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*[http://www.paradise.caltech.edu/~cook/Workshop/CAs/2DOutTot/Life/StillLife/StillLifeTheory.html Matthew Cook's Still Life Theory] - Some of the best writing on [[still life]]s; be sure to click through ''all'' of the links
*[http://www.paradise.caltech.edu/~cook/Workshop/CAs/2DOutTot/Life/StillLife/StillLifeTheory.html Matthew Cook's Still Life Theory] - Some of the best writing on [[still life]]s; be sure to click through ''all'' of the links
**[http://msri.org/publications/ln/msri/2000/gametheory/cook/1/index.html Still Life by Matthew Cook] - another article of Cook's, with pictures
**[http://msri.org/publications/ln/msri/2000/gametheory/cook/1/index.html Still Life by Matthew Cook] - another article of Cook's, with pictures
*[http://www.ibiblio.org/lifepatterns/ Alan Hensel's Game of Life Page] - includes a java applet for the Game of Life, and the article from Scientific American that brought Life to the masses
*[http://www.ibiblio.org/lifepatterns/ Alan Hensel's Game of Life Page] - includes a java applet for the Game of Life, and the article from ''Scientific American'' that brought Life to the masses
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20070717225040/members.aol.com/life1ine/life/lifepage.htm Robert Wainwright's LIFEPAGE (web archive)] - Contains some of LIFELINE, but, unfortunately, is not fully functional due to the fact that it is in the web archive
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20070717225040/members.aol.com/life1ine/life/lifepage.htm Robert Wainwright's LIFEPAGE (web archive)] - Contains some of LIFELINE but, unfortunately, is not fully functional due to the fact that it is in the web archive
*[http://radicaleye.com/DRH/life.html Dean Hickerson's Life Page (hosted by Tom Rokicki)] - Includes many patterns found by Dean Hickerson himself
*[http://radicaleye.com/DRH/life.html Dean Hickerson's Life Page (hosted by Tom Rokicki)] - Includes many patterns found by Dean Hickerson himself


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'''Life programs:'''
'''Life programs:'''
*[http://golly.sourceforge.net/ Golly (Cross platform)] - Fast, free, open source, and easily the ''best'' Game of Life player out there; created and maintained by Andrew Trevorrow and Tomas Rokicki
*[http://golly.sourceforge.net/ Golly (cross platform)] - Fast, free, open source, and easily the ''best'' Game of Life player out there; created and maintained by Andrew Trevorrow and Tomas Rokicki
*[http://www.mirekw.com/ca/ MCell (Windows)] - Another great Game of Life player, created by Mirek Wojtowicz
*[http://www.mirekw.com/ca/ MCell (Windows)] - Another great Game of Life player, created by Mirek Wojtowicz
*[http://psoup.math.wisc.edu/Life32.html Life32 (Windows)] By Johan Bontes, an excellent Game of Life player
*[http://psoup.math.wisc.edu/Life32.html Life32 (Windows)] By Johan Bontes, an excellent Game of Life player

Revision as of 05:28, 30 May 2009

This page is mainly for providing information about LifeWiki and about the Game of Life in general, as well as keeping track of my tasks.

To learn what this wiki is all about see Conway's Game of Life.
For information on the Great Creator of Life as we know it see John Horton Conway.
The benevolent overlord of this wiki is Nathaniel Johnston. If you have any important questions or concerns, try his talk page.

This is a list of links (in no particular order) that may be useful to other contributers or Life enthusiasts:

Internal:

Wiki related:

Life related:

There are many more great Life resources that I haven't mentioned. For more information you might try the links provided by the websites above.

Life programs:

  • Golly (cross platform) - Fast, free, open source, and easily the best Game of Life player out there; created and maintained by Andrew Trevorrow and Tomas Rokicki
  • MCell (Windows) - Another great Game of Life player, created by Mirek Wojtowicz
  • Life32 (Windows) By Johan Bontes, an excellent Game of Life player

For the true Life enthusiast I suggest getting all of these. They truly are great programs!

Projects

These are things related to the wiki that I need to do/want to do/am in the middle of doing. Note: the main page for this kind of stuff is the task list.

Add information to pattern pages

Many of the pattern pages need work. I have designed this toolbox to aid with this work. It simply searches for pattern pages in a certain category that are missing specific information (more on this can be found under adding pattern information). If you happen to know anything about wiki editing and dynamic page lists, and would like to suggest improvements to the template, feel free to post something on my talk page.

{{#form:{{#input: type = hidden | name = content | value = <h2>{{#request:cat}}s without parameter: {{#request:param}}</h2>{{#dpl:uses=Template:{{#request:cat}}|include={{(}}{{#request:cat}}}:%PAGE%|includenotmatch = /\{{!}}\s*{{#request:param}}\s*=/s|format = ,\n*[[,]]|noresultsheader=No patterns match these criteria.}} }}
Search for...
Patterns in:{{#input: type = select| name = cat|
  • Wick
  • Agar
  • Fuse
  • UnitCell
  • Wickstretcher
  • MovingBreeder
  • GrowingSpaceship
  • Rotor
  • Crawler
  • StillLifeComponent
  • Gun
  • Sawtooth
  • Pattern
  • OscillatorComponent
  • Puffer
  • Methuselah
  • Wave
  • Reflector
  • Stilllife
  • Spaceship
  • Oscillator
  • Conduit}}
 Without parameter:{{#input: type = select |name=param|*a
  • bx
  • by
  • c
  • dir
  • discoverer
  • discoveryear
  • h
  • l
  • p
  • s
  • animated
  • life105
  • life106
  • plaintext
  • rle
  • synthesis
  • synthesisRLE
    • }}
    {{#input: type = ajax | value = Search | update = search}}
    }}

    Add and expand pages on Life enthusiasts

    The Life enthusiast pages still need a lot of work. If you would like to add to these pages please try to find references to your information.

    Flesh out articles on major topics

    I've done this for pages like bounding box and spaceship (although more could still be added), but several topics are not described thoroughly enough (pages like gun, tagalong, and the desperately needed hassle).

    Improve the help pages

    The help pages need to be expanded as we try to determine standard formats and such for our articles.

    Current tasks

    These are simple things I'm working on at the moment:

    Task Completion date
    Fix up Template:Reflector 05:24, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
    Bug correction in Template:PatternInfoSearch
    Improve Template:Pagecount


    Frequently asked questions

    These are questions I hope you never ask.

    • Does your user name mean 'chimpanzee' in Kiswahili?

    -Yes, yes it does.

    • Would you do {{{1}}}, {{{2}}}, and {{{3}}} for me?

    -Probably not.

    • Can you tell tell me anything about your personal life?

    -No.

    • Are you going to add any more questions here?

    -Maybe.

    Notes to self

    These are things that I might want to remember.

    Pages under my user page

    Templates that I have created

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