Daniel Lewis

So just a quick blog post (while my stomach digests my miso-noodles) which I have been thinking about doing for a while.
I wanted to let you know of various who have inspired me and in some way influenced my thoughts and actions. I’ll start with the ones within Computer Science, and then go into […]

Food plays an important role in my thoughts, I enjoy cooking (as long as I have the ingredients and a clean+goodsized kitchen) and I am vegetarian. I care about what I eat, when I am feeling a little less poor I try to buy Organic and/or Fairtrade food, I make sure that I look at […]

Just a small post as its quite late and I am le tired.
Kingsley can often be found talking about a “Universe of Discourse” (just search his blog for “Universe of Discourse” and you’ll find a few results), and this evening I’ve been pondering on the meaning and value of it.
What is it?
Well, there is a […]

Something quite amazing is going on, it goes beyond the goodness of any religion or creed, and I saw it in action today in Oxford City Centre.
Its the Free Hugs Campaign, which is a campaign where people out of pure selfless kindness offer hugs (aka cuddles) as a method of support to anyone who approaches. […]

I just had a little thought about how to explain the Ontologies that you find on the Semantic Web. You could say:
An Ontology is a bit like a thesaurus, but with a hierarchy of terms each with its own properties
SemWeb people: Does this make sense?
Non SemWeb people: I wonder if this is a useful way […]

After reading a blog post by Ben Goertzel about formalising Consciousness and Will using Hyperset Theory, I delved into reminding myself about some set theory and learning a lot about Hypersets.
I was quite astonished to find that the whole of the RDF language is perfect for Hyperset theory. Thank you Ben for writing that blog […]

When I was in Further Education College doing my various certificates and qualifications in Computer Science I was really drawn towards Psychology and Philosophy. So much so that I started reading about them, and almost did a joint degree in Software Engineering and Psychology (instead I did Software Engineering and Intelligent Systems at Oxford Brookes). […]

Most of the readers of this blog are probably in the technology industry, and most likely computing. So I have a question for you:
If computers ceased to exist, and there were no ways to recreate/resurrect them. What would you do as a career instead?
I know what I would do but I will give my answer […]