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nothin' runs like a deere

fractalnavel — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:17:59 GMT

which is very cool, but, unfortunately, not true :'(

http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/4820196.html
http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/a/animusic.htm
http://www.snopes.com/photos/arts/musicmachine.asp
http://www.hoax-slayer.com/incredible-music-machine.shtml

better quality videos here:
http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=pipe%20dream

Subject: Fwd: 13,029 hrs of Unique Engineering

"AMAZING! This is truly remarkable!

"Turn your sound on. Keep your eyes on the bouncing balls while you enjoy this wonderful, musical masterpiece.

"This incredible machine was built as a collaborative effort between the Robert M. Trammell Music Conservatory and the Sharon Wick School of Engineering at the University of Iowa. Amazingly, 97% of the machines' components came from John Deere Industries and irrigation equipment of Bancroft, Iowa . . . farm equipment!

"It took the team a combined 13,029 hours of set-up, alignment, calibration, and tuning before filming this video but as you can see it was WELL WORTH the effort. It is now on display in the Matthew Gerhard Alumni Hall at the University and is already slated to be donated to the Smithsonian.

"Enjoy! "

Amazon Web Services / Product Advertising API Query Signer (JavaScript )

fractalnavel — Mon, 11 May 2009 21:16:37 GMT

*** UPDATE 2009.07.13 ***

See http://sowacs.appspot.com for the latest. This has gotten a whole lot more serious since last updated.

*** UPDATED 2009.06.12 ***

BUG FIX: Adjust for FF back button / form state / dom "bug" (better this way anyway); ensure that fields collected from form do not contain timestamp or signature.

*** UPDATED 2009.06.03 ***

BUG FIX: Wasn't handling single digit days correctly in IE. FF was ok. Unknown about other browsers.

*** UPDATED 2009.05.21 ***

Now handles forms / POST.

Minor change to interface: "getSignedQuery" is now "signQuery", same arguments.
New methods:
- signForm
- getFormSignature
- getQuerySignature
Bug fixes:
- ! ' ( ) * were not being globally replaced when URI encoding.
- Timestamp format would have failed in Firefox (FF bug: toUTCString() returns "www, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss GMT" instead of "... UTC").
Also included the dependency files in this zip.

/*
AWSQS = Amazon Web Services / Product Advertising API Query Signer (JavaScript)

2009.05.21, fractalnavel: fixed some errors picked up by http://jslint.com/
2009.05.18, fractalnavel: tweaks
2009.05.17, fractalnavel: factored more generic form & query methods
2009.05.16, fractalnavel: mods for SRE
2009.05.11, fractalnavel: original; with thanks for assistance to the folks at http://developer.amazonwebservices.com/connect/thread.jspa?threadID=31701

All customary licenses and disclaimers for code posted in open forums apply.

============================================================================

Dependencies - you will need to download, save & reference the following:

- ecmanaut.base64.js from http://ecmanaut.blogspot.com/2007/11/javascript-base64-singleton.html
- jssha256.js from http://point-at-infinity.org/jssha256/

Usage:

- Reference the dependencies and this file, e.g.:

- Call as follows, e.g.:

AWSQS.signForm( theForm, strAWSSecretAccessKey );

--- OR ---

strSignedQuery = AWSQS.signQuery( strOriginalQuery, strAWSSecretAccessKey );

Can also retrieve timestamp & signature:

var oSign = AWSQS.getFormSignature( theForm, strAWSSecretAccessKey );

--- OR ---

var oSign = AWSQS.getQuerySignature( strOriginalQuery, strAWSSecretAccessKey );

where oSign = { Timestamp: (timestamp), Signature: (signature) }

Notes:

- Intended to assist with retro-fitting existing JavaScript code for the new AWS query signing requirement
- No error handling is provided

Don't Screw With Old People

fractalnavel — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:47:45 GMT

passed on by my 80 year old uncle

the sky in motion

fractalnavel — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:46:24 GMT

see the sky in motion, and apod 2008.12.31. meditation for the new year.

Journey of the Sorcerer [Eagles]

fractalnavel — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 02:08:35 GMT

test asf

Why Man Creates - Edifice Excerpt

fractalnavel — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 01:46:22 GMT

test asx

Budweiser Flip Cards

fractalnavel — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:41:12 GMT

this was making the rounds. they didn't really do this, did they ?

Nice smile

Craig — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 22:43:38 GMT

metadesc.ascx for community server 2008.5

fractalnavel — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:43:12 GMT

meta description, keywords and canonical links for site & blog themes.

meta descriptions for: weblog, forum and media posts; weblog pages (which are weblog posts); forum threads; sections, groups and user pages.
keywords for: weblog, forum and media posts; weblog pages; and tag pages.
canonical links for: weblog, forum and media posts; weblog pages; forum threads.

note that forum posts seem to be getting their keywords from somewhere else already !

adapted from http://dev.communityserver.com/forums/t/500269.aspx, by Alex Crome, with modifications.

2009.06.20: fix for forum post v. thread handling; remove cruft
2009.05.06: added canonical url element for blog, forum and gallery items.
2008.10.24: fixed keyword list rendering from categories / tags.

usage:

site theme:

extract and copy metadesc.ascx to ~/themes/(site theme name)/common

then, in ~/themes/(site theme name)/common/master.master, place

<%@ Register TagPrefix="CSUserControl" 
   TagName="MetaDesc" Src="MetaDesc.ascx" %>

with the other @Register's, and place

<CSUserControl:MetaDesc runat="server" />

before <head runat="server">

blog theme (for each theme that you use):

extract and copy metadesc.ascx to ~/themes/blogs/(blog theme name)

then, in ~/themes/blogs/(blog theme name)/theme.master, place

<%@ Register TagPrefix="CSUserControl" 
   TagName="MetaDesc" Src="MetaDesc.ascx" %>

with the other @Register's, and place

<CSUserControl:MetaDesc runat="server" />

before <head runat="server">

del.icio.us.ashx for community server 2008.5

fractalnavel — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:55:59 GMT

2008.10.22: finally fixed the issue where the post wasn't being published.

***MODIFIED***

-> blogs.no-ip.org/fractalnavel
-> 2008.10.17

-> description:

* originally from http://dotnet.org.za/armand/archive/2006/11/25/AutomaticBlogPost.aspx

-> changes:

* small tweaks when originally implemented
* something changed recently at delicious where the post categories were no longer being set (int change to string); fixed that
* also hard-coded the "publish" argument to newpost call; the value passed from delicious was no longer working

-> instructions:

* search for "del.icio.us" on this blog for related posts
* see the original post referenced above for more

-> license:

You may modify and use this work as you wish, but please give credit where credit is due.

this same license must be included in any derivative works (no, i'm not going to dig into the open source licenses and pick one).

CarKnee.CS.Bundle v4.5

fractalnavel — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:11:31 GMT

***MODIFIED for CommunityServer v2008.5***

-> blogs.no-ip.org/fractalnavel
-> 2008.10.17

-> changes:

* only identicon / gravatar handling & support in this version branch; removed the other stuff.
* Identicon only usable for WeblogPostFeedback sections.
* added PostIdenticon, virtually identical in implementation except it extends WeblogPostData, to use for weblog post, typically to show the accessing user's identicon in the feedback form area.

-> other:

* left the original namespaces as is, since the bulk of the work is not mine.
* disassembled using reflector, then rebuilt with command line tools after changes (see below). i have NOT included the .proj file.

-> instructions:

* see original ReadMe.txt and doc folder for original instructions, etc.
* additional: copy stuff from web/bin to your CS bin folder. you can rebuild the assembly using CarKnee.CS.Bundle.bat

-> license:

same as Sean Kearnee's (www.CarKnee.com) original:

-------------------------
License:
You may modify and use this work as you wish, but please give credit
where credit is due. Community Server is licensed by Telligent Systems, Inc.

------------------------

add: this same license must be included in any derivative works (no, i'm not going to dig into the open source licenses and pick one).

Beautiful brunette

Craig — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:42:05 GMT

Rose Garden at MOBOT

Craig — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:37:38 GMT

StLCardinals7197.gif

craigg75 — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 21:39:14 GMT

redwoods

Craig — Thu, 22 Dec 2005 20:37:23 GMT

tall trees

test pic

admin — Thu, 22 Dec 2005 01:09:19 GMT

no description

moral politics - combined

fractalnavel — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 05:00:00 GMT

moral politics - combined

flying spaghetti monster

fractalnavel — Thu, 13 Oct 2005 05:00:00 GMT

flying spaghetti monster

tin hat

fractalnavel — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 05:00:00 GMT

tin hat

posts by dow

fractalnavel — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 05:00:00 GMT

posts by dow

gas chart

fractalnavel — Thu, 01 Sep 2005 05:00:00 GMT

gas chart

BUN-neee ! (20050810)

fractalnavel — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 05:00:00 GMT

BUN-neee ! (20050810)

fawn, 20050723

fractalnavel — Sat, 23 Jul 2005 05:00:00 GMT

fawn, 20050723

tobermory dive

fractalnavel — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 05:00:00 GMT

tobermory dive

tobermory sunset

fractalnavel — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 05:00:00 GMT

tobermory sunset