While I'm currently raging against the machine trying to get a ton of programming done by Friday, NYU students are apparently helping little robots navigate a park.
Apparently this is a social experiment by a student at NYU about empathy or somsuch nonsense. The scientific basis and validity of this experiment seem a bit sketchy to me. However, robots are awesome... so there is that to consider.
More here.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
E-Prime does not like me.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
This is why I'm moving
During a discussion as to how to battle the coming ant invasion, somehow my roommates and I managed to set off the fire alarm.
Monday, April 6, 2009
Planetary
According to Warren Ellis' mailing list, the art for the last issue of Planetary is finally finished. Not too bad considering the script was finished three years ago.
Planetary might just be my favorite comic series of all time. Its got giant monsters, 80's Hong Kong gangsters, transdimensional space vehicles, and pulp heroics (and all in the first 4 issues!). The overarching story, involving an organization set up to explore the strange phenomena of the world while battling what amounts to evil versions of the Fantastic Four, is basically just an excuse for series author Warren Ellis to play with all kinds of archetypes from all kinds of media. Seriously, there is an issue centered around Tarzan's life in the jungle and another involving a secret cabal made up of Sherlock Holmes and Dracula.
The first issue can be downloaded for free off DC Comics' website and the whole series is worth checking out. I know I'm excited for the last issue. At the very least it means I can finally buy the last collection.
I also really like Warren Ellis' FreakAngels, but thats free online, weekly, and much less ostentatious.
Planetary might just be my favorite comic series of all time. Its got giant monsters, 80's Hong Kong gangsters, transdimensional space vehicles, and pulp heroics (and all in the first 4 issues!). The overarching story, involving an organization set up to explore the strange phenomena of the world while battling what amounts to evil versions of the Fantastic Four, is basically just an excuse for series author Warren Ellis to play with all kinds of archetypes from all kinds of media. Seriously, there is an issue centered around Tarzan's life in the jungle and another involving a secret cabal made up of Sherlock Holmes and Dracula.
The first issue can be downloaded for free off DC Comics' website and the whole series is worth checking out. I know I'm excited for the last issue. At the very least it means I can finally buy the last collection.
I also really like Warren Ellis' FreakAngels, but thats free online, weekly, and much less ostentatious.
Sunday, April 5, 2009
The cast of Star Trek on Family Guy
Yes, they apparently got the entire cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation to do this. No, this does not mean I am going to start watching Family Guy.
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