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	<title>Zach Dwiel &#187; Uncategorized</title>
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		<title>Introducing Quiqi</title>
		<link>http://dwiel.net/blog/introducing-quiqi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:42:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dwiel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 -&#62; str.to_i
apt-get ab -&#62; apt-get install apache2-utils
jquery checkbox status -&#62; .is(\':checked\')
js [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://quiqi.org">Quiqi</a> is a <a href="http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/63868">greasemonkey script</a> 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.</p>
<p>Some example answers (so far mostly answers to programming questions):</p>
<p><code><br />
ruby string to int -&gt; str.to_i<br />
apt-get ab -&gt; apt-get install apache2-utils<br />
jquery checkbox status -&gt; .is(\':checked\')<br />
js string to int -&gt; parseInt(str)<br />
usb 2 speed -&gt; 480Mbps<br />
javascript array copy -&gt; new_copy = original.slice()<br />
php referrer -&gt; $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']<br />
water couscous -&gt; 1 1/2:1 water to couscous<br />
when to plant thyme -&gt; outside: 2 weeks after average last frost or when soil is ≥ 70° inside: 8 weeks before last frost<br />
error: ‘memcpy’ was not declared in this scope -&gt; #include &lt;/cstring&gt;<br />
</code></p>
<p>And an example screen shot.  Notice how the answer isn't provided in the excerpted content.</p>
<p><img src="http://quiqi.org/images/1.png" alt="Example 1" /></p>
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		<title>Swarms</title>
		<link>http://dwiel.net/blog/swarms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 21:03:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dwiel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So I've been experimenting with generating swarms and was able to get some basic code working pretty quickly thanks to some <a href="http://nehe.gamedev.net/data/articles/article.asp?article=06">Particle Systems</a> example code on <a href="http://nehe.gamedev.net/">NeHe</a>.  Here are some of my first steps:</p>
<p><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=4022251&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=4022251&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><br /><a href="http://vimeo.com/4022251">First Swarm</a></p>
<p><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=4022667&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=4022667&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><br /><a href="http://vimeo.com/4022667">Swarm #2</a></p>
<p>I think the next step is going to be to get multiple swarms each operating on different rules in the same space interacting.</p>
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		<title>Doing what you Love</title>
		<link>http://dwiel.net/blog/doing-what-you-love/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dwiel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creativity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inspiration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[work]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Feeling down about doing what you love?
watch this
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Feeling down about doing what you love?</p>
<p>watch <a href="http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/elizabeth_gilbert_on_genius.html">this</a></p>
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		<title>Emergence</title>
		<link>http://dwiel.net/blog/emergence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 19:21:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dwiel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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 ???
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>simple rules that ants follow create emergant behavior which is the ant colony</p>
<p>simple rules that people follow create emergant behavior which is the society and culture</p>
<p>simple rules that the universe follows creates emergant behavior which is ???</p>
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		<title>Net Neutrality</title>
		<link>http://dwiel.net/blog/net-neutrality/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:37:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dwiel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>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.</p>
<p>god damn this is important.</p>
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		<title>The psychology of the Blue Man Group</title>
		<link>http://dwiel.net/blog/the-psychology-of-the-blue-man-group/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:46:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dwiel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There is a great <a title="video" href="http://www.edge.org/documents/archive/edge262.html#4">video</a> 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 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgS-4stj8fQ">Blue Man Group</a> was ahead of their time.</p>
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		<title>Hello World</title>
		<link>http://dwiel.net/blog/hello-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:35:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dwiel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hello]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[introduction]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>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.</p>
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