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[Binari] commandlinefu.com
by Kenny Billiau 27 May '09

27 May '09

Hi, this is grand! http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/browse Just browsing through the archive gives me ideas and a lot 'ooh .. niiice'.. -Kenny -- ================================================================== Kenny Billiau Web Developer Tel:+32 (0)9 331 36 95 fax:+32 (0)9 3313809 VIB Department of Plant Systems Biology, Ghent University Technologiepark 927, 9052 Gent, BELGIUM kenny.billiau(a)ugent.be http://bioinformatics.psb.ugent.be ================================================================== "Never get out of the boat" -- Chef, APN

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[Binari] Fwd: [Dbworld] CFP : ACMMM09 WS on Multimedia for Cooking and Eating Activities (CEA2009)
by Tine Blomme 30 Apr '09

30 Apr '09

:-) > > >> From: "Mayumi Ueda" <ueda(a)itc.nagoya-u.ac.jp> >> Date: Thu 30 Apr 2009 09:34:02 GMT+02:00 >> To: dbworld(a)cs.wisc.edu >> Subject: [Dbworld] CFP : ACMMM09 WS on Multimedia for Cooking and >> Eating Activities (CEA2009) >> Reply-To: dbworld_owner(a)yahoo.com >> >> Dear all, >> >> Please find below the CFP for the ACMMM2009 workshop on Multimedia >> for >> Cooking and Eating Activities (CEA2009). >> >> -------------------------------------------------------- >> Call for Papers >> -------------------------------------------------------- >> ACM Multimedia 2009 Workshop on >> >> Multimedia for Cooking and Eating Activities (CEA2009) >> >> October 23, 2009, Beijing, China >> >> *** Submission Deadline *** Monday, June 15, 2009 *** >> >> http://www.ccm.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp/CEA2009/ >> >> -------------------------------------------------------- >> Cooking is one of the most fundamental activities of humankind. It is >> not only connected with the joy of eating but also deeply affects >> various aspects of human life such as health, dietary, culinary art, >> entertainment, and human communication. Many people who cook at home >> require supports for cooking because it requires experience and >> knowledge. >> They may also need support for food-logging and menu planning for the >> well-being of their family. Needless to say, support for a good and >> enjoyable dinner would improve the quality of life. On the other >> hand, >> systematic cooking/eating support for elderly or physically >> challenged >> people is significantly important. >> >> Thanks to modern technology, the basic environment needed for >> establishing such a support system at home is becoming rich. >> Recently, >> some home appliances are equipped with various sensing devices and a >> computer. >> Reflecting this trend, researches on supporting cooking and eating >> activities have started individually in many corners of the >> world. This workshop aims to provide an opportunity for such research >> groups to discover each other, introduce their trials, and discuss >> how >> it should be and where they should go. >> >> The workshop welcomes contributions in, but not limited to, the >> following topics: >> >> - Application for cooking and eating support >> - Cooking archiving and recognition >> - Learning contents creation for cooking >> - Analysis of cooking video >> - Recipe image/video retrieval >> - Analysis and utilization on cooking recipe >> - Menu planning, dietary management, and food logging >> - Artificial agent for cooking/eating activity >> - Sensing of taste/ smell/ texture >> - Food communication (human-to-human/ human-to-computer >> communication) >> - Ubiquitous environment and interface in kitchen >> - Intelligent home appliance >> - Cooking navigation and supporting interface for the dementia and >> physically challenged persons >> - Multimedia learning contents for dietary >> - Multimedia information service for food safety and security >> >> -------------------------------------------------------- >> Paper Submission Guidelines >> -------------------------------------------------------- >> Submissions to the workshop should follow the main conference >> guidelines. It should be prepared in double-column ACM proceedings >> style not longer than eight pages, and submitted in the form of PDF >> files through http://edas.info/N7739 by the deadline. Once accepted, >> at least one author should register to and present at the workshop to >> publish the paper. >> >> -------------------------------------------------------- >> Important Dates >> -------------------------------------------------------- >> Monday, June 15, 2009 Submission Deadline >> Wednesday, July 15, 2009 Author Notification >> Friday, July 24, 2009 Camera Ready Deadline >> Friday, October 23, 2009 Workshop in Beijing >> >> -------------------------------------------------------- >> Organizing Committee >> -------------------------------------------------------- >> Michihiko MINOH, Kyoto University, Japan >> Mutsuo SANO, Osaka Institute of Technology, Japan >> Ichiro IDE, Nagoya University / NII, Japan >> Yoko YAMAKATA, NICT, Japan >> Takuya FUNATOMI, Kyoto University, Japan >> Kenzaburo MIYAWAKI, Osaka Institute of Technology, Japan >> >> -------------------------------------------------------- >> Program Committee (tentative) >> -------------------------------------------------------- >> Yuichi Nakamura, Kyoto University, Japan >> Yasushi Nakauchi, University of Tsukuba, Japan >> Motoyuki Ozeki, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan >> Hidenori Tsuji, Institute of Information Technology, Japan >> Toshihiko Yamasaki, The University of Tokyo, Japan >> Shunichi Yonemura, NTT, Japan >> >> -------------------------------------------------------- >> Contact >> -------------------------------------------------------- >> To reach the organizers: cea2009(a)ccm.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp >> CEA2009 Website: >> http://www.ccm.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp/CEA2009/ >> ACM Multimedia 2009 Website: http://www.acmmm09.org/ >> _______________________________________________ >> Please do not post msgs that are not relevant to the database >> community at large. Go to www.cs.wisc.edu/dbworld for guidelines >> and posting forms. >> To unsubscribe, go to https://lists.cs.wisc.edu/mailman/listinfo/dbworld >

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Re: [Binari] LAST REMARKS
by Sofie Van Landeghem 29 Apr '09

29 Apr '09

Or in room V204... Veronique Storme wrote: > > -Check your fridges for beer and wine, and put it in the cafeteria. > -- Sofie Van Landeghem PhD Student VIB Department of Plant Systems Biology, Ghent University Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Genomics Technologiepark 927, 9052 Gent, BELGIUM Tel: +32 (0)9 331 36 95 fax:+32 (0)9 3313809 Website: http://bioinformatics.psb.ugent.be

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[Binari] Looking for something to read SD cards (reader, laptop with build in reader, ...)
by Sebastian Proost 29 Apr '09

29 Apr '09

To get some pictures from elwis' camera to my hard drive :) S. -- ================================================================== Sebastian Proost PhD Student Tel:+ 32 (0) 9 33 13 822 fax:+32 (0)9 3313809 VIB Department of Plant Systems Biology, Ghent University Technologiepark 927, 9052 Gent, BELGIUM sebastian.proost(a)psb.vib-ugent.be http://www.psb.ugent.be ================================================================== "If I knew what I was doing, it wouldn't be called research." --Albert Einstein

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[Binari] If TV Science was more like real science
by Kenny Billiau 29 Apr '09

29 Apr '09

Hi, http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=1156 -Kenny -- ================================================================== Kenny Billiau Web Developer Tel:+32 (0)9 331 36 95 fax:+32 (0)9 3313809 VIB Department of Plant Systems Biology, Ghent University Technologiepark 927, 9052 Gent, BELGIUM kenny.billiau(a)ugent.be http://bioinformatics.psb.ugent.be ================================================================== "Never get out of the boat" -- Chef, APN

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[Binari] google knows
by Thomas Abeel 28 Apr '09

28 Apr '09

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=answer+to+life+the+universe+and+everyt…

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[Binari] GNU/Linux viruses
by Thomas Van Parys 27 Apr '09

27 Apr '09

This is why there are so little Linux viruses. http://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/evilmalware.html T. -- ================================================================== Thomas Van Parys Tel:+32 (0)9 331 36 95 fax:+32 (0)9 3313809 VIB Department of Plant Systems Biology, Ghent University Technologiepark 927, 9052 Gent, BELGIUM thomas.vanparys(a)psb.vib-ugent.be http://bioinformatics.psb.ugent.be ==================================================================

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Re: [Binari] FFF
by Thomas Van Parys 24 Apr '09

24 Apr '09

Kenny Billiau schreef: > speciale saus 1.00 (curry ketchup + mayo + unions) > other saus 0.60 (+0.20 if served seperately) > unions 0.20 un·ion (ynyn) n. 1. a. The act of uniting or the state of being united. b. A combination so formed, especially an alliance or confederation of people, parties, or political entities for mutual interest or benefit. 2. Mathematics A set, every member of which is an element of one or another of two or more given sets. That's special sauce alright! T. -- ================================================================== Thomas Van Parys Tel:+32 (0)9 331 36 95 fax:+32 (0)9 3313809 VIB Department of Plant Systems Biology, Ghent University Technologiepark 927, 9052 Gent, BELGIUM thomas.vanparys(a)psb.vib-ugent.be http://bioinformatics.psb.ugent.be ==================================================================

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[Binari] number series
by Tine Blomme 23 Apr '09

23 Apr '09

Hi, I found the following series of numbers on the internet and, as usual, the question is 'what is the next number?' 10, 8, 16, 10, 2, 14 I can tell you that they also added the solution (140), but I have no idea why. Can someone help me? I really would like to know... Thx, Tine

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[Binari] Twitter
by Kenny Billiau 23 Apr '09

23 Apr '09

Hi, apparently, some (to us) famous people are twittering! Terry Pratchett: http://twitter.com/terryandrob Weird Al Yankovic: http://twitter.com/alyankovic (with photo's!) and 28 other sci-fi twitterars: http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/geekend/?p=2425 (like the guy who plays kryten in Red Dwarf, of Grant from Myth Busters, ..) -Kenny -- ================================================================== Kenny Billiau Web Developer Tel:+32 (0)9 331 36 95 fax:+32 (0)9 3313809 VIB Department of Plant Systems Biology, Ghent University Technologiepark 927, 9052 Gent, BELGIUM kenny.billiau(a)ugent.be http://bioinformatics.psb.ugent.be ================================================================== "Never get out of the boat" -- Chef, APN

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