itwbennett writes "Earlier this month, remote-work cheerleader and Basecamp developer 37signals launched a job board called WeWorkRemotely.com that is, you guessed it, devoted to telecommuting jobs. At present there are only a couple hundred jobs listed on the site, so you'll still have to use other job boards as well. (Dice, SimplyHired, and Craigslist all have filters for finding remote working jobs.) But here's another thing that will help you land a work-from-home gig: Learn JavaScript. ITworld's Phil Johnson looked at a number of job postings for software developers open to people wanting to work remotely and then compared the frequency with which a number of popular programming languages and technologies were mentioned by the postings to determine the top tech skills for telecommuting jobs. Not surprisingly, the ubiquitous JavaScript topped the list, being mentioned in just over 20% of these listings. Other languages and tools used for the web are high up the list as well: jQuery at #3 (12.5%), PHP at #5 (9.5%) in the fifth spot, iOS at #8 (5.6%)."
Anyway, he is still very much at Ole Miss, and he is still trying to rile up the team as the No. 24 Rebels look to make a comeback against No. 8 Mizzou.
No, he's, like, really, really, really trying to rile them up: Ole Miss Screaming Marine is my favorite college football fan in the nation, hands down.
Should the primaries go as expected, Texas democrats will for the first time in history run two women for the state's top positions.
On Saturday, in front of roughly 500 supporters gathered inside the San Antonio College gymnasium, the Texas Tribune reports state Senator Leticia Van De Putte announced she's entering the Democratic race for lieutenant governor. "For years, the governor's been too busy trying to president, and for years the lieutenant governor's been trying to be in the U.S. Senate — nobody's been minding the store," she told her fans. "We cannot afford to keep kicking the can down the road because some Republicans are afraid of their primary voters."
Van De Putte is currently unopposed with no other potential candidates in sight. She will join old friend and fellow state Senator Wendy Davis, currently running for governor, on the Democratic ticket. If Van De Putte wins the primary, and by all accounts she will, it will mark the first time two women have ever led a major party ticket in Texas. Nationally, it's only the fourth time this has ever happened.
Of course the two women face very long odds. No Texas Democrat has won either of the state's top two offices since 1994. "Republicans have held all state elected offices for more than a decade," as the Austin American-Statesman so delicately puts it. But Democrats hope Van De Putte will help woo Hispanic and women voters when the state goes to the polls next year. She'll be up against one of four Republicans, including incumbent David Dehurst, currently fighting for their party's ticket.
New genuine Sherlock stuff is great and all. But I will be sad if I go to sleep tonight without acknowledging the line in the Doctor Who 50th anniversary special that was very possibly a kind of amazing sideways Sherlock reference.
This post contains discussion of setlock stuff and a tiny piece of The Day of the Doctor, so stop reading here if you don’t want to see either of those.
Garry Bu was flying his remote control plane in country when it crash landed in a field. A pair of cows discovered it and proceeded to make a meal out of the disabled aircraft.
"CGI officials argued that it would slow work because it was too unfamiliar. Government officials disagreed, and its configuration remains a serious problem."
First time accepted submitter conoviator writes "The NY Times has just published a piece providing more background on the healthcare.gov software project. One interesting aspect: 'Another sore point was the Medicare agency's decision to use database software, from a company called MarkLogic, that managed the data differently from systems by companies like IBM, Microsoft and Oracle. CGI officials argued that it would slow work because it was too unfamiliar. Government officials disagreed, and its configuration remains a serious problem.'" The story does not say that MarkLogic's software is bad in itself, only that the choice meant increased complexity on the project.
'according to AdBlock users, traditional advertising is not the problem- it’s intrusive advertising that they can’t stand. More-so, they’re fed up with pre-roll YouTube ads, especially when the video they’re trying to watch isn’t much longer than the ad itself. ... Unfortunately the adblocking plugin doesn’t distinguish pre-roll ads from less intrusive advertising, which has drastic repercussions on independent publishers. As revealed in our recent report, this collateral damage has started to take a devastating toll on publishers, especially in the tech and gaming industries.'
Google, who last year earned 97% of their revenue from online advertising, has a product that drives people to block ads.
via saucie buried lede: they cut Doctor Who on Avid Media Composer in Windows 8
Ready for more Doctor Who? Yes? Good. Because Peter Davison, Colin Baker, and Sylvester McCoy have cooked up a short film about their quest to be in the 50th anniversary episode. Paul McGann‘s there too, as are some actors with cameos too amazing to spoil. The dimensions are a bit wonky, so I’ve placed it behind the jump. Let’s get timey-wimey!
Amanda Palmer will be performing at the United Nations Commemoration of the International Day to End Violence against Women on Monday, November 25th.
A theatrical performance of “Wounded to Death” will be presented by Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka and the Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations, Ambassador Sebastiano Cardi.
Both the official press conference and performance will be available thru live webcast. More information can be found at: http://bit.ly/UNEndViolence
via multitasksuicide very curious about what "Lawyers for the Beastie Boys" ends up actually meaning
The Beastie Boys have sent a legal threat to toymaker GoldieBlox over the company's extremely clever ad, which parodies the Beasties' early track "Girls". The ad rewrites the lyrics (which are pretty terrible in the original) to insist that girls should take control over their world, reject passivity and subservience, and make things (the video accompanies this with the creation of a Rube Goldberg device that ultimately switches off a TV showing girly toy ads).
The irony here is pretty thick: the Beasties are still being sued over their use of samples on their early albums, including the classic Paul's Boutique. Every pirate wants to be an admiral, of course, but for the Beasties to decry remix culture even as they go to court to defend their (perfectly legitimate) right to make new things out of other creators' old rope is pretty sad.
According to a lawsuit filed on Thursday by Goldieblox, "the Beastie Boys have now threatened GoldieBlox with copyright infringement. Lawyers for the Beastie Boys claim that the GoldieBlox Girls Parody Video is a copyright infringement, is not a fair use and that GoldieBlox's unauthorized use of the Beastie Boys intellectual property is a 'big problem' that has a 'very significant impact.' "
Goldieblox is now going to a California federal court to get declaratory relief that the video is not a copyright infringement. Read the complaint.
The folks over at Urbana-based Electroninks Incorporated just launched a Kickstarter project for a new kind of pen that draws fuctional electronic circuits instantly. Called the Circuit Scribe, the handy little device works like a regular ballpoint pen and releases a non-toxic conductive silver ink that dries instantly. Via Kickstarter:
Circuit Scribe is for Makers, STEM Educators, Artists, Kids, & Life Hackers. We wanted to make it easier for Makers to Make. No shaking, no squeezing, no goop, no smell, no waiting for ink to dry. Circuit Scribe draws smooth lines with conductive silver ink and allows you to create functioning circuits instantly.
The project went viral immediately easily surpassed its $85,000 goal within a day or so. Watch the video above or learn more about it here.
News: architect Zaha Hadid has hit back at critics who have compared the design of her Al Wakrah stadium in Qatar to a vagina, describing the comments as "embarrassing" and "ridiculous".
Speaking to TIME magazine, Hadid said: “It’s really embarrassing that they come up with nonsense like this. What are they saying? Everything with a hole in it is a vagina? That’s ridiculous.”
She suggested that the comments would not have been made had the architect been male: “Honestly, if a guy had done this project…"
Earlier this week Zaha Hadid Architects unveiled the design for the stadium, which is one of several new structures that will be built to host soccer matches during the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup.
Critics immediately compared the 40,000-seater stadium, which its architects claim is based on the curving lines of an Arab dhow fishing boat, to female genitalia.
The Al Wakrah stadium has been co-designed by AECOM and features a flowing roof designed to protect spectators from the worst of Qatar's extreme heat.
"With its shiny, pinkish tinge, its labia-like side appendages and its large opening in the middle, the supposedly innocent building ("based upon the design of a traditional Qatari dhow boat") was just asking for trouble," wrote The Guardian's Holly Baxter on the ensuing furore.
It is unusual for an architectural structure to be compared to a vagina; comparisons with the male organ are far more common.
Ole Miss Screaming Marine is my favorite college football fan in the nation, hands down.
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