The Coding Monkeys

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We're just monkeys

We're just monkeys 04/01/2005 03:18 PM

Jim Downing @ Smart Mobs

like a monkey driving a car

This article in Businessweek says that "the study of neuroeconomics may topple the notion of rational decision-making. According to the new science of neuroeconomics, the explanation might lie inside the brains of the negotiators. Not in the prefrontal cortex, where people rationally weigh pros and cons, but deep inside, where powerful emotions arise. Brain scans show that when people feel they're being treated unfairly, a small area called the anterior insula lights up, engendering the same disgust that people get from, say, smelling a skunk. That overwhelms the deliberations of the prefrontal cortex. With primitive brain functions so powerful, it's no wonder that economic transactions often go awry. "In some ways, modern economic life for humans is like a monkey driving a car," says Colin F. Camerer, an economist at California Institute of Technology".

Why Logic Often Takes A Backseat

I generally don't like the idea of trying to turn everything into economics. It often reminds me of trying to make music with math. This idea that we act irrationally is obvious to most people and if neurologists can help explain it to the economists, good. But I don't think it's just our economy that's being run by monkeys.

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Even monkeys wouldn't use a Mac

Even monkeys wouldn't use a Mac 03/31/2005 10:56 PM

The best thing ever, now with monkeys

The best thing ever, now with monkeys 12/22/2003 04:12 PM

My favorite song from Johnny Cash's last cover songs disc was definitely Desperado. And now, a flash artist/fan has made a video for it that is loaded with monkeys. I didn't think there was any way to improve on the song, but throwing a few chimps on horses just proved me wrong. This is even better than the song alone. [via vidiot]

Bali Monkeys

Bali Monkeys 07/16/2004 01:34 PM
Is it a g argoyle? No, it is the hear twarming, sly, naughty long-tailed Macaque monkey of Bali, creature of myth and of the Sacred Forest. It may t hink it's a gargoyle, or perhaps it's only dreaming of N otre Dame

Monkeys Wear Out Their Welcome

Monkeys Wear Out Their Welcome 11/03/2003 11:13 AM
Techfocus Nov 3 2003 10:13AM ET

Singaporeans Urged to Act Like Monkeys
(AP)

Singaporeans Urged to Act Like Monkeys
(AP) 01/19/2004 08:22 AM
AP - People in strait-laced Singapore were urged Monday to act like monkeys — the Chinese zodiac sign for the coming Lunar year — for the sake of their country.

Ind. Woman Fights to Keep 12 Pet Monkeys
(AP)

Ind. Woman Fights to Keep 12 Pet Monkeys
(AP) 04/14/2004 07:46 PM
AP - A woman who keeps 12 monkeys as pets in her home must ask county officials for a kennel permit so she can continue to live in her subdivision.

Dispatch the Flying Monkeys

Dispatch the Flying Monkeys 12/02/2003 12:40 AM
And here's the extra special edition wherein it's annnounced that for a limited time only, I am on the job market! Yes, that's right, the holidays are fast approaching, and what better way to cope with a killer Visa...

The return of the Spong Monkeys

The return of the Spong Monkeys 02/10/2004 02:44 AM

Via Eric Meyer, at least I'm not the only one selling out. Joel Veitch's infamous Spong Monkeys can now be seen in two TV ads for Quiznos sandwhiches: We love the subs and Take a buck off (Quicktime movies). It's nice to see such awesome and uniquely British talent recognised at a global level.

I Hate Stock Monkeys

I Hate Stock Monkeys 03/14/2005 05:10 PM

So, okay, Carly Fiorina of HP and Lucent fame gets ousted from HP. News happens around an hour ago. Same time, AAPL drops like two bucks. Why? HP re-sells iPods. Because HP re-sells iPods and because HP's leader was ousted, ass-munches on Wall St. devalue AAPL.

What. The. Hell?

I hate stock monkeys.

Monkeys Pay for Prurient Pictures

Monkeys Pay for Prurient Pictures 02/05/2005 09:19 PM

PocketPC for Grease-monkeys

PocketPC for Grease-monkeys 08/15/2004 06:02 AM

Rescuers Take 7 Monkeys From Woman's
Home (AP)

Rescuers Take 7 Monkeys From Woman's
Home (AP) 01/03/2004 07:29 PM
AP - Investigators rescued 39 exotic animals, including seven monkeys, a rat and four tortoises that were living inside a woman's two-story home here.

A thousand monkeys filtering advertising

A thousand monkeys filtering advertising 10/29/2003 12:10 AM
A common thread between the most effective forms of online advertising is the introduction of a hyperlink to a targeted user. In this respect, there is no difference between Google text ads, Orbitz pop-ups, and DoubleClick banner ads: for the advertisement to be effect, the viewer must follow a link. The browser market is ripe for plugin that, like Vipul's Razor, harnesses the efforts of many humans to identify and block unwanted advertisements. Users have proven with the SpamNet that they are willing to flag spam for the greater good, as long as it serves them as well; browsers should provide a mechanism for them to do so. Once the browser detects a community-reported ad, it can automatically obscure it – or remove it completely. This solution is in no way limited to banner ads. When a blog comment is...

The Case of the Missing Monkeys
(Reuters)

The Case of the Missing Monkeys
(Reuters) 04/30/2004 01:31 PM
Reuters - Serbia is trying to account for around 600 monkeys thought to be missing from a consignment imported from Africa, the daily Balkan reported on Friday.

Making Monkeys Obsolete Online

Making Monkeys Obsolete Online 03/11/2003 10:45 AM

The Page of Generators

"Steven Savage has the turn of mind that plays with permutations, and has come up with an entire page of generators. Mostly they’re just for fun, or as an aid to imagination for gamers; but a couple of them generated material that would catch my eye in a slush ms. One is the Academic SF Generator (inexplicably filed under character-related generators), which generates fields of study...

Even better is the Action Film Trailer Generator. It’s meant to generate parodic action-movie trailer voiceovers." [Making Light]

Monkeys for Research: Much Coveted, and
Hard to Come By

Monkeys for Research: Much Coveted, and
Hard to Come By 04/09/2004 03:55 PM
The discovery of AIDS in rhesus monkeys in a California research center 20 years ago touched off a demand for the monkeys that has continued to this day.

Monkeys Take Center Stage in China (AP)

Monkeys Take Center Stage in China (AP) 01/22/2004 09:12 AM
AP - "Hooligan monkeys" harassing female visitors at a park. Monkey fur dyed in assorted brilliant colors at a safari park. Monkeys in the newspapers. Monkeys on TV. Monkeys on the collective brain of the world's most populous country.

I have purple flying monkeys on my pj's

I have purple flying monkeys on my pj's 03/06/2004 01:55 AM
Crazy day today. Twice we had to evacuate the school. Once during my history test, which was not cool whatsoever,...

BONJOURRRR, You Cheese-eating Surrender
Monkeys!

BONJOURRRR, You Cheese-eating Surrender
Monkeys! 04/15/2004 01:02 PM
They've been used to teach everything from math to social science, nuclear chemistry to English as a second language and even religio n (although opinion s vary on the value of that). The Simpsons: is there anything they can't do?

Cupid, love hearts, revenge and monkeys

Cupid, love hearts, revenge and monkeys 02/13/2004 09:18 AM
Yes, it's Valentine's Day tomorrow

Monkeys Terrorize India Workers,
Tourists

Monkeys Terrorize India Workers,
Tourists 11/03/2003 06:39 AM
maybe sooner than we think .. tormented .. really

guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-3340136,00.html
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Monkeys Escape Cages at Research Center
(AP)

Monkeys Escape Cages at Research Center
(AP) 08/09/2004 08:19 PM
AP - A group of monkeys escaped from their cages at a New Iberia research center Monday.

Homosexuality found among Sichuan-Golden
monkeys

Homosexuality found among Sichuan-Golden
monkeys 06/19/2004 01:33 AM
Content.sina.com - Thu Jun 17, 08:30 am GMT

Uncle Milton's Aquasaurs beat
Sea-Monkeys flippers down

Uncle Milton's Aquasaurs beat
Sea-Monkeys flippers down 08/11/2004 12:08 PM
Uncle Milton, the ant farm tycoon, is selling an "Aquasaurs" (real name: Triops longicaudatus) habitat. These creatures are much cooler than Sea-Monkeys.

According to this FAQ : Triops longicaudatus are crustaceans that are also called Dinosaur shrimp or Tadpole shrimp that look like miniature horseshoe crabs.  They have a short life-cycle of 20 to 90 days - growing very quickly in this time to about 2 inches in length !" Link (Thanks, Jonathan!)

CNN.com - Gene blocking turns monkeys
into workaholics - Aug 11, 2004

CNN.com - Gene blocking turns monkeys
into workaholics - Aug 11, 2004 08/15/2004 09:59 AM

Gene treatment turns trained monkeys
into workaholics

Gene treatment turns trained monkeys
into workaholics 08/13/2004 02:02 AM
Blocking a set of dopamine receptors turns trained monkeys into workaholics. Finding can help with understanding a variety of mental disorders.

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Monkeys test
'hardworking gene'

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Monkeys test
'hardworking gene' 08/12/2004 05:14 PM
Não, não, tudo errado… .. Monkeys test 'hardworking gene' .. a pill that makes us do stuff:

news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3557310.stm
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Coding and Climbing

Coding and Climbing 04/02/2005 03:48 PM
It had never occurred to me that writing software is like climbing Mt. Fuji, but Step han Grell makes it all clear.

Why You Need Coding Standards

Why You Need Coding Standards 09/23/2004 03:07 AM
WebmasterBase Sep 23 2004 7:30AM GMT

Bar Coding The World Away

Bar Coding The World Away 07/12/2004 12:55 PM

Coding Frenzy

Coding Frenzy 05/14/2004 09:02 AM
Warning: techtalk follows, you may freely skip this if your eyes glaze over at the word "XML".

I've been in a coding frenzy for the past couple of days. JSPWiki has had some considerable additions, here being the relevant part of the ChangeLog:

2004-05-14  Janne Jalkanen 
<Janne.Jalkanen@nospam.ecyrd.com>

        * v2.1.97.

        * Added preliminary support for the Atom blog API.  It still
does
        not yet completely work, however.

I'll be a non-productive member of the society for the next three-four days (another wedding? Don't people get tired of these things already?), so nothing much may happen. But yeah, I nearly got ecto working with JSPWiki.

There is still however a question on how the blog and wiki apis should interact. You see, the page Main on this site is both a weblog and a wiki page. I'm having trouble, you see:

• GET to /atom/ lists all wiki pages (which means that even on this site, there are a lot of them) - not just the weblogs (since every page can be a weblog, even the weblog entry pages)
• GET to /atom/Main... Should it list all of the blog entries, or should it GET the Wiki page content? Both are valid interpretations...

I'm confused... Which is the correct way to handle this? Should a WikiWebl og combination have separate URIs for Wiki and Weblog functionality? Isn't that kinda redundant?

Coding standards 101

Coding standards 101 05/31/2002 08:11 AM

PHP coding guidelines

PHP coding guidelines 01/05/2004 12:27 PM
The guidelines that I follow when writing my PHP scripts; can be helpful to have something like this if you're working on a joint project.

PHP Coding Standard

PHP Coding Standard 11/27/2002 09:47 PM
Learn how to develop your own coding specifications.

PHP Coding Contest

PHP Coding Contest 07/17/2002 11:07 AM
Codewalkers.com has posted their latest PHP Coding Contest.

YSL Coding Libraries

YSL Coding Libraries 12/11/2003 06:12 PM
Transfer of CVS repository in progress

Injections Temporarily Turn Slacker
Monkeys Into Model Workers (Los Angeles
Times)

Injections Temporarily Turn Slacker
Monkeys Into Model Workers (Los Angeles
Times) 08/12/2004 06:07 AM
Los Angeles Times - Laboratory monkeys that started out as careless procrastinators became super-efficient workers after injections into their brains that suppressed a gene linked to their ability to anticipate a reward.

Guardian Unlimited | World Latest |
Monkeys Terrorize India Workers,
Tourists

Guardian Unlimited | World Latest |
Monkeys Terrorize India Workers,
Tourists 11/04/2003 04:10 AM

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