CESAR CATAÑO HATERS GONNA HATE
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Thursday, September 30, 2010
Saturday, November 07, 2009
Andrés Bedoya Ugarteche - La Ortiga : Fútbol, cobardía, religión, árboles...
Andrés Bedoya Ugarteche - La Ortiga : Fútbol, cobardía, religión, árboles...: "CORREO LIMA
La fe en retroceso: - En un número pasado de la revista Newsweek, encuentro un artículo de la periodista Sharon Begley, en el que comenta que las creencias religiosas podrían no ser innatas (bueno, eso ya lo saben Hitchner, Sagan, Dawkins y muchos otros hombres de ciencia). Entre otras cosas, recalca lo ya demostrado en diversas encuestas: que los países con los índices más bajos de disfunción social se convierten en los más seculares, en los menos religiosos. Reproduzco también el siguiente parrafito, libremente traducido por mí:
'Existe una creencia muy común de que algunas tendencias y comportamientos están 'fijos' desde el nacimiento en el cerebro y son, por lo tanto, inmutables e inevitables, lo que hace más fascinantes aún los últimos datos sobre religiosidad.
En breve, el número de no creyentes norteamericanos se ha doblado desde 1990 al 2008. La encuestadora Pew ha descubierto incrementos aún mayores en algunas otras democracias avanzadas. Lo curioso no es tanto la declinación de la fe (que ha causado que el Vaticano lamente la 'descristianización de Europa'), sino los descubrimientos publicados por el sicólogo evolucionista Gregory Paul, en el sentido de que los países más pobres, con mayores casos de homicidios, abortos clandestinos, desempleo, etc., son los más religiosos'.
Deduzcan ustedes si la religión causa disfunción, o si es ésta la que produce religiosidad. Barras bravas y homicidio: - Bueno, todos sabemos que el fútbol es una de las mafias más corruptas y productivas del planeta. Y lo preocupante es que las 'masas' que siguen a este supuesto 'deporte' son las que cuentan con el coeficiente intelectual más bajo que concebir se pueda (incluyo particularmente a los 'inchas').
Desde la FIFA hasta la más humilde liguita de la menos significativa republiqueta, la enorme mayoría de dirigentes son verdaderos pandilleros. No es casualidad que la reina Victoria de Inglaterra prohibiese el fútbol, pues según ella se trataba de 'un deporte de rufianes'. Coincido chento per chento con ella, y eso que en su época no había 'hooligans' (ya casi extintos gracias a la policía de países realmente civilizados) ni 'barras bravas'.
Un grupo de estos subnormales ha asesinado a una jovencita que nada tenía que ver en el entuerto, y nuestro ministro del Interior está con mariconadas: '¡Ay! No podemos oponer violencia a la violencia...' ¡Por la metagalaxia! Si nuestras Fuerzas Armadas no hubiesen opuesto violencia a la violencia, hoy día nuestro Presidente sería el camarada Gonzalo.
Recuerdo que fui muy criticado cuando hablé de napalm (repito, no pensé que lo tomaran literalmente). Bueno, ahora tengo una idea mejor y más espectacular para combatir a los barrabravistas: en pleno desarrollo del 'clásico' 'U'-Alianza, digamos, aparecen sobrevolando dos helicópteros artillados -negros y sin números de identificación- y descargan sus cañones ametralladores sobre las tribunas sur y norte. 450 muertos por lo menos, y chau barras bravas, per saecula saeculorum. Claro, se me va a adjetivar de racista, clasista, machista, traidor antiperuano, traidor prochileno, insensible, reaccionario, enemigo del pobre, déspota, imperialista, fascista, segregacionista, alienado capitalista, genocida, flagelo de la clase trabajadora, opresor del débil, odiador del pueblo, némesis del humilde, blanquito miraflorino, nazi y miembro del Ku Klux Klan. Bueno, todo eso cabría si estuviésemos hablando de seres humanos. No es el caso. Con el exterminio de las brarras bravas, de lo más que se me puede acusar es de delito ecológico o cacería clandestina de especies en peligro de extinción. Esto no es más que una simple fumigación... ¡y dejen que el jefe de la Sunat haga su trabajo y le saque hasta el último cobre a ese antro de sanguijuelas llamado Universitario de Deportes.
Árboles y Premio Nobel: -Wangari Maathai, keniana, ha ganado el Premio Nobel de la Paz por su lucha en la protección de la niñez. Trabaja con mujeres de aldeas africanas y ha dirigido la siembra de más de TREINTA MILLONES de árboles, con lo que ha cambiado el clima y la calidad de la tierra de muchas regiones de Kenia. ¿Creen ustedes que sería fácil hacer que los alcaldes peruanos acepten este hecho y adopten igual política? Ni lo sueñen. Las 'autoridades' peruanas son estúpidas por definición, oligofrénicas por genética. Como dicen los gringos, no way! Más estupidez: - Una turbamulta precedida por las 'autoridades' del distrito de Uchumayo, provincia de Arequipa (¡cuándo no!), bloqueó días atrás la carretera Panamericana, para evitar que Sedapar construya en ese lugar una planta de tratamiento de aguas servidas. Según los Teratopitecus arequipunensis que habitan la zona, esa planta los va a 'contaminar'. Bueno, es exactamente lo contrario, pero los solípedos de esa municipalidad distrital se niegan a entender. Si esa planta no se hace, todas las deposiciones fecales de Arequipa continuarán siendo vaciadas al río, y los uchumayenses seguirán siendo los comecaca que siempre han sido. El oasis sin dioses : 'Existe otra forma de tentación aún más peligrosa, y es la tentación de la curiosidad. Es ésta la que nos lleva a descubrir los secretos de la naturaleza, secretos que están más allá de nuestra comprensión, que de nada nos sirven, y que ningún hombre desea conocer' — Tomás de Aquino, uno de los grandes 'doctores' de la Iglesia. 'Si para comportarnos bien requerimos del temor a un castigo o del ansia de una recompensa, somos, entonces, un lote realmente triste' —Albert Einstein. 'No traten de imaginar un dios personal. Baste con contemplar, con asombro y reverencia, la estructura del mundo hasta donde nuestros inadecuados sentidos nos permitan apreciarlo' — Albert Einstein. Hasta más vernos.
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La fe en retroceso: - En un número pasado de la revista Newsweek, encuentro un artículo de la periodista Sharon Begley, en el que comenta que las creencias religiosas podrían no ser innatas (bueno, eso ya lo saben Hitchner, Sagan, Dawkins y muchos otros hombres de ciencia). Entre otras cosas, recalca lo ya demostrado en diversas encuestas: que los países con los índices más bajos de disfunción social se convierten en los más seculares, en los menos religiosos. Reproduzco también el siguiente parrafito, libremente traducido por mí:
'Existe una creencia muy común de que algunas tendencias y comportamientos están 'fijos' desde el nacimiento en el cerebro y son, por lo tanto, inmutables e inevitables, lo que hace más fascinantes aún los últimos datos sobre religiosidad.
En breve, el número de no creyentes norteamericanos se ha doblado desde 1990 al 2008. La encuestadora Pew ha descubierto incrementos aún mayores en algunas otras democracias avanzadas. Lo curioso no es tanto la declinación de la fe (que ha causado que el Vaticano lamente la 'descristianización de Europa'), sino los descubrimientos publicados por el sicólogo evolucionista Gregory Paul, en el sentido de que los países más pobres, con mayores casos de homicidios, abortos clandestinos, desempleo, etc., son los más religiosos'.
Deduzcan ustedes si la religión causa disfunción, o si es ésta la que produce religiosidad. Barras bravas y homicidio: - Bueno, todos sabemos que el fútbol es una de las mafias más corruptas y productivas del planeta. Y lo preocupante es que las 'masas' que siguen a este supuesto 'deporte' son las que cuentan con el coeficiente intelectual más bajo que concebir se pueda (incluyo particularmente a los 'inchas').
Desde la FIFA hasta la más humilde liguita de la menos significativa republiqueta, la enorme mayoría de dirigentes son verdaderos pandilleros. No es casualidad que la reina Victoria de Inglaterra prohibiese el fútbol, pues según ella se trataba de 'un deporte de rufianes'. Coincido chento per chento con ella, y eso que en su época no había 'hooligans' (ya casi extintos gracias a la policía de países realmente civilizados) ni 'barras bravas'.
Un grupo de estos subnormales ha asesinado a una jovencita que nada tenía que ver en el entuerto, y nuestro ministro del Interior está con mariconadas: '¡Ay! No podemos oponer violencia a la violencia...' ¡Por la metagalaxia! Si nuestras Fuerzas Armadas no hubiesen opuesto violencia a la violencia, hoy día nuestro Presidente sería el camarada Gonzalo.
Recuerdo que fui muy criticado cuando hablé de napalm (repito, no pensé que lo tomaran literalmente). Bueno, ahora tengo una idea mejor y más espectacular para combatir a los barrabravistas: en pleno desarrollo del 'clásico' 'U'-Alianza, digamos, aparecen sobrevolando dos helicópteros artillados -negros y sin números de identificación- y descargan sus cañones ametralladores sobre las tribunas sur y norte. 450 muertos por lo menos, y chau barras bravas, per saecula saeculorum. Claro, se me va a adjetivar de racista, clasista, machista, traidor antiperuano, traidor prochileno, insensible, reaccionario, enemigo del pobre, déspota, imperialista, fascista, segregacionista, alienado capitalista, genocida, flagelo de la clase trabajadora, opresor del débil, odiador del pueblo, némesis del humilde, blanquito miraflorino, nazi y miembro del Ku Klux Klan. Bueno, todo eso cabría si estuviésemos hablando de seres humanos. No es el caso. Con el exterminio de las brarras bravas, de lo más que se me puede acusar es de delito ecológico o cacería clandestina de especies en peligro de extinción. Esto no es más que una simple fumigación... ¡y dejen que el jefe de la Sunat haga su trabajo y le saque hasta el último cobre a ese antro de sanguijuelas llamado Universitario de Deportes.
Árboles y Premio Nobel: -Wangari Maathai, keniana, ha ganado el Premio Nobel de la Paz por su lucha en la protección de la niñez. Trabaja con mujeres de aldeas africanas y ha dirigido la siembra de más de TREINTA MILLONES de árboles, con lo que ha cambiado el clima y la calidad de la tierra de muchas regiones de Kenia. ¿Creen ustedes que sería fácil hacer que los alcaldes peruanos acepten este hecho y adopten igual política? Ni lo sueñen. Las 'autoridades' peruanas son estúpidas por definición, oligofrénicas por genética. Como dicen los gringos, no way! Más estupidez: - Una turbamulta precedida por las 'autoridades' del distrito de Uchumayo, provincia de Arequipa (¡cuándo no!), bloqueó días atrás la carretera Panamericana, para evitar que Sedapar construya en ese lugar una planta de tratamiento de aguas servidas. Según los Teratopitecus arequipunensis que habitan la zona, esa planta los va a 'contaminar'. Bueno, es exactamente lo contrario, pero los solípedos de esa municipalidad distrital se niegan a entender. Si esa planta no se hace, todas las deposiciones fecales de Arequipa continuarán siendo vaciadas al río, y los uchumayenses seguirán siendo los comecaca que siempre han sido. El oasis sin dioses : 'Existe otra forma de tentación aún más peligrosa, y es la tentación de la curiosidad. Es ésta la que nos lleva a descubrir los secretos de la naturaleza, secretos que están más allá de nuestra comprensión, que de nada nos sirven, y que ningún hombre desea conocer' — Tomás de Aquino, uno de los grandes 'doctores' de la Iglesia. 'Si para comportarnos bien requerimos del temor a un castigo o del ansia de una recompensa, somos, entonces, un lote realmente triste' —Albert Einstein. 'No traten de imaginar un dios personal. Baste con contemplar, con asombro y reverencia, la estructura del mundo hasta donde nuestros inadecuados sentidos nos permitan apreciarlo' — Albert Einstein. Hasta más vernos.
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Download options for Offline Gmail
Download options for Offline Gmail: "You now have more options to configure offline settings and manage messages for offline use.
Editions included:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions
Languages included:
All languages supported by Gmail Labs
How to access what's new:
In your Gmail settings, go to 'Offline' if you have offline enabled.
- In 'Download options', select the timeframe for messages you want to download for offline use e.g. 4 days, 1 month etc. The timeframe that you choose will then show under the options when changing offline label settings.
- Click on 'Change label settings' to modify which labelled messages you download for offline use. For a particular label, choose between 'All', 'Timeframe selected' or 'None'.
For more information:
http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/choose-which-messages-get-downloaded.html
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"
Editions included:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions
Languages included:
All languages supported by Gmail Labs
How to access what's new:
In your Gmail settings, go to 'Offline' if you have offline enabled.
- In 'Download options', select the timeframe for messages you want to download for offline use e.g. 4 days, 1 month etc. The timeframe that you choose will then show under the options when changing offline label settings.
- Click on 'Change label settings' to modify which labelled messages you download for offline use. For a particular label, choose between 'All', 'Timeframe selected' or 'None'.
For more information:
http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/choose-which-messages-get-downloaded.html
Get these product update alerts by email
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Multiple calendars and more in new version of Google Apps Sync for Microsoft Outlook
Multiple calendars and more in new version of Google Apps Sync for Microsoft Outlook: "Version 1.6.155.1603 of Google Apps Sync for Microsoft Outlook has been released for new installs and updates.
Editions included:
Premier and Education Editions
Languages included:
Available worldwide with US English interface
How to access what's new:
- Multiple calendars
You can now create new calendars in Outlook and they will sync with Google Apps. For any of your Google Apps calendars for which you have write permissions, and that appear unhidden in your Google Apps Calendar list, these will also now be synced to Outlook.
- Support for querying free/busy information for Exchange users
If you are using Google Apps Sync in a mixed Google Apps/Exchange environment, you can query free/busy information for Exchange users by implementing Google Calendar Connectors and adding a new registry key to each computer on which Google Apps Sync is installed.
Get information about the Google Calendar Connectors here. Get information about setting up the new registry key here.
For more information:
https://www.google.com/support/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=153463
Attend a webinar to learn how to get this feature and more with Google Apps Premier Edition
11/10 9AM PST / 5PM GMT Register now
11/10 1PM AEDT / 2AM GMT Register now
Get these product update alerts by email
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"
Editions included:
Premier and Education Editions
Languages included:
Available worldwide with US English interface
How to access what's new:
- Multiple calendars
You can now create new calendars in Outlook and they will sync with Google Apps. For any of your Google Apps calendars for which you have write permissions, and that appear unhidden in your Google Apps Calendar list, these will also now be synced to Outlook.
- Support for querying free/busy information for Exchange users
If you are using Google Apps Sync in a mixed Google Apps/Exchange environment, you can query free/busy information for Exchange users by implementing Google Calendar Connectors and adding a new registry key to each computer on which Google Apps Sync is installed.
Get information about the Google Calendar Connectors here. Get information about setting up the new registry key here.
For more information:
https://www.google.com/support/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=153463
Attend a webinar to learn how to get this feature and more with Google Apps Premier Edition
11/10 9AM PST / 5PM GMT Register now
11/10 1PM AEDT / 2AM GMT Register now
Get these product update alerts by email
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Friday, September 04, 2009
Don’t text and drive
Don’t text and drive: "
"
El vídeo de arriba es muy fuerte, pero vale como advertencia. Llegué a él gracias al post de Juan Luis Orihuela sobre un problema cada vez más frecuente:
Mi colega Rosental Alves de la Universidad de Tejas informaba recientemente que el 30% de los accidentes de tráfico en la ciudad de Austin estaban causados por gente que escribía en su móvil mientras conducía.
El New York Times acaba de recoger la historia de una durísima campaña de vídeo en Gales para advertir sobre las fatídicas consecuencias de escribir en el móvil (texting) mientras se conduce. (…)
En España, conducir hablando por el móvil, es la principal causa de pérdidas de puntos. Supongo que todavía no hay datos detexting pero cuidado, cada vez leo más tuits de gente que escribe desde los atascos…
Ojo con lo último que dice @jlori, acá en Lima también ya es común leer a la gente que tuitea para evadir el terrible estrés del tránsito castañedino. Ojo: en el nuevo Código de Tránsito cualquier uso del celular mientras manejas es una falta grave.
Vlog: El gran Spencer encuentra a unos chicos -peruanos tenían que ser- que han inventado un sistema para tuitear desde cualquier celular. Genial, pero siempre mensajeénse con precaución.
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posted by Jonathan @ 8:50 PM
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El dueño de canal 7
El dueño de canal 7: "
Ricardo Ghibellini no es el dueño, él es sólo el presidente del directorio del canal que pagamos con nuestros impuestos. Pero el subconsciente del Otro Ghibellini (no confundirlo con el True Ghibellini, que escribe en Somos) sabe quién es el verdadero dueño del canal de todos los peruanos. De la entrevista de Patricia Kadena para Perú.21:
En el caso del espacio de Laura Bozzo en Ecuador, Alan García dijo que un presidente tenía derecho a vetar un programa…
El presidente tiene derecho a vetar, no es que tenía. Si a mí me llama el presidente y me dice: Ricardo, levanta esa señal del aire, yo la tengo que levantar, porque es el jefe supremo del Estado peruano, dueño de este canal.¿El presidente es el dueño del canal? ¿No es el Estado?
El presidente no es el dueño, perdón, me he expresado mal. En última instancia, es el que manda sobre el canal, es el jefe del Estado, no es el jefe del partido en el caso del presidente de la República. Por lo tanto, si me llama y me dice: Ricardo, suspendes el programa, yo lo único que puedo hacer es suspenderlo y, si no lo puedo hacer, renunciar.¿Eso no es una intromisión política?
Te aseguro que el presidente no me va a decir algo así.¿Pero el presidente debería tener esa capacidad de veto?
No tiene capacidad. Nadie tiene capacidad de veto sobre nada.
Ya cuñao.
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posted by Jonathan @ 8:46 PM
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Estreno: El Misterio del Capital de los Indígenas Amazónicos
Estreno: El Misterio del Capital de los Indígenas Amazónicos: "
Yo sé que lo cool es pegarle a Hernando de Soto, pero la idea detrás de este documental del ILD me parece genial: el problema no es étnico, es económico. Como que nos limpiamos de tanto Bedoya Ugarteche y empezamos a pensar alguito.
El Misteriodel Capital de los Indigenas Amazonicos from ILD on Vimeo.
Concebido y escrito por Hernando de Soto. Dirigido por James Becket. Producido por Bernardo Roca Rey y Hernando de Soto. Direccion de Investigaciones: Ana Lucia Camaiora. Editado y producido por el Instituto Libertad y Democracia.
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posted by Jonathan @ 8:43 PM
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Facebook Mobile: Now Connecting 65 Million People
Facebook Mobile: Now Connecting 65 Million People: "Even when you're away from your desktop, we want you to be able to share and connect with those that matter to you on Facebook. We had that goal in mind when we launched Facebook Mobile in 2006. Today, we reached a new milestone with more than 65 million people now actively using Facebook on their mobile devices — a significant increase from 20 million just eight months ago.
As we celebrate 65 million, we want you to be able to take Facebook with you wherever you go. That's why we are continuously making updates to our mobile products and working with some of the biggest names in mobile to make sure that Facebook is available on the latest devices and mobile operating systems.
Facebook Mobile first started as a simple mobile site in English with a few of the core site features built in, such as status updates and photo uploads. Since then, we've grown far beyond what was then a fairly basic mobile site. We have translated the mobile site into other languages, launched Facebook SMS and deployed a wide range of applications for hundreds of mobile handsets, including Facebook for Blackberry, Facebook for iPhone and Facebook for Nokia.
Below is a quick tour of all of your options for using Facebook Mobile:
Mobile Web Sites
Facebook has two mobile web sites: m.facebook.com, which works on any mobile browser, and x.facebook.com, which is designed specifically for touch screen phones like Android, Palm, iPhone and Nokia. These sites have been translated into more than 60 languages and allow you to update your status, browse your News Feed and your friends' Profiles, comment or 'like' stories, and view or update your Facebook Page.
Text Messages
Through Facebook Mobile Texts, you can receive notifications, set your status and send and receive messages via SMS. This service is now available on 52 operators in 25 countries, on any mobile phone.
Facebook Mobile for Devices
Facebook applications can be found on an increasing number of mobile phones; many come pre-installed while others can be downloaded from the Internet. The most recent Facebook mobile applications include major updates for Apple's iPhone and Nokia's N97 and 5800. These applications make it easier to update your status, share photos, browse your News Feed and keep in contact with all your friends on Facebook wherever you are.
Also available are Facebook applications from INQ, HTC, LG Electronics, Motorola, Palm, RIM, Samsung and Sony Ericsson. There are also Facebook applications for the T-Mobile Sidekick and phones powered by Microsoft's Windows Mobile.
Facebook Connect for Mobile Web
Beginning today, you'll start to see Facebook Connect available on some of your mobile sites and applications, just as you would on the Web. Already, Facebook Connect makes it easier for you to take your online identity with you all over the Web, share what you do online with your friends and stay updated on what they're doing. Soon, you'll see prompts for Facebook Connect on mobile sites and applications and have the opportunity to take your Facebook profile information, friends and privacy preferences to your favorite mobile applications, as well.
If you're a developer and want to build social applications, learn more about Facebook Connect for Mobile Web here.
Whether you want to use an application, the mobile site or SMS, you can always learn more about all Facebook Mobile services here.
Henri and the rest of the mobile team are working on helping you access Facebook on any phone wherever you are."
As we celebrate 65 million, we want you to be able to take Facebook with you wherever you go. That's why we are continuously making updates to our mobile products and working with some of the biggest names in mobile to make sure that Facebook is available on the latest devices and mobile operating systems.
Facebook Mobile first started as a simple mobile site in English with a few of the core site features built in, such as status updates and photo uploads. Since then, we've grown far beyond what was then a fairly basic mobile site. We have translated the mobile site into other languages, launched Facebook SMS and deployed a wide range of applications for hundreds of mobile handsets, including Facebook for Blackberry, Facebook for iPhone and Facebook for Nokia.
Below is a quick tour of all of your options for using Facebook Mobile:
Mobile Web Sites
Facebook has two mobile web sites: m.facebook.com, which works on any mobile browser, and x.facebook.com, which is designed specifically for touch screen phones like Android, Palm, iPhone and Nokia. These sites have been translated into more than 60 languages and allow you to update your status, browse your News Feed and your friends' Profiles, comment or 'like' stories, and view or update your Facebook Page.
Text Messages
Through Facebook Mobile Texts, you can receive notifications, set your status and send and receive messages via SMS. This service is now available on 52 operators in 25 countries, on any mobile phone.
Facebook Mobile for Devices
Facebook applications can be found on an increasing number of mobile phones; many come pre-installed while others can be downloaded from the Internet. The most recent Facebook mobile applications include major updates for Apple's iPhone and Nokia's N97 and 5800. These applications make it easier to update your status, share photos, browse your News Feed and keep in contact with all your friends on Facebook wherever you are.
Also available are Facebook applications from INQ, HTC, LG Electronics, Motorola, Palm, RIM, Samsung and Sony Ericsson. There are also Facebook applications for the T-Mobile Sidekick and phones powered by Microsoft's Windows Mobile.
Facebook Connect for Mobile Web
Beginning today, you'll start to see Facebook Connect available on some of your mobile sites and applications, just as you would on the Web. Already, Facebook Connect makes it easier for you to take your online identity with you all over the Web, share what you do online with your friends and stay updated on what they're doing. Soon, you'll see prompts for Facebook Connect on mobile sites and applications and have the opportunity to take your Facebook profile information, friends and privacy preferences to your favorite mobile applications, as well.
If you're a developer and want to build social applications, learn more about Facebook Connect for Mobile Web here.
Whether you want to use an application, the mobile site or SMS, you can always learn more about all Facebook Mobile services here.
Henri and the rest of the mobile team are working on helping you access Facebook on any phone wherever you are."
posted by Jonathan @ 7:55 PM
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Saturday, August 29, 2009
Andrés Bedoya Ugarteche - La Ortiga : ¡Yo, racista! (I)
Andrés Bedoya Ugarteche - La Ortiga : ¡Yo, racista! (I): "CORREO LIMA
Hace un par de días recibí una estupenda noticia. La ONG británica Survival (www.survival.es para quienes quieran entrar) me ha otorgado el Primer Premio al Racismo por un artículo mío publicado en este mismo diario bajo el título Pobrecitos chunchos y otras torpezas hace como un mes.
Bueno, como quiera que yo tomo las cosas como de quien vienen, no puedo sentirme más agradecido. Que una ONG defensora de derechos humanos de pueblos indígenas me maltrate, es un verdadero honor que hará maravillas en mi currículo. Espero que el tal premio me sea otorgado en ceremonia especial y la presencia de la mismísima Isabel II y el Príncipe Felipe de Edimburgo (de quienes me ocuparé más adelante), con chequecito, medallita, diploma y todo.
Obviamente, Survival es una ONG que -como todas las oenegés de Derechos Humanos- está constituida por colonias de sanguijuelas que le chupan la sangre (y millones de libras esterlinas) a cándidos ingleses que nunca se enteran de que son anfitriones de inútiles parásitos. Dear british friends: in case you don't know it, your money is going down the drain. I am not a racist. Keep reading. Los sinvergüenzas de Survival no ayudan a los pueblos indígenas. Por el contrario, les conviene mantenerlos en la miseria y la ignorancia para seguir mamando. El día que se queden sin marginados, se les acaba la teta. ¿Capichi?
Además, son comunistas hasta el tuétano (se dicen socialistas, progresistas, nacionalistas y otros nombres que al final son la misma cosa: el excremento comunista). Como esa gentuza ya se ha convencido de que por la vía democrática de las urnas no tiene la menor oportunidad de llegar al poder y desde allí depredar (que es lo que hacen mejor), entonces utiliza el sendero del supositorio. Los oenegientos se cuelan al corazón de las democracias por la vía anal de gobiernos pusilánimes y, luego adentro y como cualquier bacteria, socavan y destruyen al país. Cuando los idiotas gobiernos peruanos se percaten de su enfermedad, ya será demasiado tarde. ¡AH SÍ! También me han criticado por llamarlos excremento comunista. Bueno, ¿qué otro adjetivo podría aplicarse a bandas de seguidores de una caduca ideología que, hasta la fecha, ha producido ya más de 100 millones de cadáveres y aún mantiene un par de tiranías esclavistas? Yo creo que calificarlos de caca es más bien un piropo.
Ahora esa carroña me trata de racista. Y es que el argumento ad hóminem es el recurso más sencillo. Creen que pueden anular mis siempre constantes ataques. Me acusan de haberles dicho a los habitantes de la selva salvajes. Bueno, en su sentido lato, y según la enciclopedia Espasa, dícese salvaje al habitante de la selva. Así -gústeles o no-, los loretanos, ucayalinos, materdeítas (habitantes de Madre de Dios, ¿o no?) y otros son sal-va-jes. Obviamente no uso esa acepción, pero... ¿con qué otro calificativo podría identificarse a personas que secuestran policías, los torturan durante días y luego los matan? ¿Monjitas de la caridad? Y recuerden siempre que fueron reductores de cabezas. ¡Vaya! ¡Civilizados, claro!
También me acusan de haberme burlado de tres congresistas indígenas. Sí, leyeron bien: in-dí-ge-nas. Jamás mencioné ese término. Creí que eran peruanas nomás. ¿Y yo soy el racista? ¿Saben estos imbéciles el significado de la palabra indígena? El diccionario lo dice: Originario del país de que se trata. En consecuencia, yo soy indígena del Perú y hasta ahora ustedes no han hecho nada por mí. Y si a lo que se refieren es a los habitantes primigenios de la región, entonces los únicos indígenas son los africanos, porque allí comenzó la cosa, allí surgió el Pitecantropo erecto, el Homo habilis, hasta el Homo sapiens. Para que lo sepan, cuando los egipcios construían sus pirámides, en el Perú no había más que camélidos. Nadie aquí es indígena... o lo somos todos.
Es curioso que la ONG Survival me trate de racista cuando es fiel a la Corona Británica y rinde pleitesía a una familia real simplemente porque es noble (en contraposición al resto de los ingleses, que sólo son plebeyos y no tienen derecho -ni de vainas- a ser elegidos reyes) y goza de la tan envidiada sangre azul. ¿Y yo soy racista?
Que un grupete de ingleses cuyo acabado reino hizo horrores en África y la India -a cuyos habitantes consideraban definitivamente inferiores- y que permite que el Príncipe Felipe, la madre de todos los parásitos, sujeto racista ¡ese sí! hasta el tuétano, viva literalmente como rey con los impuestos de todos los británicos, ya no tiene nombre. You fucking communist swines deberían ser los últimos en mencionar la palabra racismo.
También se me ha acusado de haber sugerido el uso de napalm contra los indefensos indígenas de la selva (sí, esos que torturaron y asesinaron a 25 policías). Bueno, entiéndanlo si les es posible. Cuando escribí eso, no quise ser literal. Fue una suerte de exageración. Cuando tú le dices a alguien que si te sigue jodiendo le vas a sacar la mierda, no estás siendo literal. No te vas a poner un guante de jebe para hacer la operación por vía anal. A mi esposa una vez le dije que si me seguía haciendo lentejas la iba a sacar a chotes del comedor. Obviamente ella rió, porque comprendió la parábola. Me sigue jodiendo con las lentejas... y las sigo comiendo... ¡Maldita sea!
En mi próximo artículo les explicaré por qué no soy racista (en contraposición a la familia Humala). Ojalá los estúpidos lo entiendan.
Hasta más vernos.
link"
Hace un par de días recibí una estupenda noticia. La ONG británica Survival (www.survival.es para quienes quieran entrar) me ha otorgado el Primer Premio al Racismo por un artículo mío publicado en este mismo diario bajo el título Pobrecitos chunchos y otras torpezas hace como un mes.
Bueno, como quiera que yo tomo las cosas como de quien vienen, no puedo sentirme más agradecido. Que una ONG defensora de derechos humanos de pueblos indígenas me maltrate, es un verdadero honor que hará maravillas en mi currículo. Espero que el tal premio me sea otorgado en ceremonia especial y la presencia de la mismísima Isabel II y el Príncipe Felipe de Edimburgo (de quienes me ocuparé más adelante), con chequecito, medallita, diploma y todo.
Obviamente, Survival es una ONG que -como todas las oenegés de Derechos Humanos- está constituida por colonias de sanguijuelas que le chupan la sangre (y millones de libras esterlinas) a cándidos ingleses que nunca se enteran de que son anfitriones de inútiles parásitos. Dear british friends: in case you don't know it, your money is going down the drain. I am not a racist. Keep reading. Los sinvergüenzas de Survival no ayudan a los pueblos indígenas. Por el contrario, les conviene mantenerlos en la miseria y la ignorancia para seguir mamando. El día que se queden sin marginados, se les acaba la teta. ¿Capichi?
Además, son comunistas hasta el tuétano (se dicen socialistas, progresistas, nacionalistas y otros nombres que al final son la misma cosa: el excremento comunista). Como esa gentuza ya se ha convencido de que por la vía democrática de las urnas no tiene la menor oportunidad de llegar al poder y desde allí depredar (que es lo que hacen mejor), entonces utiliza el sendero del supositorio. Los oenegientos se cuelan al corazón de las democracias por la vía anal de gobiernos pusilánimes y, luego adentro y como cualquier bacteria, socavan y destruyen al país. Cuando los idiotas gobiernos peruanos se percaten de su enfermedad, ya será demasiado tarde. ¡AH SÍ! También me han criticado por llamarlos excremento comunista. Bueno, ¿qué otro adjetivo podría aplicarse a bandas de seguidores de una caduca ideología que, hasta la fecha, ha producido ya más de 100 millones de cadáveres y aún mantiene un par de tiranías esclavistas? Yo creo que calificarlos de caca es más bien un piropo.
Ahora esa carroña me trata de racista. Y es que el argumento ad hóminem es el recurso más sencillo. Creen que pueden anular mis siempre constantes ataques. Me acusan de haberles dicho a los habitantes de la selva salvajes. Bueno, en su sentido lato, y según la enciclopedia Espasa, dícese salvaje al habitante de la selva. Así -gústeles o no-, los loretanos, ucayalinos, materdeítas (habitantes de Madre de Dios, ¿o no?) y otros son sal-va-jes. Obviamente no uso esa acepción, pero... ¿con qué otro calificativo podría identificarse a personas que secuestran policías, los torturan durante días y luego los matan? ¿Monjitas de la caridad? Y recuerden siempre que fueron reductores de cabezas. ¡Vaya! ¡Civilizados, claro!
También me acusan de haberme burlado de tres congresistas indígenas. Sí, leyeron bien: in-dí-ge-nas. Jamás mencioné ese término. Creí que eran peruanas nomás. ¿Y yo soy el racista? ¿Saben estos imbéciles el significado de la palabra indígena? El diccionario lo dice: Originario del país de que se trata. En consecuencia, yo soy indígena del Perú y hasta ahora ustedes no han hecho nada por mí. Y si a lo que se refieren es a los habitantes primigenios de la región, entonces los únicos indígenas son los africanos, porque allí comenzó la cosa, allí surgió el Pitecantropo erecto, el Homo habilis, hasta el Homo sapiens. Para que lo sepan, cuando los egipcios construían sus pirámides, en el Perú no había más que camélidos. Nadie aquí es indígena... o lo somos todos.
Es curioso que la ONG Survival me trate de racista cuando es fiel a la Corona Británica y rinde pleitesía a una familia real simplemente porque es noble (en contraposición al resto de los ingleses, que sólo son plebeyos y no tienen derecho -ni de vainas- a ser elegidos reyes) y goza de la tan envidiada sangre azul. ¿Y yo soy racista?
Que un grupete de ingleses cuyo acabado reino hizo horrores en África y la India -a cuyos habitantes consideraban definitivamente inferiores- y que permite que el Príncipe Felipe, la madre de todos los parásitos, sujeto racista ¡ese sí! hasta el tuétano, viva literalmente como rey con los impuestos de todos los británicos, ya no tiene nombre. You fucking communist swines deberían ser los últimos en mencionar la palabra racismo.
También se me ha acusado de haber sugerido el uso de napalm contra los indefensos indígenas de la selva (sí, esos que torturaron y asesinaron a 25 policías). Bueno, entiéndanlo si les es posible. Cuando escribí eso, no quise ser literal. Fue una suerte de exageración. Cuando tú le dices a alguien que si te sigue jodiendo le vas a sacar la mierda, no estás siendo literal. No te vas a poner un guante de jebe para hacer la operación por vía anal. A mi esposa una vez le dije que si me seguía haciendo lentejas la iba a sacar a chotes del comedor. Obviamente ella rió, porque comprendió la parábola. Me sigue jodiendo con las lentejas... y las sigo comiendo... ¡Maldita sea!
En mi próximo artículo les explicaré por qué no soy racista (en contraposición a la familia Humala). Ojalá los estúpidos lo entiendan.
Hasta más vernos.
link"
posted by Jonathan @ 8:50 PM
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Thursday, August 20, 2009
Google Listen
Google Listen: "
Listen is a research Android app providing a personalized audio news-magazine loaded with fresh and interesting content whenever it is turned on. Start with directed search and streaming and then sit back or multi-task and Listen to content matching your favorite programs and queries like 'ABC Nightline,' 'Bernanke,' and 'Fantasy Baseball.'
Currently we are indexing audio files from about 3,000 RSS feeds but we plan to index all web audio, talking head videos, and short personalized text-to-speech segments."
Listen is a research Android app providing a personalized audio news-magazine loaded with fresh and interesting content whenever it is turned on. Start with directed search and streaming and then sit back or multi-task and Listen to content matching your favorite programs and queries like 'ABC Nightline,' 'Bernanke,' and 'Fantasy Baseball.'
Currently we are indexing audio files from about 3,000 RSS feeds but we plan to index all web audio, talking head videos, and short personalized text-to-speech segments."
posted by Jonathan @ 2:00 PM
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Choosing Google Apps over Microsoft Exchange
Choosing Google Apps over Microsoft Exchange: "Editor’s Note: We’re pleased to welcome guest blogger Bill Kelly, Chief Information Officer for Duralee, a fast-growing decorative fabrics company. With more than 25,000 SKUs, the company caters to interior designers throughout the world. Headquartered in Bay Shore, New York, Duralee has more than 400 employees and dozens of corporate and designer showrooms.
Duralee recently chose Google Apps as their email platform, and Kelly – who led this decision – will share his findings in a livewebcast, 'Choosing Google Apps over Microsoft Exchange.' Please join us for this event on Thursday, August 20, 2009, 2:00 p.m. EDT / 11:00 a.m. PDT / 6:00 p.m. GMT.
When I joined Duralee as CIO in October 2007, I knew it was time to switch out our aging messaging infrastructure. With 400 employees – and growing fast – our existing infrastructure was buckling under the pressure. We were experiencing delays in email and spent too much time administering the server and dealing with crashes.
I had been a Microsoft Exchange user and administrator for more than 10 years, so I assumed we’d go with Microsoft Exchange and Outlook clients. Then I thought about our overtaxed IT staff of five, and what would be required from them to set up and run Exchange. We would need to purchase, configure, integrate, manage and maintain many hardware and software components. We would also have to worry about our 50 mobile users and managing client software for their devices, too. I was also thinking about the cost for all of the required hardware and software. It would be a significant investment.
Then we started looking at Google Apps. The move to a cloud computing model really made sense for us because we wouldn’t have to worry about mail servers, updates to the software, backups, softwarerollouts to desktops or mobile users, and constant maintenance. Google Apps’ features met our requirements and provided 50-85% in cost savings to maintaining our old system or moving to Microsoft Exchange – either on-premise or hosted. With Google Apps, we got a complete messaging solution with anti-spam protection, disaster recovery and a 99.9%uptime SLA built-in. We also got features for collaboration that came as an extra bonus to email – and we're now looking at different ways to use Google Sites and Google Docs to improve our collaboration, internally and with customers. But probably the feature that our employees love the most is chat, including video chat, which is fully integrated and included in the suite of apps.
You can learn a bit more about our experience on this YouTube video:
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Duralee recently chose Google Apps as their email platform, and Kelly – who led this decision – will share his findings in a livewebcast, 'Choosing Google Apps over Microsoft Exchange.' Please join us for this event on Thursday, August 20, 2009, 2:00 p.m. EDT / 11:00 a.m. PDT / 6:00 p.m. GMT.
When I joined Duralee as CIO in October 2007, I knew it was time to switch out our aging messaging infrastructure. With 400 employees – and growing fast – our existing infrastructure was buckling under the pressure. We were experiencing delays in email and spent too much time administering the server and dealing with crashes.
I had been a Microsoft Exchange user and administrator for more than 10 years, so I assumed we’d go with Microsoft Exchange and Outlook clients. Then I thought about our overtaxed IT staff of five, and what would be required from them to set up and run Exchange. We would need to purchase, configure, integrate, manage and maintain many hardware and software components. We would also have to worry about our 50 mobile users and managing client software for their devices, too. I was also thinking about the cost for all of the required hardware and software. It would be a significant investment.
Then we started looking at Google Apps. The move to a cloud computing model really made sense for us because we wouldn’t have to worry about mail servers, updates to the software, backups, softwarerollouts to desktops or mobile users, and constant maintenance. Google Apps’ features met our requirements and provided 50-85% in cost savings to maintaining our old system or moving to Microsoft Exchange – either on-premise or hosted. With Google Apps, we got a complete messaging solution with anti-spam protection, disaster recovery and a 99.9%uptime SLA built-in. We also got features for collaboration that came as an extra bonus to email – and we're now looking at different ways to use Google Sites and Google Docs to improve our collaboration, internally and with customers. But probably the feature that our employees love the most is chat, including video chat, which is fully integrated and included in the suite of apps.
You can learn a bit more about our experience on this YouTube video:
Our migration didn't come without some hiccups. But we selected a few users who had personal Gmail accounts and we included one of the owners of the company in our pilot. He was a power MS-Outlook user and once we saw how easily he adapted to the new platform, we knew we were in good shape. Nearly everyone in the company uses the web interface; indeed many prefer it given the many innovations you get there that you don't get with local clients. And since we've rolled out Google Apps, we've gotten even more for our money than we originally signed up for.
I've been in the spot many of you are in now – making the tough decision on which technology platform to move to. Now that I'm on the other side, I'm happy to share my experiences with Google Apps with you. Please join me for a conversation about what I learned in choosing, and deploying Google Apps.
Choosing Google Apps over Microsoft Exchange
Thursday, August 20, 2009
2:00 p.m. EDT / 11:00 a.m. PDT / 6:00 p.m. GMT
Choosing Google Apps over Microsoft Exchange
Thursday, August 20, 2009
2:00 p.m. EDT / 11:00 a.m. PDT / 6:00 p.m. GMT
– Bill Kelly, CIO, Duralee Fabrics
Posted by Serena Satyasai, Google Apps team
Find customer stories and product information on our resource sites for current users of Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Notes/Domino.
posted by Jonathan @ 1:08 PM
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Tweety Sample Improved with OAuth Support
Tweety Sample Improved with OAuth Support: "
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Many of you may have seen Tweety (tweety-wave@appspot.com) in action through either trying out the robot yourself or watching the Google Wave developer preview from Google I/O. The robot signs into your Twitter account and lets you fetch your Twitter timeline and post tweets from Google Wave. However, because Tweety was built as a quick demo for Google I/O, its initial authentication scheme involved passing a user's username and password in plain-text around Wave, which offered very little security.
We put together an OAuth library to extend the Java Robot API that allows for secure authentication using 3-legged OAuth. (See oauth.net for a detailed explanation of the authorization flow). Users log in directly to a service provider and are given an access token, which is stored in the Google App Engine datastore. We also changed Tweety to use OAuth.
The OAuth library is open source and packaged with the Java Robot API, so feel free to use it for your own robots!
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posted by Jonathan @ 1:07 PM
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Sharing with Google Groups
Sharing with Google Groups: "As more and more businesses and organizations 'go Google,' we find that many of the features we develop based on feedback from large enterprises end up benefiting all of our users. We recently rolled out improvements to the way Google Groups interacts with several of our applications. Now, sharing calendars, sites and documents with multiple people is easy — instead of adding people one at a time, you can simply share with an entire Google Group.
As an example, imagine you're organizing a local intramural softball team tournament. You use Google Docs to keep track of the rosters for each team as well as each team's performance.
You want all the players, but only the players, to have editing access. You already have a Google Group set up with the tournament participants, so you simply share the spreadsheet with the group itself, granting the group members permission to edit.
Now, when people join or leave the Google Group, they will automatically gain or lose editing access to the spreadsheet. It's that easy.
This was a feature that people wanted to 'just work' — and now it does. Go ahead and try it out with your sites, calendars and documents!
Posted by Jeffrey Chang, Associate Product Manager, Google Groups
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As an example, imagine you're organizing a local intramural softball team tournament. You use Google Docs to keep track of the rosters for each team as well as each team's performance.
You want all the players, but only the players, to have editing access. You already have a Google Group set up with the tournament participants, so you simply share the spreadsheet with the group itself, granting the group members permission to edit.
Now, when people join or leave the Google Group, they will automatically gain or lose editing access to the spreadsheet. It's that easy.
This was a feature that people wanted to 'just work' — and now it does. Go ahead and try it out with your sites, calendars and documents!
Posted by Jeffrey Chang, Associate Product Manager, Google Groups
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posted by Jonathan @ 1:05 PM
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A new website for the rapid sharing of influenza research
A new website for the rapid sharing of influenza research: "[From time to time we invite guests to blog about initiatives of interest, and we are very pleased to have Harold Varmus join us here. Harold is the Chairman and Co-Founder of the Public Library of Science, a non-profit publisher of open access journals committed to making scientific and medical research literature a freely accessible public resource. This announcement is also posted on the Public Library of Science website. – Ed.]
The successful development of open access publishing by organizations including the Public Library of Science (PLoS) in recent years is a dramatic illustration of how the Internet is revolutionizing scientific communication. Today, after several months of work, I’m delighted to announce that PLoS is launching PLoS Currents (Beta) — a new and experimental website for the rapid communication of research results and ideas. In response to the recent worldwide H1N1 influenza outbreak, the first PLoS Currents research theme is influenza.
PLoS Currents: Influenza, which we are launching today, is built on three key components: a small expert research community that PLoS is working with to run the website; Google Knol with new features that allow content to be gathered together in collections after being vetted by expert moderators; and a new, independent database at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) called Rapid Research Notes, where research targeted for rapid communication, such as the content in PLoS Currents: Influenza will be freely and permanently accessible. To ensure that researchers are properly credited for their work, PLoS Currents content will also be given a unique identifier by the NCBI so that it is citable.
PLoS Currents: Influenza welcomes contributions covering any and all aspects of research into influenza: influenza virology, genetics, immunity, structural biology, genomics, epidemiology, modeling, evolution, policy and control. Contributions might take the form of new datasets, preliminary analyses or entire manuscripts. The launch site already features new findings from some outstanding influenza researchers.
To enable contributions to PLoS Currents: Influenza to be shared as rapidly as possible, they will not be subject to in-depth peer review; however, unsuitable submissions will be screened out by a board of expert moderators led by Eddie Holmes (Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, Pennsylvania State University) and Peter Palese (Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine).
The key goal of PLoS Currents is to accelerate scientific discovery by allowing researchers to share their latest findings and ideas immediately with the world’s scientific and medical communities. Google Knol’s features for community interaction, comment and discussion will enable commentary and conversations to develop around these findings. Given that the contributions to PLoS Currents are not peer-reviewed in detail, however, the results and conclusions must be regarded as preliminary. In time, it is therefore likely that PLoS Currents contributors will submit their work for publication in a formal journal, and the PLoS Journals will welcome these submissions.
PLoS Currents: Influenza is an experiment and a prototype for further PLoS Currents sites. It reflects our commitment to using online tools to the fullest extent possible for the open sharing of research results. As with any new project, we will be listening carefully to the reactions within and beyond the scientific and medical communities and welcoming suggestions for improvements.
Posted by Harold Varmus, Chairman and Co-Founder, Public Library of Science
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The successful development of open access publishing by organizations including the Public Library of Science (PLoS) in recent years is a dramatic illustration of how the Internet is revolutionizing scientific communication. Today, after several months of work, I’m delighted to announce that PLoS is launching PLoS Currents (Beta) — a new and experimental website for the rapid communication of research results and ideas. In response to the recent worldwide H1N1 influenza outbreak, the first PLoS Currents research theme is influenza.
PLoS Currents: Influenza, which we are launching today, is built on three key components: a small expert research community that PLoS is working with to run the website; Google Knol with new features that allow content to be gathered together in collections after being vetted by expert moderators; and a new, independent database at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) called Rapid Research Notes, where research targeted for rapid communication, such as the content in PLoS Currents: Influenza will be freely and permanently accessible. To ensure that researchers are properly credited for their work, PLoS Currents content will also be given a unique identifier by the NCBI so that it is citable.
PLoS Currents: Influenza welcomes contributions covering any and all aspects of research into influenza: influenza virology, genetics, immunity, structural biology, genomics, epidemiology, modeling, evolution, policy and control. Contributions might take the form of new datasets, preliminary analyses or entire manuscripts. The launch site already features new findings from some outstanding influenza researchers.
To enable contributions to PLoS Currents: Influenza to be shared as rapidly as possible, they will not be subject to in-depth peer review; however, unsuitable submissions will be screened out by a board of expert moderators led by Eddie Holmes (Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, Pennsylvania State University) and Peter Palese (Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine).
The key goal of PLoS Currents is to accelerate scientific discovery by allowing researchers to share their latest findings and ideas immediately with the world’s scientific and medical communities. Google Knol’s features for community interaction, comment and discussion will enable commentary and conversations to develop around these findings. Given that the contributions to PLoS Currents are not peer-reviewed in detail, however, the results and conclusions must be regarded as preliminary. In time, it is therefore likely that PLoS Currents contributors will submit their work for publication in a formal journal, and the PLoS Journals will welcome these submissions.
PLoS Currents: Influenza is an experiment and a prototype for further PLoS Currents sites. It reflects our commitment to using online tools to the fullest extent possible for the open sharing of research results. As with any new project, we will be listening carefully to the reactions within and beyond the scientific and medical communities and welcoming suggestions for improvements.
Posted by Harold Varmus, Chairman and Co-Founder, Public Library of Science
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posted by Jonathan @ 1:04 PM
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The Future of News Will Be Social
The Future of News Will Be Social: "Arianna Huffington is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post, a nationally syndicated columnist and author of 12 books. With HuffPost launching a new social news feature today using Facebook Connect, we asked her to share her perspective on the ways social media is shaping the future of news.
Despite all the current hand-wringing about the dire state of newspapers, we are actually in the midst of a Golden Age for news consumers. We can surf the net, use search engines, access the best stories from around the world, and interact by commenting and forming communities.
The days of publishing pooh-bahs dictating to us what's important and what's not are over. We now can get the news we want, when we want it, how we want it and where we want it.
The Web has given us control over the news we consume. Now the explosive growth of online social networking is fundamentally changing our relationship with news as well. It's no longer something we passively take in. We now engage with news, react to news and share news.
News has become an important element of community—something around which we gather, connect and converse. We all are part of the evolution of a story now—expanding it with comments and links to relevant information, adding facts and differing points of view.
In short, the news has become social. And it will become even more community-powered: stories will be collaboratively produced by editors and the community, and conversations, opinion, and reader reactions will be seamlessly integrated into the news experience.
I've always been obsessed with news. As the daughter of a newspaperman, I grew up with the smell of newsprint and the buzz of breaking news. I've also always enjoyed bringing people together from different parts of my life and facilitating interesting conversations. In the past, these have taken place around dinner tables, on group hikes or at book parties. Now, via cyberspace, those conversations have gone global. And they are happening in real time.
One of the reasons we launched The Huffington Post was to enhance and facilitate those conversations. While our goal was to create a one-stop spot for news and opinion with an attitude, community has always been a key element of the site.
The launch of HuffPost Social News today brings together my two loves: nonstop news and the passionate discussion of the news with my friends.
Using Facebook Connect, HuffPost Social News weaves the news and opinion of HuffPost with the social capabilities of Facebook. It connects HuffPost users to their Facebook friends, the news they are reading, and the stories they are commenting on.
Want to know what your friends are reading? Check out their Facebook-powered stream on HuffPost and the personalized Social News widget that appears as you navigate the site. Want to see your friends' comments above the thousands of strangers commenting on a story? Log in to HuffPost Social News using Facebook Connect and that happens automatically.
HuffPost Social News also taps into another big trend I see emerging in news: personalization. People connect to each other using their real identities and have real conversations.
HuffPost Social News is just one early piece of the social transformation of the news industry. We will be adding more social features and personalization in the coming months, and I expect to see news organizations around the world doing the same. The news is simply more interesting and engaging when we experience it with friends.
Arianna hopes you'll sign up and join the conversation about news."
Despite all the current hand-wringing about the dire state of newspapers, we are actually in the midst of a Golden Age for news consumers. We can surf the net, use search engines, access the best stories from around the world, and interact by commenting and forming communities.
The days of publishing pooh-bahs dictating to us what's important and what's not are over. We now can get the news we want, when we want it, how we want it and where we want it.
The Web has given us control over the news we consume. Now the explosive growth of online social networking is fundamentally changing our relationship with news as well. It's no longer something we passively take in. We now engage with news, react to news and share news.
News has become an important element of community—something around which we gather, connect and converse. We all are part of the evolution of a story now—expanding it with comments and links to relevant information, adding facts and differing points of view.
In short, the news has become social. And it will become even more community-powered: stories will be collaboratively produced by editors and the community, and conversations, opinion, and reader reactions will be seamlessly integrated into the news experience.
I've always been obsessed with news. As the daughter of a newspaperman, I grew up with the smell of newsprint and the buzz of breaking news. I've also always enjoyed bringing people together from different parts of my life and facilitating interesting conversations. In the past, these have taken place around dinner tables, on group hikes or at book parties. Now, via cyberspace, those conversations have gone global. And they are happening in real time.
One of the reasons we launched The Huffington Post was to enhance and facilitate those conversations. While our goal was to create a one-stop spot for news and opinion with an attitude, community has always been a key element of the site.
The launch of HuffPost Social News today brings together my two loves: nonstop news and the passionate discussion of the news with my friends.
Using Facebook Connect, HuffPost Social News weaves the news and opinion of HuffPost with the social capabilities of Facebook. It connects HuffPost users to their Facebook friends, the news they are reading, and the stories they are commenting on.
Want to know what your friends are reading? Check out their Facebook-powered stream on HuffPost and the personalized Social News widget that appears as you navigate the site. Want to see your friends' comments above the thousands of strangers commenting on a story? Log in to HuffPost Social News using Facebook Connect and that happens automatically.
HuffPost Social News also taps into another big trend I see emerging in news: personalization. People connect to each other using their real identities and have real conversations.
HuffPost Social News is just one early piece of the social transformation of the news industry. We will be adding more social features and personalization in the coming months, and I expect to see news organizations around the world doing the same. The news is simply more interesting and engaging when we experience it with friends.
Arianna hopes you'll sign up and join the conversation about news."
posted by Jonathan @ 1:03 PM
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Chandra Turns 10
Chandra Turns 10: "Astronomers are celebrating 10 years of discovery by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. Today's story highlights some of Chandra's most surprising, violent and beautiful images of the high-energy Universe."
posted by Jonathan @ 12:30 PM
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Monday, August 17, 2009
Llamando a los nazis ortográficos
Llamando a los nazis ortográficos: "
¿Se acuerdan del Programa de Reinserción de Acentos en la Vía Pública? Era un blog mexicano que ponían las tildes allí donde faltaran. Aquí le hicimos mucha fiesta y, por suerte, Lorena Flag asumió la cruzada de los nazis ortográficos y creó la versión peruana: Acentos Perdidos en Perú.
Lorena ha estado muy, muy activa y su esfuerzo ha sido reconocido por el diario El Mundo de España, que la ha incluido en una nota muy elogiosa sobre la iniciativa Acentos Perdidos, que se ha extendido también a Argentina.
Pues eso. Todos los nazis ortográficos que quieran desfacer entuertos pueden contactar con Lorena en su blog o inscribirse al grupo de Facebook. AVISEN!!! Cuándo esten las fotos…
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posted by Jonathan @ 2:36 PM
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Sunday, August 16, 2009
Prototyping a Drupal Module for Google Wave
Prototyping a Drupal Module for Google Wave: "Even before getting my invite to the Google Wave developer preview, I had started brainstorming new and interesting things I could contribute. One of the other things I wanted to try was embedding a wave into my Drupal site, since Blogger integration had already been demonstrated and I see a lot of potential in the combination of blogs and wave.
For the Drupal module, I began with their generic 6.x module tutorial . Since all I needed was to add a few pieces of javascript, it wasn't hard to do. I used the
At this point I was able to load a specific wave into the div, but had to specify the waveid in the module itself, because it was included in the header of the page. Considering this to be inelegant, I recalled some of my experiences with jQuery, and how it could pull contents from a div element given that it had a known id. I used the results of calling jQuery's
A wave can be embedded into any page by downloading, extracting, installing, and enabling the Google Wave Drupal Module.
Afterwards, add this content to any page and the wave will be embedded after the page loads:
Several features would make the Embed API even more compelling, like the ability to embed Waves that anyone can read (regardless of whether they have a Wave account), and the ability to specify an alternative wave for visitors who don't have permission to view the embedded Wave.
As the Google Wave APIs continue to expand, even more robust modules can be written to take advantage of Google Wave's unique features. One such idea would be a robot for Drupal that acts in much the same way as Bloggy: publishing waves as pages to a Drupal instance, and allowing the management of a site's contents primarily through wave.
One of the things I find most exciting about Wave is that it comes in a time when so many services online are available through SOAP/REST/XMLRPC interfaces, and budding developers like me can theoretically integrate all of these services with Wave. Along those lines, I've been working on a robot that integrates Trac (issue tracking) and I'm also looking to write a module to embed waves into Elgg, since both of those are heavily used for my graduate project, Beaversource.
I hope that other users will find my Wave modules as useful as I have, and other developers will be inspired to integrate Wave into their own systems.
Posted by Eric Betts, Community Developer
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For the Drupal module, I began with their generic 6.x module tutorial . Since all I needed was to add a few pieces of javascript, it wasn't hard to do. I used the
drupal_set_html_head() function to include the embed.js file, then used the drupal_add_js() function for the chunk of javascript specific to loading the wave into a container div. At this point I was able to load a specific wave into the div, but had to specify the waveid in the module itself, because it was included in the header of the page. Considering this to be inelegant, I recalled some of my experiences with jQuery, and how it could pull contents from a div element given that it had a known id. I used the results of calling jQuery's
.html() function on the DIV as the parameter to wave.loadWave() to provide it with the Wave ID. This appealed to me as a more elegant solution since I could specify the waveid in the contents of the page and put different waves on each page.A wave can be embedded into any page by downloading, extracting, installing, and enabling the Google Wave Drupal Module.
Afterwards, add this content to any page and the wave will be embedded after the page loads:
<div id="wave" style="width: 560px; height: 420px">This module was written in a couple days, so there is still plenty of room for improvement on it. One feature it lacks is the ability to change the font color/size and other options set using the
wavesandbox.com!waveid
</div>
wave.SetUIConfig() method. Although I'm proud of having written this module, it is by no means the only module out there for Drupal integration. Another module using a different technique, but with configuration options for things like font size and color, is available at http://drupal.org/node/530526.Several features would make the Embed API even more compelling, like the ability to embed Waves that anyone can read (regardless of whether they have a Wave account), and the ability to specify an alternative wave for visitors who don't have permission to view the embedded Wave.
As the Google Wave APIs continue to expand, even more robust modules can be written to take advantage of Google Wave's unique features. One such idea would be a robot for Drupal that acts in much the same way as Bloggy: publishing waves as pages to a Drupal instance, and allowing the management of a site's contents primarily through wave.
One of the things I find most exciting about Wave is that it comes in a time when so many services online are available through SOAP/REST/XMLRPC interfaces, and budding developers like me can theoretically integrate all of these services with Wave. Along those lines, I've been working on a robot that integrates Trac (issue tracking) and I'm also looking to write a module to embed waves into Elgg, since both of those are heavily used for my graduate project, Beaversource.
I hope that other users will find my Wave modules as useful as I have, and other developers will be inspired to integrate Wave into their own systems.
Posted by Eric Betts, Community Developer
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posted by Jonathan @ 1:31 PM
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Prototyping a Drupal Module for Google Wave
Prototyping a Drupal Module for Google Wave: "Even before getting my invite to the Google Wave developer preview, I had started brainstorming new and interesting things I could contribute. One of the other things I wanted to try was embedding a wave into my Drupal site, since Blogger integration had already been demonstrated and I see a lot of potential in the combination of blogs and wave.
For the Drupal module, I began with their generic 6.x module tutorial . Since all I needed was to add a few pieces of javascript, it wasn't hard to do. I used the
At this point I was able to load a specific wave into the div, but had to specify the waveid in the module itself, because it was included in the header of the page. Considering this to be inelegant, I recalled some of my experiences with jQuery, and how it could pull contents from a div element given that it had a known id. I used the results of calling jQuery's
A wave can be embedded into any page by downloading, extracting, installing, and enabling the Google Wave Drupal Module.
Afterwards, add this content to any page and the wave will be embedded after the page loads:
Several features would make the Embed API even more compelling, like the ability to embed Waves that anyone can read (regardless of whether they have a Wave account), and the ability to specify an alternative wave for visitors who don't have permission to view the embedded Wave.
As the Google Wave APIs continue to expand, even more robust modules can be written to take advantage of Google Wave's unique features. One such idea would be a robot for Drupal that acts in much the same way as Bloggy: publishing waves as pages to a Drupal instance, and allowing the management of a site's contents primarily through wave.
One of the things I find most exciting about Wave is that it comes in a time when so many services online are available through SOAP/REST/XMLRPC interfaces, and budding developers like me can theoretically integrate all of these services with Wave. Along those lines, I've been working on a robot that integrates Trac (issue tracking) and I'm also looking to write a module to embed waves into Elgg, since both of those are heavily used for my graduate project, Beaversource.
I hope that other users will find my Wave modules as useful as I have, and other developers will be inspired to integrate Wave into their own systems.
Posted by Eric Betts, Community Developer"
For the Drupal module, I began with their generic 6.x module tutorial . Since all I needed was to add a few pieces of javascript, it wasn't hard to do. I used the
drupal_set_html_head() function to include the embed.js file, then used the drupal_add_js() function for the chunk of javascript specific to loading the wave into a container div. At this point I was able to load a specific wave into the div, but had to specify the waveid in the module itself, because it was included in the header of the page. Considering this to be inelegant, I recalled some of my experiences with jQuery, and how it could pull contents from a div element given that it had a known id. I used the results of calling jQuery's
.html() function on the DIV as the parameter to wave.loadWave() to provide it with the Wave ID. This appealed to me as a more elegant solution since I could specify the waveid in the contents of the page and put different waves on each page.A wave can be embedded into any page by downloading, extracting, installing, and enabling the Google Wave Drupal Module.
Afterwards, add this content to any page and the wave will be embedded after the page loads:
<div id="wave" style="width: 560px; height: 420px">This module was written in a couple days, so there is still plenty of room for improvement on it. One feature it lacks is the ability to change the font color/size and other options set using the
wavesandbox.com!waveid
</div>
wave.SetUIConfig() method. Although I'm proud of having written this module, it is by no means the only module out there for Drupal integration. Another module using a different technique, but with configuration options for things like font size and color, is available at http://drupal.org/node/530526.Several features would make the Embed API even more compelling, like the ability to embed Waves that anyone can read (regardless of whether they have a Wave account), and the ability to specify an alternative wave for visitors who don't have permission to view the embedded Wave.
As the Google Wave APIs continue to expand, even more robust modules can be written to take advantage of Google Wave's unique features. One such idea would be a robot for Drupal that acts in much the same way as Bloggy: publishing waves as pages to a Drupal instance, and allowing the management of a site's contents primarily through wave.
One of the things I find most exciting about Wave is that it comes in a time when so many services online are available through SOAP/REST/XMLRPC interfaces, and budding developers like me can theoretically integrate all of these services with Wave. Along those lines, I've been working on a robot that integrates Trac (issue tracking) and I'm also looking to write a module to embed waves into Elgg, since both of those are heavily used for my graduate project, Beaversource.
I hope that other users will find my Wave modules as useful as I have, and other developers will be inspired to integrate Wave into their own systems.
Posted by Eric Betts, Community Developer
"
posted by Jonathan @ 1:31 PM
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