Two interesting links to share today. First, a totally sweet article about some researchers who came up with a way of dynamically generating photoshopped pictures using simple sketches! Such as:


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So, my primary work computer is kaput at the moment, so this seems like as good a time as any to update my LJ.

Puked in My Mouth

So I discovered a link on Digg last night to a response to Andy Sanberg's "Jizzed in my Pants" video. This one, entitled "Puked in my mouth" is a pair of ladies talking about how they puke in their mouth a little when ( Read more... )

As 2009 begins, it is time for the 4th annual (!) Year in Review: Websites and Webcomics. You can compare this list to last years'.  I decided to drop the webcomics section because I pretty much read the same webcomics as last year so the section was redundant.

2008 Website Winners - Those sites that I frequent on a regular basis and/or have been ( Read more... )

When Young Teachers Go Wild on the Web
The Washington Post Monday, April 28, 2008; Page A01

When I came across that article, it was #6 on the digg front page. The gist of the article is that some reporter wrote a story about how people have facebooked/googled/myspaced young teachers in the DC metro area and discovered that some of those teachers ( Read more... )

Wow. Six year. Six! How crazy is that? In those six years I have posted 807 entries, 3,700 comments and have received 2,897 comments. I wonder how many pages of text I have written collectively? I'm sure it is mind-boggling! As a Retrospective, let's look at the three entries I wrote this day in 2002:
Tuesday, February 19th, 2002:
6:13p - ( Read more... )

Unlockable content. It has been around in console fighting games for ages. You buy a brand new game and sit down to play and realize that the character screen is only half full or the half the levels are greyed out. How do you get access to those hidden levels or characters? Usually by beating the game under certain conditions (use a certain ( Read more... )

I really should be working on my paper right now, but instead I have just spent the last 45 minutes reading about copyright infringement and arguments about downloading television shows online. My curiosity was piqued by this entry on the William and Mary LJ group.

The issue: NBC has of late been sending out letters threatening legal action to ( Read more... )

I saw a funny little analogy in a slashdot comment today: "I don't think one should consider a job the same sort of commitment as a marriage. A job is an involvement, not a commitment. Like a breakfast of ham and eggs: the chicken is involved, the pig is committed." Clever. I am currently sitting in Tyler lab (yes, I know it is a Friday night) ( Read more... )

And so ends 2006. Quite the eventful year! This is the first in a series of year in review entries looking back on various aspects of 2006. Today's topic is websites. Without further ado, lets get started.

2006 Website Winners - Those sites that I frequent on a regular basis and/or have been very useful or interesting for one reason or ( Read more... )