Recently, I added a feature for image viewing when thumbnails are present in the content, which is a plug-in for WordPress called LightBox 2. By default, a user would have clicked an image preview thumbnail and the large image would view in a plain browser window. I had actually implemented a version of LightBox on [...]
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Updated on: November 22nd, 2007 at 1:32 am
Categories: Tutorials · Web · WordPress
Tags: css validation, css3 transparency hack, javascript, lightbox, transparency validation, wordpress hack
- Tue, 6 Nov 2007 at 2:31 pm · Gabe’s Seam Carving CAIR GUI updates and goes cross platform. Among the updates were upgrading to the newest CAIR 2.6.1 build (considerably faster), a number of additional tweaks and fixes, and a new project source location on Google Code.
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- Mon, 5 Nov 2007 at 9:27 pm · Some things just make me grin.
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- Fri, 2 Nov 2007 at 12:43 pm · 3DConnexion is offering a 15% promotional discount for its SpaceNavigator 3D mouse, valid through November 16, 2007. [Source: Google Earth Blog]
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The Remote Sensing / GIS Facility at the American Museum of Natural History Center for Biodiversity and Conservation (AMNH CBC) has recently changed its name and website to the Biodiversity Informatics Facility. Along with the name and link changes comes a complete redesign of the facility Web site.
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Categories: External News
Tags: american museum of natural history, amnh, biodiversity informatics facility, cbc, center for biodiversity and conservation, remote sensing / gis facility
- Wed, 31 Oct 2007 at 7:17 am · YourStreet.com’s hyperlocal news and mapping mash-up goes live. Perhaps the more interesting of the truer Web 2.0-esque news/data confluence mash-ups I’ve seen. The Web interface could use some minor CSS tweaking — but it looks like a great start. [Sources: Slashgeo · All Points]
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- Tue, 30 Oct 2007 at 4:04 am · I think Keith Olbermann should tag Joe Gelman as this week’s Worst Person In the World. I don’t expect Mr. Gelman (shown shaking hands with President Reagan) to retract his claims, undoubtedly, unlike himself, as additional corroborative evidence suggests that, unfortunate for him, undoubtedly, some of us realized his attempt at pushing false information to his readers, unfortunate for him, undoubtedly. — Avi’s definition of Neotard adequately explains this guy, in my opinion, undoubtedly.
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- Mon, 29 Oct 2007 at 10:25 am · It’s that time of year again. So, just in case — make sure you’re prepared.
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- Mon, 29 Oct 2007 at 3:17 am · I’m officially a Gravatar. I’m still considering whether I’ll implement it here in the comments, or observe for awhile to see where I pop-up. I actually didn’t realize there were so many ways to implement Gravatar, and across so many other platforms — until I signed up and created my own through the very quick and easy process. · (2)
October 28th, 2007 · 2 Comments
I was going to Aside this entry, but I realized there’d be too many words I’d want to convey in relation to the issue. With that said — I took about half the day yesterday, trying to determine why on Earth FWTools and OpenEV wouldn’t load — passing out a bizarre error message:
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Updated on: December 6th, 2007 at 3:42 pm
Categories: Software
Tags: dll, dlls, error, error message, fwtools, gdal, gdal_fw.dll, openev, openev_fw, tiles2kml
- Sat, 27 Oct 2007 at 6:00 am · I upgraded the site to WordPress 2.3.1 over a morning coffee. One of the major upgrades last week was to version 2.3 — after waiting awhile until a few plug-ins caught-up. I still have to go through the entire site and clean-up the taxonomy — recategorizing and adding tags, possibly sending a couple of the less interesting posts to the bin. I’m really digging this upgraded schema though — kind of can’t wait to see if someone figures out they can tie-in the taxonomy structure with a visual representation of tagged images. · (0)
- Sat, 27 Oct 2007 at 3:26 am · Catching up on OSSIM developments, as I’ve been less communicative with that camp for awhile. (I used to work for Mark back in the day, with Garrett and Dave and team.) As of October 12, they released OSSIM with support for BigTIFF and improved KML/KMZ support with Collada models in OSSIM Planet.
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I was looking for a way to incorporate Asides posts in my WordPress template, and came across a few options. Unfortunately, none of the options that I found would accomodate the way that I have my AdSense ads recursing through the loop to figure out at what position to place them. (Unfortunately, you have a [...]
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Updated on: October 30th, 2007 at 11:33 am
Categories: Tutorials · WordPress
Tags: Bits, easy asides, template hack, template loop, wordpress theme hack
- Fri, 26 Oct 2007 at 9:52 am · Gabe Rudy sent a note that he’s updated his Seam Carving standalone program, developed in Qt with the CAIR library. I’ve tested it, and aside from being potentially the most complete of the GUI versions, it’s arguably the fastest.
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The term Avatar is generally synonymous with the metaverse — but in social-networking circles, the term Gravatar has become a widely adopted term. These are the little 75 or 80 pixel square icons that users add to their profiles, or share attached with accounts and services — to display globally in forums, blogs, news sites, [...]
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Updated on: December 6th, 2007 at 3:44 pm
Categories: Social Networking · Web
Tags: avatar, blogosphere, google, Google Maps, gravatar, Social Networking, WordPress
October 10th, 2007 · 2 Comments
There’s been a great deal of buzz for a couple months, concerning a technology known as Seam Carving — also being refered to as Content Aware Image Resizing or Aware Image Resizing. I’ve been experimenting with this for awhile, and I’m seeing some wonderful potential and practicaliy in its use — though, at the moment, [...]
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Updated on: December 9th, 2007 at 3:28 pm
Categories: Resources · Software
Tags: aware image resizing, content aware image resizing, Image Processing, seam carving
- Thu, 4 Oct 2007 at 6:53 pm · I caught the release of the WordPress Petition Plug-in through the feeds, and couldn’t help but note it. I’ve wondered how long it would be for the blogosphere to incorporate utility to organize and project in the true spirit of democracy — the inherent functionality that the Internet affords us, above all else.
Unfortunately, my technical geek-ish-ness is usually undermined by being just as aware that there remains to be only ~50% of the US population with access to the Internet. A sobering thought, isn’t it? Perhaps ironic — about the same number of people typically turn-out to vote in elections.
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September 30th, 2007 · No Comments
As a follow-up concerning Internet Explorer display issues that were previously noted — I back-tracked today to find that those issues appear to have been resolved. No more funky bubbles.
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Updated on: October 20th, 2007 at 2:46 am
Categories: Web · Web Mapping
Tags: embedding maps, google, Google Maps, maps
- Thu, 27 Sep 2007 at 12:08 pm · At Polar Inertia — photography by David Maisel, titled Oblivion. Inverted black & white photography — giving a stunning, haunting view of Los Angeles, California — especially in the oblique.
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