http://dbbd.sg/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=85.8.189.160Wikicliki - User contributions [en]2026-09-14T12:19:51ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.27.4http://dbbd.sg/wiki/index.php?title=Inspiration&diff=2584Inspiration2009-01-16T15:27:02Z<p>85.8.189.160: </p>
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<div>A GREAT BIG PILE OF.... MESS. or ideas and sites which have caught my eye.<br><br><br />
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Hide money: Grab a few pennies, and stuff them in places only little kids look.<br />
bx ideas:<br><br />
*http://lawrence.com/<br />
*http://imgiseverything.co.uk/<br />
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good design:<br><br />
*http://www.nytimes.com/<br />
*http://www.subtraction.com/<br />
*http://www.uxmag.com/<br />
*http://bopia.com/<br />
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*http://www.tnvacation.com/<br />
*http://www.madeinmtl.com/main.php?langval=2<br />
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*http://gezfry.com/gallery.shtml<br />
*http://www.stinapersson.com/<br />
*http://www.cabanonpress.com/News/newsshed.htm<br />
*http://www.wonderhowto.com<br />
*http://tumblingblocks.net/blog/index.cfm/2008/9/22/Honeycomb-Smocking-Tutorial<br />
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kinetic art<br />
*http://www.eddiesmind.com/<br />
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*https://www.serebraconnect.com<br />
*http://blogthememachine.com/40-must-have-grunge-fonts-from-dafont/<br />
*http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/11/08/40-excellent-freefonts-for-professional-design/<br />
*http://www.conceptpersonnel.co.uk/?gclid=CN61joCwi5YCFQ5NQwodkzi8FQ<br />
*http://www.workcircle.com/?ad=google&keywords=Jobs%20Graphic%20Design&adtype=Content&creative=1393686391&googlekeywords=Graphic%20Design&gclid=COz7yoGwi5YCFQ1UQgodl0bLFQ<br />
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*[http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=269471.0 EYEBALL COSTUME]<br />
*[http://www.videotage.org.hk/ NICE CHINESE CHARACTER FORMAT]<br />
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You are not unique.<br />
But you are alone.<br />
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http://mcmlxxxi.wordpress.com/</div>85.8.189.160http://dbbd.sg/wiki/index.php?title=Getting_the_things_I_want&diff=2583Getting the things I want2009-01-15T11:42:58Z<p>85.8.189.160: </p>
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<div>I always get the things that I want.<br />
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But first, I must be certain about what I really want.<br />
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I want to study art and design. I want to live in London for a few more years, while I am young.</div>85.8.189.160http://dbbd.sg/wiki/index.php?title=Rich_HTML_email&diff=2582Rich HTML email2009-01-15T11:41:54Z<p>85.8.189.160: </p>
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<div>== Easiest way to make and send Rich HTML ==<br />
<br />
<ol><li>Create your html page first</li><br />
<li>Open it in IE7</li><br />
<li>Choose the "send page as email" option</li><br />
<li>Your Rich HTML email will be ready for sending in Outlook</li><br />
</ol><br />
<br />
== General Rules for Rich HTML email design ==<br />
<br />
* Avoid stylesheets<br />
* Name your images sensibly and generically to avoid SPAM filtering (eg: image1.gif or header.gif)<br />
* Avoid ROWSPAN and COLSPAN totally<br />
* All special charactrs must be spelt out (eg: & pound for the pound symbol)<br />
* Keep email below 40k (including images)<br />
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== See Also ==<br />
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* [http://www.campaignmonitor.com/css/ Guide to CSS Support for Emails] - Great list from Campaign Monitor about the tags that different email browsers can understand</div>85.8.189.160http://dbbd.sg/wiki/index.php?title=List_of_Online_Apps&diff=2491List of Online Apps2008-12-22T10:07:24Z<p>85.8.189.160: </p>
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<div>In the beginning I wanted to compile a list of all the useful online apps in the world. <br><br />
But there is no such easy list anymore.<br />
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myspace, facebook, livejournal, flickr, youtube, wists, 43 things, delicious, twitter, tumblr, stumbleupon, dunder mifflin infinity, mindsay, do.oh, pixpulse, mog, hype, thentsh, digg, iwtst, mahalo, yelp, last.fm, Go, TI!, jaiku, VOX, slashdot, pandora, deviantArt, customize, neosynthesis, Consumating, OkCupid, Orkut, ColourLovers, istockphoto, coroflot, morguefile, stock.xchng.hu, bodynbrain.org, ravelry, goodreads, linkedin, woome, 9teen84.com, televisionwithoutpity, diaryland, wordpress, blogger<br />
<br />
*http://www.zoho.com/<br />
*http://www.rememberthemilk.com/<br />
*http://www.buxfer.com/<br />
*http://www.socialtext.com/<br />
*http://www.yworks.com/en/products_yed_about.htm<br />
<br />
A whole list of web apps : [http://www.webapplist.com/ webapplist]<br />
Lifehacker's top 10 list: [http://lifehacker.com/342765/top-10-underhyped-webapps Top 10 Underhyped Webapps]<br />
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OH NO BRAIN SPLOSION.<br />
<br />
wait but there's more (so many i cant even write a description for many of them):<br />
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*[http://www.freshbooks.com Online Timekeeping and invoicing for freelancers]<br />
*[http://www.pangloss.com/seidel/ClrHlpr/imagemap.html Poor Person's Image Mapper] - something i've used for years now... simple but does the job<br />
* [http://slopsbox.com/ Slopsbox] - your temporary mailbox, the e-mail address you use to register for random services. it expires after 24 hours.<br />
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[http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2007/06/by_the_numbers_.html Guy Kawasaki Blog By the Numbers: How I built a Web 2.0, User-Generated Content, Citizen Journalism, Long-Tail, Social Media Site for $12,107.09]<br />
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*[http://www.screentoaster.com/ Screentoaster Creating videos from your screen]<br />
*[http://www.blindtextgenerator.com/ Create “Lorum Ipsum” text for designs]<br />
<br />
== See Also ==<br />
<br />
The Opposite: Online Apps going to your Desktop<br />
*[[Adobe AIR]]<br />
*[[Mozilla Prizm]]<br />
*[[Crowdsourcing]]</div>85.8.189.160http://dbbd.sg/wiki/index.php?title=Sohu&diff=2484Sohu2008-12-16T11:20:50Z<p>85.8.189.160: </p>
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<div>http://ad.sohu.com/<br />
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According to CNNIC, 搜狐 (Sohu) or “Search Fox” is the 4th most popular search engine and portal in China. It is also the Official Internet Content Service Sponsor of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. It provides advertisement space on its main pages for rich image ads as well as short text ads which blend seamlessly into content.</div>85.8.189.160http://dbbd.sg/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page&diff=2446Main Page2008-12-02T11:42:21Z<p>85.8.189.160: </p>
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<div>#REDIRECT [[Cool Ninja Cats]]</div>85.8.189.160http://dbbd.sg/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page&diff=2445Main Page2008-12-02T11:41:55Z<p>85.8.189.160: </p>
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<div>#REDIRECT [[Wikicliki]]</div>85.8.189.160http://dbbd.sg/wiki/index.php?title=Google_Analytics&diff=2444Google Analytics2008-12-02T11:41:06Z<p>85.8.189.160: </p>
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<div>[[Bounce Rate]]<br />
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*[http://www.aboutnico.be/index.php/google-analytics-air-beta-sign-up/ Google Analytics Reporting suite] (This program runs on [[Adobe AIR]])<br />
*[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Google_Analytics Installing Google Analytics in your Mediawiki]</div>85.8.189.160http://dbbd.sg/wiki/index.php?title=SWFObject&diff=2419SWFObject2008-11-28T11:12:07Z<p>85.8.189.160: </p>
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<div>'''STATIC PUBLISHING'''<br />
<br />
SWFObject is a better way to embed swf files in html. Its shorter than Adobe's AC_RunActiveContent, makes the flash file more compatible for other devices which use less advanced versions of javascript, and it degrades gracefully on ancient browsers.<br />
<br />
Are you easily confused? Is your wmode not transparent even after checking it a hundred times over? <br />
Stop messing up the code and use the [http://www.swffix.org/swfobject/generator/ SWFobject code generator.]<br />
<br />
1. insert the object<br />
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<pre> <object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="780" height="420"><br />
<param name="movie" value="myContent.swf" /><br />
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<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="myContent.swf" width="780" height="420"><br />
<!--<![endif]--><br />
<p>Alternative content</p><br />
<!--[if !IE]>--><br />
</object><br />
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</object><br />
</pre><br />
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2. insert into head (the file)<br />
<pre><script type="text/javascript" src="swfobject.js"></script></pre><br />
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3. insert into head (the registration)<br />
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<pre> <script type="text/javascript"><br />
swfobject.registerObject("myId", "9.0.0", "expressInstall.swf");<br />
</script></pre><br />
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*[http://www.alistapart.com/articles/flashembedcagematch/ Why it makes sense to use SWFObject]<br />
*[http://code.google.com/p/swfobject/wiki/documentation SWFObject Documentation]<br />
<br />
== See Also ==<br />
*[[SWFAddress]]<br />
*[[Javascript]]<br />
*[[Javascript Sandbox]]<br />
*[[Actionscript]]<br />
*[[Actionscript Sandbox]]</div>85.8.189.160http://dbbd.sg/wiki/index.php?title=Cool_Ninja_Cats&diff=2418Cool Ninja Cats2008-11-28T10:49:17Z<p>85.8.189.160: </p>
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<div><big>'''Search Team Ninjas'''</big><br />
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Welcome to this Wikicliki, sick-o-fancy, jerque-du-cercle of a networking and connection-based order. This is a box where a small internet deskmonkey puts the leftover bits and bobs. Email any coments to me at '''04.48am at gmail.com'''.<br />
<br />
''' Most Active Pages: '''<br />
[[Google Adwords]], [[Actionscript-Javascript Interaction]],<br />
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''' Sandboxes: '''<br />
[[Actionscript Sandbox]], [[jQuery Sandbox]], [[Javascript Sandbox]]<br />
<br />
== Index ==<br />
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<table><br />
<tr><td valign=top><br />
*[[Google]]<br />
*[[Google Adwords]]<br />
*[[Google Chrome]]<br />
*[[Google Analytics]]<br />
*[[Gmail]]<br />
*[[Flash]]<br />
*[[Javascript]]<br />
*[[Actionscript]]<br />
*[[SWFObject]]<br />
*[[SWFAddress]]<br />
*[[Papervision 3D]]<br />
*[[JSAway]]<br />
*[[Away3D]]<br />
*[[Tweener]]<br />
*[[jQuery]]<br />
*[[Microsoft adCenter]]<br />
*[[Yahoo Search Marketing]]<br />
*[[Typography]]<br />
*[[Asian Font]]s<br />
*[[Baidu]]<br />
*[[China]]<br />
</td><br />
<td valign=top><br />
*[[UK Keyboard Layout]]<br />
*[[Microsoft Global Input Method Editor]]<br />
*[[List of Interesting Online Apps]]<br />
*[[List of Interesting Desktop Apps]]<br />
*[[List of Amazing Flash Sites]]<br />
*[[Pixel Art]]<br />
*[[Sprites]]<br />
*[[Source code editors]]<br />
*[[Rich HTML email]]<br />
*[[Usability Testing]]<br />
*[[Sustainability]]<br />
*[[jQuery Sandbox]]<br />
*[[Actionscript Sandbox]]<br />
*[[Actionscript-Javascript Interaction]]<br />
*[[DOM]]<br />
*[[Google App Engine]]<br />
*[[Joomla!]]<br />
*[[Drupal]]<br />
*[[Facebook Advertising]]<br />
*[[CMS]]<br />
*[[Information Architect]]<br />
*[[Geotagging]]<br />
*[[PCI Compliance]]<br />
*[[Study in the UK]]<br />
*[[Learning languages]]<br />
*[[Processing]]<br />
</td><br />
<td valign=top><br />
*[[Sohu]]<br />
*[[Tencent QQ]]<br />
*[[Sina]]<br />
*[[CPC]]<br />
*[[CPM]]<br />
*[[ROI]]<br />
*[[SEO]]<br />
*[[Flash SEO]]<br />
*[[IronRuby]]<br />
*[[IronPython]]<br />
*[[Python]]<br />
*[[Mapnik]]<br />
*[[HTML]]<br />
*[[CSS]]<br />
*[[XML]]<br />
*[[KML]]<br />
*[[AJAX]]<br />
*[[PPC Tips]]<br />
*[[Flex]]<br />
*[[PHP]]<br />
*[[RFID]]<br />
</td><br />
<td valign=top><br />
*[[Toponymy of London]]<br />
*[[Freecycle]]<br />
*[[Brick Lane]]<br />
*[[Singapore]]<br />
*[[Facebook]]<br />
*[[Garden Centre]]<br />
*[[Building & Repairs]]<br />
*[[Getting the things I want]]<br />
*[[Vicious Cycles]]<br />
*[[Second Life]]<br />
*[[Hipihi]]<br />
*[[The Sims]]<br />
*[[Mozilla Prism]]<br />
*[[Adobe AIR]]<br />
*[[Microsoft Silverlight]]<br />
*[[Interface]]<br />
*[[Crowdsourcing]]<br />
*[[Browser Testing]]<br />
*[[Electronic Music]]<br />
*[[Ambient Findability]]<br />
*[[Fullscreen content]]<br />
*[[Pitching for TV and Film]]<br />
*[[Tax filing in the UK]]<br />
*[[Credit Crunch]]<br />
*[[Easterlin Paradox]]<br />
*[[Microcontrollers]]<br />
</td><br />
<td valign=top><br />
*[[Long Tail]]<br />
*[[Black Swan]]<br />
*[[False positive paradox]]<br />
*[[Rare Events]]<br />
*[[Cultural Astronomy]]<br />
*[[Bleeding Edge]]<br />
*[[Cannibalism]]<br />
*[[How to...]]<br />
*[[Lexical Adventures]]<br />
*[[Foreign Food Terms]]<br />
*[[Urban Planning]]<br />
*[[Firearms and fireworks]]<br />
*[[Hauntology]]<br />
*[[Maps]]<br />
*[[Dream Syntax]]<br />
*[[Suicide]]<br />
*[[UK Visa]]<br />
*[[Web Accessibility]]<br />
*[[Data Visualisation]]<br />
*[[Kinetic Art]]<br />
*[[Mythogeography]]<br />
*[[Literary Hit-and-Run]]<br />
*[[Microsound]]<br />
</td><br />
</tr><br />
</table><br />
<br />
== Personal ==<br />
<br />
<blockquote>'''Daily Horoscope for VIRGO, Monday, June 23, 2008, By Rick Levine:'''<br><br />
If you aren't sure what you should be doing at work now, don't look to anyone else for your answers. <br />
It's likely they will be just as unsure as you. Instead, go back to the basics. <br />
Tackle the tasks you have set aside. Keep in mind that you are building foundations for tomorrow <br />
and not just acting busy for today.</blockquote><br />
<br />
"The future is already here. It's just not widely distributed yet." - William Gibson<br />
<br />
[[Inspiration]]<br />
<br />
Goals (in order of importance):<br />
# Learn more jQuery & Javascript<br />
# Learn more Actionscript 2<br />
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== Getting started with Wiki ==<br />
<br />
* [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Advanced_editing Advanced Editing]<br />
* [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide User's Guide]<br />
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Configuration_settings Configuration settings list]<br />
* [http://www.knowledgethoughts.com/wiki/Mediawiki_templates how to edit mediawiki themes]</div>85.8.189.160http://dbbd.sg/wiki/index.php?title=Learning_languages&diff=2417Learning languages2008-11-27T11:36:06Z<p>85.8.189.160: </p>
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<div>from http://www.english-learning.co.uk/lomb.alkire.html<br />
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== Introduction ==<br />
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<br />
The knowledge of foreign languages has always been important in Continental Europe, and from at least the time of Comenius (1592–1670), scholars have written serious discourses on foreign language teaching and learning. In the last 40 years, important European contributions have been made by Belyayev (The Psychology of Teaching Foreign Languages, 1964), Lozanov (Suggestology and Outlines of Suggestopedy, 1978), and Medgyes (The Non-native Teacher, 1994), among others.<br />
<br />
A lesser-known but exceptional text on language learning from Europe is Dr. Kató Lomb’s Így tanulok nyelveket [This is how I learn languages] (Budapest: AQUA Kiadó, 1995, 4th ed.). Lomb’s text is remarkable for several reasons. First, it has strategies for, and conclusions about, language learning that closely correlate with those of successful learners documented in major SLA studies of the past 25 years. Second, Lomb’s text is one of the few discourses on language learning written by a learner who achieved fluency in several languages after childhood and largely through self-study. Krashen and Kiss (1996) note that Lomb “demonstrates, quite spectacularly, that high levels of second language proficiency can be attained by adults; much of her language acquisition was done in her 30s and 40s…” (p. 210). Finally, Lomb’s text is important because it constitutes a rare body of SLA data. Although McLaughlin (1987) believes that “recourse to conscious or unconscious experience is notoriously unreliable” (p. 152), Stevick (1989), in his study of successful language learners, points out that learners’ accounts are valuable: “Whenever there is an apparent inconsistency between [successful learners’] statements and a given theory, then the theory must either show that the statement should not be taken seriously, or it must show how the statement is in fact consistent with it after all, or the theory must modify itself accordingly” (pp. xii–xiii).<br />
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This article presents Lomb’s learning strategies and correlates them to learner strategies documented in major SLA studies of the past 25 years. Most of Lomb’s strategies, it will be shown, agree with documented strategies, a few challenge them, and a small number have been matters of dispute among researchers or have simply not been studied. It is argued that when many outstanding acquirers such as Lomb use the same strategies, these strategies are worthy of our attention; indeed, they drive research and shape SLA theory.<br />
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== Kató Lomb ==<br />
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Dr. Kató Lomb (1909–2003) was Hungary’s most accomplished multilinguist. A professional translator/interpreter, she worked in 16 languages for government and business concerns. As a state translator she traveled widely, and her reputation was such that, according to an interview in Hetek newspaper (14 November 1998), she and her multilingual colleagues were known as “the Lomb team” (p. 16). A lifelong language learner, Lomb began learning her 17th language, Hebrew, in her eighties.<br />
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Largely self-taught in languages (her doctorate was in chemistry), she first described her learning strategies in This Is How I Learn Languages. Upon publication of the first edition in 1970, the book attracted scholarly and popular interest across Hungary, and subsequent editions were published in 1972, 1990, and 1995. In addition, translations were published in Russia, Latvia, and Japan.<br />
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In her book, Lomb describes her strategies for learning a foreign language through the construct of a made-up language, Azilian. She assumes that she has had no exposure to Azilian and that it shares no cognates with her native language or any language she knows. Because of her conscious application of strategies to learn languages, Krashen (1997) calls Lomb’s experience “very relevant to foreign language education” (p. 41).<br />
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== Learning “Azilian” ==<br />
<br />
(from Chapter 20 of This Is How I Learn Languages, 4th ed. [1995] by Dr. Kató Lomb. Translation by Kornelia DeKorne. Note: Heads have been inserted into the text for clarity.)<br />
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<br />
== Using dictionaries ==<br />
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<br />
“First of all, I try to get my hands on a thick Azilian dictionary. Owing to my optimistic outlook I never buy small dictionaries; I go on the assumption that I would fathom them too quickly and then the money I invested in them would end up being wasted. If an Azilian-Hungarian dictionary does not happen to be available, then I try to get hold of an Azilian-English, Azilian-Russian, etc., dictionary.<br />
<br />
a) In the beginning, I use this dictionary as my textbook. I learn the rules of reading from it. Every language—and consequently every dictionary—contains a lot of international expressions. The bigger the dictionary, the more such expressions there are in it.<br />
<br />
b) The words for nations, countries and cities (especially names for smaller places that are not in danger of distortion through frequent use) and the scientific vocabulary that ‘transcends language’ reveal to me the relationships between letter-characters and phonemes in the Azilian language. I remember that the first thing I looked up in the Russian-English dictionary I bought in 1941 was my own name: E________1.<br />
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c) I do not memorize the words; I just scan and study them as though they were some crossword puzzle to be solved. By the time I glean the rules of reading from the above-cited vocabularies, my dictionary will have revealed a lot of other things, too, about the Azilian language. I can see how it morphs the parts of speech into one another: how it nominalizes verbs, how it forms adjectives from nouns and adverbs from adjectives.<br />
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This is just a first taste of the language. I am sampling it, making friends with it.”<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
<br />
<br />
Lomb’s strategy of using a L2–L1 dictionary as a beginning text for learning a language is unique; there is no extant research on it. In terms of general dictionary use, her use of bilingual dictionaries when beginning to learn a language is strongly supported by SLA research. Rossner (1985), Underhill (1985), Gethin and Gunnemark (1996), and Harmer (2001) all endorse the use of bilingual dictionaries over learner’s monolingual dictionaries by learners at the beginning stages of foreign language learning.<br />
<br />
Although it is not known if Lomb was familiar with bilingualized compromise dictionaries, Laufer and Hadar (1997) suggest that these dictionaries (which follow a bilingual dictionary format but include the “good features” of learner’s monolingual dictionaries) may represent an advance over bilingual and learner’s monolingual dictionaries. In a study that compared the use of learner’s monolingual, bilingual, and bilingualized compromise dictionaries among 123 EFL learners in Israel, Laufer and Hadar found that irrespective of the learners' proficiency level, the bilingualized compromise dictionary was either as good as, or significantly better than, the other two dictionaries for comprehension and production tasks.<br />
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<br />
== Using textbooks and works of literature ==<br />
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<br />
“Following this first assay, I buy a textbook and some works of Azilian literature, all together. Of the first, I always buy one with answers provided for the questions in the exercises, as I am an ALS, or average language student: i.e., because of time constraints, I mostly have to teach myself.<br />
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“I go through the lessons and do all the written exercises in sequence, as they come in the book. I write ‘breezily,’ leaving ample room for corrections. Then I look up the correct answers in the key and write them beside/above my own incorrect variations. In this way, I get a very visual representation of ‘the history of my folly.’2<br />
<br />
“I scold myself for the errors made and then promptly forgive myself. I always leave enough space in my notebook to be able to write five–six correct words or sentences, similar to the ones I got wrong…. This is very helpful in imprinting the corrected formulas.<br />
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“As all this is a bit tedious, right from the outset I start reading Azilian plays or short stories. If I’m lucky, there will be ‘adapted’ texts available. If not, I just start on any literature published before 1950. (I can have trouble understanding the style of modern novels, even in my native Hungarian.) I always buy books in pairs: this increases the chance that at least one will be comprehensible.<br />
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“I start on the comprehensible novel immediately. To go from incomprehension to half-understanding to complete understanding is an exciting and inspiring journey of discovery worthy of the spirit of a mature person. By the time I finish the journey, I part with the book feeling that this has been a profitable and fun enterprise.<br />
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“At first reading, I only write out words that I manage to understand, that is, words whose meaning I have been able to figure out from context. Naturally, I do not write them out in isolation, but in the context they appeared. It is only after a second or third reading that I look up words unknown to me. Even then, I do not look up each and every one. With those that I record in my notebook, I include the vortex of meaning supplied by the book or by any contemporary dictionary worthy of the name.”<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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No studies could be found on the value of answer guides in language textbooks. Lomb’s systematic use of them suggests that they are important for language learning, at least independent language learning.<br />
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The research on whether adapted texts are superior to authentic texts in aiding L2 acquisition is inconclusive. One practical solution, supported by many recent studies, is to have students choose their own texts (“free voluntary reading”). This would be consistent with Lomb’s strategy. Krashen (2003) writes that free voluntary reading “is now perhaps the most thoroughly investigated and best-supported [language learning] technique we have in the field of second-language pedagogy” (p. 26).<br />
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Lomb’s strategy of learning vocabulary in context is strongly supported by SLA research (see Seal, 1991; Ur, 1996; Harmer, 2001).<br />
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== Learning to comprehend and pronounce Azilian via radio broadcasts ==<br />
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<br />
“All this, however, does not teach one of the most important of the four aspects of language learning: verbal comprehension. In addition, I have not gotten an accurate picture of Azilian pronunciation (the phonetic transcriptions of the textbook are always of somewhat dubious value). For this reason, at the very beginning of my language study I set aside some time for scanning the Azilian airwaves. I figure out when and at what frequency I can hear Azilian speech live on the radio. Somewhere, sometime, I am sure to catch the idiom I am interested in from the ether.<br />
<br />
“News bulletins generally reflect the most important international events of the day in their main outlines. For this reason—even if the news items are selected according to the probable interests of Azilia’s inhabitants—they are usually the same in the broadcasts of different languages. So I always listen to the news in some other, familiar, language as well. Thus I am given a key—almost a dictionary—to what I can expect, in advance. If an unknown word crops up along the way, I write it down. After the broadcast, I look it up immediately in my big dictionary. The reason for this is that at that time, immediately after the broadcast, the word still resounds in my ear with its entire context and if I misheard it (which happens many times), the context, still fresh in my memory, helps redress the error.<br />
<br />
“If I find the word in the dictionary, a little self-congratulation is in order again, and this makes learning a pleasant pastime instead of a burdensome task.<br />
<br />
“Then, not immediately, but after a day or two, I record in my glossary the knowledge thus acquired ‘from the air.’ This temporally staggered approach is advisable because this way I am forced to revisit fading memories—unfortunately, quite often not for the last time.<br />
<br />
“Once a week, I tape the broadcast. I keep the recording for a while and play it back several times. On these occasions, I always concentrate on pronunciation. Alas, I must admit that based on the announcer’s native pronunciation, sometimes I have to reacquaint myself with words that I thought I already knew from books.”<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Notes ==<br />
<br />
<br />
Studies by Crookall (1983), Norbrook (1984), and Imhoof and Christensen (1986) show that radio, whether used naturalistically or formally, has positive effects on the acquisition of an L2.<br />
<br />
Although television- or Internet-based technologies may eventually prove to be superior to radio in facilitating L2 acquisition, in much of the world radio is still the only language-learning technology available for little or no cost to learners. It must be noted that Lomb herself preferred radio to television: “I simply believe it [television] to be a time-wasting activity. My favorite is the radio…. When considering pronunciation it is indispensable.” (Varga,1996, p. 4).<br />
<br />
<br />
== The role of the Azilian teacher and/or informant ==<br />
<br />
<br />
“Of course, I try to seek out a teacher who speaks Azilian. If I find a professional educator, I’ve got it made. If there isn’t a bona fide teacher available, I try to at least get a native speaker student who is staying in my country on a scholarship.<br />
<br />
“I confess that I prefer to be taught by a woman. Perhaps this is because it is easier to chat with women. I have long been intrigued by the question of why women talk more than men do (generally speaking)….<br />
<br />
“To return to my method of language study, what I expect from my Azilian teacher is what I cannot get from either books or from the radio. Firstly, I ask the teacher to speak at a slower than average speed so that I can catch as many words as possible from the context, and secondly, I expect him or her to correct my Azilian, mainly on the basis of written assignments that I diligently prepare for each class.<br />
<br />
“At first, I write free compositions because it’s easier. Often these are disjointed texts, made up of elements not connected with each other, just loose sentences that I use to hang new, just seen/just heard words and grammatical phrases on. On the basis of the teacher’s corrections, I verify whether I grasped their meanings and functions properly. When I reach a higher level of knowledge, I begin to translate. At this stage, an already given text compels me to give up using well-practiced formulas and, under the pressure of the translating discipline, employ others that I am not so certain of.<br />
<br />
“Uncorrected mistakes are very perilous! If one keeps repeating wrong formulas, they take root in the mind and one will be inclined to accept them as authentic. Written translations pinpoint one’s errors ruthlessly, while a listening ear might be prone to just glossing over them….<br />
<br />
“I would like to emphasize another great advantage of written translations over holding conversations. To speak a foreign language is a matter of practice, and a wise person learns not to get out of his depth…. [unfortunately,] this does not lead to an increased vocabulary or an enhanced ability to create sentences....an ALS….must learn how to expand the framework and then fill it….”<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Notes ==<br />
<br />
<br />
Lomb recognizes the value of the trained teacher regardless of native tongue over the native speaker who is not a trained teacher. This is consistent with ELT theory (see Medgyes, 1994). In addition, Lomb acknowledges the value of the untrained native speaker as an informant. This is consistent with ELT theory as well (see Krashen, 1993).<br />
<br />
Lomb’s strong belief in written corrections runs contrary to much ESL theory for teaching writing. Gray (2004) cites several studies that show that written corrections do not serve to improve students’ writing, and that they can actually be harmful to students’ “performance and development.” However, Gray notes that most students “strongly expect” teachers to notice their writing errors and comment on them.<br />
<br />
Harmer (2001) suggests self-assessment: “Where students are involved in their own assessment there is a good chance that their understanding of the feedback which their teacher gives them will be greatly enhanced as their own awareness of the learning process increases” (p. 104).<br />
<br />
Lomb’s assertion that translations advance one’s knowledge of a foreign language and “pinpoint one’s errors ruthlessly” is noteworthy; translations are an important part of foreign language instruction in most countries. However, to be most effective they generally require that the students and the instructor share the same L1. This is rare in most ESL programs in English-speaking countries.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Learning about, and traveling to, Azilia ==<br />
<br />
<br />
“Those who had the patience to read through my musings about mastering the Azilian language might find two things lacking in them. Any self-respecting language-learning manual’s writer would now say something like: ‘…I make an effort to familiarize myself with the history, geography, social, political, and economic conditions of Azilia as thoroughly as possible.’<br />
<br />
“Such study cannot hurt, of course, as it brings us closer to our goal: as comprehensive and precise a knowledge of the language as is possible. If I write this with some degree of reluctance, it is mainly because this ‘trans-linguistic’ field (as I call it) is often abused.<br />
<br />
“It is much simpler to attend (or give) lectures on these aspects of Azilia in one’s own language than to torment oneself (or one’s students) with the vocabulary and grammar involved….<br />
<br />
“If I am able to travel to Azilia, the trip’s effect on my Azilian may depend on two factors. One is the extent to which I am able to observe the natives’ speech with conscious attention and to make a record of what I hear for subsequent reinforcement. The other factor is the extent of my knowledge of Azilian at the time of departure.<br />
<br />
“It is a grave delusion that a stay in the country of the language one is studying functions as a funnel through which knowledge just pours into one’s head. I think people have been misled by the Latin proverb: ‘Saxa loquuntur,’ or ‘Stones talk.’<br />
<br />
“Houses, walls and buildings do not undertake the task of teaching. It may be that they talk, but their speech, alas, is in stone language. It is quite possible to pick up a few colloquial, idiomatic expressions or clever turns of phrase under the influence of the local environment, but these generally do not amount to any more than what one would have acquired anyway by applying oneself to diligent study at home for the same time period.<br />
<br />
“Neither reminiscing with your émigré compatriots who live in Azilia (‘Do you remember Alex from sixth grade?’) nor comparative window shopping (or Schaufenster lecken in German, meaning ‘shop window licking’) will do anything for your Azilian. Frequent hearing of spoken Azilian, however, will. Local papers usually publish information on what museums or galleries offer guided tours. Then there must be an Azilian version of the Society for Popular Science Education that is sure to organize free lectures to educate the public. Whenever I am abroad, I frequent all these types of events and take copious notes every time. Studying a language also provides an excellent excuse to go to the movies. I spent three weeks in Moscow in 1967 and during that time, I went to the movies 17 times….<br />
<br />
“The ideal solution, of course, is to maintain active relationships with native speakers of one’s ilk and interests, with lots of shared activities—especially if these natives are willing to correct your mistakes, and if one is resolved not to get mad when they do.<br />
<br />
“The other factor that decides the impact of a trip on one’s knowledge of the language is one’s level of mastery at the time of departure…. ‘A’ and ‘F’ students will benefit the least from trips. Those who know nothing at the outset will probably return with virgin minds. For those at a very advanced level, improvement will be difficult to detect. The best results will show—given the ideal conditions listed above—at the intermediate level.”<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Notes ==<br />
<br />
<br />
Lomb’s claim that “trans-linguistic” (i.e., content-based) instruction is “often abused” is provocative though unsupported by SLA research. Lomb’s observations about the factors that determine a trip’s influence on one’s acquisition of a language are supported by Rubin and Thompson (1994) and Gethin and Gunnemark (1996).</div>85.8.189.160http://dbbd.sg/wiki/index.php?title=Cool_Ninja_Cats&diff=2416Cool Ninja Cats2008-11-27T11:34:53Z<p>85.8.189.160: </p>
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Tackle the tasks you have set aside. Keep in mind that you are building foundations for tomorrow <br />
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It's likely they will be just as unsure as you. Instead, go back to the basics. <br />
Tackle the tasks you have set aside. Keep in mind that you are building foundations for tomorrow <br />
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*[[Adobe AIR]]<br />
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*[[Interface]]<br />
*[[Crowdsourcing]]<br />
*[[Browser Testing]]<br />
*[[Electronic Music]]<br />
*[[Ambient Findability]]<br />
*[[Fullscreen content]]<br />
*[[Pitching for TV and Film]]<br />
*[[Tax filing in the UK]]<br />
*[[Credit Crunch]]<br />
*[[Easterlin Paradox]]<br />
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*[[Long Tail]]<br />
*[[Black Swan]]<br />
*[[False positive paradox]]<br />
*[[Rare Events]]<br />
*[[Cultural Astronomy]]<br />
*[[Bleeding Edge]]<br />
*[[Cannibalism]]<br />
*[[How to...]]<br />
*[[Lexical Adventures]]<br />
*[[Foreign Food Terms]]<br />
*[[Urban Planning]]<br />
*[[Firearms and fireworks]]<br />
*[[Hauntology]]<br />
*[[Maps]]<br />
*[[Dream Syntax]]<br />
*[[Suicide]]<br />
*[[UK Visa]]<br />
*[[Web Accessibility]]<br />
*[[Data Visualisation]]<br />
*[[Kinetic Art]]<br />
*[[Mythogeography]]<br />
*[[Literary Hit-and-Run]]<br />
</td><br />
</tr><br />
</table><br />
<br />
== Personal ==<br />
<br />
<blockquote>'''Daily Horoscope for VIRGO, Monday, June 23, 2008, By Rick Levine:'''<br><br />
If you aren't sure what you should be doing at work now, don't look to anyone else for your answers. <br />
It's likely they will be just as unsure as you. Instead, go back to the basics. <br />
Tackle the tasks you have set aside. Keep in mind that you are building foundations for tomorrow <br />
and not just acting busy for today.</blockquote><br />
<br />
"The future is already here. It's just not widely distributed yet." - William Gibson<br />
<br />
[[Inspiration]]<br />
<br />
Goals (in order of importance):<br />
# Learn more jQuery & Javascript<br />
# Learn more Actionscript 2<br />
<br />
== Getting started with Wiki ==<br />
<br />
* [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Advanced_editing Advanced Editing]<br />
* [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide User's Guide]<br />
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Configuration_settings Configuration settings list]<br />
* [http://www.knowledgethoughts.com/wiki/Mediawiki_templates how to edit mediawiki themes]</div>85.8.189.160http://dbbd.sg/wiki/index.php?title=Lexical_Adventures&diff=2412Lexical Adventures2008-11-26T12:05:43Z<p>85.8.189.160: </p>
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<div>*'''Postcode Lottery''' - The postcode lottery is shorthand for seemingly random countrywide variations in the provision and quality of public services - the huge gap between the best and the rest. Where you live defines the standard of services you can expect. So if you live in the "wrong" area, and, in extreme cases, on the "wrong" side of a road, you may get a poorer service than your neighbour or you may not get the service at all and have to pay for it privately. The postcode lottery is a big issue in the NHS, where the gap between the rhetoric of a comprehensive and universal "national" service and the reality is increasingly stretched.<br />
*'''Opprobrium''' - scornful reproach or contempt, eg: term of opprobrium, opprobrium from society<br />
*'''Escutcheon''' - an architectural item of door furniture that surrounds a keyhole or lock cylinder. in bathroom plumbing, the term is used for any back-plate, ornamental or otherwise (usually round) used to cover a gap between a penetrating pipe or control valve, and the finished wall surface from which it protrudes.<br />
*'''Rebate''' - when the word rebate is used in conjunction with things like woodworking or locks it refers to the things which fit into the recess/form the recess. like the extra metal bits they give you for a lock which you screw over the lock which fits into the recess of your door, making it flat. also known as Rabbet in north america.<br />
*'''Untriaged''': (Definition, Computing) An Untriaged bug is a bug that a has not been investigated or and approved. It comes from the word Triage. Triage is a process of prioritizing patients based on the severity of their condition so as to treat as many as possible when resources are insufficient for all to be treated immediately. This term comes from the French verb trier, meaning to sort, sift or select. <br />
*'''Comestible''': (Definition) Something that can be eaten as food: meat, cheese, and other comestibles.<br />
*'''Poison Centre''': Paracetamol is the most common drugs which people in the UK overdose on (often in conjunction with alcohol). This makes up over 40% of poisoning cases in the UK.<br />
*'''Scrumtrilescent''': a word that conveys the existence of something that cannot be expressed; the indescribable. it was made up by Will Ferrell's character on SNL to describe utter perfection that, ironically, is too perfect to describe.<br />
*'''Colophon''': in publishing, in most cases it is a description of the text typography, often entitled A note about the type / A brief description usually located at the end of a book, describing production notes relevant to the edition / A printer's mark or logotype. The term "colophon" derives from the Late Latin colophon, from the Greek κολοφων (meaning "summit", "top", or "finishing"); when ancient scribes recorded information on clay tablets and would add this colophon of catch phrases or random facts about the scribe or numbers so that the tablets could be identified as being in the same set. not to be confused with Colophon, an ancient city in Asia Minor, though.<br />
*'''Idiolect''': An idiolect is a variety of a language unique to an individual. It is manifested by patterns of word selection, vocabulary and word lexicon, grammar, or words, phrases, idioms, or pronunciations that are unique to that individual. Used by forensic experts to determine if someone really said/wrote something. [shld read more about [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_and_Jennifer_Gibbons june and jennifer gibbons]]<br />
*'''cf.''': cf. is an abbreviation for the Latin-derived (but also modern English) word confer, meaning "compare" or "consult". It is mainly used in common and statute law contexts as well as in academic writing<br />
*'''Bunting''': Strips of cloth or material usually in the colors of the national flag, used especially as drapery or streamers for festive decoration<br />
*'''BOGOF''': "Buy one, get one free" is a common form of sales promotion. While rarely presented to customers in acronym form, this marketing technique is universally known in the marketing industry by the acronym BOGOF.<br />
*'''Peloton''': The peloton (from French, literally meaning little ball or platoon and also related to the English word pellet), field, bunch or pack is the large main group in a road bicycle race. Riders in a group save energy by riding close (drafting or slipstreaming) near (particularly behind) other riders. The reduction in drag is dramatic; in the middle of a well-developed group it can be as much as 40%<br />
*'''Which vs That''': "which" can refer to a thing, "that" also refers to a thing but its for when its a specific one, eg: ''a cat '''which''' eats my food must die'' VS ''the cat '''that''' ate my food has died''. but obsessive correction (sarcastically called a which hunt) is best avoided.<br />
*'''Hot Button''' (US Politics): "word or issue that ignites anger, fear, enthusiasm, or other passionate response. The phrase is often hyphenated and used adjectivally in 'hot-button issue.' Such an issue, frequently involving values or morals, serves to lift an audience out of its seats. Hot button, perhaps related to 'panic button,' began as a marketing term. Walter Kiechel 3d wrote in a September 1978 issue of Fortune: 'The marketers are searching for what they call 'consumer hot buttons' - needs to be satisfied, desires to be slaked - and the means to push those buttons.'.Since 1981 hot button has been used in political jargon.For earlier versions of 'hot buttons,' see GUT ISSUE, SWITCHER, AND STIR UP THE ANIMALS. FOR A LATER VERSION, SEE WEDGE ISSUES. " From "Safire's New Political Dictionary" by William Safire (Random House, New York, 1993).<br />
*'''Third Rail''' (US Politics): the 'third rail' issues are issues so politically charged that touching them could cause instant electrocution and political suicide. It was said for a long while that the issue of Social Security was one of these....no solution, and whatever you suggested would lose votes from large blocks of voters.<br />
*'''Pro-rata''': Propotional according to the rate<br />
*'''Rube Goldberg machine''': A Rube Goldberg machine is a deliberately overengineered apparatus that performs a very simple task in a very indirect and convoluted fashion. Goldberg's drawings, for example, almost always included a live animal which was expected to perform part of the sequence of tasks. (1930s); see wiki for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rube_Goldberg_machine similar expressions in other countries]. The japanese have a word for it too - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chindōgu Chindōgu]<br />
*'''Graticule''': A design or draught which has been divided into squares, in order to reproduce it in other dimensions. In cartography, a network of lines representing the Earth's parallels of latitude and meridians of longitude. In imagery interpretation, see reticle.<br />
*'''Reticle''': Crosshairs [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reticle]<br />
*'''Hoosier''': Hoosier (americanised slang) is a low-life redneck, somebody you can recognize because they have a car on concrete blocks in their front yard and are likely to have just shot their wife who may also be their sister. Serial killer Carl Panzram's last words were reportedly, "Hurry it up, you Hoosier bastard! I could hang 10 men while you're fooling around!"<br />
*'''Myokymia''': eyelid myokymia (twitching) is usually due to magnesium deficiency (magnesium is muscle relaxant)<br />
*'''Tenesmus''': Tenesmus is a feeling of incomplete defecation. It is experienced as an inability or difficulty to empty the bowel at defecation. It is frequently painful and may be accompanied by involuntary straining and other gastrointestinal symptoms. Vesical tenesmus is a similar condition, referring to difficult or failed attempts to urinate despite the bladder feeling full.</div>85.8.189.160http://dbbd.sg/wiki/index.php?title=Credit_Crunch&diff=2411Credit Crunch2008-11-26T12:04:16Z<p>85.8.189.160: </p>
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<div>== FRIGHTFUL THINGS ==<br />
<br />
'''Negative equity''' is a term used to refer to when the value of an asset used to secure a loan is less than the outstanding balance on the loan. In short, when someone buys a house on a loan and the house price falls drastically after the purchase (as result of property price crash/subprime crisis), the buyer is left with a massive mortgage he has to pay off, and a low house valuation by the bank. He permanently loses the difference between the two prices, and this often leads to bankruptcy and house repossession.<br />
<br />
'''Bankruptcy''' can free you from overwhelming debts so you can make a fresh start, but:<br />
* You lose control of your assets.<br />
* You cannot obtain credit for over £250 without the permission from the lender.<br />
* You cannot act as a company director.<br />
* You cannot take any part in the promotion, formation or management of a limited company (LTD) without the permission of the court.<br />
* You cannot trade in any business under any other name unless you inform all persons concerned of the bankruptcy.<br />
* You may not practice as a Charted Accountant / Lawyer.<br />
* You may not act as a Justice of the peace (JP).<br />
* You may not become an member of parliament.<br />
* You may not become a member of the local authority.<br />
* Your credit is affected for many years after the annulment.<br />
* You may be publicly examined in court.<br />
If you are bankrupt it can be very difficult to buy/own your own home again. If you are still young you should avoid bankruptcy but if you are older there may be advantages to declaring bankruptcy as it can help give you peace of mind for a while and it will settle all your debts.</div>85.8.189.160http://dbbd.sg/wiki/index.php?title=Credit_Crunch&diff=2410Credit Crunch2008-11-26T11:50:41Z<p>85.8.189.160: </p>
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<div>== FRIGHTFUL THINGS ==<br />
<br />
'''Negative equity''' is a term used to refer to when the value of an asset used to secure a loan is less than the outstanding balance on the loan. In short, when someone buys a house on a loan and the house price falls drastically after the purchase (as result of property price crash/subprime crisis), the buyer is left with a massive mortage he has to pay off, and a low house valuation by the bank. He permanently loses the difference between the two prices, and this often leads to bankruptcy and house repossession.<br />
<br />
'''Bankruptcy''' can free you from overwhelming debts so you can make a fresh start, but:<br />
* You lose control of your assets.<br />
* You cannot obtain credit for over £250 without the permission from the lender.<br />
* You cannot act as a company director.<br />
* You cannot take any part in the promotion, formation or management of a limited company (LTD) without the permission of the court.<br />
* You cannot trade in any business under any other name unless you inform all persons concerned of the bankruptcy.<br />
* You may not practice as a Charted Accountant / Lawyer.<br />
* You may not act as a Justice of the peace (JP).<br />
* You may not become an member of parliament.<br />
* You may not become a member of the local authority.<br />
* Your credit is affected for many years after the annulment.<br />
* You may be publicly examined in court.<br />
If you are bankrupt it can be very difficult to buy/own your own home again. If you are still young you should avoid bankruptcy but if you are older there may be advantages to declaring bankruptcy as it can help give you peace of mind for a while and it will settle all your debts.</div>85.8.189.160http://dbbd.sg/wiki/index.php?title=Credit_Crunch&diff=2409Credit Crunch2008-11-26T11:47:15Z<p>85.8.189.160: </p>
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<div>== FRIGHTFUL THINGS ==<br />
<br />
'''Negative equity''' is a term used to refer to when the value of an asset used to secure a loan is less than the outstanding balance on the loan. In short, when someone buys a house on a loan and the house price falls drastically after the purchase (as result of property price crash/subprime crisis), the buyer is left with a massive mortage he has to pay off, and a low house valuation by the bank. He permanently loses the difference between the two prices, and this often leads to bankruptcy and house repossession.<br />
<br />
If you are bankrupt you can never own a house again.</div>85.8.189.160http://dbbd.sg/wiki/index.php?title=Credit_Crunch&diff=2408Credit Crunch2008-11-26T11:46:41Z<p>85.8.189.160: </p>
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<div>== FRIGHTFUL THINGS ==<br />
<br />
'''Negative equity''' is a term used to refer to when the value of an asset used to secure a loan is less than the outstanding balance on the loan. In short, when someone buys a house on a loan and the house price falls drastically after the purchase (as result of property price crash/subprime crisis), the buyer is left with a massive mortage he has to pay off, and a low house valuation by the bank. He permanently loses the difference between the two prices, and this often leads to bankruptcy and house repossession.</div>85.8.189.160http://dbbd.sg/wiki/index.php?title=Credit_Crunch&diff=2407Credit Crunch2008-11-26T11:41:45Z<p>85.8.189.160: </p>
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<div>== WHAT IS SO BAD ABOUT THE KREDIT KRUNCH? ==<br />
<br />
'''Negative equity''' is a term used to refer to when the value of an asset used to secure a loan is less than the outstanding balance on the loan. In short, when someone buys a house on a loan and the house price falls drastically after the purchase (as result of property price crash/subprime crisis), the buyer is left with a massive mortage he has to pay off, and a low house valuation by the bank. He permanently loses the difference between the two prices, and this often leads to bankruptcy and house repossession.</div>85.8.189.160http://dbbd.sg/wiki/index.php?title=Credit_Crunch&diff=2406Credit Crunch2008-11-26T11:41:15Z<p>85.8.189.160: </p>
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<div>== WHAT IS SO BAD ABOUT THE KREDIT KRUNCH? ==<br />
<br />
'''Negative equity''' is a term used to refer to when the value of an asset used to secure a loan is less than the outstanding balance on the loan. In short, when someone buys a house on a loan and the house price falls drastically after the purchase (as result of property price crash/subprime crisis), the buyer is left with a massive mortage he has to pay off, and a low house valuation by the bank. This often leads to bankruptcy and house repossession.</div>85.8.189.160http://dbbd.sg/wiki/index.php?title=Credit_Crunch&diff=2405Credit Crunch2008-11-26T11:40:44Z<p>85.8.189.160: </p>
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<div>== WHAT IS SO BAD ABOUT THE KREDIT KRUNCH? ==<br />
<br />
'''Negative equity''' is a term used to refer to when the value of an asset used to secure a loan is less than the outstanding balance on the loan. In short, when someone buys a house on a loan and the house price falls drastically after the purchase, the buyer is left with a massive mortage he has to pay off, and a low house valuation by the bank. This often leads to bankruptcy and house repossession.</div>85.8.189.160http://dbbd.sg/wiki/index.php?title=Credit_Crunch&diff=2404Credit Crunch2008-11-26T11:40:24Z<p>85.8.189.160: </p>
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<div>'''WHAT IS SO BAD ABOUT THE KREDIT KRUNCH?'''<br />
<br />
'''Negative equity''' is a term used to refer to when the value of an asset used to secure a loan is less than the outstanding balance on the loan. In short, when someone buys a house on a loan and the house price falls drastically after the purchase, the buyer is left with a massive mortage he has to pay off, and a low house valuation by the bank. This often leads to bankruptcy and house repossession.</div>85.8.189.160http://dbbd.sg/wiki/index.php?title=Credit_Crunch&diff=2403Credit Crunch2008-11-26T11:37:31Z<p>85.8.189.160: </p>
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<div>'''Negative equity''' is a term used to refer to when the value of an asset used to secure a loan is less than the outstanding balance on the loan. According to wikipedia, "a person holding negative equity is said to be upside down." This is leading to a great increase in bankruptcy and repossession.</div>85.8.189.160http://dbbd.sg/wiki/index.php?title=Cool_Ninja_Cats&diff=2402Cool Ninja Cats2008-11-26T11:35:53Z<p>85.8.189.160: </p>
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<div><big>'''Search Team Ninjas'''</big><br />
<br />
Welcome to this Wikicliki, sick-o-fancy, jerque-du-cercle of a networking and connection-based order. This is a box where a small internet deskmonkey puts the leftover bits and bobs. Email any coments to me at '''04.48am at gmail.com'''.<br />
<br />
''' Most Active Pages: '''<br />
[[Google Adwords]], [[Actionscript-Javascript Interaction]],<br />
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''' Sandboxes: '''<br />
[[Actionscript Sandbox]], [[jQuery Sandbox]], [[Javascript Sandbox]]<br />
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== Index ==<br />
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*[[Google]]<br />
*[[Google Adwords]]<br />
*[[Google Chrome]]<br />
*[[Google Analytics]]<br />
*[[Gmail]]<br />
*[[Flash]]<br />
*[[Javascript]]<br />
*[[Actionscript]]<br />
*[[SWFObject]]<br />
*[[SWFAddress]]<br />
*[[Papervision 3D]]<br />
*[[JSAway]]<br />
*[[Away3D]]<br />
*[[Tweener]]<br />
*[[jQuery]]<br />
*[[Microsoft adCenter]]<br />
*[[Yahoo Search Marketing]]<br />
*[[Typography]]<br />
*[[Asian Font]]s<br />
*[[Baidu]]<br />
*[[China]]<br />
</td><br />
<td valign=top><br />
*[[UK Keyboard Layout]]<br />
*[[Microsoft Global Input Method Editor]]<br />
*[[List of Interesting Online Apps]]<br />
*[[List of Interesting Desktop Apps]]<br />
*[[List of Amazing Flash Sites]]<br />
*[[Pixel Art]]<br />
*[[Sprites]]<br />
*[[Source code editors]]<br />
*[[Rich HTML email]]<br />
*[[Usability Testing]]<br />
*[[Sustainability]]<br />
*[[jQuery Sandbox]]<br />
*[[Actionscript Sandbox]]<br />
*[[Actionscript-Javascript Interaction]]<br />
*[[DOM]]<br />
*[[Google App Engine]]<br />
*[[Joomla!]]<br />
*[[Drupal]]<br />
*[[Facebook Advertising]]<br />
*[[CMS]]<br />
*[[Information Architect]]<br />
*[[Geotagging]]<br />
*[[PCI Compliance]]<br />
*[[Study in the UK]]<br />
*[[Processing]]<br />
</td><br />
<td valign=top><br />
*[[Sohu]]<br />
*[[Tencent QQ]]<br />
*[[Sina]]<br />
*[[CPC]]<br />
*[[CPM]]<br />
*[[ROI]]<br />
*[[SEO]]<br />
*[[Flash SEO]]<br />
*[[IronRuby]]<br />
*[[IronPython]]<br />
*[[Python]]<br />
*[[Mapnik]]<br />
*[[HTML]]<br />
*[[CSS]]<br />
*[[XML]]<br />
*[[KML]]<br />
*[[AJAX]]<br />
*[[PPC Tips]]<br />
*[[Flex]]<br />
*[[PHP]]<br />
*[[RFID]]<br />
</td><br />
<td valign=top><br />
*[[Toponymy of London]]<br />
*[[Freecycle]]<br />
*[[Brick Lane]]<br />
*[[Singapore]]<br />
*[[Facebook]]<br />
*[[Garden Centre]]<br />
*[[Building & Repairs]]<br />
*[[Getting the things I want]]<br />
*[[Vicious Cycles]]<br />
*[[Second Life]]<br />
*[[Hipihi]]<br />
*[[The Sims]]<br />
*[[Mozilla Prism]]<br />
*[[Adobe AIR]]<br />
*[[Microsoft Silverlight]]<br />
*[[Interface]]<br />
*[[Crowdsourcing]]<br />
*[[Browser Testing]]<br />
*[[Electronic Music]]<br />
*[[Ambient Findability]]<br />
*[[Fullscreen content]]<br />
*[[Pitching for TV and Film]]<br />
*[[Tax filing in the UK]]<br />
*[[Credit Crunch]]<br />
</td><br />
<td valign=top><br />
*[[Long Tail]]<br />
*[[Black Swan]]<br />
*[[False positive paradox]]<br />
*[[Rare Events]]<br />
*[[Cultural Astronomy]]<br />
*[[Bleeding Edge]]<br />
*[[Cannibalism]]<br />
*[[How to...]]<br />
*[[Lexical Adventures]]<br />
*[[Foreign Food Terms]]<br />
*[[Urban Planning]]<br />
*[[Firearms and fireworks]]<br />
*[[Hauntology]]<br />
*[[Maps]]<br />
*[[Dream Syntax]]<br />
*[[Suicide]]<br />
*[[UK Visa]]<br />
*[[Web Accessibility]]<br />
*[[Data Visualisation]]<br />
*[[Kinetic Art]]<br />
*[[Mythogeography]]<br />
*[[Literary Hit-and-Run]]<br />
</td><br />
</tr><br />
</table><br />
<br />
== Personal ==<br />
<br />
<blockquote>'''Daily Horoscope for VIRGO, Monday, June 23, 2008, By Rick Levine:'''<br><br />
If you aren't sure what you should be doing at work now, don't look to anyone else for your answers. <br />
It's likely they will be just as unsure as you. Instead, go back to the basics. <br />
Tackle the tasks you have set aside. Keep in mind that you are building foundations for tomorrow <br />
and not just acting busy for today.</blockquote><br />
<br />
"The future is already here. It's just not widely distributed yet." - William Gibson<br />
<br />
[[Inspiration]]<br />
<br />
Goals (in order of importance):<br />
# Learn more jQuery & Javascript<br />
# Learn more Actionscript 2<br />
<br />
== Getting started with Wiki ==<br />
<br />
* [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Advanced_editing Advanced Editing]<br />
* [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide User's Guide]<br />
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Configuration_settings Configuration settings list]<br />
* [http://www.knowledgethoughts.com/wiki/Mediawiki_templates how to edit mediawiki themes]</div>85.8.189.160http://dbbd.sg/wiki/index.php?title=Building_%26_Repairs&diff=2399Building & Repairs2008-11-25T16:05:49Z<p>85.8.189.160: </p>
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<div>Notes for happier living:<br />
<br />
* To install screws in plasterboard wall - use drill and plastic plugs. Ribbed barrel plugs are simple to get and work best. Make sure you drill more than the length of the screw so the plug will fit; if you didnt drill deep enough you can't just hammer the plug in.<br />
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* See [{http://www.fredshed.co.uk/drillingholes.htm Guide to drilling holes]<br />
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[[Image:locks.jpg]]</div>85.8.189.160http://dbbd.sg/wiki/index.php?title=Lexical_Adventures&diff=2398Lexical Adventures2008-11-25T16:05:24Z<p>85.8.189.160: </p>
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<div>*'''Escutcheon''' - an architectural item of door furniture that surrounds a keyhole or lock cylinder. in bathroom plumbing, the term is used for any back-plate, ornamental or otherwise (usually round) used to cover a gap between a penetrating pipe or control valve, and the finished wall surface from which it protrudes.<br />
*'''Rebate''' - when the word rebate is used in conjunction with things like woodworking or locks it refers to the things which fit into the recess/form the recess. like the extra metal bits they give you for a lock which you screw over the lock which fits into the recess of your door, making it flat. also known as Rabbet in north america.<br />
*'''Untriaged''': (Definition, Computing) An Untriaged bug is a bug that a has not been investigated or and approved. It comes from the word Triage. Triage is a process of prioritizing patients based on the severity of their condition so as to treat as many as possible when resources are insufficient for all to be treated immediately. This term comes from the French verb trier, meaning to sort, sift or select. <br />
*'''Comestible''': (Definition) Something that can be eaten as food: meat, cheese, and other comestibles.<br />
*'''Poison Centre''': Paracetamol is the most common drugs which people in the UK overdose on (often in conjunction with alcohol). This makes up over 40% of poisoning cases in the UK.<br />
*'''Scrumtrilescent''': a word that conveys the existence of something that cannot be expressed; the indescribable. it was made up by Will Ferrell's character on SNL to describe utter perfection that, ironically, is too perfect to describe.<br />
*'''Colophon''': in publishing, in most cases it is a description of the text typography, often entitled A note about the type / A brief description usually located at the end of a book, describing production notes relevant to the edition / A printer's mark or logotype. The term "colophon" derives from the Late Latin colophon, from the Greek κολοφων (meaning "summit", "top", or "finishing"); when ancient scribes recorded information on clay tablets and would add this colophon of catch phrases or random facts about the scribe or numbers so that the tablets could be identified as being in the same set. not to be confused with Colophon, an ancient city in Asia Minor, though.<br />
*'''Idiolect''': An idiolect is a variety of a language unique to an individual. It is manifested by patterns of word selection, vocabulary and word lexicon, grammar, or words, phrases, idioms, or pronunciations that are unique to that individual. Used by forensic experts to determine if someone really said/wrote something. [shld read more about [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_and_Jennifer_Gibbons june and jennifer gibbons]]<br />
*'''cf.''': cf. is an abbreviation for the Latin-derived (but also modern English) word confer, meaning "compare" or "consult". It is mainly used in common and statute law contexts as well as in academic writing<br />
*'''Bunting''': Strips of cloth or material usually in the colors of the national flag, used especially as drapery or streamers for festive decoration<br />
*'''BOGOF''': "Buy one, get one free" is a common form of sales promotion. While rarely presented to customers in acronym form, this marketing technique is universally known in the marketing industry by the acronym BOGOF.<br />
*'''Peloton''': The peloton (from French, literally meaning little ball or platoon and also related to the English word pellet), field, bunch or pack is the large main group in a road bicycle race. Riders in a group save energy by riding close (drafting or slipstreaming) near (particularly behind) other riders. The reduction in drag is dramatic; in the middle of a well-developed group it can be as much as 40%<br />
*'''Which vs That''': "which" can refer to a thing, "that" also refers to a thing but its for when its a specific one, eg: ''a cat '''which''' eats my food must die'' VS ''the cat '''that''' ate my food has died''. but obsessive correction (sarcastically called a which hunt) is best avoided.<br />
*'''Hot Button''' (US Politics): "word or issue that ignites anger, fear, enthusiasm, or other passionate response. The phrase is often hyphenated and used adjectivally in 'hot-button issue.' Such an issue, frequently involving values or morals, serves to lift an audience out of its seats. Hot button, perhaps related to 'panic button,' began as a marketing term. Walter Kiechel 3d wrote in a September 1978 issue of Fortune: 'The marketers are searching for what they call 'consumer hot buttons' - needs to be satisfied, desires to be slaked - and the means to push those buttons.'.Since 1981 hot button has been used in political jargon.For earlier versions of 'hot buttons,' see GUT ISSUE, SWITCHER, AND STIR UP THE ANIMALS. FOR A LATER VERSION, SEE WEDGE ISSUES. " From "Safire's New Political Dictionary" by William Safire (Random House, New York, 1993).<br />
*'''Third Rail''' (US Politics): the 'third rail' issues are issues so politically charged that touching them could cause instant electrocution and political suicide. It was said for a long while that the issue of Social Security was one of these....no solution, and whatever you suggested would lose votes from large blocks of voters.<br />
*'''Pro-rata''': Propotional according to the rate<br />
*'''Rube Goldberg machine''': A Rube Goldberg machine is a deliberately overengineered apparatus that performs a very simple task in a very indirect and convoluted fashion. Goldberg's drawings, for example, almost always included a live animal which was expected to perform part of the sequence of tasks. (1930s); see wiki for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rube_Goldberg_machine similar expressions in other countries]. The japanese have a word for it too - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chindōgu Chindōgu]<br />
*'''Graticule''': A design or draught which has been divided into squares, in order to reproduce it in other dimensions. In cartography, a network of lines representing the Earth's parallels of latitude and meridians of longitude. In imagery interpretation, see reticle.<br />
*'''Reticle''': Crosshairs [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reticle]<br />
*'''Hoosier''': Hoosier (americanised slang) is a low-life redneck, somebody you can recognize because they have a car on concrete blocks in their front yard and are likely to have just shot their wife who may also be their sister. Serial killer Carl Panzram's last words were reportedly, "Hurry it up, you Hoosier bastard! I could hang 10 men while you're fooling around!"<br />
*'''Myokymia''': eyelid myokymia (twitching) is usually due to magnesium deficiency (magnesium is muscle relaxant)<br />
*'''Tenesmus''': Tenesmus is a feeling of incomplete defecation. It is experienced as an inability or difficulty to empty the bowel at defecation. It is frequently painful and may be accompanied by involuntary straining and other gastrointestinal symptoms. Vesical tenesmus is a similar condition, referring to difficult or failed attempts to urinate despite the bladder feeling full.</div>85.8.189.160http://dbbd.sg/wiki/index.php?title=Lexical_Adventures&diff=2397Lexical Adventures2008-11-25T16:04:31Z<p>85.8.189.160: </p>
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<div>*'''Escutcheon''' - an architectural item of door furniture that surrounds a keyhole or lock cylinder. in bathroom plumbing, the term is used for any back-plate, ornamental or otherwise (usually round) used to cover a gap between a penetrating pipe or control valve, and the finished wall surface from which it protrudes.<br />
*'''Rebate''' - when the word rebate is used in conjunction with things like woodworking or locks it refers to the things which fit into the recess/form the recess. like the extra metal bits they give you for a lock which you screw over the lock which fits into the recess of your door, making it flate.<br />
*'''Untriaged''': (Definition, Computing) An Untriaged bug is a bug that a has not been investigated or and approved. It comes from the word Triage. Triage is a process of prioritizing patients based on the severity of their condition so as to treat as many as possible when resources are insufficient for all to be treated immediately. This term comes from the French verb trier, meaning to sort, sift or select. <br />
*'''Comestible''': (Definition) Something that can be eaten as food: meat, cheese, and other comestibles.<br />
*'''Poison Centre''': Paracetamol is the most common drugs which people in the UK overdose on (often in conjunction with alcohol). This makes up over 40% of poisoning cases in the UK.<br />
*'''Scrumtrilescent''': a word that conveys the existence of something that cannot be expressed; the indescribable. it was made up by Will Ferrell's character on SNL to describe utter perfection that, ironically, is too perfect to describe.<br />
*'''Colophon''': in publishing, in most cases it is a description of the text typography, often entitled A note about the type / A brief description usually located at the end of a book, describing production notes relevant to the edition / A printer's mark or logotype. The term "colophon" derives from the Late Latin colophon, from the Greek κολοφων (meaning "summit", "top", or "finishing"); when ancient scribes recorded information on clay tablets and would add this colophon of catch phrases or random facts about the scribe or numbers so that the tablets could be identified as being in the same set. not to be confused with Colophon, an ancient city in Asia Minor, though.<br />
*'''Idiolect''': An idiolect is a variety of a language unique to an individual. It is manifested by patterns of word selection, vocabulary and word lexicon, grammar, or words, phrases, idioms, or pronunciations that are unique to that individual. Used by forensic experts to determine if someone really said/wrote something. [shld read more about [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_and_Jennifer_Gibbons june and jennifer gibbons]]<br />
*'''cf.''': cf. is an abbreviation for the Latin-derived (but also modern English) word confer, meaning "compare" or "consult". It is mainly used in common and statute law contexts as well as in academic writing<br />
*'''Bunting''': Strips of cloth or material usually in the colors of the national flag, used especially as drapery or streamers for festive decoration<br />
*'''BOGOF''': "Buy one, get one free" is a common form of sales promotion. While rarely presented to customers in acronym form, this marketing technique is universally known in the marketing industry by the acronym BOGOF.<br />
*'''Peloton''': The peloton (from French, literally meaning little ball or platoon and also related to the English word pellet), field, bunch or pack is the large main group in a road bicycle race. Riders in a group save energy by riding close (drafting or slipstreaming) near (particularly behind) other riders. The reduction in drag is dramatic; in the middle of a well-developed group it can be as much as 40%<br />
*'''Which vs That''': "which" can refer to a thing, "that" also refers to a thing but its for when its a specific one, eg: ''a cat '''which''' eats my food must die'' VS ''the cat '''that''' ate my food has died''. but obsessive correction (sarcastically called a which hunt) is best avoided.<br />
*'''Hot Button''' (US Politics): "word or issue that ignites anger, fear, enthusiasm, or other passionate response. The phrase is often hyphenated and used adjectivally in 'hot-button issue.' Such an issue, frequently involving values or morals, serves to lift an audience out of its seats. Hot button, perhaps related to 'panic button,' began as a marketing term. Walter Kiechel 3d wrote in a September 1978 issue of Fortune: 'The marketers are searching for what they call 'consumer hot buttons' - needs to be satisfied, desires to be slaked - and the means to push those buttons.'.Since 1981 hot button has been used in political jargon.For earlier versions of 'hot buttons,' see GUT ISSUE, SWITCHER, AND STIR UP THE ANIMALS. FOR A LATER VERSION, SEE WEDGE ISSUES. " From "Safire's New Political Dictionary" by William Safire (Random House, New York, 1993).<br />
*'''Third Rail''' (US Politics): the 'third rail' issues are issues so politically charged that touching them could cause instant electrocution and political suicide. It was said for a long while that the issue of Social Security was one of these....no solution, and whatever you suggested would lose votes from large blocks of voters.<br />
*'''Pro-rata''': Propotional according to the rate<br />
*'''Rube Goldberg machine''': A Rube Goldberg machine is a deliberately overengineered apparatus that performs a very simple task in a very indirect and convoluted fashion. Goldberg's drawings, for example, almost always included a live animal which was expected to perform part of the sequence of tasks. (1930s); see wiki for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rube_Goldberg_machine similar expressions in other countries]. The japanese have a word for it too - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chindōgu Chindōgu]<br />
*'''Graticule''': A design or draught which has been divided into squares, in order to reproduce it in other dimensions. In cartography, a network of lines representing the Earth's parallels of latitude and meridians of longitude. In imagery interpretation, see reticle.<br />
*'''Reticle''': Crosshairs [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reticle]<br />
*'''Hoosier''': Hoosier (americanised slang) is a low-life redneck, somebody you can recognize because they have a car on concrete blocks in their front yard and are likely to have just shot their wife who may also be their sister. Serial killer Carl Panzram's last words were reportedly, "Hurry it up, you Hoosier bastard! I could hang 10 men while you're fooling around!"<br />
*'''Myokymia''': eyelid myokymia (twitching) is usually due to magnesium deficiency (magnesium is muscle relaxant)<br />
*'''Tenesmus''': Tenesmus is a feeling of incomplete defecation. It is experienced as an inability or difficulty to empty the bowel at defecation. It is frequently painful and may be accompanied by involuntary straining and other gastrointestinal symptoms. Vesical tenesmus is a similar condition, referring to difficult or failed attempts to urinate despite the bladder feeling full.</div>85.8.189.160http://dbbd.sg/wiki/index.php?title=Gmail&diff=2396Gmail2008-11-21T10:29:51Z<p>85.8.189.160: </p>
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*[[Google]]</div>85.8.189.160http://dbbd.sg/wiki/index.php?title=Gmail&diff=2393Gmail2008-11-21T10:22:14Z<p>85.8.189.160: </p>
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*[[Google]]</div>85.8.189.160http://dbbd.sg/wiki/index.php?title=Gmail&diff=2392Gmail2008-11-21T10:21:55Z<p>85.8.189.160: </p>
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*[[Google]]</div>85.8.189.160http://dbbd.sg/wiki/index.php?title=RFID&diff=2391RFID2008-11-20T11:38:38Z<p>85.8.189.160: </p>
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<div>From: http://glossary.ippaper.com/default.asp?req=knowledge/article/489<br />
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RFID, which is an acronym for '''Radio Frequency Identificatio'''n, is not a new technology. It was first used in the late 1960's, but it has only become more widespread with advances in technology.<br />
<br />
RFID Systems consist of a transponder, also known as a tag, which is basically a microchip connected to an antenna. The tag is mounted to an item, such as a pallet of goods in a warehouse, and a device called a reader communicates with the tag via radio waves. Depending on the type of tag that is used, the reader can receive detailed information or it can receive data as simple as an identification number.<br />
<br />
RFID is similar to barcode systems in which data, such as a price, is accessed when the barcode is read. The main difference is that the barcode must come in direct contact to an optical scanner/reader and the RFID tag can transmit to the reader via radio waves and does not have to be in direct contact. An RFID reader can receive data from as many as 1,000 tags per second.<br />
<br />
The radio signals can go through many non-metallic substances such as rain, fog, snows, dirt and grime, painted surfaces, etc. This gives RFID tags a distinct advantage over optically read items, such as barcodes, which would be useless under similar conditions.<br />
<br />
The many uses for RFID technology include:<br />
<br />
* Smart labels and security labels<br />
* Product and inventory management<br />
* RFID chips in car keys for security<br />
* Theft control<br />
* Placement on pharmaceuticals to prevent counterfeited drugs from entering the legal supply chain<br />
* Increased efficiency in admissions into entertainment or sporting events<br />
* Increased efficiency in toll road payments<br />
* Monitoring the whereabouts of luggage, library books, livestock, etc. <br />
<br />
It is predicted that RFID use will continue to increase. It is unlikely to ever be as cost-effective as barcoding, but it will become dominant in areas where barcoding and other optically read technologies are not effective.<br />
<br />
<br />
== RFID Tag Categories ==<br />
<br />
The basic types of RFID tags can be classified as read/write and read only. The data stored on read/write tags can be edited, added to, or completely rewritten, but only if the tag is within the range of the reader. The data stored on a read only tag can be read, but cannot be edited in any way. Read/write tags are much more expensive than read only tags, so they are not used for tracking most commodity items.<br />
<br />
RFID tags are further categorized as:<br />
<br />
* Active tags, which contain a battery that powers the microchip and allows it to transmit a signal to the reader.<br />
* Semi-active (or semi-passive) tags, which contain a battery to run the circuitry of the chip, but must draw power from the magnetic field created by the reader in order to communicate with the reader.<br />
* Passive tags, which rely solely on the magnetic field created by the radio waves sent out by the reader to create a current that can be received by the antenna within the passive tag.<br />
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<br />
== RFID Construction ==<br />
<br />
=== RFID Tag Components ===<br />
<br />
RFID tags consist of a microchip connected to an antenna, which is constructed of a small coil of wires. The assembly is usually covered with a protective layer (such as a laminated card), which is determined by the type of application. The RFID tag can be a passive tag or an active tag. The RFID tag is also known as an inlay.<br />
<br />
=== Components of passive RFID system: ===<br />
<br />
* An antenna is attached to a microchip.<br />
* The antenna allows the chip to transmit information to a reader, which also has an antenna.<br />
* The reader is the device that actually sends out the radio waves to create a magnetic field. A passive RFID tag draws its power from this magnetic field, which powers the circuits in the microchip allowing it to transmit data back to the reader.<br />
* Reader transmits to a computer system.<br />
* The computer passes data onto a network.<br />
* Software determines how the data received should be used. <br />
<br />
==== Microchip ====<br />
<br />
The most expensive read/write, active RFID transponders may have microchips with a memory capacity of up to one megabyte (1,000,000 characters). Most tags are inexpensive, passive transponders that can store only 32 to 128 bits (characters) of information or less, so an identification number is basically the only data that the read-only tag will contain. When the number is read, detailed information stored in a database in a computer can be accessed. This is similar to a barcode system in which data, such as a price, is accessed when the barcode is read. The main difference is that the barcode must come in direct contact to an optical scanner/reader and the RFID tag can transmit to the reader via radio waves and does not have to be in direct contact.<br />
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==== Antenna ====<br />
<br />
The antenna allows the chip to receive and relay information, such as an ID number of an individual product. Some antennas are constructed of metal and are etched or stamped from metal, such as copper. Other types of antennas are printed. Advances in technology are allowing printed antennas to achieve the functionality of traditional materials and printed antennas are less expensive. One of the most popular methods of printing antennae is with the use of silver conductive inks printed on plastics substrates or paper. Testing of RFID antennae is usually performed with ohmmeters, milliohm meters, RF network analyzers, impedance-measuring equipment, and others.<br />
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<br />
== RFID Tag Shapes and Sizes ==<br />
<br />
RFID tags can be manufactured in several different shapes and sizes depending on the type of application in which they will be used.<br />
<br />
* Some are the size of a pencil lead or are less than a half-inch in length and can be inserted under the skin of animals and livestock.<br />
* Screw-shaped tags are used to identify specific trees.<br />
* Rectangular RFID tags found in some products are used as an anti-theft device.<br />
* Large, heavy duty tags that are several inches in length, width, and depth are used to track large containers or large vehicles such as trucks or rail cars. <br />
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== Radio Frequencies ==<br />
<br />
RFID tags operate under different radio frequencies, depending on the application. The FCC of the US government determines the limits on power output of RFID systems as well as the different radio frequencies that can be used. Low, high, and ultra-high (UHF) frequencies are used with RFID transponders.<br />
<br />
* Low and high frequency tags are less expensive than UHF and are best used for merchandise tracking, animal and livestock identification, and security access.<br />
* Tags with UHF frequencies use more power than low and high frequency tags, but they have a greater range and the data transfer rate is faster. They are best suited for applications in which the tag and the reader have a more direct path with one another. Rail car tracking and automated toll booths are some of the uses. <br />
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The communication range between the RFID tag and the reader depends on the frequency, the antenna size of the tag, the antenna size of the reader, and the output power.<br />
<br />
* Low and high frequency devices have communication ranges of a few inches to several feet, depending on the application.<br />
* Ultra-high (UHF) may have ranges of 25 feet or more. <br />
<br />
The radio signals can go through many substances such as rain, fog, snows, dirt and grime, painted surfaces, etc. This gives RFID tags a distinct advantage over optically read items, such as barcodes, which would be useless under similar conditions. An RFID reader can receive data from as many as 1,000 tags per second.<br />
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== Quality Control ==<br />
<br />
Quality control is a necessity because groups of manufactured inlays may have experienced some damage before they reach the printer or converter. The chips in the inlays can also be damaged during the printing or converting process, which renders the RFID tag useless. Special substrates can be used to limit the damage to the chips. Quality control after printing or converting is also important to ensure that none of the chips were damaged and will all be functional.<br />
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When RFID antennae are manufactured, they are usually tested with ohmmeters, milliohm meters, RF network analyzers, and impedance-measuring equipment. It is also important to remember that RFIDs are electronic devices and therefore should not be exposed to or stored near areas containing large amounts of electromagnetic or static energy.<br />
<br />
== Applications ==<br />
<br />
The three most common uses for RFID tags are:<br />
<br />
1. Tracking items in production lines<br />
2. Tracking items in supply chains<br />
3. Enhancing security measures <br />
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In other industrial uses, tags attached to items for tracking during assembly or manufacture must be able to withstand heat, cold, etching processes, cleaning and degreasing procedures, moisture, dirt, and many other types of conditions and environments that would not be suitable for optically or magnetically read devices.<br />
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== Printing ==<br />
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With most types of printed applications, such as labels, the user is unaware of the existence of the chip and antenna because of the different methods of concealing them on the document. Some printers (such as label printers) purchase inlays (containing the RFID) that are already manufactured and then incorporate them into their printed products.<br />
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<br />
=== Label Printing ===<br />
<br />
Label printing is one of the fastest growing segments of the printing industry using RFID technology. Smart labels and electronic surveillance labels are being used for applications in which simple, optically read barcoding may not be suitable.<br />
<br />
== Smart Labels ==<br />
<br />
Smart labels contain RFID transponders to automatically capture data. The standard construction of a smart label consists of a pressure sensitive facestock, an inlay, which contains the radio frequency identification transponder, and a liner. The inlay is laminated between the facestock and the liner. The transponder contains an antenna and microchip.<br />
<br />
The data from the smart label is accessed when the transponder passes by the reader. Radio wave lengths are picked up from the antenna and the data on the microchip is transferred to the reader and then passed on to a computer or printer. As the product moves from one stage to the next, its movements can be monitored and data can be updated when necessary. The smart label can identify, track in real-time, and authenticate a product.<br />
<br />
Smart labels are used on all types of applications including supply chain management, production control, work-in-process, baggage identification and tracking, express delivery services, reusable container tracking, and security systems.<br />
<br />
Equipment is available that is able to encode a separate RFID inlay and then bond it to the substrate after the label has been printed. A variety of label substrates can be used. This process eliminates the need for inserting transponders into blank label stock before the label stock is printed. Since the printing process can damage stock containing transponders, the process eliminates this problem by allowing the printing to happen first. The system creates a printing system that is on-demand. There is no need for special papers because the equipment can print on almost any label stock.<br />
<br />
Other equipment is able to encode data on very thin UHF RFID transponders that are inserted into smart labels. The equipment immediately verifies the proper encoding. The equipment can then print text, graphics, or barcodes on the smart label to complete the application. The smart labels can be used for a number of warehousing, inventory, and supply chain tracking applications.<br />
<br />
There are also compact desktop printers specifically design for RFID printing. The printers can read, write, and print labels that have an embedded RFID transponder.<br />
<br />
The industry acceptance of smart labels has been slow. The RFID technology can improve performance and efficiency but is expensive to startup. As more companies commit to the use of this new technology it will become more widely accepted and many will benefit from its capabilities.<br />
<br />
== Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS) Labels ==<br />
<br />
EAS labels are used as anti-theft devices. The label is used with EAS monitoring equipment to detect if an item is being removed without authorization. The EAS systems are used in retail stores, data centers, and libraries. When applied to products, the EAS label is capable of activating an alarm as it passes through an electronic surveillance detector, such as those found in retail store exits. When the product is purchased, the label is made inactive by the use of a deactivation device at the checkout station. Once the label is deactivated it is referred to as a "dead label". Labels that have not been deactivated are referred to as "live labels".<br />
<br />
RFID is only one of the technologies used for EAS labels. Other common types are AM (Acousto Magnetic) and EM (Electro Magnetic). Each of the EAS systems has its own unique detection equipment that must be used to allow the system to work properly.<br />
<br />
Because of the anti-theft protection they provide, the EAS labels and EAS systems allow more freedom for retail stores to display items that would usually be locked in display cases. This allows the consumer to examine the product more closely before purchasing.<br />
<br />
== Comparisons with Barcoding ==<br />
<br />
RFID and barcode technology are similar in concept, but the two technologies have different methods for reading data. RFID reads data via radio waves and does not need a direct line of sight between the reader and the tag. Barcodes are read optically and do require a direct line of sight between the reader and the barcode.<br />
<br />
== Advantages of RFID systems over barcodes: ==<br />
<br />
* It is not necessary to have a line of sight between the RFID tag and the reader as there is with a barcode and scanner.<br />
* Information can be rewritten to the tag without having to see the tag. This is true even if the tag is mixed into other items that have been tagged.<br />
* Nearly 100% of RFID tags are readable, unlike items that contain a printed barcode, which can become damaged with improper handling.<br />
* The potential problems associated with substandard print quality of barcodes, which in turn leads to scanning and reading problems, are eliminated. <br />
<br />
== Other points to consider: ==<br />
<br />
* Barcodes are universally accepted because they are very inexpensive and there are established standards for their use. RFID technology is more expensive and has fewer universal standards in the way they are used.<br />
* Even if RFID technology becomes as widespread as barcoding, it will not totally replace the universally accepted barcode technology. <br />
<br />
== Other Print/Security Applications ==<br />
<br />
Besides the various types of RFID labels that are being printed for product tracking and security, plastic cards and badges embedded with RFID transponders are being produced. Data from identification cards embedded with RFID tags can be read as people pass through a doorway. RFID tags embedded in security badges offer an alternative method for controlling access to sensitive information or limiting access to specific areas.<br />
<br />
== Merchandise/Inventory Tracking ==<br />
<br />
When used with product and inventory control, a computer keeps track of the data received from the transponders/tags through the reader and can trigger reorders based on the adjusted inventory levels. Antennas can be built into warehouse doorframes in order to receive data as merchandise, cartons, and pallets of goods containing an RFID tag pass, through the doorway.<br />
<br />
RFID costs may not become low enough for the tags to be used on all types of products and services. It may not be cost effective to include the tags with every item if the items are inexpensive commodity items, but the tags can be very useful to track full pallets of commodities for inventory control.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Transportation ==<br />
<br />
RFID tags can be used for a number of applications in the transportation industry for monitoring and tracking of vehicles and products.<br />
<br />
=== Railroads ===<br />
<br />
RFID systems can be configured for rail car identification:<br />
<br />
* The tags are installed underneath the rail cars.<br />
* The antennae are mounted between or near the tracks.<br />
* The readers are usually located in a building no more than 100 feet away. <br />
<br />
=== Trucking ===<br />
<br />
Commercial trucking facilities also use RFID systems to monitor truck movements in and out of a main terminal.<br />
<br />
Automotive<br />
<br />
RFID systems are very useful in the automobile manufacturing industry in tracking individual vehicles through the assembly process. RFID systems are also being installed in toll booths to monitor the traffic.<br />
<br />
Airports<br />
<br />
Most airports track passenger baggage with barcoded labels or tags, but they are often damaged do to rough handling of the baggage. Barcoded tags that have been damaged because of rough baggage handling, may account for 10% of the total volume. All of these bags must be accounted for manually, which can be a time consuming process. RFID systems can help to eliminate the problems that occur with unreadable barcodes.<br />
<br />
When used for tracking bags at an airport, RFID tags contain a unique number assigned to the bag. Anyone with access to a reader could see the number, but any personal information could not be viewed because it is stored in a database and is not stored on the tag. <br />
<br />
<br />
== Privacy Issues ==<br />
<br />
Many people mistakenly believe that RFID is similar to GPS (Global Positioning System) and can be used for detailed tracking, but RFID has a range of only a few feet so this isn't possible. Another misconception that people have is that the movement of products with RFID tags can be tracked even after the product is purchased. Most active RFID tags have a read range of about 25 feet, which means the RFID is basically useless outside of the retail store or business.<br />
<br />
Security measures and safeguards used to protect consumer privacy when using RFID systems:<br />
<br />
* The risk of spying or intercepting data that is transmitted via radio waves is reduced with the use of data encryption and over the air protocols.<br />
* The protocols require both the reader and the eavesdropper to be within range of the tag.<br />
* The reader changes radio frequencies rapidly and at random, so it is difficult for a potential eavesdropper to follow the reader.<br />
* Although it is possible for tags to be counterfeited, it is not very practical because of built-in safeguards, such as the ability of the RFID readers to verify authenticity of the tags.<br />
<br />
== Chipless RFID Technology == <br />
<br />
Systems are now available that provide RFID technology for printed documents without the need for a microchip. Some of the systems involve the use of aluminum fibers, which are embedded into paper or packaging materials. The fibers reflect a signal, which are interpreted as data in a computer.<br />
<br />
Another chipless system involves the use of materials made up of very small chemical particles that possess varying degrees of magnetism. The chemical particles become active when exposed to the electromagnetic waves from a reader. Each of the chemicals emits a unique signal that is received by the reader, which interprets the signal as a binary number. The system uses as many as 70 different chemicals, so there are 70 different signals. Each chemical has a specific position in the 70-digit number, which means that a unique binary number can be assigned to a document based on the mixture of chemicals that are used.<br />
<br />
The small particles can be embedded in paper or they can be printed onto paper or almost any type of substrate. Printed barcodes can be created, which can be scanned from up to 10 feet away without the need for the barcode to be in line of sight of the reader. With slight modifications, this technology can be used with existing barcode systems, which helps to hold down the cost. Major upgrades of equipment are not necessary. The only areas where the system does not work very well are in areas containing large quantities of water or metal objects. Water absorbs RF signals and large quantities of metal reflect the signals.<br />
<br />
Other security measures that can be used in conjunction with the system are:<br />
<br />
* Photocopiers can be fitted with readers to prevent unauthorized copying.<br />
* Some applications could require that a document be photocopied onto the same type of paper.<br />
* Any institution wishing to protect documents could install readers at all exit points in the building, which would detect if any unauthorized persons were trying to leave the building with an original or copied document.<br />
* The system can also be used for counterfeit prevention and for tracking manufactured products.</div>85.8.189.160http://dbbd.sg/wiki/index.php?title=RFID&diff=2390RFID2008-11-20T11:21:55Z<p>85.8.189.160: </p>
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<div>RFID, which is an acronym for Radio Frequency Identification, is not a new technology. It was first used in the late 1960's, but it has only become more widespread with advances in technology.<br />
<br />
RFID Systems consist of a transponder, also known as a tag, which is basically a microchip connected to an antenna. The tag is mounted to an item, such as a pallet of goods in a warehouse, and a device called a reader communicates with the tag via radio waves. Depending on the type of tag that is used, the reader can receive detailed information or it can receive data as simple as an identification number.<br />
<br />
RFID is similar to barcode systems in which data, such as a price, is accessed when the barcode is read. The main difference is that the barcode must come in direct contact to an optical scanner/reader and the RFID tag can transmit to the reader via radio waves and does not have to be in direct contact. An RFID reader can receive data from as many as 1,000 tags per second.<br />
<br />
The radio signals can go through many non-metallic substances such as rain, fog, snows, dirt and grime, painted surfaces, etc. This gives RFID tags a distinct advantage over optically read items, such as barcodes, which would be useless under similar conditions.<br />
<br />
The many uses for RFID technology include:<br />
<br />
* Smart labels and security labels<br />
* Product and inventory management<br />
* RFID chips in car keys for security<br />
* Theft control<br />
* Placement on pharmaceuticals to prevent counterfeited drugs from entering the legal supply chain<br />
* Increased efficiency in admissions into entertainment or sporting events<br />
* Increased efficiency in toll road payments<br />
* Monitoring the whereabouts of luggage, library books, livestock, etc. <br />
<br />
It is predicted that RFID use will continue to increase. It is unlikely to ever be as cost-effective as barcoding, but it will become dominant in areas where barcoding and other optically read technologies are not effective.<br />
<br />
<br />
== RFID Tag Categories ==<br />
<br />
The basic types of RFID tags can be classified as read/write and read only. The data stored on read/write tags can be edited, added to, or completely rewritten, but only if the tag is within the range of the reader. The data stored on a read only tag can be read, but cannot be edited in any way. Read/write tags are much more expensive than read only tags, so they are not used for tracking most commodity items.<br />
<br />
RFID tags are further categorized as:<br />
<br />
* Active tags, which contain a battery that powers the microchip and allows it to transmit a signal to the reader.<br />
* Semi-active (or semi-passive) tags, which contain a battery to run the circuitry of the chip, but must draw power from the magnetic field created by the reader in order to communicate with the reader.<br />
* Passive tags, which rely solely on the magnetic field created by the radio waves sent out by the reader to create a current that can be received by the antenna within the passive tag.<br />
<br />
<br />
== RFID Construction ==<br />
<br />
=== RFID Tag Components ===<br />
<br />
RFID tags consist of a microchip connected to an antenna, which is constructed of a small coil of wires. The assembly is usually covered with a protective layer (such as a laminated card), which is determined by the type of application. The RFID tag can be a passive tag or an active tag. The RFID tag is also known as an inlay.<br />
<br />
<br />
=== Components of passive RFID system: ===<br />
<br />
<br />
* An antenna is attached to a microchip.<br />
* The antenna allows the chip to transmit information to a reader, which also has an antenna.<br />
* The reader is the device that actually sends out the radio waves to create a magnetic field. A passive RFID tag draws its power from this magnetic field, which powers the circuits in the microchip allowing it to transmit data back to the reader.<br />
* Reader transmits to a computer system.<br />
* The computer passes data onto a network.<br />
* Software determines how the data received should be used. <br />
<br />
<br />
==== Microchip ====<br />
<br />
<br />
The most expensive read/write, active RFID transponders may have microchips with a memory capacity of up to one megabyte (1,000,000 characters). Most tags are inexpensive, passive transponders that can store only 32 to 128 bits (characters) of information or less, so an identification number is basically the only data that the read-only tag will contain. When the number is read, detailed information stored in a database in a computer can be accessed. This is similar to a barcode system in which data, such as a price, is accessed when the barcode is read. The main difference is that the barcode must come in direct contact to an optical scanner/reader and the RFID tag can transmit to the reader via radio waves and does not have to be in direct contact.<br />
<br />
<br />
==== Antenna ====<br />
<br />
<br />
The antenna allows the chip to receive and relay information, such as an ID number of an individual product. Some antennas are constructed of metal and are etched or stamped from metal, such as copper. Other types of antennas are printed. Advances in technology are allowing printed antennas to achieve the functionality of traditional materials and printed antennas are less expensive. One of the most popular methods of printing antennae is with the use of silver conductive inks printed on plastics substrates or paper. Testing of RFID antennae is usually performed with ohmmeters, milliohm meters, RF network analyzers, impedance-measuring equipment, and others.<br />
<br />
RFID Tag Shapes and Sizes<br />
<br />
RFID tags can be manufactured in several different shapes and sizes depending on the type of application in which they will be used.<br />
<br />
* Some are the size of a pencil lead or are less than a half-inch in length and can be inserted under the skin of animals and livestock.<br />
* Screw-shaped tags are used to identify specific trees.<br />
* Rectangular RFID tags found in some products are used as an anti-theft device.<br />
* Large, heavy duty tags that are several inches in length, width, and depth are used to track large containers or large vehicles such as trucks or rail cars. <br />
<br />
Radio Frequencies<br />
<br />
RFID tags operate under different radio frequencies, depending on the application. The FCC of the US government determines the limits on power output of RFID systems as well as the different radio frequencies that can be used. Low, high, and ultra-high (UHF) frequencies are used with RFID transponders.<br />
<br />
* Low and high frequency tags are less expensive than UHF and are best used for merchandise tracking, animal and livestock identification, and security access.<br />
* Tags with UHF frequencies use more power than low and high frequency tags, but they have a greater range and the data transfer rate is faster. They are best suited for applications in which the tag and the reader have a more direct path with one another. Rail car tracking and automated toll booths are some of the uses. <br />
<br />
The communication range between the RFID tag and the reader depends on the frequency, the antenna size of the tag, the antenna size of the reader, and the output power.<br />
<br />
* Low and high frequency devices have communication ranges of a few inches to several feet, depending on the application.<br />
* Ultra-high (UHF) may have ranges of 25 feet or more. <br />
<br />
The radio signals can go through many substances such as rain, fog, snows, dirt and grime, painted surfaces, etc. This gives RFID tags a distinct advantage over optically read items, such as barcodes, which would be useless under similar conditions. An RFID reader can receive data from as many as 1,000 tags per second.<br />
<br />
Quality Control<br />
<br />
Quality control is a necessity because groups of manufactured inlays may have experienced some damage before they reach the printer or converter. The chips in the inlays can also be damaged during the printing or converting process, which renders the RFID tag useless. Special substrates can be used to limit the damage to the chips. Quality control after printing or converting is also important to ensure that none of the chips were damaged and will all be functional.<br />
<br />
When RFID antennae are manufactured, they are usually tested with ohmmeters, milliohm meters, RF network analyzers, and impedance-measuring equipment. It is also important to remember that RFIDs are electronic devices and therefore should not be exposed to or stored near areas containing large amounts of electromagnetic or static energy.<br />
<br />
Applications<br />
<br />
The three most common uses for RFID tags are:<br />
<br />
1. Tracking items in production lines<br />
2. Tracking items in supply chains<br />
3. Enhancing security measures <br />
<br />
In other industrial uses, tags attached to items for tracking during assembly or manufacture must be able to withstand heat, cold, etching processes, cleaning and degreasing procedures, moisture, dirt, and many other types of conditions and environments that would not be suitable for optically or magnetically read devices.<br />
<br />
Printing<br />
<br />
With most types of printed applications, such as labels, the user is unaware of the existence of the chip and antenna because of the different methods of concealing them on the document. Some printers (such as label printers) purchase inlays (containing the RFID) that are already manufactured and then incorporate them into their printed products.<br />
<br />
Label Printing<br />
<br />
Label printing is one of the fastest growing segments of the printing industry using RFID technology. Smart labels and electronic surveillance labels are being used for applications in which simple, optically read barcoding may not be suitable.<br />
<br />
Smart Labels<br />
<br />
Smart labels contain RFID transponders to automatically capture data. The standard construction of a smart label consists of a pressure sensitive facestock, an inlay, which contains the radio frequency identification transponder, and a liner. The inlay is laminated between the facestock and the liner. The transponder contains an antenna and microchip.<br />
<br />
The data from the smart label is accessed when the transponder passes by the reader. Radio wave lengths are picked up from the antenna and the data on the microchip is transferred to the reader and then passed on to a computer or printer. As the product moves from one stage to the next, its movements can be monitored and data can be updated when necessary. The smart label can identify, track in real-time, and authenticate a product.<br />
<br />
Smart labels are used on all types of applications including supply chain management, production control, work-in-process, baggage identification and tracking, express delivery services, reusable container tracking, and security systems.<br />
<br />
Equipment is available that is able to encode a separate RFID inlay and then bond it to the substrate after the label has been printed. A variety of label substrates can be used. This process eliminates the need for inserting transponders into blank label stock before the label stock is printed. Since the printing process can damage stock containing transponders, the process eliminates this problem by allowing the printing to happen first. The system creates a printing system that is on-demand. There is no need for special papers because the equipment can print on almost any label stock.<br />
<br />
Other equipment is able to encode data on very thin UHF RFID transponders that are inserted into smart labels. The equipment immediately verifies the proper encoding. The equipment can then print text, graphics, or barcodes on the smart label to complete the application. The smart labels can be used for a number of warehousing, inventory, and supply chain tracking applications.<br />
<br />
There are also compact desktop printers specifically design for RFID printing. The printers can read, write, and print labels that have an embedded RFID transponder.<br />
<br />
The industry acceptance of smart labels has been slow. The RFID technology can improve performance and efficiency but is expensive to startup. As more companies commit to the use of this new technology it will become more widely accepted and many will benefit from its capabilities.<br />
<br />
Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS) Labels<br />
<br />
EAS labels are used as anti-theft devices. The label is used with EAS monitoring equipment to detect if an item is being removed without authorization. The EAS systems are used in retail stores, data centers, and libraries. When applied to products, the EAS label is capable of activating an alarm as it passes through an electronic surveillance detector, such as those found in retail store exits. When the product is purchased, the label is made inactive by the use of a deactivation device at the checkout station. Once the label is deactivated it is referred to as a "dead label". Labels that have not been deactivated are referred to as "live labels".<br />
<br />
RFID is only one of the technologies used for EAS labels. Other common types are AM (Acousto Magnetic) and EM (Electro Magnetic). Each of the EAS systems has its own unique detection equipment that must be used to allow the system to work properly.<br />
<br />
Because of the anti-theft protection they provide, the EAS labels and EAS systems allow more freedom for retail stores to display items that would usually be locked in display cases. This allows the consumer to examine the product more closely before purchasing.<br />
<br />
Comparisons with Barcoding<br />
<br />
RFID and barcode technology are similar in concept, but the two technologies have different methods for reading data. RFID reads data via radio waves and does not need a direct line of sight between the reader and the tag. Barcodes are read optically and do require a direct line of sight between the reader and the barcode.<br />
<br />
Advantages of RFID systems over barcodes:<br />
<br />
* It is not necessary to have a line of sight between the RFID tag and the reader as there is with a barcode and scanner.<br />
* Information can be rewritten to the tag without having to see the tag. This is true even if the tag is mixed into other items that have been tagged.<br />
* Nearly 100% of RFID tags are readable, unlike items that contain a printed barcode, which can become damaged with improper handling.<br />
* The potential problems associated with substandard print quality of barcodes, which in turn leads to scanning and reading problems, are eliminated. <br />
<br />
Other points to consider:<br />
<br />
* Barcodes are universally accepted because they are very inexpensive and there are established standards for their use. RFID technology is more expensive and has fewer universal standards in the way they are used.<br />
* Even if RFID technology becomes as widespread as barcoding, it will not totally replace the universally accepted barcode technology. <br />
<br />
Other Print/Security Applications<br />
<br />
Besides the various types of RFID labels that are being printed for product tracking and security, plastic cards and badges embedded with RFID transponders are being produced. Data from identification cards embedded with RFID tags can be read as people pass through a doorway. RFID tags embedded in security badges offer an alternative method for controlling access to sensitive information or limiting access to specific areas.<br />
<br />
Merchandise/Inventory Tracking<br />
<br />
When used with product and inventory control, a computer keeps track of the data received from the transponders/tags through the reader and can trigger reorders based on the adjusted inventory levels. Antennas can be built into warehouse doorframes in order to receive data as merchandise, cartons, and pallets of goods containing an RFID tag pass, through the doorway.<br />
<br />
RFID costs may not become low enough for the tags to be used on all types of products and services. It may not be cost effective to include the tags with every item if the items are inexpensive commodity items, but the tags can be very useful to track full pallets of commodities for inventory control.<br />
<br />
Transportation<br />
<br />
RFID tags can be used for a number of applications in the transportation industry for monitoring and tracking of vehicles and products.<br />
<br />
Railroads<br />
<br />
RFID systems can be configured for rail car identification:<br />
<br />
* The tags are installed underneath the rail cars.<br />
* The antennae are mounted between or near the tracks.<br />
* The readers are usually located in a building no more than 100 feet away. <br />
<br />
Trucking<br />
<br />
Commercial trucking facilities also use RFID systems to monitor truck movements in and out of a main terminal.<br />
<br />
Automotive<br />
<br />
RFID systems are very useful in the automobile manufacturing industry in tracking individual vehicles through the assembly process. RFID systems are also being installed in toll booths to monitor the traffic.<br />
<br />
Airports<br />
<br />
Most airports track passenger baggage with barcoded labels or tags, but they are often damaged do to rough handling of the baggage. Barcoded tags that have been damaged because of rough baggage handling, may account for 10% of the total volume. All of these bags must be accounted for manually, which can be a time consuming process. RFID systems can help to eliminate the problems that occur with unreadable barcodes.<br />
<br />
When used for tracking bags at an airport, RFID tags contain a unique number assigned to the bag. Anyone with access to a reader could see the number, but any personal information could not be viewed because it is stored in a database and is not stored on the tag. <br />
<br />
<br />
== Privacy Issues ==<br />
<br />
Many people mistakenly believe that RFID is similar to GPS (Global Positioning System) and can be used for detailed tracking, but RFID has a range of only a few feet so this isn't possible. Another misconception that people have is that the movement of products with RFID tags can be tracked even after the product is purchased. Most active RFID tags have a read range of about 25 feet, which means the RFID is basically useless outside of the retail store or business.<br />
<br />
Security measures and safeguards used to protect consumer privacy when using RFID systems:<br />
<br />
* The risk of spying or intercepting data that is transmitted via radio waves is reduced with the use of data encryption and over the air protocols.<br />
* The protocols require both the reader and the eavesdropper to be within range of the tag.<br />
* The reader changes radio frequencies rapidly and at random, so it is difficult for a potential eavesdropper to follow the reader.<br />
* Although it is possible for tags to be counterfeited, it is not very practical because of built-in safeguards, such as the ability of the RFID readers to verify authenticity of the tags.<br />
<br />
== Chipless RFID Technology == <br />
<br />
Systems are now available that provide RFID technology for printed documents without the need for a microchip. Some of the systems involve the use of aluminum fibers, which are embedded into paper or packaging materials. The fibers reflect a signal, which are interpreted as data in a computer.<br />
<br />
Another chipless system involves the use of materials made up of very small chemical particles that possess varying degrees of magnetism. The chemical particles become active when exposed to the electromagnetic waves from a reader. Each of the chemicals emits a unique signal that is received by the reader, which interprets the signal as a binary number. The system uses as many as 70 different chemicals, so there are 70 different signals. Each chemical has a specific position in the 70-digit number, which means that a unique binary number can be assigned to a document based on the mixture of chemicals that are used.<br />
<br />
The small particles can be embedded in paper or they can be printed onto paper or almost any type of substrate. Printed barcodes can be created, which can be scanned from up to 10 feet away without the need for the barcode to be in line of sight of the reader. With slight modifications, this technology can be used with existing barcode systems, which helps to hold down the cost. Major upgrades of equipment are not necessary. The only areas where the system does not work very well are in areas containing large quantities of water or metal objects. Water absorbs RF signals and large quantities of metal reflect the signals.<br />
<br />
Other security measures that can be used in conjunction with the system are:<br />
<br />
* Photocopiers can be fitted with readers to prevent unauthorized copying.<br />
* Some applications could require that a document be photocopied onto the same type of paper.<br />
* Any institution wishing to protect documents could install readers at all exit points in the building, which would detect if any unauthorized persons were trying to leave the building with an original or copied document.<br />
* The system can also be used for counterfeit prevention and for tracking manufactured products.</div>85.8.189.160http://dbbd.sg/wiki/index.php?title=Cool_Ninja_Cats&diff=2389Cool Ninja Cats2008-11-19T15:30:05Z<p>85.8.189.160: </p>
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*[[Google Chrome]]<br />
*[[Google Analytics]]<br />
*[[Gmail]]<br />
*[[Flash]]<br />
*[[Javascript]]<br />
*[[Actionscript]]<br />
*[[SWFObject]]<br />
*[[SWFAddress]]<br />
*[[Papervision 3D]]<br />
*[[JSAway]]<br />
*[[Away3D]]<br />
*[[Tweener]]<br />
*[[jQuery]]<br />
*[[Microsoft adCenter]]<br />
*[[Yahoo Search Marketing]]<br />
*[[Typography]]<br />
*[[Asian Font]]s<br />
*[[Baidu]]<br />
*[[China]]<br />
</td><br />
<td valign=top><br />
*[[UK Keyboard Layout]]<br />
*[[Microsoft Global Input Method Editor]]<br />
*[[List of Interesting Online Apps]]<br />
*[[List of Interesting Desktop Apps]]<br />
*[[List of Amazing Flash Sites]]<br />
*[[Pixel Art]]<br />
*[[Sprites]]<br />
*[[Source code editors]]<br />
*[[Rich HTML email]]<br />
*[[Usability Testing]]<br />
*[[Sustainability]]<br />
*[[jQuery Sandbox]]<br />
*[[Actionscript Sandbox]]<br />
*[[Actionscript-Javascript Interaction]]<br />
*[[DOM]]<br />
*[[Google App Engine]]<br />
*[[Joomla!]]<br />
*[[Drupal]]<br />
*[[Facebook Advertising]]<br />
*[[CMS]]<br />
*[[Information Architect]]<br />
*[[Geotagging]]<br />
*[[PCI Compliance]]<br />
*[[Study in the UK]]<br />
*[[Processing]]<br />
</td><br />
<td valign=top><br />
*[[Sohu]]<br />
*[[Tencent QQ]]<br />
*[[Sina]]<br />
*[[CPC]]<br />
*[[CPM]]<br />
*[[ROI]]<br />
*[[SEO]]<br />
*[[Flash SEO]]<br />
*[[IronRuby]]<br />
*[[IronPython]]<br />
*[[Python]]<br />
*[[Mapnik]]<br />
*[[HTML]]<br />
*[[CSS]]<br />
*[[XML]]<br />
*[[KML]]<br />
*[[AJAX]]<br />
*[[PPC Tips]]<br />
*[[Flex]]<br />
*[[PHP]]<br />
*[[RFID]]<br />
</td><br />
<td valign=top><br />
*[[Toponymy of London]]<br />
*[[Freecycle]]<br />
*[[Brick Lane]]<br />
*[[Singapore]]<br />
*[[Facebook]]<br />
*[[Garden Centre]]<br />
*[[Building & Repairs]]<br />
*[[Getting the things I want]]<br />
*[[Vicious Cycles]]<br />
*[[Second Life]]<br />
*[[Hipihi]]<br />
*[[The Sims]]<br />
*[[Mozilla Prism]]<br />
*[[Adobe AIR]]<br />
*[[Microsoft Silverlight]]<br />
*[[Interface]]<br />
*[[Crowdsourcing]]<br />
*[[Browser Testing]]<br />
*[[Electronic Music]]<br />
*[[Ambient Findability]]<br />
*[[Fullscreen content]]<br />
*[[Pitching for TV and Film]]<br />
*[[Tax filing in the UK]]<br />
</td><br />
<td valign=top><br />
*[[Long Tail]]<br />
*[[Black Swan]]<br />
*[[False positive paradox]]<br />
*[[Rare Events]]<br />
*[[Cultural Astronomy]]<br />
*[[Bleeding Edge]]<br />
*[[Cannibalism]]<br />
*[[How to...]]<br />
*[[Lexical Adventures]]<br />
*[[Foreign Food Terms]]<br />
*[[Urban Planning]]<br />
*[[Firearms and fireworks]]<br />
*[[Hauntology]]<br />
*[[Maps]]<br />
*[[Dream Syntax]]<br />
*[[Suicide]]<br />
*[[UK Visa]]<br />
*[[Web Accessibility]]<br />
*[[Data Visualisation]]<br />
*[[Kinetic Art]]<br />
*[[Mythogeography]]<br />
*[[Literary Hit-and-Run]]<br />
</td><br />
</tr><br />
</table><br />
<br />
== Personal ==<br />
<br />
<blockquote>'''Daily Horoscope for VIRGO, Monday, June 23, 2008, By Rick Levine:'''<br><br />
If you aren't sure what you should be doing at work now, don't look to anyone else for your answers. <br />
It's likely they will be just as unsure as you. Instead, go back to the basics. <br />
Tackle the tasks you have set aside. Keep in mind that you are building foundations for tomorrow <br />
and not just acting busy for today.</blockquote><br />
<br />
"The future is already here. It's just not widely distributed yet." - William Gibson<br />
<br />
[[Inspiration]]<br />
<br />
Goals (in order of importance):<br />
# Learn more jQuery & Javascript<br />
# Learn more Actionscript 2<br />
<br />
== Getting started with Wiki ==<br />
<br />
* [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Advanced_editing Advanced Editing]<br />
* [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide User's Guide]<br />
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Configuration_settings Configuration settings list]<br />
* [http://www.knowledgethoughts.com/wiki/Mediawiki_templates how to edit mediawiki themes]</div>85.8.189.160http://dbbd.sg/wiki/index.php?title=Electronic_Music&diff=2388Electronic Music2008-11-19T15:28:22Z<p>85.8.189.160: </p>
<hr />
<div>Lets talk about the electronic music that I like.<br />
<br />
Popular electronic music sounds.<br />
<br />
Eurobeat. Hardstyle. Jumpstyle. HI-NRG. Digital Hardcore. Cyberpunk, but never darkwave. That is tacky. Philosophical lyrics is absolute no.</div>85.8.189.160http://dbbd.sg/wiki/index.php?title=Electronic_Music&diff=2387Electronic Music2008-11-19T15:27:26Z<p>85.8.189.160: </p>
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<div>Lets talk about the electronic music that I like.<br />
<br />
Hardstyle. Jumpstyle.</div>85.8.189.160http://dbbd.sg/wiki/index.php?title=Cool_Ninja_Cats&diff=2386Cool Ninja Cats2008-11-19T15:26:51Z<p>85.8.189.160: </p>
<hr />
<div><big>'''Search Team Ninjas'''</big><br />
<br />
Welcome to this Wikicliki, sick-o-fancy, jerque-du-cercle of a networking and connection-based order. This is a box where a small internet deskmonkey puts the leftover bits and bobs. Email any coments to me at '''04.48am at gmail.com'''.<br />
<br />
''' Most Active Pages: '''<br />
[[Google Adwords]], [[Actionscript-Javascript Interaction]],<br />
<br />
''' Sandboxes: '''<br />
[[Actionscript Sandbox]], [[jQuery Sandbox]], [[Javascript Sandbox]]<br />
<br />
== Index ==<br />
<br />
<table><br />
<tr><td valign=top><br />
*[[Google]]<br />
*[[Google Adwords]]<br />
*[[Google Chrome]]<br />
*[[Google Analytics]]<br />
*[[Gmail]]<br />
*[[Flash]]<br />
*[[Javascript]]<br />
*[[Actionscript]]<br />
*[[SWFObject]]<br />
*[[SWFAddress]]<br />
*[[Papervision 3D]]<br />
*[[JSAway]]<br />
*[[Away3D]]<br />
*[[Tweener]]<br />
*[[jQuery]]<br />
*[[Microsoft adCenter]]<br />
*[[Yahoo Search Marketing]]<br />
*[[Typography]]<br />
*[[Asian Font]]s<br />
*[[Baidu]]<br />
*[[China]]<br />
</td><br />
<td valign=top><br />
*[[UK Keyboard Layout]]<br />
*[[Microsoft Global Input Method Editor]]<br />
*[[List of Interesting Online Apps]]<br />
*[[List of Interesting Desktop Apps]]<br />
*[[List of Amazing Flash Sites]]<br />
*[[Pixel Art]]<br />
*[[Sprites]]<br />
*[[Source code editors]]<br />
*[[Rich HTML email]]<br />
*[[Usability Testing]]<br />
*[[Sustainability]]<br />
*[[jQuery Sandbox]]<br />
*[[Actionscript Sandbox]]<br />
*[[Actionscript-Javascript Interaction]]<br />
*[[DOM]]<br />
*[[Google App Engine]]<br />
*[[Joomla!]]<br />
*[[Drupal]]<br />
*[[Facebook Advertising]]<br />
*[[CMS]]<br />
*[[Information Architect]]<br />
*[[Geotagging]]<br />
*[[PCI Compliance]]<br />
*[[Study in the UK]]<br />
*[[Processing]]<br />
</td><br />
<td valign=top><br />
*[[Sohu]]<br />
*[[Tencent QQ]]<br />
*[[Sina]]<br />
*[[CPC]]<br />
*[[CPM]]<br />
*[[ROI]]<br />
*[[SEO]]<br />
*[[Flash SEO]]<br />
*[[IronRuby]]<br />
*[[IronPython]]<br />
*[[Python]]<br />
*[[Mapnik]]<br />
*[[HTML]]<br />
*[[CSS]]<br />
*[[XML]]<br />
*[[KML]]<br />
*[[AJAX]]<br />
*[[PPC Tips]]<br />
*[[Flex]]<br />
*[[PHP]]<br />
</td><br />
<td valign=top><br />
*[[Toponymy of London]]<br />
*[[Freecycle]]<br />
*[[Brick Lane]]<br />
*[[Singapore]]<br />
*[[Facebook]]<br />
*[[Garden Centre]]<br />
*[[Building & Repairs]]<br />
*[[Getting the things I want]]<br />
*[[Vicious Cycles]]<br />
*[[Second Life]]<br />
*[[Hipihi]]<br />
*[[The Sims]]<br />
*[[Mozilla Prism]]<br />
*[[Adobe AIR]]<br />
*[[Microsoft Silverlight]]<br />
*[[Interface]]<br />
*[[Crowdsourcing]]<br />
*[[Browser Testing]]<br />
*[[Electronic Music]]<br />
*[[Ambient Findability]]<br />
*[[Fullscreen content]]<br />
*[[Pitching for TV and Film]]<br />
*[[Tax filing in the UK]]<br />
</td><br />
<td valign=top><br />
*[[Long Tail]]<br />
*[[Black Swan]]<br />
*[[False positive paradox]]<br />
*[[Rare Events]]<br />
*[[Cultural Astronomy]]<br />
*[[Bleeding Edge]]<br />
*[[Cannibalism]]<br />
*[[How to...]]<br />
*[[Lexical Adventures]]<br />
*[[Foreign Food Terms]]<br />
*[[Urban Planning]]<br />
*[[Firearms and fireworks]]<br />
*[[Hauntology]]<br />
*[[Maps]]<br />
*[[Dream Syntax]]<br />
*[[Suicide]]<br />
*[[UK Visa]]<br />
*[[Web Accessibility]]<br />
*[[Data Visualisation]]<br />
*[[Kinetic Art]]<br />
*[[Mythogeography]]<br />
*[[Literary Hit-and-Run]]<br />
</td><br />
</tr><br />
</table><br />
<br />
== Personal ==<br />
<br />
<blockquote>'''Daily Horoscope for VIRGO, Monday, June 23, 2008, By Rick Levine:'''<br><br />
If you aren't sure what you should be doing at work now, don't look to anyone else for your answers. <br />
It's likely they will be just as unsure as you. Instead, go back to the basics. <br />
Tackle the tasks you have set aside. Keep in mind that you are building foundations for tomorrow <br />
and not just acting busy for today.</blockquote><br />
<br />
"The future is already here. It's just not widely distributed yet." - William Gibson<br />
<br />
[[Inspiration]]<br />
<br />
Goals (in order of importance):<br />
# Learn more jQuery & Javascript<br />
# Learn more Actionscript 2<br />
<br />
== Getting started with Wiki ==<br />
<br />
* [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Advanced_editing Advanced Editing]<br />
* [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide User's Guide]<br />
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Configuration_settings Configuration settings list]<br />
* [http://www.knowledgethoughts.com/wiki/Mediawiki_templates how to edit mediawiki themes]</div>85.8.189.160http://dbbd.sg/wiki/index.php?title=Processing&diff=2385Processing2008-11-19T15:05:41Z<p>85.8.189.160: </p>
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<div>"[http://processing.org/ Processing] is an open source programming language and environment for people who want to program images, animation, and interactions."</div>85.8.189.160http://dbbd.sg/wiki/index.php?title=Tax_filing_in_the_UK&diff=2384Tax filing in the UK2008-11-19T11:38:16Z<p>85.8.189.160: </p>
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<div>As a freelance design worker, if I need to declare my income it gets a bit tricky if I do not invoice properly. <br />
<br />
== Invoicing ==<br />
<br />
[Business link http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/detail?type=RESOURCES&itemId=1073791759] has very useful advice on invoicing for freelancers.<br />
<br />
<br />
Information from [HM Revenue http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/sa/rec-keep-self-emp.htm]:<br />
<br />
== Tax Filing ==<br />
<br />
=== Documents to keep ===<br />
<br />
You should keep documents containing details about your pay and tax that your employer provides, including:<br />
<br />
* your P45 - keep part 1A of this form<br />
* your P60 - pay and tax details for the tax year<br />
* details of your expenses and benefits, such as a company car or health insurance - your employer will give you these using form P11D<br />
* your payslips or pay statements<br />
* certificates for any Taxed Award Schemes<br />
* information about any redundancy or termination payment<br />
<br />
=== Basic records you must keep ===<br />
<br />
Your basic records will normally include:<br />
<br />
* a record of all your sales, with copies of any invoices you've issued<br />
* a record of all your business purchases and expenses<br />
* invoices for all your business purchases and expenses, unless they're for very small amounts<br />
* details of any amounts you personally pay into or take from the business<br />
* copies of business bank statements<br />
<br />
=== Other records you must keep ===<br />
<br />
All businesses are different and there are many specific types of detailed record that may need to be kept. Some examples of records you should keep include:<br />
<br />
* cash book<br />
* petty cash book<br />
* order notes and invoices<br />
* copy sales invoices<br />
* details of any other business income received<br />
* details of any private money brought into the business<br />
* till rolls or other form of electronic record of sales<br />
* details of any other income<br />
* any cash taken out of the till to pay small business expenses<br />
* bills and invoices for purchases and expenses<br />
* a record of stock on hand at the end of the year<br />
* all bank and building society statements, pass books, cheque stubs and paying-in slips which include details of business transactions<br />
<br />
All this information will be useful in completing your Self Assessment return. You'll need to keep certain records and hold on to them for several years so that you can back up the information you put on your return.</div>85.8.189.160http://dbbd.sg/wiki/index.php?title=Tax_filing_in_the_UK&diff=2383Tax filing in the UK2008-11-19T11:30:18Z<p>85.8.189.160: </p>
<hr />
<div>Information from [HM Revenue http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/sa/rec-keep-self-emp.htm]:<br />
<br />
== Documents to keep ==<br />
<br />
You should keep documents containing details about your pay and tax that your employer provides, including:<br />
<br />
* your P45 - keep part 1A of this form<br />
* your P60 - pay and tax details for the tax year<br />
* details of your expenses and benefits, such as a company car or health insurance - your employer will give you these using form P11D<br />
* your payslips or pay statements<br />
* certificates for any Taxed Award Schemes<br />
* information about any redundancy or termination payment<br />
<br />
== Basic records you must keep ==<br />
<br />
Your basic records will normally include:<br />
<br />
* a record of all your sales, with copies of any invoices you've issued<br />
* a record of all your business purchases and expenses<br />
* invoices for all your business purchases and expenses, unless they're for very small amounts<br />
* details of any amounts you personally pay into or take from the business<br />
* copies of business bank statements<br />
<br />
== Other records you must keep ==<br />
<br />
All businesses are different and there are many specific types of detailed record that may need to be kept. Some examples of records you should keep include:<br />
<br />
* cash book<br />
* petty cash book<br />
* order notes and invoices<br />
* copy sales invoices<br />
* details of any other business income received<br />
* details of any private money brought into the business<br />
* till rolls or other form of electronic record of sales<br />
* details of any other income<br />
* any cash taken out of the till to pay small business expenses<br />
* bills and invoices for purchases and expenses<br />
* a record of stock on hand at the end of the year<br />
* all bank and building society statements, pass books, cheque stubs and paying-in slips which include details of business transactions<br />
<br />
All this information will be useful in completing your Self Assessment return. You'll need to keep certain records and hold on to them for several years so that you can back up the information you put on your return.</div>85.8.189.160http://dbbd.sg/wiki/index.php?title=Cool_Ninja_Cats&diff=2382Cool Ninja Cats2008-11-19T11:26:03Z<p>85.8.189.160: /* Index */</p>
<hr />
<div><big>'''Search Team Ninjas'''</big><br />
<br />
Welcome to this Wikicliki, sick-o-fancy, jerque-du-cercle of a networking and connection-based order. This is a box where a small internet deskmonkey puts the leftover bits and bobs. Email any coments to me at '''04.48am at gmail.com'''.<br />
<br />
''' Most Active Pages: '''<br />
[[Google Adwords]], [[Actionscript-Javascript Interaction]],<br />
<br />
''' Sandboxes: '''<br />
[[Actionscript Sandbox]], [[jQuery Sandbox]], [[Javascript Sandbox]]<br />
<br />
== Index ==<br />
<br />
<table><br />
<tr><td valign=top><br />
*[[Google]]<br />
*[[Google Adwords]]<br />
*[[Google Chrome]]<br />
*[[Google Analytics]]<br />
*[[Gmail]]<br />
*[[Flash]]<br />
*[[Javascript]]<br />
*[[Actionscript]]<br />
*[[SWFObject]]<br />
*[[SWFAddress]]<br />
*[[Papervision 3D]]<br />
*[[JSAway]]<br />
*[[Away3D]]<br />
*[[Tweener]]<br />
*[[jQuery]]<br />
*[[Microsoft adCenter]]<br />
*[[Yahoo Search Marketing]]<br />
*[[Typography]]<br />
*[[Asian Font]]s<br />
*[[Baidu]]<br />
*[[China]]<br />
</td><br />
<td valign=top><br />
*[[UK Keyboard Layout]]<br />
*[[Microsoft Global Input Method Editor]]<br />
*[[List of Interesting Online Apps]]<br />
*[[List of Interesting Desktop Apps]]<br />
*[[List of Amazing Flash Sites]]<br />
*[[Pixel Art]]<br />
*[[Sprites]]<br />
*[[Source code editors]]<br />
*[[Rich HTML email]]<br />
*[[Usability Testing]]<br />
*[[Sustainability]]<br />
*[[jQuery Sandbox]]<br />
*[[Actionscript Sandbox]]<br />
*[[Actionscript-Javascript Interaction]]<br />
*[[DOM]]<br />
*[[Google App Engine]]<br />
*[[Joomla!]]<br />
*[[Drupal]]<br />
*[[Facebook Advertising]]<br />
*[[CMS]]<br />
*[[Information Architect]]<br />
*[[Geotagging]]<br />
*[[PCI Compliance]]<br />
*[[Study in the UK]]<br />
*[[Processing]]<br />
</td><br />
<td valign=top><br />
*[[Sohu]]<br />
*[[Tencent QQ]]<br />
*[[Sina]]<br />
*[[CPC]]<br />
*[[CPM]]<br />
*[[ROI]]<br />
*[[SEO]]<br />
*[[Flash SEO]]<br />
*[[IronRuby]]<br />
*[[IronPython]]<br />
*[[Python]]<br />
*[[Mapnik]]<br />
*[[HTML]]<br />
*[[CSS]]<br />
*[[XML]]<br />
*[[KML]]<br />
*[[AJAX]]<br />
*[[PPC Tips]]<br />
*[[Flex]]<br />
</td><br />
<td valign=top><br />
*[[Toponymy of London]]<br />
*[[Freecycle]]<br />
*[[Brick Lane]]<br />
*[[Singapore]]<br />
*[[Facebook]]<br />
*[[Garden Centre]]<br />
*[[Building & Repairs]]<br />
*[[Getting the things I want]]<br />
*[[Vicious Cycles]]<br />
*[[Second Life]]<br />
*[[Hipihi]]<br />
*[[The Sims]]<br />
*[[Mozilla Prism]]<br />
*[[Adobe AIR]]<br />
*[[Microsoft Silverlight]]<br />
*[[Interface]]<br />
*[[Crowdsourcing]]<br />
*[[Browser Testing]]<br />
*[[Electronic Music]]<br />
*[[Ambient Findability]]<br />
*[[Fullscreen content]]<br />
*[[Pitching for TV and Film]]<br />
*[[Tax filing in the UK]]<br />
</td><br />
<td valign=top><br />
*[[Long Tail]]<br />
*[[Black Swan]]<br />
*[[False positive paradox]]<br />
*[[Rare Events]]<br />
*[[Cultural Astronomy]]<br />
*[[Bleeding Edge]]<br />
*[[Cannibalism]]<br />
*[[How to...]]<br />
*[[Lexical Adventures]]<br />
*[[Foreign Food Terms]]<br />
*[[Urban Planning]]<br />
*[[Firearms and fireworks]]<br />
*[[Hauntology]]<br />
*[[Maps]]<br />
*[[Dream Syntax]]<br />
*[[Suicide]]<br />
*[[UK Visa]]<br />
*[[Web Accessibility]]<br />
*[[Data Visualisation]]<br />
*[[Kinetic Art]]<br />
*[[Mythogeography]]<br />
*[[Literary Hit-and-Run]]<br />
</td><br />
</tr><br />
</table><br />
<br />
== Personal ==<br />
<br />
<blockquote>'''Daily Horoscope for VIRGO, Monday, June 23, 2008, By Rick Levine:'''<br><br />
If you aren't sure what you should be doing at work now, don't look to anyone else for your answers. <br />
It's likely they will be just as unsure as you. Instead, go back to the basics. <br />
Tackle the tasks you have set aside. Keep in mind that you are building foundations for tomorrow <br />
and not just acting busy for today.</blockquote><br />
<br />
"The future is already here. It's just not widely distributed yet." - William Gibson<br />
<br />
[[Inspiration]]<br />
<br />
Goals (in order of importance):<br />
# Learn more jQuery & Javascript<br />
# Learn more Actionscript 2<br />
<br />
== Getting started with Wiki ==<br />
<br />
* [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Advanced_editing Advanced Editing]<br />
* [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide User's Guide]<br />
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Configuration_settings Configuration settings list]<br />
* [http://www.knowledgethoughts.com/wiki/Mediawiki_templates how to edit mediawiki themes]</div>85.8.189.160http://dbbd.sg/wiki/index.php?title=Cool_Ninja_Cats&diff=2381Cool Ninja Cats2008-11-19T11:25:42Z<p>85.8.189.160: </p>
<hr />
<div><big>'''Search Team Ninjas'''</big><br />
<br />
Welcome to this Wikicliki, sick-o-fancy, jerque-du-cercle of a networking and connection-based order. This is a box where a small internet deskmonkey puts the leftover bits and bobs. Email any coments to me at '''04.48am at gmail.com'''.<br />
<br />
''' Most Active Pages: '''<br />
[[Google Adwords]], [[Actionscript-Javascript Interaction]],<br />
<br />
''' Sandboxes: '''<br />
[[Actionscript Sandbox]], [[jQuery Sandbox]], [[Javascript Sandbox]]<br />
<br />
== Index ==<br />
<br />
<table><br />
<tr><td valign=top><br />
*[[Google]]<br />
*[[Google Adwords]]<br />
*[[Google Chrome]]<br />
*[[Google Analytics]]<br />
*[[Gmail]]<br />
*[[Flash]]<br />
*[[Javascript]]<br />
*[[Actionscript]]<br />
*[[SWFObject]]<br />
*[[SWFAddress]]<br />
*[[Papervision 3D]]<br />
*[[JSAway]]<br />
*[[Away3D]]<br />
*[[Tweener]]<br />
*[[jQuery]]<br />
*[[Microsoft adCenter]]<br />
*[[Yahoo Search Marketing]]<br />
*[[Typography]]<br />
*[[Asian Font]]s<br />
*[[Baidu]]<br />
*[[China]]<br />
</td><br />
<td valign=top><br />
*[[UK Keyboard Layout]]<br />
*[[Microsoft Global Input Method Editor]]<br />
*[[List of Interesting Online Apps]]<br />
*[[List of Interesting Desktop Apps]]<br />
*[[List of Amazing Flash Sites]]<br />
*[[Pixel Art]]<br />
*[[Sprites]]<br />
*[[Source code editors]]<br />
*[[Rich HTML email]]<br />
*[[Usability Testing]]<br />
*[[Sustainability]]<br />
*[[jQuery Sandbox]]<br />
*[[Actionscript Sandbox]]<br />
*[[Actionscript-Javascript Interaction]]<br />
*[[DOM]]<br />
*[[Google App Engine]]<br />
*[[Joomla!]]<br />
*[[Drupal]]<br />
*[[Facebook Advertising]]<br />
*[[CMS]]<br />
*[[Information Architect]]<br />
*[[Geotagging]]<br />
*[[PCI Compliance]]<br />
*[[Study in the UK]]<br />
*[[Processing]]<br />
</td><br />
<td valign=top><br />
*[[Sohu]]<br />
*[[Tencent QQ]]<br />
*[[Sina]]<br />
*[[CPC]]<br />
*[[CPM]]<br />
*[[ROI]]<br />
*[[SEO]]<br />
*[[Flash SEO]]<br />
*[[IronRuby]]<br />
*[[IronPython]]<br />
*[[Python]]<br />
*[[Mapnik]]<br />
*[[HTML]]<br />
*[[CSS]]<br />
*[[XML]]<br />
*[[KML]]<br />
*[[AJAX]]<br />
*[[PPC Tips]]<br />
*[[Flex]]<br />
</td><br />
<td valign=top><br />
*[[Toponymy of London]]<br />
*[[Freecycle]]<br />
*[[Brick Lane]]<br />
*[[Singapore]]<br />
*[[Facebook]]<br />
*[[Garden Centre]]<br />
*[[Building & Repairs]]<br />
*[[Getting the things I want]]<br />
*[[Vicious Cycles]]<br />
*[[Second Life]]<br />
*[[Hipihi]]<br />
*[[The Sims]]<br />
*[[Mozilla Prism]]<br />
*[[Adobe AIR]]<br />
*[[Microsoft Silverlight]]<br />
*[[Interface]]<br />
*[[Crowdsourcing]]<br />
*[[Browser Testing]]<br />
*[[Electronic Music]]<br />
*[[Ambient Findability]]<br />
*[[Fullscreen content]]<br />
*[[Pitching for TV and Film]]<br />
*[[Tax filing (UK)]]<br />
</td><br />
<td valign=top><br />
*[[Long Tail]]<br />
*[[Black Swan]]<br />
*[[False positive paradox]]<br />
*[[Rare Events]]<br />
*[[Cultural Astronomy]]<br />
*[[Bleeding Edge]]<br />
*[[Cannibalism]]<br />
*[[How to...]]<br />
*[[Lexical Adventures]]<br />
*[[Foreign Food Terms]]<br />
*[[Urban Planning]]<br />
*[[Firearms and fireworks]]<br />
*[[Hauntology]]<br />
*[[Maps]]<br />
*[[Dream Syntax]]<br />
*[[Suicide]]<br />
*[[UK Visa]]<br />
*[[Web Accessibility]]<br />
*[[Data Visualisation]]<br />
*[[Kinetic Art]]<br />
*[[Mythogeography]]<br />
*[[Literary Hit-and-Run]]<br />
</td><br />
</tr><br />
</table><br />
<br />
== Personal ==<br />
<br />
<blockquote>'''Daily Horoscope for VIRGO, Monday, June 23, 2008, By Rick Levine:'''<br><br />
If you aren't sure what you should be doing at work now, don't look to anyone else for your answers. <br />
It's likely they will be just as unsure as you. Instead, go back to the basics. <br />
Tackle the tasks you have set aside. Keep in mind that you are building foundations for tomorrow <br />
and not just acting busy for today.</blockquote><br />
<br />
"The future is already here. It's just not widely distributed yet." - William Gibson<br />
<br />
[[Inspiration]]<br />
<br />
Goals (in order of importance):<br />
# Learn more jQuery & Javascript<br />
# Learn more Actionscript 2<br />
<br />
== Getting started with Wiki ==<br />
<br />
* [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Advanced_editing Advanced Editing]<br />
* [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide User's Guide]<br />
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Configuration_settings Configuration settings list]<br />
* [http://www.knowledgethoughts.com/wiki/Mediawiki_templates how to edit mediawiki themes]</div>85.8.189.160http://dbbd.sg/wiki/index.php?title=Pitching_for_TV_and_Film&diff=2380Pitching for TV and Film2008-11-19T11:23:39Z<p>85.8.189.160: </p>
<hr />
<div>http://www.bbc.co.uk/commissioning/questions/</div>85.8.189.160http://dbbd.sg/wiki/index.php?title=Cool_Ninja_Cats&diff=2379Cool Ninja Cats2008-11-19T11:23:33Z<p>85.8.189.160: </p>
<hr />
<div><big>'''Search Team Ninjas'''</big><br />
<br />
Welcome to this Wikicliki, sick-o-fancy, jerque-du-cercle of a networking and connection-based order. This is a box where a small internet deskmonkey puts the leftover bits and bobs. Email any coments to me at '''04.48am at gmail.com'''.<br />
<br />
''' Most Active Pages: '''<br />
[[Google Adwords]], [[Actionscript-Javascript Interaction]],<br />
<br />
''' Sandboxes: '''<br />
[[Actionscript Sandbox]], [[jQuery Sandbox]], [[Javascript Sandbox]]<br />
<br />
== Index ==<br />
<br />
<table><br />
<tr><td valign=top><br />
*[[Google]]<br />
*[[Google Adwords]]<br />
*[[Google Chrome]]<br />
*[[Google Analytics]]<br />
*[[Gmail]]<br />
*[[Flash]]<br />
*[[Javascript]]<br />
*[[Actionscript]]<br />
*[[SWFObject]]<br />
*[[SWFAddress]]<br />
*[[Papervision 3D]]<br />
*[[JSAway]]<br />
*[[Away3D]]<br />
*[[Tweener]]<br />
*[[jQuery]]<br />
*[[Microsoft adCenter]]<br />
*[[Yahoo Search Marketing]]<br />
*[[Typography]]<br />
*[[Asian Font]]s<br />
*[[Baidu]]<br />
*[[China]]<br />
</td><br />
<td valign=top><br />
*[[UK Keyboard Layout]]<br />
*[[Microsoft Global Input Method Editor]]<br />
*[[List of Interesting Online Apps]]<br />
*[[List of Interesting Desktop Apps]]<br />
*[[List of Amazing Flash Sites]]<br />
*[[Pixel Art]]<br />
*[[Sprites]]<br />
*[[Source code editors]]<br />
*[[Rich HTML email]]<br />
*[[Usability Testing]]<br />
*[[Sustainability]]<br />
*[[jQuery Sandbox]]<br />
*[[Actionscript Sandbox]]<br />
*[[Actionscript-Javascript Interaction]]<br />
*[[DOM]]<br />
*[[Google App Engine]]<br />
*[[Joomla!]]<br />
*[[Drupal]]<br />
*[[Facebook Advertising]]<br />
*[[CMS]]<br />
*[[Information Architect]]<br />
*[[Geotagging]]<br />
*[[PCI Compliance]]<br />
*[[Study in the UK]]<br />
*[[Processing]]<br />
</td><br />
<td valign=top><br />
*[[Sohu]]<br />
*[[Tencent QQ]]<br />
*[[Sina]]<br />
*[[CPC]]<br />
*[[CPM]]<br />
*[[ROI]]<br />
*[[SEO]]<br />
*[[Flash SEO]]<br />
*[[IronRuby]]<br />
*[[IronPython]]<br />
*[[Python]]<br />
*[[Mapnik]]<br />
*[[HTML]]<br />
*[[CSS]]<br />
*[[XML]]<br />
*[[KML]]<br />
*[[AJAX]]<br />
*[[PPC Tips]]<br />
*[[Flex]]<br />
</td><br />
<td valign=top><br />
*[[Toponymy of London]]<br />
*[[Freecycle]]<br />
*[[Brick Lane]]<br />
*[[Singapore]]<br />
*[[Facebook]]<br />
*[[Garden Centre]]<br />
*[[Building & Repairs]]<br />
*[[Getting the things I want]]<br />
*[[Vicious Cycles]]<br />
*[[Second Life]]<br />
*[[Hipihi]]<br />
*[[The Sims]]<br />
*[[Mozilla Prism]]<br />
*[[Adobe AIR]]<br />
*[[Microsoft Silverlight]]<br />
*[[Interface]]<br />
*[[Crowdsourcing]]<br />
*[[Browser Testing]]<br />
*[[Electronic Music]]<br />
*[[Ambient Findability]]<br />
*[[Fullscreen content]]<br />
*[[Pitching for TV and Film]]<br />
</td><br />
<td valign=top><br />
*[[Long Tail]]<br />
*[[Black Swan]]<br />
*[[False positive paradox]]<br />
*[[Rare Events]]<br />
*[[Cultural Astronomy]]<br />
*[[Bleeding Edge]]<br />
*[[Cannibalism]]<br />
*[[How to...]]<br />
*[[Lexical Adventures]]<br />
*[[Foreign Food Terms]]<br />
*[[Urban Planning]]<br />
*[[Firearms and fireworks]]<br />
*[[Hauntology]]<br />
*[[Maps]]<br />
*[[Dream Syntax]]<br />
*[[Suicide]]<br />
*[[UK Visa]]<br />
*[[Web Accessibility]]<br />
*[[Data Visualisation]]<br />
*[[Kinetic Art]]<br />
*[[Mythogeography]]<br />
*[[Literary Hit-and-Run]]<br />
</td><br />
</tr><br />
</table><br />
<br />
== Personal ==<br />
<br />
<blockquote>'''Daily Horoscope for VIRGO, Monday, June 23, 2008, By Rick Levine:'''<br><br />
If you aren't sure what you should be doing at work now, don't look to anyone else for your answers. <br />
It's likely they will be just as unsure as you. Instead, go back to the basics. <br />
Tackle the tasks you have set aside. Keep in mind that you are building foundations for tomorrow <br />
and not just acting busy for today.</blockquote><br />
<br />
"The future is already here. It's just not widely distributed yet." - William Gibson<br />
<br />
[[Inspiration]]<br />
<br />
Goals (in order of importance):<br />
# Learn more jQuery & Javascript<br />
# Learn more Actionscript 2<br />
<br />
== Getting started with Wiki ==<br />
<br />
* [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Advanced_editing Advanced Editing]<br />
* [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide User's Guide]<br />
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Configuration_settings Configuration settings list]<br />
* [http://www.knowledgethoughts.com/wiki/Mediawiki_templates how to edit mediawiki themes]</div>85.8.189.160http://dbbd.sg/wiki/index.php?title=Cool_Ninja_Cats&diff=2376Cool Ninja Cats2008-11-18T15:15:38Z<p>85.8.189.160: </p>
<hr />
<div><big>'''Search Team Ninjas'''</big><br />
<br />
Welcome to this Wikicliki, sick-o-fancy, jerque-du-cercle of a networking and connection-based order. This is a box where a small internet deskmonkey puts the leftover bits and bobs. Email any coments to me at '''04.48am at gmail.com'''.<br />
<br />
''' Most Active Pages: '''<br />
[[Google Adwords]], [[Actionscript-Javascript Interaction]],<br />
<br />
''' Sandboxes: '''<br />
[[Actionscript Sandbox]], [[jQuery Sandbox]], [[Javascript Sandbox]]<br />
<br />
== Index ==<br />
<br />
<table><br />
<tr><td valign=top><br />
*[[Google]]<br />
*[[Google Adwords]]<br />
*[[Google Chrome]]<br />
*[[Google Analytics]]<br />
*[[Gmail]]<br />
*[[Flash]]<br />
*[[Javascript]]<br />
*[[Actionscript]]<br />
*[[SWFObject]]<br />
*[[SWFAddress]]<br />
*[[Papervision 3D]]<br />
*[[JSAway]]<br />
*[[Away3D]]<br />
*[[Tweener]]<br />
*[[jQuery]]<br />
*[[Microsoft adCenter]]<br />
*[[Yahoo Search Marketing]]<br />
*[[Typography]]<br />
*[[Asian Font]]s<br />
*[[Baidu]]<br />
*[[China]]<br />
</td><br />
<td valign=top><br />
*[[UK Keyboard Layout]]<br />
*[[Microsoft Global Input Method Editor]]<br />
*[[List of Interesting Online Apps]]<br />
*[[List of Interesting Desktop Apps]]<br />
*[[List of Amazing Flash Sites]]<br />
*[[Pixel Art]]<br />
*[[Sprites]]<br />
*[[Source code editors]]<br />
*[[Rich HTML email]]<br />
*[[Usability Testing]]<br />
*[[Sustainability]]<br />
*[[jQuery Sandbox]]<br />
*[[Actionscript Sandbox]]<br />
*[[Actionscript-Javascript Interaction]]<br />
*[[DOM]]<br />
*[[Google App Engine]]<br />
*[[Joomla!]]<br />
*[[Drupal]]<br />
*[[Facebook Advertising]]<br />
*[[CMS]]<br />
*[[Information Architect]]<br />
*[[Geotagging]]<br />
*[[PCI Compliance]]<br />
*[[Study in the UK]]<br />
*[[Processing]]<br />
</td><br />
<td valign=top><br />
*[[Sohu]]<br />
*[[Tencent QQ]]<br />
*[[Sina]]<br />
*[[CPC]]<br />
*[[CPM]]<br />
*[[ROI]]<br />
*[[SEO]]<br />
*[[Flash SEO]]<br />
*[[IronRuby]]<br />
*[[IronPython]]<br />
*[[Python]]<br />
*[[Mapnik]]<br />
*[[HTML]]<br />
*[[CSS]]<br />
*[[XML]]<br />
*[[KML]]<br />
*[[AJAX]]<br />
*[[PPC Tips]]<br />
*[[Flex]]<br />
</td><br />
<td valign=top><br />
*[[Toponymy of London]]<br />
*[[Freecycle]]<br />
*[[Brick Lane]]<br />
*[[Singapore]]<br />
*[[Facebook]]<br />
*[[Garden Centre]]<br />
*[[Building & Repairs]]<br />
*[[Getting the things I want]]<br />
*[[Vicious Cycles]]<br />
*[[Second Life]]<br />
*[[Hipihi]]<br />
*[[The Sims]]<br />
*[[Mozilla Prism]]<br />
*[[Adobe AIR]]<br />
*[[Microsoft Silverlight]]<br />
*[[Interface]]<br />
*[[Crowdsourcing]]<br />
*[[Browser Testing]]<br />
*[[Electronic Music]]<br />
*[[Ambient Findability]]<br />
*[[Fullscreen content]]<br />
</td><br />
<td valign=top><br />
*[[Long Tail]]<br />
*[[Black Swan]]<br />
*[[False positive paradox]]<br />
*[[Rare Events]]<br />
*[[Cultural Astronomy]]<br />
*[[Bleeding Edge]]<br />
*[[Cannibalism]]<br />
*[[How to...]]<br />
*[[Lexical Adventures]]<br />
*[[Foreign Food Terms]]<br />
*[[Urban Planning]]<br />
*[[Firearms and fireworks]]<br />
*[[Hauntology]]<br />
*[[Maps]]<br />
*[[Dream Syntax]]<br />
*[[Suicide]]<br />
*[[UK Visa]]<br />
*[[Web Accessibility]]<br />
*[[Data Visualisation]]<br />
*[[Kinetic Art]]<br />
*[[Mythogeography]]<br />
*[[Literary Hit-and-Run]]<br />
</td><br />
</tr><br />
</table><br />
<br />
== Personal ==<br />
<br />
<blockquote>'''Daily Horoscope for VIRGO, Monday, June 23, 2008, By Rick Levine:'''<br><br />
If you aren't sure what you should be doing at work now, don't look to anyone else for your answers. <br />
It's likely they will be just as unsure as you. Instead, go back to the basics. <br />
Tackle the tasks you have set aside. Keep in mind that you are building foundations for tomorrow <br />
and not just acting busy for today.</blockquote><br />
<br />
"The future is already here. It's just not widely distributed yet." - William Gibson<br />
<br />
[[Inspiration]]<br />
<br />
Goals (in order of importance):<br />
# Learn more jQuery & Javascript<br />
# Learn more Actionscript 2<br />
<br />
== Getting started with Wiki ==<br />
<br />
* [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Advanced_editing Advanced Editing]<br />
* [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide User's Guide]<br />
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Configuration_settings Configuration settings list]<br />
* [http://www.knowledgethoughts.com/wiki/Mediawiki_templates how to edit mediawiki themes]</div>85.8.189.160http://dbbd.sg/wiki/index.php?title=Cool_Ninja_Cats&diff=2375Cool Ninja Cats2008-11-18T15:14:25Z<p>85.8.189.160: </p>
<hr />
<div><big>'''Search Team Ninjas'''</big><br />
<br />
Welcome to this Wikicliki, sick-o-fancy, jerque-du-cercle of a networking and connection-based order. This is a box where a small internet deskmonkey puts the leftover bits and bobs. Email any coments to me at '''04.48am at gmail.com'''.<br />
<br />
''' Most Active Pages: '''<br />
[[Google Adwords]], [[Actionscript-Javascript Interaction]],<br />
<br />
''' Sandboxes: '''<br />
[[Actionscript Sandbox]], [[jQuery Sandbox]], [[Javascript Sandbox]]<br />
<br />
== Index ==<br />
<br />
<table><br />
<tr><td valign=top><br />
*[[Google]]<br />
*[[Google Adwords]]<br />
*[[Google Chrome]]<br />
*[[Google Analytics]]<br />
*[[Gmail]]<br />
*[[Flash]]<br />
*[[Javascript]]<br />
*[[Actionscript]]<br />
*[[SWFObject]]<br />
*[[SWFAddress]]<br />
*[[Papervision 3D]]<br />
*[[JSAway]]<br />
*[[Away3D]]<br />
*[[Tweener]]<br />
*[[jQuery]]<br />
*[[Microsoft adCenter]]<br />
*[[Yahoo Search Marketing]]<br />
*[[Typography]]<br />
*[[Asian Font]]s<br />
*[[Baidu]]<br />
*[[China]]<br />
</td><br />
<td valign=top><br />
*[[UK Keyboard Layout]]<br />
*[[Microsoft Global Input Method Editor]]<br />
*[[List of Interesting Online Apps]]<br />
*[[List of Interesting Desktop Apps]]<br />
*[[List of Amazing Flash Sites]]<br />
*[[Pixel Art]]<br />
*[[Sprites]]<br />
*[[Source code editors]]<br />
*[[Rich HTML email]]<br />
*[[Usability Testing]]<br />
*[[Sustainability]]<br />
*[[jQuery Sandbox]]<br />
*[[Actionscript Sandbox]]<br />
*[[Actionscript-Javascript Interaction]]<br />
*[[DOM]]<br />
*[[Google App Engine]]<br />
*[[Joomla!]]<br />
*[[Drupal]]<br />
*[[Facebook Advertising]]<br />
*[[CMS]]<br />
*[[Information Architect]]<br />
*[[Geotagging]]<br />
*[[PCI Compliance]]<br />
*[[Study in the UK]]<br />
*[[Processing]]<br />
</td><br />
<td valign=top><br />
*[[Sohu]]<br />
*[[Tencent QQ]]<br />
*[[Sina]]<br />
*[[CPC]]<br />
*[[CPM]]<br />
*[[ROI]]<br />
*[[SEO]]<br />
*[[Flash SEO]]<br />
*[[IronRuby]]<br />
*[[IronPython]]<br />
*[[Python]]<br />
*[[Mapnik]]<br />
*[[HTML]]<br />
*[[CSS]]<br />
*[[XML]]<br />
*[[KML]]<br />
*[[AJAX]]<br />
*[[PPC Tips]]<br />
*[[Flex]]<br />
</td><br />
<td valign=top><br />
*[[Toponymy of London]]<br />
*[[Freecycle]]<br />
*[[Brick Lane]]<br />
*[[Singapore]]<br />
*[[Facebook]]<br />
*[[Garden Centre]]<br />
*[[Building & Repairs]]<br />
*[[Getting the things I want]]<br />
*[[Vicious Cycles]]<br />
*[[Second Life]]<br />
*[[Hipihi]]<br />
*[[The Sims]]<br />
*[[Mozilla Prism]]<br />
*[[Adobe AIR]]<br />
*[[Microsoft Silverlight]]<br />
*[[Interface]]<br />
*[[Crowdsourcing]]<br />
*[[Browser Testing]]<br />
*[[Electronic Music]]<br />
*[[Ambient Findability]]<br />
</td><br />
<td valign=top><br />
*[[Long Tail]]<br />
*[[Black Swan]]<br />
*[[False positive paradox]]<br />
*[[Rare Events]]<br />
*[[Cultural Astronomy]]<br />
*[[Bleeding Edge]]<br />
*[[Cannibalism]]<br />
*[[How to...]]<br />
*[[Lexical Adventures]]<br />
*[[Foreign Food Terms]]<br />
*[[Urban Planning]]<br />
*[[Firearms and fireworks]]<br />
*[[Hauntology]]<br />
*[[Maps]]<br />
*[[Dream Syntax]]<br />
*[[Suicide]]<br />
*[[UK Visa]]<br />
*[[Web Accessibility]]<br />
*[[Data Visualisation]]<br />
*[[Kinetic Art]]<br />
*[[Mythogeography]]<br />
*[[Literary Hit-and-Run]]<br />
</td><br />
</tr><br />
</table><br />
<br />
== Personal ==<br />
<br />
<blockquote>'''Daily Horoscope for VIRGO, Monday, June 23, 2008, By Rick Levine:'''<br><br />
If you aren't sure what you should be doing at work now, don't look to anyone else for your answers. <br />
It's likely they will be just as unsure as you. Instead, go back to the basics. <br />
Tackle the tasks you have set aside. Keep in mind that you are building foundations for tomorrow <br />
and not just acting busy for today.</blockquote><br />
<br />
"The future is already here. It's just not widely distributed yet." - William Gibson<br />
<br />
[[Inspiration]]<br />
<br />
Goals (in order of importance):<br />
# Learn more jQuery & Javascript<br />
# Learn more Actionscript 2<br />
<br />
== Getting started with Wiki ==<br />
<br />
* [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Advanced_editing Advanced Editing]<br />
* [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide User's Guide]<br />
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Configuration_settings Configuration settings list]<br />
* [http://www.knowledgethoughts.com/wiki/Mediawiki_templates how to edit mediawiki themes]</div>85.8.189.160http://dbbd.sg/wiki/index.php?title=Cool_Ninja_Cats&diff=2374Cool Ninja Cats2008-11-18T15:12:26Z<p>85.8.189.160: </p>
<hr />
<div><big>'''Search Team Ninjas'''</big><br />
<br />
Welcome to this Wikicliki, sick-o-fancy, jerque-du-cercle of a networking and connection-based order. This is a box where a small internet deskmonkey puts the leftover bits and bobs. Email any coments to me at '''04.48am at gmail.com'''.<br />
<br />
''' Most Active Pages: '''<br />
[[Google Adwords]], [[Actionscript-Javascript Interaction]],<br />
<br />
''' Sandboxes: '''<br />
[[Actionscript Sandbox]], [[jQuery Sandbox]], [[Javascript Sandbox]]<br />
<br />
== Index ==<br />
<br />
<table><br />
<tr><td valign=top><br />
*[[Google]]<br />
*[[Google Adwords]]<br />
*[[Google Chrome]]<br />
*[[Google Analytics]]<br />
*[[Gmail]]<br />
*[[Flash]]<br />
*[[Javascript]]<br />
*[[Actionscript]]<br />
*[[SWFObject]]<br />
*[[SWFAddress]]<br />
*[[Papervision 3D]]<br />
*[[JSAway]]<br />
*[[Away3D]]<br />
*[[Tweener]]<br />
*[[jQuery]]<br />
*[[Microsoft adCenter]]<br />
*[[Yahoo Search Marketing]]<br />
*[[Typography]]<br />
*[[Asian Font]]s<br />
*[[Baidu]]<br />
*[[China]]<br />
</td><br />
<td valign=top><br />
*[[UK Keyboard Layout]]<br />
*[[Microsoft Global Input Method Editor]]<br />
*[[List of Interesting Online Apps]]<br />
*[[List of Interesting Desktop Apps]]<br />
*[[List of Amazing Flash Sites]]<br />
*[[Pixel Art]]<br />
*[[Sprites]]<br />
*[[Source code editors]]<br />
*[[Rich HTML email]]<br />
*[[Usability Testing]]<br />
*[[Sustainability]]<br />
*[[jQuery Sandbox]]<br />
*[[Actionscript Sandbox]]<br />
*[[Actionscript-Javascript Interaction]]<br />
*[[DOM]]<br />
*[[Google App Engine]]<br />
*[[Joomla!]]<br />
*[[Drupal]]<br />
*[[Facebook Advertising]]<br />
*[[CMS]]<br />
*[[Information Architect]]<br />
*[[Geotagging]]<br />
*[[PCI Compliance]]<br />
*[[Study in the UK]]<br />
*[[Processing.org]]<br />
</td><br />
<td valign=top><br />
*[[Sohu]]<br />
*[[Tencent QQ]]<br />
*[[Sina]]<br />
*[[CPC]]<br />
*[[CPM]]<br />
*[[ROI]]<br />
*[[SEO]]<br />
*[[Flash SEO]]<br />
*[[IronRuby]]<br />
*[[IronPython]]<br />
*[[Python]]<br />
*[[Mapnik]]<br />
*[[HTML]]<br />
*[[CSS]]<br />
*[[XML]]<br />
*[[KML]]<br />
*[[AJAX]]<br />
*[[PPC Tips]]<br />
*[[Flex]]<br />
</td><br />
<td valign=top><br />
*[[Toponymy of London]]<br />
*[[Freecycle]]<br />
*[[Brick Lane]]<br />
*[[Singapore]]<br />
*[[Facebook]]<br />
*[[Garden Centre]]<br />
*[[Building & Repairs]]<br />
*[[Getting the things I want]]<br />
*[[Vicious Cycles]]<br />
*[[Second Life]]<br />
*[[Hipihi]]<br />
*[[The Sims]]<br />
*[[Mozilla Prism]]<br />
*[[Adobe AIR]]<br />
*[[Microsoft Silverlight]]<br />
*[[Interface]]<br />
*[[Crowdsourcing]]<br />
*[[Browser Testing]]<br />
*[[Electronic Music]]<br />
*[[Ambient Findability]]<br />
</td><br />
<td valign=top><br />
*[[Long Tail]]<br />
*[[Black Swan]]<br />
*[[False positive paradox]]<br />
*[[Rare Events]]<br />
*[[Cultural Astronomy]]<br />
*[[Bleeding Edge]]<br />
*[[Cannibalism]]<br />
*[[How to...]]<br />
*[[Lexical Adventures]]<br />
*[[Foreign Food Terms]]<br />
*[[Urban Planning]]<br />
*[[Firearms and fireworks]]<br />
*[[Hauntology]]<br />
*[[Maps]]<br />
*[[Dream Syntax]]<br />
*[[Suicide]]<br />
*[[UK Visa]]<br />
*[[Web Accessibility]]<br />
*[[Data Visualisation]]<br />
*[[Kinetic Art]]<br />
*[[Mythogeography]]<br />
*[[Literary Hit-and-Run]]<br />
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</table><br />
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== Personal ==<br />
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<blockquote>'''Daily Horoscope for VIRGO, Monday, June 23, 2008, By Rick Levine:'''<br><br />
If you aren't sure what you should be doing at work now, don't look to anyone else for your answers. <br />
It's likely they will be just as unsure as you. Instead, go back to the basics. <br />
Tackle the tasks you have set aside. Keep in mind that you are building foundations for tomorrow <br />
and not just acting busy for today.</blockquote><br />
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"The future is already here. It's just not widely distributed yet." - William Gibson<br />
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[[Inspiration]]<br />
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Goals (in order of importance):<br />
# Learn more jQuery & Javascript<br />
# Learn more Actionscript 2<br />
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* [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide User's Guide]<br />
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