Archive for the 'mastery' Category

Jealous Scientists (Argument is a Whore and a Cuckold)

Monday, August 14th, 2006

Every now and then on this blog, I poke fun at oversensitive “scientists” who are so wrapped up in the theology of science that they would greet Francis Bacon with Cartman-esqe screams of “RESPECT maaah authori-TAY!!!“
So I just love that “Nature’s Fundamental Laws May be Changing“.  To me, it is common sense.  Francis Bacon would […]

Ruby, Rails, Box, and Gosling

Thursday, April 27th, 2006

Today Don is talking about Gosling’s anti-scripting rant. When Gosling wrote this, I found it rather “interesting”, since I had just finished having a similar debate with David (inventor of Ruby on Rails), and Anders (architect of .NET and C# among other things). David and Anders are both from Denmark, so they decided […]

No Mr. Ballmer, You Cannot Have the Web

Wednesday, January 18th, 2006

For the past couple of months, I have been heads-down organizing content for MIX06, a new conference to be held approximately 8 weeks from now.

People might have rightly seen some indicators of a larger trend in deals with content owners like MTV, and carriers like Verizon. People might have seen the numbers showing how […]

Complex Navigation in Cities

Wednesday, July 13th, 2005

I’ve blogged a few times about the London cabbies, and the potential to help people grow hippocampal neurons through use of simulated landmark navigation problems. The natural question for someone seeking to develop a therapeutic video game would be, “just what sort of map layout is best for neuronal activation?” This summary of recent research […]

We in the mood to fight

Sunday, June 19th, 2005

My daughter’s ballet recital yesterday featured music by Ying Yang Twins, 50 cent, and Moby. It was not that long ago that each of these acts were underground.
This is a topic Dare blogged recently; calling out his favorite dirty south acts. I’ve followed the evolution of dirty south music since Master P and Silk da […]