Monthly Archives: May, 2008
Cubescape
isometric fun:http://www.themaninblue.com/experiment/Cubescape/
ActionScript 3D (pv3d-like) Data Visualizations
Very interesting 3d visualizations here over at http://www.bestiario.org using their own 3D framework.
Visual Comparison of Sorting Algorithms
Love the visual representation (little applets) of the sorting and it’s a great sort reference: Sorting Algorithms Quoting, “We all know that Quicksort is one of the fastest algorithms for sorting. It’s not often, however, that we get a chance to see exactly how fast Quicksort really is. The following applets chart the progress of several common sorting algorithms [...]
JavaScript Info Visualization Toolkit
The JIT is an advanced JavaScript infovis toolkit that was based on 5 papers regarding different information visualization techniques. The JIT implements advanced features of information visualization like Treemaps (with theslice and dice and squarified methods), an adapted visualization of trees based on theSpacetree, a focus+context technique to lay Hyperbolic Trees, and a radial layout of trees with advanced animations (RGraph). Some [...]
Java FX
I generally hate java, but something to watch with the Java FX from Sun. Here is a terrible marketing description(ugh)- note the screens of your life – idiotic , ”Java FX is a powerful client technology for creating rich Internet applications (RIAs) with immersive media and content across multiple the screens of your life.” Here is [...]
Unobtrusive JavaScript with jQuery
I’ve been in drupal world again, which happens to use the jQuery JS libraries. Simon Willison has some great resources and links here: Unobtrusive JavaScript with jQuery The latest jQuery. jQuery is a fast, concise, JavaScript Library that simplifies how you traverse HTML documents, handle events, perform animations, and add Ajax interactions to your web pages.
EC2 Persistent Storage
This is the main issue I currently have with Amazon’s EC2: the lack of persistent storage. However, according to this press release, “This new feature provides reliable, persistent storage volumes for use with Amazon EC2 instances. These volumes exist independently from any Amazon EC2 instances, and will behave like raw, unformatted hard drives or block [...]
Papervision Typography
This is kinda(no really) buggy, and not ready for primetime… but… the potential. http://www.typesql.com/ The actual concept is weak as well – just check out the UI – angles/transitions/etc.