When was the last time a conference proceedings volume made good bedtime reading? Mach's Principle: From Newton's Bucket to Quantum Gravity, is such a book. Editors Julian Barbour and Herbert Pfister have crafted a nutritious stew from the strangest variety of ingredients: well-written papers not only by physicists but by historians and philosophers of science, brief quotes from famous physicists of the past and full translations of more obscure papers from 100 years ago, extensively transcribed and beautifully edited discussions of the papers, an index of 21 different formulations of Mach's principle, and the results of several `straw polls' of the participants at the July 1993 Tubingen conference on which this volume is based. Readers will be tempted again and again to dip into the riches provided here. The bedside table, or the coffee table, is indeed the best home for this book.

DUNAJAM is not a festival. Imagin a birthday party, that's how it works. Or something like a mix between a picnic and a pilgrimage, if you want to be invited send an e-mail to dunajam [AT] gmail.com The waiting list is quite long since this can't be done with more than 150 people so that's the limit, therefore be prepared to wait quite a bit before you will get an answer.

datapacker is a tool to group files by size. It is perhaps most often used to fit a set of files onto the minimum number of CDs or DVDs.

datapacker is designed to group files such that they fill fixed-size containers (called “bins”) using the minimum number of containers. This is useful, for instance, if you want to archive a number of files to CD or DVD, and want to organize them such that you use the minimum possible number of CDs or DVDs.

by Nikodem Poplawski

We are proud to be the operator of two historic New York City carousels. Please click on the links above to visit each ride's website.

pv - Pipe Viewer - is a terminal-based tool for monitoring the progress of data through a pipeline. It can be inserted into any normal pipeline between two processes to give a visual indication of how quickly data is passing through, how long it has taken, how near to completion it is, and an estimate of how long it will be until completion.

MP3
http://www.ubu.com/sound/rrr-records.html

This is the official Discogs API client for Python. You can use it to query the Discogs music database for metadata on artists, releases, and more.

Hacker typer for Emacs

https://github.com/bitemyapp/hacker-type-emacs

Collection: GratefulDead
Band/Artist: Grateful Dead
Date: October 17, 1983
Venue: Olympic Arena
Location: Lake Placid, NY

The 2011 Nobel prize in physics has been awarded to S. Perlmutter, A. Riess and B. Schmidt for their path breaking discovery that the rate of expansion of the universe is increasing with time. The trio used Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) as standard candles to estimate their luminosity-distances. To appreciate some of the far reaching implications of their work, I have provided an elementary exposition of general theory of relativity, accelerated expansion of the universe, luminosity-distance, SNe Ia and the cosmological constant problem.

Cards Against Humanity is a party game for horrible people.

GeographicLib is a small set of C++ classes for performing conversions between geographic, UTM, UPS, MGRS, geocentric, and local cartesian coordinates, for gravity (e.g., EGM2008), geoid height, and geomagnetic field (e.g., WMM2010) calculations, and for solving geodesic problems. It is a suitable replacement for the core functionality provided by geotrans. The library is licensed under the MIT/X11 License; see LICENSE.txt for the terms.

The Easiest and Most Stylish Way to Create a Unified Web Presence

Krusader is an advanced twin panel (commander style) file manager for KDE and other desktops in the *nix world, similar to Midnight or Total Commander. It provides all the file management features you could possibly want

The argparse module was added to Python 2.7 as a replacement for optparse. The implementation of argparse supports features that would not have been easy to add to optparse, and that would have required backwards-incompatible API changes, so a new module was brought into the library instead. optparse is still supported, but is not likely to receive new features.

Nav is a lightweight solution for Emacs users who want something like TextMate's file browser, or the Eclipse project view. Unlike these two, Nav only shows the contents of a single directory at a time. Nav can be run painlessly in terminals, where Speedbar either fails on its attempt to make a new frame or is hidden. Nav's terminal-friendliness comes from running in the frame where it was started, keeping window management simple. The Nav key bindings are also simple -- each key command is a single keystroke long.

Teapot is a compact spreadsheet software originally written by Michael Haardt. It features a (n)curses-based text terminal interface, and recently also a FLTK-based GUI.

The google-weather Emacs extension allows to run access the Google Weather API from Emacs.

It includes org-google-weather, which can be used to add weather forecast in your Org agenda.

Hyde is a static website generator written in python. While Hyde took life as awesome Jekyll's evil twin, it has since been completely consumed by the dark side and has an identity of its own.

Twidge is a full command-line client. It is designed to be useful when you’re sitting at a shell prompt. It’s also designed to work well with the Unix/POSIX/Linux shell scripting environment. It produces output in well-formed and easily-parsed ways, and has various features for working with piped data.

The ATLAS3D Project (Cappellari et al. 2011) combines a multi-wavelength survey of a complete sample of 260 early-type galaxies within the local (42Mpc) volume (1.16×105 Mpc3) with numerical simulations and semi-analytic modeling of galaxy formation. This project aims to quantify the global stellar kinematics and dynamics of a statistically significant sample of objects to characterize the class of early-type galaxies, and relate this to their formation and evolution. Combining the stellar populations diagnostics from the multi-wavelength coverage, the ATLAS3D Project will derive the star formation history probing the mass-assembly epochs and timescales. In addition, the project will characterise the different phases of the interstellar medium linking the kinematics of molecular, atomic and ionised gas with the dynamical structure, star formation and environment of the host galaxies.

Shape is a morpho-kinematic modeling and reconstruction tool for astrophysical objects. With this software you can quickly construct 3D model structures and directly compare them with data in order to assist in the interpretation of observations. From such a 3D structure model with a model velocity field and emission properties, it generates images and position-velocity (pv) diagrams, channel maps, light echoes, light curves and one dimensional spectral line shape, to mention a few. Wavelength dependent radiation transfer for line emission and scattering on dust is also possible.

PGFPlots draws high--quality function plots in normal or logarithmic scaling with a user-friendly interface directly in TeX. The user supplies axis labels, legend entries and the plot coordinates for one or more plots and PGFPlots applies axis scaling, computes any logarithms and axis ticks and draws the plots. It supports line plots, scatter plots, piecewise constant plots, bar plots, area plots, mesh-- and surface plots, patch plots, contour plots, quiver plots, histogram plots, polar axes, ternary diagrams, smith charts and some more.

Now in its fourth edition, this highly regarded book is ideal for those who wish to solve a variety of practical and recreational problems in astronomy using a scientific calculator or spreadsheet. Updated and extended, this new edition shows you how to use spreadsheets to predict, with greater accuracy, solar and lunar eclipses, the positions of the planets, and the times of sunrise and sunset. Suitable for worldwide use, this handbook covers orbits, transformations and general celestial phenomena, and is essential for anyone wanting to make astronomical calculations for themselves. With clear, easy-to-follow instructions for use with a pocket calculator, shown alongside worked examples, it can be enjoyed by anyone interested in astronomy, and will be a useful tool for software writers and students studying introductory astronomy. High-precision spreadsheet methods for greater accuracy are available at www.cambridge.org/practicalastronomy.

Skrooge allows you to manage your personal finances, powered by KDE 4.x. Thanks to its many features, it is one of the most powerful way to enter, follow, and analyze your expenses.

FireFTP is a free, secure, cross-platform FTP/SFTP client for Mozilla Firefox which provides easy and intuitive access to FTP/SFTP servers.

Processing is an open source programming language and environment for people who want to create images, animations, and interactions. Initially developed to serve as a software sketchbook and to teach fundamentals of computer programming within a visual context, Processing also has evolved into a tool for generating finished professional work. Today, there are tens of thousands of students, artists, designers, researchers, and hobbyists who use Processing for learning, prototyping, and production.

Tails is a live DVD or live USB that aims at preserving your privacy and anonymity.
It helps you to:

use the Internet anonymously almost anywhere you go and on any computer:
all connections to the Internet are forced to go through the Tor network;
leave no trace on the computer you're using unless you ask it explicitly;
use state-of-the-art cryptographic tools to encrypt your files, email and instant messaging.

MComix is an user-friendly, customizable image viewer. It is specifically designed to handle comic books, but also serves as a generic viewer. It reads images in ZIP, RAR, 7Zip or tar archives as well as plain image files. It is written in Python and uses GTK+ through the PyGTK bindings, and runs on both Linux and Windows.

Welcome to Retromags, the vintage video game magazine archive. This site is all about digitally preserving video game magazines from yesteryear. You'll find hundreds of full issues to download and thousands of scanned magazine covers. Game magazines used to be incredibly important to the game industry, and while those days are long gone thanks to the Internet and World Wide Web, that does not mean those old magazines shouldn't be remembered and enjoyed today. This site allows you to do so easily and digitally. It's a nice alternative to having to have boxes of magazines stored in your house if that's something you don't want.

Random numbers have a peculiar power, even when they are only pseudo- or quasirandom

Remote terminal application that allows roaming, supports intermittent connectivity, and provides intelligent local echo and line editing of user keystrokes.

This file contains Galactic stars known or suspected to be variable.
It lists all stars that have an entry in the AAVSO International
Variable Star Index (VSX; http://www.aavso.org/vsx).

The database consisted initially of the General Catalogue of Variable
Stars (GCVS) and the New Catalogue of Suspected Variables (NSV) and
was then supplemented with a large number of variable star catalogues,
as well as individual variable star discoveries or variables found in
the literature. Effort has also been invested to update the entries
with the latest information regarding position, type and period and to
remove duplicates. The VSX database is being continually updated and
maintained.

For historical reasons some objects outside of the Galaxy have been
included.

The AAVSO is an international non-profit organization of variable star observers whose mission is:

to observe and analyze variable stars
to collect and archive observations for worldwide access
to forge strong collaborations between amateur and professional astronomers
to promote scientific research and education using variable star data.

The GCVS is the only reference source on all known variable stars.
This version contains the electronically-readable version as
distributed by the Sternberg Astronomical Institute and Institute of
Astronomy (Russian Acad.Sci.), Moscow. It includes the catalog of
variable stars, updated and completed with the Name-Lists of Variables
Stars Nos. 67-79, the NSV (New catalog of Suspected Variable stars)
and Supplement to the NSV stars, and a catalog of extragalactic
variables. A cross-index makes possible to find out identifications
between the GCVS and the NSV catalogue.

Auto Complete Mode is the most intelligent auto-completion extension for GNU Emacs. Auto Complete Mode renews an old completion interface and provides an environment that makes users could be more concentrate on their own works.

Neben Riesenburgern und Böhmischem Bier bekommt man bei uns eine besonders große Portion Atmosphäre. Die wird zwar durch das extravagante Ambiente begünstigt, aber von unseren Gästen geschaffen.

Pygmynote is a command-line tool for storing and managing heterogeneous bit of data, including notes, tasks, links, and file attachments.Pygmynote is written in Python and uses a SQLite database as its back end

Fv is the easy to use graphical program for viewing and editing any FITS format image or table. The Fv software is small, completely self-contained and ready to run on

Google Refine is a power tool for working with messy data, cleaning it up, transforming it from one format into another, extending it with web services, and linking it to databases like Freebase.

NetworkX is a Python language software package for the creation, manipulation, and study of the structure, dynamics, and functions of complex networks.

csvkit is a suite of utilities for converting to and working with CSV, the king of tabular file formats.

Die kürzlich veröffentlichte Berlin Open Data Strategy (BODS) (Kurzversion und Langversion) präsentiert die Forschungsergebnisse von Fraunhofer FOKUS als Resultat eines interdisziplinären Ansatzes mit organisatorischen, technischen und rechtlichen Aspekten. BODS unterstreicht die Bedeutung von Offenen Daten für die Förderung von Innovation, Transparenz und Partizipation in Städten. Darüber hinaus gibt BODS Handlungsempfehlungen und eine Beurteilung der ersten deutschen Open Data-Plattform http://daten.berlin.de, die von Fraunhofer FOKUS und seinen Partnern realisiert wurde.

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Welcome to CPU DB, a complete database of processors for researchers and hobbyists alike.

Was wäre, wenn sich Europa von einem Tag auf den anderen in eine gigantische Dschungelwelt verwandeln würde? Und wenn sich amerikanische Forscher aufmachen würden, diesen neuen Kontinent namens Darwinia zu erkunden? Und wenn sie dort eine Entdeckung machen würden, die unser Verständnis des Universums für immer verändert? Richtig: Es wäre eines der größten Abenteuer aller Zeiten …

Die "Edition Hindemith", die mit zahlreichen Ersteinspielungen nachhaltig die vorherrschende Meinung über den "frühen Hindemith" verändert hat, bietet mit diesen Einspielungen wiederum Neues und Unbekanntes.
Das Klarinettenquintett op. 30 wird erstmals in der ursprünglichen Fassung von 1923 eingespielt. In dieser Fassung ist es eines der wildesten, abenteuerlichsten Werke Hindemiths, das klanglich fast schon ins Geräuschhafte umschlägt. Gerade diese rüde Klanglichkeit des Werkes hat Hindemith in der späteren Fassung von 1954, die als einzige bislang bekannt wurde, konventionell geglättet und eingeebnet.
Die Ouvertüre zum "Fliegenden Holländer", wie sie eine schlechte Kurkapelle morgens um 7 am Brunnen vom Blatt spielt, für Streichquartett (um 1925), zählt zu den berühmten und berüchtigtsten Parodien Hindemiths. Er parodiert jedoch weniger das Wagnersche Werk, als vielmehr die im Werktitel genau umschriebene Art des Musikmachens. Diese Arbeit Hindemiths, die bislang nur dem Namen nach bekannt war, fand sich in seinem Nachlaß; sie ist bislang noch unveröffentlicht.
Das Repertorium für Militärorchester, "Minimax", ebenfalls ein Parodiewerk für Streichquartett (1923), entstand für ein Fest, mit dem die "Donaueschinger Kammermusikaufführungen" von 1923 übermütig-heiter ausklangen. Hindemith parodiert hier das gängige Repertoire an Musik für Militärkapellen. (Giselher Schubert)

Really enjoyed a set by Sven Väth after a long time. Thisone got me grovin!

This tool lets you simulate keyboard input and mouse activity, move and resize windows, etc. It does this using X11's XTEST extension and other Xlib functions.

Razor-qt is an advanced, easy-to-use, and fast desktop environment based on Qt technologies. It has been tailored for users who value simplicity, speed, and an intuitive interface. Unlike most desktop environments, Razor-qt also works fine with weak machines.

When in need to enter special character inside emacs you can quote it with “C-q” and enter the octal character code, so for instance to type “ñ” you will do: “C-q 361”

If you have ever wished for a time when you could download a monthly burst of Bull Terrier information delivered directly to your computer, - then what you are about to read may well be the answer to what you have been looking for!

For over a decade, Stamen has been exploring cartography with our clients and in research. These three maps are presented here for your enjoyment and use wherever you display OpenStreetMap data.

Radio Tray is an online radio streaming player that runs on a Linux system tray. Its goal is to have the minimum interface possible, making it very straightforward to use.
Radio Tray is not a full featured music player, there are plenty of excellent music players already. However, there was a need for a simple application with minimal interface just to listen to online radios. And that's the sole purpose of Radio Tray.
Radio Tray is Free Software, licensed under the GPL.

Assessments of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) in the treatment of alcoholism have not been based on quantitative meta-analysis. Hence, we performed a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials in order to evaluate the clinical efficacy of LSD in the treatment of alcoholism. Two reviewers independently extracted the data, pooling the effects using odds ratios (ORs) by a generic inverse variance, random effects model. We identified six eligible trials, including 536 participants. There was evidence for a beneficial effect of LSD on alcohol misuse (OR, 1.96; 95% CI, 1.36–2.84; p = 0.0003). Between-trial heterogeneity for the treatment effects was negligible (I² = 0%). Secondary outcomes, risk of bias and limitations are discussed. A single dose of LSD, in the context of various alcoholism treatment programs, is associated with a decrease in alcohol misuse.

If you have the ISBN (International Standard Book Number) for a publication, you can generate a citation for it in the BibTeX format.

Welcome to this introduction to newLISP! You'll find newLISP easy to learn and powerful, combining some of the power and elegance of classic LISP with the facilities of a modern scripting language, such as regular expressions, network functions, Unicode support, multitasking, and many others.

Ltj Bukem - Atlantis (Good Looking)
Red Alert + Mike Slammer - Ruff (Slammin'Vinyl)
Warped Kore - The Power (White House)
Kid Andy + Nickle Bee - Return of zobra (Boogie Beat)
Dj Krome + Mr Time - The slammer (Suburban Base)
Orca - 4 am (Lucky Spin)
Kenetic - Girl if ever (Boogie Beat)
Kid Andy + Nickle Bee - Pain (Boogie Beat)
Alk E-D - Absolutely flying,Hero Mix (Knite Force)
Hyper on experience - Lord of the null lines (Moving Shadow)
Q Bass - Deepa,NRG Remix (Suburban Base)
Love Nation - Positive (Just another Label)
Bizzy B + Equinox - The brain crew,VIP Remix (Brain)
Roger Johnson - One 2 one (Basement)

... a powerful, fast and reliable backup & sync tool

Pinterest is an online pinboard. Organize and share things you love.

PyEphem provides scientific-grade astronomical computations for the Python programming language. Given a date and location on the Earth’s surface, it can compute the positions of the Sun and Moon, of the planets and their moons, and of any asteroids, comets, or earth satellites whose orbital elements the user can provide. Additional functions are provided to compute the angular separation between two objects in the sky, to determine the constellation in which an object lies, and to find the times at which an object rises, transits, and sets on a particular day.

xxxterm is a minimalist web browser with sophisticated security features designed-in, rather than through an add-on after-the-fact. In particular, it provides both persistent and per-session controls for scripts and cookies, making it easy to thwart tracking and scripting attacks.

In additional to providing a familiar mouse-based interface like other web browsers, it offers a set of vi-like keyboard commands for users who prefer to keep their hands on their keyboard.

This is the successor of ReallySimpleWikiMode and got integrated into EmacsHttp?. See WikiModeDiscussion for comparisons. All it does is add a keybinding to insert some tags, and the hilighting of tags plus WikiNames. If you are editing wiki pages within Emacs, this is quite elegant.

Twittering-mode is an Emacs major mode for Twitter. You can check timelines, tweet, mark posts as favorites and so on with Emacs.

Masil-Astro-Imaging is the home for astro-photos taken by Sheldon Faworski & Sean Walker.
Sean works in Massachusetts and I live in Illinois, hence the name "MASIL". We collaborate
on many of the images that are posted on this site.

Overwhelming collection of old star maps and celestial atlasses.

The caption package provides many ways to customise the captions in floating environments like figure and table, and cooperates with many other packages. Facilities include rotating captions, sideways captions, continued captions (for tables or figures that come in several parts). A list of compatibility notes, for other packages, is provided in the documentation.