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  • Introducing Quiqi

    Quiqi is a greasemonkey script and firefox plugin which shows you quick answers to your search queries inline and unobtrusively in Google searches. Quick answers are provided by users, editable by anyone.

    Some example answers (so far mostly answers to programming questions):


    ruby string to int -> str.to_i
    apt-get ab -> apt-get install apache2-utils
    jquery checkbox status -> .is(\':checked\')
    js string to int -> parseInt(str)
    usb 2 speed -> 480Mbps
    javascript array copy -> new_copy = original.slice()
    php referrer -> $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']
    water couscous -> 1 1/2:1 water to couscous
    when to plant thyme -> outside: 2 weeks after average last frost or when soil is ≥ 70° inside: 8 weeks before last frost
    error: ‘memcpy’ was not declared in this scope -> #include </cstring>

    And an example screen shot. Notice how the answer isn't provided in the excerpted content.

    Example 1

  • Swarms

    So I've been experimenting with generating swarms and was able to get some basic code working pretty quickly thanks to some Particle Systems example code on NeHe. Here are some of my first steps:


    First Swarm


    Swarm #2

    I think the next step is going to be to get multiple swarms each operating on different rules in the same space interacting.

  • Doing what you Love

    Feeling down about doing what you love?

    watch this

  • Emergence

    simple rules that ants follow create emergant behavior which is the ant colony

    simple rules that people follow create emergant behavior which is the society and culture

    simple rules that the universe follows creates emergant behavior which is ???

  • Net Neutrality

    Net Neutrality is not just about innovation, free speech and democracy, it is about keeping the newly forming synapses of our collective mind free from corruptible power structures.

    god damn this is important.

  • The psychology of the Blue Man Group

    There is a great video over at edge about how talking about old age makes people walk slower and asking people to nod yes or no while demoing headphones influences their opinions on the headphones' quality.  I think the Blue Man Group was ahead of their time.

  • Hello World

    Here is my obligatory Hello World post.  I've been working on a web project which I have been hoping would have a facet facing the web as my blog.  In the meantime, this conventionally coded and maintained blog is running wordpress.