PDFMiner is a suite of programs that help extracting and analyzing text data of PDF documents. Unlike other PDF-related tools, it allows to obtain the exact location of texts in a page, as well as other extra information such as font information or ruled lines. It includes a PDF converter that can transform PDF files into other text formats (such as HTML). It has an extensible PDF parser that can be used for other purpoes instead of text analysis.

The TimeTablePublisher is a single system that allows a transit agency to examine, modify, and transform raw scheduling data into easy-to-read timetables for customer information purposes. The application simplifies and accelerates the production of printed on-street schedules and web schedules, which is often a very time-consuming and manual process for most agencies. This results in more accurate, current, and consistent schedule information for the customer.

The TimeTablePublisher is designed to use data directly in the Google Transit Feed Spec (GTFS) format, so it can be very easy for an agency to implement. In addition, it can connect to, and read from, other sources of data including a database, a comma separated text file, and XML. An easy-to-use interface, as well as a tool that compares the changes between two service dates, makes it easy to format and edit the data.

In 2009 each platform will be trying to win the hearts and minds of software developers, says Roberta Cozza of Gartner, another market-research firm. But even if one comes out ahead, it is unlikely that the market will consolidate soon. Strong economic interests are keeping each platform alive. Google wants to get its services and advertising on mobile phones. Nokia is also betting on services as a source of growth. And handset-makers and operators will probably continue to support LiMo, if only because they do not want to depend on Google or Nokia.

The GROCS 2009 Call for Proposals attracted fifty-six Proposal Abstracts from students representing 47 academic departments. Twenty-nine abstracts received at least one "high priority" mark from reviewers, indicating a generally excellent field of entries. Seventeen teams have been selected to continue the proposal process.

Some hints here on how to get a little more downtime into your life. I fear I may already be too good at this.

Or rather, SpinSpotter does just one of the three things that its founder claims it does (and its press release and its web site likewise). The company has apparently implemented as a system for sharing distributed human commentary on news and other web pages, maintaining a database of which text stretches in which web pages have been flagged by users as allegedly being instances of "spin". That's an interesting thing to do, though anyone who's spent much time reading about politics or language on usenet groups or web forums will be forgiven for wondering whether the resulting annotations will be worth much.

list of ways to plug jott into other systems; this may be worth trying out some time when I'm spending more time on a telephone.

Selenium IDE is an integrated development environment for Selenium tests. It is implemented as a Firefox extension, and allows you to record, edit, and debug tests. Selenium IDE includes the entire Selenium Core, allowing you to easily and quickly record and play back tests in the actual environment that they will run.
Selenium IDE is not only recording tool: it is a complete IDE. You can choose to use its recording capability, or you may edit your scripts by hand. With autocomplete support and the ability to move commands around quickly, Selenium IDE is the ideal environment for creating Selenium tests no matter what style of tests you prefer.

This mobile photo uploader is designed to offer the same features and functions as the desktop computer version. And, because of the familiar BlackBerry smartphone keyboard, menus and prompts, it’s easy to learn and fun to use.

There aren't enough superlatives to describe the first annual Ann Arbor Give Camp, held over the weekend at Washtenaw Community College.

on using kanban as a software process management tool; note to self, review as a queue management process for proposal development

"Convoys Over the Life Course: Attachment, Roles, and Social Support."

I have never, ever, ever seen a great software developer who does not have amazing attention to detail.

Instead of treating ease-of-replication as a liability to be prevented - via labor-intensive copy protection and legal or moral restrictions - this new model treats ease-of-replication as the asset upon which a new foundation for software engineering cou

WordPress 2.3.3 is an urgent security release.

Allen County Public Library has a cool way to browse its “new books” section online. Superpatron Ed Vielmetti first coded a “wall of books” a couple of years ago, and Mike Cunningham wrote a book cover browser for the 2006 Talis Mashing up the Lib

scientific communication is a different beast than normal human communication. Scientists talk to their friends, but when talking to people they don’t know, it’s much more formal. They use communication to spec theories and to claim ground as theirs.

typing tutor from the tux paint project

page packer pdf layout program

tweak mac fan controls

Red Cedar Electronics provides embedded hardware and software solutions in the rehabilitative engineering field.

Maybe around item two hundred in this list there might be a bit about the people who will actually use these enterprise dream phones tolerating the things. Really, as long as they don't openly revolt, it's fine. The people you have to please in the enterp

What are the least glamorous software tools for the Macintosh that you can’t live without? I’m not talking about the likes of Quicksilver, Adium or other high profile applications that, even if they don’t come from major league publishers, manage to

handy, could need this. (if it's a feed, it can get back into this delicious stream)

As you can see, this framework completely eliminates ALL CODE and ALL DEPENDENCIES from all possible software projects.

hot banana cms. for reference

aha, so this is what it does. could very easily use.

the videos are hilarious

browser interface for firefox; adds keyboard interface for all elements. designed for accessability (or lazy bad mouse skills)

cheesy advertising from the recent past

Mondrian is a web-based code review system built on top of a Perforce and BigTable backend with a Python-powered front-end. Mondrian is a pretty impressive system and is currently in use across Google.

pricing feedback in the comments is overwhelmingly negative

MUNISING, Mich. Ed Shively picked a tough way to promote his brainstorm.
The Isanti, Minnesota, resident is trekking across the frozen southern edge of Lake Superior.
He said he's seeking publicity for a computer software program he developed to help sc

organizations create software systems that mimic their own organizational structures. is this part of systemantics? must look.

software reflects the organizational structure of the groups that produced it. originally from 1968

flash based task tracker

"late binding"

2000 thread on slashdot giving the then state of the art on open source public access catalogs.

cash flow positive as a result of monetizing the recruiter/headhunter roles. not as cool as myspace and not as valuable. commenters suggest that many users never touch the site and can't unsubscribe easily.

for the days when you need Firefox and the lame machine you have doesn't have it

who is on the spi's advisory - includes susan kornfeld

back in 1988, i maintained a collection of MS-DOS software on the U of Michigan mainframe. Some part of the collection still exists reachable in gopherspace.

ode to social software

replacing "software engineering" with a theory of repeated cooperative games