Here is a quick tip for extracting audio from youtube videos. I assume you have a reasonably recent linux distribution. (Things might work on other operating systems as well as all the applications that I mention below are ported to other operating systems)
Step 1: Download the flash video file from youtube. Either use greasemonkey script [...]
I keep forgetting some of the functions in excel and it is embarrassing to search for the same things every time.
PERMUT(n, r) = nPr = n! / (n - r)!
COMBIN(n, r) = nCr = n!/((n-r)!r!)
FACT(n) = n! = 1*2*3*…*n
BINOMDIST(s, n, p, cumul) Probability that there will be exactly s successes in n trials, each [...]
I am looking for a flash media player which can play audio/video content in browser. I am currently using del.icio.us’s playtagger for now, but it is limited to mp3 only (I had to change the code a little bit to prevent it from adding multiple inclusions - my changed code is here) and it does [...]
I created a small form using which you can search the web for unicode devanagari words. It is very cumbersome to actually enter unicode devanagari characters using qwert keyboards, so I have adopted the phonetic transliteration scheme from Manogat website. Do give it a try:
http://amit.chakradeo.net/search/
Start typing devanagari words phonetically and you will see unicode characters [...]
Here is what will be good-to-have from phishtank.com API:
Good documentation about each interface e.g. how is callback_url used by auth.frob.request API ?
Description of all possible fields in return response (all possible XML elements and their possible values)
Some test URL’s and emails which will return known responses (i.e. phishy URL, good URL, not in the database [...]
http://www.phishtank.com is a new service which aims to help weed out phishing URLs and email addresses using wisdom of the crowds. Users can submit emails/URLs which they suspect of fraud and others can vote if they really are fraudulent or not. I think it is a great concept. There is a REST API using which [...]
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Ross Mayfield’s Weblog: Budding Entrepreneurship
Excerpt:
If you were about to graduate from college and had an interest in becoming an entrepreneur, what would you do?
That’s the gist of an I received in an email from Taylor Brooks, an entrepreneurship major pondering the big questions and asking for advice. With permission, I am answering this openly and [...]
