Text Editors in The Lord of the Rings [Kieran Healy's Weblog]
Relating text editors to The Lord of the Rings… Clever… Kieran Healy’s Weblog – Text Editors in The Lord of the Rings. The list makes clever use of reality and fiction. I wonder what JEdit would be? Which text editor do you use? HT R-bloggers
Arthurian scholars meet in Bristol - Medievalists.net
As announced on Medievalists.net, the 23rd Triennial Congress of the International Arthurian Society is meeting next week at the University of Bristol: Arthurian scholars meet in Bristol - Medievalists.net. I’m sure the public lecture will spend a lot of time reviewing portrayals of Arthur in the movies and current culture. Made me think of the post at screened.com about the various portrayals of Merlin in the movies. Sounds like a fun time!
Flying Lizard Motorsports - Tough day at Mosport
Mosport - Raceday! July 24, 2011 - Flying Lizard Motorsports - Porsche Endurance Racing. Tough day for the Lizards! Keep at it, though. Still a lot of fun to follow…
Treadmill shows medieval armour influenced battles -- BBC News
So, now that we have treadmills, scientists realize that bulky armor would have influenced medieval warfare? Really? Genius! BBC News - Treadmill shows medieval armour influenced battles. My favorite quotation from the article has to be: “Researchers always suspected the armour would have been tough to wear.” Brilliant!
Dropbox Raising Massive Round at a $5B-Plus Valuation | TechCrunch
Dropbox Raising Massive Round at a $5B-Plus Valuation | TechCrunch. “A billion is the new million” – great comment! Too true. Dropbox is a great service (even with their TOC caveats), but $5B-plus??? That’s nuts!
Toronto's Dictionary of Old English Channel on YouTube
Recently, the University of Toronto’s Dictionary of Old English (DOE) project recently posted a new video advertising the need for a comprehensive dictionary of the earliest English language: YouTube - DictionaryOldEnglish’s Channel. Slick and concise, the video does a good job appealing to a more visual audience. Let’s hope that some of them pick up Old English! :D BTW, I still have my original microfiche fascicles of the first few letters.
OT/NT Refs: Source code now available on GitHub
If you’re interested in seeing the code for the OT/NT Ref graph, I’ve posted it to GitHub: balinjdl/OT-NT-Reference-Map - GitHub. All source files are there, along with a README, LICENSE, and sample graphics. I’ll continue posting about the development here, but code changes will only be updated on GitHub. Enjoy!
OT/NT Refs: Development log, entry #5
Completed Added layers (Quotations, Allusions, and Possible Allusions are all on separate layers, independently controllable (see below), as are the book arcs); Added panning (click-and-drag to move); Added keyboard event handler (to toggle visibility of layers (“q”/“a”/“p” for 3 link layers, “b” for book arcs, “c” to recenter view*, and “r” to reset view to initial state*); Added zoom ("+" and “-” to zoom in and out, respectively) ToDo In priority order:
OT/NT Refs: Development log, entry #4
Completed Added book names/labels (reversed orientation and set justification=“right” when angle < 90 or > 270) Added chapter ticks (first chapter + every 10th chapter) Added think black border around book arc Reduced thickness of link lines (from 2pt to 1pt) Added buffer between link line ends and book arcs (“var innerBuffer = 5”) Added allusion links and possible allusion links (both are dashed; wider dashes = possible allusion) [display of allusions and possible allusions are managed via a boolean variable for each setting] To Do – cumulative In priority order:
OTNT Graphic Development slideshow
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