Brewster Kahle’s talk on “Universal access to all knowledge”
I love Brewster’s talks and his enthusiasm. Makes me think there are good things going on in the world despite others’ efforts to thwart them. Question he asks is: In our generation/lifetime, can we...
View ArticleMicrosoft, Google and the Declarative Datacenter
Both MS and Google (whose respective faculty summits I attended these last 2 weeks) seem quite interested in Declarative Datacenter kinds of ideas. Michael Isard at MSR Silicon Valley wrote about...
View ArticleComputing history comes alive
So I’ve been reading more about the history of early computers– particularly interesting is The First Computers: History and Architecture (ed. Rojas) because it’s written for a technical audience and...
View ArticleThe original, original Adventure!
i am just barely old enough to be familiar with the original ADVENTURE. the source code to the ORIGINAL version has been found! not the Don Woods enhanced version, which looms large in hacker lore and...
View ArticleProgramming Language Cross-Training
How about a late-curriculum CS course that gives you some kind of nontrivial exposure to a whole bunch of languages, and makes you implement a program that uses bits of all of them? (ie learn about...
View ArticleLanguage Smorgasbord
How about a late-curriculum CS course that gives you some kind of nontrivial exposure to a whole bunch of languages, and makes you implement a program that uses bits of all of them? (ie learn about...
View ArticleMy evolving FAQ on CS & life
Q1. What’s your life philosophy? A1. Always teach. Always learn. Think for yourself. Don’t just sit there. Take Gandhi’s advice and become the change you wish to see in the world. Q2. What two...
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