Random

A collection of random links you may enjoy

Unpublished results hide the "Decline Effect"

Some effects diminish when tests are repeated. Jonathan Schooler says being open about findings that don't make the scientific record could reveal why.

Article from "Nature"

"How to Lie with Statistics"

Darrell Huff

Amazon

The Perils of JavaSchools

Joel Spolsky (From 2005)

Blog Article

Conclipse

A plugin framework I made that allows for easy addition of many types of static java code analysis to eclipse. Interface presents an Abstract Syntax Tree and Document Object Model, and elicits error markers and suggestions.

Conclipse Main Page

NFS Presentation

A quick overview of Sun's Network File System.

download (pdf)

Clandestmas

Clandestmas (Clandestine + Christmas) is a "secret santa" system I made that allows for double-blind gift-giving: neither do you know who is getting your gift, nor do you know who your gift is for. You choose a recipient based on gift ideas that each user enters. There are non-trivial mechanisms to prevent a scenerio where one peron is left out and will recieve no gift.

You can try it out here: Clandestmas.

UML Overview Presentation

Quick overview of UML. www.omg.org has official spec.

download 345KB pdf

Geometry and Feature-Based Face Detection

A computer vision project I did as an undergrad.

Project Description 1.67MB pdf

The Twin Prime Conjecture Song

TwinPrimeConjecture.mp3 (943KB - 2:14)