I have started to dislike Yahoo!, and it is only a matter of time before this disliking turns into hate. Here’s why…
Tag: Computers
Software, hardware and everything in between
Happy Birthday LOGO
It was LOGO’s 40th birthday a couple of days ago. Interestingly, last week, I installed the free version from Microsoft on my laptop and played for a few hours with my son (who is four, has his own computer and prefers playing games to watching TV). We made lines, triangles and squares with turtle graphics, and he grasped the idea of turning and moving the turtle quicker than I expected – I hope its in his genes.
Do you play Minesweeper?
I have wasted hundreds of hours on the stupid game. Read more “Do you play Minesweeper?”
B(ack)log Links – Part Two
The rest of the websites/articles/phenomenon that have been on my mind during August. I can finally empty the 'TO BLOG' folder. So here they are… Read more “B(ack)log Links – Part Two”
B(ack)log Links – Part One
I just took a look at my 'FOR BLOG' bookmarks folder and was amazed to see the number of pages (66) I have bookmarked during August, with the intention to write about them here, but never got the chance. So, in an attempt to cross that task from my TODO list, I'm posting some of them here (minus the planned commentary/discussion/blogging) and deleting the rest. They should have converted into 66 posts, but oh well!
- Neuroscience trying to explain déjà vu
- My Cortex is better than my CPU
- Lumosity.com has some games that (supposedly) improve your processing speed
- Boomshine – A 10 minute fun flash chain reaction game
- Nerves may run on sound
- Blue Brain is reinventing modern computing
- Enhancing your brain power by electricity – maybe they should use a shot of heavy music with this
- True AI before 2029?
- Nicotine is the wonder drug aka the secret of the Marlboro Man
- Nicotining – Smoking2.0
- Circadian rhythms – they haven't stopped me from working at night and sleeping during the day so far
- 3D foot measurement device – something I thought of a few years ago
- Removing TV, games and computers from children – I wish I could do this with my kid
- Pizza value for money calculator – We used to do that when ordering at the office 5 years ago
- Dark Side of the Uke – making Syd Barrett turn in his grave
- BOINC – is on my list of things to experiment with since 1999 (early SETI days) … maybe its turn will come in the next decade
- I just started teaching my son to handle a camera
- Top Ten of Programming Advice NOT to follow
- Ten programmers for the price of one (or in Pakistan's case, for the price of 0.1)
- What's your Google Quotient? (Mine is 9/10, what's yours?)
- Top 10 MMOs – Puzzle Pirates (Which I used to play seriously, and now play casually) is #8
- Dr. Bartle thinks I'm a KASE
- The Carl Sagan Cosmos animation – partly responsible for inspiring me towards a graphics based line of work
- The world celebrated Left-Handers Day this month – Left handed mouse pointers – and my recommended politically correct one
I need a break from all the copy/pasting now, and will have to split this post in two parts. So these are the things that have been using up my brain cycles this month. If you find any of the above things useful/fun/entertaining/offensive, do leave a comment so that I can justify spending the last hour or so on this.