Entries by Brandon Muramatsu

Math in webpages

[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”]A little over a week ago, I was thinking about what might we do to improve the functionality of OpenCourseWare sites (more on this later). One idea I hit on, was a… Continue Reading Math in webpages

June 1, 2009 /2 Comments/by

OMG Lego envy

The Mythbusters took on a YouTube myth about someone assembling 5 million Lego bricks into a ball and rolling it down the street. Yes, that’s 5 million Lego bricks (Legos). Well, the Mythbusters were only able to get 500,000 Lego bricks–as they say, “all the excess Lego blocks in North America”. (That’s ok, the 5… Continue Reading OMG Lego envy

May 27, 2009 /1 Comment/by

When writing “smarter” isn’t what’s needed

[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”]Recently I read a post on Lifehacker about the Simple English Wikipedia where they “use easy words and shorter sentences”. My friend Marion was discussing an idea at COSL to develop a… Continue Reading When writing “smarter” isn’t what’s needed

May 27, 2009 by

Innovative Timelines

One of our projects at OEIT is for the Edgerton Center–helping them catalog Doc Edgerton’s notebooks to create an online exhibit and history of his work. All of these notebooks, as scientific notebooks documenting research, are date-stamped. These notebooks can also be paired with the photos and videos that documented that research. In parallel I’ve… Continue Reading Innovative Timelines

May 21, 2009 by

Capturing a screenshot of a full webpage

[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”]This is a followup to my article on Kosmix where I include a screenshot of the full webpage results from my search for “angular momentum”. Screen captures, as the name implies, are… Continue Reading Capturing a screenshot of a full webpage

May 19, 2009 by

Queues

[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”]Today, tickets to Blizzcon 2009 went on sale at 10am PDT. I hopped into line a couple minutes after 10am (figuring they’d be a little late, turns out they weren’t). While watching… Continue Reading Queues

May 16, 2009 by

Opt out!

[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”]Slashdot had a link to a useful article on the World Privacy Forum’s Top Ten Opt Outs. Since I moved in 2004-2005 to Utah I have been working very hard to reduce… Continue Reading Opt out!

May 15, 2009 by