I used to put piles of links on the blog pages, so here they are,
consolidated, for posterity. For currently updated links, visit my Google+
tech page.
2010-02-08
Pranksters are using Google Maps to help Berliners track one of the camera-equipped vehicle Google has sent out to photograph Berlin's streets, after they attached a GPS device the car.
Welcome to Torus, a cool HTML5 Tetris-ish game, and an example of what HTML5 can do.
Insanely deep fractal zoom in HD. If you're not on drugs, this relentless exploration of the Mandlebrot Set's periphery will make you feel like you were.
Factorial Lookup. Ever wonder what 182,731! is? (You might have to give it several seconds to download before it renders.) Sometimes the most practical way to solve difficult (or impossible) problems is to just try to look up the answers in a massive precalculated table. Also see Reverse MD5 Hash Lookup.
Arimaa—a modern game played on a chess board with chess pieces, specifically designed to make it difficult to write effective AI to play it.
Making Computer Science More Enticing. A good inspirational 2-minute vid at the top, and information about how Stanford University's revamping of their CS program led to higher enrollment.
KOHCTPYKTOP: Engineer of the People—build integrated circuits... as a Communist. No, I'm not clear on the connection, but it seems like an in-depth circuit-building game!
Relational vs Non-Relational DBs—most interesting part is the "why would I choose what" section; it's a good example of "use the right tool for the job"
OGRE 3D is a good bit of software, it's not an all out game engine, but it's one heck of a rendering engine. The only problem is dealing with the CMake based builds (hopefully improving), and porting to platforms that lack dependencies, that the build system assumes as a must have, even though they are actually optional. FreeBSD builds of trunk in particular suck.
I wouldn't want to support multiple OSes with it, but under Windows at least, it works quite well.
Thank you for your interest in the Factorial Calculator. :)
I see incoming hits and thought I'd show some appreciation!
Have a good day, take care all.
OGRE 3D is a good bit of software, it's not an all out game engine, but it's one heck of a rendering engine. The only problem is dealing with the CMake based builds (hopefully improving), and porting to platforms that lack dependencies, that the build system assumes as a must have, even though they are actually optional. FreeBSD builds of trunk in particular suck.
I wouldn't want to support multiple OSes with it, but under Windows at least, it works quite well.
Thank you for your interest in the Factorial Calculator. :) I see incoming hits and thought I'd show some appreciation! Have a good day, take care all.