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New library for mobile Drupal applications

Posted on May 3, 2009 by josh

Just released a library for mobile webservices on Drupal over on Patronizing.

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A look into Detroit

Posted on April 3, 2009 by josh

I’ve been reading a lot of Detroit blogs lately. One of my favorites is detroitblog. They manage to find human-interest stories about parts of Detroit most outsiders don’t see. The view of the city isn’t always pretty, but they manage … Continue reading →

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Why Android will kill the iPhone

Posted on March 12, 2009 by josh

Somebody has created an application for Google’s Android OS that scans barcodes, searches for a corresponding torrent on bittorrent search sites, and automatically downloads the content: Torrent Droid. This is why Android will kill the iPhone. Porn and warez and … Continue reading →

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World of Goo publisher filing for bankruptcy?

Posted on January 31, 2009 by josh

I just heard a rumor that Brighter Minds, the indie publisher behind World of Goo, filed for bankruptcy. If you haven’t played the game, check it out. It’s available for the Wii on WiiWare and also for the PC. The … Continue reading →

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New information science blog: patronizing.org

Posted on May 14, 2006 by admin

I’ve started a new information science blog. It’s going to contain details about new information science related projects. Just added a new post about using Google Co-op for electronic references.

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Microsoft Office Research Service for OAI repositories

Posted on July 24, 2005 by admin

I implemented a Microsoft Office Research with Apache Axis. It provides access to MSU Libraries’ OAI Repository. Details here.

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Amazonian magic

Posted on July 10, 2005 by admin

I spent the weekend working on integrating our Library catalog with Amazon. Should have been working on more important things, but this is cool.I’m using greasemonkey to integrate our catalog with Amazon’s web service. For more details, check here: MSU … Continue reading →

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use proper caution when driving your zombie badger

Posted on April 7, 2004 by admin

Installing Linux on a Dead Badger: User’s Notes. Published in Strange Horizons. via Slashdot. And hordes of fierce Ninja Snowmen at The Kingdom of Loathing. via metafilter.

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Automatic Bookmark Classification

Posted on November 30, 2003 by admin

I had an idea a few weeks ago about using an online directory such as Yahoo or the Open Directory Project to help classify and organize bookmarks. You could connect to a bookmark server, and it would arrange your bookmarks … Continue reading →

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sweet code

Posted on November 30, 2003 by admin

Ok, after posting my last post, I did some googling and found some other LJ members also interested in social network analysis type stuff. One of them is phyxeld who posted a perl script to get users with common interests … Continue reading →

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