Thursday 7 March 2013

DailyJS: Backbone.js Tutorial: Routes

Preparation Before starting this tutorial, you'll need the following: To check out the source, run the following commands (or use a suitable Git GUI tool): git clone git@github.com:alexyoung/dailyjs-backbone-tutorial.git cd dailyjs-backbone-tutorial git reset --hard 0c6de32 Routes So far we've implemented basic list and task management, but working with multiple lists is tricky because lists can't be referenced by the URL.

W3C News Archive: 2013 W3C

W3C today published the report from the W3C Workshop on Do Not Track and Beyond held at UC Berkeley in November 2012. We welcomed experts from academia, industry, civil society and regulators to discuss the status of the current work of the Tracking Protection Working Group on Do Not Track, as well as related and future standards initiatives.

W3C News Archive: 2013 W3C

W3C today published the report from the W3C Workshop on Do Not Track and Beyond held at UC Berkeley in November 2012. We welcomed experts from academia, industry, civil society and regulators to discuss the status of the current work of the Tracking Protection Working Group on Do Not Track, as well as related and future standards initiatives.

W3C News Archive: 2013 W3C

W3C today published the report from the W3C Workshop on Do Not Track and Beyond held at UC Berkeley in November 2012. We welcomed experts from academia, industry, civil society and regulators to discuss the status of the current work of the Tracking Protection Working Group on Do Not Track, as well as related and future standards initiatives.

W3C News Archive: 2013 W3C

W3C today published the report from the W3C Workshop on Do Not Track and Beyond held at UC Berkeley in November 2012. We welcomed experts from academia, industry, civil society and regulators to discuss the status of the current work of the Tracking Protection Working Group on Do Not Track, as well as related and future standards initiatives.

Hacking the Minecraft world | Raspberry Pi

If you're a Minecraft fan and a Pi owner, you've probably already downloaded a copy of Minecraft: Pi Edition. But are you getting the most out of the fact that you can modify the world with code in-game?

Arduino Blog " Blog Archive " Wearable soundscape from Canada

I'm reblogging from Core77 this interesting wearable project because I'd like to highlight the using of Arduino Lilypad board: Bio Circuit stems from our concern for ethical design and the creation of media-based interactions that reveal human interdependence with the environment. With each beat of the heart, Bio Circuit connects the wearer with the inner workings of their body.

Facebook Makes Itself a Bit More SPDY | Wired Enterprise | Wired.com

Have you noticed Facebook loading faster recently? It could be because the social network has adopted Google's next-generation web protocol, SPDY. The Hypertext Transfer Protocol - or HTTP - is the standard that just about every web browser uses to communicate with web servers.

using DBIx::Class::DeploymentHandler | davewood [blogs.perl.org]

I used to work with DBIx::Class::Schema::Versioned to upgrade my DBIC Schema but soon I needed more then it offered. Starting with DBIx::Class::DeploymentHandler was a bit troublesome because I had a hard-ish time understanding the extensive documentation. Now that I moved past that phase I want to present my way of using DeploymentHandler and hopefully spare you some of the burden.

PrimeSense: World of 3D Sensing

Read more at http://www.primesense.com/

Reap the whirlwind for cheap renewable power - tech - 07 March 2013 - New Scientist

WHIRLWINDS are associated with destruction, not sustainable energy. Now it seems we can harness their power to generate renewable electricity. The Solar Vortex system ( see diagram) is the brainchild of Mark Simpson and Ari Glezer at Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta.

Disabling Knockout Intellisense - .NET Web Development and Tools Blog - Site Home - MSDN Blogs

Web Tools Extensions 1.2, which is part for the Web Platform Installer package named "Windows Azure SDK for .NET (VS 2012) 1.8.1 - February 2013" contains a new feature which provides Intellisense in web forms and web pages for KnockoutJS MVVM data binding.

Update to Immutable Collections - BCL Team Blog - Site Home - MSDN Blogs

Thanks a lot for your great feedback! Two months ago, we shipped a NuGet package with support for immutable collections. We've also talked about it on Channel 9. Since then we received feedback through various channels and we're happy to announce we shipped an update on NuGet that addresses your feedback.

Visual Studio Web Deployment Tutorial Series Updated for Windows Azure and LocalDB - .NET Web Development and Tools Blog - Site Home - MSDN Blogs

This week we published an updated version of the popular 12-part tutorial series that shows how to deploy an ASP.NET web application with SQL Server databases. Here are links to the new tutorials, with notes about what's in them and what's new: Introduction Overview of the series, prerequisites, download and run the sample application.

Built For BlackBerry Success Story: How ClipMan went from rejected to accepted!

Want to know what it takes to get your Built For BlackBerry application accepted? Today, you'll find out how one developer took his rejected Built For BlackBerry app and improved it to get accepted into the program! Helex, a BlackBerry 10 developer, submitted his application - one that was originally rejected because it was missing [...]

AMD takes war with Intel to a whole new level with rocket-launching desktop PC | ExtremeTech

At SWSW Interactive 2013, AMD will be showing off a mini-ITX PC that doubles up as a rocket launcher. The custom PC was built for AMD by Ben Heck, the rather famous modder who has brought us the Xbox 360 laptop, and portable versions of just about every old-school game console in existence.

ET deals: $480 off Dell Precision M4700 mobile workstation | ExtremeTech

Normally in the ET deals section we discuss laptops of the more consumer-friendly variety. They have pretty designs, fast components, and lower prices. Flip over to the enterprise-class laptops and you'll find many of the same processors, but the similarities end there.Enterprise-class machines, like Dell's Precision M4700, are on a different level of engineering and...

Industry and Manufacturing: KC Robotics and KUKA Reduce Robot Downtime | Robotics Trends

KR C4 hardware and WorkVisual software allow technicians to reprogram and repair robots more easily

Research and Academics: Bio-inspired UUVs Navigate Flowscapes | Robotics Trends

EU researchers harness the benefits of lateral line sensing for robotics

Service and Healthcare: Magnetic Microbots to Fight Cancer | Robotics Trends

Magnets steer medical microbots through blood vessels

Design and Development: Kirobo in space | Robotics Trends

More Design and Development stories Dentsu Inc. has announced the names "Kirobo" and "Mirata" for two humanoid communication robots being developed under the KIBO ROBOT PROJECT, a joint research project being carried out in collaboration with the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo, ROBO GARAGE Co., Ltd., and Toyota Motor Corporation.

Consumer and Education: MORSE | Robotics Trends

New Open-Source 3D Robotics Software Ideal for Research and Teaching

jenkins plugin for building perl applications | melezhik [blogs.perl.org]

jenkins plugin for building perl applications