So as I said a while back, one of the major issues with books images from cameras is that the pages are not flat. The ideal dewarper would correct for keystoning (where the margins of the page are not perfectly rectangular) and curling (where the individual text lines are not straight). I did eventually come [...]
This is part 2 of the Metal Computing series. See Part 1. Here’s a drawing of some supports that can be put together into modules. They are made out of 1/2″ x 1/4″ stock. There are two types of pieces that are put together as follows: The square holes on the sides are for the [...]
Back when I was a kid, there was this kit for a weight-driven clock. I specifically remember that the instructions specified a certain penny-weight of nails for the weights. So my dad and I trekked to the hardware store just to buy those nails. And then I had to count them and stuff them into [...]
Wherein two audiovisual records demonstrate the principles of mathematical mechanisms as used in the United States Navy’s mechanical fire control computers.
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Wherein a certain previous reader sets forth another cogent plan for a drive mechanism.
How do you say neutron bomb in Latin? Scanner? Microphone? Enter the Vatican’s Lexicon Recentis Latinitatis, or Dictionary of Recent Latinity. Published in two volumes (the first in 1992, the second in 1997) by Opus Fundatum Latinitas, or the Latinitas Foundation, the Lexicon covers over 15,000 words of recent vintage, from the Renaissance up to [...]
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I know, I didn’t give an update this week. I’ve mostly been lazy this week. I’ve been playing with an electromechanical Monroe calculator. My dad brought one home when I was, oh I don’t know, ten or so. I played with it a while, and then I wanted to see how it worked. I remember [...]
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