Writing interactive fiction with Inform:

January 17, 2005 | Comments

Writing interactive fiction with Inform: wow, courses in writing text adventures. Neat.

Bop it

January 17, 2005 | Comments

Some lovely user interface concepts from Sony. This stuff reminds me of Boppit: "pull it! spin it! flick it! twist it!"

Weblogs as lab books

January 16, 2005 | Comments

Weblogs as lab books: "I do like to the use the blog as a way to create a string of beads along this or that thread in my thoughts. I don’t feel these beads need to be particularly well formed, just a bit more solid than a passing whim; but certainly not defensible to any particular degree."

The Foot

January 16, 2005 | Comments

Foot-based interaction with games; after extensive research I can confirm that it is possible to enjoy a game of Donkey Konga playing with your feet ("Louie Louie" on Chimp setting)...

High Altitude Glider Project

January 16, 2005 | Comments

"Vehicles similar to this one could also be used in future for upper-atmosphere research, allowing small science payloads to be launched to up to 100,000 feet, and reliably recovered the same day.  ": High altitude glider project