Experimental, impressionistic sub-paragraph tumblin' (think obstsalat)
11aug2008
Hyperspaces for Object Clustering and Approximate Matching in Peer-to-Peer Overlays, by Bernard Wong, Ýmir Vigfússon, and Emin Gün Sirer. “In this paper, we present a scalable and efficient peer-to-peer system with a new search primitive that can efficiently find the k data items with keys closest to the search key.”
GWEI: Google Will Eat Itself, “We generate money by serving Google text advertisments on a network of hidden Websites. With this money we automatically buy Google shares. We buy Google via their own advertisment! Google eats itself – but in the end “we” own it!” WJW.
Long may you run.
Long may you run.
Although these changes have come
With your chrome heart shining in the sun
Long may you run.
— Neil Young, Long May You Run
WaveScope is a system for developing distributed, high-rate applications that need to process streams of data from various sources (e.g., sensors) using a combination of signal processing and database (event stream processing) operations. The execution environment for these applications ranges from embedded sensor nodes to multicore/multiprocessor servers.
Beautiful Code, Compelling Evidence (PDF), functional programming for information visualization and visual analytics. By J. R. Heard. Really nice.
Passing the Torch: An Evolution of Form, the Olympic torch from 1936 to the present day.
Mindfuck: The Reverse State Monad, by Luke Palmer. Whew.
Why can’t you just hold me
And how come it is so hard
And do you like to see me broken
And why do I still care
— Maria Mena, Just Hold Me
Chandler 1.0 ships, mwahahahaha.
Orwell Diaries, a daily entry, starting in 1938.