MC2 Post 1484 To Build a Supercomputer?

You’ll Need LOTS Legos and Raspberry Pi's 

From:  http://www.wired.com


The system uses software called The Message Passing Interface (MPI) to manage communications between all the individual nodes in the cluster.

 Cox acknowledges that it’s not as sophisticated as newer technologies such as Hadoop, but says that once you learn how to use MPI, you’ll be well prepared to learn how to use Hadoop because you will have

learned the basic thought processes behind supercomputing.

Link:  http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/09/lego-super-gallery?cid=5045454 

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/b7rjlfv

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Google's New Augmented Reality 

App is Now in Beta

You Need an Invite to Test the New Software.

It's Called Ingress  at the Google Play Store.

From:  https://play.google.com

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Link:  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nianticproject.ingress&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5uaWFudGljcHJvamVjdC5pbmdyZXNzIl0.

  

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TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/asdrrvr

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MC2 Post 1483 Building a Person of Interest's 'MACHINE'

Conceptual Art Meets Hacking.

February 22, 2012

A 'Transparency Grenade' for Would-Be Bradley Mannings

“Equipped with a tiny computer, microphone and powerful wireless antenna,” Oliver explains on the Transparency Grenade site, “the Transparency Grenade captures network traffic and audio at the site and securely and anonymously streams it to a dedicated server where it is mined for information. Email fragments, HTML pages, images and voice extracted from this data are then presented on an online, public map, shown at the location of the detonation.” The notion is that you might be a civil servant outraged at what your department or agency is keeping hidden from the world. 
You storm into a meeting, 

pull the pin, and boom! 

It’s a data leak detonation.

From:  http://www.technologyreview.com

Link:  http://www.technologyreview.com/view/427035/a-transparency-grenade-for-would-be-bradley-mannings/?p1=blogs 

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/ajgdw63   

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From:  http://www.wired.com

“Most importantly however it is the hyperbole and fear around containing these volatile records, of the cyber burglary, that increasingly yields assumptive logics that ultimately shape how we use networks and think about the right to information. Just as record companies claim billions in losses due to file sharing, the fear of the leak is being actively exploited by law makers to afford organisations greater opacity and thus control….” 

Link:  http://www.wired.com/beyond_the_beyond/2012/02/design-fiction-julian-oliver-transparency-grenade/ 

TinyURL:   http://tinyurl.com/bzvwl5d

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MC2 Post 1482 A Very Good Photo and Graphic Program For Free -- XARA

From:  http://betanews.com

Our Year-End Gift to You: Xara Photo & Graphic Designer 6, for free a free and fully functional copy of Xara Photo & Graphic Designer 6. This universally acclaimed design tool runs on Windows PCs and is capable of photo-editing, drawing, graphics design and even desktop publishing, all rolled into one super program.

And the best news of all? For a 48-hour period from midday GMT, Saturday December 29, you’ll be able to download this amazing app, worth $89, for free thanks to:

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Downloadcrew Giveaway.

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betanews Link:  http://betanews.com/2012/12/28/our-year-end-gift-to-you-xara-photo-graphic-designer-6-for-free/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed+-+bn+-+Betanews+Full+Content+Feed+-+BN  

190 Freakin' Characters-- Ridiculous...   Wingman.

betanews TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/bqqn553 

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From:  http://www.tgdaily.com

The End is Nigh for Spider-Man

 

At the end of The Dark Knight Rises, Batman may or may not have died, most fans choose to believe he made it out at the end, but usually there is some kind of resurrection when a superhero bites the big one. As The Dark Knight Rises set up for potential future Batman movies, it’s not who’s inside the suit, it’s what the suit and the Bat symbol represent.

There’s also now going to be a similar death and rebirth for issue number 700 of Spider-Man.

Link:  http://www.tgdaily.com/games-and-entertainment-features/68335-the-end-is-nigh-for-spider-man 

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/boyy2sx 

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MC2 Post 1481 Free TV Pilots on Google Play

What a Great Idea to Trigger Catching TV Series you missed and 

gobble up a season at a time. 

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From:  https://play.google.com

Link:   https://play.google.com/store/movies/collection/promotion_4000009_promoepisode?feature=banner  

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/czs7l94 

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From :  I've seen That TRICK Before file:

The "Hand-Phone Special Effect" in Total Recall  (2012)

sure looks like "something"   a Student at MIT that showed 

a prototype of  Years Ago

And I Blogged about here on MC2...

From the That MC2 Post:

 Wingman:  If This Sounds Too Pie-In-The SKY stuff, I direct you to a Proto-typed similar device by an

MIT engineer who gave a Demo-Talk on TED, a few years ago.

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Pattie MAES (MIT instructor--prof) and 

Pranav MISTRY (Student) demos

the SixthSense on TED.com

This demo, from Pattie Maes‘ lab at MIT (and spearheaded by her student Pranav Mistry), was the buzz
of TED2009. Sixth Sense is a wearable device with a projection screen that paves the way for profound,
data-rich interaction with our environment.

Imagine Minority Report and then some.

(Recorded in February 2009 in Long Beach, California. Duration: 08:42.)

Link:  http://www.ted.com/talks/pattie_maes_demos_the_sixth_sense.html

  

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Also From an Earlier Blog:

Monday, July 21, 2008

A Dash Of ???? LIME?

Link:  http://mediacircus2.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2008-01-01T00:00:00-
08:00&updated-max=2008-08-14T11:18:00-07:00&max-results=50&start=95&by-date=false 

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Had my First Google+ Hangout at Lydia's 

with

Chuck (  http://www.chuckshelp.com/  )

and Louie on a Nexus 7 tablet..

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MC2 Post 1480 An Updated Inkscape 0.48.4-1 for Windows 7

Inkscape is an open-source graphics editor for Windows computers. It features a very comprehensible user interface that makes it easy to edit nodes, perform complex path operations, trace bitmaps, etc. This free software includes many of the features found in CorelDraw and Illustrator.

 
From:  http://inkscape.org

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Even with my new tablet  (Google Nexus 7 16GB) 

and new stylus

(Targus for iPad, iPhone, iPod) -- 

Nobody makes stuff 'just for Nexus' Yet...

I prefer using Inkscape for Drawing in the Windows Desktop.

I've gotten pretty comfortable using the Mouse to draw with too!

A bigger surface to move in Helps too.

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From:  http://inkscape.org

Official Release Packages

Stable release 0.48.4 intended for production use is available:

    Source Tarball — .gz See README to install, or Compiling Inkscape for troubleshooting help.
    Source Tarball Bzip — .bz2 See README to install, or Compiling Inkscape for troubleshooting        help.
    Ubuntu Software Centre has a one-click install for Inkscape.
    Mac OS X 10.6, Snow Leopard — Universal .dmg (requires Apple's X11/Xquartz 2.3.4 or higher)
    Windows — installer, portable, 7zip
    OSS-Marketplace.com

Download any of the above (as well as .sig files and previous releases) at the Sourceforge Downloads page, or through your distro's update capabilities.

Please let us know about packages for other platforms or distributions, and we will add them as we receive information.

Link:   http://inkscape.org/download/?lang=en

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/65n9yu 

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Christmas Gift Cards-- Barnes and Noble, and Google Play:

Or Just a "couple of Apps" short of Nirvana...

Or at least the Rolling Stones (Beast of Burden), and Dr. Seuss' The Grinch that Stole Christmas ( yeah, the kid book), Three Programming Apps: DeuterIDE, DevPad and AIDE, all for Android of course

And just added Wired Jan 2013 digital issue

Gee That was EZ...

play.google.comLink:   https://play.google.com/store 

Barnes and NobleLink:  http://www.barnesandnoble.com/ 

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MC2 Post 1479 Remembering when a Yule Log was just a 99 cent App

Now it's on Channel 5 and Channel 9 .

Even On You Tube there's Yule Log

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Yep, Here Too!
 

MC2's You Tube Yule Log

Just Click to run the embedded Videos

(or click the You Tube Button in the right hand corner to view
the Videos Full Screen on You Tube.) 

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From:  http://www.youtube.com

Link:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLmwmX-mni8  

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/3y6t3ev 

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Link:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPvBFwW8zhc


TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/dx8bmcy 

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TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/crygf5n 

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 Merry Christmas Everyone.

And TBS is showing 

A Christmas Story
 (1983)

with Darren McGavin and Peter Billingsley.  

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MC2 Post 1478 If Anyone Knows Turkeys -- Its Got To Be Wall Street

Christmas Eve  2012:

Not too many  Christmas Turkeys at Von's on the Day Before The DAY.  Just a few small turkey left overs.

But over in one Corner sits One Lonely Box. 

Price tag says $60 bucks.

My wife looks at me.  I look at her.

Confusion on our faces...

I say:  "John Madden must be in town."

 

((  Link:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Madden#Thanksgiving  ))

 

My wife shakes her head.  It's what she does to Most of My  "Smart Remarks". 

It's a "Madden  Turducken..."   Don't you get it? 

 

That part of  NFL Thanksgiving History  was not in her TV watching life.

  
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There it was,  'in all its glory',  

a Turducken.

CajunGrocer brand, Voted Best Turducken 

by Wall St. Journal ...

From:  http://www.cajungrocer.com


 

Link:   http://www.cajungrocer.com/fresh-foods-holiday-dishes-turducken-c-1_15_24.html?gclid=COiHp4nLs7QCFQmCQgodPjIAOw 

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/c8azjam

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MC2 Post 1476 Newsweek Ending Print Edition -- Going All-Digital In 2013

From:  http://www.huffingtonpost.com

What will we put on coffee tables ???

 

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The Last Newsweek Print Issue Cover on my Nexus 7 Tablet

Wingman

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Link:  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/18/newsweek-ending-print-digital_n_1978265.html 

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/d3cugxb 

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MC2 Post 1475 A 2013 eBook Prediction Right Out of The Twilight Zone

The Coming eReader Apocalypse

Summary: The Kindle and the NOOK may still be selling like hotcakes this holiday season, but doom is on the horizon.

From:  http://www.zdnet.com



ZDNet colleagues Adrian Kingsley-Hughes and Matt Miller engaged in a

 Great Debate this week over the future of eReader devices. Rachel King, the presiding moderator, rendered her judgment: eReaders will live on, 

at least for the time being.

While I agree that there is still some time left for the traditional e-Ink based device and the Amazon Kindle as well as the NOOK should sell quite well this holiday season, that time is limited.

Link:  http://www.zdnet.com/the-coming-ereader-apocalypse-7000009144/ 

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/bozqzu4

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MC2 Post 1474 It's 12-21-2012 The Day the Mayans said their Calendar Would End

Appropriately TCM is Showing  Vincent Price in "The Last Man on Earth"(1964) where the survivor of a global epidemic battles a race of zombie vampires in an adaption of Richard Matheson's "I Am Legend."

IMDb Link:  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480249/

A film remade a few years ago in 2007 with Will Smith. 

IMDb Link:  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480249/

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Also appropriately, I just had windows do it's  monthly security update.  The Last of the Year.

If that doesn't signal it's the End of the World, I don't know what does...

Wingman.

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    Of course the Walking Dead, AKA: 
the politicians in Washington.

Are dead-set on pushing us over the "fiscal cliff".  
It's easier than trying to do something 

about the Real Problem:  Unemployment.

Besides that, they're on another vacation. 

Wait until next year...

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MC2 Post 1473 Reorganised: Qt 5.0 is Now Ready

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From:  http://www.h-online.com 

A little later than previously anticipated, the developers have completed their work on version 5.0 of the Qt C++ framework. As the first release candidate didn't meet the project's quality requirements, a further RC had to be released last week. For the final major release, the Qt code base has been reorganised and divided into "essential" and add-on modules. Combined with the Qt Platform Abstraction layer, this measure aims to improve Qt 5's cross-platform portability. 

Link:  http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Reorganised-Qt-5-0-is-now-ready-1773184.html 

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/crrq3nd 

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MC2 Post 1472 The Bad Side of the WEB -- Explaining Security Encroachment

Every Time companies try to change "user policy" I see This:

As tough as it was trying to explain my Missed Blog Posting the Other Day,  It seems that Biggie Company's, with All their lawyers (which could be the problem) have a tough time "Explaining" data collecting Policy Changes with Security-Be-Damned riders...

insert Mia Culpa (here)

Examples:  Instagram and Facebook.

Story One from TIME:

Lessons from Facebook’s Instagram Photo Flap

From:  http://business.time.com

Kevin Systrom, Chief Executive of Instagram, the popular photo-sharing app 
now owned by Facebook, displays his photo on a mobile phone during 
an interview with Reuters December 4, 2012 at the LeWeb technology 
conference in Aubervilliers, near Paris.

If you don’t follow tech news, you may have missed a bit of a kerfuffle this week involving Instagram, the popular photo service purchased by Facebook for $1 billion in April. Earlier in the week, Instagram announced plans to share your photos with advertisers, in some cases without notice or compensation.

Link:  http://business.time.com/2012/12/20/lessons-from-facebooks-instagram-photo-flap/ 

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/czv9bxz

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From:    http://www.marketingmag.com.au

Facebook to Launch Auto-Play Video *** ads *** 

Early Next Year

Reports claim Facebook is on the brink of introducing its most intrusive ad unit yet – auto play video ads in users’ news feeds.

Several TV advertising executives in the US confirmed to Ad Age the social network will make a play for TV ad dollars early next year by introducing video ads to its website and mobile apps.

The ads, which are slated for launch in April, are expected to be 15-seconds long and grab users’ attention by expanding into the left and right columns – the rails – of the desktop website, with plans to ensure they stand out on mobile too.

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Some advertisers would prefer to use the 

30-second TV version instead. 

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Of Course They Would.

Wingman

Link:  http://www.marketingmag.com.au/news/facebook-to-launch-auto-play-video-ads-early-next-year-30198/#.UNOHM2dCoTA 

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/bu3aosp 

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Boeing Tests the Effect of WiFi on Flights, substitutes

 Potatoes for Humans

 

Boeing has hauled in around 20,000 pounds of potatoes to use as human substitutes during its tests with airplane WiFi. The aircraft maker is checking that onboard wireless signals don't interfere with navigation and communication systems.

Link:  http://www.engadget.com/2012/12/20/boeing-tests-the-effect-of-wifi-on-flights-substitutes-potatoes/

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/cptrlpo

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