I've just been passed a couple of links to the code-swarm system. It's a method a visualising the development process of a software project – and it's pretty amazing looking! What this system does is use the commit process (aka check-in) of software development to track the additions to a software project. This is where a developer takes a copy from the central control one of the source files and adds to it, then places it back into the repository.

This is an interesting interview with Niles Eldredge of the City University of New York.  It's a very good account of looking at both the parallels and the differences between biological evolution and the idea of cultural and/or technological evolution.  First off he takes on the issue that in biological evolution we have DNA linking and encoding the information from one generation to the next:

We've just published the source code (under the GPL) for the following:

• CatBot plugin for Azureus 2.5
• CatBot Website
• Tagging System for the CatBot Website

All on Source Forge now!