I have a blog at http://donthorp.net, but I wanted a place where I could just slap stuff up and not care as much about the depth or weight of the material.
So that's what you'll get here -- shorter, faster, livelier content that may someday wind it's way back to a full article on the blog.
Me: http://www.dandyid.org/id/donthorp
Titanium: TwitPicClient Testing Help Needed
I'm trying to track down an issue that's been reported on the HTC Hero. This app works fine for me on my G1 with 1.6. It should be compatible with 1.5, 1.6 or 2.0.
If you have another device and would like to try it, the barcode links to a drop.io page. Click download and it will install.
You should be able to post pics using the camera or photo gallery.
The build is using the twitpic in meetup pack and last night's 0.8 of titanium mobile.
If you do test it, please leave a comment with OS Version (1.5, 1.6, or 2.0), Device, and test results.
Thanks!
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Political Humor: Father and Daughter Talk.....
A young woman was about to finish her first year of college. Like so many others her age, she considered herself to be a very liberal Democrat, and among other liberal ideals, was very much in favor of higher taxes to support more government programs, in other words, redistribution of wealth.
She was deeply ashamed that her father was a rather staunch Republican, a feeling she openly expressed. Based on the lectures that she had participated in, and the occasional chat with a professor, she felt that her father had for years harbored an evil, selfish desire to keep what he thought should be his.
One day she was challenging her father on his opposition to higher taxes on the rich and the need for more government programs. The self-professed objectivity proclaimed by her professors had to be the truth and she indicated so to her father. He responded by asking how she was doing in school.
Taken aback, she answered rather haughtily that she had a 4.0 GPA, and let him know that it was tough to maintain, insisting that she was taking a very difficult course load and was constantly studying, which left her no time to go out and party like other people she knew. She didn't even have time for a boyfriend, and didn't really have many college friends because she spent all her time studying.
Her father listened and then asked, 'How is your friend Audrey doing?' She replied, ' Audrey is barely getting by. All she takes are easy classes, she never studies, and she barely has a 2.0 GPA. She is so popular on campus; college for her is a blast. She's always invited to all the parties and lots of times she doesn't even show up for classes because she's too hung over.'
Her wise father asked his daughter, 'Why don't you go to theDean's office and ask him to deduct 1.0 off your GPA and give it to your friend who only has a 2.0. That way you will both have a 3.0 GPA and certainly that would be a fair and equal distribution of GPA.'
The daughter, visibly shocked by her father's suggestion, angrily fired back, 'That's a crazy idea, how would that be fair! I've worked really hard for my grades! I've invested a lot of time, and a lot of hard work! Audrey has done next to nothing toward her degree. She played while I worked my tail off!'
The father slowly smiled, winked and said gently, 'Welcome to the Republican party.'
Tax issues are not really this simple, but to me it's a fun tale and a reminder that most thing in real life have to come from somewhere. Government property transfer can still be theft, it's just "legalized" theft. I do believe that providing for the well being of the populace is a goal that we do need to strive for. In reaching for that goal, we should not make it ok for people not to contribute to their own well being.
For example, if you can work and are receiving government subsidies (welfare, health insurance, social-security) then you should be required to give back to the community that's paying your way. It could be as simple as helping pick up trash to make the neighborhood look better. Can't do manual labor, how about read to children at the public library.
I know I repeat this often, but the government is us and it's not a sporting event.
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Video: Stick Figure Doom
My first laugh of the day. There are many days when I feel like this is how I'll go out.
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Technology Review: Mimicking the Building Prowess of Nature
Researchers are learning how to construct new materials by mimicking Nature.
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Android: MapView (Quick Look)
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A quick video showing Titanium MapView support on Android. It will appear in the upcoming 0.8 release.
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Environmental Science | Alex Thorp | American University
Alex Thorp's commitment to battling climate change is taking him places. Last summer, the sophomore environmental science major visited the Polar Institute in Tromsø, Norway, where he got to see the effects of climate change first hand.
While glacier climbing outside Tromsø, Thorp observed "a visible and exponential increase in the melting rate" over the past 70 years. "Our guide told us he goes to the glacier once a week and that every time he returns there are new visible signs of retreat both in terms of the glacier's width and thickness," he says.
Thorp was invited on the trip after winning an environmental essay contest sponsored by the Norwegian Embassy. Essayists addressed the prospect of new natural and commercial resources—including oil, natural gas, fisheries, and sea trade routes—becoming available as polar sea ice melts. But access to these new resources has a price. "Arctic organisms will be unable to survive the changes," Thorp says. "Warmer conditions push habitats farther north and the top tiers of Arctic consumers are funning out of things to feed on. In the case of fish, warmer water feeders are moving north and the Arctic feeders just can't compete with them."
Thorp's winning piece stressed collaboration and communication between the countries ringing the Arctic, Russia, Norway, Canada, the United States, and Greenland, an autonomous constituent country of Denmark. "Cooperation between the five Arctic countries in advance of these resources being made available is the only way it can work," Thorp says.
Thorp is an active member of the student group Eco Sense and participated in the Power Shift 2009 Conference, during which 12,000 young people met on Capitol Hill with an agenda of pressing lawmakers toward bolder, more effective environmental policies. In the Spring of 2010, he will attend Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick, as a Killiam Fellow. The fellowship, which funds a year of study at a Canadian university, is intended to foster a sense of community and understanding between the United States and Canada.
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An article posted on the American University website about Alex's trip this past Summer for winning an essay contest sponsored by the Norwegian Embassy.
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Free Adobe Photoshop App for Android - Photoshop - Gizmodo
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Needs more features as mentioned in the article, but it's a start. Thanks to @randyjensen for the link.
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