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Discusses developments in virtual reality. http://www.arachnoid.com/lutusp/virtreal.html http://www.arachnoid.com/lutusp/virtreal.html A multimedia presentation workshop. http://www.arachnoid.com/MagicLantern/index.html http://www.arachnoid.com/MagicLantern/index.html A full, expandable index to www.arachnoid.com. http://www.arachnoid.com/lutusp/siteindex.html http://www.arachnoid.com/lutusp/siteindex.html A full index to www.arachnoid.com without DHTML. http://www.arachnoid.com/lutusp/siteindex_noDHTML.html http://www.arachnoid.com/lutusp/siteindex_noDHTML.html For some, the question isn't rhetorical. http://www.arachnoid.com/is_math_a_science/index.html http://www.arachnoid.com/is_math_a_science/index.html A conversation about the scientific standing of media studies. http://www.arachnoid.com/reader_exchanges/media_studies.html http://www.arachnoid.com/reader_exchanges/media_studies.html Short exchanges on various subjects. http://www.arachnoid.com/reader_exchanges/miscellaneous.html http://www.arachnoid.com/reader_exchanges/miscellaneous.html An essential tool for configuring certain displays. http://www.arachnoid.com/modelines/index.html http://www.arachnoid.com/modelines/index.html Ruby Gravitation. A Ruby program that models gravitation in real-time, as well as an article describing the physics of gravitation and computer modeling. http://www.arachnoid.com/ruby/gravity/index.html http://www.arachnoid.com/ruby/gravity/index.html A conversation about narcissism and self-esteem. http://www.arachnoid.com/psychology/narcissism_revisited.html http://www.arachnoid.com/psychology/narcissism_revisited.html Who are these people and why are they invading my mailbox? http://www.arachnoid.com/opinion/narcissist_appreciation_society.html http://www.arachnoid.com/opinion/narcissist_appreciation_society.html A convenient network interface controller for Linux. http://www.arachnoid.com/NetworkControl/index.html http://www.arachnoid.com/NetworkControl/index.html An analysis of online advertising, including a true, first-person account by a victim of online fraud. http://www.arachnoid.com/opinion/networksofsleaze.html http://www.arachnoid.com/opinion/networksofsleaze.html A landmark legal ruling creates a new category of criminal sexual behavior. http://www.arachnoid.com/opinion/new_sex_crime.html http://www.arachnoid.com/opinion/new_sex_crime.html Reader replies to the article "A New Sex Crime". http://www.arachnoid.com/opinion/new_sex_crime_feedback.html http://www.arachnoid.com/opinion/new_sex_crime_feedback.html JavaScript World Clock. 24 simultaneous time zones updated in real time. http://www.arachnoid.com/lutusp/worldclock.html http://www.arachnoid.com/lutusp/worldclock.html A struggle with Asperger's. http://www.arachnoid.com/reader_exchanges/not_fair.html http://www.arachnoid.com/reader_exchanges/not_fair.html An explanation — more of a lecture, actually — about freeware. http://www.arachnoid.com/freeware/index.html http://www.arachnoid.com/freeware/index.html A calculator for converting between number bases http://www.arachnoid.com/javascript/baseconversions.html http://www.arachnoid.com/javascript/baseconversions.html A virtual lens design workshop, recently rewritten in Java. http://www.arachnoid.com/OpticalRayTracer/index.html http://www.arachnoid.com/OpticalRayTracer/index.html A sophisticated PHP MySQL database client. http://www.arachnoid.com/php_writer/index.html http://www.arachnoid.com/php_writer/index.html A powerful scientific/financial calculator. http://www.arachnoid.com/PLCalc/index.html http://www.arachnoid.com/PLCalc/index.html A personal finance program. http://www.arachnoid.com/PLCash/index.html http://www.arachnoid.com/PLCash/index.html An exploration of a recent discovery in cosmology. http://www.arachnoid.com/dark_energy/index.html http://www.arachnoid.com/dark_energy/index.html An online application that computes common values for regular polygons. http://www.arachnoid.com/polygon_calculator/index.html http://www.arachnoid.com/polygon_calculator/index.html A polynomial regression data fit application with some technical background. http://www.arachnoid.com/polysolve/index.html http://www.arachnoid.com/polysolve/index.html Exploring a unique class of numbers. http://www.arachnoid.com/prime_numbers/index.html http://www.arachnoid.com/prime_numbers/index.html A Ruby project that tells Icom radios what to do. http://www.arachnoid.com/ruby/icom_radio_controller/index.html http://www.arachnoid.com/ruby/icom_radio_controller/index.html Another psychology student tries to assert psychology is a science. http://www.arachnoid.com/reader_exchanges/psychology 101.html http://www.arachnoid.com/reader_exchanges/psychology 101.html A critical evaluation of modern clinical psychology, recently updated. http://www.arachnoid.com/psychology/index.html http://www.arachnoid.com/psychology/index.html A numerical quadratic equation Solver with some technical background. http://www.arachnoid.com/quadsolver/index.html http://www.arachnoid.com/quadsolver/index.html A JavaScript quotation generator applet, useful as a Web page component, recently rewritten. 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http://www.arachnoid.com/ruby/round_css_corners/index.html http://www.arachnoid.com/ruby/round_css_corners/index.html A Ruby application to create round HTML table corners. http://www.arachnoid.com/ruby/roundTableCorners.html http://www.arachnoid.com/ruby/roundTableCorners.html How to design a GUI interface for your Ruby program.. http://www.arachnoid.com/ruby/RubyGUIProject/index.html http://www.arachnoid.com/ruby/RubyGUIProject/index.html A beautifier for Ruby source files ... written in Ruby. http://www.arachnoid.com/ruby/rubyBeautifier.html http://www.arachnoid.com/ruby/rubyBeautifier.html A satellite locator and dish alignment program. http://www.arachnoid.com/satfinder/index.html http://www.arachnoid.com/satfinder/index.html A Web-based geostationary satellite locator. http://www.arachnoid.com/satfinderonline/index.php http://www.arachnoid.com/satfinderonline/index.php A graphic slide set on the topic of science. http://www.arachnoid.com/lutusp/science/index.html http://www.arachnoid.com/lutusp/science/index.html A tool for applying a regular expression to large groups of files. http://www.arachnoid.com/ruby/searchReplaceGlobal/index.html http://www.arachnoid.com/ruby/searchReplaceGlobal/index.html Using secure-shell transactions to improve security. http://www.arachnoid.com/linux/linux_secure_shell_fun_and_games.html http://www.arachnoid.com/linux/linux_secure_shell_fun_and_games.html Reader feedback for the article "When does it become murder?". http://www.arachnoid.com/opinion/capital_punishment_feedback.html http://www.arachnoid.com/opinion/capital_punishment_feedback.html Selected Replies to "Asperger's by Proxy". http://www.arachnoid.com/psychology/feedback2.html http://www.arachnoid.com/psychology/feedback2.html Selected Replies to "On Being Perfect". http://www.arachnoid.com/psychology/feedback3.html http://www.arachnoid.com/psychology/feedback3.html An exploration of a recent discovery in cosmology. 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http://www.arachnoid.com/stocks/index.html A free symbolic mathematics package. http://www.arachnoid.com/maxima/index.html http://www.arachnoid.com/maxima/index.html A deceptively simple idea we all need to understand. http://www.arachnoid.com/symmetry/index.html http://www.arachnoid.com/symmetry/index.html A comprehensive storage tank analyzer. http://www.arachnoid.com/TankCalc/index.html http://www.arachnoid.com/TankCalc/index.html A special-case analyzer for large storage tanks. http://www.arachnoid.com/TankCalc/TankStepped.html http://www.arachnoid.com/TankCalc/TankStepped.html Reflections on a life of change. http://www.arachnoid.com/transitions/index.html http://www.arachnoid.com/transitions/index.html A concise summary of trigonometric equations. http://www.arachnoid.com/TrigonometricRelations/index.html http://www.arachnoid.com/TrigonometricRelations/index.html A comprehensive, interactive JavaScript unit conversion utility. http://www.arachnoid.com/lutusp/conversions.html http://www.arachnoid.com/lutusp/conversions.html Virtual Calculator — interactive JavaScript application http://www.arachnoid.com/lutusp/calculator.html http://www.arachnoid.com/lutusp/calculator.html A reader plays the gender card. http://www.arachnoid.com/reader_exchanges/what_do_you_have_against_women.html http://www.arachnoid.com/reader_exchanges/what_do_you_have_against_women.html An earnest exposition. http://www.arachnoid.com/what_is_science/index.html http://www.arachnoid.com/what_is_science/index.html An analysis of capital punishment. http://www.arachnoid.com/opinion/capital_punishment.html http://www.arachnoid.com/opinion/capital_punishment.html This really happened. I didn't make it up. http://www.arachnoid.com/reader_exchanges/where_is_my_data.html http://www.arachnoid.com/reader_exchanges/where_is_my_data.html Article: Why are computers so hard to use? Discusses history, current technology, consequences. http://www.arachnoid.com/lutusp/whycomp.html http://www.arachnoid.com/lutusp/whycomp.html A discussion of bound books as a last holdout in a world filled with advertising. http://www.arachnoid.com/opinion/books_advertising.html http://www.arachnoid.com/opinion/books_advertising.html A discussion of Olbers' Paradox, the Big Bang and related issues. http://www.arachnoid.com/sky/index.html http://www.arachnoid.com/sky/index.html How to decode political speech. http://www.arachnoid.com/opinion/index.html http://www.arachnoid.com/opinion/index.html A media overview of my circumnavigation, 1988-1991. http://www.arachnoid.com/photogallery/world_sail.php http://www.arachnoid.com/photogallery/world_sail.php A psychology undergraduate speaks out. http://www.arachnoid.com/reader_exchanges/yes_but.html http://www.arachnoid.com/reader_exchanges/yes_but.html