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[23 Nov 2009 | No Comment | ]
We Are Here: The Pale Blue Dot

Even the biggest problems are microscopic if you see them in an astronomical context.

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[16 Nov 2009 | No Comment | ]
On top of the Burj Dubai

Some people know that vertigo is a problem I have to deal with. For me it’s less of a problem in planes or steel constructions – but old brick made buildings above ten levels scare the hell out of me.
I spent this january in Dubai and was quite happy, that our room was only at the 5th level. But today i found this video on youtube that even makes me feel bad by simply looking at it.
It’s taken by some guy on top of the Burj Dubai at 818 …

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[13 Nov 2009 | No Comment | ]

My current project involves some jQuery code.
I needed to alternate the background color for a html table with subtables and i wanted to do it in javascript.
So if your table looks something like this, use my Javascript code to color the rows:

<table>
<tbody class="Alternate">
<tr><td>I’m a row</td></tr>
<tr><td><table><tr><td>I’m a subtable for whatever purpose…</td></tr></table></td></tr>
<tr><td>I’m a row</td></tr>
<tr><td><table><tr><td>I’m a subtable for …

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[13 Nov 2009 | No Comment | ]
ProFORMA: Probabilistic Feature-based On-line Rapid Model Acquisition

I’ve seen this video linked on reddit today.
As some of you know, I am totaly into machine vision these days and this 3d tracing software that imediately caught my attention.
Think about putting your face into your favorite video game – the term “Headshot” needs to be redefined then.