So I just upgraded my wordpress install to version 2.5. The shining new feature is a media library. No more need for various hacks in the form of plugins 
To commemorate this occasion, my first wp gallery!
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So I’ve had the joy of working with Windows Vista at work (not directly with, but more IT type stuff) so when people talk it down saying that it’s a resource hog (enter Aero) or that it only supports one and a half programs (explorer and half of MS Word) or its wonderful DRM (RAM upgrades are overrated anyway), I punch them in the face and tell them it’s a terrific OS. Anyway, word on the street is that the next version, the once dubbed Windows Vienna (now call Windows 7), is set to release in 2010.
And of course, we have a wikipedia entry already.
And here’s the compulsory screenshot:
(looks a lot like vista don’t it…that’s the way I like it :D)
This is actually kind of old news. Anyway, taaz is a website where you can do virtual makeovers for free.
I made a video yesterday
So as some of you may know, I work for a company that is developing a product that applies makeup on faces in an interactive context. You can apply lipstick, blush, etc to touch up an existing photo that you can upload from your computer. There is also a notion of a social network built in so that you can share your makeovers with your friends along with content pages for tips and tricks for practical usages and stuff. Of course, all of these services will be free.
My primary role in the company is to develop the software surrounding the product, but as a startup, everyone does everything. For example, I would also be responsible for testing various parts of the code. In any case, one of our tests spawned a site which exhibits some interesting edge cases.
Here is a sample from that site. All images on that site were created completely with our makeup editor. No additional photoshop work was done.
Holy crap.
The trade:
LA gets:
Pau Gasol
2nd round pick in 2010
Memphis gets:
Kwame Brown
Javaris Crittenton
Aaron Mckie
1st round picks in 2008 and 2010
Wow.
Exciting day.
The new Lakers starting lineup:
Andrew
Pau
Lamar
Kobe
Fish
Can you say ..dayum?
Some news:
Higashi has a new blog (it’s in Japanese)!
The Lakers are still without Andrew Bynum (and will continue to be for another several weeks)…I’ll post more on that later.
A few things to add to the blog:
Adventures in Flex Category - I’ve been doing a lot of flex and been learning a lot of random stuff that has been hard to find so I guess I’ll post it.
Stark’s Conjecture - I want to (re)prove Stark’s Conjecture starting from scratch - I’ll post my progress. (This is an OLD goal…)
Go for Breakfast - I have been working on developing a 9×9 go AI for a flash game for Alex Dinerchtein (a 3 dan professional). His handle is “breakfast”.
A more robust flash game scores section (similar to the old one)
A better blogroll/link area
My senior thesis, “Special values of hypergeometric functions over finite fields”, has been accepted by the Ramanujan Journal!
