Ape Reality

Tom talks about what he has learnt from the Nature Inspired Informatics text and what changes it will bring to the Simulation.

Bruce Damer demonstrates the Noble Ape Simulation with additional discussion from Scott Schafer. Many thanks to Al Lundell for providing the video footage!

Tom discusses the welcome return of the DarwinAtHome podcast, the progress of the book chapter, Noble Ape Simulation development and the release of Noble Ape 0.688.

Good news on another book project, Tom welcomes the large group of new folks who discovered Ape Reality through iTunes and more...

Tom talks about the XML phenotype output from the Simulation, the EvoGrid and the potential for another book chapter.

Some interesting bugs have come through the phenotype XML output implementation of the Noble Ape Simulation. Tom discusses some of these together with a random smattering of editorial banter.

Similar to the last Mailout, Tom discusses Biota Live and the Dick Gordon book project.

Following the initial success of Biota Live, Tom discusses the back-to-back episodes coming up this weekend, the release of Noble Ape 0.687, the XML changes for the file i/o in the Simulation and the book with Dick Gordon and Bruce Damer.

Following the launch of Biota LIVE, Tom discusses how good this method was in contrast to his normal podcasting. Tom also reviews the nerd classic movie, Revolution OS, in the context of contemporary open source.

Tom talks about how his simple recording setup is getting traction on YouTube, taking the message of artificial life to a generalist audience and the progressive changes of the Noble Ape Simulation. Not to mention the new Biota LIVE podcast coming in early 2008. Happy New Year!