Articles posted in march 2010

sthibault Stéphane Thibault

• The “500 Worst Passwords” — The Adventures of Accordion Guy in the 21st Century
  (tags: Internet Security Password Hacking Books)
• Facebook says new program to automatically share data ‘has nothing to do’ with ads | VentureBeat
  Tucked into Facebook’s new proposed privacy policy released yesterday was a paragraph saying the social network will automatically share your data with special “pre-approved” partners when you visit their sites. But no partners were listed, nor was there any detail given on how these partners would be chosen. […] Schnitt: The opt-out hasn’t been built yet. We just want people to know they’ll be able to opt out.
  (tags: 2010 Privacy News Interview Facebook Data SocialMedia SocialNetworking Advertising Uncool)
• Oxford Internet Institute – Research – World Wide Web of Humanities
  This project aims to begin to address this gap by establishing a framework for e-Humanities (also called Digital Humanities) research using available open source tools and technologies and archived web content to create novel research interfaces to the first of many, scholarly, e-Humanities web collections.
  (tags: DigitalHumanities ResearchCenter Oxford Humanities Internet Research OpenSource Tools Resources)

sthibault Stéphane Thibault

• Mac OS X on netbooks | myMacNetbook.com
  (tags: Mac OSX NetBook System Software Installation Laptop Hardware Hack howto)
• 10 New jQuery Plugins You Have to Know
  (tags: 2010 WebDesign jQuery JavaScript Plugin Lists Maps SocialMedia Slider AJAX Upload)
• Economists Urge Government to Stop War on Piracy | TorrentFreak
  In an advisory report two economy professors are urging a government to rethink new anti-piracy legislation currently being drafted. The professors argue that harsher anti-piracy measures will only benefit the large media companies and prominent artists, at the expense of users and upcoming artists.
  (tags: 2010 Copyright News Politics Piracy Legislation Law Economy Research Media Arts)
• 5 Plugins to Keep WordPress Secure
  (tags: WebDev Security WordPress Plugin Resources Lists)
• John Resig – Spring 2010 jQuery Talks
  I gave a number of talks this spring on jQuery and especially on some of the recent additions made in jQuery 1.4. Below are all the slides and demos that I've given.
  (tags: WebDev WebDesign jQuery Talks Slides Demo)
• Calling for link spam reports
  Google has been working on some new algorithms and tools to tackle linkspam and we’d like to ask for linkspam reports from you. If you’d like to tell us about web sites that appear to be using spammy links (e.g. paid links that pass PageRank, blog spammers, guestbook spammers, etc.), here’s how to send us more info.
  (tags: MattCutts Internet Security Spam Links Report LinkBuilding Maintenance)
• Programming Languages – Google Code University – Google Code
  Below are video-taped lectures from Google Video on various technology areas. These videos are great opportunities for students and faculty to hear directly from some of the current pioneers in high-tech. They can also potentially serve as "guest lectures" for courses in these areas.
  (tags: Google Code University Video Education Lectures Technology Programming)
• Custom Post Types in WordPress 3.0
  I know it’s too early to speak about WordPress 3.0, but I’ve been playing around with some of it’s enhancements the other week, and.. Well, this is a miracle, really. Remember all those plugins promising custom post types in versions prior to 3.0. Those that never get updated and show themselves glitchy sometimes, especially during upgrades? Well the time has come.
  (tags: WebDev PHP WordPress Development Plugin Programming Tips)
• Pirate Party of Canada
  Started in 2009, the Pirate Party of Canada strives to reform Canadian copyright laws, reform the patent system, and protect every Canadian’s right to privacy.
  (tags: Canada Politics CanadianFederalGovernment PirateParty Copyright Privacy Security NetNeutrality)

sthibault Stéphane Thibault

• Slashdot News Story | Facebook's Plan To Automatically Share Your Data
  Facebook announced that it was once again making changes to its privacy policy. One of the biggest changes that Facebook is making involves applications and third-party websites.
  (tags: 2010 Slashdot News Facebook Privacy ToS Data WebServices)
• MVC for Noobs | Nettuts+
  (tags: WebDev PHP MVC DesignPatterns Framework Introduction Tutorials)
• Future of PHP 6 – Johannes Schlüter
  Over the last months many of the core contributors agreed that the current approach to bring Unicode into PHP's engine wasn't the right approach and a good thing would be to rethink it from the start. By a provocative move of one contributor the stalled situation got some more movement and Rasmus declared the current implementation to be discontinued to restart.
  (tags: WebDev PHP PHP6 Unicode utf-8 Core Engine)

sthibault Stéphane Thibault

• Journal de Montréal – Actualités – Gros bonis à la SAAQ
  Alors que les automobilistes et surtout les motocyclistes doivent payer de plus en plus cher pour conduire leurs véhicules, les dirigeants de la SAAQ ont vu leurs bonis exploser. Les bonis versés aux cadres supérieurs de la Société d'assurance automobile du Québec (SAAQ) ont augmenté de 76 % à 285 %, selon les cas, de 2007 à 2008, selon des documents obtenus par le Journal.
  (tags: lang:fr 2010 Quebec News SAAQ Motorcycle Budget Finance Salary)
• McDeeb Royal Enfield Specials – Six Days – Thruxton – Clubman – Brand New Classics from Italy
  It isn't often a tip leads me to something that just makes my jaw drop, but these McDeeb Royal Enfields are stunning. All three models, the Six Days, Thruxton and Clubman are based on brand new bikes.
  (tags: Motorcycle Kneeslider Vintage Bikes RoyalEnfield Dual CafeRacer)
• Magpul Ronin – Possible Limited Production for Buell 1125R Based Special
  The Magpul Ronin is an experimental motorcycle project based on the Buell 1125R sport bike. The project itself represents the first iteration of a design exercise inspired by interests, hobbies, and passions shared by many within Magpul.
  (tags: Motorcycle Kneeslider Buell Experimental Bikes Design Cool)
• Open Knowledge Foundation Blog » Blog Archive » Iceland: from the financial crisis to open data
  All in all, Iceland is not that far down the Open Data path – yet – but it seems like the extraordinary events of the financial collapse may push us fast towards the forefront of the Open Data tidal wave. There probably be dragons on the way, but we also have a lot to gain!
  (tags: 2010 Blog Articles Iceland OpenData SemanticWeb LinkedData)
• Québec facture 107 000$ aux défenseurs du logiciel libre | Le Devoir
  Intimidation ou simple perception? Un groupe de citoyens qui cherchent à faire la promotion du logiciel libre dans les institutions étatiques dénonce la «grossière intimidation» du gouvernement qui, dans les derniers jours, lui a fait parvenir une facture de 107 000 $. Motif? Le remboursement des honoraires d’avocat découlant d’une poursuite intentée par le groupe contre le Centre de services partagés du Québec (CSPQ) et rejetée par un tribunal en décembre 2008. La pression financière ainsi exercée sur l’association à but non lucratif pourrait la conduire directement à la faillite.
  (tags: lang:fr 2010 Quebec News OpenSource Software QuebecProvincialGovernment RRQ SFL Linux Facil Lawsuit Legal Intimidation Non-Profit)
• Open Data Ottawa Hackfest
  Saturday, April 24th
  (tags: 2010 WebDev OpenData Ottawa Event Hacking Hackfest SemanticWeb LinkedData)
• Main Page – Rococo2010.org
  Recent Changes Camp 2010: Montréal is scheduled for June 25-27, 2010 at the Comité Social Centre Sud (CSCS), located at 1710 Beaudry, in Montréal. The conference will be dual language. Hence, it has two names: English as the primary, French as the subtitle, and the domain reflecting the event's history with the wiki community in Montreal.
  (tags: 2010 Events Montreal Wiki Community Camp Unconference MediaWiki TikiWiki)
• Research Related to Privacy and the Use of Geospatial Information
  (tags: Privacy Geospatial Information Research Canada Reference pdf)
• ASSÉ » Actualités » Votes de grève pour le 1er avril
  (tags: lang:fr UQAM News StudentUnion Student Association Strike Education Activism Quebec University)
• L'Association des Familles Thibault d'Amérique
  (tags: Imported Genealogy Thibault Association America)
• Function Reference/register post type « WordPress Codex
  Create or modify a post type. The function will accept an array (second optional parameter), along with a string for the post type name. Do not use before init.
  (tags: 2010 ConFoo WebDev WordPress Function Reference PHP)
• Grève de l’AFESH les 31 mars et 1er avril : non aux hausses de frais dans les services publics et en éducation – AFESH-UQAM
  (tags: lang:fr UQAM News StudentUnion Student Association Strike Education Activism Quebec University)