stAllio!'s way: databending and glitch art primer, part 1: the wordpad effect welcome to my databending and glitch art primer! in part 1, we're going to talk about one of my favorite glitch art effects—the wordpad effect. i'm starting off with this effect because it's so easy that any windows user should be able to do it (note: i haven't tried it in vista), but it's complex enough under-the-hood that it allows me to discuss several important principles of glitch art. but first, let's define a few terms. databending is, in essence, the artistic misuse of digital information. the term is inspired by the similar art of circuit bending ; you could say that databending is like circuit bending with no circuits. the term is used most frequently in the context of electronic music (primarily glitch music ). the most common types of databending are: the wordpad effect: the wordpad effect is a simple glitch effect i discovered a couple years back, with the help of my readers . here's how it works: you take a digital photo like this: pretty dramatic results, eh?
Things to do in Scotland - Scotlist Business Directory Ever wondered about what you can do in Scotland on your holiday visit? Me too! Scotland is famous world over for many things, what makes Scotland such a diverse country? It is likely the mix of people and culture, food and drink, the landscape and architecture, activities and events, the wildlife and the marine wildlife. It’s such a diverse country we had no difficulty compiling this “list” of adventures, experiences, events and activities for you. Climb up a hill and enjoy the view over the Loch It’s not just mountains, there are many small hills in Scotland, take a picnic with you and have a gentle walk to the top of a hill to enjoy the view over the loch and bask in the splendour of the surrounding landscape, breathe, drink and eat, soak it all up / take it all in. Things to do in Scotland – Climb to the top of a hill and enjoy the view over the loch – Loch Leven, Perth and Kinross, Scotland Visit one of the many Castles of Scotland Photograph a Highland Cow Watch Highland Games Slainte!
Major / minor axis of an ellipse - Math Open Reference Major / Minor axis of an ellipse Major axis: The longest diameter of an ellipse. Minor axis: The shortest diameter of an ellipse. Try this Drag any orange dot. The major and minor axes of an ellipse are diameters (lines through the center) of the ellipse. Each axis is the perpendicular bisector of the other. The focus points always lie on the major (longest) axis, spaced equally each side of the center. Calculating the axis lengths Recall that an ellipse is defined by the position of the two focus points (foci) and the sum of the distances from them to any point on the ellipse. The length of the minor axis is given by the formula: where f is the distance between foci a,b are the distances from each focus to any point on the ellipse. The length of the major axis is given by the formula: where a,b are the distances from each focus to any point on the ellipse While you are here.. ... It only takes a minute and any amount would be greatly appreciated. Other ellipse topics
stay frosty royal milk tea What’s the most readable font for the screen? If there’s a topic that’s bound to get designers riled up into a fiery debate, it’s the issue of choosing the most readable fonts for use on the screen. For most of the web’s life, designers haven’t had much flexibility when it comes to setting the type for their sites, and type decisions have almost always come down to choosing one or two web-safe fonts (a small collection of fonts that are installed on most users’ machines) and setting the font sizes. CSS’s @font-face has garnered significant attention in the past year as browsers expanded their support for it and major type foundries began developing web licenses, making services such as Typekit possible. What many people don’t realize is that @font-face isn’t new–in fact, Internet Explorer 6, every web designer’s headache, supported it before just about everyone else. There were many problems with Microsoft’s implementation. Serif or Sans-Serif? There are two main types of font: serif and sans-serif. What’s the best typeface?
The Anatomy of a Search Engine Sergey Brin and Lawrence Page {sergey, page}@cs.stanford.edu Computer Science Department, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305 Abstract In this paper, we present Google, a prototype of a large-scale search engine which makes heavy use of the structure present in hypertext. 1. (Note: There are two versions of this paper -- a longer full version and a shorter printed version. 1.1 Web Search Engines -- Scaling Up: 1994 - 2000 Search engine technology has had to scale dramatically to keep up with the growth of the web. 1.2. Creating a search engine which scales even to today's web presents many challenges. These tasks are becoming increasingly difficult as the Web grows. 1.3 Design Goals 1.3.1 Improved Search Quality Our main goal is to improve the quality of web search engines. 1.3.2 Academic Search Engine Research Aside from tremendous growth, the Web has also become increasingly commercial over time. 2. 2.1 PageRank: Bringing Order to the Web 2.1.1 Description of PageRank Calculation Vitae
Pythagorean Triangles and Triples The calculators on this page require JavaScript but you appear to have switched JavaScript off (it is disabled). Please go to the Preferences for this browser and enable it if you want to use the calculators, then Reload this page. Right-angled triangles with whole number sides have fascinated mathematicians and number enthusiasts since well before 300 BC when Pythagoras wrote about his famous "theorem". The oldest mathematical document in the world, a little slab of clay that would fit in your hand, is a list of such triangles. So what is so fascinating about them? 1 Right-angled Triangles and Pythagoras' Theorem 1.1 Pythagoras and Pythagoras' Theorem Pythagoras was a mathematician born in Greece in about 570 BC. For example, if the two shorter sides of a right-angled triangle are 2 cm and 3 cm, what is the length of the longest side? 1.2 Some visual proofs of Pythagoras' Theorem My favourite proof of the look-and-see variety is on the right. ) with sides a, b, c. 1.3 The 3-4-5 Triangle or
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