Philip's Files
Monday, August 21, 2006
Blendermania
I'm currently interested in visualisation and animation of 3d graphics using Blender:
http://www.blender.org
Tuesday, August 16, 2005
Memex
The computer as extension of thought.
This, the previous (and probaly the next few posts) are an experiment - an attempt to formulate and communicate a paradigm that has seeds and even roots everywhere.
I read an article about the Memex idea a few days ago.
One thought, probably the central thought I want to communicate is his idea of "associative trails" - I might not be using the same word used in the article, or even in his original essay.
The original Memex article was one of the shaping factors in hypertext.
What I find missing in the web, however, is exactly this concept.
To me what should be achieved is the ability to relate, to annotate not only to refer or link.
I've recently come across bitty browser at del.icio.us.
I like the concept (would like to fiddle with the implementation - something which bitty browser expressly forbids -as far as I can tell-).
A number of ideas and concept that have been surfacing every once in a while has finally resulted in the rough journey which should (might :) ) start with this post.
Sunday, May 01, 2005
Language Watch
Fortress
An attempt to be for fortran what java is for c.
http://www.sun.com/presents/minds/2005-0302/
Nemerle
"Nemerle is a high-level statically-typed programming language for the .NET platform. It offers functional, object-oriented and imperative features. It has a simple C#-like syntax and a powerful meta-programming system."
http://nemerle.org/Main_Page
Thursday, April 28, 2005
Sunday, January 30, 2005
Currently interested in Mobile Development, specifically J2ME, more specifically targetting the Sony Ericsson K700i.
Saturday, September 04, 2004
Currently interested in the idea of adding semantic meaning to documents and diagrams. XML, SVG, .. the technologies are there.
I'm thinking of extending standard OO:
OO: objects have properties and methods..
Now add layered semantic metadata.
The Model-View-Controller pattern can be extended to this domain.
Anyway thinking of playing with SVG when I have time..
Monday, May 03, 2004
Currently Interested in
Physics:
The Physics of Computation.
The Thermodynamics of Computation - a Review
Charles H. Bennett
http://www.aeiveos.com/~bradbury/Authors/Computing/Bennett-CH/TTOCaR.html
A Mathematical Theory of Communication
By C. E. SHANNON
http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/ms/what/shannonday/shannon1948.pdf
Signal entropy and the thermodynamics of computation
N. Gershenfeld
http://www.media.mit.edu/physics/publications/papers/96.isj.ent.pdf
Quantum theory, the Church-Turing principle and the universal quantum computer
DAVID DEUTSCH
http://www.qubit.org/oldsite/resource/deutsch85.pdf
