Mixture of different articles with some background, some technological, some application articles.

Few things I found interesting to keep in mind:

Using Google to test for semantic meaning (by counting hits of …

“Ein Roman in neun Geschichten” ist der Untertitel. Diese Geschichten sind einzeln, aber hängen zusammen und sind verwoben. Neben-Ereignisse und Neben-Personen in der einen werden entscheidend in einer anderen. Das …

Randy Pausch war ein Professor der Informatik, der 2008 an Krebs gestorben ist. Er hat aus seiner Erkrankung kein Geheimnis gemacht und war immer ein lebensbejahender und grundsätzlich positiver Mensch. …

Seit ich davon gehört habe, hat mich die Idee fasziniert - ein bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen für alle, was für eine Befreiung stellte das dar! Sh. das Buch von [intlink id="49" type="post"]Götz …

Noteworthy experiment with an “Open Company” - the idea being that everyone should be working on what he would like to work. The Open Company is taking the idea …

Fascinating article about the mind and how confined/extended it might be.

Using pen and paper to perform long multiplications is the first step of externalizing cognistive processes - but we …

Very nice talk - content- and presentation-wise - from Scott McCloud on TED.

Among a background of his person and work, he also lists the most fundamental points for him …

Ein erstaunliches Buch - ich hatte schon vor einer längeren Zeit mal eine Lesung mit der Autorin gehört und dann vorgenommen das Buch einmal zu lesen. Von der Lesung her …

Auf dieses Buch bin ich nur durch Zufall gestossen - und wie mich das freut!

Eine Welt auf den ersten Blick wie die unsere, aber in der die Menschen viel grösseres …

I like this book very much - I just read it again after many years. It is the story of a ‘virtual girl’ - which means a robot girl in …

Looking through the book ([asa mybooktitle]3540752609[/asa] by Dirk Helbing (editor)) I stumbled on this article, and it sounded interesting. Reading it, it investigates prior and new work regarding human conflicts …

Installing Apache Tomcat 6 on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard -

Very good explanation how to get Tomcat running under Mac OS X!

[asa mybookr]3404281128[/asa] Diese Buch habe ich jetzt wohl zum dritten Mal gelesen. Ich weiss eigentlich nicht, warum ich es noch einmal aus dem Regal gezogen habe, aber es hat mich …

Quiz: What Should You Really Fear? - Interesting Quiz revealing how much our perception of risks and events differs from reality. E.g. related to things about terrorism.

In the beautiful collection of TED-Talks I stumbled across a recent (June 2008) talk by Susan Blackmore - known e.g. for her book [asa mybooktitle]019286212X[/asa].

She starts out by …

If paper is needed - here some nice ideas where/how to use it:

How to Make a Folded-Paper CD Case » Curbly | DIY Design Community « Keywords: folded, paper, …

These are my links for August 6th: IBM Pensieve

This seems interesting to me - use a mobile device like a phone to collect information in pictures, words and sounds, combine …

Cloud Computing is another buzz-word of this time, but its meaning is fuzzy (e.g. like the Web 2.0), ranging from pure virtualization to * as a service.
This article gives …

As the visual processing takes some time (in the order of 1/10th of a second), the brain will try to extrapolate a given visual stimulus this time into the future. …

[asa mybookr]1594482918[/asa] Its undertitle is ‘The Last Career Guide You’ll Ever Need’ - and it is presented as a manga-style comic, and could be read in well under an hour. …