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Four short links: 3 Sep 2010 - Design Principles, Mario AI, Open Source Wave, and 3D Google Earth Sound

3 Sep 2010

Arranging Things: The Rhetoric of Object Placement (Amazon) -- [...] the underlying principles that govern how Western designers arrange things in three-dimensional compositions. Inspired by Greek and Roman notions of rhetoric [...] Koren elucidates the elements of arranging rhetoric that all designers instinctively use in everything from floral compositions to interior decorating. (via Elaine ...

Diabetes Drug Metformin Linked to Lower Lung Cancer Rate in Mice

3 Sep 2010

Title: Diabetes Drug Metformin Linked to Lower Lung Cancer Rate in Mice Category: Health News Created: 9/1/2010 2:10:00 PM Last Editorial Review: 9/2/2010

Hands-On With Call of Duty: Black Ops Multiplayer

2 Sep 2010

According to remarks from David Vondehaar of Treyarch, Call of Duty: Black Ops will ship with about 14 maps on the disc when the game hits on November 9th. I had the chance to try out some of the various new multiplayer maps and match types last night and came away impressed. (More on Techland: [...]