As part of my Master’s program, I was able to participate on a project to create a CubeSat. A small, 10x10x30cm satellite, which in this case has a science instrument that measures energetic particles from the Sun. Throughout the project, my involvement was centered around the command and data handling subsystem., and I served various […]
Read MoreOpenCV + OpenGL + GLSL = fast real time video processing fun 0
I’ve been writing some image/video processing shaders this week, and have some nifty post-processing effects in place that take the input from a live webcam and dynamically process the video stream and overlay the effect in real time. So far, I’ve implemented 28 different shader based filters ranging from black and white line drawing to […]
Read MoreInteresting use of Computer Vision Algorithms 0
I recently came across an application called Sikuli, and upon digging in to learn more was very interested to learn that it accomplishes its goals through computer vision algorithms in part. CV has some amazing applications, but this is one of the more practical and applicable to my daily life. Essentially, Sikuli is an automation […]
Read MoreNotational Velocity… kicks ass! 0
I’ve been using my own auto-hide drawer note thingies for years, and while they never evolved to what I’d envisioned, I never came across something that worked better for me. Until now. I recently came across Notational Velocity, and ever since it has displaced my own jpeekaboo app Syncs via DropBox, keyboard driven, brilliant! I […]
Read Morebit.ly and 1.usa.gov, thanks bit.ly! 0
Wow. Just… Wow. Very rarely do companies surprise me in good ways anymore, but bit.ly surprised me in an amazing and positive way this week that I felt compelled to share. I recently read that bit.ly had started shortening .gov domains to 1.usa.gov/foo, and I just happened to be in the middle of attempting to […]
Read MoreWaltzing with Bears, review and opinion 0
I finally finished Waltzing with Bears this week, after nursing it for a few months. It’s a book about “managing risks on software projects” from the authors of Peopleware. Peopleware is one of my all time favorites, so I had high hopes going in. As you may have gathered from my previous comment, that it […]
Read MoreWorldWideTelescope 0
TFP (last post) is already introducing me to new things… I came across Microsoft’s WorldWideTelescope project in the book, and decided to check it out. It runs painfully slowly (even on my 2.93GHz C2D MBP), but I can still use it, and determined that it’s extremely cool. That said, I should point out that being […]
Read MoreIt’s the data stupid (“The Fourth Paradigm”) 0
I stumbled across this New York Times article in my RSS feeds this AM regarding a Microsoft research endeavor/book titled “The Fourth Paradigm”. I’ve skimmed TFP so far, and have highlighted a few sections I want to read in depth, and it looks quite good. Essentially, it explores today’s data volumes in the science realm […]
Read MoreThe Tipping Point 0
I added The Tipping Point to the books page. This book was recommended to me by my former mentor at Sun, and was quite good. Follow the link or go to the books page for more details.
Read Morejpeekaboo updated, new features added 0
Something finally motivated me enough to make some changes to jpeekaboo. Time does indeed fly, it’s been almost a year since the last release… I put in some infrastructure for settings, and used that to allow the note to be pinned to either the left or right side of the screen. The settings also have […]
Read MoreFirst wolf3d, now Doom for iPhone! 0
John Carmack commented on the existence and forthcoming release of Doom for the iPhone. That will certainly be interesting, and per the article more time has been put into the interface (among other things) so it should be a better app than wolf. Hopefully he’ll release the Doom iPhone source code too…
Read Morenow that’s a great idea! (data.gov) 0
The government decided to do something useful with a few of its copious data stores, excellent! After perusing data.gov a bit, there are quite a few useful data sources. More importantly, this could be much larger than it currently is, and represents a huge opportunity for so many federal organizations to share their data not […]
Read MoreMaking Things Happen 0
Added Making Things Happen to the book page. Check it out.
Read Moreroot cause analysis – keeping software simple and high quality 0
I posted a brief thought on RCA on my Sun blog In short, software developers could improve quality and simplify by employing RCA during development. Avoid getting caught up in what’s new and cool and focus on what your intended users really need.
Read MoreAdded FreeMind to SoftwareGoodies 0
Mind maps rock. I’ve found them abundantly useful for thinking through problems, and for mapping out tasks to help plan a project. FreeMind is a Java based mind mapping app which is very useful. There’s a link on the SoftwareGoodies page.
Read MoreAdded Smart & Gets Things Done to book page 0
I recently read Joel Spolsky’s short book which serves as a useful ‘guide to finding the best technical talent’. It’s the first book of the past three I’ve read which warrants a mention and a post on the books page.
Read MoreAdded The Black Swan to books page 0
Yes, I’ve been reading more lately. Go to the books page to see my quick review/summary, and pick up a copy from Amazon.com.
Read MoreAdded ‘The Dip’ to books page 0
A short book on sticking or quitting (anything) by Seth Godin. More info on the books page. Take a look.
Read MoreFinally posted some itch+scratch ware 0
A number of years ago (2001 specifically) I was bored, and decided to fight off said boredom by writing a small little IRC like client/server app in Java. Yes, I realize writing code as a way to fight off boredom is geeky. Yes, I am a geek. Anyhow, I recently dusted this puppy off and […]
Read MoreAdded Happy Hour is 9 to 5 to Books page 0
Head on over to the books page for more info.
Read MoreAdded Books Page 0
I added the books page, and a reference and comment on the first of many books that will appear there over time.
Read MoreFinally added more content… 0
I’ve been distracted by work and haven’t added as much content as I would have liked. However, I did _finally_ add links on the SoftwareGoodies page to software I think is very useful. Check it out. -P
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