Thanks to the efforts of Fabrizio Tarizzo the FOAF-a-Matic is now available in Italian. That brings the total up to 9 different languages. Thanks Fabrizio!
Month: December 2003
XForms Freebie
First Eric van der Vlist makes his RELAX NG book freely available, and now Micah Dubinko has done the same with XForms Essentials. (found via Cafe con Leche). Excellent. Is this a new trend for O'Reilly I wonder? I've been specifying a number of XML APIs (RESTful of course) recently and it'd be nice to … Continue reading XForms Freebie
The Man Who Loved Only Numbers
I enjoyed reading Mark's infinite hotel posting today. I've recently finished reading "The Man Who Loved Only Numbers", a biography (actually more of an oral history) of the mathematician Paul Erdös. Erdös is famous in mathematical circles for both his genius and his productivity. So much so that a low Erdös Number is a badge … Continue reading The Man Who Loved Only Numbers
The Hardiman
Flipping through New Scientist again this week I came across a short piece describing the WL-16 robotic walking chair, which is apparently all the rage in robotics at the moment. You can read more about it here, but the WL-16 isn't a particularly exciting robot in my book: the first version suffers from the "Dalek … Continue reading The Hardiman
Lost Boy 