Monday, January 31, 2011
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Friday, January 28, 2011
REQ: Emoticon for metal "devil" fingers
REQ: Emoticon for metal "devil" fingers: "\m/ has worked well for me"
Turns out that music really is intoxicating, after all
Turns out that music really is intoxicating, after all: "To learn more about the music/brain/stimulation process, the McGill researchers followed subjects through the 'chills' or 'musical frisson' response moment. You may have thought that chills were just a subjective concept, but that isn't the case. They involve a 'clear and discrete pattern of autonomic nervous system (ANS) arousal,' the experimenters say, which facilitate 'objective verification through psychophysiological measurements.'"
The Genius of Turing | John Graham-Cumming
The Genius of Turing | John Graham-Cumming: "Almost 100 years after his birth, an international production team is set to take viewers on a journey to rediscover Alan Turing. Research and development for this feature-length drama documentary is underway, with plans to reach millions of viewers around the world through broadcast and theatrical release. The international production team includes Turing's preeminent biographer Dr. Andrew Hodges. Funding is currently being lined up for the film, with a goal for completion in mid-2012, to coincide with the centenary of Turing's birth. It's an important story that needs to be told."
How to write a simple TCP Server in Haskell - good coders code, great reuse
How to write a simple TCP Server in Haskell - good coders code, great reuse: "main :: IO ()
main = withSocketsDo $ do
args <- getArgs
let port = fromIntegral (read $ head args :: Int)
sock <- listenOn $ PortNumber port
putStrLn $ 'Listening on ' ++ (head args)
sockHandler sock"
main = withSocketsDo $ do
args <- getArgs
let port = fromIntegral (read $ head args :: Int)
sock <- listenOn $ PortNumber port
putStrLn $ 'Listening on ' ++ (head args)
sockHandler sock"
Thursday, January 27, 2011
The Backstory of Yahoo and Hadoop · Yahoo! Hadoop Blog
The Backstory of Yahoo and Hadoop · Yahoo! Hadoop Blog: "Back in January 2006, when we decided to invest in scaling Hadoop from an interesting prototype to the robust scalable framework it is today, it was obvious that our direct competitors had or were building private implementations of map-reduce and clustered storage. We didn't believe that this type of infrastructure would bring sustainable advantage to any one competitor: the needs of Web Search at the time were driving everyone in in a similar direction. Thus, instead of building yet another private implementation, we believed that investing in an Open Source solution would bring Yahoo! numerous benefits."
PatternSketch - HTML5/JavaScript Drum Machine and Sequencer
PatternSketch - HTML5/JavaScript Drum Machine and Sequencer: "Patternsketch is an HTML5 and Javascript audio sequencer and drum machine. With it, you can create audio patterns, play them back, adjust playback tempo, volume, and change the audio kit. You can also save, export, and collaborate with your friends."
Javascript in Ten Minutes (Javascript)
Javascript in Ten Minutes (Javascript): "var emptyMap = {};
var homogenousMap = {'one': 1, 'two': 2, 'three': 3};
var heterogenousMap = {'one': 1,
'two': 'two',
'three': 3.0};"
var homogenousMap = {'one': 1, 'two': 2, 'three': 3};
var heterogenousMap = {'one': 1,
'two': 'two',
'three': 3.0};"
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
while true blog » What if Visual Studio had Achievements?
while true blog » What if Visual Studio had Achievements?: "The Sword Fighter – 5 Consecutive Solution Rebuilds with zero code changes
Shotgun Debugging – 5 Consecutive Solution Rebuilds with a single character change
The Mathematician – Defined 15 local variables with a single character name
The Academic – Written 1000 lines of F#
Spaghetti Monster – Written a single line with more than 300 characters"
Shotgun Debugging – 5 Consecutive Solution Rebuilds with a single character change
The Mathematician – Defined 15 local variables with a single character name
The Academic – Written 1000 lines of F#
Spaghetti Monster – Written a single line with more than 300 characters"
Monday, January 24, 2011
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
projects :: hijack
projects :: hijack: "HiJack is a hardware/software platform for creating cubic-inch sensor peripherals for the mobile phone. HiJack devices harvest power and use bandwidth from the mobile phone's headset interface. The HiJack platform enables a new class of small and cheap phone-centric sensor peripherals that support plug-and-play operation."
Android Developers Blog: Gingerbread NDK Awesomeness
Android Developers Blog: Gingerbread NDK Awesomeness: "With the latest version of the NDK we intend to further increase the awesomeness of your applications, this time by a pretty big margin. With NDK r5, we’re introducing new APIs that will allow you to do more from native code. In fact, with these new tools, applications targeted at Gingerbread or later can be implemented entirely in C++; you can now build an entire Android application without writing a single line of Java."
IGI Global - Machine Audition: Principles, Algorithms and Systems
IGI Global - Machine Audition: Principles, Algorithms and Systems
Neat looking book, and a friend and collaborator, Luis Gustavo Martins is a co-author.
Neat looking book, and a friend and collaborator, Luis Gustavo Martins is a co-author.
Piet (programming language) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Piet (programming language) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Piet is an esoteric programming language designed by David Morgan-Mar, whose programs are bitmaps that look like abstract art. The compilation is guided by a "pointer" that moves around the image, from one continuous coloured region to the next. Procedures are carried through when the pointer exits a region.
Piet is an esoteric programming language designed by David Morgan-Mar, whose programs are bitmaps that look like abstract art. The compilation is guided by a "pointer" that moves around the image, from one continuous coloured region to the next. Procedures are carried through when the pointer exits a region.
Intimacy Black - Fashioning Technology
Intimacy Black - Fashioning Technology
In December Syuzi wrote about the first Intimacy dress by Daan Roosegaarde, fashion designer Maartje Dijkstra and V2_. This dress uses a white e-foil that reacts to the near presence of people by becoming transparent.
In December Syuzi wrote about the first Intimacy dress by Daan Roosegaarde, fashion designer Maartje Dijkstra and V2_. This dress uses a white e-foil that reacts to the near presence of people by becoming transparent.
Boundary object
Boundary object: "Boundary object
Boundary object is a concept originally introduced by Susan L. Star and James R. Griesemer (1989) to refer to objects that serve an interface between different communities of practice. Boundary objects are an entity shared by several different communities but viewed or used differently by each of them.
The concept has, for example, been applied on classification systems (Bowker & Star, 2000).
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Boundary object is a concept originally introduced by Susan L. Star and James R. Griesemer (1989) to refer to objects that serve an interface between different communities of practice. Boundary objects are an entity shared by several different communities but viewed or used differently by each of them.
The concept has, for example, been applied on classification systems (Bowker & Star, 2000).
"
Pyro - About
Pyro - About: "Pyro is short for PYthon Remote Objects. It is an advanced and powerful Distributed Object Technology system written entirely in Python, that is designed to be very easy to use. Never worry about writing network communication code again, when using Pyro you just write your Python objects like you would normally. With only a few lines of extra code, Pyro takes care of the network communication between your objects once you split them over different machines on the network. All the gory socket programming details are taken care of, you just call a method on a remote object as if it were a local object!"
Monday, January 17, 2011
2010 Whale Review North & South | Orca Nation
2010 Whale Review North & South | Orca Nation: "An amazing computer scientist and creative man named Steven Ness of ORCHIVE / UVIC / GOOGLE found me through this site and approached me to collaborate. Now, we are busy working on some new and very exciting projects involving whales, machines, videos, animation, algorithms and more! Stay tuned for updates on that. Click here to see a small experimental project entitled A conversation between random image and sound."
Thanks for the shout-out Maria! You fully rock.
Thanks for the shout-out Maria! You fully rock.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Programming Innocence - projectb14ck
Programming Innocence - projectb14ck: "The best programmers I know are the ones who naively charge into battle: fearlessly removing code, spending days in complete isolation getting a prototype hacked together, ignoring all critics and outside influences. These guys are my heroes. They code ruthlessly in order to solve their problems. They yield for nothing."
Chromium Blog: HTML Video Codec Support in Chrome
Chromium Blog: HTML Video Codec Support in Chrome: "Specifically, we are supporting the WebM (VP8) and Theora video codecs, and will consider adding support for other high-quality open codecs in the future. Though H.264 plays an important role in video, as our goal is to enable open innovation, support for the codec will be removed and our resources directed towards completely open codec technologies."
Thunderstorms Make Antimatter - NASA Science
Thunderstorms Make Antimatter - NASA Science: "Scientists think the antimatter particles were formed inside thunderstorms in a terrestrial gamma-ray flash (TGF) associated with lightning. It is estimated that about 500 TGFs occur daily worldwide, but most go undetected.
'These signals are the first direct evidence that thunderstorms make antimatter particle beams,' said Michael Briggs, a member of Fermi's Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) team at the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH). He presented the findings Monday, during a news briefing at the American Astronomical Society meeting in Seattle."
'These signals are the first direct evidence that thunderstorms make antimatter particle beams,' said Michael Briggs, a member of Fermi's Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) team at the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH). He presented the findings Monday, during a news briefing at the American Astronomical Society meeting in Seattle."
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Support vector machine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Support vector machine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "support vector regression"
Change the system volume from the command line
Change the system volume from the command line: "sudo osascript -e 'set Volume 0'"
sudo osascript -e "set volume output volume 0"
sudo osascript -e "set volume output volume 0"
Monday, January 10, 2011
Tuesday, January 04, 2011
All Graduate students are invited to attend a talk by Steven Ness (PhD Candidate in CSc) on his recent intern experience at Google
When: Wed 12th January. 5:30pm
Where: ECS660
Please RSVP to Cindy Lowe (clowe@uvic.ca)
Steven Ness participated in the Google Summer Intern project last summer, and was fortunate enough to work at the main Googleplex in Mountain View, California. In this talk, Steven will describe his experience at Google, from the work environment, intern perks and fun at Google. He'll also talk about the way to get a Google internship, and to skirt the mountains of resumes that Google receives each summer.
Light refreshments will be provided
When: Wed 12th January. 5:30pm
Where: ECS660
Please RSVP to Cindy Lowe (clowe@uvic.ca)
Steven Ness participated in the Google Summer Intern project last summer, and was fortunate enough to work at the main Googleplex in Mountain View, California. In this talk, Steven will describe his experience at Google, from the work environment, intern perks and fun at Google. He'll also talk about the way to get a Google internship, and to skirt the mountains of resumes that Google receives each summer.
Light refreshments will be provided
Monday, January 03, 2011
Sunday, January 02, 2011
How To Find Us
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Telephone:
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Email:
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Tube:
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Night Bus:
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147-149 CurtainRoad, London, EC2
Telephone:
(0207)7396471
Email:
info@plasticpeople.co.uk
Tube:
Liverpool Street: Circle / Hammersmith & City / Metropolitan
Old Street: Northern Line City Branch
Train:
Great Northern to Old Street
Anglia Trains to Liverpool Street
Stanstead Express to Liverpool Street
Bus:
8, 11, 23, 26, 35, 42, 43, 47, 48, 55, 67, 76, 78
100, 133, 141, 149, 214, 242, 243, 271, 344
Night Bus:
N8, N11, N26, N35, N149, N243"
