Some days I feel like WALL·E, sitting here by myself, sometimes for days at a time, churning out content, here and elsewhere, wondering if it is just garbage, and feeling as if the occasional cockroach (that chances a visit in here) is the only friend I have. Does the life of a content ... Read full entry

I was flicking through the earlier mentioned Web Directions photos, and this shot taken during one of the presentations, asking that old computer-age question, has print become obsolete, caught my eye. Now I'm, in disassociated style, going to jump to a completely different thought. We saw WALL·E (write-up coming soon) the other night, which portrays a very high-tech, definitely electronic, future for humanity. It was therefore a little ... Read full entry

While the human-like robots of science fiction have created unrealistic perceptions and expectations of actual robots, Bill Smart, a roboticist at Missouri's Washington University, thinks such misconceptions could nevertheless be helpful in robot design. Smart thinks those raised expectations were down to the impact of unrealistically human-like robots in movies and books. "People don't really know what they are. C-3PO in Star Wars is very humanlike, ... Read full entry