MyHeritage has this nifty face recognition demo. You upload a photo of yourself and it tries to match you to its celebrity database to see whom you look like. The first photo I tried produced this:
Richard Stallman? Must be the beard
Okay, now this is getting weird
Apparently, in addition to these studs, I also [...]
Most sensible people say that adults cannot be expected to appreciate Christmas as much as children appreciate it. At least, Mr G. S. Street said so, who is the most sensible man now writing in the English language. But I am not sure that even sensible people are always right; and this has been my [...]
My sister, Lauren, reviews The Year of Magical Thinking.
Didion steers away from resolution, yet she is not cynical. Her writing is luminously vulnerable, though never sentimental. Religious, scientific, literary, and ultimately human, this story is simply one woman’s journey through memory on the stumbling path towards acceptance.
E4X is a JavaScript extension that adds native XML support and Firefox 1.5 has partial support. Here’s a silly example. If you’re running Firefox 1.5 you should see the list below of me and my siblings:
The code looks like this:
<script type="application/x-javascript; version=1.5; e4x=1">
var siblings =
<people>
<person>
<name>Jamin</name>
<url>http://pubcrawler.org</url>
[...]
Firefox 1.5 is out. Improvements include speedups, draggable tabs, SVG support, improved pop-up blocking, and automatic updates. Once you’ve upgraded, check out these SVG samples which even include tetris. Or check out Snorp’s use of the canvas. And while you’re at it, here’s a moon orbit simulation.
Aspiring web designers [...]
