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Bristlebots are cool

Published on February 19, 2009 By spyderkl

You know what’s not cool? Publishing a book about building bristlebots – and not mentioning the people who originally popularized them (and whose idea you used) in any way in your book. Not financial compensation – that’s not the point. Just an acknowledgement of where Klutz saw the idea in the first place. Is what [...]

Why my Twitter avatar is black today

Published on February 16, 2009 By spyderkl

It’s joining in the protest against a draconian, and intentionally vague, addition to the New Zealand copyright law. I heard about it last night, as I am one of Stephen Fry‘s eleventy-billion followers on Twitter, and he tweeted about the protest. Here’s the section of the copyright law that will be added, Sect. 92A: INTERNET [...]