT

via Flickr Photo Download: Metalab supporters

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:56:12 GMT

via Flickr Photo Download: Metalab supporters

oh wow!!1 - esther + hardware = win !!1

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:28:06 GMT

oh wow!!1 - esther + hardware = win !!1

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"Simplicity is just one more example of an inductive bias, and there is no rea..."

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:38:52 GMT

Simplicity is just one more example of an inductive bias, and there is no reason to prefer it to any other inductive bias, unless empirical evidence supports its value. Webb’s experiments suggest that simplicity is not a particularly good bias for our world. –Ockham’s Razor is Dull « Apperceptual

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"Entwicklungspsychologen haben für das, was die 4Chan-Gemeinde treibt, den Beg..."

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:06:12 GMT

Entwicklungspsychologen haben für das, was die 4Chan-Gemeinde treibt, den Begriff "Freude am Effekt" geprägt: So wie ein Kleinkind, das seine Rassel immer wieder herunterwirft, um sich daran zu erfreuen, dass es jedes Mal wieder klappert, spielen die 4Chan-Nutzer mit den Mechanismen des Netzes. Meist ohne tieferen Sinn. –Spiegel Online

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The Infamous Double Slit Experiment

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:10:19 GMT

The Infamous Double Slit Experiment

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Wir sind Helden - The Geek (Shall Inherit) (Live)

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:05:03 GMT

Wir sind Helden - The Geek (Shall Inherit) (Live)

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"Just don't die! Most startups die of suicide."

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:25:59 GMT

Just don't die! Most startups die of suicide. –The 7 tips from Y Combinator

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Wed, 16 Jul 2008 01:34:53 GMT

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hackerspace-os - Google Code

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 22:56:33 GMT

a basic software package for hackerspaces and similiar organizations.

based on django and python, it allows you to

manage and announce events (basic calendaring)
manage members and their payments
publish information about current projects
have a nice-looking website, which allows easy access (and edit functionality) to all that information

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Metalab Promo on Vimeo

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:29:27 GMT

Metalab Promo on Vimeo

"Confirmed visitors of theCelebrate the scene demoparty Viennaat Metalab July ..."

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:43:31 GMT

Confirmed visitors of the Celebrate the scene demoparty Vienna at Metalab July 18th - 20th 2008: (so far) skaven ^future crew/brainstorm poti ^black maiden dipswitch ^black maiden/up rough comankh ^ twh ^ madpew ^ByteGeiz ps ^TPOLM dixan ^sk - mfx - sfc zaxe ^S!P / limp ninja azzy ^placidus leech ^placidus NuKe ^Surprise! Productions haddoc ^Surprise! Productions ds ^placidus makc ^lapsen Fear.Wizzard.TMB.ReeBoK ^CCC.TNI.Sega.CFR.Pulsar. Success.MFC.Scoopex. Rebels.TRSI will YOU be there? register here: –Celebrate the Scene Party - [d]vision::. realtime generation

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Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:41:38 GMT

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jGrowl is a jQuery plugin that raises unobtrusive messages within the browser...

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:18:04 GMT

jGrowl is a jQuery plugin that raises unobtrusive messages within the browser, similar to the way that OS X's Growl Framework works.

"Evolutionary economics is a relatively new economic and diverse school of tho..."

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:11:58 GMT

Evolutionary economics is a relatively new economic and diverse school of thought that is inspired by evolutionary biology. It stresses complex interdependencies, competition, growth, structural change, and resource constraints. –Evolutionary economics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Saturday

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:24:55 GMT

15:30 The Lost Sport of Olympia @ Stadtpark
Part of the alternate reality game The Lost Ring by Jane McGonigal, who previously produced Halo's "I love bees".
I'm not sure the actual game that will take place is worth the time, but if anyone else is interested in coming I'd definitely show up, mainly out of a general interest in the genre and Jane's work (she will be there).

22:00 Playplay Round 2 @ WUK
"Disco meets video games", feat. crème prulée
Good music, good venue, arcade games.
What reason could there be not to go?

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Web Form Design Patterns: Sign-Up Forms | How-To | Smashing Magazine

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:55:30 GMT

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/07/04/web-form-design-patterns-sign-up-forms/

"Bereits jetzt zahle jeder Österreicher 700 Euro jährlich für die ÖBB, auch we..."

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:50:19 GMT

Bereits jetzt zahle jeder Österreicher 700 Euro jährlich für die ÖBB, auch wenn er keinen Zug betrete. –http://orf.at/ticker/294836.html

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CLUB MATE COMETH » NYC Resistor

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:48:24 GMT

CLUB MATE COMETH » NYC Resistor

I'm waiting for it, desperately!

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pedrobear

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:31:16 GMT

pedrobear

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"In the abstract, freedom of choice is desirable. But the arts, including the..."

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:02:22 GMT

In the abstract, freedom of choice is desirable. But the arts, including the culinary arts, function more efficiently as dictatorships. Down with interactivity. –Googles Ethos, Applied to Dining - The Lede - Breaking News - New York Times Blog

"In fact, the hated speculator is a good guy because his buying and selling re..."

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:54:03 GMT

In fact, the hated speculator is a good guy because his buying and selling reduce volatility and uncertainty in an unpredictable world.

"It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer or the baker, that ..."

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:51:18 GMT

It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own self interest. –Adam Smith