Brian Allen

New Article: The SAGES Manual on the Fundamental Use of Surgical Energy (FUSE): No abstract available bit.ly/ZonguB

Playing is programming. youtube.com/watch?v=kXpn8t…

Saruman sings some metal: youtube.com/watch?v=cvKRbi…

@wa1974 try it out! you might get a kick out of the result (but slight patience may be required...)

$ traceroute 216.81.59.173

Jeff Beall put out his revised list of predatory open-access publishers and journals: scholarlyoa.com/2012/12/06/bea…

Ready to submit? Think twice about where it's going: scienceblogs.com/confessions/20…

Obama's #NDAA signing statement is worth a read: blogs.ajc.com/jamie-dupree-w…

Lynn Margulis passed away. That her crazy ideas about symbiosis were true was amazing. That she stuck by them to orthodoxy made her my hero.

Brilliant: Measure the rate of change of planet brightness to find ET cities. arxiv.org/abs/1110.6181

Using Smiles (and Frowns) to Teach Robots How to Behave spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robo…

@kentavv Hah! not for me-- I ran far away from it. I'm out in Europe for a couple of weeks :-)

If this were a sci-fi movie, flying robot assassins would not be a weapon you'd associate with the good guys.

This is the most awesome tech I have seen in a while... http://ping.fm/Uf2Rt

He's saying a lot of what I want to hear, but I'm still afraid to get excited... slashfilm.com/neuromancer-pr… #neuromancer

DARPA study finds attaching 9V battery to your brain pumps up gaming skills...Don't try this at home! dvice.com/archives/2011/…

“@davemcdowell: The Like Log Study - Yury Lifshits - ediscope.labs.yahoo.net via @yurylifshits” Chalk another one up for the power-law.

Woohoo! Papers version 2 will have real, honest-to-god BibTeX support! mekentosj.com/papers/2.0/exp…

Congratulations to the Cyc team on finally getting their project to the point where it can compete on Jeopardy. Oh wait...