October 2008
22 posts
The First Poem Written for Computers →
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Classics: Reading redefined →
The demo video looks great.
Visual Learning →
WatchThis is pretty close to as good as it gets for 3D sketching on a 2D surface… Nice! Click the link below for a short white paper.
ILoveSketch
Black Silicon →
This part especially caught my eye:
“We have seen a 100 to 500 times increase in sensitivity to light compared to conventional silicon detectors,” said James Carey, a co-founder of SiOnyx who worked on the original experiments as a Harvard graduate student.
Animal Crossing: City Folk →
Want!!
Caller Complaints gets Web 2.0 on phone spammers
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For instance, someone tracked down one of the most annoying numbers on the site, figured out which dodgy finance company was behind it, found its toll-free number, and suggested that readers “call this number from a public (i.e., pay) phone booth to voice your concerns multiple times. They have to pay significantly (over $0.50 per call) each time they pick up because they have to reimburse...
reCAPTCHA: Stop Spam, Read Books →
I heard about this on NPR just now. What a great idea!
Programming Advice →
jingc:
The three most powerful words for building credibility are “I don’t know”
…[I]f you admit that you don’t know the answer, or that you made a mistake, you build credibility. People are more likely to trust you when you say that you do have the answer, because they have seen that you don’t make things up.
A great collection of sayings from John Ousterhout, mostly programming related....
Mail Goggles: A breathalyzer test for your Gmail
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Seems fun, but could get annoying since I tend to stay up too late.
