It’s no secret I like the idea of e-books and I like libraries. I’d like to see them come together, and it probably isn’t as far off as one might think. California has already considered making all their public school textbooks digital, so after public education, libraries seem the next logical step.
Recently I read about a new type of encryption scheme using cloud computing to allow data to expire. Since I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about e-books lately, and one of the most annoying things about e-books is …

I’ve had an idea for a long time: develop a video game conversation engine for Role Playing Games (in the style of Mass Effect or the Elder Scrolls series) that gave Non Player Characters (NPCs) a method to develop their conversational content on the fly, based on a knowledge database, syntax and keywords.
I spent a decent amount of time trying to figure out the ins and outs of the idea, to offer a conversation engine design that would be easy to implement and provide players with a more immersive experience. …

So, I’ve been watching a lot of Star Trek lately, specifically Deep Space 9. I don’t know why, but I’ve been powering through the seasons at a decent rate – 2 or 3 episodes a night. I’ve been enjoying it – I love that Star Trek always makes me excited to experience technology that doesn’t exist yet. I don’t mean the far out stuff like warp drives and transporters, but the little stuff that doesn’t seem that far off.
It was watching so much Star Trek that got me interested in …