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What I’ve been up to…
So, what’s been eating my spare time lately:
- Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain Slick Precipice of Darkness Episode 2 - Got it from Greenhouse. Finished the game at “difficult” setting. Now I’m going for “Insane Mode”.
- World of Goo - Got it from Greenhouse too. I play it as a filler. It’s definitely a ton of fun and worth the purchase for me.
- Battlestar Galactica - When I watched the 1st episode of the reimagined series a week or so ago and I couldn’t stop! I’m working my way through the 3rd season now, trying not to rush it so I can savor the story. (side note: Was that the same Lucy Lawless as the one in Xena? She looks very different from what I remembered.)
- After being benched due to other books, The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
steps back to the plate. I wanted to review my basic physics. Regardless if you believe in string theory or not, the book does have a reasonably good recap of a bunch of physics theories.
Nomad Tech, Robot Log 2008.07/10
Tech
- Google’s Open Source Protocol Buffers Offer Scalability, Speed
- Poker program battles humans in Vegas - It would really suck if this machine ate your money.
- PDF format becomes ISO standard
- My Yahoo Drops ‘Beta,’ Paves Way to OpenSocial Apps
- Firefox 3 Beefs up Page Info
- Owner Of Infamous JPEG Patent Tries To Line Jump The Re-Exam Process
- Exploring Lively, Google’s Virtual World
Tech Opinion
Robots
- Polar Robots to Explore the Arctic
- Dean Kamen’s Robot Arm Grabs More Publicity
- 8 Classic Movie Robots That Actually Suck at Their Job
- Dancing microrobots waltz on a pin’s head
- ‘Flying Humvee’ robot ships supplies to military troops
Science
Others
No tags for this post.Nomad Log 2008.06/17, Science, Tech
Science News
- Novel bacterial species found trapped in Greenland’s ice for 120,000 years!
- Momma, ahm gonna marry m’ cousin ‘n our kidz won’t be dum!
- Maxi Mounds Gets World’s Largest Fake Boobs - Far from a turn on, I feel bad for her back’s future health.
- Science Relics on Auction
- Chuck Norris Backs Down On Lawsuit
- Say Goodbye to Wimpy Paper
- Hints of ‘time before Big Bang’
Tech News
- Search Engine Robots Agree Over Standards
- With the ZAC Web Browser, Autistic Children Can Use the Web Too
- The most popular Linux desktop? The numbers might surprise you
- The FreeBSD Project moving from CVS to Subversion
- Happy birthday, x86! An industry standard turns 30
- O2 3G iPhone: Apple cracks down on unlocking
- QuickTime Update Patches Serious Security Flaws
Tech Opinion
- .hk TLD riskiest place to surf; .fi, .no, .jp safest - ArsTechnica describes the report first, then gives opinions regarding how the figures were gathered.
- “Wargames” and the Great Hacking Scare of 1983
Nomad News Log 2008.06/02, Video-Games, Science, Misc
News
- Fredric J. Baur (1918 - 2008): Designer of the Pringles Tube
- Set a Guinness World Record, Enjoy a Better Web!
- Barnes & Noble considering buying Borders
Video-Game News
- Capcom confirms Street Fighter IV coming to Xbox 360, PS3, and the PC! Yes, you read that right, it’s coming to the PC… strangely! Even more strange, Wii and arcade ports were not mentioned.
- Wii All You Can Be? Why the Military Needs the Gaming Industry
- NASA’s Educational Game Proposal Deadline Extended
- Frogger: now with Dance Dance Revolution pads!
Science News
- Tracing Humanity’s Path
- Are Aliens Using Neutrinos to Contact Us?
- [sknit!] Wolverine Frog!
- Bacteria computer is good at math, even those pesky story problems
Nomad Log 2008.05/21, Tech, Science, and Video-Game News
Tech News
- RIAA ordered to shell out $100k for P2P witch hunt
- Asus To Produce Millions Of Mobos With ‘instant’ OS Technology
- Hydra vs Dragon: Software Development Spectator Event! - Ummm… [shrugs] Who knows? It could work…
- 20% of U.S. Has Never Sent E-mail - But 110% has received spam!
- HP: Teen Edition
- Online Publishers Optimistic as Growth Slackens
- Mininova Faces Legal Action: Filter or Else
- High-Tech Japanese, Running Out of Engineers
- Senator targets YouTube, but law not on his side
- Icahn skeptical as Microsoft, Yahoo in new talks
- Hamas said to be putting Islamic filter on the web
- LisaNova Battles Boob Shots on YouTube — With Boobs!
Science News
- Universe Suddenly Twice as Bright
- How a magnet turned off my speech
- Obesity as a cause of global warming?
- Vatican says aliens could exist
- A Close Look at the Colossal Squid - Architeuthis?
- Self-repairing Aircraft Could Revolutionize Aviation Safety
- Soy moves from tofu to electrical transformers
- Billionaire oilman backs wind power
- The Changing Face of World of Warcraft
Video Games
- GWAP, with an article here and here
- Jury orders Nintendo to pay gaming company Anascape $21M
- Xbox 360 hits the 10,000,000 unit mark
- Bill Gates gives mother of pearl-clad Xbox 360 to South Korean President - I wonder what GMA’s Xbox will be like?
- Apple’s Next Step: 3D, Wii-Like Gaming?
- Congress Slashes Funding for Peaceful Conflict Resolution Game
- World’s most advanced puzzle website launched by Conceptis
Here’s a (non-advanced) sample:
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Nomad Log 2008.05/14, Video Games, Tech, Science News
Video Game News
- In response to criticism, EA Loosens Spore, Mass Effect DRM
- “I think America has always been better at creating unique products,” says Miyamoto
- Bioshock the Movie! - This might work, but will the gotcha ending (if they put it in) feel as authentic as when you actually played the game?
- Police Arrest Chinese Gold Farmers
- Manage a Convenience Store in New DS Game
- ‘GTA IV’ Thieves Guinness World Records
- EA tops expectations, looks ahead
Tech News
- Wine Headed For a 1.0 Release. Finally.
- Chinese Internet censorship: An inside look
- Txting 4x mre expnsiv thn recvng sci data frm space! [hu u? asl pls!]
- Viruses spread through US soldiers from porn DVDs!
- Pinta the robot sailing boat takes on Atlantic challenge
- Hackers going after restaurants, supermarkets
- Details on the MSI Wind
Science News
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