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Computer-Aided Lego Art Project

Oct 11th, 2008 · Justin Voskuhl, a Google engineer, in a 2-fold bid to fight boredom and figure out something to cover a large barren wall in his living room, one weekend developed a Java program using an annealing algorithm to figure out the best layout and colors of …
see also: Google · computer · engineering · Java · algorithm · LEGO · Aide

Computer-Aided Lego Art Project

Oct 10th, 2008 · Justin Voskuhl, a Google engineer, in a 2-fold bid to fight boredom and figure out something to cover a large barren wall in his living room, one weekend developed a Java program using an annealing algorithm to figure out the best layout and colors of …
see also: Google · computer · engineering · Java · algorithm · LEGO · Aide

Successful Moonlighting For Geeks?

Sep 14th, 2008 · Having just bought a really old house that's on the verge of falling down, I'm now trying to find a way to pay to fix it up. I have a great job in software development that pays the bills, but I'm looking to earn some extra cash in my spare time. Whatever …
see also: PC · software · venture · geeks · money · Slashdotters · threshold

Technology Could Enable Computers To "Read The Minds" Of Users

Oct 1st, 2007 · New techniques under development could allow computers to respond to users' thoughts of frustration or boredom (too much or too little work) by applying functional near-infrared spectroscopy technology, which uses light to monitor brain blood flow as …
see also: computer · Portable · technology · functionalities · imaging · proxy · emotion

Boredom Drives Open-Source Developers?

May 7th, 2007 · Chris Anderson of The Long Tail posted an article yesterday in which he claims that "spare cycles" — or boredom and the tons of people who wish they had something better to do — is what drives Web 2.0.... and the open source development community. …
see also: blogger · community · programmer · Wikipedia · Anderson · freeware · boredom

NASA Puts A Stop To Space Romance

Oct 22nd, 2005 · According to a New Scientist article, romantic entanglements among astronauts could derail long-haul space trips. A top-level NASA panel has decided, though it could alleviate boredom, space sex could cause trouble too. On a mission to Mars, for example, …
see also: NASA · functionalities · New Scientist · Missions · sexual · sex · romantic