Topic: Ideas

In my last post I talked about using Excel to visualize debug output. As another example, here's a short program for tracking the distance that the mouse has traveled.

In programming projects you sometimes need a quick line graph to see what's going with, say, a physics simulation. Instead of implementing the chart in your app, here's a quick way to view it using Excel.

Choosing a domain name is important but it's also pretty difficult since so many of them are registered already. I'm surprised there aren't more tools to help companies come up with the name they're gonna be stuck with for years to come.

Brain crack. According to video-blogging comedian Ze Frank, we get addicted to brain crack when we hoard a brilliant idea that's going to change everybody's lives and make us rich and famous. At least, that's how we see it in our minds.

Check out this demo of some data from my GPS logger displayed over Google Maps. The interesting part here is that the path varies in thickness to indicate how much time I spent in an area.

The tightly-packed seeds of a sunflower are a popular example of the occurrence of the Fibonacci sequence in nature and certainly not the only one. Some time ago I read an article about using Fibonacci numbers and the Golden Ratio to create pleasing layouts and logos. Here's an example of how I've applied the idea.

Sunflower image by Esdras Calderan

How many times have you registered as a new user at a website? It doesn't take long before you're memorizing passwords for a ton of sites. That is, if you haven't already given up and started using the taboo one-password-to-rule-them-all method. Here's one way of dealing with the mess...