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I like using internet tools. I hate taking care of servers. Today has been a bad jinxed day. Is that more Alberta voodoo? For one thing, I loathe turning off web sites that are still accessible or even actually used. I have some web pages that first popped up more than 12 years ago. But I did have to retire one site today. Back in 2000, I did some experimental work with (then) Macromedia Director and its Multi User Server (MUS) technology allowing me to create a couple of multi-user multimedia applications. But now, my multi user projects are now dead. The MUS allowed for environments to be created that could be shared by multiple users, so I had developed on simulation that allowed multiple people to control the variables in an ideal gas law experiment (chemistry, we all remember PV=NRT right?): Ideal Gas Law Game Designed for introductory chemistry [...]

Tom Hoffman, blogther (=”blog+author”, eh?) of Tuttle SVC wrote today about an interest in two-person interfaces: What occurred to me is that there are lots of jobs in real life where you have two people collaboratively operating one machine or even one set of data on paper, but I can’t think of a single pc-based application, outside of games, where two people are working on two computers on a real-time collaborative task. SubEthaEdit, I suppose, but that’s a relatively simple case. I’m not talking about having a conversation; I’m thinking about some kind of serious data manipulation. More like a pilot/co-pilot relationship. Gunner and loader, that kind of thing. I’m not saying it is a problem, but it is kinda weird if you think about it. I wanted to share something I worked on a few clicks back, but sadly, his blog lacks comments (?) so maybe someone who knows [...]

This experimental site form 2000 (MLX Item #372), a multi-user application designed to teach students the interplay of variables in the Ideal Gas law, has been getting a fair bit of action lately. Check it out.