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GotW: Colors [January 23, 2010]
Well, Graph of the Week has definitely become quite an inaccurately named feature. But on the off chance that it’s established a cult following, I’m not going to change it. If anyone asks, just tell them the title’s ironic, and everyone knows it means “Graph Whenever Matt Feels Like It.”
Below is a graph I thought [...]
Picasa, for the unacquainted, is a photo organization and basic editing software put out by the good folks over at Google.
Personally, I’ve used it for a few years now because it’s good at organizing mass quantities of pictures, and back around version 2.0 it helped me parse through pictures and organize web galleries for some [...]
When you hear “42 inch HDTV” what do you think of? Most people think of a fairly big TV, but don’t know for sure what they’re getting. Some people realize that the “inches” refers to the diagonal length of a monitor, and HDTVs these days tend to have 16:9 aspect ratio (meaning the screen is [...]
This year, five new robots have been selected for The Robot Hall of Fame. Created by Carnegie Mellon University in April 2003, The Robot Hall of Fame calls attention to the increasing contributions from robots to human society. Here are this year’s honorees:
Da Vinci surgical system
T-800 Terminator
Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity
Roomba
Huey, Dewey, and Louie
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Computers can do all sorts of awesome things, and this, in my opinion, is high up on the list. Check out the video:
Researcher Stephen Cox says they “found frequent ‘lip-rounding’ among French speakers and more prominent tongue movements among Arabic speakers.” Which type of lip movements do you think are characteristic of English speakers?
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Graphics by Color [April 13, 2009]
Whether you’re designing a website, making a PowerPoint presentation or just trying to find the right image for a funny photoshop-based practical joke, many people every day struggle to find the right image to fit in. If you want a specific noun, Google Image Search will get you that map of Annapolis or that posed [...]
I hope that I am like most people in saying that I enjoy playing with the paper shredder at work. Sometimes, when I’ve printed out something that I don’t need anymore, I COULD just put it in the recycling bin. But no, it definitely has to go through the paper shredder. I look at it [...]
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