Aug 1st, 2009
by webwesen.
Apple iPod touch 8 GB (2nd Generation) NEWEST MODEL
This item goes at Walmart for $225 with no $10 Gift Card
- This player is the iPod touch, not the Apple iPhone
- 8 GB capacity for 1,750 songs, 10,000 photos, or 10 hours of video
- Up to 36 hours of music playback or 6 hours of video playback when fully charged
- 3.5-inch widescreen multi-touch display with 480-by-320-pixel resolution
- Supported audio formats: AAC, Protected AAC, MP3, MP3 VBR, Audible, Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV; supported video formats: H.264, MPEG-4; supported image file types: JPEG, BMP, GIF, TIFF, PSD (Mac only), and PNG
Technical Details
- Brand name: Apple iPod touch 8 GB
- Generation: 2nd
- Storage capacity: 8 GB
- Color: Silver/Black
- Drive type: Flash drive
- Compatibility: Mac/Windows
- Width: 2.4 inches (61.8 mm)
- Depth: 0.33 inch (8.5 mm)
- Height: 4.3 inches (110 mm)
- Weight: 4.05 ounces (115 grams)
- Audio controls: Volume Up/Down, Sleep/Wake, Home, Touchscreen
- Supported audio formats: Audio formats supported: AAC (16 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, and 4), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV
- Song storage capacity: Up to 1,750 songs
- Display size: 3.5 inches diagonal
- Display type: Widescreen Multi-Touch display
- Display resolution: 480-by-320-pixel resolution at 163 pixels per inch
- Supported video formats: Support for 480p and 576p component TV out; H.264 video, up to 1.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Low-Complexity version of the H.264 Baseline Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; H.264 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Baseline Profile up to Level 3.0 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats
- Video storage capacity: Up to 10 hours of video
- Supported image file types: Syncs iPod-viewable photos in JPEG, BMP, GIF, TIFF, PSD (Mac only), and PNG formats
- Image storage capacity: Holds up to 10,000 iPod-viewable photos
- Battery: Built-in rechargeable lithium ion battery
- Battery life: Music playback time: Up to 36 hours when fully charged; Video playback time: Up to 6 hours when fully charged
- Battery charge time: Fast-charge time: about 2 hours (charges up to 80percent of battery capacity); Full-charge time: about 4 hours
- Wireless standard: Wi-Fi (802.11b/g)
- Internet browser: Safari for iPhone
- Headphones: Earphones
- Headphones Frequency Response: 20Hz to 20,000Hz
- Headphones Impedance: 32 ohms
- Input: Dock connector
- Output: 3.5-mm stereo headphone jack
- Mac system requirements: Mac computer with USB 2.0 port; Mac OS X v10.4.11 or later; iTunes 8 or later
- Windows system requirements: PC with USB 2.0 port; Windows Vista or Windows XP Home or Professional with Service Pack 3; iTunes 8 or later
- Operating temperature: 32 degrees to 95 degrees F (0 degrees to 35 degrees C)
- Nonoperating temperature: -4 degrees to 113 degrees F (-20 degrees to 45 degrees C)
- Relative humidity: 5percent to 95percent noncondensing
- Maximum operating altitude: 10,000 feet (3000 m)
- What’s in the box: iPod touch 8 GB, Earphones, USB 2.0 cable, Dock adapter, Polishing cloth, Quick Start guide
Posted in: deals.
Tagged: ipod · touch
Jul 30th, 2009
by webwesen.
If you have an over-abundance of one particular ingredient and you would like to quickly find good, reliable recipes using that ingredient, google for farm and trade organizations that represent the ingredient’s producers. Their websites will most likely have many recipes that show off the item’s diversity.
For example, if you want sweet potato recipes, look at the recipe page for the Luisiana Sweet Potato Commission; for cherries, check out the Northwest Cherries Commission.
Posted in: Uncategorized.
Tagged: tips
Jul 27th, 2009
by webwesen.
The basic difference between a Build Management Server (BMS) and an Application Lifecycle Automation Server (ALA) is that the BMS is focused strictly on the build process while the ALA coordinates the build process, build promotions, and deployments, and thus weaves together all stages of the Application Lifecycle from development to release and into maintenance.
Posted in: process, software.
Jul 23rd, 2009
by webwesen.
So you landed an interview and are asking yourself – what next?
- Do some research.
- Read the job description and requirements carefully.
- Check their the web site for clues on what their environment looks like.
- Check LinkedIn and Glassdoor sites for any info related to the company.
- Armed with all this knowledge prepare these or similar questions:
- What exactly would my day-to-day responsibilities be?
It is essential that you clearly understand your role and the tasks that you would be expected to undertake. It is easy to make assumptions and get the wrong impression of what the work would be so it is vital for both sides that there is clarity in what is expected of you. If the interviewer cannot give a clear answer then this is a worrying sign, so politely follow up with more questions. Some people even ask to see exactly where they will sit.
- What are the opportunities for training and career advancement?
It will help you to understand where the job might lead and what skills you might acquire. It also signals that you are ambitious and thinking ahead.
- What is the biggest challenge facing the organization today?
This sort of question takes the interview away from the detail and towards strategic issues. It allows to you see and discuss the bigger picture. It proves that you are interested in more than just the 9 to 5 aspects of the job. It can lead to interesting discussions that can show you in a good light – especially if you have done some intelligent preparation. If appropriate you can follow up this question with some questions about the objectives of the department and the manager who is interviewing you.
- What are the criteria that you are looking for in the successful candidate for this position?
The more that you can discover about what they want and how they will make the decision the better placed you are to influence that decision.
- How do you feel that I measure up to your requirements for this position?
This follows on naturally from the previous questions. It may seem a little pushy but it is a perfectly fair thing to ask. In sales parlance this is a ‘trial close’. If they say that you are a good fit then you can ask whether there is any reason you might not be offered the job. If they say that you are lacking in some key skill or attribute then you can move into objection handling mode and point out some relevant experience or a countervailing strength.
- Would you like to hear what I could do to really help your organisation?
If you want the job then this is a great question to ask at the end of the interview. Most interviewers will reply, ‘Yes.’ Drawing on what you have learnt in the conversation, you can give a short sales pitch on why you fit the criteria and why your strengths and ideas will siginficantly assist the boss to meet their objectives. Make it short, direct and clear with the emphasis on the benefits for them of having you in the team. At the end ask something like, ‘how does that sound?’
Don’t take a passive role at the interview. If you are a proactive candidate who asks the sorts of questions given above then you will be seen as more dynamic and you will significantly increase your chances of being offered the job.
Posted in: jobs.
Jul 20th, 2009
by webwesen.
Joel Spolsky wrote a nice article about their vision statement for the upcoming FogBugz 7 release.
I especially liked the
“Every little feature will be a delight for somebody, especially that person who keeps emailing us because he can’t believe that the feature he wants which is obviously only six lines of code hasn’t been implemented in FogBugz 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, “4.5″, or 6.0, and if we don’t get it soon he JUST MIGHT HAVE TO GO OVER TO THE AUSTRALIANS.”
piece.
Is he looking at you, Atlassian? 
FogBugz still cannot beat your price though.
Posted in: software.
Tagged: atlassian
Jul 18th, 2009
by webwesen.
Replace images
- Header banner images are 920px × 150px
- located @ http://blog/wp-content/themes/primepress/headers/
- where to look for images?
- www.flickr.com
- www.sxc.hu
Posted in: software.
Tagged: wordpress
Jul 17th, 2009
by webwesen.
From a slide stack I presented to the overlords:
Why Atlassian?
Atlassian suite provides highly integrated modern comprehensive lifecycle tools that are fully integrated and provide capabilities for the application development infrastructure needed to meet the needs of the most modern development communities.
Atlassian: unified approach
Unified approach to the life cycle: At any time, business analysts, programmers, testers and other participants in the application development process can see what others are doing, and where a project stands. For example:
- Which requirements have been coded, tested and released?
- Which are still works in progress?
Single view of the truth
- Atlassian suite is designed around a common stack of control data where the tools fit in around that data.
- That common set of data is presented through different views of the same information, depending on whether the user of that data is concerned with business requirements, coding, testing, and so forth.
- It is a single view of the truth as opposed to multiple copies of the truth.
Build a release portal
Deliver current release information to
- DEV managers
- IT stakeholders
- Business stakeholders
Posted in: process, software.
Tagged: atlassian
Jul 12th, 2009
by webwesen.
rpm vs. installp
It seems it was impossible for a long time to find an installp-experienced engineer outside IBM. rpm on the other hand has been freely available for years. For scripty type stuff there should be no special considerations for AIX so the large body of experience, knowledge and example code available for rpm on Linux is very helpful.
IBM is not dropping AIX anytime soon, but at the same time they are actively porting the standard linux tools to AIX and some of the AIX tools to Linux so the environments are converging. This might mean that its only a matter of time before installp become “depreciated” in favor of rpm.
rpm resources
Posted in: programming.
Tagged: rpm
Jul 9th, 2009
by webwesen.
The first time you try to execute a script from PowerShell you will most likely have to change the execution policy for PowerShell. It is recommended to set it to RemoteSigned. This would mean that all remote scripts must be signed or PowerShell will refuse to execute them. To change the execution policy:
Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned
If you’re uncertain what your execution policy setting is, type :
Get-ExecutionPolicy
For reference – these are all supported policy types:
- Restricted
No scripts can run.
- AllSigned
Ps1 and .Ps1xml files must be digitally signed.
- RemoteSigned
Ps1 and .Ps1xml files from the internet must be digitally signed.
- Unrestricted
No digital signatures are required and all scripts can be executed.
Posted in: programming.
Jul 7th, 2009
by webwesen.
- “Enterprise CI roadmap and maturity model”
- “How much functional testing is enough”
- “Is scrum evil?”
- “How to make CI stick”
- “Extending CI past traditional development”
- “Wrap-up session”
Posted in: process, software.
