Sam’s random musings

Ground Control to Major Tom:

The following are actual exchanges between airline pilots and control towers around the world, conversations from the cockpit that airline passengers normally will never hear.

Tower: “Delta 351, you have traffic at 10 o’clock, 6 miles!”

Delta 351: “Give us another hint!  We have digital watches!”

-o-o-o- “TWA 2341, for noise abatement turn right 45 Degrees.”

“Centre, we are at 35,000 feet.  [...]

Ahh Chris thank you for sharing…

(Via Mind-NOX.)

CSS Culture: Laying it all out:

Somehow in the last couple years, everyone seems to have decided that TABLES are no good. Despite the fact that they’ve been around forever and provide a stable way to implement a layout for all browsers, they have somehow fallen out of favor. The reason? The culture of CSS.

Good read, and funny comic…

(Via OK/Cancel.)

GPlotter: A Simple Javascript Object to Plot Markers onto Google Maps with XML:

This object provides a simple interface to plot markers onto Google Maps by using a simple XML file. The interface allows the user to write a few of lines of Javascript to provide this cross-browser functionality. It has been tested and works on MSIE 6, Firefox and Safari.

got to keep track of this

(Via .)

Open repository brings modularity to JavaScript:

It’s early days, but a group of Perl hackers have banded together to form JSAN, The JavaScript Archive Network. Like the venerable Perl equivalent, CPAN, and other sites that borrowed inspiration (e.g. PEAR for PHP), JSAN aims to be an open repository for JavaScript scripts … [Kevin Yank]

A cool beginning, have to keep an eye on this

(Via SitePoint’s DHTML & CSS Blog: Stylish Scripting.)

Sonos Multi Zone Digital Music System -play digital music from PC in any room:

Sonos is the first and only digital music system that lets you play all your digital music, all over your house%u2014and control it all from the palm of your hand. Best of all, you don’t need a PC in every room, a music server or a wireless network. Just a SonosTM ZonePlayer and speakers in the rooms of your choice and a SonosTM Controller in hand to access all your digital music, no matter where it’s stored%u2014on your PC, Mac or Network Attached Storage box.

This is really cool, oh to win the lottery

(Via .)

NASA launches first space shuttle mission since ‘03:

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - The U.S. space shuttle Discovery blasted off from its launch pad at Cape Canaveral in Florida on Tuesday on NASA’s first shuttle mission since Columbia broke up in 2003.

the girls and I watched it, boy it never ceases to amaze me

(Via Reuters: Top News.)

Onne Gorter - Home/programming/mac-os-x/:

Using C++ library with Cocoa What? If you have a library written in C++ and you want to use this library in your Cocoa/XCode project this is how you can go about. Why did I write this? It took me hours of googling trying and tinkering with XCode. Actually it is not that difficult, but you just need to know a few things.

keep track of this

(Via .)

Vinokourov to Liberty Seguros:

BBC SPORT | Vinokourov joins Liberty Seguros

Alexandre Vinokourov, whose aggressive riding animated the 2005 Tour, will join Manolo Saiz’ Liberty Seguros squad.

The team’s previous Tour leader, Roberto Heras, had a disappointing Tour in 45th, and Saiz said publicly during the Tour that Heras would ride Giro and not lead the team’s Tour squad next season.

Vinokourov will bring along a fellow Kazakh, Sergey Yakovlev, from T-Mobile.

Said Vino:

“They have the best riders in the mountains and are among the best in the team time trials. It was almost a natural choice,” he said of Liberty Seguros.

“We have discussed my programme for 2006 - I’ve had the guarantee I will be able to fully focus on the Tour de France.”

I like VIno, I like to watch Vino, good luck Vino I hope that you have found a team with your kind of focus and desire to win. DO they understand what it takes to win the Tour now? We shall see

(Via Tour de France 2004.)