Archive for March, 2007

SGI Indigo

Thursday, March 15th, 2007

Whoa, Mark brings back some old memories.
 
The Indigo was a beautiful machine.  My daughter would approve of the colors, and my subconscious still associates the machine with pure speed and power.  It was so beautiful that I could ignore the proprietary compiler and window manager annoyances.  A machine that expensive seems ridiculous today, but it […]

MSR TechFest Spring 2007

Tuesday, March 6th, 2007

Update: see a virtual race car drive over Rory’s face — completely dynamically generated.  It is utterly un-freekin-believable!
Check out this video from MSR TechFest, going on right now.  Rory takes a look at two cool demos. 
One is called “DynaVis”, and is basically a tool that makes all of your charts and other visualizations change dynamically (animated) […]

Indulge Yourself in Good Deeds

Thursday, March 1st, 2007

I know that I have done some bad things in the past.  But it’s OK.  I’m making a difference!

If you see this clever little icon next to someone’s name in MSN Messenger, that person is a good person too!  And you can join in the altruism-fest!  Simply browse to this site, choose from one of […]