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i got an email over the weekend from kailash nadh telling me about a new tool that he’s created called (quite appropriately) Krun.ch….from kailash, “Krun.ch is a simple tool that simplifies the process of compressing and sending your files online. Krun.ch isn’t a replacement for the traditional desktop compression tools, but its just a tool [...]

remember a while ago when i was telling you about these pigeons that were actually blogging? did you also know that pigeons think in logarithms? well, this is another bird-themed blogging bit, but a much more sophisticated take on how information gets organized…and as usual, this is something that the search engine troika could learn [...]

have you heard about this grad student search algorithm that elgoog purchased? the press talks a lot about phd student ori allon, but makes zero mention of eric martin - the co-inventor who was also the advisor on ori’s thesis….not even in the schools own announcement from last fall is there any real detail… so [...]

i got an email from jeff kiley over at heritage microfilm earlier this week to let me know about a bunch of new things they’re doing…now, since blogs are a big public relations outlet, and because i’m a sarcastic and generally obnoxious mofo, you can imagine that when i get a message to the effect [...]

okay, now this is some cool shit (from new scientist of course, just one more reason to pay top dollar for this pub)….a small firm in the people’s republic of cambridge (massachusetts) called icosystem has been working on software that blends a computer’s ability to search through information with a live sentient person’s ability to [...]