[2003-07-24]
This page will serve a link collection with my commentary. Simply put, I'll add to this whenever I find a site, a page or a file that I want to remember and recommend to other people sharing my interests.
2003-07-24 - Math - Math for morons like us
A good way to test yourself and work up the ladder, from pre-algebra to calculus.
2002-12-08 - CompSci - AI Depot
Full of interesting articles on Artificial Intelligence. Much more accessible than formal papers, more up to date on current practice than most books.
2002-01-12 - CompSci - Dictionary of Algorithms, Data Structures, and Problems
A very comprehensive and good directory of algorithms and data structures. This is the place to visit when you find yourself thinking "gawd damn it, I've forgotten the definition of a heap again", or when two parties on a NG is discussing a data structure that they think they've "invented", but you know it's really a trie and feel that need to point them in the right direction. Then there's always the I-seem-to-remember-this-handy-algorithm-for-inferring-hidden-state-sequence-from-observation, which you'll find easily by visiting the HMM node. Amazing.
2001-11-16 - Science - How stuff works
Extraordinary informative site where one can spend a lot of time just browsing. Myself I found my way there looking for information on how mosquitoes work, but the site is chock full of different How X works articles. Highly recommended, as is everything on this page. Every article ends with a list of related articles, which is how you may find yourself going from topic to topic, to topic, to...
2001-08-30 - Math/Science - Plus Magazine
A very nice on-line math magazine. Many interesting articles and columns, such as this "Take a break" with a light introduction to error detecting/correcting codes.
2001-08-30 - Math/Science - A Mathematical Theory of Communication
This is Claude E. Shannon's (1916-2001) beautiful paper "A mathematical theory of communication", which of course is a must read for anyone wanting to understand the concept of information.
2001-07-18 - Politics/News - Politech
A site run by journalist Declan McCullagh. A good way keep current on activism in the technology sector. Well worth checking out once per day or so.
2001-07-16 - Religion - Religious Tolerance
A good source for unbiased information on everything religion. Their prime resource is a great collection of essays, many of which are highly readable, such as the one on Parallels between the Christian gospels and Pagan mythology.
2001-07-16 - Science - arXiv.org e-Print archive
Huge archive. "Started in Aug 1991, arXiv.org (formerly xxx.lanl.gov) is a fully automated electronic archive and distribution server for research papers. Covered areas include physics and related disciplines, mathematics, nonlinear sciences and computer science.". Pretty much says it all.
2001-07-15 - CompSci - Citeseer
Click the Computer Science Directory link and you'll find yourself browsing thousands of papers. I use citeseer primarily as edutainment, looking around until I find something interesting to read, but I also do searches whenever I need to read up on a particular subject. A fast and reliable way to find interesting papers.
2001-07-15 - Science - The Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation
I've been following this journal for over year now, and with every new issue there's at least one or two interesting articles to dive into. JASSS gives me access to the latest research on crowding behaviour, the migration pattern of human populations and so on. Why would anyone be interested in such things you ask? Isn't it obvious? I'm a game-developer wannabe, right? I have a strong belief that the future of gaming is in synthesizing available research from many disciplines and incorporate that into the gameplay.
2001-07-15 - Linux - Kernel Traffic
Every Monday I'm frantically reloading KT to get the latest issue as soon as it's out. KT is the simplest way to stay up to date with the linux kernel hackers. Sadly there has been a lot of low-quality issues lately, and sometimes it isn't even out on time -- or at all. However, the alternative is to read linux-kernel itself, and that is just too much work for me. Reading KT one will learn a lot about the inner workings of the linux kernel, and also be privy to the latest gossip and new features coming.
2001-07-15 - Hardware/News - HardOCP
There are many hardware news and review sites out there, but HardOCP is one of my favourites. Most of the worth-knowing stuff will find its way there, eventually, and the routine hardware news reporting and linking is interleaved with funny links and glimpses into the personal lives of the crew. Updated many times every day, so you can go back often. Perfect for those 'Oh-no! I'm all out of Internet'-moments.
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