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February 9, 2010

Flying dog video--success!

I realized I could make it work with Flash. Excuse the popping noise in the audio: for some reason my camera always messes up the audio. But behold: Arnie, the flying dog in action! (I put the page in my "personal webspace" directory)

http://home.ptd.net/~judyross/flyingdog.html

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February 9, 2010

Illustrated Haiku

What is a smile,
if not the light reflected
from a white butterfly's wings

Picture and Haiku by me
Daciana

jewellery design http://dacianadax.wordpress.com
twitter http://twitter.com/daciana_dax

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February 9, 2010

Glassy Geometry

Another dual geometric picture. Given a dodecahedron, and an
icosahedron, when one is overlaid over the other, the duality of them
becomes readily apparent. In this POV-Ray image, you can easily see
that the points on the icosahedron match up to the faces of the
dodecahedron.

I tried to render both of these objects to look like glass, I think I
did a pretty good job with respect to the dodecahedron, the
icosahedron, not so much.

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February 9, 2010

Werner Herzog Albino Turkey Variations

I have taken some text from Werner Herzog's journal of the making of Fitzcarraldo "Conquest of the Useless" and performed some translation experiments, using yahoo babelfish. The bold parts are the original text. The italics are the electronic translations.

Original text:

Turkey 1:

From Camisea, 26 April 1981

The plane was loaded almost to capacity with two hogs, which I assume were brought alive, but I did not ask for details because I did not want to have my mental image taken away: of the little Cessna with two massive hogs buckled into the passenger seats. The freight included three large turkeys, one of which keeps spreading his tail to intimidate me, gobbling and putting on a great show of agitation. This turkey, this bird of ill omen, is a pure albino, so it is quite a sight when it fans its great white wheel, spreads its wings, whose tips trail on the ground, and puffs up its feathers. Snorting in bursts, it launched several feigned attacks on me and gazed at me with such intense stupidity emanating from its ugly face, which took on a bluish purple coloration and had tumorlike wattles, that without ado I pulled a feather out of its spreading rear end. Now the turkey's sulking.
Turkey 2:

From Camisea, 2 June 1981

Our kitchen crew slaughtered our last four ducks. While they were still alive Julian plucked their neck feathers, before chopping off their heads on the execution block. The albino turkey, that vain creature, the survivor of so many roast chickens and ducks transformed into soup, came over to inspect, gobbling and displaying, used his ugly feet to push one of the beheaded ducks, as it lay there on the ground bleeding and flapping its wings, into what he thought was a proper position, and making gurgling sounds while his bluish red wattles welled, he mounted the dying duck and copulated with it.

Cat:
Iquitos, 13 May 1981

Unsociable. The children put the cat into the laundry dryer and turned it on. The cat survived. After that it was not sociable anymore.

English-Chinese-English
From Camisea, on April 26, 1981 the airplane has been loaded nearly to the capacity with two meat pigs, my supposition brings lives, but I have not requested the detail, because I do not have to want to arrange my mental imagery to take away: Small Cessna folded with two giant meat pigs entered the passenger seat. The cargo including three big turkeys, one of them continues to spread his tail to intimidate me, wolfs down and invests is agitating a huge demonstration. This turkey, ill omen this bird, is the pure albino, therefore it is the sight, when it fans its great white wheel, quite spreads its wing, the skill after the ground rise and fall, and gasps for breath its feather. The snort in the detonation, it has started the attack which several times disguises to me and gazes at me to have sends out from its ugly face such intense stupid, undertakes the blue royal purple coloration, and has the tumorlike wattle, does not need to harass me end which disseminates from it inside to pull the feather. Now turkey' Is angry s. Turkey 2: From Camisea, on June 2, 1981 our kitchen crew has slaughtered our first four ducks. When their live julyan before chopping has picked their neck feather, they in execution block head. The albino turkey, that is proud biological, many roasted chicken's survivor and the duck are transformed the soup, comes the inspection, wolfs down and demonstrated that uses his ugly foot to push beheads the duck, it bleeds in the ground and flaps lays aside there its wing, enters any him to think that is a suitable position, and makes the subcrust current sound, when his blue red wattle gushed out, he has mounted the duck which and the copulation dies and it. Cat: Iquitos, on May 13, 1981 was unfriendly. The child puts the cat to enter the laundry dryer, and opens it. The cat survived. Later it will not have is again the friendly public relations.

English-Korean-English
Republic of Turkey 1: From Camisea, 1981 April 26th airplane I come to give, i am living and i guess, went out but does not demand a detail to a possibility dosage with the pig 2 and to carry an image, went out came, the low meat did not want and because not being was almost loaded: Had the vast quantity pig 2 and filled the buckle at small Cessna passenger three. The fare 3 the big turkey, in order to threaten one his me among the rest propagated the tail and, urgently in the show which restlessness is serious and ate continues the fact that puts included. This turkey, the sick omen justice dawns, are hundred variants which are pure, when so sending the white wheel which it is at debt serious, positively the spectacle, propagates and his end puts out in ground, it hair comfort emits it wing. Sucked from explosion, it started a some lie attack in me and took fuss went out without and hair from the hind part which it spreads out, took out like that flows out to from the face which it which has tumorlike wattles is ugly me in the [e] three sound which is intense watched troubles purple coloring. Now turkey' S where comes to be sulky. Republic of Turkey 2: From Camisea, 1981 June 2nd our kitchen great ambition us slaughtered 4 ducks last. Their heads fell in the Julian period execution block which they are living yet and before cutting small their neck hairs, took out. That Gain the location which is suitable thought with ground hemorrhage and in flapping it wing, that place as puts, like this is many with hundred variant turkeys of the [su] [thu] chicken, that the vain creature, the duck which is changed with the survivor and the soup crossed over, in order to inspect, him which uses was ugly and in order to push grudge of the duck which beheads the foot urgently and ate indicated, and his troubles the deep-red wattle to rise and period [khwal] [khwal] to make the sound which flows, him the gruel to defer the duck, with it coitus grudge. Cat: Iquitos, 1981 May 13th non-social intercourse. The children will insert the cat with the laundry dryer and. Exaltation revived. It any more sociable intelligence after being.


English-Chinese-English-Greek-French-Dutch-English
Van Camisea, on 26 April 1981 l' the plane became almost to the factorial of two varkens of flesh, l' charged; the matter carries me lives, but I n' the detail have not asked, since not absolute necessary it is that I want my [kalologika] mental elements classify that they take together: Small Cessna which s' with two giant varkens of flesh the seat of passengers has introduced becomes gevouwen. The charge of three large included turkeys, of them remains its tail for qu' to propagate; with boosts he, wolves below fright and he invests he agitates an enormous demonstration. This Turkey, l' omens insufficient are this bird, clean albino, consequently the point of view, when these aerators the white giant rad that is, its wing, factorial are enough after l' propagates; country rise and sepulchre, and s' for breathing breath brings its wing. [Roythoyniste] to the detonation, are l' started; attack which several ure disguises with and they look at with which j' has they send of its ugly person who such dom violently, blue royal purple colouring, and l' to undertake; to wattle tumorlike, is not necessary that I harass end that he of for qu' propagates; he draws to l' interior l' wing. Now turkey' ? He is s. Turkey 2: Van Camisea, on 2 June 1981 our payment of keukens to dead our firsts has put four ducks. When live julyan for qu' he cuts he chooses their wing of to cut the throat of, these to the head of barriers d' implementation. Albino Turkey, which proudly biological, of many it has been cooked chicken' ? the surviving s and duck they the soup is restructured, they come l' inspection, wolves downstairs and they have proved which its ugly foot uses which [apokefaletai] the duck pushes, bleeds to the area and the battles they by part, they introduce its wing there n' to put; conducts in which these for qu' they think what is a suitable place, and does subcrust current consonance, when blue red wattle outside, this duck have placed which also copulation also kip him. The cat: Iquitos, were on 13 not friendly May 1981. L' the child puts the cat for qu' he sails in the drier of washing machines, and he l' opens. The cat which [epizeitai]. Later he she will not have be the friendly public relations again.

Jason Robards:

Camisea, 9 February 1981

Comings and goings of boats with no particular purpose. Our landing platform is gone for good. As we were filming last night, the river was going so fast that we constantly had to maneuver the ship to keep it from running aground by the bank where only a little while ago deep, gurgling water was streaming. Robards is being flown out today. Claude examined him before lunch and is now writing a report for the insurance company in French. I had seen Robards at the crack of dawn, when it was actually still quite dark, hurrying through the camp without his dentures, his hair flying and his eyes crazed, like King Lear through the deserted chambers in his castle.

translated using:
English-Japanese-English
Object of specification it is not traffic of the boat. The platform of our landing goes permanently. That we last night photographed, ran aground we always do not operate the boat the extent had gone fast because it maintains depending upon the bank where the water where simultaneously, the river that from the thing which it runs is deep some time ago, simply flows with your [bo] [bo] was flowing. Robards is thrown today. [kuroudo] inspects him before lunch, now writes the report on French for the insurance company. I that really even then rather before being the darkness, look at Robards, in the dawn, through the room where that castle is thrown away like the king without that entire denture hurry the flight and that eye of that hair where it can come out Lear and penetration through camp.

English-Russian-English-Dutch-English
Arrival and going boats without the specific aim. Our platform of landing has gone because it is well. In proportion to we removed last of night, this way rapidly the river went that we it we must carry out dealing chip to love it bank constant were get bogged down where only smaller time interval suffered deeply, [bulkaya] water ran through. The flies of Robards today. Claude it examined him before the diner and now write the report for the insurance company in the french. I saw Robards on the failure of the paddle which, then they were in fact still sufficiently the darkness, by the camp without its at, are themselves flying its and its eye of crazy person leaves made as a king Lear by camera' s in of him [zamoke] hurries itself.

I started the next one like this: English-French-Italian-English-French-German-French-English. And then I did a French to English again. And then proceeded to this: English-Japanese-English-Portuguese-English-Chinese (Traditional)-Chinese (Simplified)-English. Something strange happened in the process--I copied one set into another, and it doubled, but mutated differently because they were different languages. Not sure how it worked. But here is the result:

The intercourse ship does not have the detail arrangement outside. Our d' ; It reorganizes does not have the detail transportation boat. Our d' ; Platform; ; l' ; L' Because relates, the landing is. As a result of night, when we possibly introduce are photographed, maintains how many and rivet l' Therefore it always orders directly matter therefore; ; Warm-hearted, in mouth's terminal coloc; Behavior l' It has separated the boat nearby that one; ; Maintains terminal; ; po' But its vicious sae bank; ; ; tandis qu' ; ; c' ; ; This is deepest, l' It is; ; ; l' ; ? Washroom. Robards l' Determination; Aujourd' Outside; It requested; ; ; aujourd' ; aujourd' Today. [kuroudo] l' ; ; Inspection it is facing buffet, d' The relations prepare now for the company; ; In the front part; ; French insurance. J' ; ; How many they in Robards l' You saw to separate one; ; [torusu]; ; Or, material c' Yew; ; ; How many their power cut and qu' Which it does have truly completely; It always; ; 1 s' Without the tooth, if you send out and fly unusual to the domain and the hatred, the eye, is king has the thorn, in a spot he gave on and conclusion Lear. Platform; ; l' ; L' The landing is the relation. From then on we produced the night to slide and to the rivet are, in this case rapid had custom-made frequently in l' ; For to reduction coloc; Motion ship and nearby it in l' Outside; ; Maintenance; ; Shortcoming in it only then po' Outside bank; ; ; tandis qu' ; ; c' ; ; He is and deeply with l' ; ; l' ; ? Washroom. Robards l' It is; aujourd' Request exterior; ; ; aujourd' ; aujourd' Today. Chrowder l' ; ; He examined him facing except buffet inside, and he relates now for and d' The company does? ; ; He advanced; ; French insurance. J' ; ; They overturn in l' Beside Robards; ; Receptacle; ; Shovel and yew c' ; ; They always truly completely have the power cut and qu' ; S' It sends out and the domain, does not use its tooth, and it from the hatred and its eye, spot flight crazy exterior had in its conclusion gave up hall Lear? King.

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February 9, 2010

escape artist

       

introducing bounnidini!

he escapes the dangerous tons of chinese new year's oranges! phew!

ps. playing with food again :) this time, orange peel.

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February 9, 2010

Outfits

Today I am posting 2 outfits that I've put together on Roiworld. These are print screens of dress-up games. The girl in shorts is from a game called "Patterns, please", while the other is inspired by Berlin's street style. I've been told that dress-up games are for little girls, but I can't resist the clothes in Roiworld's games - always inspirational and edgy.

!!! These drawings don't belong to me. All I did was chose some clothes and match them to my taste.

Make sure you check out my blog, too :-D

 

   

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February 9, 2010

H is for Hopeful

Oops...missed a day...then got all morose about my favourite pen running out of ink...the old delaying tactics rearing their ugly heads, but I'm back into it now. Phew.

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February 9, 2010

Markov chain algorithm

I just learned what a Markov chain is, this evening. I'm not going to
try to explain it, as I don't understand it well enough to explain quite
yet, but if you are interested, Wikipedia's entry is a reasonable
starting point: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markov_chain

My thing for today is an algorithm for extracting Markov chain data from
text input. It's naive and in no way fully thought through, and will
probably turn out to be entirely the wrong way of doing it, but it's
what I have so far. Not gonna research how it Should Be Done until I
have either a working model from this algorithm, or have discovered
unfixable problems with it. No pic, just a text file. (And how will
posterous handle a text file? We'll see shortly!)

# markov chain for chat
each user's statement, process it for tokens and store in db
how to store the info? naively, use a db with fields token1, token2, count.
"one two three four five one two three four" =>
- one 1
one two 1
one two three 1
one two three four 2
two three four five 1
three four five one 1
four five one two 1
five one two three 1
two three four - 1
three four - 1
four - 1

(maybe the tokens should be stored in the other order, for thinking about)

store(string):
token1 = findFirstToken(string)
token2 = findNextWord(string, token1) // but what if token1 appears more than once?
// probably should track index in the string instead
count = findInDb(tokan1, token2)
if( count == 0 ) // this means it's not there
enter into db token1, token2
increment count and save
repeat until the token1 finder returns nothing

how to handle finding token2 if token1 is the end of the string? is it reasonable to consider null as a token? Yes; we need to be able to stop making messages at some reasonable point, and to know what tokens to start with.

findFirstToken(string)
token = ""
for(numWordsPerToken) // how many words are in a token? this should be a global setting
word = findAWord(string)
token += word
return token

findNextWord(string, token)
iterate through string until we find token, drop a marker
substring the string at marker
find the first word in the new string

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February 9, 2010

Giraffe Mandala

The giraffes of the Four Directions, in mandala form.  I hope Olga gets her One Million (http://www.olahelland.net/giraffes) soon, so I'll have space in my head for a different obsession.

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February 9, 2010

progress on kitty for 2-8

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