Outward L👀king
http://jgoodies.com/freeware/jdiskreport/index.html
JDiskReport is a system filespace analyser, that is part of a demo of the jgoodies.com system.
For functionality and ease of use it scores highly with a strong comparison to SpaceMonger without the treemaps. I like its multiplatformness, abiltity to exclude directories (useful for symlinks) and its freeness.
http://sourceforge.net/search/?type_of_search=soft&words=freemind
Another trip on sourceforge revealed that Freemind has a couple of wiki’s that support its format along with some tools to extend its functionality.
My favourites from the above search are:
LiveMind: AJAX MindMap editor – “this is an on-line, html (AJAX) based editor & browser for FreeMind (http://freemind.sourceforge.net/) mindmaps.”
Mapp.it – “A web-spider, based on the availability of URL APIs to most web based databases, mapping web pages to two dimensional FreeMind mind-maps. “
Something interesting on the sourceforge homepage today. I found an application known as Topographica which is used to help researchers identify the functions of the brain related to sensory and motor functions.
From the webpage:
Topographica instead focuses on the large-scale structure and function that is visible only when many thousands of such neurons are connected into topographic maps containing millions of connections.
While I touched on the ideas expressed only very briefly when I studied Computational Neuroscience, I’m sure the future of this app looks promising and is something I’ll come back to when I get more time.
These two bands have appeared on my radar recently.
Sleight of Hand
Karnivool
I know that these bands have both performed with Cog in the past so there is a tick of approval.
I know Sleight of Hand are from Newcastle and have a catchy tune going on. It’ll be a while before they hit Melb but still worth noting.
Karnivool, as my brother tells me, are a fusion styles, focusing on rock, more technical than tool, apparently the guitarist has one an award recognising him as best guitarist in Australia! To me I hear butterfly effect and grand silent to a higher production level. Took me a little while to get into, but once I was in the right space to enjoy it, enjoy I did.
Oracle have emailed through some Ajax fun. Without the marketing hype mind you.. and if you listen very hard, the tune will come to you at last…
The links that don’t mention Oracle Developer are: (if you cared that much about those links you’d probably have the email)
http://www.alexgrey.com/net.html
This man must be my most favourite artist ever. This page on his site shows the steps of how this monster was created. If anyone wants to buy me a signed copy of Net of Being please feel free
https://www.linuxnotes.net/perlcd/index.htm
http://adaptivepath.com/publications/essays/archives/000385.php
Well, those in development circles will by now at least have heard of this new fanbangled architecture for building rich web client apps known as Ajax. This article is a very small skim of the froth of what AJAX is about but I liked the pictures 🙂
While searching Music Speed Reading to help my brother I came across a few pages:
Speed reading software, articles and tips (Ababasoft) – has lots of background info on speed reading plus flash games to help you develop your skills. There are lots of them, there is even a speed reading metronome. The site also has a lot of flash games to learn music theory. Great site.
RocketReader – An aussie product which is an end to end speed reading and comprehension tool. Looks good – a little pricey ($99 AUD).
There were other relevant tools (mainly screenreaders) at this site where I came across the above two links.