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Top Tobogganing Hill in Vancouver

By LUKE MCGOVERN
Published: December 26, 2008

We think we've found the top tobogganing hill in Vancouver. The local's seem to have clued onto it too.

Toe Warmers for Snowboard Boots

By LUKE MCGOVERN
Published: December 18, 2008

The extremes call for snow boot toe warmers. You can try and get away without them but it hurts.

PHP Graphs

By LUKE MCGOVERN
Published: November 26, 2008

GD library based PHP Graphs can take a hike when Web 2.0 can show what graphs are all about.

What is Legacy Code?

By LUKE MCGOVERN
Published: October 29, 2008

When code takes the evil road and becomes legacy code it's usually time to start from scratch. Sometimes it can be a case of 'better the devil you know'.

Writing for the Web

By LUKE MCGOVERN
Published: October 28, 2008

Writing for the Web is like no other form of writing. There are lots of platforms to choose from but it all comes down to what suites your style.

FCKEditor vs TinyMCE

By LUKE MCGOVERN
Published: September 2, 2008

Battle of the web-based editors. FCKEditor has a huge user base. TinyMCE is hot on it's heals and looks to replace it with a host of well developed features.

Top-down vs Bottom-up Approaches to Strong AI

By LUKE MCGOVERN
Published: August 15, 2008

The AI battle of Top-down vs Bottom-up. Is there a right way to creating true intelligence.

Knol SEO

By LUKE MCGOVERN
Published: July 24, 2008

Google decided on some bizarre SEO factors in its new Knol platform. Fortunately for Knol, it already has an inside lane in the content race.

AI: Defining Understanding

By LUKE MCGOVERN
Published: June 4, 2008

Defining "understanding" is an important step for AI. It is problematic by nature and considered by some to be undefinable.

AI: Intelligence, Learning and Understanding

By LUKE MCGOVERN
Published: June 3, 2008

In AI the lack of definitions and tests for "intelligence", "learning" and "understanding" don't seem to be holding back the pursuit. Is it possible we've all jumped the gun?

Ethics of AI - Legal Rights

By LUKE MCGOVERN
Published: June 2, 2008

Artificial Intelligence is loaded with ethical issues the world is far from ready to face. Will machines ever deserve or need legal rights?

The Web 3.0 Revolution

By LUKE MCGOVERN
Published: May 26, 2008

Web 3.0 marks a revolution for the Web. How long does the world have to wait before it is a reality?

How Many Universal Dimensions are There?

By LUKE MCGOVERN
Published: May 21, 2008

The Universe is multi-dimensional. There are 4 that are common to us, in the form of space-time, but it looks there are whole lot more.

Infinity Paradox

By LUKE MCGOVERN
Published: May 20, 2008

The paradox that is infintity is ever present through all of mathematics. It is generally ignored for the sake of a good night's sleep.

Division by Zero

By LUKE MCGOVERN
Published: May 4, 2008

The old problem of division by zero appears pardoxical. That is, until the Theory of Everything puts everything in perspective.

Fact Files

AI Forums - A Growing List

By LUKE MCGOVERN
Published: December 18, 2008

There are a number Artificial Intelligence forums out there. All have the goal of getting the community to interact and help one another along the way.

Solving TortoiseSVN , SVN+SSH, Putty and Plink Chaos

By LUKE MCGOVERN
Published: December 7, 2008

Trouble shooting guide for setting up TortoiseSVN with the SVN+SSH scheme. Understanding Plink can help the diagnosis.

Old Versions of MooTools

By LUKE MCGOVERN
Published: November 26, 2008

Finding old versions of Mootools. Version 1.11 seemed to disappear off the planet!

Removing Apps from iPhone or iPod Touch

By LUKE MCGOVERN
Published: September 30, 2008

How to remove applications from the iPhone and iPod Touch.

FireFox 3 Caching Issues

By LUKE MCGOVERN
Published: September 2, 2008

FireFox 3 has a mysterous caching issue that ignores all http headers

TinyMCE: Disabling Path/Status Bar

By LUKE MCGOVERN
Published: August 26, 2008

Disabling path bar features for TinyMCE. It the next best thing to removing it.

TinyMCE Right Click Menu

By LUKE MCGOVERN
Published: August 26, 2008

How to disable the TinyMCE Right Click Menu. It's easier than you think.

View Cron Tasks

By LUKE MCGOVERN
Published: August 25, 2008

Commands to list current cron tasks.

CakePHP Session Webroot Issues

By LUKE MCGOVERN
Published: August 14, 2008

Nutting out the bizarre nature of CakePHP's session handling.

Cakephp Install Rewrite Issue

By LUKE MCGOVERN
Published: August 14, 2008

Troubleshooting problem with Apache rewrites on a CakePHP install.

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