{"id":1570,"date":"2009-08-12T16:56:42","date_gmt":"2009-08-12T15:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.walkingrandomly.com\/?p=1570"},"modified":"2009-08-12T16:56:42","modified_gmt":"2009-08-12T15:56:42","slug":"walking-randomly-through-the-web-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/walkingrandomly.com\/?p=1570","title":{"rendered":"Walking Randomly through the web #2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s some stuff that I found cool \/ useful \/ interesting while on my travels around the interweb.\u00a0 My previous random stroll <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walkingrandomly.com\/?p=1540\">can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Puzzles with a distinctive mathy-flavour<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/threesixty360.wordpress.com\/2009\/08\/04\/a-new-twist-on-latin-squares\/\">A new twist on Latin Squares<\/a> (Nope&#8230;it isn&#8217;t Sudoku)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Games that have nothing to do with maths at all<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seanbaby.com\/nes\/egm20.htm\">The 20 worst video games of all time<\/a> I&#8217;ve actually owned a couple of these :(<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Take a laser and a computer and the world&#8217;s your mollusc<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.co.uk\/news\/archive\/2009-08\/10\/video-playing-with-the-sticky-light.aspx\">Playing with Sticky light<\/a> Ever imagined playing pong with a laser and the palm of your hand?\u00a0 Well imagine no more.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.k2.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp\/fusion\/LaserActiveTracking\/index-e.html\">Smart Laser Scanner for Human-Computer Interface<\/a><strong> <\/strong>A more serious discussion of the technology used in the previous link.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Python links that I&#8217;ve found useful<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/jimmyg.org\/blog\/2009\/working-with-python-subprocess.html\">Working with Python subprocesses<\/a> &#8211; Shells, Processes, Streams, Pipes, Redirects and More.\u00a0 This helped me out with a project I&#8217;m working on right now.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>On why failure is good for you and why we should all have the right to die<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.invalidcast.com\/post\/Are-You-Failing-Enough.aspx\">Are you failing enough?<\/a> Failure is good for you so don&#8217;t be afraid of it.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-1203622\/Ill-die-endgame-says-Terry-Pratchett-law-allow-assisted-suicides-UK.html\">I&#8217;ll die before the endgame<\/a> Eloquent and moving essay on the right to die by my favorite author, Terry Pratchett<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Do you want something featured in my next random walk of the web?\u00a0 Post a comment or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walkingrandomly.com\/?p=53\">email me<\/a> and tell me what you&#8217;ve found or witten and why I (and others) should pay it a visit.\u00a0 Links that are about mathematics, science, software or gadgets are much more likely to get included.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s some stuff that I found cool \/ useful \/ interesting while on my travels around the interweb.\u00a0 My previous random stroll can be found here. 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