Book Reviews


[Day Permalink] Tuesday, July 6, 2004

[Item Permalink] Develop information techology for the intoxicated -- Comment()
Yesterday I submitted a column on developing information technology for the intoxicated. I wonder if the column will be published by anyone. The topic is perhaps a bit off-the-wall. But here is a quote which points out one possible application of the technology:
Certain emotions naturally arise in computer use -- I, for instance, have learned to love the crazy, rich, unpredictable anarchy of the Internet (the biggest library in the world, but run by drunken librarians).

Robert Fulford, Columnist, Globe and Mail, August 13, 1997


[Item Permalink] Free Culture available for download -- Comment()
When I wrote about the book Free Culture by Lessig I forgot to mention that this book is available on the net under a Creative Commons license. There are also several remixes of the book, including audio versions. I bought the printed version anyway.


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Apple Tries To Bite Into High-Performance Market: "With the announcement that it is providing 1,566 servers to an Army supercomputer project, Apple is making a move into the high-performance computing market that may open new doors for the company." [MyAppleMenu]