Categorie: Links
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Links voor 17 april 2011
Stellar AlchemyWith this program you can watch a process of simulated Darwinian evolution unfold before your eyes (although the process can take several days of computer time depending on your computer speed and your evolution settings). The user is given control of many of the parameters of the evolution such as the size of the…
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Links voor 15 april 2011
Evolution of Language Takes Unexpected Turn | Wired Science | Wired.comIt’s widely thought that human language evolved in universally similar ways, following trajectories common across place and culture, and possibly reflecting common linguistic structures in our brains. But a massive, millennium-spanning analysis of humanity’s major language families suggests otherwise.
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Links voor 14 april 2011
How Twitter Was FoundedHow Twitter's owners and top executives say Twitter was founded is different than how Twitter was actually founded. Mainly, the official version leaves out the role of a major cofounder. Some early Twitter investors also wonder if it also leaves out a scandal. The iPhone Tab Bar « SignificantPixelsOver the last couple of…
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Links voor 13 april 2011
Lazy Newb Pack [0.31.25] [V9.1] UpdatesThis package is for Newbs and those too Lazy to put everything together every new version.It Includes the latest version of Dwarf Fortress, Graphics, and the best compatible Utilities!
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Links van 9 april 2011 tot 10 april 2011
Every DM should know about this random map tile utility. Just made my PCs’ next dungeon. Nature SoundsUse this free tool to play nature sounds on headphones while reading or meditating or just for fun.
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Links voor 8 april 2011
Coilhouse » Blog Archive » The Friday Afternoon Movie: Louis Theroux: America’s Most Hated Family In CrisisIn the end, I suppose it winds up being more voyeuristic than anything, playing to a morbid fascination with just how far the depths of idiocy can go, just how awful people can be. Still, it serves to remind…
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Links voor 7 april 2011
An open letter from Alain Badiou to Jean-Luc NancyDidn't you notice right from the start the palpable difference between what is happening in Libya and what is happening elsewhere? How in both Tunisia and Egypt we really did see massive popular gatherings, whereas in Libya there is nothing of the kind? An Arabist friend of…
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Links van 6 april 2011 tot 7 april 2011
Access Main Computer FileA VISUAL STUDY OF COMPUTER GUI IN CINEMA. 2011 ASME Awards | MetaFilter2011 National Magazine Awards Finalists Announced (Instapaperable list) Science fiction movie produced in 48 hours
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Links van 5 april 2011 tot 6 april 2011
The SetupYou may have heard the name Christopher Butler in the news lately but certainly not for reasons that the 49-year-old Concord resident would want you to know about. I’ve been following Butler’s mysterious story since last August, when he invited me to write a Diablo feature about his business. It unexpectedly turned out to…
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Links van 4 april 2011 tot 5 april 2011
LCD monitor teardown! A Revived CNN Takes On Fox News and Bill SammonThere is a big audience of Americans who are not interested in the propagandistic news styling of Fox News. The efforts of Jon Stewart and websites like Media Matters are having an impact. America knows they can’t trust Fox News to deliver the…
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Links voor 3 april 2011
Facebook Comments Epitomizes Everything I Hate About FacebookIt’s a piece of crap, but it’s just barely good enough and easy enough that it’s not worth wrestling with alternatives. Facebook Comments is basically Facebook writ small: while it’s maddeningly mediocre lowest-common-denominator crap, it’s not quite bad enough not to use. NYT vs HuffPo, cont. | Felix…
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Links voor 31 maart 2011
Design PrinciplesGathered by JEremy Keith from across the web.
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Links voor 28 maart 2011
SmoothGroove | HOMEIntroducing the stylist's secret for a smooth profile.Women can rejoice – our very last wardrobe malfunction has now been addressed!At last there's a product that sensibly alleviates the most embarrassing taboo there is for us girls – the crudely named problem of 'camel toe'.
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Links voor 27 maart 2011
March 2011 Update – Strategic PlanningEn nu hopen dat ze er écht iets aan doen: "Here’s what we think the Editor Trends Study tells us: Between 2005 and 2007, newbies started having real trouble successfully joining the Wikimedia community. Before 2005 in the English Wikipedia, nearly 40% of new editors would still be active a…