Hoosgot

http://blogamundo.net/dev/2008/11/21/unicode-script-property-and-javascript/ asks Hoosgot,

Dear lazyweb, I would like a Javascript function to work like this: magicalFunction(’カ’) → ‘Katakana’ magicalFunction(’a') → ‘Latin’ magicalFunction(’አ’) → ‘Ethiopic’ In other words, I want to be able to access the script property described in UAX #24: Script Names. This actually exists already in Perl regular expressions, where you can just say \p{Katakana} in a regex to match Katakana characters. Maybe such a thing could end up in the next version of Javascript… not that I have the slightest idea where to make that suggestion. But in the meantime, it seems to me that there should be a unicodescripts.js or some such. Any ideas on what would be an efficient programming approach to implementing such a data structure, something …

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http://illandancient.blogspot.com/2008/11/blogging.html asks Hoosgot,

Went to the London Bloggers meet up this evening. Had a road to Damascus moment of epifany. It was a bit grim. I scrawled notes on my pad and will sling them on ill theatre with indepth typings later, but I think I ought to stick to the positive shades now. The 1MMP Project. I want a mobile phone that will go for a month without recharging. Not a month in standby, but hey, a month talk time, without charging. I don’t care if it has a tiny display and the battery is like a car battery. Those are my specs, now lazyweb, deliver!! And then, once we have that under our arm or in our backpack, I want the 1MLT …

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http://blog.windfluechter.net/index.php?/archives/184-Nikon-D90-and-Linux-a-quick-update.html asks Hoosgot,

As I have reported lately I obtained a Nikon D90 DSLR some weeks ago. Gphoto2 (and other application depending on its functionality like digikam) didn’t recognized the D90 in PTP mode and the camera can’t be configured yet to offer the SD card as a mass storage device. In the meantime I found out that the D90 does work with gphoto2 in generic PTP mode - at least this is with Ubuntu Intrepid on my x86 laptop while Debian Sid on my G4 PowerPC fails to detect the D90. It detects the camera, the pictures, loads some 1 or 2 thumbs and hangs. So, I don’t know whether there are some differences between Intrepid and Sid (gphoto2 is the same version …

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http://dev.upian.com/hotlinks/archives/2008/11/18/#item95370 asks Hoosgot,

Greasemonkey script to pull WikiDashboard visualization into Wikipedia Now ! Andy Baio : Greasemonkey script to pull WikiDashboard visualization into Wikipedia - I made a LazyWeb plea for this last week, and Paul Irish came through # copy

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http://www.noahbrier.com/quickies/2008/11/marketing_fios.php asks Hoosgot,

This is as much a lazyweb request as it is thinking out loud: Looking at the way Verizon has spread FIOS seems to me like a classic case of old-school advertising working just as its supposed. They’ve bought tons of TV, used claim-based messaging (”X times faster than cable/DSL”) and every one and their mother knows about them. I haven’t seen a Facebook page, heard about blogger outreach or anything else of that ilk (though they certainly may be doing all of it). Anyway, I guess my point is that you can still build a brand the old-fashioned way: By buying a whole lot of television ads. Think about it, where did you hear about FIOS? (Usual caveats apply: I …

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http://blog.markvdb.be/2008/11/free-scpsftp-for-my-nokia-e65.html asks Hoosgot,

Dear lazyweb, Do you know of a free-as-in-speech scp/sftp client for my Nokia E65? Something that runs on J2ME MIDP 2.0 or Symbian S60 3rd edition compatible devices? PaderSyncSFTP is not free software. They don’t even publish any source

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http://www.jasongriffey.net/wp/2008/11/16/weekly-tweets-from-2008-11-16/ asks Hoosgot,

Thinking of picking up a <$200 point-and-shoot for my London trip. Who has one they love, and what is it? # Ok tweeps, camera choice: Do I want the Canon SD1100 or the Nikon S210. Very similar in features, looking for someone who’s used either… # After I thought Oct. was going to be a crazy month, November is nuts. Oh, and Dec too. Chicago next weekend, London 2 weeks later. # Anyone have a Boxee invite they want to share with me? # Wondering if I have time to order new Moo cards before London trip. Probably not. # Lazyweb request: who is a female writer who I can reference with Arthur Conan Doyle and Charles Dickens as “famous …

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http://www.alexfoster.me.uk/2008/11/16/tweets-on-2008-11-16/ asks Hoosgot,

Feeling reasonably chipper, despite having been up since 8am this morning after no more than two hours sleep # Don’t think I’ve been on a train since July! # Listening to Radio Active talent show # @meryl_f cat much perkier by last night and back to himself by this morning. And P has texted to tell me he’s peed # Going through Cricklewood …

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http://www.bpdw.com/mentary/2008/11/today-in-twitter-2008-11-15/ asks Hoosgot,

LazyWeb: I want a web proxy that will toss me flashcards I have to answer to get through to every, or every other, link I click. # @ulotrichous How did I never hear of this until tonight? I feel like I missed out on the verge of a revolution. # Powered by Twitter Tools. Share

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http://www.alexfoster.me.uk/2008/11/14/tweets-on-2008-11-14/ asks Hoosgot,

Our copy of Carcassonne just arrived! # @jamesgraham my new world comes with free river expansion pack - BUT NO CLOTH BAG FOR THE TILES # @jamesgraham which expansions? Inns and cathedrals? # @rfenwick you presumably saw the screen keys referring to laying reefs on the cenobite ^H^H^H^H taph ? # Lazyweb: anyone got exciting pudding recipe sugges …

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