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QR Code Links

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Administrator

Originally designed by Toyota Japan for factory use, QR codes are 2-dimensional barcodes commonly used in advertising. cnn.com: 23 of the coolest QR codes cnn.com: Does anybody actually use QR codes? QRcodify.com Perl Module GD::Barcode::QRcode Successful QR Code Campaigns msn.com: … Continue reading →

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OSCON 2011, Portland

Posted on July 30, 2011 by Administrator

Once again, the O’Reilly Open Source Conference (OSCON) was held in Portland, Oregon. It was held in parallel at the Oregon Convention Center with the O’Reilly OSdata and OSjava Conferences at the beginning of the week, and then later a … Continue reading →

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IMUG: The Power of Plain Text with Ken Lunde

Posted on May 19, 2011 by Administrator

Dr. Ken Lunde of Adobe did a talk on “The Power of Plain Text” at IMUG tonite. “This presentation will cover the basics of “plain text” and its importance in providing meaningful content, and will explore some recent developments in … Continue reading →

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Sony the Multinational Cripple Gets a Diagnosis

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Administrator

I know, I know … it’s not fair to pick on Sony being a multinational cripple and all. But Slashdot nailed them this week. See Poll Results and Comments A few years ago I went to a lecture by Guy … Continue reading →

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Google Translate API Programming Notes

Posted on April 23, 2011 by Administrator

I decided to try out the Google Translate API (v1), part of the Google Language API Family this weekend. The Google Translate API supports various housekeeping functions plus 2 main features: language detection language translation. Although machine translation does not … Continue reading →

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