links for 2007-05-18

• MITPressLog: Wednesday Blog Watch: Colophonics
  via http://blog.brentfitzgerald.com/2007/05/14/european-union-barcode/
  How many MIT Press colophons can you find on this page? The word colophon, in publishing, can be used to describe a publisher’s logo. The MIT Press colophon (shown here on the left)
  (tags: logo mit design via colophon)
• Pylons Python Web Framework
  (tags: python framework mvc minimal via joshua wsgi)
• Well-formed data » Tag maps update
  (tags: tags visualization del.icio.us tagcloud via joshua)
• Blackbirds.net
  “sr71 and u2 histories”
  (tags: u2 sr71 blackbird aero history via joshua jet)
• workbook2007.pdf (application/pdf Object)
  “Domas Mituzas (who works for MySQL AB and works with Wikipedia) has published a workbook (pdf) about about the design and architecture of Wikipedia.”
  (tags: wikipedia how scale mysql lucene search lamp architecture php via joshua pdf)
• mult.ifario.us : mult.ifario.us – tag haskell
  (tags: application atom fp haskell via joshua)
• Historic Rail – train models, books, videos, DVDs and more.
  These guys sent me a paper catalog (presumably as a result of my subscription to Trains magazine) which I like quite a bit.
  (tags: railroad catalog rail model good mynote train video vhs dvd)
• YouTube – Anita O’day – Sweet Georgia Brown & Tea For Two
  “Anita O’day at Newport Jazz Festival (1958). Having some trouble with the stairs, but making a Legendary performance! “
  (tags: saved video jazz newport cool wonderful 1958)
• YouTube – Broadcast Yourself. – Search for newport jazz 1958
  One of my favorite DVDs
  (tags: video newport jazz music wonderful good 1958)
• Marshall Arts
  Joe Marshall
  (tags: local swh maine art swhpl paper card)
• Innovation-Z
  I use this to practice samba rhythms. It works well!
  “RhythmPro lets you create and play your own custom drum patterns with real digitized drum sounds on a Palm handheld. Or it can also be used as a versatile and extremely accurate metronome. You can cre
  (tags: good music samba drum palm palmos pda)
• Penobscot Cleaning Services
  “The Vortex System
  With Magic Mist Steam Cleaning
  More Info

  Read recent
  technical
  articles from
  Cleanfax, one
  of our favorite
  magazines!”

  (tags: local maine cleaning service home house)
• Pushbutton Calling with a Two-Group Voice-Frequency Code – The Bell system technical journal [0005-8580] Schenker yr:1960 vol:39 iss:1 pg:235 -255
  This 1960 article sets out the why and how of Dual-Tone Multi-Frequency (DTMF – Touch-Tone) in band audio signaling. It has become one of the most widespread sounds of contemporary planet earth.
  (tags: dtmf touchtone touch tone openurl how why citation classic modulation audio phone telephone mynote dsp signal electronics circuit bell att 1960 word doc)
• Ethernet: Distributed Packet Switching for Local Computer Networks – Robert M. Metcalfe and David R. Boggs – Xerox Palo Alto Research Center
  “Reprinted from Communications of the ACM, Vol. 19, No. 5, July 1976 pp. 395 – 404 Copyright © 1976, Association for Computing Machinery Inc.”
  (tags: ethernet classic network how why parc acm cacm 1976)
• Seeds of Solidarity Education Center, Inc. & Seeds of Solidarity Farm
  “Grow Food Everywhere”
  “Cultivating Hope, Educating for Change”
  “a nonprofit
  organization that provides people of all ages with the inspiration
  and practical tools to use renewable energy and grow food
  in their communities.

  The organization is bas

  (tags: deb orange ma massachusetts farm farming food energy activism garlic festival education solidarity)
• The Burying Grounds at Islesford, Maine 04646 – Copyright © 2000 Hugh L. Dwelley
  Compare to Calico Bush
  “Islesford’s first permanent settler, John Standley (11/19/1735 – 5/7/1793), is buried near where he is thought to have lived on Maypole Point. His wife, Marguerite (LaCraw) [aka LaCroix –BK] Standley, may or may not be buried wit
  (tags: local maine islesford history france 1700s cemetary cranberry island book maypole)
• Amazon.com: Calico Bush: Books: Rachel Field,Allen Lewis
  “In 1743, thirteen-year-old Marguerite Ledoux travels to Maine as the indentured servant of a family that regards her as little better than the Indians that threaten them, but her strength, quick thinking and courage surprise them all. –This text refers
  (tags: good favorite readaloud book maine local 1700s salem history searchinside france indian downeast swhpl)
• Animusic – Home Page
  (tags: music 3d animation dvd via pbs)