Animal privacy and Google Streeview

July 3rd, 2010

In spite of some recent mistakes, Google clearly takes privacy very seriously. I mean, how else can you explain going above and beyond by providing privacy protection to not just people, but their pets?

A person walking her dog with both their faces blurred

Actually, this identity-protected critter is just “collateral protection” thanks to Google’s overachieving face recognition algorithm.  In fact, I’ve heard of Google Street View’s algorithm protecting the privacy of plenty of non-humans, from people in billboards to even Colonel Sanders on the KFC logo.  Recently discovered a new one that’s a little more interesting; an elephant!

Take a look:

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Newsweek Zombies

June 15th, 2010

About a year ago I created Konami JS in response to an article about ESPN putting a Konami Code Easter Egg up on their site. It seemed like a stupidly easy thing to make, so I added iPhone gesture support to make it a little more interesting. When it was done, I had a nice script that anybody with a little website-building knowledge could copy and paste into his or her site for instant shenanigans.
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DIY Ugly Christmas Sweaters

December 25th, 2009

For Christmas this year my extended family has decided to have an ugly sweater theme. My mother, being the clever person she is, decided to roll her own. I now know where I inherited the frivolously creative gene.

Merry Christmas and enjoy: