I’ve been fascinated with the problem of improving search results for a long time, but have never really had a chance to try any ideas out on an actual dataset. Recently my dad suggested that I grab the data for the netflix prize and play with it. This had not occurred to me before, but [...]
Epidiascope
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More OOK
I went through another pair of trial lenses, and we think that these, the third pair, may finally do the trick. They’re still a little bit off-center in the right eye, but it’s close enough that the treatment zone should cover the pupil. I’m starting the 10-day wear period today to see how they are [...]
OpenID, and the posts you make
When I use my OpenID to comment somewhere, most sites list my URL in the comment, but they all add a rel=nofollow attribute to it. This is clearly the correct behavior, as anything else would encourage spam. However, there’s not any way (in many implementations) to tell the difference between an OpenID comment, and a [...]
PyPodGen
I wrote a really simple script in Python to help create podcasts. It’s a step above creating them by hand, but doesn’t have useless features. It should work on your local machine, your server, and on any operating system supported by Python, including Windows, OS X, and Linux. Download PyPodGen v0.2.1 Setup is easy: Make [...]
OOK Update
I went in for my one-week followup on the trial lenses. The doctor I’m working with seems very thorough, and is very invested in getting things just right – I’m very happy with that portion of the experience so far. My vision in my right eye is good after wearing the lenses, but the left [...]
Passwordless SSH setup
I’d forgotten how to do this, so here’s another note. To set up passwordless SSH, the easy way to do it is: (on the local machine) ssh-keygen -t rsa Enter a passphrase if you want ssh-copy-id -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub username@remote Enter your password, and now you should be able to login remotely without a password. ssh-copy-id [...]
OOK quick followup
After I put the lenses in last night, they were uncomfortable for a few minutes, but settled down to a reasonable sense of “there’s something in my eye.” I slept well, and by the morning, the lenses were pretty comfortable. Not a soft contact, by any means, but reasonable. Had some trouble with the left [...]
all kinds of tired…
Very little sleep last night, finishing one of my own papers, and then helping a friend finish a 7 page paper starting from scratch at around midnight. Nevertheless, I’m looking forward to playing L4D tomorrow night. In case I haven’t mentioned it, go buy Left4Dead, it’s really a hell of a lot of fun. 4-player [...]
Transforming XML with XSLT Documents
General notes and things I learned or remembered: You cannot put a comment within an XML tag! Google gives human-unreadable XML feeds, but tidy is extremely handy for cleaning it up. Remember to be careful to write out the greater and lesser than signs in code every time when you’re doing comparisons. In a similar [...]
updates on life…
It’s already the middle of September… what’s been going on in my life? My GSOC project has come to a slowing point, I’ll be packaging up a downloadable version when I get a chance, and reverting to bugfix mode. I should really spend a bit more effort promoting it. Maybe I will, when I have [...]