- ARCHIVE / 2008-07
- What is Cloud Computing?
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 20 definitions from various experts.I like this view of Michael …
- Extrapolating visual input into the future – and optical illusions
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. This makes sense, but of course can go wrong sometimes …
- Daniel H Pink: The Adventures Of Johnny Bunko
[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. It is an illustration of just 6 advices:
1. … - Wordle.net – generate text base art easily
Wordle.net allows to play with texts which via the online applet can be transformed into nice pieces of art. As a quick example I tried to use just a few words from the famous Haiku from Basho:
Der alte Teich.
Ein … - Shelley Powers: Practical RDF
[asa mybook]0596002637[/asa] Good O’Reilly book about RDF, RDF Schema, its definition and for what it can be used. Some information also about Ontologies and OWL, but not too much.
As a ‘practical’ book it presents also available tools, but the … - “Top Ten Signs You’re a Fundamentalist Christian”
The Top Ten List points out in 10 statements sharply some of the really strange parts of the beliefsystem – which most in our culture seem to have become so used to that the real strangeness of …
- Thomas B Passin: Explorer’s Guide to the Semantic Web
The book was published in 2004 and it shows – many things are phrased as open questions, but it does give some overview about the topics of the ‘layer cake’, i.e. RDF, Ontologies, Logic/Inference, Trust, in addition speaking about Semantic …
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