Chris Adams’ Blog https://chris.improbable.org All entries published and updated by Chris Adams So you think you know what a number is… https://chris.improbable.org/2014/8/25/adventures-in-unicode-digits/ https://chris.improbable.org/2014/8/25/adventures-in-unicode-digits/ So you think you know what a number is or why Python's idea of a digit is probably wider than you think Mon, 25 Aug 2014 16:05:28 +0000 Content search on a budget https://chris.improbable.org/2014/3/17/content-search-on-a-budget/ https://chris.improbable.org/2014/3/17/content-search-on-a-budget/ Automating bulk OCR and full-text search using Tesseract and Solr Wed, 19 Mar 2014 00:22:46 +0000 Dear EFF: please don't pick the wrong fight https://chris.improbable.org/2013/10/4/dear-eff/ https://chris.improbable.org/2013/10/4/dear-eff/ The fight against DRM is not worth discarding your integrity. Misrepresenting the W3C's Encrypted Media Extensions will not do anything useful but it will hold the web back and make the EFF less effective. Thu, 24 Oct 2013 13:44:00 +0000 The NSA’s recklessness poses a risk to US business https://chris.improbable.org/2013/9/19/nsa-risks-to-us-businesses/ https://chris.improbable.org/2013/9/19/nsa-risks-to-us-businesses/ The NSA’s recklessness poses a risk to US business. IT is one of the bright spots in the US economy – perhaps our government should be more cautious about helping the competition… Fri, 20 Sep 2013 00:31:26 +0000 The NSA’s recklessness poses a risk to US business https://chris.improbable.org/2013/09/19/nsa-risks-to-us-businesses/ https://chris.improbable.org/2013/09/19/nsa-risks-to-us-businesses/ The NSA’s recklessness poses a risk to US business. IT is one of the bright spots in the US economy – perhaps our government should be more cautious about helping the competition… Fri, 20 Sep 2013 00:31:26 +0000 Extracting images from scanned book pages https://chris.improbable.org/2013/8/31/extracting-images-from-scanned-pages/ https://chris.improbable.org/2013/8/31/extracting-images-from-scanned-pages/ A first step toward building a visual index for books automatically Sat, 31 Aug 2013 22:15:00 +0000 Extracting images from scanned book pages https://chris.improbable.org/2013/08/31/extracting-images-from-scanned-pages/ https://chris.improbable.org/2013/08/31/extracting-images-from-scanned-pages/ A first step toward building a visual index for books automatically Sat, 31 Aug 2013 22:15:00 +0000 How simple web kiosks have become thanks to Webconverger https://chris.improbable.org/2013/8/29/how-simple-web-kiosks-have-become/ https://chris.improbable.org/2013/8/29/how-simple-web-kiosks-have-become/ Creating a fullscreen web app kiosk has never been easier thanks to Webconverger Thu, 29 Aug 2013 08:42:00 +0000 How simple web kiosks have become thanks to Webconverger https://chris.improbable.org/2013/08/29/how-simple-web-kiosks-have-become/ https://chris.improbable.org/2013/08/29/how-simple-web-kiosks-have-become/ Creating a fullscreen web app kiosk has never been easier thanks to Webconverger Thu, 29 Aug 2013 08:42:00 +0000 Reconstructing thumbnails using OpenCV https://chris.improbable.org/2013/6/30/reconstructing-thumbnails-using-opencv/ https://chris.improbable.org/2013/6/30/reconstructing-thumbnails-using-opencv/ Building higher-resolution thumbnails given the original master file and a lot of CPU time Sun, 30 Jun 2013 20:25:23 +0000