The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) is one of the most ambitious and influential surveys in the history of astronomy. Over eight years of operations (SDSS-I, 2000-2005; SDSS-II, 2005-2008), it obtained deep, multi-color images covering more than a quarter of the sky and created 3-dimensional maps containing more than 930,000 galaxies and more than 120,000 [...]
Last year in my Applied Linear Algebra class we were assigned a homework that introduced Backward Substituation, Forward Substitution, Horner’s Method. Something really interesting happened though as a side effect of the assigned work.
A while back Eiffel Software (formerly ISE) held a contest to come up with a slogan for one of their products, EiffelStudio. I submitted: EiffelStudio: A Contract for Success – Grant Rettke And won! They gave me a one-year license for EiffelStudio in return for signing away the slogan. It was worth it… it is [...]
Here is a great article on how to safely have fun in the sun by minimizing your UV exposure. Perfect for summer and a fun little project. (via lifehacker)
Cool can come from what a [thing] is or what it does. But at the core, Cool is about purity of expression, of material objects being infused with human energy, creativity and insight to make them more than just the sum of their parts. – Mark Hoyer, WHAT IS COOL?, Cycle World 2/2010 I love [...]
Swing is the GUI standard for Java. Clojure is the awesomeness standard for Java. (via Stuart)
The experience of the delight of learning is such a wonderful thing. Have you felt it lately? How?
Some time next month I plan to have a water bottle “pressed” with a custom logo on it. Part of the logo might contain a quote. I would like it to look great. What is a beautiful font for printed quotes?
I heard this joke a long time ago and somehow it never gets old, especially when the person telling the joke turns things around a bit. His recipe is a classic; his sense of humor is hard to resist: (image found via Neven)