Chrome tricks
I have been updating a few websites recently, changing hosting plans, DNS and all the other associated things. This seemed a good time…
Category: Science & Tech
The truth is out there
Fans of X-Files and conspiracy theorists will be pleased. A new series is due out in the next week. This made me think of…
Self hosted wordpress – page loading
There are hidden pitfalls with WordPress, especially when self hosting, yet there are also some very good reasons for going that way. I…
Watson digging deep into cancer
Watson, the IBM deep learning application which took on a chess grandmaster and won, has been used in a number of other scenarios,…
Lunar XPrize and the Lunar Quattro from Audi
Back in 2007, Google announced a $30 million Lunar XPrize for any group that could land a privately funded rover on the moon,…
Of Course I Still Love You
Update: Major blow as second stage booster exploded during separation 3 minutes after launch – read the story. Today is a big day…
More Than Human and the Nexus Trilogy
This is probably the most exciting and influential series of books that I have read over the last year. Ramez Naam has worked at…
Deep learning is not A.I.
In the last two years, major advances have been made in deep learning. Applications have been developed that can scan through images and…
DARPA: Terraforming Mars
This may be getting ahead of ourselves. The US military division that researches advanced uses of technology has a team of biologists working…
Red Mars
I recently read the Kim Stanley Robinson trilogy about Mars. It seemed appropriate, given the slowly growing interest in the planet by the…
SpaceX landing
This coming Sunday, SpaceX will be attempting to land their Falcon rocket on their floating platform in the Atlantic Ocean. The main mission…
Perception is reality
Your reality is defined by your perception. Everyone’s. Mine, yours, the world, people, places. All of it. This feels like an odd concept in…