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Tag Archives: computers

Evolution of Cooperation

February
2007

A couple of years ago, I set out to do an experiment very similar to this one. The scientists then put the robots in a little arena with two glowing red disks. One disk they called the food source. The … Continue reading

RSS Reader Update

October
2006

I just tried Sage – a Firefox extension for reading RSS feeds. It’s very beautiful – like an ornate teapot made of chocolate. Unfortunately it looks like no one ever actually considered using it for, like, reading RSS feeds. There … Continue reading

Next-Generation Joysticks

October
2006

According to the Neurophilosopher a patient with epilepsy was fitted with a BCI2000, a device that monitors brain activity, to monitor his seizures. Because the patient was required to remain connected to the BCI until he had a seizure, engineers … Continue reading

need a new RSS reader…

October
2006

If there is one application for which a web browser is supremely well-suited it’s reading web pages. That’s why I was happy to use Google’s news reader for reading blogs. Every previous RSS client I had tried behaved as though … Continue reading

Why Would Johnny Want to Code in BASIC?

September
2006

This article in Salon mourns the death of BASIC. Only, quietly and without fanfare, or even any comment or notice by software pundits, we have drifted into a situation where almost none of the millions of personal computers in America … Continue reading

Mighty Mouse

August
2006

All the UI gurus say that a good user interface should make the user feel in control. This firefox extension, Mouse Gestures, makes me feel mighty! Swish! You go back. Swosh! You go forward. Slash! That stupid image is gone. … Continue reading

My Nightmare MMO

May
2006

Julio has a list of all the features that would be in his dream MMO.My list would be very similar but with the word ‘not’ carefully inserted into most of the sentences. But, then again, I haven’t played an online … Continue reading