The Labyrinthine Nature of Web Services

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Sometimes Nature needs a little help

Sometimes Nature needs a little help 08/02/2004 12:00 PM
Here Comes The Sun Beatles - Here comes the sun, here comes the sun, and I say it's all right...

Nature Calls

Nature Calls 05/18/2004 01:29 PM
20040518 - MiniGame

Crime Against Nature

Crime Against Nature 07/10/2004 01:21 PM
Angelina Jolie is a mildly attractive woman. Why does she feel the need to do this to her back? Now she's nothing more than a...

Force of nature

Force of nature 07/02/2004 04:40 PM
Burning across stage and screen like a human dynamo, Marlon Brando set a standard for acting that may never be reached.

Nature Diaries

Nature Diaries 03/20/2003 04:23 PM
Wild West Yorkshire Nature Diary. 'My diary describes a year in the life of woodland, field, marsh, river, canal . . . and a fairly wild back garden . . . in the Calder valley in coal measures country near Wakefield.'
Richard Bell's nature diary has been online since 1998.
The site's link s page leads to more nature diaries and related resources :
Ackworth School's natural history diary, Roseberry Topping, an environmentally friendly slug trap, Yorkshire dialect verse, wildscapes from Texas, Notes from Pure Land Mountain (a journal from countryside Japan), and more.
Although it's not linked, An English Country Garden, chronicling a garden in a small village in Dorset, would not be out of place here; neither would Blackberry Creek Journal, 'a country newsletter about the seasons, animals, gardens and people of a small Michigan farm'. There is a huge collection of gardening journals and homepages here. [more inside]

"the nature of bl0gging"

"the nature of bl0gging" 05/15/2004 02:22 PM

Nature or Nurture?

Nature or Nurture? 07/21/2004 02:28 PM
Nature or Nurture? Like father like daughter

Nature RSS Newsfeeds

Nature RSS Newsfeeds 08/09/2004 06:09 AM
Nature RSS Newsfeeds
http://www.nature.com/rss

Nature Publishing Group (NPG) is pleased to announce the launch of its newest collection of RSS newsfeeds that delivers tables of content for its journals and other timely information to scientists' desktops. All Nature-branded journals in the life sciences now have associated RSS newsfeeds with rich metadata, while other Nature-branded and NPG titles are slated soon to follow. This has been added to Biological Informatics Subject Tracer™ Information Blog.

Tech vs. nature

Tech vs. nature 09/15/2004 07:37 AM
USA Today Sep 15 2004 12:09PM GMT

Nature-Inspired Computing

Nature-Inspired Computing 02/17/2004 08:01 AM
Nature-Inspired Computing
http://www .computer.org/intelligent/ex2004/x1002.pdf

Nature-Inspired Computing - Increased understanding of biological systems will lead to breakthroughs in computing and artificial intelligence. By Nigel Shadbolt. IEEE Intelligent Systems. "It isn't hard to recognize the influence of biological processes and methods on our science and technologies. Norbert Wiener's cybernetics was very much influenced by feedback and control processes that he observed in biological systems. Warren McCulloch and Walter Pitts' characterization of the neuron owed much to their understanding of biology, mathematics, and electronics. In artificial intelligence and intelligent systems, we've also kept the faith with living systems even when not aiming to build exact simulations. AI and IS have been fundamentally interested in the phenomenology of living systems - perception, decision making, action, and learning. So we might say that we've been doing nature-inspired computing all along."

The Nature of Meaning in the Age of
Google

The Nature of Meaning in the Age of
Google 04/16/2004 06:20 AM
The Nature of Meaning in the Age of Google by Terrence A. Brooks
http://information r.net/ir/9-3/paper180.html

Abstract By Author:
The culture of lay indexing has been created by the aggregation strategy employed by Web search engines such as Google. Meaning is constructed in this culture by harvesting semantic content from Web pages and using hyperlinks as a plebiscite for the most important Web pages. The characteristic tension of the culture of lay indexing is between genuine information and spam. Google's success requires maintaining the secrecy of its parsing algorithm despite the efforts of Web authors to gain advantage over the Googlebot. Legacy methods of asserting meaning such as the META keywords tag and Dublin Core are inappropriate in the lawless meaning space of the open Web. A writing guide is urged as a necessary aid for Web authors who must balance enhancing expression versus the use of technologies that limit the aggregation of their work.

The Changing Nature Of Radio

The Changing Nature Of Radio 04/18/2005 04:16 AM
It's no secret that what we once thought of as "radio" is changing drastically. Already, there are things like satellite radio and digital radio -- and there are those who consider file sharing, podcasts and music players like iPod as "the next generation of radio." Two more examples are about to hit the market, suggesting that this next generation for radio is also getting fairly crowded. First will be Motorola's new iRadio service, which we saw launched at DEMO in February (for the first time -- apparently this second launch is... um... just 'cause). The idea is to have the mobile phone be the core of the audio experience. You can download audio files directly to the phone, and then either listen to them directly off the phone, or use Bluetooth to stream the songs through your car stereo or home stereo. It's a neat idea, but it'll be a few years before it gets anywhere near realistic/useful. How many people actually have Bluetooth enabled car stereos or home stereos? Yes, Motorola will offer an adapter, but you also need to buy their special phone, which doesn't really seem to hold that much data -- so it all seems a bit limited. Then, you've got the launch of visual radio, which is basically just trying to update existing FM radio with things like song information and album art. It seems like a fairly weak attempt at updating radio in the face of a lot of competition, but it's hard to see it having much of an impact, considering the competition should be able to keep doing much, much more.

How nature keeps eggs 'in check'

How nature keeps eggs 'in check' 12/29/2004 01:39 AM
Researchers find a receptor they believe keeps eggs in arrested development until ready for fertilisation.

Putting Nature on the Pill

Putting Nature on the Pill 08/31/2004 02:47 AM
Wildlife managers are looking to contraception as a way to control nuisance animals.

Year in review: Back to nature

Year in review: Back to nature 01/06/2005 07:20 AM
The natural world was the focus of much nanotechnology and energy research. Robots, meanwhile, were learning to mimic crabs and bees.

Strains on Nature Are Growing, Report
Says

Strains on Nature Are Growing, Report
Says 03/31/2005 03:19 AM
Humans are damaging the planet at a rapid rate and raising risks of abrupt collapses in nature that could spur disease, deforestation or "dead zones" in the seas.

Nature Open Access Debate

Nature Open Access Debate 04/09/2004 03:54 PM

Nature is hosting a debate on open access science publishing. At the center of the debate are Public Library of Science and BioMed Central, two open access journal publishers using the Creative Commons Attribution License. The PLoS evidence paper presents a good summary of what is wrong with the current scholarly publishing model, why open access is important, and an open access business model.

Even as the much needed debate on open access journals heats up, it is just one part of a bigger picture where science, creativity, law, and society collide. Perhaps with this in mind, note the recent post on this weblog concerning the launch of the Science Commons exloratory phase.

Jefferson: Nature Wants Information to
Be Free

Jefferson: Nature Wants Information to
Be Free 01/16/2004 11:04 AM
Since many have said that my view of copyright and patent law is childish and held merely because I grew?

Nature 'mankind's gravest threat'

Nature 'mankind's gravest threat' 08/09/2004 01:10 PM
Giant tsunamis, super volcanoes and earthquakes could pose a greater threat than terrorism, scientists claim.

Now, It Isn't Nice to Foul Mother Nature

Now, It Isn't Nice to Foul Mother Nature 04/22/2004 01:09 AM
This Imax documentary, a hymn to the harmony of nature, is a seductive visual tone poem that portrays a world without pain, pestilence or aggression.

Nature so close, it'd bite you in the
arse if it could

Nature so close, it'd bite you in the
arse if it could 06/16/2004 03:08 PM

« A wooden platform path over marshland at Villa Elfvik. »

A few weekends ago, before the weather went to the cold rainy pattern we've been having lately, Jarkko and I went to Villa Elfvik, a nature reserve and beautiful English-style Jugend home that has been beautifully restored. The house is gorgeous, but the nature paths along the Laajalahti nature reserve/marshes is is the most astonishing feature. As we walked around the grounds, I kept thinking how unbelieveably close to downtown Helsinki it is and how it would have been made into strip malls decades ago if it were situated close to a city in the US. Finns are so lucky to have protected the natural habitat in and around the metropolitan area before strip malls became a permanent feature on the global landscape. Of course, like anything you grow up around and see every day, it takes a fresh eye to appreciate what you've got.

Inside the house is a small exhibit on natural resources in Espoo, a cafe (open only on the weekends), some history about the house and its inhabitants and beautiful art nouveau appointments. The house was built in 1904 for baroness Elvira Standerskjöld and there are some events planned to celebrate its 100th anniversary. The paths outside on the grounds are maintained and scenic and there is a narrow path of wood planks that leads south through the marshes towards Otaniemi that even has cows and sheep along the way. One bummer about wading through a swamp during the not-winter season is mosquitos so it might have been a good idea to have carried some repellant. There are bird observation towers at either end of the path which offer a nice view of the area, too.

• A small map of the nature reserve
• A small map of the location of Villa Elfvik
• Getting there: Take the train to Leppävaara and either walk or take the 52, 57, 106 or any number of other busses that stop at Ruukinranta crossing and follow the signs.
• Free entrance. Open every day of the week during the summer and closed on Saturdays during the winter months.
• Take bug spray. :)

Heart Rhythms Seem Circadian in Nature

Heart Rhythms Seem Circadian in Nature 12/22/2004 01:54 AM

Smart Dust Gets Back to Nature

Smart Dust Gets Back to Nature 11/05/2003 03:35 PM
Here's a piece I wrote for TheFeature about using Smart Dust to monitor bird breeding on an island off the coast of Maine. (Smart Dust are small wireless sensors that can form ad-hoc networks.) Link

Nature on open access publishing

Nature on open access publishing 06/09/2004 07:19 PM

One of the kings of scientific publishing, the journal Nature, has recently launched a forum to bring together articles and information about open access publishing. They've even got an RSS feed for updates to the forum.

It's great to see a top journal open a dialogue about a somewhat controversial issue in the scientific publishing industry. In an age of ever increasing journal subscription costs and shrinking library budgets, many smaller journals have embraced the concept of open access publishing and a prominent journal started with the issue at heart, but many larger publishers have distanced themselves from the topic. [via furdlog]

One in Ten Local Searches Commercial in
Nature

One in Ten Local Searches Commercial in
Nature 12/19/2003 07:33 PM
Of the big two players, only Google lets advertisers target their listings geographically, though Overture has said it's working on a local search product. ...

BBC - Science & Nature - Space -
Transit of Venus

BBC - Science & Nature - Space -
Transit of Venus 06/09/2004 02:48 AM
Early this morning EST, Venus put on the transit show for us Terrans, an event that last was viewable in 1882 .. from remarkably-similar photographs

bbc.co.uk/science/space/myspace/nightsky/transitofvenus. shtml
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This site contains some material which
might be considered of an adult nature

This site contains some material which
might be considered of an adult nature 06/21/2004 11:51 PM
The Pin-up Files :: Hundreds of classic and modern drawings of glamorous and beautiful women. Also includes artist bios, notes on many of the images, and a great list of links to other sites. I find it interesting to see how our idea of what is erotic or beautiful have changed (and remained the same) from the '40's to today. This site contains some material which might be considered of an adult nature. Viewer discretion is advised.

Nature.com- Mayan pyramids are giant
resonators

Nature.com- Mayan pyramids are giant
resonators 01/04/2005 04:24 AM
Mystery of 'chirping' pyramid decoded

origin.www.nature.com/news/2004/041213/full/041213-5.html
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"BBC - Science & Nature - Space -
Transit of Venus "

"BBC - Science & Nature - Space -
Transit of Venus " 06/15/2004 12:12 AM

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Why Hubble
is being dropped

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Why Hubble
is being dropped 01/18/2004 05:59 AM
Misplaced Priorities in Space Research .. NASA intends to shutter Hubble .. will surprisingly be scrapped .. completely unrelated .. accordingto the BBC

news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3406079.stm
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Camp Counselors Died in Nature They
Loved (AP)

Camp Counselors Died in Nature They
Loved (AP) 08/21/2004 05:33 AM
AP - They were young adults from America's heartland with a passion for the wild outdoors, backpacking, sailing and camping when they could, working together as counselors at a Christian retreat and dreaming that they would someday open one of their own.

IT Conversations: Malcolm Gladwell -
Human Nature

IT Conversations: Malcolm Gladwell -
Human Nature 03/17/2005 02:49 AM
IT Conversations: Malcolm Gladwell - Human Nature .. Gladwell did in the presentation .. New book from Malcolm Gladwell .. I heard him talk .. Listen .. MP3

itconversations.com/shows/detail230.html
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Hinterland Who's Who: short nature films
from my childhood

Hinterland Who's Who: short nature films
from my childhood 06/26/2004 06:15 AM
"Hinterland Who's Who" was a series of 1960s-era short nature films that used to air as interstitial material on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation when I was a kid, maddeningly interrupting the cartoons. There was a very funny sendup of these on an old SCTV episode, but other than that, I haven't seen these since I was a small child. Until today. Now they're all on the Web. Now, the Internet is complete. Link

" BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Why Hubble
is being dropped "

" BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Why Hubble
is being dropped " 01/18/2004 09:15 AM

Internet & Wifi Camping Enables You to
Web into New Nature Frontiers

Internet & Wifi Camping Enables You to
Web into New Nature Frontiers 03/25/2005 06:37 AM
Do you go camping to get away from it all and to get back in touch with nature? Or do you have the clicking finger itch to get back online around the campfire. Check your auctions and email under the stars. For better or worse, you can do both these days. [PRWEB Mar 25, 2005]

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | New ocean
species uncovered

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | New ocean
species uncovered 08/08/2004 08:31 AM
New ocean species uncovered

news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3542740.stm
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BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Richer,
stouter, and no happier

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Richer,
stouter, and no happier 01/09/2004 11:22 PM
Richer, stouter, and no happier .. this utter rubbish .. full story

news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3380387.stm
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BBC NEWS | Science/Nature |
Teleportation breakthrough made

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature |
Teleportation breakthrough made 06/17/2004 08:31 AM
Teleportation breakthrough made .. Beam Me Up .. bbc

news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3811785.stm
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BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Brain
fingerprints under scrutiny

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Brain
fingerprints under scrutiny 02/19/2004 08:05 AM
Brain fingerprints under scrutiny

news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3495433.stm
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