links for 2008-12-15

  • Maps are a great way to present information, and the Google Maps Extension brings the coolness of interactive, annotated maps to your wiki. With Google Maps Extension, you can:

    * Spice up articles with maps of anywhere in the world
    * Marvel at detailed street maps and stunning satellite imagery
    * Use the interactive editor's map to add markers and colored paths with wiki-fied captions
    * Look up cities, addresses, and businesses with the built-in search engine

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links for 2008-12-12

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links for 2008-12-10

  • Once deemed as a subversive act by many detractors, graffiti has evolved into a popular art form that’s gained wide recognition in international galleries and influenced marketing campaigns, graphic designers, and the fashion industry. And while London has replaced New York at the forefront of street art, Williamsburg has remained a fertile ground for experimental graffiti.
  • This is a helper model that provides access to the FFmpeg application. It provides some basic functionality for developers like file duration, FFmpeg codecs and supported formats. It is intended to help build a community supported interface to FFmpeg instead of having multiple modules reinventing the wheel every time they want to process rich media.
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Extreme Geek: Hodgman re-tweeted me about Dark Crystal




Hodgman Re-tweeted me

Originally uploaded by nathanialfreitas

Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal is one of my favorite films of all time, and the Landstriders are some of the coolest fantasy creatures ever thought up.

When I saw John Hodgman tweeting about it, I had to throw down with a tidbit of inside knowledge…. that Columbia Professor Robbie Barnett, founder of the Modern Tibetan Studies program, actually played and inspired these creatures through his background in the circus.

A random, but cool fact… glad someone found it interesting.