Here’s something I designed on my own time, but I think I’ll use it at work, too. It’s a UI for some kind of device, of unknown purpose.
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Monday, December 5, 2011
Megan’s running for city council!
APPLETON — Lawrence University professor Megan Pickett announced this afternoon that she will run for the Appleton Common Council’s District 4 seat next year.
Pickett said she wants to be a “progressive voice” for the newly created south-central district, which includes portions of current Districts 1, 2, 4, 8 and 11 nestled along the College Avenue Bridge corridor.
“The new districting presents a powerful opportunity for the area and the city,” Pickett wrote in a statement.
An associate professor of physics and chair of Lawrence’s Gender Studies program, Pickett said the district’s mix of community and businesses provided a “unique opportunity to work together to meet common problems and interests — including, in particular, economic development and a shared, inclusive representation of all in the region.”
“I believe the district and the larger community need more progressive voices that will work with others on the council to find areas of common agreement, while not backing away from core principles of inclusiveness and fiscal responsibility,” Pickett wrote.
Pickett was born in Madison and has been an Appleton resident for five years.
You can learn more about her by visiting her Facebook page and campaign website.
Incumbent council members Jeff Lutz, who represents current District 4, and Joe Martin, who represents current District 8, both live in the newly drawn District 4.
A primary will be held Feb. 21 if three or more people file paperwork to run for the post. The spring general election will be held April 3.
Even-numbered districts will be up for election in Appleton next year.
The Common Council approved a redistricting plan last summer that shrinks the council to 15 members from 16 members, beginning in 2013.
— Michael Louis Vinson: 920-993-1000, ext. 368, or mvinson@postcrescent.com; on Twitter @MichaelVinson
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Raptor Thanksgiving
The day after Thanksgiving, a Cooper’s Hawk stopped in the backyard with its own Thanksgiving meal, a rabbit, long enough for us to grab a few pictures.
Photoshopped
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Free Invention: Police Art Auto Sketch
It’s known that people display facial cues when they recognize faces. This invention uses a computer with an attached camera to watch the users face for “recognition cues” as they look at randomly-generated faces. When this occurs, the number of changeable facial components is reduced by one and then the random changes are resumed. As the face becomes more recognizable, the user will generate additional facial cues which then further direct the evolution of the sketch’s facial features.
This application can be further enhanced by providing a facial-structure database that helps to direct facial feature evolution along typical racial/age lines to reduce evolution time.
This application could be enhanced by measuring cues in addition to the users facial responses, such as blood pressure, respiration, etc.
I publish these to help stave off more idiotic software-based patents.
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