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Caltrain Introduction Most digital cameras are area scan cameras. They use a sensor with a two-dimensional grid of light-sensitive points to capture an image. Area scan cameras excel at capturing stationary subjects; however, they can only capture moving subjects if the exposure time is fast enough to avoid motion blur.
Introduction NATS is a pub-sub messaging system that enables “simple, secure and performant communications […] for digital systems, services and devices.” JetStream is a persistence feature that builds on top of NATS and “enables messages to be stored and replayed at a later time.” JetStream is an optional feature that is embedded into the NATS server. When JetStream…
If you’re going to Trader Joe’s to buy “raw” groceries (produce, meat, etc.), yeah, it’s not very impressive. The amazing part of Trader Joe’s is their semi-prepared and prepared foods. There’s basically three main categories of things that I like to buy at Trader Joe’s. Prepared Foods Their frozen foods are higher quality that brands that other grocers carry. What is quality? In this case, it is…
Oh Orville, what might you be hiding? Inspired by Bertrand Fan’s investigation into what Tom Nook exactly had on his laptop which (made #1 on Hacker News ), I decided to see what Orville (the Dodo Airlines clerk) had on his screen. --> This effort was made entirely possible though the amazing hactool , which does all the heavy lifting of decompressing the image file system. It’s clear…
I recently renovated my (this) website, going from a simple hand-coded HTML site with a little CSS, to a static site generated by Hugo and served on Netlify. I wanted an icon to represent my resume to go on the front page of my website. The design I had in mind consisted of an icon of a piece of paper, with the text CV written on it. Some Googling around I found similar images to what I wanted,…
In Eminem’s new album Music to Be Murdered By , a phrase returns that has made an appearance in several of Eminem’s works throughout his career. 2000 – Eminem – The Real Slim Shady Yeah, I probably got a couple of screws up in my head loose But no worse than what’s goin’ on in your parents’ bedrooms 2002 – Eminem feat. 50 Cent and Obie Trice –…
Container Conductive Properties Anti-Static Properties Uses Non-Conductive 10^12 ohms per square Container inherently builds up static less charge from handling. Capacitors, resistors, and passive components for use ESD-safe area. 10^8 to 10^10 ohms per square 5 KiloVolts to 50 Volts within 200 nanoseconds Low initial charge on container. Container slowly dissipates charges over time. Integrated…
I’m improving industrial automation using connected embedded devices. I’m also a paraglider, home chef, and dilettante musician. If you’d like to contact me, you can do so through LinkedIn.
When I meet people, the question “What do you do for work/money/a job?” often comes up. I’ve had some fun to experiment with different answers. Replying I’m a student is one my favorite answers in terms of the invoked response. It seems to bring a sentiment of longing for the freedom that students generally have, perhaps wistful regret that they themselves didn’t travel as much as they would have…
Creative Kingdom makes Live Action Roll Play games for children. All of their games use an IR want to control game elements scattered around a park. Their flagship product, Magiquest, can be found in amusement parks across the country. They also do custom work, such as DinoQuest, at the Discovery Science Center in Santa Ana. This particular wand was from DinoQuest. Their wands are supposed to have…
I’ll start with a brief etymology. Macaroon and Macaron both come from the same Italian word maccherone . In modern vernacular, a macaroon is a coconut-based, dense, cake-y blob. A macaron is a meringue-based patty containing some sort of nut flour. Partly on a dare, partly out of curiosity, I made macarons following a recipe from AllRecipes . I prefer to cook by mass using a food scale, or…