Ma.gnolia: Turadg Aleahmad's Bookmarks

Enhanced Open Terminal Here, for Leopard at Maururu

turadg — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 09:17:24 PDT

Open Terminal Here is an AppleScript by Marc Liyanage which allows to open a new Terminal window and `cd` to the current Finder location by a mere click. This is delightful for heavy Terminal users. Now that Leopard’s Terminal finally has tabs there has been a modification of the original script to take advantage of those when your front-most shell is busy (running top or vi for example). Better integration with the Finder also showed through better icons.

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The Neural Buddhists - New York Times

turadg — Sat, 24 May 2008 14:45:47 PDT

"In unexpected ways, science and mysticism are joining hands and reinforcing each other. That’s bound to lead to new movements that emphasize self-transcendence but put little stock in divine law or revelation. Orthodox believers are going to have to defend particular doctrines and particular biblical teachings. They’re going to have to defend the idea of a personal God, and explain why specific theologies are true guides for behavior day to day. "

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Tags: science, philosophy, religion

Memory Loss - Aging - Alzheimer's Disease - Aging Brains Take In More Information, Studies Show - Health - NYTimes.com

turadg — Sat, 24 May 2008 13:28:40 PDT

New research suggests that memory lapses that occur with age might be a sign of a widening focus of attention.

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Tags: neuroscience

SYDNEYSOUNDER: Esau Refreshes The West!

turadg — Fri, 23 May 2008 11:29:30 PDT

OK, so in the Interview with Radioclit they mentioned a bloke called Esau Mwamwaya, anyway the man has got some serious talent! I looked around the net, but other than his MySpace page there was no way to hear his music... something had to be done to get good quality tracks! I'm pretty sure Johan and Étienne are onto something great here, these productions are top class... and ORIGINAL!

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Tags: music

Fantastic visual illusion by contrast

turadg — Sat, 03 May 2008 14:50:25 PDT

Illusion Sciences

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Tags: image

Francisco J. Ayala - Evolution - Scientists Who Believe in God - - New York Times

turadg — Fri, 02 May 2008 13:52:25 PDT

Francisco J. Ayala has expressed surprise at how many Americans believe the theory of evolution is contrary to belief in God. Dr. Ayala, a former Dominican priest, said he told his audiences not just that evolution is a well-corroborated scientific theory, but also that belief in evolution does not rule out belief in God. In fact, he said, evolution “is more consistent with belief in a personal god than intelligent design. If God has designed organisms, he has a lot to account for.” Consider, he said, that at least 20 percent of pregnancies are known to end in spontaneous abortion. If that results from divinely inspired anatomy, Dr. Ayala said, “God is the greatest abortionist of them all.”

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The Cognitive Age - an alternative framing to Globalization

turadg — Fri, 02 May 2008 13:46:11 PDT

There’s a problem with the way the globalization paradigm has evolved. It doesn’t really explain most of what is happening in the world.

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Tags: globalization

ZaidLearn: A Free Learning Tool for Every Learning Problem?

turadg — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 06:37:21 PDT

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Tags: education, software, open-source

Daniel Gilbert - Happiness Researcher - New York Times

turadg — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:53:06 PDT

At Harvard, the social psychologist Daniel Gilbert is known as Professor Happiness.

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Daniel Gilbert - Happiness Researcher - New York Times

turadg — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:53:06 PDT

At Harvard, the social psychologist Daniel Gilbert is known as Professor Happiness.

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Tags: psychology

Visor, like Quicksilver for the Terminal

turadg — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:30:41 PDT

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Tags: mac, software

Visor, like Quicksilver for the Terminal

turadg — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:30:29 PDT

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Get a Crash Course in Graphic Design

turadg — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:22:38 PDT

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Tags: design, practical

MDOLLA: CITY IN THE FOAM (68 photos and 1 video)

turadg — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 14:56:11 PDT

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Tags: art, images, photography, city

Nikki S. Lee

turadg — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:16:43 PDT

she dresses to fit in with different cliques and then documents her acceptance into that group

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Tags: art, society, sociology, culture

Take one picture of yourself everyday

turadg — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:05:48 PDT

preserve your memories by taking a picture of a person once a day.

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Tags: service, photography, life

Flat World Knowledge - open college textbooks?

turadg — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:59:17 PDT

Flat World Knowledge LLC Alpha Web Site

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Tags: open-source, academia, collaboration, education

Piracy is Progressive Taxation, and Other Thoughts on the Evolution of Online Distribution

turadg — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:43:01 PDT

Commentary by Tim O'Reilly on the controversy over digital file sharing, based on his experiences as a book publisher.

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Tags: software, copyright, technology

A Speech About Nothing - David Brooks on Obama in PA

turadg — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:35:58 PDT

Barack Obama’s speech on Monday on the economy put him in the no-man’s land between Lou Dobbs-style populism and Bill Clinton-style free trade.

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Tags: politics

Craftzine.com blog: Knitted Interfaces for Technology

turadg — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:16:35 PDT

I've been working on a project where I knit sweaters to go from gadgets to your body. They're supposed to be a fun commentary on how attached and concentrated on technology we are, and to highlight the lack of...

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Tags: technology, fashion

Don’t Know Much About Tibetan History - New York Times

turadg — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 06:15:06 PDT

Tibet was not “Chinese” until Mao Zedong’s armies marched in and made it so.

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Tags: history

Down for everyone or just me?

turadg — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 05:55:10 PDT

a neat little simple service

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Tags: software, internet

TED | Talks | Johnny Lee: Wii Remote hacks (video)

turadg — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:26:06 PDT

TED Talks demos his amazing Wii Remote hacks, which transform the $40 game piece into a digital whiteboard, a touchscreen and a head-mounted 3-D viewer. A multi-ovation demo from TED2008.

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Tighten Your Belt, Strengthen Your Mind - New York Times

turadg — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:29:51 PDT

Consistently doing any activity that requires self-control seems to increase willpower — and the ability to delay gratification is highly associated with success in life.

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Tags: psychology

Do not think on an empty stomach

turadg — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:44:19 PDT

MOST people have experienced the feeling, after a taxing mental work-out, that they cannot be bothered to make any more decisions. If they are forced to, they may do so intuitively, rather than by reasoning. Such apathy is often put down to tiredness, but a study published recently in Psychological Science suggests there may be more to it than that. Whether reason or intuition is used may depend simply on the decision-maker's blood-sugar level—which is, itself, affected by the process of reasoning.

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Tags: health, psychology

Welcome to the People’s Republic of Bono | spiked

turadg — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:39:03 PDT

Bono is over

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Tags: africa, music, politics, psychology

Omeka

turadg — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 22:33:10 PDT

Omeka is a simple and flexible system for organizations, cultural institutions, and individuals to manage and publish items, collections, and exhibits on the web.

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Tags: software, culture

The Story of Stuff

turadg — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:38:05 PDT

From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. It'll teach you something, it'll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the stuff in your life forever.

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Tags: sustainability, economics, society

An ABC of geotagging photos on the Mac

turadg — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:15:11 PDT

This article considers geotagging photos from a Mac perspective, looking at automatic and manual methods, and explaining terms such as data loggers, track points, waypoints, and routes. It lists OS X software options for connecting to data loggers, converting track log formats, geo-locating photos, and writing that data to EXIF for both raw and JPEG images. It also covers the importance of time synchronization, what you can do with geotagged photos, workflow, choosing a data logger and controlling it from your Mac.

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Tags: mac, software, photography

Cognitive Daily: When we see a brain "light up," [most of] our brains shut off

turadg — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:26:35 PDT

A new cognitive psychology article nearly every day

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Tags: psychology, neuroscience