Weekend miscellany

by John on August 21, 2011

Photography

NASA after the space shuttle
How a log is cut into lumber

Science

Physics of coffee rings
Comparing common decongestants

Computer science

A cartoon guide to the Advanced Encryption Standard
The busy beaver problem
Algorithms behind the Kinect (machine learning keynote)

Math

Applied algebraic topology and sensor networks notes by Robert Ghrist

Sensor network illustration by Robert Ghrist

Image from Robert Ghrist’s notes

{ 2 comments… read them below or add one }

1

JasonFruit 08.21.11 at 10:38

The AES cartoon is brilliant, clear, and very readable. I’ve been working with encryption recently, and it was fun to read such a good explanation.

2

Developer 08.28.11 at 07:20

That’s really difficult to read the notes.
Thanks anyway!

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