Here’s a problem I like to think about on occasion. How does context work in conversation? I usually think about it in the context of robotics. If you were programming a robot, or for that matter, teaching a child, how would you explain that these two statements means the same thing:
“Please try not to be [...]
I think there is a market for an easy-to-use website creator. I hear that iWeb tries to do it, but it is not simple enough yet. A lot of people want a Web 1.0 site, that is, a few static pages and maybe a couple of images. They don’t need anything fancy or dynamic, just [...]
I just finished reading Lawrence Lessig’s Declaration for Independence, in which he introduces the Change Congress movement. Lessig writes well, so do not be afraid of the length (as I was). Pour a cup of coffee and read his argument if you are at all interested in what the general public thinks of Congress.
Often I stumble upon a blog that looks interesting, and which I would like to read from the beginning. Sometimes blogs are stories that should be read in chronological order, or sometimes they just have such timeless content that you want to read everything, not just the posts that happen after you subscribe.
I don’t know [...]
Good news everyone. You can now sync the contacts from your Gmail account with your Blackberry address book! I have been waiting a long time for this, and I imagine you have too. So, the short version is that Google has decided to implement the feature themselves. Go to m.google.com/sync from your mobile phone. See [...]
When I was back at school, my friend told me about phonemyphone.com. Apparently you just enter a number and it calls for you. The legit use of course is to find your phone, get out of awkward situations, and such benign things. The other use is to call your friends 10 times in a row [...]
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Saw this new browser that is aimed at children aged 3-12, which aims to start kids on social networking. In case you just glossed over that,
there is a new browser which teachers your 3-year-old child how to use a social network
Now I consider myself cutting, as far as the internet and technology [...]
I notice that some of my readers have been confused by the difference between commenting and contacting, so let me explain the difference.
If you want to write me a personal, private note, use the contact page. This does not have to be in reference to any specific post, though it can be. It is similar [...]
The Philies won the World Series last night. I like watching Ryan Howard tackle Brad Lidge. But…I can’t find the clip on YouTube.
But wait…I found it in here somewhere. Now if I could just link to it…http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pb2afvZ53zQ#t=4m8s
Here’s how to do it: http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2008/10/link-within-youtube-video.html
I love this kind of stuff. Science is soooo cool.
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,023739,22556678-23272,00.html
p.s. I see it clockwise. What a shock.