Entries in Technology (4)

Thursday
Mar182010

Jane McGonigal: Gaming Can Make a Better World

"Games like World of Warcraft give players the means to save worlds, and incentive to learn the habits of heroes. What if we could harness this gamer power to solve real-world problems? Jane McGonigal says we can, and explains how."

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Wednesday
Mar032010

Processing

So I just came across this language called Processing... How did I not already know about this!?

What Is It?

Processing is a free, open-source, multi-platform, programming language and IDE used for easily creating digital artwork and visualizing data.

While looking through some code samples, you'll quickly realize how quickly easy it is to achieve impressive results. The rotating cube above, with a fire-effect, was done in less than 100 lines of code (including comments and white space.)

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Wednesday
Nov122008

I Want a MacBook Pro


I have the sudden urge to buy one of the new MacBook Pros. I don't think I've ever owned an Apple product in my life (I don't even own an iPod), but for some reason I just have to have one of these! Maybe staring at Kevin's MacBook on Diggnation every week has finally triggered something in my brain (I was actually watching Diggnation while typing this).

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Tuesday
Oct072008

The End is Nigh!!

[Originally published 01/19/08]

30 years. We have 30 years until the end. At 3:14:08AM on Jan. 19, 2038, it will all be over. Here's why...

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