Tuesday, November 14th, 2006 週二, 2006年11月14日 Some very interesting work happening in the UK by mysociety.org studying travel time related to mode of transport (particularly rail versus car).一些非常有趣的工作發生在英國,由mysociety.org學習旅行時間有關的運輸方式(特別是鐵路銀兩車) 。 I really hope such studies will happen in North America, I suspect it would highlight where it would be efficient to invest in rail infrastructure for commuter and cargo ...我真的很希望這些研究將發生在北美,我猜想,這將突出的地方,它會有效地投資於鐵路基礎設施為通勤和貨運... Posted in Uncategorized |張貼在未歸類| No Comments »沒有評論»
Saturday, October 7th, 2006 週六, 2006年10月7日 40 years of pop music summaried in 37 minutes Before I get to one of the more interesting pieces of music aware software I have seen lately, I need to credit Alex Gelfand with another interesting music nerd article in Wired: DuBois...has developed a technique he calls "time-lapse phonography." 40多年的流行音樂的總結,在37分鐘之前,我得到一個比較有趣的作品的音樂知道的軟件我所看到的最近,我需要的信貸徐家gelfand與另一個有趣的音樂老古板的文章在有線:杜波依斯...制定了技術,他稱之為“時間推移phonography ” 。 ...
DuBois devised ...杜波依斯設計... Posted in Uncategorized |張貼在未歸類| 3 Comments » 3評論»
Tuesday, August 29th, 2006 週二, 2006年8月29日 A great collection of scale visualizations.一個偉大的收集規模的視覺效果。 Worth a quick browse if you want to regain some perspective on the universe (photo from www.rense.com).值得一快速瀏覽如果您想要恢復一些的角度對宇宙(照片從www.rense.com ) 。 Signal Versus Noise is the blog of 37 Signals, a company which has shattered the usefulness to complexity ratio with apps I use daily such as Basecamp and ...信號噪音是博客的37個信號,該公司已打破了有用的複雜性與應用服務的比例,我用每天如basecamp和... Posted in Uncategorized |張貼在未歸類| 2 Comments » 2評論»
Thursday, June 22nd, 2006 週四, 2006年6月22日 I follow a number of interesting blogs, but few are as consistently interesting as information aesthetics. i跟進了許多有趣的博客,但很少是一貫有趣的信息美學。 They have really clued me in to the importance of presentation in making information come alive.他們真的clued我在向的重要性,介紹了在決策信息來活著。 It also emphasized the absurdity that throughout my science education, lots of emphasis was put on converting data ...它還強調了荒謬的,在整個我的科學教育,大量的重點是對數據轉換... Posted in Uncategorized |張貼在未歸類| No Comments »沒有評論»
Monday, March 20th, 2006 週一, 2006年3月20日 Spore looks to be a truly amazing game in the works from the original creators of Simcity.孢子期待著成為一個真正了不起的遊戲,在工程從原來的模擬城市的創造者。 It seems to combine elements of some other classic simulation strategy games such as Populous and Civilization, crossed with the more modern "god" games such as Impossible Creatures and Black and White.這似乎相結合的要素其他一些經典的模擬策略遊戲,如人口眾多,文明,越過與更現代的“神”等遊戲是不可能的動物,和黑與白。 One ... 1 ... Posted in Uncategorized |張貼在未歸類| 2 Comments » 2評論»
Friday, March 17th, 2006 週五, 2006年3月17日 Dan Fischer of Paradrenaline fame and the legendary Step Up for the Cure event recently took a trip to Lake Placid where apparently you can spend $40 to run and ride in a bobsled.丹菲舍爾paradrenaline淡泊名利,傳奇加緊為治療活動最近採取了一趟,普萊西德湖的地方,顯然你可以花40元,運行和乘坐在一個bobsled 。 He has a great story about how he actually managed to get on the course but ...他有一個偉大的故事,談起了他是如何,其實管理,以獲得對過程中,但... Posted in Uncategorized |張貼在未歸類| No Comments »沒有評論»
Thursday, March 16th, 2006 週四, 2006年3月16日 New Scientist reports on DNA Origami: A map of the Americas measuring just a few hundred nanometres across has been created out of meticulously folded strands of DNA, using a new technique for manipulating molecules dubbed "DNA origami".新科學家報告對DNA摺紙:在地圖上的美洲測量短短數100毫微米全國已創建出精心折疊組成部分的DNA ,採用一種新技術,操縱分子被稱為“ DNA的摺紙” 。 According to the map's creator, Paul Rothemund at Caltech in Pasadena, US, DNA origami ...根據該地圖的創作者,保羅rothemund在加州理工學院在帕薩迪納,美國, DNA的摺紙... Posted in張貼在 news新聞 | No Comments »沒有評論»
Wednesday, March 15th, 2006 週三, 2006年3月15日 Looking inside yourself is quite surreal, and I'm not talking about introspection: I had an MRI scan due to a nagging back injury from indoor ultimate.展望內自己是相當賀歲片,和我談的不是反思:我有一個MRI掃描,由於一惱人的背部受傷,從室內的最終。 The whole process was quite fast, about 20 minutes.整個過程是相當快,約20分鐘。 You get loaded into a very tight space so this is definitely not for the ...你裝上成為一個非常緊迫的空間,所以這絕對不是為... Posted in Uncategorized |張貼在未歸類| 2 Comments » 2評論»
Tuesday, March 7th, 2006 週二, 2006年3月7日 Speaking of coffee, Fishbooks and I like to get our fresh ground espresso nearby at Cafe Union.談到咖啡, fishbooks ,我想獲得我們的新鮮地面附近的咖啡在咖啡館聯盟。 Highly recommended for their deep knowledge of all things espresso related, their friendly service, and their coffee bar.強烈建議為他們深入了解所有的東西,咖啡相關的,友好的服務,和他們的咖啡吧。 Our precious Gaggia machine was born there.我們寶貴的gaggia機是在那裡出生。 And speaking of killer beans (see my last post) ...談到殺手豆類(見我在去年的後) … … Posted in Uncategorized |張貼在未歸類| No Comments »沒有評論»
Wednesday, March 1st, 2006 週三, 2006年3月1日 What if the radio just knew what you wanted to listen to?如果電台只知道什麼你要聽? Could a radio station learn what kind of music you like?可一家電台了解什麼樣的音樂你喜歡嗎? Would you listen to a channel that can play songs you have never heard but will probably like?你會聽一個渠道,可以發揮的歌曲你從未聽過,但可能會想? Well thanks to Kirsten, internet lurker extraordinaire, and by ...以及感謝基爾斯滕,上網lurker extraordinaire ,並... Posted in Uncategorized |張貼在未歸類| No Comments »沒有評論»
Monday, February 13th, 2006 週一, 2006年2月13日 When I was a kid I played a lot with superballs.當我小時候,我打了一場很多與superballs 。 So of course I loved this commerical (for Sony Bravia whatever that is - see below).所以我當然喜歡這種商業( Sony Bravia為,無論是-見下文) 。 Invented in the 60s, they were mass produced when I was growing up in the 80s and available in all kinds of cool ...發明了在60年代,他們大規模生產時,我是成長在八十年代,並適用於所有種冷靜... Posted in Uncategorized |張貼在未歸類| No Comments »沒有評論»
Wednesday, February 8th, 2006 週三, 2006年2月8日 An interesting collection of musical mashups is posted online.一個有趣的收集音樂的mashups是張貼在網上。 Mashups are an ever popular form of musical expression albeit mostly illegal as they are derivatives of copyrighted material clearly exceeding the currently accepted boundaries of "fair use". mashups是一個以往任何時候都受歡迎的形式的音樂表現,雖然大多是非法,因為他們衍生物的版權保護的材料顯然超過目前公認的邊界“公平使用” 。 Nonetheless these "bootlegs" have been a growing aspect of musical culture spread by ...然而,這些“ bootlegs ”已日益方面的音樂文化傳播... Posted in Uncategorized |張貼在未歸類| 1 Comment » 1條評論»