Stephen Wolfram: ‘I’m an information pack rat’

Newscientist has an interview with Stephen Wolfram online. Stephen Wolfram reckons he can model the entire universe using tiny computer programs. But despite being the creator of a “search engine” that provides answers, he still has to convince his peers that he’s on the right track, as David Cohen discovers He is the author of […]

Posted by kuehleborn on December 17th, 2009 | No Comments Posted in Geeks

Computer Repair Flowchart

Via Boing-boing It is nice to view the Flowchart, but there is more in it. Like the reference to the original website on computer repair diagnostics by Morris Rosenthal. And from there you’ll find the abridged version of his book, where Rosenthal explains about how to read flowcharts and elaborates on the art of diagnosis: […]

Posted by kuehleborn on September 1st, 2009 | No Comments Posted in Geeks

  • The Aesthetics and Beauty of Knowledge

    Shih was the opposite of facts and raw information; shih was the elegance of knowledge, the insight and skill to organize knowledge into meaningful patterns. As an artist chooses colours or light to make her pictures, a master of shih chooses textures of knowledge – various ideas, myths, abstractions, and theories – to create a way of seeing the world. The aesthetics and beauty of knowledge – this was shih.

    – David Zindell, The Broken God, 1993

  • Geek Attitude

    The attitude thing is about flexibility, portability, creativity, sociability and jamming (ran out of suitable “ity” words!). It’s about improvising – in the practical and musical senses of the word; not getting tangled in boundaries and the “right” way to do things.
    Definitely the only way to travel.
    – Martin Delaney – “Laptop Music”.