As a project, I was asked to build a customized feed using Yahoo Pipes. This service provides users the ability to remix data on the internet using an intuitive visual programming environment and has been on the internets for what will be three years come February 2010. At its inception, Tim O’Reilly lauded the service as a milestone in internet computing. Now that Pipes has had an opportunity to clean itself up and get comfortable, how has it really changed the landscape of internet computing?
Monthly Archive for October, 2009
Open and transparent is the theme surrounding our administration to the tune of one federally-run one-stop-resource of all data involving the management and governing of our nation: Data.gov. (Well…maybe not ALL data.) In an effort to right past wrongs, the Obama Administration is seeking to make the government’s information available to the public in an organized, easy-to-consume package. The web development community been sold on a beautiful idea. Five months later, we can see how the data is stacking up.
Just ran across this scientific paper today which explains all of superman’s power within a single unified theory and it looks very compelling. Just thought someone else might find this interesting as well. Excellent work, Ben Tippett.
A Unified Theory of Superman’s Powers
PS: Read Dinosaur Comics. You’ll thank me later.
