Karl Martino http://paradox1x.org Karl Martino, Philadelphia, PA, USA Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:01:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 40.017362-75.087695This is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site, subject to copyright and fair use. An Introduction to Graphviz and dot – O’Reilly Media http://paradox1x.org/2012/02/an-introduction-to-graphviz-and-dot-oreilly-media/ http://paradox1x.org/2012/02/an-introduction-to-graphviz-and-dot-oreilly-media/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:01:07 +0000 Karl http://paradox1x.org/?p=14775 O’Reilly Media posted a nice intro to Graphviz I recently re-read that reminded me how great a tool it is: “An Introduction to GraphViz and dot – O'Reilly Media”.

Related:

UMLGraph
PlantUML
Graphviz

]]> http://paradox1x.org/2012/02/an-introduction-to-graphviz-and-dot-oreilly-media/feed/ 0 Some Great Advice For Developers Joining A New Team http://paradox1x.org/2012/02/some-great-advice-for-developers-joining-a-new-team/ http://paradox1x.org/2012/02/some-great-advice-for-developers-joining-a-new-team/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:31:58 +0000 Karl http://paradox1x.org/?p=14772 Rafe has a short writeup with terrific advice for a developer joining a new team: “rc3.org – How to make it as the new developer on a team”.

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]]> http://paradox1x.org/2012/02/developerworks-tuturoial-parse-xml-with-dom4j/feed/ 0 Java 7 Makes Copy and Move Files and Directories Simpler http://paradox1x.org/2012/02/java-7-makes-copy-and-move-files-and-directories-simplier/ http://paradox1x.org/2012/02/java-7-makes-copy-and-move-files-and-directories-simplier/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:15:20 +0000 Karl http://paradox1x.org/?p=14766 Java Code Geeks has a post that shares Java 7′s simplified file handling: “Java 7: Copy and Move Files and Directories – Java Code Geeks”

]]> http://paradox1x.org/2012/02/java-7-makes-copy-and-move-files-and-directories-simplier/feed/ 0 Nurturing A Video Game Industry In Philadelphia http://paradox1x.org/2012/01/nurturing-a-video-game-industry-in-philadelphia/ http://paradox1x.org/2012/01/nurturing-a-video-game-industry-in-philadelphia/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:46:54 +0000 Karl http://paradox1x.org/?p=14757 Continue reading →]]> NewsWorks posted a story, back in December, on “Philadelphia Game Lab”, an organization I’m helping advise led by idea-machine Nathan Solomon whose energy and passion is infectious. Read it: NewsWorks: “Nurturing a nascent video game industry in Philadelphia — NewsWorks”.

Tonight there is a game scene event at Barcade.

]]> http://paradox1x.org/2012/01/nurturing-a-video-game-industry-in-philadelphia/feed/ 0 Earlier This Month The Commodore 64 Turned 30 http://paradox1x.org/2012/01/earlier-this-month-the-commodore-64-turned-30/ http://paradox1x.org/2012/01/earlier-this-month-the-commodore-64-turned-30/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:28:14 +0000 Karl http://paradox1x.org/?p=14755 Continue reading →]]> Cheap, accessible, it opened the doors for many children to their careers today and families had a lot of fun a long the way.

The six months I had one, and the time I spent with my friend Steve’s 64, left a long term impression on the course of my life.

reghardware: “The Commodore 64 is 30 • reghardware”

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]]> http://paradox1x.org/2012/01/go-philly-cybercoders-reveals-top-10-cities-for-technology-jobs/feed/ 0 Jonathan Stray: “What should the digital public sphere do?” http://paradox1x.org/2012/01/jonathan-stray-what-should-the-digital-public-sphere-do/ http://paradox1x.org/2012/01/jonathan-stray-what-should-the-digital-public-sphere-do/#comments Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:32:19 +0000 Karl http://paradox1x.org/?p=14739 Continue reading →]]> A fantastic piece from Jonathan Stray on “algorithm designers to dedicated curators to, yes, traditional on-the-scene pro journalists, a great many people in different fields now have a part in shaping the digital public sphere”: “What should the digital public sphere do?”.

]]> http://paradox1x.org/2012/01/jonathan-stray-what-should-the-digital-public-sphere-do/feed/ 0 For Whom The Bell Tolls http://paradox1x.org/2012/01/for-whom-the-bell-tolls/ http://paradox1x.org/2012/01/for-whom-the-bell-tolls/#comments Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:27:04 +0000 Karl http://paradox1x.org/?p=14737 Continue reading →]]> The famous quoted passage from John Donne below has been brought up a few times the past few weeks. Here is the whole: “Meditation 17″:
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend’s or of thine own were; any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.

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