The destiny of man is not measured by material computation. When great forces are on the move in the world, we learn we are spirits — not animals. [This . . .] whether we like it or not, spells duty – Winston Churchill
Read more →The Event itself Note that all the presentations are online at that URL. My notes from the event – click on the blue links for the notes I made A gallery of the shelters I saw at the event. My presentation slides. Horribly low (audio) quality video of my talk. The talk was actually pretty [...]
Read more →* You upload a piece of content to a Server * the Server hashes the content (you could be a Server.) * it creates a 2D bar code of that hash, with a URL redirection pointer * you print the hash and stick it to things * anybody who wants to know what it is [...]
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 →Farm subsidies and NPK fertilizer are freeing Malawi from hunger. What can I say? Congratulations, Malawi.
Read more →Organic agriculture can double or triple the world’s sustainable food supply. I think it’s legit. Analysis?
Read more →So there’s been a lot of sound and fury on Reddit recently with people debating algae and biodiesel and not really understanding the basics of the situation. I’m not an expert in the field, but I know a thing or two – I co-edited http://oilendgame.com which was really the book that made biofuels into a [...]
Read more →* runs on a cell phone or a commodity PC or (best of all) a Gameboy * if there is network, it “phones home” with patient progress data to allow the statistical models of the epidemiologists to be refined * we need this to help people to take care of those who are sick or [...]
Read more →sort of a lot to report – TIDES at the Pentagon, and Innovative Sheltering in Eindhoven, etc. More later.
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