2009 (a.m.)

October 29, 2009

Bloody Computer!: The 22nd Carnival of Computer Help and Advice
Looks like an interesting site to use as a starting point for some types of technical support -- although I have to say there doesn't appear to be a great number of links.
tags: technical support
Robot armies 'will explore alien worlds' - Telegraph
tags: science fiction

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

Recent book reviews

Review: Power Up, by Matthew Lane

This book looks at the maths concepts — and, to some extent, the physics concepts — hidden in popular video games.

Review: The Shortest History of AI

How is it that ChatGPT, Claude and other Al models appear to perform so well at certain complex tasks that some people become convinced that they're sentient — only for them to then promptly fail at simple tasks that even a child could handle?

Review: Teacher Geek

Every so often I like to take a look, or another look, at a book published a while ago, and today I’ve been looking at Teacher Geek, by Rachel Jones.

Review: Teach Fast

The book contains some interesting ideas.

A question of leadership

I have somewhat dichotomous views of this question of whether leaders make a difference, or much of a difference. I think my views can be classified as macro and micro.