Archive for September, 2006
Matlab - recursively add to the search path
29 September 2006I couldn’t find a functional form to add a directory and all it’s subdirectories recursively to the path, so I wrote it myself. Here for your enjoyment!
function addDirPath(dirName)
% functional form of the add recursive subdirectories command
% add current directory
addpath(dirName);
% recursively add subdirectories
f=dir(dirName);
% skip the first two entries . & ..
for i=3:length(f)
if f(i).isdir
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Google Map search in Australia
21 September 2006As previously pointed out the google maps lauch in Australia wasn’t exactly fully complete as the ability to search the maps was conspicuously absent (making them next to useless). That has now been rectified with full search (in Brisbane at least) available, all they need now is driving directions and they’ll be up to the […]
3D rendering from sketches
17 September 2006This has got to be one of the coolest 3D applications I have ever seen, I’m not sure how to describe it exactly but the video below makes it pretty clear what this program is capable of. Insane!
“Takeo Igarashi from the University of Tokyo has a very impressive java applet/program, called Teddy, which he […]
Top 10 cameras according to Flickr
15 September 2006Here is a great example of the useful information that can be harvested from the plethora of metadata type information floating around the internet. The guys at Flagrantdisregard.com scrapped the EXIF data from photos being uploaded onto flickr and compiled a list of the top 10 camera models being used.
Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT […]
Google Scholar
12 September 2006Super handy little piece of trickery for the research minded amongst us. If you’ve been using google Scholar (or looking for a reason to start using it) you might not have known that you can get it to export citations for you. Thats right, by checking the box in your scholar settings (available from any […]
Google releases open source OCR program
6 September 2006Just saw this over at slashdot and felt it had to go up here - as you’ve probably guessed, I’m a big google fan and I think it’s great to see these types of software moving into the public domain. Given the amount of work and research that has gone into character recognition there is […]
Newest Online Comic
4 September 2006This is some of the funniest off-beat humor I’ve found online ever!!!!!
Dentist
4 September 2006How could monday mornings be any worse than they already are I hear you ask… well gather round because I have the answer you are seeking. The extra antagonism you require can be readily supplied by your dentist and their trusty novocaine + drill combination. I am now sitting at work (at lunch time) unable […]