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... but there are so many flavor jelly beans.

If you are going to make the case for alternatives to Times New Roman (http://practicaltypography.com/times-new-roman-alternatives....), wouldn't it make sense to include TNR in the lineup?

Because he is also a sports nut?

cute url but what a turn-off with the iphone.

First prong of becoming an expert in computer programming is "becoming an expert in computer programming"? How can I read this when there is a syntax error in the third paragraph?

The sharpened version looks over-sharp to me. You may find that a level or curves adjustment is more what this image needs to pop a little.

Those percentages don't add up to 100%. Seems disingenious to count the white space in the display just to make a point.

Crap - is C a low-level language now? My view on the world is going to have to adjust.

If you want to X to replace Y, shouldn't first order of business be letting me know why?

Very cool. Could I suggest that you display the total balls dropped somewhere as well?

Edit: just two niggles - (a) 13 bins would be better numbered 0-12 or 1-13. (b) I would round the percentages to nearest value (not down).

Well this is great if you are looking for apple products displayed in a cafe environment with that natural wood feel. If not, I guess I'm out of luck.

It is not hard to edit the metadata. I think the current reference point for picking out forgeries is a RAW file - not that they are impossible to manipulate either but it is harder, plus the kind of statistical analyses done in the article would be more meaningful on an image that is supposedly completely unedited.

The striking photographic detail about the photo is how the faces appear to be artificially lit. The arguments about the sun's position may actually explain that if you consider the possibility that the light on their faces is reflected light from the left wall plus the photographer's off camera flash.

Paper books are far superior for reading but useless in general.

Snazzy app - I've used a little program called Agave (for Gnome) for this http://home.gna.org/colorscheme/ - it seems to be based on similar principles.

Ok I typed in my password, but nothing happened!

An ideal route isn't best characterized as "flat" - I agree that "least work" (in a mechanical sense) is better. In reality it is as you say however - a personal trade off - some people just love hills too :)

Nicely done - I like the option to spin around the group and get a 3D feel for it, but it seems that all the examples you have are strictly planar. Are there any true 3D solution to these choreographed N-body problems?

I for one tend to open the link I'm about to send just to be sure I got the right one and it shows what I intend to communicate... So there it is, ready for drag and drop :)

I found your blog engaging and also a more honest attempt to try this out.

Tesla may have been grandiose not only in this thinking - his underdog genius certainly has kept that alive.

Visualizing something you are thinking about (a problem you are trying to solve for instance) goes well beyond an obvious "image" of what is going on. As a coder you probably know what it feels to be in the zone when you are working on something that truly engages and challenges you - you have immediate access to all aspects of your project and your knowledge and experiences come effortlessly into play in figuring out the way forward.

For single precision floats: adding 2^-25 (2^25 times) won't get you to 1 since the fraction is only represented by 23 bits...