February 2008
45 posts
VSRI MyFAQ - The Knowledge Base of the V-Strom... →
checking out my new motorcycle! http://flickr.com/photos/briantrice/sets/72157603831124203/
January 2008
58 posts
Seattle Startup Weekend →
soooo relieved that my motorcycle is running perfectly again
Arc Forum | Arc →
This site is about Arc, a new dialect of Lisp. It’s unfinished, but usable, so we decided to release what we have so far.
just found a motorcycle service shop I’m already happier with
snow++
A Catalog of Research Compiler Infrastructures and... →
Clive Thompson on Why Sci-Fi Is the Last Bastion... →
Here’s my overly reductive, incredibly nerdy way of thinking about the novel: Consider it a simulation, kind of like The Sims. If you run a realistic simulation enough times â writing tens of thousands of novels about contemporary life â eventually yo
signing off of SWS. short explanation: the dev team isn’t managed properly. I’ll work on it again once the confusion has died down.
decided to be the Javascript go-to guy last night. I think I like that decision; it’s an interesting environment to work in
In search of the distraction-free computer... →
A little screen simplification can go a long way. For those keeping score, the computer is supposed to be the thing with the electrical plug, not the wired drone operating it. So try dialing down the Twittering itch for a moment and see where it leads you
PostGreSQL users: what’s an easy way to graphically output a data dictionary from a set of schema definitions or a running DB?
got wifi at my favorite non-profit smoking Seattle nightclub!
Let's be frank about teen sex and abortion. - By... →
Abortion and sex are different in many ways. But both are private, complex, and poorly suited to restrictive legislation. That doesn’t stop pro-choice leaders from speaking the truth about teen sex. It shouldn’t stop them from speaking the truth about abo
Noca.com →
We offer online merchants a secure payment system with no fixed fees and zero start-up costs that will yield dramatically increased profit margins. We offer consumers a new way to shop online that combines complete ease of use with unparalleled security t
Debugging of Maude Functional Modules →
The debugging process starts with an incorrect transition from the initial term to a fully reduced unexpected one. Our debugger, after building a proof tree for that inference, will present to the user questions of the following form: “Is it correct that
Cato Unbound » Blog Archive » The Future of... →
The right research and policy question today is not âwhat kind of family do we wish people lived in?â Instead, we must ask âwhat do we know about how to help every family build on its strengths, minimize its weaknesses, and raise children more succe
How Facebook is like Ikea. - By Tim Harford -... →
THEY GET THEIR CUSTOMERS TO DO THE WORKâAND TO ENJOY DOING IT.
Why watermarking will never replace DRM →
The music industry is barking up the wrong tree, however, if it thinks that watermarking is a panacea for its problems. Watermarking can never really replace (let alone improve upon) DRM because watermarking is not a so-called “access control;” it’s an id
met 14 smalltalkers in LA last night… very interesting, with at least 2 Slate users
IGDA - Articles - Why Crunch Mode Doesn't Work: 6... →
More than a century of studies show that long-term useful worker output is maximized near a five-day, 40-hour workweek. Productivity drops immediately upon starting overtime and continues to drop until, at approximately eight 60-hour weeks, the total work
The Nano comes with its own moral dilemma. - By... →
What happens when the laudable, currently fashionable movement to improve the environment comes directly into conflict with the equally laudable, equally fashionable movement to improve the lives of the poor?
preparing for another week-long work session in LA
DRM Is Dead, But Watermarks Rise From Its Ashes →
With all of the Big Four record labels now jettisoning digital rights management, music fans have every reason to rejoice. But consumer advocates are singing a note of caution, as the music industry experiments with digital-watermarking technology as a DR
motorcycle-riding in the sunshine… wheeee!
Kernel image →
The KernelImage is a project that tries to radically improve modularization of Squeak Smalltalk images. Its goal is to create small independent kernel image that enables to load the rest of Squeak stuff from internet.
SF Politics: Charles Stross Talks to io9 About... →
His novels are often political in the “rulers fighting” sense as well as in the personal sense — his characters are at odds with themselves, trying to figure things out like love and sexual identity while also shooting big guns and playing with nanotech.
Jiggy →
A javascript native runtime and web-based development environment hosted entirely by the iPhone for developing and running applications on the iPhone. Includes UIKit, SqlLite, file, web-serving, AJAX, etc. support.
I can put *what* in my buffer? - SIGKILL →
McCLIM’s Climacs (re)display engine re-architected.