Archive for December, 2007
Interesting Book about Presentaion
Monday, December 31st, 200743 Folders has a good overview of an interesting book about producing better presentations. The book is: Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery (Voices That Matter) By Garr Reynolds
Excerpt:
Using grids to divide your slide “canvas” into thirds, for example, is an easier way to approach golden-mean proportions, and you can use the grids to align the elements that give the overall design balance, a clear flow and point of focus, and a natural overall cohesiveness and aesthetic quality that is not accidental but is by design.
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Sunday, December 30th, 2007The Airport Security Follies - Jet Lagged - Air Travel - Opinion - New York Times Blog
Sunday, December 30th, 2007From Boing Boing, The Airport Security Follies - Jet Lagged - Air Travel - Opinion - New York Times Blog
Excerpt:
Six years after the terrorist attacks of 2001, airport security remains a theater of the absurd. The changes put in place following the September 11th catastrophe have been drastic, and largely of two kinds: those practical and effective, and those irrational, wasteful and pointless.
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Saturday, December 29th, 2007links for 2007-12-29
Friday, December 28th, 2007-
Godaddy SSL Certificate installation on Linux
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Duplicity backs directories by producing encrypted tar-format volumes and uploading them to a remote or local file server.
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Friday, December 21st, 2007links for 2007-12-21
Thursday, December 20th, 2007links for 2007-12-19
Tuesday, December 18th, 2007links for 2007-12-16
Saturday, December 15th, 2007links for 2007-12-13
Wednesday, December 12th, 2007-
Convert MP3 audio books to iPod audio books file format.
Flowchart of medieval sexual decision making
Wednesday, December 12th, 2007BoingBoing has has a link to a great Flowchart of medieval sexual decision making. The flowchart is from an interesting sounding book, The Wages of Sin: Sex and Disease, Past and Present