Author Archives: Cameron Marlow

Conspiracy? Vee don’t need no steenking conspiracy!

After seeing the pentagon conspiracy argument, I was unconvinced. CNN did a pretty unexceptional job of clearing things up with recent security footage released by the government. Why do they zoom out when showing the detail frame of the footage? And how can it be coming in nearly on the ground, at a 45° angle?Continue reading “Conspiracy? Vee don’t need no steenking conspiracy!”

Amateur news gathers rights

A judge ruled yesterday that amateur news gatherers now have the same rights as professional journalists. The focus of the case was on freedom of speech issues, but does this ruling mean that access apply to the ever coveted confidentiality of sources? (state-by-state account of confidentiality laws) This could be the precident for the futureContinue reading “Amateur news gathers rights”

My First Digital Movie Creator

My package came. I opened it, and as expected, out came a matte blue kids video camera. I haven’t been so excited in my life. If you haven’t heard the Intel Play story, it’s worth a few seconds. Trying to make ground on the interface barrier between kids and technology, the Intel Play division wasContinue reading “My First Digital Movie Creator”

Nuclear fusion.. in a pan?

Researchers in Russia and America are close to nuclear fusion in a pan. “The findings cock a snook at decades of efforts to harness nuclear fusion for energy generation in hugely expensive reactors that create extreme conditions of temperature and pressure. If the claims are verified, the team will have achieved the same processes atContinue reading “Nuclear fusion.. in a pan?”

NewsBlaster

In today’s SearchDay, Chris Sherman introduced a new project from the Columbia Natural Language Processing group called Newsblaster, an automatic content aggregator, which, unlike Blogdex, actually culls similar content into one descriptive passage. Chris noted: “If such a system were combined with a URL monitoring service, and seeded with a taxonomy of subjects personally interestingContinue reading “NewsBlaster”

The Death and Life of Great American Cities

I just finished one of the best pieces of non-fiction I’ve read quite some time, Jane Jacobs’ indictment of orthodox city planning, The Death and Life of Great American Cities. This is one of those books I wish I was forced to read at an early age: insightful, motivating, and connected to so many ideasContinue reading “The Death and Life of Great American Cities”