chris @ May 31, 2010 # No Comment Yet
The Tragic Race to Be First to the South Pole | Wired Science
Wired Science article on American Museum of Natural History exhibition.
(tags: antarctic exploration history museum science article)
chris @ May 30, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Tove Jansson's »Hobbit« pics: Book Title
Hobbit illustrations by Tove Jansson, the creator of Moomin.
(tags: books illustration graphics ToveJansson)
English Russia » Russian Lord of the Rings
Beautiful Soviet-era woodcut illustrations to the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings.
(tags: art graphics book illustrations Russia)
The Swinger « Music Machinery
Music Hackday hack: a Python script that takes a […]
chris @ May 25, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Locus Online Reviews: An Overview of International Science Fiction/Fantasy in 2009
Good listing of mostly non-English sci-fi. Interesting stuff.
(tags: 2009 books literature scifi)
chris @ May 17, 2010 # No Comment Yet
100 Intro Open Courses on Everything You’ve Ever Wanted to Learn | Best Colleges Online
Useful selection.
(tags: education free online)
Facebook Leaks IP Addresses | Binary Intelligence
Blog post laying open the "IP address leak" issue for Facebook (May 2010). Comments are a bit confused.
(tags: facebook privacy security)
You Could Have Invented Monads! (And Maybe You Already Have.) | […]
chris @ May 10, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Math Open Reference
Well-made math reference for learners, especially for geometry.
(tags: education mathematics)
TCP Traffic Analyzer (Yahoo! Developer Network Blog)
Interesting tool, for future reference. Building it seems to require a bit of jiggering with libraries and compiler options, but hopefully Yahoo will package it a bit better soon.
(tags: network tcp yahoo tools)
chris @ May 6, 2010 # No Comment Yet
A fast, fuzzy, full-text index using Redis | PlayNice.ly
Fuzzy search and Metaphone phonetics-based indexing. Surprisingly simple.
(tags: coding programming redis)
chris @ May 5, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Touch Gesture Reference Guide | LukeW
Classifying touch gestures, plus implementation status in various devices, including Apple's Magic Mouse and Mircrosoft Surface.
(tags: interactiondesign ux reference gesture)
chris @ May 4, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Haskell for C Programmers | Eric Etheridge
For those who don't find the "gentle introduction" quite gentle enough and come from an imperative background. Aims to convey the functional programming paradigm.
(tags: tutorial haskell functionalprogramming coding programming reference)
A Gentle Introduction to Haskell, Version 98
Recommended by many as a starting point, written by highly accomplished authors. Relatively formal, […]