Jeff Thompson | Blog http://www.jeffreythompson.org/blog Thu, 17 May 2012 13:42:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 “Ribbon Cutting” http://www.jeffreythompson.org/blog/2012/05/17/ribbon-cutting/ http://www.jeffreythompson.org/blog/2012/05/17/ribbon-cutting/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 13:42:23 +0000 Jeff Thompson http://www.jeffreythompson.org/blog/?p=2589

“Ribbon cutting” at the opening of TechShop Detoit using a plasma cutter.

Via: Wired

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Google image search for “Google image search”…

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Assistant District Attorney using a laptop (season 7, episode 23, 32:43″)

Breathing machine (season 7, episode 23, 44:58″)

Computers at the police intelligence unit (season 7, episode 23, 05:19″)

More computers at the police intelligence unit (season 7, episode 23, 05:27″)

Exotic car dealer (season 8, episode 3, 15:36″)

A model’s business manager looking at financial records (season 7, episode 22, 15:34″)

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911 dispatch (season 7, episode 21, 00:21″)

911 dispatch software (season 7, episode 21, 00:31″)

Dot-matrix printer in the background while doing audio surveillance (season 7, episode 20, 31:11″)

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Computer in a judge’s chambers (season 7, episode 19, 34:56″)

Woman taking notes during trial (season 7, episode 17, 33:39″)

Another computer in a judge’s chambers (season 7, episode 18, 41:20″)

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Laptops of defense attorneys in Los Angeles courtroom (season 7, episode 16, 19:37″)

Laptops on both defense and prosecution tables, also in Los Angeles (season 7, episode 16, 33:11″)

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Bookkeeper looking up records, with bonus printer (season 7, episode 12, 12:50″)

Brooklyn loan provider/shark’s computer (season 7, episode 12, 24:08″)

Life insurance clerk (season 7, episode 12, 24:08″)

A rich woman’s computer (season 7, episode 12, 14:37″)

Computer on a stockbroker’s desk (season 7, episode 11, 07:49″)

A stockbroker’s many computers (season 7, episode 11, 07:36″)

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Considering new alternatives for interpolation between two texts, here using a genetic algorithm.  The top line is the starting point, the bottom the end, and the middle is the halfway point. The graph at the bottom shows the overall “fitness” of the population, which is generally quite level for a while, then spikes as it slowly bounces into the correct string.  The genetic interpolation is created using a “swarm” of strings that all mutate and breed with each other to find the path to the ending text – I love the idea of a cloud of insect-like beasts flying through a library and devouring texts.

Note: running the code a second (or third, fourth, etc) time gives a different optimal “path” between the texts.  Not sure yet how to analyze these for a “better” middle point, but an interesting difference than a deterministic system.

Heavily-based on Daniel Shiffman’s fantastic examples.  Source code to come but super messy right now; email if you’d like an early version.

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Computer in experimental psychiatry lab (season 7, episode 6, 31:59″)

Computer in squad room (season 7, episode 6, 18:18″)

Computer behind experimental psychiatrist (season 7, episode 6, 17:32″)

Experimental psychiatrist’s lab, computer in background (season 7, episode 6, 32:09″)

Manhattan University student ID from database (season 7, episode 3, 09:00″)

PET scan technician looking at the scane of a mental patient (season 7, episode 6, 42:03″)

PET scan technician looking at the brain scan of a mental patient – was thought to have schizophrenia but actually has a brain tumor (season 7, episode 6, 42:11″)

What appears to be an early inkjet printer, in the office of a psychiatrist (season 7, episode 6, 23:43″)

Detective using a computer in the background (season 7, episode 3, 14:20″)

Several very large and computers in the lobby of a hotel (season 7, episode 7, 06:05″)

 

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From the Paris Review, a set of color swatches defined by references from Truman Capote, E.B. White, Aldus Huxley, and lots of others.

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