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Anime North 2008

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008

Anime North was even bigger this year than last if you can believe it. There were people from all over there and because I wore a Trent U t-shirt I met a few fellow Trent students there as well. I was also able to run into a few of the artists I’d seen on deviantArt in person.

I only went one day this year but that doesn’t mean I have fewer photos to share with you; in fact I have more. This can probably be attributed to the fact that I’ve moved into the world of digital SLR cameras with the Nikon D60. A “pro-sumer” camera, the Nikon D60 combines many of the features which make the D80 great with a light and easy to use package which I’m quite enjoying so far. Of course, the price is right too.

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Lucasfilm releases details of new advanced CGI techniques

Monday, April 21st, 2008

Well in those days computers were apparently 1-4Mhz on the server end of things. Doing wireframe perspective matrix transformations quick enough to rotate things in real time was a big deal. I mean… I wasn’t born yet - but the literature clearly indicates there were parties in the streets. LOL

Is this kind-of like a Rickroll?

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Edward Lorenz dead at 90

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

Who is Edward Lorenz? Well he’s known in scientific circles as the father of chaos theory. Chaos theory explores the relatioships between tiny changes in a dynamic system and the vast impacts these changes can have.

For me this is a somber day as I fondly remember reading about chaos theory in my school library - discovering this theory for the first time.

Edward Lorenz was apparently a humble, kind man who stayed active up until he died of cancer. Ninety years is nothing to sneeze at, either. Living for that long is probably due in part to his lifestyle. I hope I get to live that long in good health, even if that thought is far off for now.

In 1972 he wrote the study, “Predictability: Does the Flap of a Butterfly’s Wings in Brazil Set Off a Tornado in Texas?” His work had impact in all areas of science. It was this theory and it’s implications which drew connections between the various disciplines and shed light on the interactions between these complex systems.

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PHP toalpha and toalphanum

Friday, April 11th, 2008

These aren’t default functions but I thought I’d post them:

<?php

	function toalphanum( $string ) {
		$newstring = "";
		for( $i = 0; $i < strlen( $string ); $i++ ) {
			if( ( ( $string[$i] >= "A" ) && ( $string[$i] < = "z" ) ) || ( ( $string[$i] >= "0" ) && ( $string[$i] < = "9" ) ) ) {
				$newstring[$i] = $string[$i];
			} else {
				$newstring[$i] = "_";
			} // end if
		} // end for
		return implode( "", $newstring );
	} // end toalphanum

	function toalpha( $string ) {
		$newstring = "";
		for( $i = 0; $i < strlen( $string ); $i++ ) {
			if( ( $string[$i] >= "A" ) && ( $string[$i] < = "z" ) ) {
				$newstring[$i] = $string[$i];
			} else {
				$newstring[$i] = "_";
			} // end if
		} // end for
		return implode( "", $newstring );
	} // end toalpha

?>

Nothing brilliant but I find it useful all over the place.

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What we Still Don’t Know - Documentary

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

This is a really interesting video so I thought I’d share it with you. I’ve actually coded the game of life stuff when I first heard about it. It’s fun stuff to play with and change the rules to see what happens. :D

Bad Science claims about the Multiverse

Mostly I’m interested in the cell game and fun automata experiments like it, but if you have anything to add please comment on this article.

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