When I first heard about Chrome OS, Google's browser-oriented operating system, I dismissed the idea. I thought it was stupid to build your computer architecture around Internet browsing. But my opinion is slowly changing. We are in a transitional period. All our favorite desktop applications have been creeping into the browser: www.hobnox.com - A Reason-like […]
Stractor Final Presentation
Here is my Keynote presentation for Stractor, which placed 4th overall in the University of Miami business plan competition. Click in the presentation area and use the arrow keys to navigate. It may take some time to load (12 MB). Stractor Final Presentation
Parallax Starfield HTML+CSS Effect
This is a simple parallax depth effect that uses 3 layers of transparent background images. I wrote it in ~2007, but the effect still works pretty well. These days, I'd start out with JQuery and use a scrolling plugin...For best results, middle-click and use smooth scrolling.
Binauralization
I'm obsessed with getting externalized sounds out of headphones. It turns out this is darn near impossible. Using head-related transfer functions to filter the sound and emulate a "transaural" (loudspeaker) source is only the tip of the iceberg... Read more at binaural audio remixing. I spent the afternoon yesterday trying to reproduce the soundfield created […]
Sound Auralization
Check out my sound auralization page. I have put together some information about HRTF, wave field synthesis, ambisonics, and digital waveguide meshes.
PostgreSQL + PostGIS 1.5
I plan to transition from MySQL to PostgreSQL on the Stractor project very soon. PostgreSQL is so difficult to pronounce that I've ignored it until now, but the capabilities of the PostGIS extension are too good to pass up. The primary benefit of the PostGIS extension is that the geographic coordinate - a point on […]
Location Based Services Survey
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Site Purpose Monthly Visits Revenue/Notes stractor.com location tracking ? ? mint.com financial tracking 1,200k+ High dollar affiliate marketing promotions - banks, loans, credit cards, mortgages rescuetime.com time tracking 80k- Premium accounts $9/month for long-term (1 year+) data view and trend analytics loopt.com social/location sharing 120k $13 million investment. Location based advertising, virtual coupons i.e. Jack-in-the-Box […]