Archive Posts for: February 26, 2010

Document image segmentation

SMAP and TSMAP Segmentation Software Document image segmentation (tags: publishing algorithm)

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One of my patents just got granted. "Image layout constraint generation"

Patent US7668400 One of my patents just got granted. "Image layout constraint generation" (tags: my ip patent)

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Wired and Adobe's concept of what a digital version of Wired would look like on an iPad.

Wired Magazine goes Digital Wired and Adobe's concept of what a digital version of Wired would look like on an iPad. (tags: publishing design)

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Part of the answer of how to remove objects from PDF.

Re: [iText-questions] Finding / Removing Object from PDF Part of the answer of how to remove objects from PDF. (tags: programming)

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Reddis and Akka — two interesting technologies for fast, light-weight distributed programming

redis – Project Hosting on Google Code A key-value database that claims to be very fast, and has bindings in many languages. (tags: programming database scaling code) Akka Project Promising-looking framework for distributed programming in Java or Scala. (tags: programming library java scala)

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Decluttered API documentation for the iText PDF-manipulating Java library

The iText library is a great resource for generating and manipulating PDF files. However its API is very complex and there is a notable lack of good online tutorial material. So you often must resort to plowing through the Javadoc-generated API documentation trying to figure out how to use the library. Doing that, you might [...]

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Debunking Airnergy with some back-of-the-envelope calculations

I have seen several reverences to Airnergy device by RCA that claims to recharge a battery by harvesting WiFi signals from the air. That sounded a bit fishy to me. Let’s look at some numbers. First, how much power does a WiFi hotspot put out? According to moonblinkwifi.com a typical output is 200 mW. Now [...]

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50 Most Frequently Used Chinese Characters Presented in an Easy-to-Learn Way

I created this list of Chinese characters for my own benefit in trying to learn them. I took Jun Da’s list of most frequently used characters and added a Google image search to provide some mnemonics. I added tone-color and exaggerated tone marks to the pinyin to help remind me of the the tones. See [...]

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Scalate: a lightweight alternative to the Lift Scala web framework

Scalate So far, Lift has been the only Scala-specific way of creating web applications. Scalate offers a lightweight alternative, though purists will shudder at how functionality and presentation are mixed willy-nilly. (tags: programming)

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links for 2010-02-01

ePub Zen Garden Nice example of how different CSS can be used to display ePub format nicely on the web. However this formatting does not seem to be respected by e-book readers (or at least not Adobe Digital Editions). (tags: books publishing ebook literature css design) San Francisco Planning Department : Citywide Zoning Map (Color) [...]

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