A much more sophisticated mathematical analysis.
Girls are evil according to math?.
Gary Cornell, who is a math professor at Cornell, came up with an answer to Dave Winer’s recent proof that girls are evil.
Year: 2004
Documents in IE
Now, all I need to do is find time to put these fixes in place. At least, now I’ll know where to find the answer.
Omar Shahine “fixes” the way IE handles Office documents and PDF files. Good stuff, something I’ve always wondered but never took the time to research.
Why men are worse
In the interests of equal time, here’s a pointer to why men are worse
Why girls don’t like math. Okay, so sue me, but I thought it was funny. Not sure why it’s making the blogosphere rounds now (it’s apparently fairly old), but I saw it via Dave Winer. If you thought it funny too, you’ll probably enjoy why men are worse…. [IDblog]
Personal knowledge management in KM Magazine
I’m convinced that Lilia never sleeps. She had this posted within minutes of the material being available and there’s no way I can possible keep up with the wealth of great material she’s been posting lately.
Anyway, this was a fun exercise and the result contains some useful nuggest and insights. Now that it’s out, I’ll try to dig up some of my original responses to Sandra’s interview questions and post them. I realize that making this promise now sets a clock running that will demonstrate the continuing deficiencies in my own personal knowledge management processes and strategies.
Personal knowledge management in KM Magazine.
Just to let you know – April issue of KM Magazine features personal knowledge management. While most articles are subscribers only, this one you can check for free – Your say: Personal knowledge management by Sandra Higgison with contributions of Mick Cope, Tom Davenport, Jim McGee, David Skyrme and me (delighted to be in such a great company 🙂
While it may be not much new in this article for KM bloggers it is a good sign that personal KM is getting mainstream. And of course I’m very proud :)))
Proof that girls are evil
I knew this, but it helps to have proof. 
A mathematical proof that girls are evil.
Rubik's cube solver done in Lego
How cool is this?
Rubik’s cube solver done in Lego.
This robot solves the 3x3x3 Rubik’s Cube .
I started to think about this problem in about August of 2000. In Jan 2001 fellow Mindstorms forums user ‘agiecco’ announced his intention to work on a robotic solution and, simultaneously, I saw that Rubik’s Cubes were on sale at www.target.com. So I bought a couple of cubes and started getting down to business…
I produced a ‘late beta’ version in mid-April 2001 that was a little clunky. The final version (presented here) is smooth and fairly reliable.
Amazing.
via Brian
By Joichi Ito joi_nospam_@nospam_ito.com. [Joi Ito’s Web]
Neal Stephenson's Quicksilver novel’s wiki.
Stephenson’s new novels are near the top of my read pile so this is for later reference.
Neal Stephenson’s Quicksilver novel’s wiki. Reading Neal Stephenson’s novel Quicksilver and need some help in interpreting it or want to contribute your two cents to other readers’ understanding of his work? Try Neal’s Metaweb, a wiki for the novel. By David (mailto:10kyearblog@davidmattison.ca). [The Ten Thousand Year Blog (June 02003-)]
The coolest Honda commercial of all time
I’ve posted about this great Rube Goldberg commercial before, but didn’t have this backstory to go with it. Besides, it’s well worth looking at again.
The coolest Honda commercial of all time.
I got a link to this from a good buddy. I wish we got commercials like this here in the US. It’s truly amazing to watch the cleverness of this “Rube Goldberg machine” idea — especially when you know the back story. (requires Flash)
Honda Commercial in the U.K that’s very cool!
Supposedly there are no computer graphics or digital tricks in the film. The film took 606 takes. On the first 605 takes, something, usually very minor, didn’t work. Each time the crew would have to set the whole thing up again. They supposedly spent weeks shooting it.
There are six and only six handmade Accords in the world. To the horror of Honda engineers, the filmmakers disassembled two of them to make the film. Everything you see in the film are parts from those two cars. When the ad was shown to Honda executives, they liked it and commented on how amazing computer graphics have gotten. They fell off their chairs when they found out it was for real and that two of their handmade cars had been disassembled.
Oh! And about those funky windshield wipers. On the new Accords the windshield wipers have water sensors and are designed to start doing their thing automatically as soon as they become wet. It does look a bit weird in the commercial. Just one second of computer generation is used to link the two halves when an exhaust pipe rolls across the floor. At one point, three tires roll uphill because inside they are weighted with bolts and screws.
Thanks Michael!
ActiveWords Code Grabber
Marjolein continues to do Awesome things on her ActiveWords weblog. Here, she provides an ActiveWords script that lets you easily add new scripts posted by someone else. Eliminating friction is one the things that ActiveWords does best and Marjolein shows us how.
ActiveWords Code Grabber. Would you like to be able to grab an ActiveWords script off the screen and add it to your own ActiveWords collection? I started building an active word to this end as a reaction to a wish list item posted… [AWesome]
Opera 7.5 knows RSS
Interesting. Opera 7.5 knows RSS. Pretty cool.
Opera Wins the RSS Browser Battle.
Go ahead. Download the 7.50 demo. Then, click on an RSS feed. Watch what happens. Looks like I ve got a new tool to recommend for all syndication n00bz. Yes, Robin just posted about it in this very channel, but you ve gotta see it to believe it. Mozilla and Microsoft need to pick up on this MAJOR clue.
By chris@pirillo.com (Chris Pirillo). [Lockergnome s RSS & Atom Tips]