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5/15/2011 - Try my new app Magic Maps!

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SOFTWARE (RSS)	WRITINGS (RSS)
For map nerds Magic Maps – Easy-to-use mapping and analysis tool for Mac For Chicago residents: Police Radio Chicago – Listen to Chicago police dispatchers on your iPhone Hyde Park Maps – Maps of crime, coffee, buses, more For Erlang developers: Chicago Boss – An Erlang web framework ErlyDTL – Django's template language compiled to Erlang bytecode Aleppo – Alternative Erlang Pre-Processor For Nginx administrators: mod_circle_gif – Serve round corners with colors specified in the URL. The original Nginx module! mod_zip – Assemble ZIP archives on the fly. Originally developed for box.net in Palo Alto. nginx_upstream_hash – A hashing load balancer. mod_rrd_graph – Link RRDtool's graphing facilities directly into Nginx. nginx.vim – Syntax highlighting for the world's best text editor. For MediaWiki administrators: Google Maps Extension – Embed and edit Google Maps in your wiki. FREE IDEAS If you implement any of these, please let me know! SafeWalk^TM for iPhone – Walking directions for the route where you're least likely to be mugged. GroupBond – Groupon for small-business loans. But Will It Last? – Bet on celebrity matches (actual and potential). Magic Stats – A simple, visual statistics program that can plug into any database. Proj4GPU – Perform map projection logic on the graphics card. Library of Postcards – A giant digital archive of every postcard ever sent. Garbage Intelligence (GI) – Scan municipal garbage trucks for RFID tags and figure out which products tend to break and which tend to last. High-Performance Buildings (HPB) – Link employee productivity measures to environmental factors (light, noise, colors, humidity, etc.) ChefRoulette – ChatRoulette for the kitchen. Environmental Facts – Nutrition Facts for the planet. apache2nginx – Convert Apache config files to Nginx. A sure path to open-source sainthood.	Applied math: How Not To Sort By Average Rating – We all make mistakes. Rank Hotness With Newton's Law of Cooling – A simple equation for showing what's fresh on a website. How Not To Run An A/B Test – The hazards of repeated significance testing. Holt-Winters Forecasting Applied to Poisson Processes in Real-Time (pdf) – Monitoring business metrics. Economic analyses, proposals, prophecies: A Simple Way To Prevent Bank Runs – The FDIC can be made obsolete. Golden Footballs and the Economics of Groupon – Coupons are cool. Is Groupon The Next Google? – Yes. Deterministic Dynamic Programming: An Example With Cake (video for my students) Finance For Founders – Basic concepts, nothing new. Semi-personal reflections: Premature Optimization and the Birth of Nginx Module Development How I Read – A cautionary tale. How To Become An Open-Source Contractor – Experiences developing some of the stuff you see on the left. Unstructured Thoughts on Making Websites – A misspent youth. Miscellaneous software notes: Notes on Rendering 2D Graphics on a Mac – Picking the right tool for the job. Functional Tests As A Tree Of Continuations – DRY applied to functional tests. Miscellaneous B.S.: Keynote '11 Application Icon Redesign – A modest proposal Are These Your Socks? I Have Your Panties – An unsolved mystery The Devil's Writing Admonitions – Words to use with care Software references for Nginx developers: Emiller's Guide to Nginx Module Development – The guide that started it all... somewhat dated. Emiller's Advanced Topics In Nginx Module Development – The sequel. Software references for Erlang developers: Chicago Boss: A Rough Introduction – NEW A tutorial for the Erlang web framework. The Joy of Erlang; Or, How To Ride A Toruk – A beginner's guide to Erlang. Write a Template Compiler for Erlang – To my knowledge, no one has actually used this. But there's good stuff in here.

SOFTWARE
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WRITINGS
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For map nerds

Magic Maps – Easy-to-use mapping and analysis tool for Mac

For Chicago residents:

Police Radio Chicago – Listen to Chicago police dispatchers on your iPhone
Hyde Park Maps – Maps of crime, coffee, buses, more

For Erlang developers:

Chicago Boss – An Erlang web framework
ErlyDTL – Django's template language compiled to Erlang bytecode
Aleppo – Alternative Erlang Pre-Processor

For Nginx administrators:

mod_circle_gif – Serve round corners with colors specified in the URL. The original Nginx module!
mod_zip – Assemble ZIP archives on the fly. Originally developed for box.net in Palo Alto.
nginx_upstream_hash – A hashing load balancer.
mod_rrd_graph – Link RRDtool's graphing facilities directly into Nginx.
nginx.vim – Syntax highlighting for the world's best text editor.

For MediaWiki administrators:

Google Maps Extension – Embed and edit Google Maps in your wiki.

FREE IDEAS

If you implement any of these, please let me know!

SafeWalk^TM for iPhone – Walking directions for the route where you're least likely to be mugged.

GroupBond – Groupon for small-business loans.

But Will It Last? – Bet on celebrity matches (actual and potential).

Magic Stats – A simple, visual statistics program that can plug into any database.

Proj4GPU – Perform map projection logic on the graphics card.

Library of Postcards – A giant digital archive of every postcard ever sent.

Garbage Intelligence (GI) – Scan municipal garbage trucks for RFID tags and figure out which products tend to break and which tend to last.

High-Performance Buildings (HPB) – Link employee productivity measures to environmental factors (light, noise, colors, humidity, etc.)

ChefRoulette – ChatRoulette for the kitchen.

Environmental Facts – Nutrition Facts for the planet.

apache2nginx – Convert Apache config files to Nginx. A sure path to open-source sainthood.

Applied math:

How Not To Sort By Average Rating – We all make mistakes.
Rank Hotness With Newton's Law of Cooling – A simple equation for showing what's fresh on a website.
How Not To Run An A/B Test – The hazards of repeated significance testing.
Holt-Winters Forecasting Applied to Poisson Processes in Real-Time (pdf) – Monitoring business metrics.

Economic analyses, proposals, prophecies:

A Simple Way To Prevent Bank Runs – The FDIC can be made obsolete.
Golden Footballs and the Economics of Groupon – Coupons are cool.
Is Groupon The Next Google? – Yes.
Deterministic Dynamic Programming: An Example With Cake (video for my students)
Finance For Founders – Basic concepts, nothing new.

Semi-personal reflections:

Premature Optimization and the Birth of Nginx Module Development
How I Read – A cautionary tale.
How To Become An Open-Source Contractor – Experiences developing some of the stuff you see on the left.
Unstructured Thoughts on Making Websites – A misspent youth.

Miscellaneous software notes:

Notes on Rendering 2D Graphics on a Mac – Picking the right tool for the job.
Functional Tests As A Tree Of Continuations – DRY applied to functional tests.

Miscellaneous B.S.:

Keynote '11 Application Icon Redesign – A modest proposal
Are These Your Socks? I Have Your Panties – An unsolved mystery
The Devil's Writing Admonitions – Words to use with care

Software references for Nginx developers:

Emiller's Guide to Nginx Module Development – The guide that started it all... somewhat dated.
Emiller's Advanced Topics In Nginx Module Development – The sequel.

Software references for Erlang developers:

Chicago Boss: A Rough Introduction – NEW A tutorial for the Erlang web framework.
The Joy of Erlang; Or, How To Ride A Toruk – A beginner's guide to Erlang.
Write a Template Compiler for Erlang – To my knowledge, no one has actually used this. But there's good stuff in here.