glad i’m not alone in my not using tables for layout kick.
some hare-brained ideas are just damn cool
wow, this anodized aluminum case is pretty hardcore. (pics here)
so i set up bookmarker (ran into a little pgsql snag, but at least now i know…), and well, it’s not quite all that i had hoped for. a few of the problems i’ll be able to fix through some js / interface polishing, but some of it is just it’s data model. it honestly wouldn’t be too hard to fix. just time i don’t have right now… so i’m gonna put it off a bit.
actually, i’ve been trying to find what’s the agreed upon best algorithm for arbitrary level threaded-tree like nesting, but haven’t found anything offhand. i guess i’ll go through some code to check it out. my first look on the thing is to have each node have a root flag, parent pointer, and depth level variable. that would completely simplify the sql call i would need to use (order by root, depth level, parent, id#), but i don’t know if there’s a more standard / faster algorithm used on these things…
wow, interesting little article on the inaccuracy of u.s. science textbooks.
“The books have a very large number of errors, many irrelevant photographs, complicated illustrations, experiments that could not possibly work, and drawings that represented impossible situations.”
link among those shamelessly ripped from mefi. actually, my daily reading list is a good place to get most of the stuff i come across. i guess i should update it though. recently i’ve been using my bookmark file a lot more (now that i’m mozilla is becoming more usable). perhaps i should simply get a copy of bookmarker up and running?
there’s interesting news on a 60kya fossil of an anatomically modern human w/ different mtDNA from humans today. while, this finding could suggest that we’ve lost some genetic diversity, i don’t think it really is enough evidence to do much to discredit the out of africa theory (in favor of the multi-regional hypothesis), which has ample evidence of it’s own (self reference: $). the loss of genetic diversity isn’t much of a surprise, with recent discoveries anyway… of course i’m no expert, this is just my gut reaction. i have no doubt that the most interesting stuff has yet to be discovered.
jason manley wrote a nice little walkthrough on how he paints. very cool to see his process. he dispenses some great advice. page 2 has tons of links to galleries of various old masters. (links summarized at the bottom).
reminds me though, wish i could find that mozilla sidebar that harvested links. maybe i’ll write my own a bit later… [update] here’s a links panel
oh wow, spooge aka craig mullins has an article on 3dpallete too. that’s awesome. oops, just a rehash of a tut on his site. it’s still cool though…
stop signs on the web – short economist article on new regulations on the net, enchroachment of freedoms, blah blah blah, discussion on /. there’s ton’s of other cool stuff on ”s front page right now as well: syncml 1.0, ww2 digital encryption, and laser equipped 747’s among other things.
on the plate: tons of class reading, class design work, programming, and the obligatory organizing the crap on my computer.
with my new schedule, i’ve cut down a lot on surfin around on the web. today, i spent my internet time chasing down images of cell phones and such whatnot. nokia has a nice picture archive online. haven’t found the equivalent for any other cell phone companies yet. also, i did a drawing assignment today (drawing a hand the best i could). it’s been a loooong time since i’ve done any realistic drawing with pencils, but i think it ended up alright. about 3 hours and change, 18″x24″ original.
