Archive for April, 2007

Dawkins on Bill O’Reilly

Wednesday, April 25th, 2007

One of my heroes meets Bill O'Reilly, my #1 vote for "Most Satisfying To See Horribly Mangled In Combine Harvester Accident":

Enjoy Richard Dawkins on Bill O'Reilly.

Bill O'Reilly takes a grand tour of many of the typical fallacious chorus lines from the american fundamentalist christian side of the Theists vs Atheists debate, including (but not limited [...]

Miis that look like famous people

Sunday, April 22nd, 2007

If you have a Nintendo Wii, you know that it's possible to make avatars that look like yourself (or others).

Here is a site that displays Miis that looks like famous people.
Many of them are surprisingly good.

Brainlike Computers

Tuesday, April 17th, 2007

I have previously mentioned Jeff Hawkins and his book On Intelligence to many who have cared to listen.

He has recently written an article for IEEE Spectrum, called "Why Can't A Computer Be More Like A Brain?" which briefly mentions some of ideas from his book, and also explains about his company and their (freely available) [...]

I am this close to becoming Twiggy

Saturday, April 14th, 2007

As of a few days ago, I am down to double digits weight (under 100 kg).
Woohoo! An arbitrary milestone determined by the number of of stubby meatsicles at the end of our arms.

Nevertheless, I am happy about it :)

H.P. Lovecraft

Saturday, April 14th, 2007

I've started reading "Omnibus 1: At the mountains of madness" by H. P. Lovecraft.
This is the first Lovecraft I am reading, and I am very positively surprised.

Unlike what I expected, it's easy reading and the feeling of greased leather and tesla coils that permeates it is just wonderful.