It seems to have been a long time coming, but Atom has finally reached 1.0 status as an IETF standard. Lots of smart people seem to have worked hard to produce a high-quality result. Judging by this comparison of features, it certainly seems better than RSS 2.0. Unfortunately, I don’t see it gaining much traction [...]
Those not reading this in an aggregator will have noticed that I’ve made some fairly major changes. I’ve moved from the home-made CityDesk-based site to one based on Community Server. It certainly looks more professional. All the old content is there, although some of it might be incorrectly titled. Photos that were part of posts [...]
New Scientist has a report that IBM and the Ecole Polytecnique F?d?rale de Lausanne in Switzerland are getting together to produce a simulation of a whole human brain using a custom-built supercomputer. Apart from the sheer audacity of this project, what is interesting is that they intend to model individual neurons using a detailed bio-electrical [...]
Here is a list of programmes now available for download and/or podcast by the BBC.
Computers in Spaceflight: The NASA Experience
If (as I did) you spent any time back in the eighties playing Scott Adams adventure games, you might want to surf over to here and download the games. I remember playing Voodoo Castle on an old Apple ][, and Secret Mission on my Vic 20. Ah… nostalgia…
Ook: a programming language designed for orang-utans. Sort of like BrainFuck.
The 2005 Edge Question. 120 of the worlds smartest people answer the question “What Do You Believe Is True Even Though You Cannot Prove It?” Absolutely facinating.
Minty: FOSS hardware and firmware for a tiny mp3 player. I would love to build something like this, but I don’t think my soldering skills are up to such fine work. (Via Adam Curry)
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