ArcSoft Panoramamaker can merge multiple photos into a single image, adjusting for changes in contrast and lense distortion. Here’s an image from a vantage point above Redcone and Webster jeep trails. My jeep is barely visible at the junction of the two trails. Redcone is the pass ascending the narrow ridge, Webster descends into the valley. Here’s a nearly 360 degree view taken from the top of Grussmuenster, a church in downtown Zuerich near Jonas’s house. The image was created…
Last weekend, my father and I went to a three day photography workshop hosted by John Fielder. Fielder is considered to be one of the premier nature photographers in the US. The original images, which were too large to link to, scanned at 2400dpi from 35mm slides. At full resolution, works out to ~4000×2500. Day One Took 4×4 vehicles to an area near Wolcott (west of Vail). From there, we snowshoed to a place called Bellyache Ridge. There were lots…
‘kaos’ is a fractal generator for Zaurus handhelds and other mobile devices featuring support for KVM or J2ME. Download java-net.ultrametrics.kaos.Kaos_1.0_arm.ipk
Summary jpcap is a set of Java classes which provide an interface and system for network packet capture. A protocol library and tool for visualizing network traffic is included. jpcap hides the low-level details of network packet capture by abstracting many network packet types and protocols into Java classes. Internally, jpcap implements bindings to the libpcap system library through JNI (the Java Native Interface). jpcap utilizes libpcap, a widely deployed shared-library for capturing user-level packets. libpcap must be installed on…
Gran Turismo 4 has a funny feature that allows you to photograph cars that you ‘own’ in-game at different locations around the world. Here’s the cars I’ve owned, and places I’ve driven them. Well, except for Japan. 1980 Datsun 280ZX Performance * 0-60 8.8s * 16.6s 1/4 mi * ~130mph Specifications * 2.8 L L28E I6 * 140bhp @ 5,200 rpm * 145lb ft @ 4,000 rpm * 2990lbs 1978 Chevy Corvette GT3 doesn’t feature the emissions controlled and…
Performance * 0-60 4.0s (GM) * 186mph (GM) Specifications * 5.7L V8 * 385hp @ 6000 RPM * 385ft-lbs @ 4800 RPM * 3115lbs * 265/40ZR17 on 9.5″ front, 295/35ZR18 on 10.5″ rear Quotes 2002.01 – Road and Track “Acceleration in the Z06 is immediate and unrelenting… There’s little doubt this latest Corvette is one of the world’s top sports cars, regardless of price.” 2000.08 – Sports Car “The Z06… represents a significant leap forward in all-around high performance, and…
net.ultrametrics.palm.JChalkIR is a java ‘Spotlet’ for the experimental KJava virtual machine for handheld devices. Allows two or more people to collaborate on a simple sketch. source: sources_net.ultrametrics.palm-0.02.jar javadoc: javadoc_net.ultrametrics.palm-0.02.jar palm app: JChalkIR-v0_2.zip note: Application requires Sun’s KVM (Early Access version 0.1 [DR4] or newer). The SDDK and VM can be found on Sun’s JDC KVM page. If you are still using the Java One KVM [DR3 or older], try the old JChalkIR. Source and javadoc jar files provided are…
net.ultrametrics.qcvs.Visualizer is a console utility for browsing and visualizing modifications in an RCS or CVS source repository. Usage Usage: Visualizer [cvsroot_1 cvsroot_2 … cvsroot_n] optional java parameters are: -Dmk=author organize histograms by author -Dmk=path organize histograms by module i.e. java -Dmk=author net.ultrametrics.qcvs.Visualizer CVSROOT Download source: sources_net.ultrametrics-0.01.jar classes: classes_net.ultrametrics-0.01.jar javadoc: javadocs_net.ultrametrics-0.01.jar Browse javadoc README note: QCVS requires the fooware CommandLine classes. jar files provided are compatible with the jar tool packaged with jdk1.2 and later.
net.ultrametrics.security.PortScanner is a command-line utility to scan for tcp services on a range of ports on a host or on a range of hosts. Usage Usage: PortScanner [OPTIONS] hostname [hostname2] optional parameters are: -l port# | –low port# low port number -h port# | –high port# high port number -t n | –threadlimit n spawn n threads -v | –verbose verbose output Concurrently scans, using at maximum the number of threads specified, for hosts between ‘hostname’ and ‘hostname2’ which…