Thursday, December 5, 2002

Building a Better Cat. When engineers set out to create a robotic toy, their calculations go beyond the mechanics. A look at how a Hasbro engineer tried to build emotion into a hit toy. By Saul Hansell. [New York Times: Technology] 9:53:38 AM

DVD + VCR: A Merger That Yields Dividends. Often gadgets that merge functions are destined for failure, but at least one hybrid may work: the DVD player and videocassette recorder. By The New York Times. [New York Times: Technology] 9:53:16 AM

Price Is Limiting Demand for Broadband. Only about 15 percent of American households currently subscribe to broadband service despite the fact that 70 percent of households have the technical option of doing so. By Simon Romero. [New York Times: Technology] 9:52:57 AM

Suicide Bomber Game Tests the Boundaries of Taste. Using simple animation, an online game allows a player to control a suicide bomber as he runs through a crowded street, eventually detonating. By Sam Lubell. [New York Times: Technology] 9:52:25 AM

Making It Easier to Keep Your Web Site Up to Date. Getting that Web site built is only half the battle for most people. By J.d. Biersdorfer. [New York Times: Technology] 9:51:54 AM

Letters to the Editor. Men, Women and Weblogs. [New York Times: Technology] 9:51:29 AM

"The Matrix and Philosophy" by William Irwin, ed.. Philosophers tackle the mind-bending questions posed by the science-fiction hit "The Matrix," and come up with some surprisingly deep thoughts. [Salon.com] 9:49:18 AM

Apple Releases IP Over FireWire [MacSlash: A daily dose of Macintosh News and Discussion] 9:44:34 AM

An Intermediate Guide to Formal Visual Design. [kuro5hin.org] 9:34:29 AM