StuQ.nl » Video http://stuq.nl Tue, 22 Jun 2010 20:37:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 The new Macbook! http://stuq.nl/weblog/2009-01-06/the-new-macbook http://stuq.nl/weblog/2009-01-06/the-new-macbook#comments Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:28:42 +0000 Daan http://stuq.nl/?p=323
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I want to have one (or two) of those swimming fish-sticks! Do they run on batteries?



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Very nice!

Via Martijn Dashorst



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The new camera/apps are steadily coming becoming like a word processor -- both pros and amateurs use the same one. The great script is not due to a better word processor; it's how the great write uses it. Likewise, a great film is not due to better gear. The same gear needed to make a good film is today generally available to amateurs -- which was not so even a decade ago.

Computer generated crowds were first used a decade ago, and reached some public awareness in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. In this memorable scenes batches of smaller crowds were replicated computationally to produce very convincing non-repeating huge crowds. But if you are cheap, desperate and inventive, smaller crowds can be generated from no crowds at all -- just a couple of people.



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"I am a mathematician, and I would like to stand on your roof." This is how Ron Eglash greeted many African families while researching the intriguing fractal patterns he noticed in villages across the continent. He talks about his work exploring the rigorous fractal math underpinning African architecture, art and even hair braiding. (Recorded June 2007 in Arusha, Tanzania. Duration: 16:51.)



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Video:

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How can a company be fast at software development and still deliver quality software? Companies that compete on the basis of speed create a huge competitive advantage. But going fast is not easy. Speed requires a precise understanding of value: who, what, when, where, how, and why people will love your product. And it means getting value to them without complexity creeping into either your product or your process. Complexity comes in three basic flavors:

  • Inconsistency - Anything that is uneven, unbalanced, or irregular.
  • Overload - Any excessive or unreasonable burden.
  • Waste - Anything that unnecessarily takes up time, effort, space, or money.

All three flavors of complexity are rampant in software development processes, and you can't go fast until you root them out.



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