Eclipse and Java for Total Beginners

Free video's for using Eclipse and Java.
Unfortunately they are in Flash format :(

Google AI Challenge

Welcome to the Google AI Challenge!

This year's Google AI Challenge is all about Tron. Tron is like two-player Snake, where your objective is to box in your opponent and make him crash into a wall or his own tail before you do! See the problem description for more information.

Check out the five minute quickstart guide to get started as quickly as possible!

The contest opens on February 4, and closes on February 26, 2010 at 11:59 PM.

Kasparov’s algorithm

Kasparov’s algorithm — “Weak human + machine + better process was superior to a strong computer alone and … superior to a strong human + machine + inferior process” — is that it suggests serious rewards accrue to those who figure out the best way to use thought-enhancing software.

Pretty cool!

Address Space Layout Randomization and VS problems

Error message when you use the Visual C++ 2008 compiler: "fatal error C1859"
When you enable the Create/Use Precompiled Header compiler option, the compiler requires that the precompiled header files and the relative modules do not move between compilations. However, the Address Space Layout Randomization (also known as ASLR) feature randomly relocates modules in a process. Therefore, the error occurs when modules move between compilations.

The Windows firewall is blocking remote debugging on Vista SP1 and Windows 7

One of the side effects of enhanced security in Windows:
The Windows firewall is blocking remote debugging on Vista SP1 and Windows 7

Lessons From Parallelizing Matrix Multiplication

Very cool example:
Before you dismiss this as yet another boring matrix multiplication example, consider that this, this, this and a lot of other tutorials on the web all use a naive version of matrix multiplication and then attempt to parallelize that version of it to demonstrate how to speed things up using some technology.

Cool pic

This is what I always think a working programmers office would look like LOL!