Archive for November, 2004
Genetically engineered plants detect land mines by changing color
Genetically engineered plants detect land mines by changing color.
Victorian Fax
This fax-by-telegraph machine was in operation at the New York Herald in 1900.
Warren Ellis speaks…
“Thanksgiving: when everyone in Britain gives thanks
for our ancestors having sent all the religious freaks
to America.”
Amen to that!
Quote from his Bad Signal mailing list…
You should pay a visit diepunyhumans.com (Warren’s blog).
My new belief about software development…
Don’t waste your time developing something if it’s already done by somebody else.
(Quote slightly modified from the top of PHP-Soft.com)
How to Learn a Language
I’ve been a linguophile for a long time, and I’m always studying a little bit of some language or another. However, it’s only recently that I’ve finally figured out the way that works best for me, with the help of modern technology. Perhaps this might help those of you who have been planning on learning [...]
XML.com: Introducing del.icio.us
You’re putting some effort into contributing information to del.icio.us, and it repays you by exposing its data and functionality in several ways so that you can get it back again without asking any favors or getting special access. It has an HTTP API for posting and managing your account. Nearly every [...]
Dragon Optical Illusion
This little dragon appears to be looking at you. But if you rotate the base this way or that the dragon’s head appears to turn the other way…
(Link courtesy of BoingBoing)
Wilderness Lodge Resort Logo
The Wilderness Lodge is architecturally similar to the lodge at Yellowstone National Park. The Wilderness Lodge logo mimics the National Park Service’s basic shape. These similarities help give you a good mind picture of what the overall resort experience will be. I enjoy the way nature is depicted in this logo and it definitely has [...]
Keith Olbermann blogging about the Ohio recount and irregularities
A presidential vote recount in Ohio seems inevitable today with the announcement from Green Party candidate David Cobb that he and the Libertarians’ Michael Badnarik have raised $150,000 in donations to meet filing fees and expenses.
If you’d like to support the effort visit the Cobb/LaMarche ‘04 website.
Epiphany and the Creative Commons
For those of you whole follow this sort of thing, I’ve release Epiphany , the short comic originally attached to the end of Touch of Death #3, under a Creative Commons License.
Enjoy!
ODB dead…
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1493725/11132004/ol_dirty_bastard.jhtml
My little Flickr animation
Flickr Animation Test
It runs best if you set it to one second speed.
Blog Spammers
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Suckers have been busy this week! We’ll I’ve grown tired of it and have moved to Haloscan for comments.
Playstation 2: Computational Cluster
The NCSA has constructed a PlayStation 2 Linux cluster as a test bench for scientific computation on “toy” hardware. The cluster consists of 65 compute nodes, 4 user login and development nodes, and 1 prototype node for software installation tests. All the nodes run the Sony Linux distribution for PlayStation 2.
33rd Annual SunTrust South Miami Art Festival
We’ll be heading down to the South Miami Art Festival this weekend to show and sell Christine’s photography. If you’re in the area stop by and say hi! We’ll be in booth 115.
