Development
I think this category describes itself. My thoughts, etc. on development. The greatest thing about people (esp. programmers) is that we're constantly evolving -- so thoughts/views/ideas will change with time. It's interesting to look back and see how I "used" to think.
With all the hoopla surrounding which web browsers will support HTML5 video (and which codecs they will support), a buddy of mine mused about decoding video in JavaScript. I mean with a canvas tag, people have been able to produce some amazing things. And these browser JavaScript engines just keep getting faster and faster. So why don't we just go ahead and make a JavaScript video decoder? Yep, let's do it.
Happened to be cruising the Microsoft Research projects page...looking for something cool to mess with. Lo and behold, I came across Infer.NET. I could tell you what it's about...but it's better to get it straight from the horse's mouth (so to speak).
Have you ever heard of the Open Source Computer Vision Library (OpenCV)? Well if you haven't, you might want to head over to the project's Wiki page or Intel's project page. In short, OpenCV is an cross platform open source library (written in C++) that provides a great deal aid for developing computer vision applications. OpenCV can be used for biometrics, security, human-computer interfacing, etc. The brilliant people behind OpenCV have given us the ability to quickly implement such advanced techniques as Face Detection and Fast Object Tracking.
About a week ago, a friend of mine told me a...
I read in my bathroom reader that the top three "problem" employees according to the Wall Street Journal are: "The Non-Stop Talker" "The Screamer" and the "The Practical Joker." I guess that makes me a problem employee then. I don't scream as much I as used to, but I do play practical jokes when appropriate (hehe). Recently we had one of our programmers give his two weeks notice, and because he's a good natured guy (and he's quitting) -- I thought it would be appropriate to give him hell this week. Seeing as I'm a developer, my pranks tend to...
I did something that's probably unnecessary. I converted dynamic web pages into static PDFs.