CUSEC 2007: Canadian University Software Engineering Conference: Bits of Change How can software be political? Which components of software make a political statement: is it this function call over here, or is it that while loop over there? In certain parts of the world today, governments read private e-mail and arrest people based on these […]

New Years Pratt Steam Show!: For those of you that weren’t around for the whistle show that Conrad (Pratt’s Cheif Engineer) put on.. some fine folks posted video on youTube. Enjoy!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSErBvy3F9A The first link was filmed in day time so you can get a better look at the set up on the lawn. Pretty […]

2006 artists most played 2006 tracks most played ————— there is a bit of bias in those… but eh.

On Two Conservative Student Writers | TPMCafe: ut this simply shows his lack of understanding of the role of college professors. We aren’t there as guides but as teachers. We don’t want to tell our students what to believe, but how to learn about the world. If we guide at all, it’s to an understanding […]

Faith in Free Markets: I agree, then, that economists have faith in free markets. We can’t prove that free markets will generate a better result. But we’ve observed them long enough to have faith in them. We believe, with faith and evidence, that free markets provide the most prosperity for the most people. —– I’d […]

Your results:You are Superman Superman 70% Iron Man 65% Spider-Man 55% Supergirl 50% Catwoman 50% Batman 45% Robin 45% Hulk 40% The Flash 30% Green Lantern 30% Wonder Woman 25% You are mild-mannered, good, strong and you love to help others. Click here to take the “Which Superhero am I?” quiz…

I started this blog on dec. 29 2002. it is dec 29, 2006. that means, this blog is 9 million and 4 years old (must be the new math). I spent the last week at my sister’s playing with my nephew and helping during the holidays as i found time. I did not get as […]

Tragedy of the Bunnies: This is a cool little quick game that demonstrates through comparison of two sub-games… the tragedy of the commons.

Top Ten Mistakes in Web Design (Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox): The ten most egregious offenses against users. Web design disasters and HTML horrors are legion, though many usability atrocities are less common than they used to be. Since my first attempt in 1996, I have compiled many top-10 lists of the biggest mistakes in Web design. […]

Who knew you could cheat at chess? – Yahoo! News: NEW DELHI, Dec 27 (Reuters Life!) – An Indian chess player has been banned for 10 years for cheating after he was caught using his mobile phone’s wireless device to win games, chess officials said on Wednesday —– If they cheat at chess…… the can […]