Archive for April, 2004

Cartoon Family

Thursday, April 22nd, 2004

Jianshuo just reviewed Home Style+, and I had to try it for myself. Unfortunately, it appears to be available only in Japan. After coaxing it to install on my US version of Windows XP, I made some cartoons. It seems that the tool is very specialized for Asian features. I took multiple pictures of myself […]

Loopy Decisions

Wednesday, April 21st, 2004

Developers love ?rulesof thumb? for perf; especially if a rule is somewhat nonobvious and can be used to show how elite one is. A rule is accepted as fact, so a developer can simply match the situation to the rule and then stop thinking further.
So, what could be simpler than looping through an array of […]

Loopy Decisions

Wednesday, April 21st, 2004

Developers love ?rulesof thumb? for perf; especially if a rule is somewhat nonobvious and can be used to show how elite one is. A rule is accepted as fact, so a developer can simply match the situation to the rule and then stop thinking further.
So, what could be simpler than looping through an array of […]

China Traffic Deaths

Tuesday, April 20th, 2004

[Marginal Revolution] Every day, 300 people die in traffic accidents in China. While this is the highest rate of traffic deaths in the world, it is remarkably low when all things are considered. Admittedly, the traffic in China is horrendous, and nobody pays attention to traffic signals; but that is not really the issue. You […]

China Traffic Deaths

Tuesday, April 20th, 2004

[Marginal Revolution] Every day, 300 people die in traffic accidents in China. While this is the highest rate of traffic deaths in the world, it is remarkably low when all things are considered. Admittedly, the traffic in China is horrendous, and nobody pays attention to traffic signals; but that is not really the issue. You […]