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The Shape of Music

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:04:14 GMT

Link: http://www.seedmagazine.com/news/2008/07/the_shape_of_music.php

Time is running out

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 06:16:23 GMT

What if the universe wasn’t accellerating, but rather time itself was slowing?

Link: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/earth/2007/12/18/scitime118.xml

The physical world as a virtual reality

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 15:41:50 GMT

(Link to PDF.)

Link: http://arxiv.org/pdf/0801.0337

The Secret to Raising Smart Kids

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 13:42:42 GMT

I think I suffered some of the same problems as the kids in this article back in school. It’s an interesting take on kids who go through “gifted and talented” programs.

Link: http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=the-secret-to-raising-smart-kids&print=true

The bottom-up and top-down approaches to game design

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:35:19 GMT

Link: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/2129/game_design_cognition_the_.php

Another theory on ABC’s Lost

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Sun, 13 May 2007 08:48:23 GMT

Long, but interesting.

(Down. Try here instead.)

Link: http://www.lostreview.com/2007/05/another-theory-on-abcs-lost.cfm

Storytelling science

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:33 GMT

Are scientists finally starting to understand how narrative helps their cause?

Link: http://www.americanscientist.org/template/AssetDetail/assetid/44518?&print=yes