Memories of Life

Many years ago....NO, I'm not going to tell you...when I was in university doing some research for something or other....or maybe i was just reading a science journal, I came across an article about John Conway's Game of Life

A simple no player game usually played on graph paper or on a checker board.

The rules are simple:

1. Any live cell with fewer than two live neighbours dies, as if by loneliness.
2. Any live cell with more than three live neighbours dies, as if by overcrowding.
3. Any live cell with two or three live neighbours lives, unchanged, to the next generation.
4. Any dead cell with exactly three live neighbours comes to life.

Wikipedia

Gosper's Glider Gun creating "gliders".
From Wikipedia

Conway's Game of Life on Wikipedia

Have a look, but don't get addicted.....you've been warned!

A car, A short film,

Donkervoort, No Compromise

A Donkervoort is the ultimate deal for the real car enthusiast, that wants no compromise in driving pleasure. We make our cars ultra light and in combination with tremendous power and superb road holding characteristics of a racing car, we have created the car that make the hearts of many car lovers beat faster. Today's Donkervoort has without any doubt moved on from the very first models; our continuous efforts to achieve better quality, combined with modern and attractive styling have led to the current D8-series. The ultimate in sports cars, created for the real car enthusiast.

John and Michael from the NFB

A gentle tale of love told in halting words. A film about healing after profound loss. John and Michael pays homage to two men with Down's syndrome who shared an intimate and profoundly loving relationship that deeply affected the filmmaker. Animated with clay backlit on glass, the film shimmers like stained glass in motion. Narrator Brian Davis, also intellectually challenged, brings the men alive with great sensitivity.

Professional athletes as roll models?

This is a great link for anyone wondering about what kind of role models professional athletes provide.

http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid716758716?bctid=1150770596

Highway of Heroes

How does a community thank its fallen soldiers?

There is a 170 km stretch of highway between Trenton and Toronto Ontario that all of our fallen soldiers traverse.

More than 14,000 [as of August 23^rd there are 19136 Signatures] people have signed an electronic petition to officially rename that stretch of highway, where people gather on overpasses to wave flags, display placards of support, and salute the processions of hearses and limousines.

On Thursday, Ontario Transportation Minister Donna Cansfield said there were "no barriers to making this happen."
Ontario to dedicate Highway of Heroes in honour of soldiers felled in Afghanistan - Yahoo! Canada News

Related to this, is my other blog entry describing to my visit to the Groesbeek Canadain War Cemetery near Nijmegen in The Netherlands.

We honour their memory.

They shall not grow old as we who are left grow old.
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

“We don't want the television script good. We want it Tuesday.” ~Dennis Norden

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networking news site. Every day Fark receives 2,000 or so news
submissions from its readership.

Only one link tonight.....

I need sleep........zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

No links....too busy....back tomorrow...

I was a bit busy tonight, I have a friend visiting.

You can look at some of the pictures from my recent trip to the Netherlands on Picasa Netherlands stuff

Enjoy them.

S.

Sunday Night...do you know where your children are?

More links...

FlightsStats: Fly Smarter
Track Flight, Airport Delays and other Flight and Airport Information.
As simple as typing in a couple of airport codes.

The Luminous Landscape the web's most comprehensive site devoted to the art of landscape, nature and documentary photography using digital as well as traditional image processing techniques. You will find on these pages instructive feature articles, product reviews, travel and technical discussions, inspiring portfolios, and a Discussion Forum

Moronland.net - Hilarious videos, Morons, Moronic humor, Flash Games, Funny Images!

I just post 'em as I see 'em

S.

Careless Coding Causes Killer Kangaroos

I'm a computer guy, and I think computer programmers can do some nearly impossible things. Sometimes programmers reuse their old computer code (programs) usually that is not a problem.....until.....

the kangaroos reappeared from behind a hill and launched a barrage of Stinger missiles at the hapless helicopter

Read the whole article here on Moronland.net

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From the sublime to the ridiculous

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The JCB Song

When I was in The Netherlands, a friend shared the JCB Song song with me. Its a song about Luke, he's 5 years old and spending the day with his dad, a JCB digger operator.

JCB
~Luke Concannon - Nizlopi

Well, I’m rumblin’ in this JCB.
I’m 5 years old and my dad’s a giant sitting beside me.
And the engine rattles my bum like berserk
While we’re singin, ‘Don’t forget your shovel if you want to go to work!’

My dad’s probably had a bloody hard day
But he’s been good fun and bubblin and jokin’ away
And the procession of cars stuck behind
are gettin all impatient and angry, but we dont mind.

(The song continues; Click on the album cover to watch the video)

I think there are days we all wish we were 5 again.

S.

No news in good news....

I spent most of the evening with my sister's family...in the dark.

I usually see my sister's family, three nephews and a niece, about once a week. This week was no different.

I arrived at their house with all the lights off, no electricity, no hot meal.

We did manage of course, a quick shopping trip and we had salad, bagels, cheese and other cold yummies. No one complained, except the monkey boy; he's not quite a year old.

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I didn't spend much time on the web, there are no links....ok...maybe 1.

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Sometimes fun, sometimes serious, but always an interesting read.

Have a great day!!

S.

First set of links

It was a quiet night for my web browser. Here are my links from this evening.

m & m Chocolate Candies

The Internet Movie Database

There there is this story from Ananova

Robbers snatch dog poo

A Chinese woman has told how robbers snatched a parcel of dog poo wrapped in newspaper out of her hand outside a bank.

Mrs Chen, of Laohekou city, was waiting in the bank to withdraw money when nature suddenly called for her dog.

"While I was waiting in the queue, my dog had to poo. So I asked for several pieces of newspaper to wrap the poo," she said.

After wrapping it, Chen left the bank, and was waiting to cross the street to throw the parcel into a rubbish bin when the robber struck.

"A motorcycle stopped swiftly before me, the man on the rear seat seized the package from me, and they sped away," she said.

Police are investigating the case while "laughing at the stupidity of the robbers", according to Chutian City Papers.

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2464125.html?menu=news.quirkies

Smoothwall router uses an oldish (or brand new) PC as a network router. Have alook at their site to download the CD ISO and instructions.

Till the next time.

S.

I just have so much to say, I don't say anything

Gosh, sometimes I just have so much to say, I don't say anything.

That is the case of this blog; I spend so much time reading and responding/reacting to what I see on the web I don't know where to begin.

My TV is my computer; I have a TV tuner card and as I watch TV I look up (i.e. google) what I am hearing about. General web articles and sights, Wikipedia or whatever comes up.

I am going to start sharing these links and my thoughts about some of what I see.

Wish me luck!

Here are some of the web pages I visit regularly:
(in no particular order)

Wikipedia Not a primary source but great for cultural (i.e. movies & TV) references and general information on almost everything.

Daily Cup of Tech A tech blog with lots of varied information, software and other interesting stuff.

Zap2it TV listings

The Consumerist Shoppers Bite Back, a consumer oriented blog .

From their FAQ:

4. What kind of biases should we expect from you?
We're biased towards the consumer. We favor bad company stories over happy customer tales. We're not anti-capitalist; we're anti-stupid-capitalist. Our premise is that good customer service isn't a goal in and of itself, it actually makes and saves more money in the long run. Ben is biased against Cingular, having never liked them since he first saw their unironic Superbowl ad with the painting quadriplegic (Cingular was said to help him be more expressive).

Urbanscootin A Honda Metropolitan/Jazz Scooter Forum

Finally chipmark Your bookmarks, anywhere. Chipmark is an online bookmark manager that allows you to access your bookmarks from any computer, anywhere. You can access your bookmarks through a web page or with a plug-in.

Have a look and let me know what you think.

S.