An idea I’ve been throwing around since the first JS1k programming competition was to see if it would be possible to build a javascript syntax highlighter of some form that could fit in a single tweet. (In the first event, there was additional credit given to tweetable code.) I’ve been able to make something that… Continue reading Tweet sized syntax highlighter
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Finding the level of privacy we are okay with as a society is one of the blurriest lines I’ve fou…
Finding the level of privacy we are okay with as a society is one of the blurriest lines I've found. It seems clear that there is no single answer, but as technology shifts the balance we're certainly getting less comfortable with our ability to control our privacy. Being Social Is About Being Private Social networks and… Continue reading Finding the level of privacy we are okay with as a society is one of the blurriest lines I’ve fou…
A couple pictures from Google I/O today.
A couple pictures from Google I/O today. This was posted on Google+…
beautiful day at whistler!
beautiful day at whistler! This was posted on Google+…
This is a sweet inspirational mash-up of Neil deGrasse Tyson’s plea to congress to keep funding N…
This is a sweet inspirational mash-up of Neil deGrasse Tyson's plea to congress to keep funding NASA. Neil deGrasse Tyson – We Stopped Dreaming The intention of this project is to stress the importance of advancing the space frontier and is focused on igniting scientific curiosity in the general public. I give immense credit to… Continue reading This is a sweet inspirational mash-up of Neil deGrasse Tyson’s plea to congress to keep funding N…
Network Visualization
I worked on a network visualization tool in processing for my Ubiquitous Computing class. It observes network traffic and attempts to geolocate the servers you communicate with. It isn’t easily installable at the moment, but I hope to rectify that in the near future.
We, the Web Kids
To us, the Web is a sort of shared external memory. We do not have to remember unnecessary details: dates, sums, formulas, clauses, street names, detailed definitions. It is enough for us to have an abstract, the essence that is needed to process the information and relate it to others. Should we need the details,… Continue reading We, the Web Kids
This seems potentially quite cool.
This seems potentially quite cool. Google to Sell Heads-Up Display Glasses by Year's End Google is currently making a pair of glasses that will be able to stream information to the wearer's eyes in real time. According to several Google employees familiar with the project, the glasses wil… This was posted on Google+…
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Measuring page speed
There is a large amount of effort spent in the networking community in an attempt to minimize latency. It would be really great if the data I transfer could take a geographically efficient route, and if the things I ask for get sent back. It turns out that reality lags a bit behind this ideal.… Continue reading Measuring page speed