Jamie’s Weblog

Broadcom Eireann Research to close!. My former employer is closing down about 2months after I left. It is very, very sad.

Nicholas Negroponte has given an interview with the BBC, for once it is not about MLE. He basically discusses the future but doesn’t seem to come off well. He doesn’t explain himself very well which is odd for him.

WeatherEase Toolkit for Java The WeatherEase Toolkit is an architecture and a class library for easily working with digital weather-report data. Data can be retrieved in real time from web-based or other sources. The data is then decoded and used to build Java objects using classes like Sky, Wind, Temperature, and WeatherReport. Your program then [...]

“Do you like humans?”, responding, “I the c you a? Do I like them?” It then offered to sing a song and refused to open the pod bay doors, behavioural traits that experts predict will be exhibited by most AI programs from now until the heat death of the universe. ALICE victorious in AI challenge

I’ve been considering putting Linux on to the laptop but I’m still not sure of the reasons why. One reason is obviously as a learning experience. Another might be to develop native applications, in an easy to use language without any expense. Enter Kylix (see the review). I think I’d better get a CD-burner to [...]

Why is this weblog so quiet? Well, I also keep a private diary and research log which I have been posting to regularly. It seems I’m not noticing as much useful “news” anymore as I’m too busy researching. Also, my work is still defining itself and taking shape so the topics of this blog are [...]