31
Jan
2010
Bookmarked 01/31/2010
PocketSmith - Better budgeting with a calendar.
PocketSmith is a web-based calendar that forecasts your future cash position.
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24
Jan
2010
Bookmarked 01/24/2010
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22
Jan
2010
Bookmarked 01/22/2010
E-Commerce News: Governance & Compliance: End-to-End Encryption: Beyond PCI Compliance
“However, complying with PCI DSS should not be considered a silver bullet for protecting information and battling fraud. Consider that many of the companies victimized by data breaches in the past several years were, in fact, found to be PCI-compliant prior to the breach. As fraudsters become more sophisticated and develop tactics for identifying and exploiting a given system’s vulnerabilities, it is important that organizations across all industries realize that comprehensive data protection requires technologies and processes that extend beyond the basic requirements outlined by PCI DSS.”
The Charles Lamb: Traditional Pub Local Pub London Public House Islington
“Welcome to The Charles Lamb Pub & Kitchen - a traditional friendly local pub. As a Free House we carry a good selection of Real Ales, Lagers and top shelf spirits. Our expanding wine list is a good representation of our taste in Old World Wines ~ and is also available off sale! We also offer an ever changing blackboard menu of traditional French and English dishes ~ mostly under £12. Sunday Roast every week ~ £12. Why not add a bloody good Bloody Mary - £4.”
“Hello and welcome to this the website for The Gowlett pub. We are a cracking local pub in Peckham, South London, always welcoming and always friendly. So we thought we should have a website to tell everyone what we’ve got going on and why they should come down and visit us… And as you sat by the computer, why not check out one of our latest online reviews - http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/pubsandbars/the-gowlett-review-17319.html Anyway, have a look around our site to get a taste of the flavours we offer, then find yourself some free time and come down to meet us… Children are welcome, with adults, until 9pm… Or perhaps if you need to bring work with you, then grab your laptop, come down and use or free wireless connection”
“The Telegraph has been reborn. A historic site, which now offers a contempory and stylish setting within a traditional country pub. In the heart of Putney Heath, The Telegraph offers classic food, a wonderful wine list and great British ales. There is food all day on Friday, Saturday and Sundays. We are open all day everyday from Midday till 11pm with varying hours for special events. We have a curry night on Thursdays, film club Mondays and cycling club Saturdays. “
“For casual dining, or just for drinks, we have open spaces and comfortable seats that lend themselves to all types of group bookings. Reserve an area with the kids in our conservatory, or for adults only in the front.”
“London can at times feel like an unfriendly place if you happen to own a dog. Our guide to London pubs where dogs are welcome will enable your dog to remain your best friend. After all, there’s sacrifice and then there’s your social life. So grab the lead, take your mutt for a walk and then stop off at one of these London pubs where dogs are welcome.”
“The Old Neptune, Marine Terrace, Whitstable, Kent. There is always a warm welcome for those looking for a pint of beer, a glass of wine or, on colder days, a warm drink after a bracing walk along the beach. You can also enjoy live music Friday, Saturday and Sunday. These and other special events are listed on the Music and Events page above.”
Kings Head Deal B&B Bed and Breakfast and Channel Guest House Deal accommodation
“Overlooking the sea and only a quick stroll from the town centre of Deal in Kent (map) the King’s Head B&B & Channel View Guest House offer a unique opportunity for comfortable and affordable accommodation (tariff). You will be staying in a traditional English seaside inn, enjoying a high standard of bar food and locally brewed beers.”
Grange - Ealing Pub, Pub in Ealing, Bar in Ealing, Bar in W5
“Welcome to The Grange A beautiful, old Victorian building overlooking Ealing Common sets the scene for one of the best pubs in Ealing.”
B & B Sandwich, B&B Sandwich, Bed and Breakfast Sandwich - St Crispin Inn
“The St Crispin Inn is a 15th century traditional pub which also offers quiet en suite B&B accommodation with free WiFi internet access. It is located in the small country village of Word in Worth, only a mile or so from the mediaeval cinque port of Sandwich, in an area that was notorious for smugglers, who were known to frequent the Inn.”
The Green Man is a friendly, family run pub located in the picturesque hamlet of Hodsoll Street on the North Downs in beautiful Kent countryside. Your hosts are David, Jean and John Haywood and they lead a team of talented people who are there to ensure everyone has a great time. The extensive menu is prepared fresh to order from the finest ingredients and has something to suit all tastes. The cask ales and lagers are well kept and fine wines and spirits are available for those who do not enjoy a good pint. The Green Man features a large garden to the rear of the building with ample car parking making it an ideal watering hole during your tour of Kent whether it be a simple visit to the country, a shopping trip to Bluewater, a sporting occasion at Brands Hatch or on route to France via Eurostar or the Kent ports.
THE DOVE INN, DARGATE : Shepherd Neame
“Super pub, superb food! The Dove is the only pub in the village of Dargate, which is just off the A299 between Faversham and Whitstable. Telephone: 01227-751360 The Dove is a quaint Victorian country public house with scrubbed pine floors and tables. Wonderful large formal garden - complete with dovecote and doves..”
The Greyhound - Home - Charcott, Chiddingston
“The Greyhound is situated in the hamlet of Charcott near Chiddingstone Causeway and is a traditional country pub with a large beer garden and open log fires. We offer fine cask conditioned beer, a selection of affordable wines, freshly home-cooked food and a relaxing atmosphere for people who like to meet, talk, eat and drink.” For bookings please phone 01892 870275
Pub in Knockholt Kent – The Three Horseshoes
The Three Horseshoes Pub in Knockholt Kent is the ideal pub for good food, beer, fine wines and live music. Our pub regularly hosts classic car rallies and live music. If you want a family pub or restaurant in Knockholt, Kent why not come and see us.
The Marine Tankerton near Whitstable Kent UK
“The Marine Hotel, which sits on the Tankerton cliffs overlooking the Thames Estuary, is a popular, friendly ‘local’ for its regular customers as well as a top class hotel for visitors - “
“The Mundy Bois combines the warmth of a traditional Kentish country freehouse with a first-class restaurant. Situated off the beaten track between the villages of Pluckley, Egerton and Smarden, The Mundy Bois lies in farmland in the heart of the Weald of Kent—‘Darling Buds of May’ country. Our blackboard menus change daily, and offer both gastro dining and traditional bar meals. We are committed to freshly prepared food using local produce. Our fish is selected by our chef direct from the market. Our meat and poultry is sourced from local farms. On Sundays, we feature a traditional roast lunch with a choice of meats and poultry. In the Village Bar you will find a range of real ales, lagers and quality wines by the glass. The patio and the garden offer al fresco eating. And for the kids, there is an adventure playground. Or you can enjoy a game of pool in the games room.”
The Home of Dog Friendly Holiday Accommodation - Dogs Invited. Pets welcome.
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20
Jan
2010
Bookmarked 01/20/2010
Analyze HTML Elements & Microformats w/ Semantic Checker | Search Engine Journal
“Semantic Checker is a new and still experimental Firefox addon (download it here) highlighting semantic elements in the web page you are currently viewing. The tool should be used for on-page analysis as well for educational purposes (to see which sites are introducing new HTML elements and microformats, for example). “
SenseBot and other products by Semantic Engines
SenseBot (Beta) is a semantic search engine that generates a text summary of multiple Web pages on the topic of your search query. It uses text mining and multidocument summarization to extract sense from Web pages and present it to the user in a coherent manner. A “Semantic Cloud” of concepts is displayed above the summary, allowing to steer the focus of the results. Online service, installable product, SAAS, API etc.
Location-aware search with Apache Lucene and Solr
Recently, however, the popular open source search library, Apache Lucene, and the powerful Lucene-powered search server, Apache Solr, have added spatial capabilities. Lucene and Solr committer Grant Ingersoll walks you through the basics of spatial search and shows you how to leverage its capabilities to power your next location-aware application. If you are interested in building out a more significant GIS application, you will need to add much more sophisticated capabilities for route finding, shape intersection, and a great deal more. But if you need to build out a solid search application that combines the structure of point-based locations with unstructured text, then look no further than Lucene and Solr.
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18
Jan
2010
Bookmarked 01/18/2010
451 CAOS Theory » A capitalist’s guide to open source licensing
The truth is, however, that for vendor-initiated open source projects it is hard to build a true collaborative community. This is true of the vendor is generating revenue directly from the project in the form of support/subscriptions, but especially so if the vendor in question elects to exert copyright control in order to generate revenue directly from that open source project via dual or open-core licensing strategies.
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16
Jan
2010
Games Addict: Bargains noticed in the sales (updated)
I know I have too many unplayed games (and havent even updated the embarrassing list with what I bought the last few months…) but it will be hard to resist to get my hands on games that were on my watchlist they get below £10! I need help :D
This weekend only: Company of Heroes Gold £7.49 Impulse (bought)
 | Company of Heroes: Gold Edition |
This weekend only: Sins of a Solar Empire £10.49 Impulse (already own it)
This weekend only: Mr. Robot £6.49 Impulse (looks like a fun indie)
Still going:
Planescape Torment, £9.73 thehut (own the original)
Borderlands, £12.73 , TheHut (not going to resist much longer but resisting as I have yet to even install all my recent purchases)
Demigod, £7.98, Gameplay (bought)
Warhammer Online, £5.98, GAME (I already own it)
Champions Online £9.98 GAME
Silent Hunter IV Wolves of the Pacific $14.99 Steam (bought when it was 9.99)
Red Faction Guerilla, £7.98, Gameplay (compare to $19.99 in the Steam Sale) (tempted…)
Fallout 3, £6.98, Gameplay (bought)
World of Warcraft - Battlechest, £6.98, Gameplay (cheaper than a 30 day sub)
Assassins Creed Directors Cut $9.99 Steam
Defense Grid, $2.49, Steam (now 6.99) (bought)
S.T.A.L.K.E.R $1.99 Steam
Mirror’s Edge $4.98 Steam
Fahrenheit / Indigo Prophecy $3.40 Steam
Steam has a huge sale but most titles in it that I checked are cheaper elsewhere, so do check unless you like the steam friends connection - I listed some of the bargains below. Impulse has a sale on older titles, I picked up a few action titles (for example the shadowgrounds set) and Fallen Earth at a bargain price (gone up a little again, but still half RRP), Eve Online is $9.99 as well. Torchlight seems $9.99 everywhere
I managed to buy Fallen Earth twice during the sale, that’s how bad I was!
Gog.com had 30 to 45% off on most of their catalogue - at $3.89 I bought some I already own on original CDs for the convenience of the configuration for Vista/Windows 7 compatibility. Games include: All Might&Magic & HOMM, the Descent series, Ground Control Series, Earth 21.. series, Hostile Waters (a firm favorite of mine), Sacrifice (another favorite), Spellforce (another favorite), Disciples 2 (cheaper than the Steam sale), Giants, tons more . And yes, I bought a few I already own, just for the ease of playing them again, and the soundtrack and other extras.
These are of course biased to games I noted in the past, plenty more bargains out there. Let me know if you find better ones!
16
Jan
2010
Bookmarked 01/16/2010
HowTo: Launch a terminal app from a shortcut on Nokia N900 | The Maemo
On the N900, it is possible to run a terminal program like ‘top’ directly from the Desktop/Shortcut
A Guide to Maemo Extras for More Nokia N900 Applications
An easy way to browse and install applications from ‘Extras’ is by going to downloads.maemo.org from the Nokia N900’s web browser. You can install the apps by simply clicking on the green arrows. You should also enable the repository in Application manager so that the N900 receives update notifications for the apps. The Extras repository is supposed to be pre-configured in the Nokia N900 but is disabled by default.
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