Spiritual Computing – The Mindfulness/Technology Dialogue

Hmmm… although initially interesting, on closer look there does not seem much activity here. Resonates with my Smart Spiritual Software. Wonder how to rekindle this initiative. See Spiritual Computing – The Mindfulness/Technology Dialogue (Via Del.icio.us Tag: spiritual.)

Linking scientific paradigms

From Slashdot: Here is a giant chart mapping relationships among scientific paradigms, as published in the journal Nature. Interesting to see the void between the soft human/social (red) and hard, materialistic scientific (blue) science scapes being bridged by computer and earth sciences. Wonder what will fill that void and when. Want to see the map …

MIT Press Book On Open Source Now Free

MIT Press Book On Open Source Now Free: “eaglemoon writes ‘MIT Press has released its book Perspectives on Free and Open Source Software as a free PDF download. The book is a collection of research essays covering topics such as open source motivation, economics, business models, software development process and tools, law, and community. Sort …

The Business Case for Open Source Software

The Business Case for Open Source Software: “An anonymous reader writes ‘An InfoWorld blog entry makes a business case for open source software, and attempts to explain the business benefits of OSS to management and business owners. The primary benefits the piece uses to argue in favor of OSS include ”’no licensing fees”’, and ”’no …

Stephen Hawking Says Universe Created from Nothing

Stephen Hawking Says Universe Created from Nothing: “mr_3ntropy writes ‘Speaking to a sold out crowd at the Berkeley Physics Oppenheimer Lecture, Hawking said yesterday that he now believes ”’the universe spontaneously popped into existence from nothing”’. He said more work is needed to prove this but we have time because ””Eternity is a very long …

The Virtual Community, Howard Rheingold

Yes! Found a long lost book review on The Virtual Community by Howard Rheingold back thanks to Apple Spotlight. While at Sun Microsoystems, I sent the review to my fellow Mulitmedia Ambassadors and Human Interaction Engineers wordlwide on September 1st, 1994. I was reading a Wired article on novellist Cormac McCarthy, having an office at …

Information Liberation Front—Lawrence Lessig

Guardian Unlimited writes about Lessig as a Freedom fighter with a guilty conscience—Lawrence Lessig explains his mission to limit the cultural damage caused by copyright and intellectual property (IP) law. Of pivotal importance for the emergence for our whole world. Relying on what’s necessary, natural, and next, Lessig finds means of supplying adequacy so that …

Facts about diabetes in The Netherlands

Interesting cheatsheet on diabetes facts in The Netherlands published by the Diabetes Vereniging Nederland: 600,000 known people have diabetes type 1 and type 2 250,000 people have diabetes without their knowledge so, 1 on every 19 Dutch citizen has diabetes 85% have diabetes type 2 15% have diabetes type 1 70,000 diabetics added annually at …