Students and the Apple iPad
Apple announced its iPad tablet computer today. The device seems to be mostly a large-screen iPod Touch. The intriguing aspects
Read moreComputation
Computers, software, programming, and other bits
Dembski and Marks Get One Past the Reviewers
William Dembski and Robert Marks finally managed to turn one of their joint manuscripts into a publication. The paper will
Read moreBanner Change
I retired my banner that I put together in my hospital bed in 2004 and have set up a set
Read moreVideo Workflow
Over the weekend, I vacuumed out my video editing desktop machine. It’s been a while since I used it, and
Read moreA Nice LaTeX Cheat Sheet
I ran across this cheat sheet while looking for an answer to setting line spacing of single-spaced within paragraphs and
Read moreNew Server
The email server I use was having some hardware issues. Marc picked up a new box and disk, and Jeff,
Read moreTrip to Nashville
There was no sight-seeing, but I went to Nashville, Tennessee from last Sunday to last Thursday. This was to present
Read moreDembski, “Weasel”, and Video-Level Evidence
A post over at Uncommon Descent with a long-running series of comments resulted in a link to a video segment
Read moreKirk Durston and Misrepresentation of Avida
Kirk Durston wrote in his “Introduction to Intelligent Design”: Recent computer simulations have failed to generate 32 bits of functional
Read moreLinux and Marvell Topdog Wireless
I got a Gateway MT6458 laptop computer back in October of 2007. One of the first things I did was
Read moreA Capsule Summary of the Status of Dembski’s Explanatory Filter
William Dembski’s “explanatory filter” (EF) has been offered as a “rational reconstruction” of how work gets done in various scientific
Read moreA Targeted Linux Site — LinuxSlate.com
During my recent trip, I was able to meet up with “Crossbow” from LinuxSlate.com. LinuxSlate is his site to give
Read moreKeeping Up Appearances
I updated the theme using the WordPress 2.x capable version of “Shaded Grey”. There are some features that aren’t yet
Read moreNCSE’s New Website
The National Center for Science Education has long planned a revision of their web pages. Now, the new version of
Read moreThe Real Weasel in JavaScript
I set up a page taking a first pass at providing a “weasel” program that follows the description Richard Dawkins
Read moreSender Policy Framework
I’d been assuming that there wasn’t much to be done about cases where spam got through my email filters by
Read moreEvolutionary Computation and Astronomy
Back in 1998, I was suggesting the use of evolutionary computation to investigate alternative hypotheses concerning data about foraging in
Read moreCatching Up with the Past: A PDA and Skype
The era of multi-use phones is seeing the personal digital assistant (PDA) either acquiring phone capability or phones adding PDA-like
Read moreChecking China Censorship
WebSitePulse has a China firewall test that gives users a way to check if a particular website is being blocked
Read moreCounting Off
I just had to rip out the Sitemeter visit counter from my sidebar. Sitemeter is apparently having difficulties, and for
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