Month: February 2011
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“Kill Your Darlings” is a Programming Principle Too
Proce55ing Source Code Credit: Niels Heidenreich In his book On Writing Stephen King argued that to be a good writer, you must be able to “Kill your darlings,” where, for the sake of keeping the prose moving, you must cut out the non-essential parts, no matter how well-written: Mostly when I think of pacing, I…
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Breakout of Slide Presentation Linearity with Prezi
Mxplx Prezi Screenshot At Science Online 2011 I was introduced to the Prezi Presentation Paradigm by Stacy Baker of Extreme Biology. After getting past a surprisingly mild learning curve, I was able to produce the following presentation mixing a Prezi presentation with desktop video capture: Keeping in mind this is not the best example of…
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Deep Science Cuts in 2011 Budget, but Oil Subsidies Remain
PEW Center on Cuts Spending cuts outlined in the Continuing Resolution (CR) bill currently top out at $74 billion, but, with the Tea Party holding Republicans to principle, it will reach $100 billion (updated cuts here). Predictably, this bill has lots of bad news for Science and Technology in America; unfortunately, it maintains the status…
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Generating Grids, Hexmaps, and Image Markups with JavaScript
Corrosion Mapping, Hotspots Highlighted (Not an Actual Report Image) One application I had the honor of working with in my time with the Coast Guard was a Corrosion Mapping tool used by Engineers to track the wear and tear on aircraft parts over their lifetime. Using an Active X control, users would bring up a…