tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-242237432024-03-13T16:05:26.130-04:00Cranial SoupPeas, carrots, green beans, and gray matter.Apphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04973805741360160102noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24223743.post-35539414484723332652007-11-23T17:41:00.002-05:002008-08-27T05:49:48.936-04:00A Vision of Students Today<p>Here's something to think about: These kids will be running the country in the near future. How prepared are they?</p><p>After watching this, I have some really mixed feelings about a lot of things...the internet, in particular.</p><p><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dGCJ46vyR9o&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&border=0" width="425" height="355" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"></embed></p>Apphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04973805741360160102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24223743.post-78959576796198918832007-11-13T05:43:00.001-05:002007-11-18T02:50:30.866-05:00Free Course: Computer Programming I (using C)<p>University of Washington CSE 142 - Computer Programming I</p> <p>This is a complete basic introductory course (using C) for beginners that have no previous programming experience, that was offered at the University of Washington during the fall of 2000 (taught by Martin Dickey).</p> <p>If you have never studied programming, this course was designed for you.</p> <p>Access to slides, homework assignments & solutions, exams & solutions (everything except the lectures and quizzes):<br><a href="http://www.online.cs.washington.edu/cse142/" target="_blank">http://www.online.cs.washington.edu/cse142/</a></p> <p>Here are the lecture videos. It may seem as if they are listed out of order, but they are actually in the proper order in which they should be viewed. Whoever uploaded them numbered them wrong. The entire set of videos is Closed Captioned.</p> <ul> <li>Lecture 1: <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1715462554446360061" target="_blank">Overview and Welcome</a> <li>Lecture 2: <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4233558706920958797" target="_blank">Problems, Algorithms and Programs</a> <li>Lecture 3: <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6270226769534661340" target="_blank">Variables, Values and Types</a> <li>Lecture 4: <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4012488959082539986" target="_blank">Arithmetic Expressions</a> <li>Lecture 5: <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3530829117801479537" target="_blank">Input and Output (I/O)</a> <li>Lecture 23: <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5312594019069945032" target="_blank">Style</a> <li>Lecture 6: <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5644762755800059527" target="_blank">Conditionals</a> <li>Lecture 7: <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5817164837086461135" target="_blank">Functions</a> <li>Lecture 8: <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1417951682209894569" target="_blank">Function Parameters</a> <li>Lecture 9: <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3196532431429468258" target="_blank">Iteration</a> <li>Lecture 10: <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6681611693257587151" target="_blank">Loop Development and Program Schemas</a> <li>Lecture 11: <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4474644278071725056" target="_blank">Complex Conditionals</a> <li>Lecture 12: <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1157181642585477208" target="_blank">Functions and Design</a> <li>Lecture 27: <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8851692950135894858" target="_blank">Switch Statement</a> <li>Lecture 24: <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6301599051455260607" target="_blank">Structuring Program Files</a> <li>Lecture 13: <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4753534994884333178" target="_blank">Pointer Parameters</a> <li>Lecture 14: <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8400251513260474506" target="_blank">Arrays</a> <li>Lecture 15: <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=58946135744842823" target="_blank">Linear & Binary Search</a> <li>Lecture 16: <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3181596482608619298" target="_blank">Sorting</a> <li>Lecture 17: <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3737379017318942565" target="_blank">Multidimensional Arrays</a> <li>Lecture 18: <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4655338131907415046" target="_blank">Structures</a> <li>Lecture 19: <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3715305332680104509" target="_blank">Strings</a> <li>Lecture 21: <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4094768230297917471" target="_blank">File Input/Output</a> <li>Lecture 20: <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5205501216392527823" target="_blank">Nested Data Structures</a> <li>Lecture 26: <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3715305332680104509" target="_blank">Recursion</a> <li>Lecture 25: <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5158979852046160121" target="_blank">Recursive Binary Search</a> <li>Lecture 22: <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3431535226574067197" target="_blank">Course Wrap-up and Review</a></li></ul> <p>If you want to download them for offline viewing, you can use <a href="http://keepvid.com" target="_blank">this site</a> with the URL's provided above. </p> <p>The textbook they used in this course:<br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0201754908?ie=UTF8&tag=freeprogeboo-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0201754908" target="_blank">Problem Solving and Program Design in C</a> (Hanly and Koffman)</p>Apphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04973805741360160102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24223743.post-65617243497311383792007-07-16T12:11:00.001-04:002007-11-18T06:24:41.742-05:00Some dreams are worth dying for*<p align="center"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sdUUx5FdySs" width="425" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"></p> <p align="left"><em>*Kiwis can't fly.</em></p></embed>Apphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04973805741360160102noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24223743.post-70124591236456576762007-06-28T08:58:00.001-04:002007-11-18T01:16:48.702-05:00It's a Big Ass Table<p><a href="http://www.sarcasticgamer.com/2007/06/ms-surface-how-we-would-have-done-it.html" target="_blank">SarcasticGamer.com</a> presents a twisted take on one of Microsoft's latest and greatest announcements.</p> <p> </p> <p align="center"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CZrr7AZ9nCY" width="425" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"></embed></p>Apphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04973805741360160102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24223743.post-68526319866851164122007-06-01T20:25:00.001-04:002007-11-18T01:16:48.706-05:00Crazy lady trained her cat to eat with a fork<p>If it won't play, you can see it here:<br /><a href="http://www.vidmax.com/index.php/videos/view/1706" target="_blank">http://www.vidmax.com/index.php/videos/view/1706</a></p><p align="center"><embed name="index" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="http://vidmax.com/img/vidmax_player.swf" width="450" height="447" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" scale="showall" flashvars="xml=http://vidmax.com/index.php/videos/playlist/&id=1706&autoPlay=false&bg=http://vidmax.com/img/back.jpg" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"></embed></p>Apphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04973805741360160102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24223743.post-59664328469858731302007-05-30T13:29:00.001-04:002007-11-18T02:46:35.696-05:00A Fair(y) Use Tale<p></p><p>In the fun category, Professor Eric Faden of Bucknell University has created a video review of copyright principles. <p>You're probably thinking, "How could anyone make a video about a legal concept even mildly entertaining?" But Faden's truly inspired video works on many levels because it consists entirely of extremely short clips (often no more than one word) from a wide variety of animated Disney movies. <p>It's thanks in large part to Disney that copyright - which was designed to encourage creativity by giving the creator control over copying for a limited time - now lasts for the life of the creator plus 75 years, or, for a work of corporate authorship, 95 years. <p>But thanks to the short length of the clips, its non-profit educational nature, and the fact that it would in no way affect the potential market for the copyrighted works, Faden's video undoubtedly falls under fair use. <p align="center"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CJn_jC4FNDo" width="425" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"></embed> <p align="left"><a href="http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/documentary-film-program/film/a-fair-y-use-tale" target="_blank">Download available</a></p>Apphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04973805741360160102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24223743.post-5406779395229422152007-05-26T06:57:00.001-04:002007-11-18T05:21:30.060-05:00Human Computation<p>From captchas, to labeling images, to providing basic facts, humans are helping computers to help humans...and some are having fun while doing it.</p><p>Image recognition is an easy task for people, but something computers are not yet good at. </p><p>Here is an approach to help computers get better at it, help the visually impaired understand what is in the images on a web page, and help search engines serve better image search results. You make fun games out of it, so it doesn't seem like work.</p><p>Games with a purpose...a great concept, and one that could be quite profitable if you can design a game that will solve some sort of problem that a computer can't solve on its own, yet. Depending on the problem you are solving, the data you acquire from the players of the game could be worth more than any ads you could possibly place on your site.</p><p>The following video presents the concepts behind some of these games.</p><p>Play time: 51 min, 31 sec</p><p align="center"><embed id="VideoPlayback" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 326px" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" hl="en" flashvars="&subtitle=on"></embed> </p><p align="left"><em><b>Luis</b> <b>von</b> <b>Ahn</b> is an assistant professor in the Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon University, where he also received his Ph.D. in 2005. Previously, <b>Luis</b> obtained a B.S. in mathematics from Duke University in 2000. He is the recipient of a Microsoft Research Fellowship.</em></p><p>Play the games:</p><ul><li><a href="http://www.espgame.org/" target="_blank">The ESP Game</a></li><li><a href="http://www.peekaboom.org/" target="_blank">Peekaboom</a></li><li><a href="http://www.peekaboom.org/phetch" target="_blank">Phetch</a></li></ul><p>And for a more interesting challenge, try <a href="http://3form.org/" target="_blank">3form Free Knowledge Exchange</a> and see if you can help provide solutions and answers to some of life's challenging problems and questions...or maybe get a solution to a problem or question you have. (warning: 3form is quite addictive!)</p><p>I, personally, find it more enjoyable and thought provoking than <a href="http://answers.yahoo.com/" target="_blank">Yahoo Answers</a>, and it provides much better answers to your questions.</p>Apphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04973805741360160102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24223743.post-75810808849852997742007-04-02T04:00:00.001-04:002009-04-25T08:22:32.775-04:00Halo theme: Corpomix<p>If you didn't get enough of Corporeal in my last post, here is some more:</p> <p align="center"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VLt5_ME_2_M" width="425" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"></p> <p align="left">If you would like to download the MP3, of this, they have it here on their website: <a href="http://www.corporealmusic.net/forthehalofans" target="_blank">http://www.corporealmusic.net/forthehalofans</a></p></embed>Apphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04973805741360160102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24223743.post-59277345088169926302007-04-02T02:38:00.001-04:002007-11-18T01:16:48.712-05:003 Guys, 1 Guitar<p>This 3 members of the progressive rock band Corporeal, from Libertyville, Illinois...all playing the same guitar at the same time. </p><p>The song is called 'All We Got'. </p><p>Pretty cool stuff!</p><p align="center"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lrpwDvuNWro" width="425" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"></embed></p><p align="left"> </p>Apphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04973805741360160102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24223743.post-40062306829700479162007-02-28T02:20:00.001-05:002007-12-26T05:25:52.554-05:00A Classroom Divided<p><a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/divided/etc/view.html" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px" height="141" alt="" src="http://lh5.google.com/omgplzstfukthx/R3IsL9ifr_I/AAAAAAAAAN0/JggBpI-M1Qk/SNAG-0229%5B4%5D" width="138" align="right"></a>In 1960, after the murder of Martin Luther King Jr., a third grade teacher decided to give her class a powerful lesson in discrimination by separating them into 2 groups. </p> <p>On the first day she told all the blue eyed children that they were better than brown eyed one, and reinforced it throughout the day. She gave them special privileges, treated them better.</p> <p>She told the brown eyed children that they were inferior...stupid, and reinforced this throughout the day. She took away privileges, wouldn't allow them to play with blue eyed children, wouldn't let them drink from the same fountain. She made them wear a collar so you could tell at a distance what color eyes they had.</p> <p>Then she switched it...told the children she was wrong. And repeated this lesson so that all could learn what it felt like to be judged by something that doesn't matter.</p> <p>She continues to teach this lesson today...to both children and adults.</p> <p>Watch all 5 videos (total time: 46:00) What happens and how people react may amaze you.</p> <p><a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/divided/etc/view.html" target="_blank">A Classroom Divided</a></p> Apphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04973805741360160102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24223743.post-76904162825785604202007-02-07T05:38:00.001-05:002007-11-18T01:16:48.717-05:00Scripting in Perl Using Voice Recognition in Vista<p>This video is hilarious...especially when he loses his temper.</p><p></p><p align="center"><object height="350" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/KyLqUf4cdwc"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/KyLqUf4cdwc" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object></p>Apphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04973805741360160102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24223743.post-68467518093768574242007-01-03T20:49:00.000-05:002007-11-18T01:16:48.721-05:00Stick Magnetic Ribbons On Your SUVThis one is for you, Cailin!<br />I thought of you and your night time magnet stealing adventures when I saw this one.<br /><br />And I am still trying to think of who the guy singing it reminds me of. It has to be someone that we all know because Steph says he reminds her of someone too...and she can't figure it out either!<br /><br /><div align="center"><object height="350" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/KmsOIjzQ1V8"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/KmsOIjzQ1V8" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object></div>Apphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04973805741360160102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24223743.post-68997208731935246862007-01-03T15:15:00.000-05:002007-11-18T01:16:48.722-05:00Spiders on Drugs<p align="center"><object height="350" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sHzdsFiBbFc"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sHzdsFiBbFc" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object></p>Apphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04973805741360160102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24223743.post-1163858760396012042006-11-18T09:06:00.000-05:002007-11-18T06:30:20.462-05:00Free Hugs<div align="center"><object height="329" width="400"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vr3x_RRJdd4"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vr3x_RRJdd4" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object></div><br /><br />The story behind the Free Hugs Campaign and how it all began is heart wrenching:<br /><br /><blockquote><br /><em>"I'd been living in London when my world turned upside down and I'd had to come home. By the time my plane landed back in Sydney, all I had left was a carry on bag full of clothes and a world of troubles. No one to welcome me back, no place to call home. I was a tourist in my hometown.<br /><br />Standing there in the arrivals terminal, watching other passengers meeting their waiting friends and family, with open arms and smiling faces, hugging and laughing together, I wanted someone out there to be waiting for me. To be happy to see me. To smile at me. To hug me. "</em><br /></blockquote><br /><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/freehugscampaign" target="_blank">Read more...</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><u>Sick Puppies - All the Same</u></div><br /><br /><div align="center">I don't mind where you come from<br />As long as you come to me<br />I don't like illusions I can't see<br />Them clearly<br /><br />I don't care, no I wouldn't dare<br />To fix the twist in you<br />You've shown me eventually<br />What you'll do<br /><br />I don't mind…<br />I don't care…<br />As long are you're here<br /><br />Go ahead tell me you'll leave again<br />You'll just come back running<br />Holding your scarred heart in hand<br />It's all the same<br /><br />And I'll take you for who you are<br />If you take me for everything<br />Do it all over again<br />It's all the same<br /><br />Hours slide and days go by<br />Till you decide to come<br />And in between it always seems too long<br />All of a sudden<br /><br />And I have the skill, yeah I have the will<br />To breathe you in while I can<br />However long you stay<br />Is all that I am<br /><br />I don't mind…<br />I don't care…<br />As long are you're here<br /><br />Go ahead tell me you'll leave again<br />You'll just come back running<br />Holding your scarred heart in hand<br />It's all the same<br /><br />And I'll take you for who you are<br />If you take me for everything<br />Do it all over again<br />It's always the same<br /><br />Wrong or right<br />Black or white<br />If I close my eyes<br />It's all the same<br /><br />In my life<br />The compromise<br />I close my eyes<br />It's all the same<br /><br />Go ahead say it, you're leaving<br />You'll just come back running<br />Holding your scarred heart in hand<br />It's all the same<br /><br />And I'll take you for who you are<br />If you take me for everything<br />Do it all over again<br />It's all the same </div>Apphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04973805741360160102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24223743.post-1163743236448493792006-11-17T01:00:00.000-05:002007-11-18T02:50:30.882-05:00Happy Internet Anniversary to MeNovember 17, 1999...<br /><br />7 years ago today was my first day online.<br /><br />In honor of that life changing event, here is a video documentary about the history of the ARPANET and the birth of the internet.<br /><br />Enjoy!<br />-----<br /><br />Steven King, MIT, 1972<br />Time: 30 min 22 sec<br /><br /><embed id="VideoPlayback" style="WIDTH: 300px; HEIGHT: 244px" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="" hl="en"> </embed><br /><br />Thanks for the anniversary gift, Gothi[c].Apphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04973805741360160102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24223743.post-1162062346888473772006-10-28T15:05:00.000-04:002007-11-18T01:16:48.727-05:00Some really cool soundsThis guy is damn good.<br /><br />Simon Davies - Big Love (Lindsey Buckingham cover)<br /><br /><div align="center"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_ns_GIv2AEE" width="400" height="329" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"></embed></div><br /><br /><br />If you want to see & hear even more: <a title="Simon Davies Videos on YouTube" href="http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=simondavies86" target="_blank">Simon Davies Videos on YouTube</a>Apphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04973805741360160102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24223743.post-1158458256131421832006-09-16T21:57:00.000-04:002007-11-18T01:16:48.730-05:00Mario Live!<embed id="VideoPlayback" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 326px" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" hl="en"> </embed>Apphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04973805741360160102noreply@blogger.com0