[FRIAM] Fun app for 3d deapthy photos

2019-04-28 Thread Gillian Densmore
Hi all background A facebook comic group i'm in posted a few really fun older style 3d pictures. the kinds that you could move around a little. Turns out FB now has a way to take a grey picture as a deapth map for it's colorful partner. making a a really fun picture as a result . If you move the mo

Re: [FRIAM] Fun facts about coffe

2017-09-21 Thread Steven A Smith
Gil- Adding to the wimsical side: http://www.minq.com/lifestyle/8913/19-coffee-hacks-that-every-coffee-drinker-has-to-know-immediately?fb_comment_id=659282570844212_812541528851648#f382a4af585002c Weird a small amount helps you process certain fats? oO  that's awesome! Great rundown on coff

[FRIAM] Fun facts about coffe

2017-09-21 Thread Gillian Densmore
Adding to the wimsical side: http://www.minq.com/lifestyle/8913/19-coffee-hacks-that-every-coffee-drinker-has-to-know-immediately?fb_comment_id=659282570844212_812541528851648#f382a4af585002c Weird a small amount helps you process certain fats? oO that's awesome! =

Re: [FRIAM] fun!

2017-01-12 Thread glen ☣
On 01/12/2017 12:01 PM, Marcus Daniels wrote: > They say that Trump likes to watch himself on cable news with the sound off. > Maybe he isn't the only one? Heh, if I had hair and lost this stupid pot belly, I might be like that, too. My favorite Trump joke on SNL was this one: https://www.

Re: [FRIAM] fun!

2017-01-12 Thread glen ☣
It all depends on what you think this stuff (internet stuff) is for. I enjoyed this article: It’s Time to Kill Twitter, Before It Kills Us http://www.newsweek.com/2017/01/20/kill-twitter-540656.html On 01/12/2017 11:59 AM, Alfredo Covaleda Vélez wrote: > It concluded that could not analyze

Re: [FRIAM] fun!

2017-01-12 Thread Marcus Daniels
They say that Trump likes to watch himself on cable news with the sound off. Maybe he isn't the only one? -Original Message- From: Friam [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On Behalf Of glen ? Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2017 12:43 PM To: friam@redfish.com Subject: [FRIAM] fun! Gi

Re: [FRIAM] fun!

2017-01-12 Thread Alfredo Covaleda Vélez
It concluded that could not analyze me because most of my tweets are private. That's perfect to me. On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 2:42 PM, glen ☣ wrote: > Gillian was asking that if we must talk about politics, we make it a bit > more upbeat. Well, here's a fun site: > > http://internetawacs.jester

Re: [FRIAM] fun!

2017-01-12 Thread Gillian Densmore
Well glen as usual nailed it! It thinks i'm upbeat, concous and yet analitic On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 12:50 PM, Frank Wimberly wrote: > It said I was analytic, conscientious, depressed, and arrogant. The last > may be because I told Kellyanne Conway that she had lost her mind. > > Frank > > F

Re: [FRIAM] fun!

2017-01-12 Thread Frank Wimberly
It said I was analytic, conscientious, depressed, and arrogant. The last may be because I told Kellyanne Conway that she had lost her mind. Frank Frank Wimberly Phone (505) 670-9918 On Jan 12, 2017 12:42 PM, "glen ☣" wrote: Gillian was asking that if we must talk about politics, we make it a

[FRIAM] fun!

2017-01-12 Thread glen ☣
Gillian was asking that if we must talk about politics, we make it a bit more upbeat. Well, here's a fun site: http://internetawacs.jesterscourt.cc/launchfeed-firehose.php If you go to the "deep dive" section and type in a twitter account username, you get a report on their personality trait

[FRIAM] fun with DNS

2016-10-31 Thread Marcus Daniels
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/cover_story/2016/10/was_a_server_registered_to_the_trump_organization_communicating_with_russia.html FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's Coll

Re: [FRIAM] Fun Times in Ecuador

2015-07-03 Thread Alfredo Covaleda Vélez
Hola La tensión política que se presenta en Ecuador también se presenta en la gran mayoría de los países de América del sur. En esta región algunos países están bajo el control de la derecha, otros lo están de la izquierda pero en todos los casos existen debates intensos con altos niveles de exal

Re: [FRIAM] Fun Times in Ecuador

2015-07-03 Thread Arlo Barnes
On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 6:55 PM, Steve Smith wrote: > a bullet (to bite on) I have heard this expression, but I have always thought that there are much better choices of things to bite: a second belt, a folded saddlebag strap, and so on. This website makes some ventures as to the etymology of th

Re: [FRIAM] Fun Times in Ecuador

2015-07-01 Thread Steve Smith
REC - [...] an infection from a hot spring [...] oh, dear, don't like the sound of that, Miracles of modern an

Re: [FRIAM] Fun Times in Ecuador

2015-07-01 Thread Steve Smith
Gary - The prices of wireless equipment has come down a lot in the last five years or so. I really like Ubiquiti (www.ubnt.com), and it is the main brand that the wireless ISPs use here. Motorola "Canopy" seemed to be the early power player in the domain but Ubi

Re: [FRIAM] Fun Times in Ecuador

2015-07-01 Thread Gary Schiltz
I seem to have always been just on the periphery of good internet service since the 1980s, due to my choice of living in rural areas. It has always been dialup until a very brief time with a 128K wireless connection in Pecos, starting in 2007 until I left the USA in 2008. Of course, most places I’v

Re: [FRIAM] Fun Times in Ecuador

2015-07-01 Thread Roger Critchlow
On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 3:41 PM, Steve Smith wrote: > [...] an infection from a hot spring [...] > oh, dear, don't like the sound of that, -- rec -- FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's

Re: [FRIAM] Fun Times in Ecuador

2015-07-01 Thread Steve Smith
Owen - I studied various wireless technologies designed for third-world environments when I was about to lose my (decent) internet provided by my pueblo (San Ildefonso) two years ago...  I wanted to fill their void with an ISP/co-op but found a total lack o

Re: [FRIAM] Fun Times in Ecuador

2015-07-01 Thread Owen Densmore
Fascinating! Stuart Brand (Whole Earth Catalog & SFI) would be interested, especially the wireless stunt. He studies creativity at the edge of poverty and large sprawling cities. I've heard a lot more folks planning to retire to Mexico and other south american places. One went to Ecuador .. the op

Re: [FRIAM] Fun Times in Ecuador

2015-06-30 Thread Steve Smith
and is your price for this is $100/Mbit/month?   I'm on a similar "first mile" (23miles in my case) and they (cnsp) are about to offer 50Mb/s service off of SF Ski Hill... for not much more than my 1.5Mbit/s runs...  I assume the extra cost is a comb

Re: [FRIAM] Fun Times in Ecuador

2015-06-30 Thread Gary Schiltz
The owner is a friend, so he let me out an antenna on his tower. It is quite common here, except that the ISP usually provides the equipment. Some friend... On Tuesday, June 30, 2015, Marcus Daniels wrote: > Gary writes: > > > > Fiber in most cities now, nothing in rural areas. I have a good v

Re: [FRIAM] Fun Times in Ecuador

2015-06-30 Thread Marcus Daniels
Gary writes: Fiber in most cities now, nothing in rural areas. I have a good view of a town 20 km away that has fiber, so have wireless connection from my tower to my ISP. “ Is that common, or something you negotiated with the ISP? Marcus ===

Re: [FRIAM] Fun Times in Ecuador

2015-06-30 Thread Gary Schiltz
Grid power is fairly reliable here, and ubiquitous. Not enough sun for solar to be cost effective. Micro hydro can be decent. Diesel only $1 per gallon for reliable generator backup. Connections to reliable internet is expensive, about $100 per megabit per month. Fiber in most cities now, nothing

Re: [FRIAM] Fun Times in Ecuador

2015-06-30 Thread Merle Lefkoff
Hmm, seems to me Correa has been on the side of the poor folks all along. Ability to enter the middle class in Ecuador has much to do with your color--how light or dark you are. And rich folks like to pass on their entitlement to their kids to insure that dynasties--political and otherwise--hold t

Re: [FRIAM] Fun Times in Ecuador

2015-06-30 Thread Marcus Daniels
"I live at about 6500 feet elevation, so I don't need much heat, and never any cooling. It's amazing living on the west slope of the Andes. I can drive half an hour and get an increase in temperature of about 10 degrees F, another half an hour for another 10 degrees" How about power and low-lat

[FRIAM] Fun Times in Ecuador

2015-06-30 Thread Gary Schiltz
[A long post follows - I hope it is interesting to at least a few on the list (I'm thinking especially of Ivan Ordoñez)] Despite living here in EC for 7 years, I'm still trying to figure the place out. There are so many things I could say about it, but most would be just sort of gut feelings. My S

Re: [FRIAM] fun and sandpiles

2007-01-13 Thread Phil Henshaw
~~~ > 680 Ft. Washington Ave > NY NY 10040 > tel: 212-795-4844 > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > explorations: www.synapse9.com > > > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROT

Re: [FRIAM] fun and sandpiles

2007-01-12 Thread Phil Henshaw
IL PROTECTED] explorations: www.synapse9.com > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hugh Trenchard > Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 1:55 AM > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group > Subje

[FRIAM] fun and sandpiles

2007-01-11 Thread Hugh Trenchard
Thanks, Phil, and I definitely agree that sandpile phenomena and play phenomena are not mutually exclusive in the domain of complexity. I think I was only trying to emphasize the point that I started my thread with a view to specific pattern formations of frigatebirds which result from some spe