The official book is now for sale . If you’re looking to learn how to do ad-hoc reports in and add reports to your application, this is a great reference and learning tool. (Disclaimer: I was a volunteer proofreader for the book.)
Still on the fence about buying it? There is a free HTML version available on the for you to preview and read, and 25% of the revenue from book sales will go to . The book is also available under the .
, writer of the , posted a nice summary of , and more importantly, who it’s right for. Ruby programmers may also want to check out on .
Playing around a bit with the site, trying to see what’s easy to add. In the meantime, I’ve created a search engine integration for FireFox and Internet Explorer (and anyone else that supports ).
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has posted his opinions on to freshen up their websites. A bit of discussion and cross-posting ensued, including one by and by Todd.
I’ve written a on the free WiFi scene in Toronto over at Torontoist. Also, I’m for Torontoist! (Profile to be updated shortly)
reflects on some that have become a must for her. I’ve recently purchased a MacBook, and I’ve found the integration between , and has been very useful. We’ve looked into email before.
Fulfilling
Microsoft is being helped out by media companies (Music, Television, etc.). Because Apple dominates the and markets, they are able to the content providers and set the prices. Music labels and other media providers would like to see a more balanced market to be able to gain more control over their pricing.
For those of you who don’t know, iTunes and Microsoft-backed stores sell their songs with . These restrictions on the files prevent them from being copied a certain number of times, or can even cause the songs to “expire”, and stop working when the music store owner chooses. This also prevents music downloaded from iTunes from playing on Microsoft “Plays for Sure” players, and music from most other stores working on iPods. So any music you have downloaded from the iTunes music store will probably never work on Microsoft’s new player.
Rather than forcing you to re-buy your iTunes music at their store, Microsoft is planning to , and pay for it, as well.
Would you be willing to switch to a new music player, if they re-bought all of your music for you? Will Microsoft be able to avoid previous traps and create a compelling product? I’m not betting on it, but if they throw as much money at it as they did for the XBox, there might be something that at least will have some presence.
that there will soon be free Wi-Fi access in . The volunteers at Wireless Toronto have also brought us Toronto’s . Find out where else you can get , and .
Don’t you just love misleading pictures?
It’s all about the hearing these days. I remember those crazy sound-tests when I was a little kid. They put these enormous headphones on you, and told you to raise your hand whenever you heard something. Fun at first- but simply annoying after listening to high-pitched frequencies for a full ten minutes. I remember going back to class with the ringing still in my ears.
Little did I know that I was hearing frequencies most adults probably could not of. According to research, children and young teenagers can hear higher frequencies then adults. Well, a shopkeeper in Wiltshire, England has decided to . The man developed a mosquito-type noise that plays outside of his shop to keep away troublemakers. Apparently, the noise is unbearably annoying for anyone under the age of 25. You can even try listening to the yourself.
(Something to note about the BBC article above: The caption on the picture of the mosquito reads, “A Mosquito, yesterday”. Whatever happened to pictures actually relating to the articles?)
Anyways, someone who noticed this article decided to create a sample of different frequencies to test their own hearing. Test it on their for yourself. See how high up you can get before you can’t hear anything at all! The highest I can hear is - and I challenge you to beat it.
(Note: Try this around for extra fun 
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Don’t you just love documentaries? I mean, we’ve got everything from , to , and even .
Well, a new has just hit the web for the new documentary, Who Killed the Electric Car? It seems yet film focused on blaming the giant car-manufacturer, .
The provides this small tagline to go with the movie: “In 1996 Electric cars began to appear on roads all over California. They were quiet and fast, produced no exhaust, and ran without gasoline. Who Killed the Electric Car?”
The movie will be hitting this summer. Stay tuned for details.