Archive for May, 2008
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
Do we need two Internets?
[As ever, this is also on the BBC News website]
Jonathan Zittrain’s recent book, The Future of the Internet – And How to Stop It, has spurred a lot of discussion both online and offline, with blog posts lauding his insights or criticising his over-apocalyptic imagination.
The book itself makes fascinating reading for those who have watched […]
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Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
My del.icio.us bookmarks for May 5th through May 10th
Here’s what I tagged on del.icio.us between May 5th and May 10th:
Slashdot | Round Robin Scheduling Not Power-Efficient - Interesting paper, and an example of how the definition of ‘efficiency’ changes as new factors are taken into account
Computing for the Future of the Planet - Andy Hopper’s research group at the Computer Lab in Cambridge
Smart […]
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Sunday, May 4th, 2008
My del.icio.us bookmarks for March 18th through May 3rd
Here’s what I tagged on del.icio.us between March 18th and May 3rd:
Institute of Contemporary Arts : Talks : War in the 21st Century - Will try to be there…
Still Debating With Plato - I'm a constructivist, always have been,,
Cinema Treasures | Cannon Newcastle upon Tyne - for reference
Charlie's Diary: Brand Dilution - Why it's time […]
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Saturday, May 3rd, 2008
Twitter is the Higgs Boson of the Internet
The Higgs field is what gives particles their mass. Go into orbit and try to push a 1 tonne satellite – you can’t. It weighs nothing but its mass is unchanged by being in free fall or even in deep space, and so the force needed to change its momentum is still too great for […]
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Saturday, May 3rd, 2008
Computer, heal thyself
[This is also on the WattWatt site, an online community for anyone concerned with energy efficiency]
Like every other product of the advanced manufacturing capabilities of a long-industrialised society the computers that surround us – and, for the pacemaker wearers among us, that we have taken into our bodies – carry an environmental cost.
Silicon may be […]
