Meet Eliza, The Computer Therapist

ELIZA emulates a Rogerian psychotherapist.

ELIZA has almost no intelligence whatsoever, only tricks like string substitution and canned responses based on keywords. Yet when the original ELIZA first appeared in the 60′s, some people actually mistook her for human. The illusion of intelligence works best, however, if you limit your conversation to talking about yourself and your life.

This javascript version of ELIZA was originally written by Michal Wallace and significantly enhanced by George Dunlop. Okay. So I tried it and the results were funny. I had a laugh while typing in a few sentences. I guess she is a therapist indeed since she did give me a few laughs even though she is made in Javascript .

Try talking to her now. Visit http://www.manifestation.com/neurotoys/eliza.php3.

Google Chrome For Mac OS, Finally!

I know it is late for an announcement. But it is Google’s fault that they did not email me about it. I only knew that the Google Chrome browser was out for Mac OS when I read an article in CNN today. And it had been out since last month. Can you believe that?! And they even had an option to subscribe to be alerted in case the browser version for Mac OS gets out.

Well, anyway. Better late than never. And I can finally download and install it in my Macbook. I recently upgraded my FireFox browser to version 3 even though I do not like it because the older version kept crashing under Mac OSX Snow Leopard. Here is hoping Chrome won’t have the same side effects because I really hate seeing crash errors in Mac OS (which by the way is a rarity until Snow Leopard came out and not all the applications were issue-free).

Has anyone used it? How is the speed and performance? Is it the same as in Windows? Share your experiences.

SI Swimsuit 2009 For iTouch

Sports Illustrated or SI as commonly known has its swimsuit extravaganza collection made for the iTouch. View sexy photos and videos of their models that includes Bar Refaeli, Brooklyn Decker and Danica Patrick posing from different locations like Cappadocia, Riviera Maya and Tenerife. Models wearing bikinis or just plain bodypaint inside this tiny sexy application.

You can also get new updates of photos and videos of their models once you have the application installed. This application also includes a sports calendar (who says it is just about photos and videos? ) which lets you keep track of schedules and scores of your favorite American teams in all facets of sports. To view in full screen slideshow, just rotate your iTouch 90 degrees from any calendar screen.

The first time you launch the application you will be asked if you wish to customize the calendar. Pick any model tobe shown for each month and choose some teams for you to track. When any of your selected teams is playing on a certain day, a dot will appear under that date. Touching that date will show schedules for upcoming games, or scores for completed games. The SI Swimsuit 2009 for the iTouch is a nifty tool to keep track of your teams’ schedules and scores while also having fun checking out the swimsuit model babes.