I have a few posts that are in the queue for being published here… none of which are finished. Final (and only) examinations have arrived, and thus I’ve been trying to catch up on some mathematics I’m lacking. Anyway, thought this was an interesting graphic, especially considering the hurt of living in the UK for [...]
Microsoft has released the WWT. Free download available here: Experience World Wide Telescope You’ll need all of the relevant .Net 2.0 cruft to browse the stars. So far I’m impressed. Essentially operates like Google Earth but with the stars. Download times are a bit long for the imagery, but that could be the connection here.
Yahoo Pipe are an easy way for non-developers to aggregate data. Using a simple drag and drop interface, users can filter, parse, and sort XML feeds from all over the web into a single feed. Pipes even allow user input into queries. Anyway, I played around with Pipes when they were released but really had [...]
This is a short post since exams are approaching. Need to review Gaussian waves/tensors and Debye approximations in the next week–eek! Anyway, I’ve mostly completed a few fun projects concerning data encoding. These involve compression, error correction, and encryption. All of the projects are implemented in Java and include source code so you can figure [...]