Chess is a continuously evolving game. Technically. There have been many rule changes, but each one has taken centuries to be introduced and widely adopted. That might all change though with the latest work from AlphaZero, where the self-learning engine was used to evaluate 9 proposed variants of chess. These variants range from reverting the| Thomas Park | On web development, interface design, user research, and all th...
After 65 years at Mad Magazine, comic artist Al Jaffee announced his retirement. Jaffee was best known for his Mad Fold-Ins, where folding the page would reveal a hidden message in the artwork. Plenty of examples can be found on the web. The problem is, they all show the before and after statically, side by| Thomas Park | On web development, interface design, user research, and all th...
In my experimentation with HTML5, I ended up making Trebek, a web app that allows you to play along at home with Jeopardy! The idea is that by trying to answer questions before the contestants do and keeping score, you can gauge your chances of making it onto the show. According to two-time winner Karl| Thomas Park
