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Dharma Friendship Foundation |
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| Topic: Health and Wellness |
1:23 am EDT, Oct 23, 2005 |
Mission Statement
To sponsor qualified Buddhist teachers to teach Buddhist philosophy, psychology, and meditation.
To provide a mutually supportive spiritual community for Buddhist practitioners.
To offer the public a variety of Buddhist educational programs ranging from lectures and class series to intensive retreats.
To foster the spirit of peace, nonviolence, and compassion in our world, following the inspiring example of His Holiness the Dalai Lama by putting into practice the principles in the Eight Verses of Mind Training.
Excellent Buddhist Website. Five Happy Buddhas. Dharma Friendship Foundation |
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| Topic: Current Events |
2:04 pm EDT, Oct 21, 2005 |
About the Author
Dr. Michael Eric Dyson is the author of The Michael Eric Dyson Reader, Open Mike; Holler If You Hear Me: Searching for Tupac Shakur; Why I Love Black Women; I May Not Get There With You: The True Martin Luther King, Jr.; Race Rules: Navigating the Color Line; Between God and Gangsta Rap; Making Malcolm: The Myth and Meaning of Malcolm X; and Reflecting Black. He is the Avalon Foundation Professor in the Humanities at the University of Pennsylvania and lives in Philadelphia.
Memed for herodom. This is the smartest guy I've seen on TV. Maybe thats James Burke, actually. Anyway, he's a leftie who can spit hot fire with the best of the right-wing fuckos. Needs his own show/radio program. Michael Eric Dyson |
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3D sculpture depicts 'shadow' of a 4D object |
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| Topic: Arts |
11:29 am EDT, Oct 21, 2005 |
Artistic works traditionally carry significance beyond their physical beauty, but a new sculpture in the McAllister Building headquarters of the Penn State Department of Mathematics may carry that tradition to its limits.
Add to list of stuff to see before I croak. 3D sculpture depicts 'shadow' of a 4D object |
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| Topic: Technology |
2:14 pm EDT, Oct 20, 2005 |
Gajim is a Jabber client written in PyGTK. The goal of Gajim's developers is to provide a full featured and easy to use xmpp client for the GTK users. Gajim does not require GNOME to run, eventhough it exists with it nicely. Gajim is released under the GNU General Public License
Secure IM. Jabber client with TLS/SSL. Gajim, a Jabber client |
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| Topic: Technology |
2:27 am EDT, Oct 20, 2005 |
Zephyr is a real-time messaging and notification system that is used in conjunction with MITnet. MIT faculty and staff can send and recieve academic and personal communications (called Zgrams) instantly.
Secure IM. Zephyr at MIT |
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SILC Secure Internet Live Conferencing |
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| Topic: Technology |
2:25 am EDT, Oct 20, 2005 |
SILC Project develops the Secure Internet Live Conferencing protocol,
which provides secure conferencing services.
Secure text messaging for attorneys. SILC Secure Internet Live Conferencing |
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The Sitayana by Nina Paley |
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| Topic: Arts |
1:01 am EDT, Oct 20, 2005 |
A new twist on an old myth by Nina Paley
This is a very impressive series of cartoons about Hindu mythology. I haven't seen a contemporary version of these stories before this... it makes them feel very much alive. Watch these. Recommend these. They are great. The Sitayana by Nina Paley |
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Jive Software: Asterisk-IM Features |
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| Topic: Technology |
12:59 am EDT, Oct 20, 2005 |
Asterisk-IM Features Asterisk-IM offers powerful integration between Jabber/XMPP and the Asterisk phone system. The current features for the module are listed below. Note that client screenshots are taken with several example applications -- the Asterisk-IM module is server-side so will work with any client that implements its protocol.
Integrated Presence Your presence is automatically updated when you're on the phone. Discover which of your contacts is on the phone with a glance at your roster.
Integrates IM and Telephony. Neat. I think. Jive Software: Asterisk-IM Features |
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