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Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Great Movies: The First 100

Every other week I visit a film classic from the past and write about it. My "Great Movies" series began in the autumn of 1996 and now reaches a landmark of 100 titles with today's review of Federico Fellini's "8 1/2," which is, appropriately, a film about a film director. I love my job, and this is the part I love the most.

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Directors

Orson Welles

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000080/

Luis Bunuel

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000320/

John Ford

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000406/

F.W. Murnau

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003638/

Buster Keaton

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000036/

Alfred Hitchcock

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000033/

Billy Wilder

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000697/

Akira Kurosawa

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000041/

Jacques Tati

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004244/

Movies

8 1/2

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056801/

Mr. Hulot's Holiday

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046487/

Metropolis

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0017136/

Children of Heaven

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118849/

Nosferatu

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0013442/

The Third Man

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041959/

Ikiru

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044741/

Written on the Wind

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049966/

Last Year at Marienbad

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054632/

2001: A Space Odyssey

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062622/

Battleship Potemkin

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0015648/

Floating Weeds

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053390/

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091042/

Total Recall

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100802/

The Great Movies

Movie history did not begin in 1967, but my career as a movie critic did.

Since then I've reviewed most of the new movies as they've opened, but there is almost never time to go back and write about the great movies of the past. Three or four times a year, when a classic movie is re-released in a restored version, I'll write something about it (recently I've revisited ``Belle de Jour,'' ``Taxi Driver,'' and ``The Umbrellas of Cherbourg''). But in general I press forward into the future.

Monday, March 26, 2012

In House App Development Essential Videos - In-House Development for iPhone

Web Services

Accessing SOAP
Use third-party libraries

gSOAP
Florida State University
http://www.cs.fsu.edu/~engelen/soap.html

Axis2/C
Apache Software Foundation
http://ws.apache.org/axis2/c/

Saving Data

SQLite database files

Documentation
http://www.sqlite.org

In House App Development Essential Videos - Getting Started with iPhone Web Applications

Simulating Network Latency

In Terminal...


sudo su

ipfw add pipe 1 src0port http

ipfw pipe 1 config delay 200 bw 700kbit/s

To reset...

ipfw flush

Sunday, March 25, 2012

Brené Brown: Listening to shame

Brené Brown

Shame is an unspoken epidemic, the secret behind many forms of broken behavior. Brené Brown, whose earlier talk on vulnerability became a viral hit, explores what can happen when people confront their shame head-on. Her own humor, humanity and vulnerability shine through every word.

Clone factory: mini-me dolls

Eerily accurate to the smallest detail, tokyo-based clone factory is now creating mini clone dolls from 3D modelling and printing technology. fully processed in the company's akihabra office, the service is capable of replicating hairstyles, makeup and clothes to fully encapsulate
a special moment such as the customer's wedding day.

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Penguins Playbook: Breaking Down the Crosby Powerplay

Sidney Crosby reminds me of Mario Lemieux at age 35.

That’s not an insult. Probably not a compliment to the 24-year-old Crosby either. It’s reality.

When Lemieux came out of retirement in 2000, he was a different player. He could no longer physically dominate opponents with his reach, deceptive speed, and 6-foot-4 frame. He had to combine what was left of those talents with his exceptional hockey IQ.

Lemieux stayed out of the high-traffic areas in an effort to save his body and became an elite playmaker. (Goals made up over 40% of his points pre-retirement; after 2000 that dropped to 33%).

Crosby has made a similar transition. THW’s James Conley suggested last week that Crosby should consider the perimeter style of play if he wants to stay healthy long-term. Through five games, that’s exactly the Crosby we’ve seen.

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Saturday, March 24, 2012

The Case Against Google

For the last two months, you've seen some version of the same story all over the Internet: Delete your search history before Google's new privacy settings take effect. A straightforward piece outlining a rudimentary technique, but also evidence that the search titan has a serious trust problem on its hands.

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Humans Began Walking Upright to Carry Scarce Resources, Chimp Study Suggests

Most of us walk and carry items in our hands every day. These are seemingly simple activities that the majority of us don't question. But an international team of researchers, including Brian Richmond at the George Washington University, have discovered that human bipedalism, or walking upright, may have originated millions of years ago as an adaptation to carrying scarce, high-quality resources. This latest research was published in this month's Current Biology.

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Runner's High Motivated the Evolution of Exercise, Research Suggests

In the last century something unexpected happened: humans became sedentary. We traded in our active lifestyles for a more immobile existence. But these were not the conditions under which we evolved. David Raichlen from the University of Arizona, USA, explains that our hunter-gatherer predecessors were long-distance endurance athletes. 'Aerobic activity has played a role in the evolution of lots of different systems in the human body, which may explain why aerobic exercise seems to be so good for us', says Raichlen. However, he points out that testing the hypothesis that we evolved for high-endurance performance is problematic, because most other mammalian endurance athletes are quadrupedal.

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Antioxidant Supplements Seem to Increase Mortality, Review Shows

Previous research on animal and physiological models suggests that antioxidant supplements have beneficial effects that may prolong life. Some observational studies also suggest that antioxidant supplements may prolong life, whereas other observational studies demonstrate neutral or harmful effects. Our Cochrane review from 2008 demonstrated that antioxidant supplements seem to increase mortality. This review is now updated.

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Thursday, March 22, 2012

Not Just for the Birds: Human-Made Noise Has Ripple Effects On Plants, Too

A growing body of research shows that birds and other animals change their behavior in response to humanmade noise, such as the din of traffic or the hum of machinery. But human clamor doesn't just affect animals. Because many animals also pollinate plants or eat or disperse their seeds, human noise can have ripple effects on plants too, finds a new study.

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Clinton D Francis
http://www.clintonfrancis.com/

The National Evolutionary Synthesis Center
http://www.nescent.org/

Proceedings of the Royal Society B
http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/

The Bureau of Land Management
http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en.html

Rattlesnake Canyon
http://www.explorenm.com/hikes/RattlesnakeCanyon/

Carlsbad Caverns National Park
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlsbad_Caverns_National_Park

Pinyon pine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinyon_pine

Scarlet gilia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipomopsis_aggregata

Microcentrifuge tube
http://www.google.com/search?q=microcentrifuge+tube&hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=AkRqT-m2OoeXiAfTldWVCg&ved=0CFsQsAQ&biw=1207&bih=671

din
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/din

Western Scrub Jay
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Scrub_Jay

Catherine Ortega
http://www.weedcenter.org/dodworkshop/2009/bio/Ortega_bio.pdf

Alexander Cruz
http://ebio.colorado.edu/index.php/people-faculty?view=employee&id=9

Nathan Kleist
http://www.mendeley.com/profiles/nathan-kleist/

Cute! Look at the Robots Amazon Just Bought for $775 Million. (Video)

Number 5 is alive!

Yesterday, Amazon announced it paid $775 million in cash for Kiva Systems, the maker of little orange robots that help automate warehouses.

Today, a video of Kiva’s CEO Mick Mountz, who appeared at a Wired business conference, was being passed around the Twitter-verse.

Continue Reading on AllThingsD.com

KIVA Systems
http://www.kivasystems.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiva_Systems

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Burberry Prorsum Fall 2012 Menswear

Day One of the Milan menswear shows and it's already obvious: Fall 2012 is the Season of the Suit. And designers will rise or fall on how they interpret this staple of the masculine wardrobe. As an urban evolution of the military uniform, the suit stands for security in a man's closet. Which means Christopher Bailey is fashion's Securicor for Fall. Not only can he draw on Burberry's military heritage and acute sartorialism, but he can also tap the seam of eccentricity that runs through the company's history—and its tradition of artisanship. He did all of that today, to great effect. The show was called The Gentlemen. Afterwards, Bailey was stressing the gentle. In particular, it was the virtues of politeness and good manners that he was endorsing. Laudable indeed—and fortunately for him, the clothes he offered by way of support were an appealing advertisement for a new kind of gentlemanliness.

Music (音楽)

The Smashing Pumpkins: IN ASHES The Smashing Pumpkins: Cyr
The Smashing Pumpkins: Ramona
The Smashing Pumpkins: Wyttch William Patrick Corgan: Hard Times William Patrick Corgan: Cotillions William Patrick Corgan: Cri De Coeur William Patrick Corgan: Like Lambs William Patrick Corgan: Anon Knights of Malta by Smashing Pumpkins Silvery Sometimes (Ghosts) (Music video) by The Smashing Pumpkins Solara (Music video) by The Smashing Pumpkins Billy Corgan: Pillbox Billy Corgan: Neath The Darkest Eves Aeronaut by William Patrick Corgan

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Great Movies: The First 100

The Great Movies

Monday, March 26, 2012

In House App Development Essential Videos - In-House Development for iPhone

In House App Development Essential Videos - Getting Started with iPhone Web Applications

Sunday, March 25, 2012

Brené Brown: Listening to shame

Clone factory: mini-me dolls

Penguins Playbook: Breaking Down the Crosby Powerplay

Saturday, March 24, 2012

The Case Against Google

Humans Began Walking Upright to Carry Scarce Resources, Chimp Study Suggests

Runner's High Motivated the Evolution of Exercise, Research Suggests

Antioxidant Supplements Seem to Increase Mortality, Review Shows

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Not Just for the Birds: Human-Made Noise Has Ripple Effects On Plants, Too

Cute! Look at the Robots Amazon Just Bought for $775 Million. (Video)

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Burberry Prorsum Fall 2012 Menswear

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