Intelliscript net - Custom Perl Scripts

Site Overhaul

Intelliscript.net has recently seen a complete skin overhaul. It was long overdue!

Man For Hire

I've quit my job and am working full time on my business. Let me know if I can help you with your web site.

Personal Blog and Twittering

Below is a combination of my Twitter posts, my Google Reader shared items, and my blog. I know, sometimes it has nothing to do with Perl and PHP scripts, but interesting none-the-less.


Interesting: Shaheen Jafargholi - Semi Final 3 - BGT 2009 (HQ) Sat, 04 Sep 2010 15:38:00 -0700

I liked a YouTube video: Shaheen wowed us all in his audition, now he is in the semi-final's of BGT giving his best shot for the final!
(#permalink)

Interesting: Shaheen Jafargholi - Semi Final 3 - BGT 2009 (HQ) Sat, 04 Sep 2010 15:38:00 -0700

I liked a YouTube video: Shaheen wowed us all in his audition, now he is in the semi-final's of BGT giving his best shot for the final!
(#permalink)

Interesting: Shaheen Jafargholi - Semi Final 3 - BGT 2009 (HQ) Sat, 04 Sep 2010 15:38:00 -0700

I liked a YouTube video: Shaheen wowed us all in his audition, now he is in the semi-final's of BGT giving his best shot for the final!
(#permalink)

Interesting: SHAHEEN JAFARGHOLI FINAL HD Britains Got Talent Michael Jackson Who's Loving You Selena Gomez Sat, 04 Sep 2010 15:34:09 -0700

I liked a YouTube video: FINAL Shaheen Jafargholi HIGH DEFINITON Amazing FINAL PERFORMANCE Michael Jackson Who's Loving You He Looks Like Selena Gomez Demi Lovato's Friend! And I'm Telling You Dreamgirls Susan Boyle I Dreamed A Dream Aiden Davis
(#permalink)

Interesting: Shaheen Jafargholi Grand Final Britain's Got Talent 2009 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 15:31:09 -0700

I liked a YouTube video: Shaheen Jafargholi Grand Final Britain's Got Talent 2009 Britain's Got Talent: Shaheen is a singing sensation within his family, performing at birthdays and weddings, but Simon isn't impressed, until he changes the song!
(#permalink)

Interesting: The Swell Season - "Low Rising" Sat, 04 Sep 2010 13:41:20 -0700

I liked a YouTube video: The Swell Season's new album 'Strict Joy' in stores now!
(#permalink)

Interesting: Launch Party: 1905 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:24:29 -0700

(#permalink)

Interesting: justice monster Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:59:00 -0700


recently i was introduced by my son to a really interesting TV show called 'dexter.' after viewing a couple episodes rented from the local blockbuster, i was kinda hooked.

the show is not what one would expect, given the title. this is a superhero show for a new millennium, telling the story of a serial killer named dexter morgan who does forensic work for miami PD, always on the scene but too close to the action to be that cool about it- something's a bit off. in a rather wild spin on clark kent's work in the newsroom, peter parker's photography or bruce wayne's direct line to the police, dexter works for the police in order to know where he can serve humanity. see, in order to satisfy his bloodlustful urges and still somehow be able to sleep at night, dexter morgan only kills other serial killers.

the obvious hypocrisy aside, this is an attempt at redemption. the guy recognizes that being a sociopathological murder machine is clearly antisocial, and struggles to understand himself and his secrets before he makes that one mistake that will ultimately lead to their exposure. dexter races against time and circumstance, making breakthrough after pyschological breakthrough, moving evermore towards becoming human, all the while taking what he feels is the moral high road and restricting his murderous appetites to those who 'deserve to die' (IE: those who prey upon the innocent, rather than the guilty.)

but what about us? this is a fictional character that we as a culture have created for our own entertainment, yet it is one who looks suspiciously like ourselves. we have this understanding of right and wrong and are able to discern between the two most of the time- at least in our actions. under the surface, however, we sometimes judge people unreasonably and subject them to harsh scrutiny, violence and humiliations galore within our heart of hearts. occasionally, we even share these negative perspectives with others, and in so doing, pollute them with the same toxins that are burning holes into our own ability to love and offer grace, help and support.

could it be that we create characters like dexter morgan as projections of what we wish we were cold enough to be for real sometimes? have we taken the whole superhero thing to startling new vigilantic heights, nobilizing sociopathy by creating a new type of superhero- a justice monster that needs no help in taking out the trash?

as we vicariously commit murder after murder, allowing ourselves to be entertained by the darkness that requires carnal satisfaction in the name of justice, Jesus' words in his famous sermon on the mount pose a challenge to us:

You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, 'Do not murder, and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.' But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, 'Raca,' is answerable to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, 'You fool!' will be in danger of the fire of hell.

in this small portion of Jesus' greatest oration, he acknowledges that murder is the ultimate outcome of something more subtle but nonetheless antisocial- the ability that human beings have to measure and evaluate each other, finding others lacking in worth. it is at the centre of our greatest crimes against one another and against God. perhaps if we could just stop deeming others 'unworthy' of blessing, favour, love, life and dignity (often because they fail where we fail) and see their inherent value, we wouldn't need to work out our issues by creating stories where killing others, rather than acting justly, even heroically on behalf of those in moral need is the solution.

i wonder what we'd watch on TV then...
or if we'd even have the time or interest to bother with it?
(#permalink)

Interesting: YouTube adds free, full-length movies Fri, 27 Aug 2010 06:50:00 -0700

(#permalink)

Interesting: Call phones from Gmail Wed, 25 Aug 2010 09:40:00 -0700

Posted by Robin Schriebman, Software Engineer

Gmail voice and video chat makes it easy to stay in touch with friends and family using your computer’s microphone and speakers. But until now, this required both people to be at their computers, signed into Gmail at the same time. Given that most of us don’t spend all day in front of our computers, we thought, “wouldn’t it be nice if you could call people directly on their phones?”

Starting today, you can call any phone right from Gmail.



Calls to the U.S. and Canada will be free for at least the rest of the year and calls to other countries will be billed at our very low rates. We worked hard to make these rates really cheap (see comparison table) with calls to the U.K., France, Germany, China, Japan—and many more countries—for as little as $0.02 per minute.

Dialing a phone number works just like a normal phone. Just click “Call phone” at the top of your chat list and dial a number or enter a contact’s name.



We’ve been testing this feature internally and have found it to be useful in a lot of situations, ranging from making a quick call to a restaurant to placing a call when you’re in an area with bad reception.

If you have a Google Voice phone number, calls made from Gmail will display this number as the outbound caller ID. And if you decide to, you can receive calls made to this number right inside Gmail (see instructions).

We’re rolling out this feature to U.S. based Gmail users over the next few days, so you’ll be ready to get started once “Call Phones” shows up in your chat list (you will need to install the voice and video plug-in if you haven’t already). If you’re using Google Apps for your school or business, then you won’t see it quite yet. We’re working on making this available more broadly - so stay tuned!

For more information, visit gmail.com/call.

Update (8/26): This has now been rolled out to everyone in the U.S. If you don't see the feature yet, try logging out of Gmail and signing back in.
(#permalink)

Interesting: Nature Sounds is an awesome ambient noise generator Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:39:53 -0700

Shared by Jason Silver
This is SO cool. I recommend checking it out if you like to create soundscapes.

Filed under: Utilities, Productivity

naturesounds

Usually, when I need to focus in a distracting environment I just put on my earbuds and head over to SimplyNoise. But SimplyNoise is a bit too simple at times; it just generates a "wall" of white, brown, or pink noise. It can oscillate the volume a little bit, but that's just about it. That's not a flaw - it's how SimplyNoise was designed.

But what if I want some atmosphere to go with my custom noise? What if I want it to have a certain "vibe," or I want it to inspire me? Plus, some people simply dislike the monotony of a noise generator.

Introducing Nature Sounds. This beautifully simple Flash tool provides you with four audio channels. You populate each channel with a looping sample that you can choose from a vast palette. You've got sounds of whales, the beach, fire crackling, crickets, a heartbeat, drums thumping in the distance, etc. The palette is extensive.

You populate each of the channels with the sample of your choice, and then you can set the volume and the stereo balance (left/right). You can also have the volume oscillate; the continuous bar that you see at the bottom of each channel shows that, for my soundscape, I wanted all sounds to simply continue. There are four different patterns that you can select for each channel, or you can have the sound periodically fade out and start up again.

By adding and removing samples and tweaking the various settings, you can come up with a complete soundscape that really conveys a certain "feel." Once you're done, you can download your creation or save it under its own URL. Then, just access that URL whenever you want to listen to it again (or send it to friends). I saved mine under the classy title Whales and Stuff.

Nature Sounds is an awesome ambient noise generator originally appeared on Download Squad on Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read|Permalink|Email this|Comments

Add to digg Add to del.icio.us Add to Google Add to StumbleUpon Add to Facebook Add to Reddit Add to Technorati

Download Squad - Pink noise - Sound - Adobe Flash - Stereophonic sound
(#permalink)

Interesting: Windows Phone 7 Web browser comparison versus iPhone and Android (video) Tue, 24 Aug 2010 05:00:00 -0700

(#permalink)

Interesting: OhLife helps you maintain a personal diary over e-mail Sun, 22 Aug 2010 08:00:00 -0700

(#permalink)

Interesting: Use Linux? Now you can video chat too Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:03:00 -0700

Posted by Tristan Schmelcher, Software Engineer

If you’ve been wanting to use voice and video chat on Linux (our top video chat request), then we have good news for you: it’s now available! Visit gmail.com/videochat to download the plugin and get started. Voice and video chat for Linux supports Ubuntu and other Debian-based Linux distributions, and RPM support will be coming soon.
(#permalink)

Interesting: Lou Gehrig May Not Have Had Lou Gehrig's Disease Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:10:00 -0700

(#permalink)
Get RSS Fetch now!

In the Spotlight

Outlook TabCal $14.99
Add to Cart
 This little script lets you share your Outlook Calendar with the world. Once a day, just export your calendar and TabCal will fetch it automatically, read the data, and display it in searchable format from a browser, or as a regular monthly calendar.
[more & download links]

What People Say

FantasyBetting $34.99
Add to Cart After testing several scripts, some of which were very expensive and others free, I must commend Fantasy Betting. I would not be surprise if more free sports betting or sports content related websites change to this script. I say that for anyone with a sports website, fantasy betting script is a must have.
James Eddisson
FreeBetWorld.net
[more & download links]

Post Page Comment