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genetic algorithms in PHP code example of (evolutionary programming ) 20

Jan

21

2015

This posting and php code sample is about fascinating topic of Genetic Algorithms (GA) which simulate evolution using computer code to help find near-optimal solutions when dealing with problems that involve multiple disparate requirements. I recently began playing with Genetic algorithms (Genetic algorithms GA, for short) which are part of a class of evolutionary algorithms (EA) that make up ...

Lifetime fitness Indoor triathlon

Jan

5

2015

Lifetime Fitness (aka Lifetime Athletic) health clubs sponsor an indoor triathlon series held at their beautiful facilities typically in January. This year myself and a few friends decided to give it a try at their location in Florham Park. Keep in mind the main purpose of these events is to have fun and to introduce some new ...

Cool Airbus formation flying promo

Dec

21

2014

So those of you who are into aviation may know that Airbus just released (just recently 12/19/2014) its new Airbus A350-XWB, a competitor to Boeing’s 787. As part of this they are pulling out all the stops with their promo video shot a few months back. The promo video shows 5 new Airbus A350-WXB flying in formation ...

Book thoughts: Our Final Invention – the coming AI-pocalypse 2

Dec

8

2014

I recently just finished reading (listening to…) Our Final Invention – Artificial Intelligence and the End of the Human Era by James Barrat . I was intrigued by this book when I saw it come across my Flipbook newsfeed. The book deals with a topic of particular interest to me being in the IT realm. The premise is that ...

WordPress fixing unattached images – empty media library

Dec

3

2014

Having recently been the victim of WordPress site hack (vandalized) I was forced to move to a new hosting company, and move over all my content, but I didn’t want to copy my database verbatim, as I was worried that there may have been some SQL (Iframe like injected) into portions of my database. So what ...

Bootstrap Bootgrid with PHP json server side script 37

Nov

22

2014

I recently came across Jquery Bootgrid, which is Twitter Bootstrap (aka bootstrap) friendly table grid, that is very similar in function to Datatables.While not as feature rich as datatables (yet), it provides a very tiny 4Kb (minified and gzipped) footprint and allows you to leverage all the typography and layout control elements that are present in bootstrap. ...

Review: Android TV Boxes from Keedox with Kodi.TV 27

Nov

22

2014

Android TV Box(es) with Kodi.tv This year I recently received two newer Android TV Boxes from Keedox (4kSmartBox and TV quad-core MXIII)(www.keedox.com) that support 4k video (UHD), H.265 ,recent versions of Kodi.tv (still branded as XBMC 13.2,), and supporting NetFlix, youtube and other Android Apps. Both boxes are feature packed and for the cost really bring a modern smartTV ...

2014 New York City Marathon photos….

Nov

3

2014

This year we decided to go watch parts of the NYC marathon live, so we headed into the city around 9:00 to catch glimpse of the elite runners around miles 16~18 and at about ~ 24.9 (inside Central Park). Police presence in and around the finish was pretty extensive and it was difficult getting across ...

Cross platform mobile development (android / ios) , consider Intel XDK 4

Oct

30

2014

These days a common idiom is that there’s an app for that (coined by Apple marketing) ,and for the two major platforms Android and iOS and too a lesser extent Windows Phone, there generally is a wide range of mobile applications that do all sorts of stuff, from complicated software suites similar to Excel and Word to simple sound ...