January 2012
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European Parliament Official In Charge Of ACTA... →
Stoppa ACTA - skriv under namninsamlingen på avaaz.
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A SENSELESS CONVERSATION →
Filosofisk text av Zach Barnett. Bra!
The following dialogue was published by Cambridge University Press: THINK 29, Vol. 10 (Autumn 2011) © 2011 Royal Institute of Philosophy All Rights Reserved
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Think Complexity →
by Allen B. Downey
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Description
This book is about complexity science, data structures and algorithms, intermediate programming in Python, and the philosophy of science:
Data structures and algorithms: A data structure is a collection that contains data elements organized in a way that supports particular...
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Mynt →
Another static site generator?
With the ever growing population of static site generators, all filling a certain need, I’ve yet to find one that allows the generation of anything but the simplest of blogs.
That’s where mynt comes in, being designed to give you all the features of a CMS with none of the often rigid implementations of those features.
Highlights
Multiple ways of...
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Udacity →
We believe university-level education can be both high quality and low cost. Using the economics of the Internet, we’ve connected some of the greatest teachers to hundreds of thousands of students all over the world.
Udacity was founded by three roboticists who believed much of the educational value of their university classes could be offered online. A few weeks later, over...
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Life Edited →
Background
What if we could save money, radically reduce our environmental impact, and have a freer, less complicated life?
Treehugger founder Graham Hill has part of the answer: we need to have less stuff and live in smaller spaces, like the 420sf (~39 m2) apartment he will renovate in 2011. With some design and technology magic, we think 420 square feet can allow for working at home, space...
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Interview with Viznut, Creator of Minimal Art... →
Recently, this video of IBNIZ in action made its way around the electronic music blogosphere. IBNIZ is an extremely enigmatic art platform. It’s not necessarily easy, or pretty, or even broadly useful. IBNIZ is uniquely targeted at a small coterie of artists with specific aesthetic goals. I had the opportunity to ask Viznut, the creator of IBNIZ, about the language, and his views were so...
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code.NASA →
Today we are launching code.nasa.gov, the latest member of the open NASA web family. Through this website, we will continue, unify, and expand NASA’s open source activities. The site will serve to surface existing projects, provide a forum for discussing projects and processes, and guide internal and external groups in open development, release, and contribution.
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Test Tube Yeast Evolve Multicellularity →
By watching evolution in progress, scientists reveal key developments in the evolution of complex life and put evolutionary theories to the test
Har inte hunnit läsa artikeln själv än men verkar intressant.
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The Shockingly Simple Math Behind Early Retirement →
Hmmmm….
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20 Great Sites to Learn the Ins and Outs of Video... →
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The creators project: Casey Reas →
Kort video om Casey Reas (en av skaparna av Processing bland annat)
Processing the relationship between natural and synthetic. Name: Casey Reas Location: Los Angeles, California Profession: Artist, professor, open-source software developer Website: REAS.com; Blog Notable works: Chronograph with Tal Rosner (2011); Signals with Ben Fry (2011); Process Compendium (2004-2010); inventor of the...
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Objective-C wins the TIOBE Programming Language... →
Fjäsk för Apple ;-)
Nämen Obj-C är ganska trevligt. Borde göra fler grejer med det…
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Neil deGrasse Tyson Lists 8 (Free) Books Every... →
1.) The Bible (eBook) - “to learn that it’s easier to be told by others what to think and believe than it is to think for yourself.”
2.) The System of the World by Isaac Newton (eBook) – “to learn that the universe is a knowable place.”
3.) On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin (eBook – Audio Book) - “to learn of our kinship with all other life on Earth.”
4.) Gulliver’s Travels by...
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Study Confirms: News Networks Owned By SOPA... →
EU nästa : - (
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Stanford Machine Learning. Anteckningar. →
The following notes represent a complete, stand alone interpretation of Stanford’s machine learning course presented by Professor Andrew Ng and originally posted on the ml-class.org website during the fall 2011 semester.
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The New Web Typography →
OpenType has arrived on the web. Once-inaccessible design features such as small caps, swashes and fractions are now accessible through CSS, allowing for heightened control and extra typographic muscle.
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10 Stubborn Body Myths That Just Won’t Die,... →
10 seglivade myter.
Tipstack till Matti.
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SvD: Privata bolag gör polisjobb →
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Free Philip K. Dick: Download 11 Great Science... →
Although he died when he was only 53 years old, Philip K. Dick (1928 – 1982) published 44 novels and 121 short stories during his lifetime and solidified his position as arguably the most literary of science fiction writers. His novel Ubik appears on TIME magazine’s list of the 100 best English-language novels, and Dick is the only science fiction writer to get honored in the prestigious...
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Lite dålig aktivitet igen
Har saktat ner på tempot lite under jul och nyår etc. Mer Förvillelseraktivitet nästa vecka - inga problem, håll ut! ;-)
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Art Deco Superheroes →
December 2011
22 posts
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Best iPhone and iPad Projects of 2011 →
CreativeApplications.net har en skön lista på iphone och ipad -projekt som imponerat under året.
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Unfortunate Python →
Python is a wonderful language, but some parts should really have bright WARNING signs all over them. There are features that just can’t be used safely and others are that are useful but people tend to use in the wrong ways.
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The chromatic typewriter →
Tyree Callahan
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RIP Christopher Hitchens →
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Visualizing Photons in Motion at a Trillion Frames... →
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Bfxr - skapa ljudeffekter →
Bfxr is an elaboration of the glorious Sfxr, the program of choice for many people looking to make sound effects for computer games.
Bfxr has moved in the direction of increased complexity and range of expression. All the buttons that you know and love are here, but there are some new things as well:
5 new waveforms : triangle, breaker, tan, whistle, and pink noise.
3 new...
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Scientist creates lifelike cells out of metal →
O____O
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