Statisticians’ sex appeal has little to do with their lascivious leanings (ahem, BedPost), and more with the scarcity of their skills. I believe that the folks to whom Hal Varian is referring are not statisticians in the narrow sense, but rather people who possess skills in three key, yet independent areas: statistics, data munging, and data visualization. (In parentheses next to each, I’ve put the salient character trait needed to acquire it).

The Library of Congress Authorities and Vocabularies service enables both humans and machines to programmatically access authority data at the Library of Congress via URIs.
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Remember going barefoot as a child? It’s the way you first discovered and conquered your world—without the constraint of shoes. Or the sense of duty you acquired later on.

Now you can experience that same physical and visceral sensation in Vibram FiveFingers—the only footwear to offer the exhilarating joy of going barefoot with the protection and sure-footed grip of a Vibram® sole.

FiveFingers footwear connects you to the earth and your surroundings in a way that is simply not possible in conventional shoes. It puts you in touch with the earth beneath your feet and liberates you to move in a more natural, healthy way. FiveFingers stimulate the muscles in your feet and lower legs to build strength and improve range of motion. Our customers report an increased sense of balance, greater agility, and visibly improved posture.

This is my Texture set, featuring a bit of everything from rust to fabric, cement to lace…..also handmade textures.

All available with creative commons license

Please feel free to use one or many….hoping they help inspire your creativity!

Rear pannier with lid From 2009 on, the panniers are offered with improved shape and new design which resembles that of handlebar bag Ultimate5 and front panniers Sport-Packer. Base feet protect the panniers bottom and keep it clean. The classical lid closure allows fast access to the waterproof bag’s interior. An internal double drawstring snow flap provides additional protection against dust, humidity and snow. A fixed inner pocket with main compartment and zippered mesh pocket helps organising items inside the bag. … The ORTLIEB harness system converts the Bike-Packer Classic into a daypack (optional accessory).

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Once in a while a new (or in this case very rarely used) technique appears on the scene and suddenly you start seeing it everywhere. Well we have a feeling that this is going to be one of those. In this tutorial Satya shows us how to use the built-in radio waves plugin to create an incredibly beautiful and ethereal animation of morphing letters.

PHP is one of the most popular scripting languages on the internet today, and one of the easiest to get into. Whether you're a PHP newbie, or an experienced code-slinger, there is always something new to discover. A function you're unfamiliar with a killer timesaving tool, a technique that you forgot about…

This class covers what you need to know to climb in the gym on your own. Hands-on instruction in: climbing, equipment use, and belaying for top-rope climbs. There will be plenty of opportunity to practice these skills. Everyone will have the opportunity to climb and to learn how to move comfortably over the climbing surface. This class will prepare you for Go Vertical's Top-Roping Certification. The class includes instruction, all required climbing equipment, climbing shoes, and a day pass to climb in the gym for the remainder of the day. Getting Started also includes two more day passes for the student to come back to use the gym within two weeks of the class day. You should wear comfortable gym clothes such as sweat pants and tee shirts.

Here I will first expand on repeating datastructures in XML and JSON. Then I will show how to pass complex JSON objects between browser javascript (jQuery) and PHP.

Macfusion is an open source Mac application that allows you to work with files on servers across the internet, as if they were sitting on your computer. Macfusion presents a Volume in Finder, letting you use your favorite Mac applications to work with them.

Map that estimates the travel time using the Bike Routes within the entire city (GIF)
More information on the Philadelphia Bicycle Network (PDF)
Philadelphia Bike Map (PDF)
Center City Philadelphia Bike Map (PDF)

Many programming languages support optional function arguments - ie. functions in which certain arguments are optional. You can set a default value for any argument - so if the argument is not present, the default value will be used. Unfortunately, JavaScript is not one of these languages - so we will have to use a bit of trickery to get this effect in JavaScript.

MacFUSE allows you to extend Mac OS X's native file handling capabilities via 3rd-party file systems.

The MacFUSE source repository contains source code for several exciting and useful file systems for you to browse, compile, and build upon, such as sshfs, procfs, AccessibilityFS, GrabFS, LoopbackFS, SpotlightFS, and YouTubeFS.

NEEDED FOR ALTERNATIVE WEBDAV TESTS FOR BLACKBOARD CONTENT SYSTEM.

wdfs is a webdav filesystem that makes it possible to mount a webdav share under linux, freebsd and apple mac os x. wdfs has some special features for accessing subversion repositories via webdav. it's based on fuse and neon.

(from webpost: @ http://www.neilturner.me.uk/2007/12/13/osx-webdav-problem.html = "I have a problem with OS X WebDAV involving versioning and today I am working on using MacFUSE (http://code.google.com/p/macfuse ) and WBFS ( http://noedler.de/projekte/wdfs/ ) to give me WebDAV filesystem access for some of the work I do that doesn’t destroy versioning.)"

I've been developing jQuery plugins for quite a while now, and I've become rather comfortable with a particular style of plugin development for my scripts. This article is meant to share the pattern that I've found especially useful for plugin authoring. It assumes you already have an understanding of plugin development for jQuery; if you're a novice plugin author, please review the jQuery Authoring Guidelines first.

a jQuery function which when a user clicks on a piece of text, the text fades out, then the original text is replaced with a new piece of text, after that the new text is faded in

There’s a few interesting things going on here. First off, I’m using the jQuery easing plug-in, which you can read about here. It uses Robert Penners easing equations for the math. In this case, I use the easeOutElastic effect to give the text that bounce feel when it completes its animation. I set the initial position of the text in jQuery to be off the screen.

I’m using the callback feature of jQuery to kick off the 2nd and 3rd text animations, passing the function name (flyin2 and flyin3) to get the next animation to kick off. It is interesting how, through the use of callbacks, you can almost start creating keyframes with jQuery animations.

Photographic art around human impacts - exhibitions include Running the Numbers I & II, E. Pluribus Unum, Intolerable Beauty, In Katrina's Wake.

step 1materials
- a ukulele neck and fretboard taken from a cheap soprano ukulele kit ($20 here in France). I bought mine here : [http://www.thomann.de/fr/hosco_ukulele_kit.htm ]. Kit incl…

step 2making the neck longer
To play in tune, the most important thing is that the 12th fret must be placed exactly at the middle of the string length. If you attach the ukulele neck directly to the 8"…

step 3Attaching the neck to the tambourine
This is how the neck is attached to the tambourine. I drilled the heel and the hardwood and put two gudgeons to prevent the neck from rotating around the threaded rod. Th…

step 4Glueing the fretboard
See the kit's instructions on how to glue the fretboard. This is how I did. Finish the neck with sandpaper to get a smooth feeling.

step 5Making the bridge
I cut the bridge in a piece of hardwood cleat. The guitar saddle is cut to length and its side glued on the bridge. On this peculiar prototype, the bridge is about 1/2" o…

step 6Making the tailpiece…
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1st RULE: You do not talk about FIGHT CLUB… 2nd RULE: You DO NOT talk about…Awesome photo interpretation of Chuck Palahniuk's Fight Club by Suicide Girls

An overlooked aspect of websites is the formatting of HTML and CSS documents. This affects validation, SEO, and visual ease of use. Visual ease of use is the last thing most authors tend to keep in mind, but it’s still very important. If you’re building a template for a client, or to sell on ThemeForest, it is important that it’s visually formatted properly. Here are some examples of well formatted HTML and CSS.

The aim of this site is simple. We list a whole bunch of icons which are all great to use for your web development projects. But we are different to other icon-related websites because we only list icons which you can use for free on personal AND commercial projects AND without having to provide back-links/credit to the author. These types of icons can be tough to find, so here is a while list for your convenience!

As web designers and developers, we have all come to learn many css tricks and techniques that help us achieve our layout goals. The list of these techniques is an ever expanding one, however, there are certain tricks that are essential to achieve your goal. Today, we will review 20 excellent css techniques to keep in mind when developing your theme.

The latest wave of web browsers have pretty decent support for a variety of CSS3 stuff. Particularly Safari 4 and Firefox 3.1. This screencast covers many of the techniques now possible, focusing on the ones that can be used for progressive visual enhancement. Border radius, @font-face, animations/transitions, text-shadow, box-shadow, multiple backgrounds, RGBa, gradients, border image…

So everywhere you look, you see “jQuery this” and “jQuery that”. For the last year or so, this library has been the darling of the Javascript world. But do you feel that you just can’t seem to learn the dang thing? Do you hate how the existing tutorials assume that you know WAY more than you actually do? If this rings true for you, I can help.

Starting today, I’m launching a daily video series that will teach you PRECISELY how to use the jQuery library in your own projects. We’ll start out by downloading the framework, creating our first function, examining syntax, and more. Every day, I’ll post a five-ten minute “training regimen” that expands on what you’ve already learned. So there’s no reason to fight it anymore! Learn this dang thing and start earning more money on ThemeForest.net with your new-found skills.

The 960 Grid System is an effort to streamline web development workflow by providing commonly used dimensions, based on a width of 960 pixels. There are two variants: 12 and 16 columns, which can be used separately or in tandem.

jQuery is a fast and concise JavaScript Library that simplifies HTML document traversing, event handling, animating, and Ajax interactions for rapid web development. jQuery is designed to change the way that you write JavaScript.

Edit html elements without form fields (!!!)

To test “contentEditable” I made a plugin that allows you to convert parts of the page into editable areas, just click on them and when you finish editing click outside. If you convert an inline element (h1…h5, p ) with this script, the line breaks will be disabled.

TableSorter, Colorize, tableRowCheckboxToggle, TablePagination, JQTreeTable, jQuery table2csv, jQuery Table Display, FireScopeGrid, SearchTable, tableLib,

Interactive solutions for lightboxes, form validation, navigation, upload, auto-complete, image cropping, slideshows, tool tips, sliders and tables are being developed that use nifty JavaScript and AJAX scripts.

When using these, developers have to carefully consider many subtle techniques to help users get things done. In this article, we present 70 new and useful JavaScript and AJAX techniques, all of which are of the highest quality and are more or less easy to configure. You will also find some very useful but better known techniques to use on almost any project you work on.

jQuery, MooTools, Prototype and script.aculo.us are used in these examples, so every taste gets its due.

Along with content, most would agree that navigation is one of the most important aspects of any website. That’s why it’s crucial to make site navigation intuitive and engaging. jQuery is an excellent choice for achieving this. There are many things you can do with jQuery to spice up menus, but here are 15 of the best techniques and solutions for enhancing website navigation.

When used correctly, jQuery can help you make your website more interactive, interesting and exciting. This article will share some best practices and examples for using the popular Javascript framework to create unobtrusive, accessible DOM scripting effects. The article will explore what constitutes best practices with regard to Javascript and, furthermore, why jQuery is a good choice of a framework to implement best practices.
1. Why jQuery?

jQuery is ideal because it can create impressive animations and interactions. jQuery is simple to understand and easy to use, which means the learning curve is small, while the possibilities are (almost) infinite.

jQuery is one of the most popular JavaScript frameworks, with powerful tools that improve the user’s interaction with Web applications. jQuery has an additional advantage in that it allows developers to select elements on a page using CSS-like syntax…. Here are over 45 impressive jQuery plug-ins and techniques that have been recently created and that could make the development of your next website an easier and more interesting experience than the last.