RSS Frank van Lingen http://vanlingen.name RSS Frank van Lingen en-us Avoiding a Digital Dark Age Data longevity depends on both the storage medium and the ability to decipher the information Sun, 28 Feb 2010 12:34:56 +0000 43 http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/2010/3/avoiding-a-digital-dark-age Physics and Multimedia Similarities between physics and multimedia Sat, 20 Feb 2010 12:34:56 +0000 41 http://vanlingen.name/web/opinion/2010/multimediaPhysics.html Sixth sense Augmented reality Sun, 14 Feb 2010 12:34:56 +0000 40 http://www.ted.com/talks/pattie_maes_demos_the_sixth_sense.html The gunfighter's dilemma Niels Bohr and reaction time Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:34:56 +0000 39 http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_8493000/8493203.stm One Woman's Immortality One Woman's Immortal Legacy and the Medical Scandal It Caused Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:34:56 +0000 38 http://www.nytimes.com/1986/06/15/books/hela-s-legacy.html What Makes a Great Teacher For more than a decade, Teaching for America has been tracking hundreds of thousands of kids, and looking at why some teachers can move them three grade levels ahead in a year and others can't Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:34:56 +0000 37 http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/print/201001/good-teaching Software glitch in cars Toyota: Software to blame for Prius brake problems. Software bugs can be expensive. Good testing procedures and practices are potentially a cheaper alternative. Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:04:48 +0000 36 http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/02/04/japan.prius.complaints/index.html If you like statistics you like this very informative program More or Less Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:49:48 +0000 35 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/more_or_less/default.stm Edison and the management of practical innovative processes Edison the organizational innovator Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:40:38 +0000 34 http://www.abc.net.au/rn/ockhamsrazor/stories/2010/2770757.htm The (real) power of placebos Radiolab: Pinpointing the Placebo Effect Wed, 20 Jan 2010 21:39:40 +0000 33 http://www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/episodes/2007/05/18 Relationship between free cookies and carbon trading Marketplace: The price of free Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:05:15 +0000 32 http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2010/01/04/pm-price-of-free-q/ Interview on CBC with author of Perfrect Rigor on Grigori Perelman who proved the Poincaré Conjecture Interview on CBC with author of Perfrect Rigor on Grigori Perelman who proved the Poincaré Conjecture Thu, 31 Dec 2009 09:33:21 +0000 31 http://www.cbc.ca/quirks/archives/09-10/qq-2009-12-12.html#4 Quantitative analysis using ownership graphs, on control and networks of corporations (who owns who) Backbone of complex networks of corporations: The flow of control, J.B. Glattfelder, S. Battiston Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:57:53 +0000 30 http://arxiv.org/abs/0902.0878 Science, politics and journalism do not always mix : Who needs science? Lawmakers mull cell phone warnings Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:23:11 +0000 29 http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2009/12/who-needs-science-lawmakers-mull-cell-phone-warnings.ars High performance, massive scale, Facebook infrastructure Presentation Summary "High Performance at Massive Scale: Lessons Learned at Facebook" Sun, 20 Dec 2009 22:44:53 +0000 28 http://idleprocess.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/presentation-summary-high-performance-at-massive-scale-lessons-learned-at-facebook/ A budget desktop supercomputer. Add a couple of cheap TB disks and you have your own analysis cluster FASTRA II: the world's most powerful desktop supercomputer Sun, 20 Dec 2009 22:34:14 +0000 27 http://fastra2.ua.ac.be/ Visualization of ny times page visits when Michael Jackson died Bits: A Day in the Life of NYTimes.com Sun, 20 Dec 2009 11:34:47 +0000 26 http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/17/a-day-in-the-life-of-nytimescom/ Interesting article on de-anonymizing social networks De-anonymizing Social Networks by: Arvind Narayanan and Vitaly Shmatikov Sun, 20 Dec 2009 10:16:08 +0000 25 http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_oak09.pdf Climate change and the psyche, why science alone is not sufficient Climate change and the psyche, why science alone is not sufficient Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:03:11 +0000 24 http://www.abc.net.au/rn/allinthemind/stories/2009/2746165.htm The economy as heat engine and the effect on climate and economic models Is Global Warming Unstoppable? Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:07:33 +0000 23 http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091123083704.htm How underdogs win. Interesting article on strategy How David Beats Goliath Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:58:17 +0000 22 http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/05/11/090511fa_fact_gladwell Very nice photos of the LHC and experiments Very nice photos of the LHC and experiments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:55:31 +0000 21 http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/11/large_hadron_collider_ready_to.html Wireless electricity is real. Very nice demonstration Wireless electricity is real. Very nice demonstrationhttp://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/619 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:07:10 +0000 20 http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/619 Condoms against global warming Les préservatifs, une arme contre le réchauffement Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:38:10 +0000 19 http://www.tdg.ch/preservatifs-arme-contre-rechauffement-2009-11-18 Cool(ing) cost cutting measures for server farms Iceotope Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:59:51 +0000 18 http://www.iceotope.com/technology/ The Coming Nuclear Crisis (might not what you think it is) The Coming Nuclear Crisis (might not what you think it is) Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:45:38 +0000 17 http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/24414/ The only constant is change you Don't Know Jack About Software Maintenance Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:27:01 +0000 16 http://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2009/11/48444-you-dont-know-jack-about-software-maintenance/fulltext Alternative approach for net neutrality An alternative approach for net neutrality is proposed Mon, 16 Nov 2009 7:16 +0000 15 http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/feature/1562147/an-alternative-approach-net-neutrality-proposed The price of free New York Times: The Price of Free Mon, 16 Nov 2009 7:01 +0000 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/15/magazine/15FOB-Phenomenon-t.html?_r=1 Overview of NOSQL db products (not only sql) NoSQL Ecosystem Mon, 16 Nov 2009 2:21 +0000 14 http://www.rackspacecloud.com/blog/2009/11/09/nosql-ecosystem/ DVD baby sitters can not beat their human counterparts (aka parents) On the media: Oopsies! Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:17 +0000 13 http://www.onthemedia.org/transcripts/2009/11/13/05 Research on why wind turbines sound different at night time (and you do not want to live near them) The sound of high winds: the effect of atmospheric stability on wind turbine sound and microphone noise Sun, 15 Nov 2009 5:49 +0000 12 http://irs.ub.rug.nl/ppn/294294104 Simplicity sell David Pogue says "Simplicity sells" Sun, 15 Nov 2009 5:40 +0000 11 http://www.ted.com/talks/david_pogue_says_simplicity_sells.html On the subject of net neutrality On the media: Growing Neutrality Sun, 15 Nov 2009 5:39 +0000 10 http://www.onthemedia.org/transcripts/2009/09/25/04 Youtube bandwidth costs are zero YouTube's Bandwidth Bill Is Zero. Welcome to the New Net Sun, 15 Nov 2009 5:39 +0000 http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/10/youtube-bandwidth/ More looks, more screens More looks, more screens Sun, 15 Nov 2009 5:39 +0000 9 http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=113078 The biggest content provider you never heard of On the media: News Ex Machina Sun, 15 Nov 2009 5:39 +0000 8 http://www.onthemedia.org/transcripts/2009/10/30/04 The 4th paradigm The Fourth Paradigm: Data-Intensive Scientific Discovery Sun, 15 Nov 2009 5:39 +0000 7 http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/collaboration/fourthparadigm/ Colbert report with airtime for the LHC and physics Colbert report with airtime for the LHC and physics Sun, 15 Nov 2009 5:39 +0000 http://www.colbertnation.com/full-episodes/thu-january-28-2010-david-gergen Lee Smolin on science and democracy Lee Smolin on science and democracy Sun, 15 Nov 2009 5:39 +0000 6 http://www.ted.com/talks/lee_smolin_on_science_and_democracy.html Sean Gourley on the mathematics of war Sean Gourley on the mathematics of war Sun, 15 Nov 2009 5:39 +0000 5 http://www.ted.com/talks/sean_gourley_on_the_mathematics_of_war.html Cool new CD of "They Might Be Giants": "Here comes the science" with nice you tube video clips Cool new CD of "They Might Be Giants": "Here comes the science" with nice you tube video clips Sun, 15 Nov 2009 5:39 +0000 4 http://www.theymightbegiants.com/ If you like Lego and the good old c64/atari/spectrum era If you like Lego and the good old c64/atari/spectrum era Sun, 15 Nov 2009 5:39 +0000 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qsWFFuYZYI Opinion on why engineers like to focus on 1 or 2 task at a time Maker's Schedule, Manager's Schedule Sun, 15 Nov 2009 5:39 +0000 2 http://www.paulgraham.com/makersschedule.html Interesting movie about food Food Inc. Sun, 15 Nov 2009 5:39 +0000 1 http://www.foodincmovie.com/