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Tweets
- NYT: "I would advise our readers to be good Bayesian thinkers..." As if we could be otherwise...? http://t.co/rLBUh1ib 1 hr ago
- RT @lizlosh: "If you don't know your state variables you don't know yourself" and calls to "occupy health" #futurehealthsd #quantifiedself 18 hrs ago
- Were I still a student, or pre-tenure, I would so be at the Summer Research Institute for the Science of STS: http://t.co/Vhc2cCi2 18 hrs ago
- Can't be real: http://t.co/98gVZNvA 1 day ago
- Here at Security Concepts, we're predicting the end of crime in Old Detroit within 40 days. There's a new guy in town. http://t.co/7uT6EQCR 1 day ago
- @eknight I have a bad feeling about this. 1 day ago
- If only all car commercials were this good... http://t.co/lGc8HBud #fb 3 days ago
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Monthly Archives: February 2006
Aggregating a large class
I started out the semester planning on using my own blogging server for my 360-person class. The advantage was simple: I had set it up so that when students set up a blog, it was automatically included on a lilina-based aggregator. I had used the lilina aggregator in earlier, smaller classes, and liked its combination [...]
I’m on a Washington radio…
For those of you who are in the DC area (or want to listen in over the web), I’ll be on the the Kojo Nnamdi Show on WAMU for Tech Tuesday. It will by an hour-long call-in program from noon to one on February 21. Ben Bederson will be speaking as well, and there will [...]
I see dead people
Went to see the Bodies: the Exhibition. For those unfamiliar with the exhibition, it features twenty bodies and over two hundred organs that have been dissected and “plastinated,” infusing them with a silicon substance that stops the process of decay and preserves targeted tissues. The results provide a way of presenting human bodies so that [...]
Neglected blogging
This is the 16th posting I’ve done so far in 2006, making me the most neglectful blogger ever. Alright, maybe not ever, but in an awfully long time. My first New Year’s resolution was to procrastinate more. I figured I’d take care of the rest of them by Chinese New Year. I have one more, [...]
The Simpson
Ever feel like you are in a Simpson’s episode? Now you can make an image to match. (Via Sivacracy.)
Multi-touchscreens
You wouldn’t think adding more than one touchpoint would change the utility of touchscreens much. Watch this video and think again. It’s been clear for a while that our processors and storage capacities have outstripped our human-comuter interface. I can see getting a lot done with a touchscreen that really worked this quickly and effectively. [...]
Mothers’ obits