Prossibilities' Possibilities

Google works it with PNGs

prossibilities — Fri, 15 May 2009 18:09:14 +0000

Arguing with a friend about whether Google uses JPGs or PNGs (they use PNGS, much to my chagrin), I inspected the Google logo that lives in the upper left of the search page to find to my surprise that it looks like this:

So, Google is not only using PNGs but being slick about their use.

The comeback of C

prossibilities — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:34:24 +0000

Dear Dr. Pross,
I’m a real Hater when it comes to the C programming language. All I hear from her is “Take out the garbage!”. But, on the other hand, I love C for her flexibility and compatibility. What can I do to improve my (sexual) relationship with C?
Sincerely,
C. Oncerned

Dear C. Oncerned,
It sounds like you need to embed a good interpreter in C.
Try guile, or lua.

Teach your game to play

prossibilities — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:12:26 +0000

I came across this post on video game artificial intelligence (AI). The idea is to help software agents learn faster using expert knowledge. Actually good game ai forthcoming…

NYC Startups

prossibilities — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:45:56 +0000

In search of New York City startups that were currently hiring, I came across a good job resource, indeed.

indeed.com

Link to specific point in a YouTube video

prossibilities — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:46:55 +0000

To link to a video on YouTube that starts playing at a specific time, just include a suffix to the video URL.

For example, to link to the video

“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCxxMO2dG1U”

at time three minutes and thirty seconds, change the link to

“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCxxMO2dG1U#t=3m31s”

where ’3m31s’ indicates the time.