http://evanhanson.com/blog/feed/ 2009-11-13T11:29:01-06:00 Chyrp evanhansonhttp://feedburner.google.com tag:evanhanson.com,2009-11-13:/blog/id/82/ 2009-11-13T11:32:17-06:00 2009-11-13T11:29:01-06:00 Evan Hanson http://evanhanson.com/blog <img src="http://evanhanson.com/blog/includes/thumb.php?file=../uploads/452.jpg&amp;max_width=500&amp;max_height=500&amp;quality=100" alt="452.jpg" /><br /><br /><p>I like the art of <a href="http://www.kinseyvisual.com/">David Kinsey</a>.</p> <div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/evanhanson?a=RMBZyrDtXic:fcGi0a5SdV4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/evanhanson?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/evanhanson/~4/RMBZyrDtXic" height="1" width="1"/> http://evanhanson.com/blog/i-like-the-art-of-david-kinsey/ tag:evanhanson.com,2009-11-11:/blog/id/80/ 2009-11-11T21:21:09-06:00 2009-11-06T13:06:29-06:00 Evan Hanson http://evanhanson.com/blog <p>Every so often, numbers can be fun.</p> <div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/evanhanson?a=FG0g6bocTHE:gD-WBvc4Sj0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/evanhanson?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/evanhanson/~4/FG0g6bocTHE" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rexswain.com/benford.html tag:evanhanson.com,2009-11-04:/blog/id/79/ 2009-11-04T14:40:19-06:00 2009-11-04T14:39:53-06:00 Evan Hanson http://evanhanson.com/blog <object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" class="object-youtube" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/Fq5GjCR-qxg" width="468" height="391"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Fq5GjCR-qxg" /><param name="FlashVars" value="playerMode=embedded" /></object><br /><br /><p>Absolutely exactly what the doctor ordered.</p> <div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/evanhanson?a=PutbKhRF5dU:0jmxFGwnzxU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/evanhanson?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/evanhanson/~4/PutbKhRF5dU" height="1" width="1"/> http://evanhanson.com/blog/absolutely-exactly-what-the-doctor-ordered/ tag:evanhanson.com,2009-11-02:/blog/id/77/ 2009-11-02T22:00:27-06:00 2009-11-02T21:59:53-06:00 Evan Hanson http://evanhanson.com/blog <img src="http://evanhanson.com/blog/includes/thumb.php?file=../uploads/cosmiclattejhu.jpg&amp;max_width=500&amp;max_height=500&amp;quality=100" alt="Slightly Peach" /><br /><br /><p>As it turns out, the <a href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap091101.html">average color of the universe</a> is &#8220;slightly peach&#8221; (via <span class="caps">NASA</span>&#8217;s wonderful <a href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/">Astronomy Picture of the Day</a>).</p> <div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/evanhanson?a=T4a5RYqauWs:wGyyS1e8pNg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/evanhanson?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/evanhanson/~4/T4a5RYqauWs" height="1" width="1"/> http://evanhanson.com/blog/the-color-of-the-universe/ tag:evanhanson.com,2009-10-27:/blog/id/76/ 2009-10-27T00:37:52-05:00 2009-10-27T00:36:46-05:00 Evan Hanson http://evanhanson.com/blog <object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" class="object-youtube" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/71izserFcek" width="468" height="391"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/71izserFcek" /><param name="FlashVars" value="playerMode=embedded" /></object><br /><br /><p>I want to know what kind of black magic he uses at 1:44.</p> <div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/evanhanson?a=AzU0Po6Z244:YS2y4qqXXRg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/evanhanson?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/evanhanson/~4/AzU0Po6Z244" height="1" width="1"/> http://evanhanson.com/blog/guthrie-govans-black-magic/ tag:evanhanson.com,2009-10-22:/blog/id/75/ 2009-10-22T09:20:54-05:00 2009-10-21T00:25:19-05:00 Evan Hanson http://evanhanson.com/blog <p>The <a href="http://pumpkingutter.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=31">gollum</a> is especially terrifying.</p> <div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/evanhanson?a=givbCpYloME:1W7qY_kXMm4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/evanhanson?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/evanhanson/~4/givbCpYloME" height="1" width="1"/> http://pumpkingutter.com/gallery2/main.php tag:evanhanson.com,2009-10-20:/blog/id/74/ 2009-10-20T00:32:43-05:00 2009-10-19T22:34:05-05:00 Evan Hanson http://evanhanson.com/blog <object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" class="object-youtube" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/zSgiXGELjbc" width="468" height="391"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zSgiXGELjbc" /><param name="FlashVars" value="playerMode=embedded" /></object><br /><br /><p>My hero just got heroier.</p> <div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/evanhanson?a=bcIrOoG0mcE:36kDTjgM0dM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/evanhanson?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/evanhanson/~4/bcIrOoG0mcE" height="1" width="1"/> http://evanhanson.com/blog/my-hero-just-got-heroier/ tag:evanhanson.com,2009-10-17:/blog/id/73/ 2009-10-17T10:18:35-05:00 2009-10-17T10:09:20-05:00 Evan Hanson http://evanhanson.com/blog <img src="http://evanhanson.com/blog/includes/thumb.php?file=../uploads/39700998520126f51ec1o.jpg&amp;max_width=500&amp;max_height=500&amp;quality=100" alt="39700998520126f51ec1o.jpg" /><br /><br /><p>A gorgeous glimpse of Paul-M&#8217;uad Dib&#8217;s life, courtesy of <a href="http://pulphope.blogspot.com/2009/10/muad-dib.html">pulphope</a>.</p> <div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/evanhanson?a=1bpDgSn7TZ8:UfLOQKTp34w:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/evanhanson?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/evanhanson/~4/1bpDgSn7TZ8" height="1" width="1"/> http://evanhanson.com/blog/muad-dib/ tag:evanhanson.com,2009-10-16:/blog/id/72/ 2009-10-16T13:26:35-05:00 2009-10-16T13:01:51-05:00 Evan Hanson http://evanhanson.com/blog <p>Starbucks: resisting peer pressure since 1971.</p> <div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/evanhanson?a=ryvrgtO3E0k:KbEWn6ts0ck:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/evanhanson?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/evanhanson/~4/ryvrgtO3E0k" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.goodguide.com/contributions#sector=Restaurants %26 Drinking Establishments&sort=total&query= tag:evanhanson.com,2009-10-15:/blog/id/71/ 2009-10-15T23:42:23-05:00 2009-10-15T23:10:54-05:00 Evan Hanson http://evanhanson.com/blog <p>The haunting, polyphonic wails of <a href="http://www.vartanmamigonian.net">Vartan Mamigonian</a> (or, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/patrickbreinermusic">Patrick Breiner</a> alone with a saxophone).</p> <div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/evanhanson?a=GLUzWd4CBPU:0SQ_SWf9r1I:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/evanhanson?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/evanhanson/~4/GLUzWd4CBPU" height="1" width="1"/> http://evanhanson.com/blog/these-are-the-angels-streets/http://evanhanson.com/blog/uploads/06---These-Are-The-Angels-Streets.mp3 tag:evanhanson.com,2009-10-09:/blog/id/69/ 2009-10-09T11:50:51-05:00 2009-10-09T11:49:29-05:00 Evan Hanson http://evanhanson.com/blog <p>I&#8217;ve got to say, this feels a bit like handing out the award for Best Picture after seeing a trailer. Sure, you can do it &#8212; and we&#8217;ve all got high hopes &#8212; but how do you know it won&#8217;t end up like one more M. Night Shyamalan flick?</p> <div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/evanhanson?a=sq9_rUJZZ-U:D0GaxmJoUww:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/evanhanson?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/evanhanson/~4/sq9_rUJZZ-U" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/10/world/10nobel.html?hp tag:evanhanson.com,2009-10-08:/blog/id/68/ 2009-10-08T18:33:29-05:00 2009-10-08T15:35:04-05:00 Evan Hanson http://evanhanson.com/blog <p>Well&#8230; <a href="http://www.weathersealed.com/2009/09/22/where-the-buffalo-roamed/">I guess it was bound to happen eventually.</a></p> <div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/evanhanson?a=7hXgJiwdyf8:56tuw3cTdr4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/evanhanson?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/evanhanson/~4/7hXgJiwdyf8" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/6259044/McDonalds-restaurants-to-open-at-the-Louvre.html tag:evanhanson.com,2009-10-05:/blog/id/67/ 2009-10-05T23:53:21-05:00 2009-10-05T23:50:29-05:00 Evan Hanson http://evanhanson.com/blog <object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" class="object-vimeo" width="640" height="360" data="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5003279&amp;server=www.vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00adef&amp;fullscreen=1"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5003279&amp;server=www.vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00adef&amp;fullscreen=1" /></object><br /><br /><p>A deliciously trippy music video with a dash of Saturday-morning superhero.</p> <div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/evanhanson?a=6t3Eu-9kj8Y:uPMzPqa-0CU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/evanhanson?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/evanhanson/~4/6t3Eu-9kj8Y" height="1" width="1"/> http://evanhanson.com/blog/birdy-nam-nam/ tag:evanhanson.com,2009-10-08:/blog/id/66/ 2009-10-08T18:34:08-05:00 2009-10-02T18:45:42-05:00 Evan Hanson http://evanhanson.com/blog <object width="650" height="508"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Yp1wUodQgqQ&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&ap=%2526fmt%3D18"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Yp1wUodQgqQ&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&ap=%2526fmt%3D18" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="650" height="508"></embed></object><br /><br /><p>Physics is fun.</p> <div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/evanhanson?a=HLyFhl1bEck:-p2AkKSIRWc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/evanhanson?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/evanhanson/~4/HLyFhl1bEck" height="1" width="1"/> http://evanhanson.com/blog/physics-is-fun/ tag:evanhanson.com,2009-10-01:/blog/id/65/ 2009-10-01T12:54:57-05:00 2009-10-01T12:57:14-05:00 Evan Hanson http://evanhanson.com/blog <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Horton_Conway">John Conway&#8217;s</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_Game_of_Life">Game of Life</a> <a href="http://wwwhomes.uni-bielefeld.de/achim/gol.html">is</a> <a href="http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/playground/life.html">something</a> <a href="http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Life.html">that&#8217;s</a> <A href="http://codegolf.com/conways-game-of-life">intrigued</a> <a href="http://www.rendell-attic.org/gol/tm.htm">me</a> (<a href="http://www.michael-hogg.co.uk/game_of_life.php">and</a> <a href="http://entropymine.com/jason/life/">many</a> <a href="http://home.interserv.com/~mniemiec/lifepage.htm">others</a>) <a href="http://home.adelphi.edu/~stemkoski/mathematrix/life.html">for</a> <a href="">a</a> <a href="http://experimentgarden.blogspot.com/2009/07/conways-game-of-life.html">long</a> <a href="">time</a>. <a href="http://www.conwaylife.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page">Resources</a> <a href="http://cafaq.com/lifefaq/index.php">abound</a> (<a href="http://www.pentadecathlon.com/">no</a>, <a href="http://radicaleye.com/lifepage/">for</a> <a href="http://www.ericweisstein.com/encyclopedias/life/">real</a>);</a> <a href="http://psych.hanover.edu/javatest/Play/Life.html">tinker</a> <a href="http://www.interactionfigure.nl/2008/conways-game-of-life-in-flash/">on</a>, <a href="http://psoup.math.wisc.edu/Life32.html">if</a> <a href="http://linux.maruhn.com/sec/xlife.html">your</a> <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/golly/">curiosity</a> <a href="http://www.5etdemi.com/experiments/life.html">has</a> <a href="http://davidwees.com/flash/lifegame/">been</a> <a href="http://www.kongregate.com/games/squidsquid/the-irregulargame-of-life">piqued</a>.</p> <div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/evanhanson?a=o14AqQebvVI:cSuwHRyAJmg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/evanhanson?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/evanhanson/~4/o14AqQebvVI" height="1" width="1"/> http://evanhanson.com/blog/an-exercise-in-elegance/ tag:evanhanson.com,2009-10-01:/blog/id/64/ 2009-10-01T10:23:58-05:00 2009-10-01T10:09:39-05:00 Evan Hanson http://evanhanson.com/blog <object width="650" height="700"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6747788&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6747788&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="650" height="700"></embed></object><br /><br /><p>Impressive&#8230; He must have an extremely high &#8220;take the god-damned picture already&#8221; threshold &#8212; as important a talent as any for a politician.</p> <div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/evanhanson?a=KJdFKRMLLAE:KpWiQ5Uzhs8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/evanhanson?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/evanhanson/~4/KJdFKRMLLAE" height="1" width="1"/> http://evanhanson.com/blog/obamas-amazingly-consistent-smile/ tag:evanhanson.com,2009-09-29:/blog/id/62/ 2009-09-29T17:20:46-05:00 2009-09-29T17:20:46-05:00 Evan Hanson http://evanhanson.com/blog <p>With <strong>CS 540: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence</strong> and the credits earned therein comes also that watershed disappointment, one that every nascent programmer must face: the slow and brutal realization that <strong>A.I. isn’t nearly as much fun as was promised on TV</strong>.</p> <div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/evanhanson?a=mzZtagts7yo:qjewnVFn2p4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/evanhanson?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/evanhanson/~4/mzZtagts7yo" height="1" width="1"/> http://evanhanson.com/blog/a-sad-realization/ tag:evanhanson.com,2009-09-28:/blog/id/61/ 2009-09-28T16:10:37-05:00 2009-09-28T16:10:37-05:00 Evan Hanson http://evanhanson.com/blog <p>Given the infrequency of my postings here, I&#8217;ve decided to move my blog/feed/stream/whatever to a <a href="http://chyrp.net/">lighter system</a>. Wish me luck.</p> <div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/evanhanson?a=l5Y1KgpRaxY:H75AQBModVo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/evanhanson?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/evanhanson/~4/l5Y1KgpRaxY" height="1" width="1"/> http://evanhanson.com/blog/a-migration/