Mathematical Oddities
Today I was in a book store, looking around for something neat to grab. I happened upon an interesting display, to the left was an abacus, to the right was a scientific calculator. The abacus cost nearly four times as much as the calculator. Sometimes, life lets you chuckle. This was one of those times.
Sharesource looks rather promising
I had a chat today with Tim Groeneveld, the creator of Sharesource, a new kid on the block in the city of distributed collaboration tools that are offered as a service. I wasn’t simply slinking around the sourceosphere in search of the next big thing to emerge, I was looking for a Mercurial friendly service [...]
Ghost hunting
Every year at around this time, The Discovery channel (and others) run all kinds of interesting shows about paranormal researchers. Usually, I like my existing job (getting ghosts out of ‘machines’) just fine. There are very few other vocations that could lure me away from my comfy desk chair and fuzzy slippers, paranormal researching could [...]
Happy Halloween
A rather delightful gentleman has contributed a wonderful rendition of “The Tell Tale Heart”, by Edgar Allen Poe. Take a view if you want a little entertainment The narrator had a wonderful time making the 15 minute video, complete with neat sound effects, you’ll enjoy the view. See the video here.
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