Comment Insert Madonna Joke Here (Score 1) 65
Also acceptable: The Pentaverate.
Comment Or... (Score 1) 76
...is it?
Comment String (Score 2) 189
A whole lot of string and pull switches. My dad did the whole basement lighting system that way, back in '79. As for scheduling, rig something up with egg timers. Eye hooks, duct tape, and popsickle sticks are also recommended. Maybe a toaster and a pulley. YMMV.
Comment Re:no Flowers for Algernon reference yet? (Score 1) 259
I was gonna go all Rats of NIMH...
Recovering Blurred Text Using Photoshop and JavaScript 157
An anonymous reader writes "There's been a lot of talk about recovering blurred or pixelated text, but here's an actual implementation using nothing but Photoshop and a little JavaScript. Includes a Hollywood-esque video showing the uncovered letters slowly appearing."
Knol, the Wikipedia Maybe-Fork? 102
Bennett Haselton contributes the following essay on the consequences of license choice as it applies to sites based on user contributions; read on below for more of his big idea for making Knol a more useful resource.
"Google Knol should allow its writers to publish under a
Creative Commons Share Alike license.
The preceding sentence may not mean much to you, but if you've ever wanted to cite a Wikipedia
article as a source, or simply read a Wikipedia article with some assurance that someone
wasn't pulling your leg with some
creative editing, or if you've wanted to contribute
to Wikipedia but couldn't afford the time unless you received some modest compensation for it,
then the addition of this one simple feature to Knol might make all the difference." (More below.)
Comment Mod parent up (Score 1) 541
mod this up, I agree wholeheartedly.
If you haven't noticed the proliferation of the CC licenses recently, you haven't been on the web. This is happening because it's an identifiable mark, a simple concept, and the options are easy to understand. If you can get something like this, it should go like Go Dog Go!
If you haven't noticed the proliferation of the CC licenses recently, you haven't been on the web. This is happening because it's an identifiable mark, a simple concept, and the options are easy to understand. If you can get something like this, it should go like Go Dog Go!
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