michaelshamoon.com http://michaelshamoon.com Weblog and Portfolio of Michael Shamoon Thu, 24 Jan 2013 04:58:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Metronome http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/michaelshamoon/~3/-OYXwhD3bl8/ http://michaelshamoon.com/2012/08/26/metronome/#comments Sun, 26 Aug 2012 17:18:48 +0000 michael http://michaelshamoon.com/?p=1380 Metronome
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]]> http://michaelshamoon.com/2012/08/26/metronome/feed/ 0 http://michaelshamoon.com/2012/08/26/metronome/ PlusOne Scraper: a +1 Feed Generator http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/michaelshamoon/~3/VS0gfj4rzQA/ http://michaelshamoon.com/2011/11/08/plusone-scraper-a-1-feed-generator/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 14:47:31 +0000 michael http://michaelshamoon.com/?p=1370 After Google decided to ‘revamp’ Google Reader a lot of people are unhappy with the changes. The most glaring loss is removal of the human-curated aspect of the old Reader sharing as Google has removed ability to publicly share stories (unless, of course you are on Google+), replacing them with the questionable ‘+1′. That means no more public RSS feeds of shared items, no more open data from the Goog, troubling indeed.

In an effort to mitigate at least one deficit of the changes, I’ve written a crude scraper that will take any +1′d items from a public Google Profile page (that is set to show +1s) and spit them out into an RSS feed. It is designed to be self-hosted and will likely break soon and often as it is at the mercy of front-end changes to the public profile page. Hopefully the Goog will come around on this one, but in the meantime, this gets the job done (you can see it working on the homepage of this blog).

PlusOne Scraper on SourceForge

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via Reddit

]]> http://michaelshamoon.com/2011/10/24/now-this-i-can-get-behind/feed/ 0 http://michaelshamoon.com/2011/10/24/now-this-i-can-get-behind/ ’84 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/michaelshamoon/~3/AEq490bEY24/ http://michaelshamoon.com/2011/10/05/84/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 01:52:50 +0000 michael http://michaelshamoon.com/?p=1346 The Macintosh and I were born the same year and I have grown up with an Apple-logo-bearing device in my hand ever since (ahem, not including the ‘clone’ years). While I realize the internet doesn’t need another Steve Jobs post I just can’t let his passing go by without acknowledging his impact on my life. While it seems bizarre to feel connected to someone I’ve never everything I ever taught myself to do on a computer I taught myself on a Mac, because that’s what the Macintosh is about: fostering creativity. Certainly the Mac played a role in my career choices, and with the countless hours I’ve spent doing perhaps less-productive things on Macs, iPods and iPhones—as far as I’m concerned Steve and I go way back.

But really, since other people have said it much better, here are some of my favorites:
Stephen Fry’s brilliant take
Reactions from Gates, Woz, etc.
Here’s to the crazy ones: a farewell to Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs Remembered On the Front Page


Truly, his vision and inspiration will be missed.

Eternal Flame from XKCD There's always the hope that if you sit and watch for long enough, the beachball will vanish and the thing it interrupted will return.]]> http://michaelshamoon.com/2011/10/05/84/feed/ 0 http://michaelshamoon.com/2011/10/05/84/ Title Scream http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/michaelshamoon/~3/XcU4bInlfqc/ http://michaelshamoon.com/2011/10/03/title-scream/#comments Mon, 03 Oct 2011 19:45:24 +0000 michael http://michaelshamoon.com/?p=1332 Videogame pixel-art love. Nailed it: Title Scream

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]]> http://michaelshamoon.com/2011/09/12/my-new-favorite-artist/feed/ 0 http://michaelshamoon.com/2011/09/12/my-new-favorite-artist/ Jeff Bridges Photography http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/michaelshamoon/~3/DnrihXiBlYU/ http://michaelshamoon.com/2011/04/11/jeff-bridges-photography/#comments Mon, 11 Apr 2011 21:12:15 +0000 michael http://michaelshamoon.com/?p=1319 Not that I should be surprised but turns out The Dude is quite the photographer: JeffBridges.com. Buy me one?

]]> http://michaelshamoon.com/2011/04/11/jeff-bridges-photography/feed/ 1 http://michaelshamoon.com/2011/04/11/jeff-bridges-photography/ Fight For Your Right — Revisited http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/michaelshamoon/~3/AKIlF8E-o_g/ http://michaelshamoon.com/2011/04/08/fight-for-your-right-revisited/#comments Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:43:32 +0000 michael http://michaelshamoon.com/?p=1315 Trailer for the Beastie Boys’ upcoming album. Ferrell, McBride, Rogen, Jables—Sold.

]]> http://michaelshamoon.com/2011/04/08/fight-for-your-right-revisited/feed/ 1 http://michaelshamoon.com/2011/04/08/fight-for-your-right-revisited/ Why Yamaha is the Best Song of the Year http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/michaelshamoon/~3/5e_LXluWdHc/ http://michaelshamoon.com/2011/03/21/2010-why-the-dreams-yamaha-is-the-best-song-of-the-year/#comments Mon, 21 Mar 2011 23:53:04 +0000 michael http://michaelshamoon.com/?p=1311 2010: Why The-Dream’s Yamaha is the Best Song of the Year. Thank you.

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