Ape Reality

Tom talks about a number of the changes Bob Mottram has introduced to the Simulation recently, the parity of the Linux version of the Simulation and the newly re-released Original Manuals of Noble Ape available on lulu.com.

Now his book Field of Chaos has been launched, Tom returns to Ape Reality to discuss getting out the Original Manuals in a cheaper form and the next two years of the Noble Ape development working through the social graph code.

Tom appears on Sector Five on Salt Lake City's K-Talk. The audio is taken directly from their archive including regional radio ads (for some local flavor). This audio is being distributed on both the Ape Reality and Stone Ape podcasts. Sorry for any duplication.

Tom talks with Bob Mottram about his changes in the Noble Ape source code with sim692/universe/social.c.

This podcast provides some update in Tom's work with Noble Ape and other related projects.

Tom talks about a new podcast, some candid discussion about his time in the Bay Area and the SecondLife Client/Noble Ape Web Server update.

A recording of a talk Tom Barbalet gave at Intel, July 13, 2010. The slides from the talk are available via http://www.barbalet.com/talks/barbalet_intel_talk.pdf

Taking a break from the Noble Ape talk, this piece of music is one of the many 'anthems' that has defined sections of the Noble Ape development. The orchestration is of an athemic theme through Tom Barbalet's move from Australia to the US highlighting perhaps a defining introduction. More of these interludes will follow through the podcast feed.

Following a plea from Gerald de Jong for more content, Tom discusses a new release of the Noble Ape Simulation, Noble Warfare and publishing an internal narrative Noble-Ape-style.

Following a few days of rapid development, Tom announces Noble Ape will be on the iPad following some writing projects and potentially another release of the Simulation for Mac and Windows.

Following the disappearance of the GreyThumb blog, Tom starts a fresh with a new/old blog and some discussion about adding Noble Warfare to the Noble Ape Simulation source code.

Tom talks about a possible new direction for ApeScript and also about the new artificial life community site.

What will come in the near future? Tom explores his own thinking on interfaces and changes in direction.

Following the TalkShoe format of his other podcasts, Tom explores doing Ape Reality live from his library. He discusses a number of current topics in Noble Ape including publishing, ape brain compression and possibly a release of the Noble Ape Simulation in the near future.

Tom talks about the need and development of the two windows version of the Simulation, writing for the wrong publishers and why charging for podcasts isn't for him.

A discussion of Noble Apes walking, changing the simulation, writing chapters, getting older and a new podcast on trains.

Tom talks about Noble Animator and the projection of how Noble Animator will effect the Noble Ape Simulation.

Two book projects and a lot of Noble Ape related stuff in between, as Tom explores all that has gone on since the last podcast.

Tom talks about a number of projects including assisting Jeffrey Ventrella and Roy Plotnick moving their stuff open source.

Tom continues the four part series on the Noble Ape source code with sim690/core/being.c and core.h.