Month: May 2012
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how to load SIM card contacts into an Android smartphone and also into my Google Mail Contacts
I was actually already quite able to load “my” SIM card contacts into my Android smartphone contacts, but apparently they get flagged in a way, so that these entries don’t get synchronised with my Google Mail Contacts. I did a Google search for this (“android sim contacts to gmail”), but the articles there seem to…
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O’Reilly Media book: Programming Grails
Programming Grails: Responding to the demand for more in-depth Grails coverage that goes beyond the typical use cases, this book helps experienced web developers learn Grails best practices for building and deployment, debugging and problem solving, creating and using Grails plugins, as well as testing, security, performance, scaling, tuning, and monitoring.
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O’Reilly Media book: Hadoop Operations
Hadoop Operations: If you’ve been tasked with the job of maintaining large and complex Hadoop clusters, or are about to be, this book is a must. You’ll learn the particulars of Hadoop operations, from planning, installing, and configuring the system to providing ongoing maintenance.
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O’Reilly Media book: Exploring Everyday Things with R and Ruby
Exploring Everyday Things with R and Ruby: Programming is not just for geeks. If you’re curious about how things work, and want to get programmatic solutions to everyday problems, this intriguing book will help you find what you’re looking for. By using some fundamental math and simple Ruby and R constructs, you’ll learn how to…
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O’Reilly Media book: Python for Data Analysis
http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920023784.do Despite the explosive growth of data in industry after industry, learning and accessing data analysis tools has remained a challenge. This pragmatic guide demonstrates the nuts and bolts of manipulating, processing, cleaning, and crunching data with Python. It also serves as a modern introduction to scientific computing in Python for data-intensive applications.
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Calibre ebook manager adds KF8 (Kindle Format 8) export function – The H Open Source: News and Features
Calibre ebook manager adds KF8 export function – The H Open Source: News and Features
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npipe: A utility to read/write from: pipes, sockets, standard handles, files, block devices, etc
npipe | Free software downloads at SourceForge.net Not just for UNIXoid platforms …
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OpenCOBOL: an open-source COBOL compiler (SourceForge.net)
OpenCOBOL | Free Development software downloads at SourceForge.net
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Where the Wild Things Are – a video adaptation of the Maurice Sendak classic – YouTube
Where the Wild Things Are – YouTube Another variant: And there are even more of them … In memoriam Maurice Sendak.
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Baden Powell de Aquino: his father, a scouting enthusiast, named him after Robert Baden-Powell
“Baden Powell” – so who is that? Baden Powell de Aquino – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (“one of the greatest Brazilian guitarists“) Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (“founder and Chief Scout of the Scout Movement“)