The EDGE sounds pretentious, but it’s got some good stuff. Who’s behind this thing?
Month: October 2000
Shirky on proteins
Beautiful piece by Clay Shirky about looking at proteins: Seven Ways of Looking at a Protein
Interesting looking blog: An
Interesting looking blog: An Entirely Other Day.
The robots finally are
The robots finally are coming. Computers and sensors are cheap, and motors are cheap enough. I.D. Magazine did a nice article about the genuine arrival of robots in pop culture (as opposed to their faux arrival in the 1950s). But I.D. is too lame to back up their magazine with a web site, so here are some other interesting links: an article in the Washington Post, and a nifty kit to turn your Palm Pilot into a robot.
Recommended by my brother:
Recommended by my brother: movies and Flash cartoons at Icebox. I did enjoy “The Adventures of Jesus and His Brothers.”