InVisible

A very helpful site Silktide Silkscore. It evaluates your website and gives suggestions on how to improve it. There’s a marketing ploy there (Silktide offers consulting services) but I think this is brilliant and how the web is supposed to work - IMO. Silktide gives something valuable for free. They offer additional services - that’s fine and the service they offer adds to their credibility. A win-win for all involved. [via Ben Poole] ...

What a timely coincidence (actually, there are no coincidences, there is only synchronicity, but that’s a different entry): Prelude Tim Bray on mobile needs was quickly followed by Jeremy’s mobile needs to which Russell responded. Being pda-less after my vacation and T610-less after a roller coaster-ride, I have reverted back to my trusty SonyEricsson R520 and no PDA. The thing I miss most? My calendar and all my addresses. That’s why I need a PDA again soon. Phone and SMS is handled well by the R520 (and I actually like it’s large size and protruding antenna because I can pull it out of my coat pocket by the antenna). ...

Did I mention, that I can’t fall asleep? LED Porn doesn’t help either

TAR? Which File Extension are You? I can’t fall asleep - does it show?

Brain Dish is the description of an experiment at Florida University. 25'000 brain cells from a rat brain, “living” in a Petri dish are hooked up to a flight simulator and “learn” to fly a F-22 jet. In a way, I’m thrilled by this. I have been working with neural networks in the financial world and we have quite some experience with what neural networks can accomplish. That a organic neural network can master flight is somehow the logical conclusion and somewhat expected. ...

Today it hit me - a memory from a life long past, from music bizare: Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick In the deserts of Sudan And the gardens of Japan From Milan to Yucatán Every woman, every man Hit me with your rhythm stick Hit me! Hit me! Je t’adore, ich liebe dich Hit me! Hit me! Hit me! Hit me with your rhythm stick Hit me slowly, hit me quick Hit me! Hit me! Hit me! ...