Tiny Little Life

My lens doesn’t quite capture the majesty of these green fangs.
Technically, “chelicerae”.

These are apparently called Phidippus Audax.
It looks like a Phiddip.

This field cricket was reclining on my backpack.

This is the Lua code to properly curry (according to the definition I learned, which is supported by Wikipedia) a function in Lua. Mine is a fairly efficient implementation that allows functions to be curried, regardless of how many arguments they would individually take.
My rant on incorrect implementations — several of them […]

This jumping spider was finishing up its meal when I saw it.
It could fit comfortably on a dime.

If I had to guess, I’d say this is a sac spider with its young.

But I’m not completely sure.

The Panasonic Lumix’s CCD just can’t match Canon’s. Of course, the prices reflect that in reverse.
More sweet shots of greenbottle flies and bumblebees after the break.

Lily with bumblebee.

Bumblebee in lily.

I judge the quality of a camera by how well it can pick up the details of greenbottle flies.

Note the wings, hairs, and dimples on […]

My GNU software called FontClustr has been updated to run on Ubuntu Lucid Lynx.
I’ve also corrected an omission of the 3 files that make the output webpages work properly. Sorry!
You need these files:

fontclustr.py
tree.py
style.css
tabber.css
tabber.js

You’ll need to apt-get these Ubuntu packages (and possibly others):python-pythonmagick
python-pygame
python-gd
python-opencv
fonttools
Run it by making fontclustr.py executable and executing it, or running this from […]

I had wanted to do this paper shredder hack for a while.
So, when my paper shredder started acting up, I angrily tore it apart… then I discovered that it was my own fault it wasn’t working (it has a safety switch that engages when you properly place it on its waste basket)… then […]