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6/12/07 06:04 pm



create your own visited states map
or check out these Google Hacks.

4/24/07 12:13 pm

Laura pointed me toward this article.

Thus when dogs were attracted to something, including a benign, approachable cat, their tails wagged right, and when they were fearful, their tails went left, Dr. Vallortigara said. It suggests that the muscles in the right side of the tail reflect positive emotions while the muscles in the left side express negative ones.


The article is very interesting. It is about brain asymmetries in many species.

4/6/07 01:21 pm - Ants!

I've created an ant simulation in Second Life. A blogger has written about it here. Watch my video! :)

(And, please digg it!)

3/30/07 07:33 pm

From "Information Hiding -- A Survey" by F. A. P. Petitcolas, R. J. Anderson, and M. G. Kuhn:

The electromagnetic radiation produced by computers forms another covert channel. It not only interferes with reception on nearby radio receivers, but can also convey information. For instance, the video signal emitted by CRT or liquid-crystal displays can be reconstructed using a simple modified TV set at several hundred meters distance [97]. Many military organizations use especially shielded ‘Tempest’ certified equipment to process classified information, in order to eliminate the risk of losing secrets via compromising emanations [98].


We have shown in [99] how software can hide information in video screen content in a form that is invisible to the user but that can easily be reconstructed with modified TV receivers. More sophisticated ways of broadcasting information covertly from PC software use spread spectrum techniques to embed information in the video signal or CPU bus activity.


It is possible to write a virus that searches a computer’s hard disk for crypto-key material or other secrets, and proceeds to radiate them covertly. The same techniques could also be used in software copyright protection: software could transmit its license serial number while in use, and software trade associations could send detector vans round business districts and other neighbourhoods where piracy is suspected – just like the ‘TV detector vans’ used in countries with a mandatory TV license fee. If multiple signals are then received simultaneously with the same serial number but with spreading sequences at different phases, this proves that software purchased under a single license is being used concurrently on different computers, and can provide the evidence to obtain a search warrant.



Wow. Scary.

2/16/07 08:17 pm - More Perl!

1/27/07 11:43 pm - Oops

Oops, now my previous entry actually links to the image. Isn't it cute?!

1/25/07 11:50 pm

An expressive rock on Stone Mountain:

1/12/07 11:10 am - m/^([^\/]+)\/(\d+)(\-([a-zA-Z0-9\-]+))?\.(\w+)$/i


1/8/07 11:09 pm - Game of Life

While waiting for a haircut for two hours (?!), I wrote an implementation of Game of Life for my really cool new class on Simulation of Biology.

12/26/06 01:47 pm - Identify?

Who knows what this is?

12/23/06 10:08 pm - Way too much Perl.

Sometime in the last few days (or possibly even today), my current project with Keith and Josh passed 6000 lines of Perl code. It now sits at some 6159 lines of Perl. I'm not sure how many hundreds of lines of HTML and JavaScript have also been written.

Phew. This is gonna be fun to debug!

12/10/06 11:39 pm - Office Space


Another oldie.

12/10/06 09:04 pm - Two of Me


I made this a really long time ago, but just put it on YouTube now. If you have a YouTube account, tell me your username and I'll add you as a friend so you can see my private videos (Haverford filmfest and stuff).

12/9/06 05:10 pm - Debugging

10/10/06 10:34 pm



Do you know what this is? :)

8/6/06 10:16 pm - Killbots? A trifle.

Zapp: Killbots? A trifle. It was simply a matter of outsmarting them.
Fry: Wow, I never would've thought of that.
Zapp: You see, killbots have a preset kill limit. Knowing their weakness, I sent wave after wave of my own men at them until they reached their limit and shut down.
[...]
Leela: Captain Brannigan, we really need to talk to you about our mission.
Zapp: Whatever it is, I'm willing to put wave after wave of men at your disposal. Right, men?
[He raises his glass to the crew.]
Crewman: (shouting) You suck!

8/5/06 09:38 pm - Help pick this guy's date

This is a fun idea. Be sure to check out the current top suggestions list.

7/26/06 01:10 pm - Physicsy!

Oh, Waves and Optics!

7/26/06 01:27 am - Cool site

This site about the ingredients in everyday things is pretty cool.

7/25/06 03:04 pm - Funnies

A repost from atheorist:


And another one:
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