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5 Apr 2013

Installing Scientific Python on Mac OS X 10.8

by rhfung | posted in: Uncategorized | 0

Recently I had to reinstall Python with scientific tools on Mac OS X 10.8.

These are instructions that I read from the Internet to successfully install Python. [1,2]

PART I: Installing Python

Step 1. Remove old Python

We have to remove all previous installations READ MORE

linux, numpy, python, scipy
4 Apr 2013

AddObserver: my favourite function

by rhfung | posted in: Uncategorized | 0

Graphic designer friend Ryan recently asked me, “what is my favourite function?” That was a tough question to think about. Pondering it for a while, I decided that AddObserver READ MORE

3 Mar 2013

Do You Really Want to Build a Node.js Web Application?

by rhfung | posted in: Uncategorized | 0

Last week Rudy and I at Yetihq.com attended the Node.js developer meetup, READ MORE

django, node.js, open source, python, rails, ruby, web application, web server
3 Jan 2013

Lighty: Illuminating a Room using an Augmented Reality Interface

by rhfung | posted in: Uncategorized | 0

One of the first things people do when they enter a room is turn on a light switch, or a series of light switches, depending on the time of day and situation. These light switches, however, have an READ MORE

augmented reality, mobile devices
26 Dec 2012

Why Should I Build on Open-Source Tools?

by rhfung | posted in: Uncategorized | 0

In recent years many open-source software products have become available on the Internet. An open-source product can be defined as a software READ MORE

open source, php, python, ruby
18 Dec 2012

WebGL: 3D Graphics in the Web Browser

by rhfung | posted in: Uncategorized | 3

WebGL is a new technology being introduced to modern web browsers such as Google Chrome and Mozilla FireFox. WebGL enables a web browser to render interactive READ MORE

html 5, javascript, web browsers
4 Dec 2012

Choosing a web framework to build a website: Ruby on Rails, Python Django, or Node.js?

by rhfung | posted in: Uncategorized | 0

Introduction

The Internet enables people to build digital properties that transcend national boundaries. The earliest Internet websites in the 1990s were simple static web pages, limited by the technology of that READ MORE

django, javascript, node.js, python, rails, ruby
18 Nov 2012

Evergreen web browser: a web browser that automatically updates itself (Yetihq.com)

by rhfung | posted in: Uncategorized | 0

On November 13, 2012, we (developers at Yetihq.com) attended a Web Performance SF meetup in San Francisco. The READ MORE

web browsers
14 Nov 2012

Javascript’s jQuery 1.9 and 2: ending support for old Internet Explorer 6, 7, and 8

by rhfung | posted in: Uncategorized | 0

On November 13, 2012, the developers at Yeti attended the Web Performance SF meetup in San Francisco. This meetup briefly introduced jQuery 1.9 and 2, a core library to building any web application. READ MORE

ajax, javascript
5 Nov 2012

Bar codes, QR codes, and invisible QR codes

by rhfung | posted in: Uncategorized | 0

QR codes have seen a massive development and adoption to solve slow input on a smartphone. The technology is closely related to fiducial marker augmented reality by encoding digital information in physical READ MORE

augmented reality, fiducial markers, vision recognition

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