Personal Corpus: Update

Recently I have following some chatter around the data generated around ourselves, Mark blogged about a personal corpus and I enjoyed this post about a person as an API . The central theme I’ve taken from these posts is around things that tell us about ourselves using data we weren’t even aware we were Read more…

Setting up Torque 3D for Oculus Rift

I haven’t had time to try Torque 3D with the Oculus Rift, but it seems a very quick, easy and free way to start developing for my Oculus Rift.You’ll need: Torque 3D : http://mit.garagegames.com/Torque3D-3-0.zip Torque 3d Rift Template: http://mit.garagegames.com/Rift-Template-3-0.zip Oculus VR SDK which you should get from logging in to your developer Read more…

Maths until 18

Pupils in the UK who fail to get a C at Maths GCSE are being told they have to re sit exams every year until they pass or reach 18, when they leave education but have to have ‘idiot’ branded on their forehead. El Presidente’s skills minister said the requirement to Read more…

Data Hacking Fantasy Team

Around this time every year all my feeds are full of fantasy football teams. I wanted to join in; but I can’t be bothered with football. Instead I’ve created a fantasy team of data exploration tools. Looking back at my team these probably aren’t the best tools, they are just Read more…

Speaker for the Dead

Education had been dead for 40 years when the Speaker landed on Earth. Due to relativistic space travel the Speaker had received the Speakers signal only 4 months ago, the Speaker himself just 28 years old. While he is treated with respect usually only afforded to a priest, Andrew (named Read more…

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