Richard Metzger wishes Samuel Beckett a happy 106th birthday on Dangerous Minds.

Single-exposure shot from the photographer’s apartment window. Wow. (Laughing Squid)

“One hundred years after Alan Turing was born, his eponymous test remains an elusive benchmark for artificial intelligence. Now, for the first time in decades, it’s possible to imagine a machine making the grade…. There is reason to believe that code kernels for the first Turing-intelligent machine have already been written.” (via Wired.com).

“…The Map of the Dead from Doejo… overlays zombie danger zones and potential supply locations on a Google Map of your local haunts. Red areas denote population centers where zombies might graze, while dark gray zones cover parks and wilderness areas, which are most likely to be walker-free. Supply locations are annotated with helpful descriptions — liquor stores, hospitals, gun shops, military bases and cemeteries are just some of the locations highlighted.”  (via Wired.com).