Posts from — May 2003

Skinning Our Tools. The Banff Centre is in one of the most beautiful locations you could ever hope to see, and since I really enjoyed the Banff New Media Institute summit I attended last year, I'm thinking of going to Skinning Our Tools: Designing for Context and Culture, October 2-5, 2003″Computer game players trade and steal skins from allies and enemies to shift identity, to signify conquest and character. [Purse Lip Square Jaw]

This looks like it could be a good conference/learning opportunity

The Intruder. The most fun I've ever had playing a Jorge Luis Borges story!The Intruder by Natalie Bookchin. “A story in 8 games. Shoot, score, catch, hit a ball or kill an alien! All in the name of love.”Hmm. According to the artist, it's “like a game but . [Purse Lip Square Jaw]

This is a great art/game project, check it out.

Life-sized toy car.

You see model cars based on real cars all the time, but how often do you see a real car based on a toy car? GK, our Tokyo correspondent, writes in that:

Takara Toys, maker of a popular Japanese line of toy cars (think Japanese Matchbox cars or penny racers) has built a human-size car based on their Choro-Q line. The real CQ Motors (Choro-Q) car has been out for a while but is rarely seen, even in Tokyo. Not sure if it is street-legal. Gamers may know Choro-Q from the Game Cube and GameBoy Advance game platforms.

[Gizmodo]

mmmm this is funny, we need more 'cars' like this i think.

Wiktionary. William Gibson mentions the really cool Wiktionary site (”a wiki-based Open Content dictionary”; neologisms here) in a very brief interview…. [Fragments]

this is nifty.

More on Matsushita's new long-lasting e-book.

More information, and a picture, of that new e-book from Matsushita we mentioned on Friday, the one that lasts for six months on two AA batteries.
Read [Translated from Japanese using Babelfish]

[Gizmodo]

this looks nice….

CHEF Project: The Comprehensive Collaborative Framework Initiative, Univ. of Mich.. This announcement about the CHEF Project appeared in the April 8, 2003 issue of the Distance Educator Daily News, (http://www.distance-educator.com/dnews/?name=News&file=article&sid=8805).
The CHEF Project is one more important development in steps toward shared, open-source education tools.
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“The CompreHensive collaborativE Framework (CHEF) initiative has as its goal, the development of a flexible environment for supporting distance learning and collaborative work, and doing research on distance learning and collaborative work. This project is staffed by University of Michigan School of Information and Media Union staff.”

“We are working closely with and are contributing to the OKI reference architecture, and are collaborating with other groups interested in open source collaboration standards. Communities targeted for CHEF use include those involved in the scholarly activities of teaching, learning and research at the University of Michigan, and their students and colleagues involved in teaching, learning and research that are outside of the Michigan community.” [EduResources Weblog--Higher Education Resources Online]

This looks like it could be a good project to become part of….

always like these linux kernel bits

An interesting linux-kernel thread on why there will never be open source drivers for non-obsolete 802.11 cards. [Hack the Planet]

Tibook is back, now back to blogging