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Wolfram Research was awarded The Best in Show and Technical Achievement awards @SXSW for its “answer” engine WolframAlpha. I have to say this is the coolest “answer” engine yet. I still remember the good ‘ol days when as a struggling math student I needed to do computations…
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A few weeks ago I received a 40% off any book coupon from a particular bookstore. Like every other addicted shopper, I thought to myself; well, I just can’t pass up a deal like this. I decided to take a trip to the bookstore to…
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I few days ago I was out in the internets looking for what know what, when I accidentally ran into google knol. At first I thought it was nothing more than google’s attempt to knock off wikipedia. After playing and browsing the site for a…
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So I am sitting at a Cisco Networking class. Probably a good idea since I am trying to get my CCNA. Anyways, the professor starts talking about binary conversions and powers of two. He goes on to explain thatimmediately people start questioning why that is….
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PBS recently aired a very interesting documeetary on NOVA about fractals, called Hunting the Hidden Dimension. In it they described some of the history and modern uses of fractals. When I was young and stupid and in college I was always intrigued by the beauty…
