This morning I've been playing around with WebFinger and PubSubHubub. One of the great things about open web APIs is that you can tinker around with them without even writing an application. Just use curl! via dashdashverbose.com This is why I love the web - you can always tinker using ASCII.
The Hacker Dojo is a community center for hackers and thinkers to meet, discuss, learn, and create. We are located at 140 South Whisman Road in Mountain View, CA. [map] via hackerdojo.pbworks.com Is there an equivalent one of these in Calgary?
Investors are steering clear of energy-saving projects meant to generate carbon credits, and traders in Europe are hunkering down through a period of consolidation that is disappointing to those who had hoped carbon markets would grow quickly into a $2 trillion-a-year business. While the European Union’s Emission Trading System is ticking along, it is looking increasingly likely to be the only big game in town for years to come. Those who see carbon trading as the best way to cut worldwide emissions quickly are wondering if their vision of a global network of markets, encompassing the United States, Australia, Japan and other countries, will ever be realized.
via theatlantic.com
The streaming API is going to be a boon for companies who collect keyword-relevant content from the Twitter stream, but it does require some work on the part of developers. In this post, we’ll help explain who will benefit from using Twitter’s new Streaming API and some ways to make the migration easier. via blog.gnip.com
The power came back on, and we put the damnable program on the FTP server, and two million people all started attempting to download it at once, before we had even posted the announcement message, and we're done done done and I suppose now we can all live happily ever after. We sat in the conference room and hooked up the big TV to one of the Indys, so that we could sit around in the dark and watch the FTP download logs scroll by.
via wimp.com That's awesome.
Have you ever wished you could style checkboxes, drop down menus, radio buttons, and file upload inputs? Ever wished you could control the look and feel of your form elements between all browsers? If so, Uniform is your new best friend. via pixelmatrixdesign.com
Spectators at the Mavericks Surfing Contest were standing on the beach at Princeton-by-the Sea, California, on Saturday morning when large waves knocked them down. More than 12 people were injured, according to local reports; video of one of the waves was recorded by CNN affiliate KRON of San Francisco. They were "sneaker waves," waves near the shore that are unexpectedly and significantly larger than others occurring at the time
Extract any number from any webpage and graph how it changes over time via webnumbr.com Cool little service.