Archive for July, 2008
Thursday, July 31st, 2008
ImageBreeder
"ImageBreeder is a demonstration of interactive evolutionary art. It lets you create original art by repeatedly selecting among alternatives."
(tags: geneticalgorithms evolutionaryart art graphics)
Black Shoals - Stock Market Planetarium
"Black Shoals Stock Market Planetarium is an animated night sky that is also a live representation of the world’s stock markets, with each ...
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Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
John Koza's National Popular Vote plan - July 21, 2008
I didn't know that genetic programming pioneer John Koza was actively trying to destroy the U.S. electoral college.
(tags: geneticalgorithms people)
YouTube - Judge Judy Taping Interrupted By Earthquake
THE WRATH OF JUDGE JUDY! Or plate tectonics.
(tags: news tv)
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Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
Virgin Galatic revealed their new space launch platform.
How long will it be before Expedia/Priceline/Orbitz include "Earth Orbit" as a destination?
(tags: space)
Cuil. Brand new search engine made by former Google employees.
"Cuil searches more pages on the Web than anyone else—three times as many as Google and ten times as many ...
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Friday, July 25th, 2008
Keep your math skills fresh with this algebraic wall clock
(tags: funny tech)
Easter Egg: Get a Ninja in Your Google Reader
There's a hidden ninja in your Google Reader. Here are instructions on how to convince him to reveal himself.
(tags: google funny easteregg tech)
The Periodic Coffee Table
Somebody give me $9,463 so ...
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Friday, July 25th, 2008
"But only that morning, Lama Tashi had told us about his first encounter with a watch in Tibet. He'd never seen one before when a friend came by with a wristwatch he'd just bought from a trader. "It's wonderful," the friend said. "You wind it up and it will tell ...
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Thursday, July 24th, 2008
APOD: 2008 July 23 - High Cliffs Surrounding Echus Chasma on Mars
AWESOME photo of Martian cliffs taken by the Mars Express orbiter. Get your ass to Mars!
(tags: space science mars)
KuKuKlok - Online Alarm Clock
Nice little alarm clock in a flash application. Be sure to select "Slayer guitar" as ...
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Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
Twitter StreamGraphs
Interesting visualiations of keywords in Twitter posts.
(tags: twitter visualization)
Online Backup, Data Backup & Remote Backup Solutions from Mozy.com – Welcome
They sell "unlimited backup for your home computer for only $4.95 per month." Seems too good to be true. Tell me if you know anybody that uses this!
(tags: ...
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Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
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Article sections: Atlanta | GECCO 2008 | Contests | Research
Atlanta
The Atlanta trip was a lot of fun. We stayed in a really nice rental house ...
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Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
Leopard savaging a crocodile caught on camera - Telegraph
Throw in some bears and sharks, and you'll have yourself the best melee ever.
(tags: nature animals wildlife)
GECCO2008: GECCO-2009 Competitions
Competitions for GECCO 2009 were announced at GECCO 2008. "GECCO-2009 currently include five competitions: (i) simulated car racing, (ii) evolutionary robotics, (iii) GPUs ...
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Monday, July 21st, 2008
What's The Harm?
Fascinating site that documents the dangers of miscellaneous pseudoscience topics such as acupuncture, Christian Science, psychics, conspiracy theories, and homeopathy.
(tags: science religion skepticism)
GECCO2008 - nerogame.org
"Evolve your own robot army by tuning their artificial brains for challenging tasks, then pit them against your friends' teams in online competitions." ...
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