One thing about Feynman is that he went to some trouble to arrange his life so that he wasn’t particularly busy–and so he could just work on what he felt like. Usually he had a good supply of problems. Though sometimes his long-time assistant would say: “You should go and talk to him. Or he’s [...]
Read more →but if you want to know what’s wrong with WC3 etc it’s that XML-based vision it’s like the very plague. it’s *elegant* but it’s also *wrong* because it’s *functional* and not procedural people think in procedures and can be trained to think in objects but the idea of applying an XPATH query, which is actually [...]
Read more →“This was a very typical time. I was single. All you needed was a cup of tea, a light, and your stereo, you know, and that’s what I had.” —Steve Jobs (click for picture) Goddamnit, I knew he was a monk.
Read more →http://demos.immersivemedia.com/fvdemo_1/data/CylindricalFlashPlayerDemoSite/NYC42ndStreet/video.php You play the video, and you can scroll around the clip to look around as it plays. Really impressive.
Read more →Rachmaninov had big Hands Thanks to Lugon!
Read more →Each module of the ISS is in a different legal jurisdiction!
Read more →“{foo airbase} we are landing.” “{Russian airplane} you don’t have authorization to land.” “{foo airbase}, sorry, my English is not precise. We are informing you that we are landing. we have no fuel. In five minutes, we will be on ground, with your permission or not. We think it would be easier for everyone if [...]
Read more →I checked out Viridari’s Blog in response to a comment here, and found this gem: Now, on so many levels, you can see how close we are to a total collapse of the current value system. Hippies marching under the pledge of allegiance buffaloing confused small town cops with by the sound of the tape, [...]
Read more →Kris Vagner writing on Burning Man for the Reno News and Review This year, the Sugar Cubers are taking a break from building demos, but expect to see examples of the gleaming Hexayurt. It looks like a cross between a solar oven and a space-age yurt. It’s designed by a Scottish-Indian-Icelandic architect named Vinya Gupta [...]
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