Web Services
Web Services. The plumbing of XML. The Cape Science WebLog of tools and resources around web services, inlcudes background for the “neophyte”. Link also added to sidebar.
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Bjorn Lomborg
Bjorn Lomborg. Saw this guy do his “alternative” documentary on the Earth Summit last night on the beeb. Turning most global warming / natural resources / industrial polution / global economics received wisdom on its head. The individual mechanisms may well all be technically (scientifically) correct, but the long term emergent effects are much more … Continue reading “Bjorn Lomborg”
Foucault – The Order of Things
Still reading – been busy recently – not too much time to research / blog, but still reading. Excellent stuff on language and taxonomies, and the organic complexity involved – all relevant.
Decision Making Chaos at NASA
Decision Making Chaos at NASA. Dr W H Jones at SpaceRef.Com (via Jorn). Interesting observation that “political considerations” force rationalisation of immediate tangibles to justify investment, even where these bear no relation to the real long term goals. (As an aside – the long term goal is apparently to get us off the planet – … Continue reading “Decision Making Chaos at NASA”
Cognition Research
Cognition Research. Noticed that Gerry Wolff’s (Bangor Uni) stuff on SP (Simple is Powerful) Theory is now being marketed at Cognition Research as SP6.1 aimed at AI / NLP applications. (Link added to side-bar and resources page updated.)
Newsweek Blogging Article
Newsweek Blogging Article. Mentions Blogger and includes quotes from Ev.(Don’t they all ?) Interesting backgrounder.
Try this Bookworm-ometer
Book Worm Meter Shut In 49% . . 51% Out Of The House Intellectual 95% . . 5% Moron High Attention Span 95% . . 5% Low Attention Span Bookitude 57% . . 43% Book Burner Book Worm 74% . . 26% Bug Stomper Take your bookworm readings. Picked up from Blogger “Ivy’s Blogenspiel” aka … Continue reading “Try this Bookworm-ometer”
Thinking with Meat II
Read the Apoorva Patel article (dead link). Think this is the same one “Quantum Algorithms and the Genetic Code” (tough going for a non-physicist). Anyway, first time, I had one of those WOW! moments. Just like one I remember in schooldays when I came across that integral that links e, i and pi in a … Continue reading “Thinking with Meat II”