Jacob Kaplan-Moss

Activity in March 2010

Bookmarks

Nimble Design - /the/path/of/most/resistance

Apple is doing something rather daring with their new iPhone OS. They are essentially omitting features that people once took for granted in a typical computer. And one of the biggest things they’ve omitted is the visual file system […] The end result is that regular folks are happier with their computers and that geeks are pissed that Apple has “dumbed down” the computer. […] I’m hoping that devices like the iPad and iPhone contribute to the demise of the visual file system. I think its death in consumer devices will lower the bar for folks who just want to do stuff and get the computer out of the way.” I couldn't agree more.

(apple, filesystem, ipad, iphone, usability)

kmike / django-generic-images / source — bitbucket.org

Generic image uploading and management

(django, images)

pgRouting

Geographic routing algorithms on top of PostGIS.

(database, geo, gis, mapping, mapserver, osm, pgrouting, postgis, postgres, postgresql, route)

Time since Opera Mini was submitted to the iPhone App Store

This is a good idea: a publicly-visible counter of an app submission. Adds some transparency to an otherwise opaque process.

(apple, appstore, iphone, opera)

bitolithic | Spilling the beans on Comic Zeal V4

Wow, looks super cool. I'm starting to really look forward to reading things like comics on the iPad.

(comicbooks, comics, ipad)

Message™

A CMS-oriented datastore, open sourced today at DevChatt. Interesting, and worth a closer look, I think.

(cms, content, django, opensource, webdev, workflow)

Cool Tools: Sources Wanted Contest

Incredible list of awesome suppliers.

(cool, hardware, parts, shopping, useful)

Photos

Tracks

Gorillaz - Welcome To The World Of The Plastic Beach (featuring Snoop Dogg and Hypnotic Brass Ensemble)

Gorillaz - White Flag (Featuring Kano, Bashy, and the Lebanese National Orchestra for Oriental Arabic Music)

Gorillaz - White Flag (Featuring Kano, Bashy, and the Lebanese National Orchestra for Oriental Arabic Music)

Gorillaz - Rhinestone Eyes

Gorillaz - Stylo (featuring Bobby Womack and Mos Def)

Gorillaz - Superfast Jellyfish (featuring Gruff Rhys and De La Soul)

Gorillaz - Superfast Jellyfish (featuring Gruff Rhys and De La Soul)

Gorillaz - Empire Ants (featuring Little Dragon)

Gorillaz - Glitter Freeze (featuring Mark E. Smith)

Gorillaz - Some Kind of Nature (featuring Lou Reed)

Gorillaz - On Melancholy Hill

Gorillaz - Broken

Gorillaz - Sweepstakes (featuring Mos Def and Hypnotic Brass Ensemble)

Gorillaz - Sweepstakes (featuring Mos Def and Hypnotic Brass Ensemble)

Gorillaz - Plastic Beach (featuring Mick Jones and Paul Simonon)

Gorillaz - To Binge (featuring Little Dragon)

Gorillaz - Cloud of Unknowning (featuring Bobby Womack and sinfonia ViVA)

Gorillaz - Pirate Jet

Gorillaz - Welcome To The World Of The Plastic Beach (featuring Snoop Dogg and Hypnotic Brass Ensemble)

Gorillaz - White Flag (Featuring Kano, Bashy, and the Lebanese National Orchestra for Oriental Arabic Music)

Gorillaz - Rhinestone Eyes

Gorillaz - Stylo (featuring Bobby Womack and Mos Def)

TEDTalks (video) - TEDTalks : Temple Grandin: The world needs all kinds of minds - Temple Grandin (2010)

The New Yorker - Adam Gopnik discusses the French culinary movement Le Fooding

Scott Kim - TEDTalks : Scott Kim takes apart the art of puzzles - Scott Kim (2008)

Steven Levitt - TEDTalks : Are children's carseats necessary? - Steven Levitt (2005)

Steven Pinker - TEDTalks : Chalking it up to the blank slate - Steven Pinker (2003)

Dan Gilbert - TEDTalks : How we are deceived by our own miscalculations of the future - Dan Gilbert (2005)

Gorillaz - Welcome To The World Of The Plastic Beach (featuring Snoop Dogg and Hypnotic Brass Ensemble)

NPR - #164 Planet Money: A Private-Equity Boss In Four-Inch Stilettos

MGMT - It's Working