Certainly shows a better sense of humor than the average virus. Wonder how many recipients will follow the instructions?
I wasn’t sure whether to laugh or cry. It cracked me up though – today in my Inbox:
Hi, I am a Portuguese virus, but because of the poor technology and lack of money in my country I am not able to do anything with your computer. So, please be kind and delete an important file on your system and then forward me to other users. Thank you.
A fascinating post and a fascinating new blog for me to read. Personally, I subscribe to Heinlein’s observation that “specialization is for insects.” We live in a world that demands flexibility and adaptability. Specializing has become a much riskier strategy than it once was.
A polymath in an age of specialists. Earlier this month, Suw Charman wrote a great essay on her struggles as a polymath. Don’t miss the comments and trackbacks, especially this connect-the-dots entry on the unpredictable emergence of learning by Julian Elv .
[Seb’s Open Research]
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.
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]
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 :)))
I knew this, but it helps to have proof. 
A mathematical proof that girls are evil.
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]
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!
My 15-year old has started some heavy lobbying for HDTV to enhance his sports viewing habits. It isn’t likely to happen anytime soon, even though I did offer to match him dollar for dollar for anything he managed to earn. I’m still inclined to think that we’re still a bit early in the technology adoption cycle, but now I have some initial reference material to add to the pile.
Guide to buying a high-definition TV.
ExtremeTech has a handy guide to buying a high-definition TV that makes at least little bit of sense out of the increasingly byzantine world of HDTV, digital TV, and flat-panel displays.
[Engadget]
Some fun for a Monday, right after you finish Dilbert.
Dictionary Corner- Global Office Gabble. via Anders Jacobsen’s blog: Assmosis, Blamestorming and more – this year’s must-have additions to your business dictionary 😉 [topicexchange.com: All topics]
