January 31, 2007
Posted at: 1:16 pm by Timothy Haroutunian
Categories: Tech and Web
Blinkx is the world’s largest and most advanced video search engine. Fed by automatic spiders that crawl the web for audio video content and content partnerships with over 100 leading content and media companies, Blinkx uses visual analysis and speech recognition to better understand rich media content. It goes out and checks mainly YouTube, MySpace, Google Video and many other video player sites for its media. Users can search for content, create personal TV channels that automatically splice relevant content together and even use our download feature to automatically download content to mobile devices. Blinkx is a privately-held firm, based in San Francisco and London and was founded in early 2004 by Suranga Chandratillake. Also, developers can register and get an API key to use the content more efficiently on their web applications.
blinkx, google video, media, myspace, video, youtube
January 30, 2007
Posted at: 3:00 pm by Timothy Haroutunian
Categories: Professional, Tech and Web
Version Number Update: 1.4 (2/2/07)
Incompatible with WordPress 2.3: old category table.1 Possibly incompatible: upgrade-functions.php.
*** NOTE: Category Converter compatible with mysql server versions 4.0 and greater ***
When you begin blogging, you think about the types of genres you want to write about…what interests you…but over time those ideas change and you branch out. Well if you established categories in your blog when you first started, those might not be what you are blogging about any more. What about if you wanted to condense categories, it is very time consuming.
I have been in that situation where I wanted to condense my 25 categories into 7-10 categories. Up until now, there were no tools to help you accomplish this goal.
I decided to write a WordPress plugin Called: [download#1#nohits]
[download#1#image]
Category Converter Features:
- Condense wordpress categories
- Rename categories
- Add categories
- Delete moved categories
Installation:
1. Download the [download#1#nohits] Plugin
2. Unzip the file and put category_converter.php into wp-content/plugins/
3. Click on the Plugins tab in the Admin panel and activate the Category Converter plugin.
Useage:
1. After the plugin is activated, click on “Go To Plugin” to use it. (Also in Options tab under Category Converter)
2. Under the category that you would like to move, click “move to”
3. Choose the category you would like to move to and then hit submit
4. Enjoy!!
*Note: The following images are from two different blogs, but the concept of the plugin is shown:
Before
After
blog, blogging, categories, category converter, converter, ella, plugins, wordpress, wordpress 2.1
January 29, 2007
Posted at: 10:16 pm by Timothy Haroutunian
Categories: Entertainment and News
Possible Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
As the episode opens, the President addressed the nation on the nuclear bomb in LA. Tom has a problem with the way that the President spoke to the American people. Tom authorized actions without Presidential consent. Tom feels that Karen is trying to get in his way of emphasizing policy to the President. He asks Reed Pollock, a savvy political operator based in the White House, to get evidence against Karen to make her disappear. Jack broke Graem (Graham/Gray) and he told Jack where his father was and who was involved with his father’s company.
Nadia got her clearance from CTU taken away for being of middle eastern descent by Homeland Security. Walid got more information from the prisoners and he found out about a cell phone that they brought into the prison. Tom got evidence against Karen and Bill and asked her for her resignation in the next hour.
Milo logged Nadia into the computer system under his name so that she could work more quickly and get the information she needs. Karen told the president she resigned but wanted to be transfered to LA. Tom is trying to take over and make the president think his ways.
Walid stole the cell phone and called CTU to have them do a background check on all of the numbers and contacts. Chloe found that the prisoners were not part of the terrorist group and they wanted to remove Walid from the situation. He was attacked because the prisoner realized that he lost the cell phone. Walid was on the ground being kicked and punched until the guards broke it up.
Jack took Graem into the building where Darren McCarthy worked. There was a noise in the other room and Jack went to go investigate. Guys held a gun to Jack and were about to shoot him when his father walked in to stop them. Jack brought Graem into the room and because of the situation, he went to call CTU when Graem ordered the guys to stop him. Graem took Jack and their father hostage and walked them outside. The CTU agents who were outside waiting were killed by Graem’s men and then Jack and his father were taken into a van.
We don’t know where Jack being taken to, but tune in next week to find out during 12:00pm – 1:00pm
24, bauer, fox, Jack bauer, twenty-four, day 6, season 6
January 28, 2007
Posted at: 10:40 am by Timothy Haroutunian
Categories: Entertainment and News
A National Non-Profit Organization called Accelerated Cure out of Waltham, MA is dedicated to curing Multiple Sclerosis (MS) by determining the cause of MS.
“We believe the route to finding the cure will most quickly come from determining the cause or causes of MS. The causes will be found by developing a logical, organized, straight-forward process based on what is known about the causes of disease in general. This process must be clearly spelled out and presented in a manner that is accessible to those involved: researchers, clinicians, and individuals with MS. We call the plan that is emerging from this process the ‘Cure Map.’” – Accelerated Cure
Multiple Sclerosis is a chronic, inflammatory disease that affects neurons, the cells of the brain and spinal cord that carry information, create thought and perception, and allow the brain to control the body. Surrounding and protecting some of these neurons is a fatty layer known as the myelin sheath, which helps neurons carry electrical signals. MS causes gradual destruction of myelin (demyelination) and transection of neuron axons in patches throughout the brain and spinal cord. The name multiple sclerosis refers to the multiple scars (or scleroses) on the myelin sheaths. This scarring causes symptoms which vary widely depending upon which signals are interrupted. The predominant theory today is that MS results from attacks by an individual’s immune system on the nervous system and it is therefore usually categorized as an autoimmune disease. There is a minority view that MS is not an autoimmune disease, but rather a metabolically dependent neurodegenerative disease.
Multiple sclerosis may take several different forms, with new symptoms occurring either in discrete attacks or slowly accruing over time. Between attacks, symptoms may resolve completely, but permanent neurologic problems often persist. Although much is known about how MS causes damage, its exact cause remains unknown. MS currently does not have a cure, though several treatments are available which may slow the appearance of new symptoms. MS primarily affects adults, with an age of onset typically between 20 and 40 years, and is more common in women than in men.
If you would like to contribute to finding a cure for MS, many people who have Multiple Sclerosis and also their families would really appreciate it. I know that a cure for Multiple Sclerosis would help my mother, who was diagnosed with MS in 1990 when I was very young.
accelerated cure, axon, central nervous system, cns, demyelination, ms, multiple sclerosis, myelin
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