From: "andrew cooke" <andrew@...>
Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2008 18:03:40 -0400 (CLT)
...after being stored away while the blog was dead. Here's what is in my "unsorted bookmarks" contains: http://www.malhar.net/sriram/kilim/ Kilim is a message-passing framework for Java that provides ultra-lightweight threads and facilities for fast, safe, zero-copy messaging between these threads. Unfortunately it's a postprocessor. http://www.economist.com/world/na/displayStory.cfm?source=hptextfeature&story_id=11581447 Americans are increasingly choosing to live among like-minded neighbours. This makes the culture war more bitter and politics harder. On the web too. http://deputy-dog.com/2008/06/22/in-action-a-skyscrapers-amazing-728-ton-stabilising-ball/ Video of a stabilising ball in action, along with related photos and descriptions. What I can't understand is where the cooling is. Do those dampers simply get hot? I guess earthquakes don't last that long... http://www.complete-review.com/reviews/carrollj/marriage.htm Review of The Marriage of Sticks by Jonathan Carroll Got here from "if you liked that you would probably like this" link, but not sure who the source was. Perhaps Markson's Wittgenstein, which would be odd, because I was daydreaming about how to live in such a situation just a few minutes ago. http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/06/16/how-is-spore-hiding.html Cute "steganography" by Spore. http://arxiv.org/abs/0712.2058 Can the cross product be generalized? Why are the trace and determinant so important in matrix theory? What do all the coefficients of the characteristic polynomial represent? This paper describes a technique for `doodling' equations from linear algebra that offers elegant solutions to all these questions. I admit this made little sense to me, but seemed cool anyway. http://www.brainmysteries.com/research/Team_finds_language_without_numbers.asp An Amazonian language with only 300 speakers has no word to express the concept of "one" or any other specific number, according to a new study from an MIT-led team. Skeptical... Andrew