Green-Screen is Incredible

The last few years have seen drastic improvements in green-screen technology.

Notice how that the actual screen only needs to cover the moving objects in the scene; that’s the part the computers still have trouble with.

With the way things are going now, I suspect the need for an actual green-screen will disappear within ten-years; we will [...]

Learning C#

I’ve recently decided I need to expand my skill set; so I took it upon myself to learn C# (and general .Net development stuff), and signed up for a class at my local community college. I am going to try to post my notes and thoughts as I go through the class ( like most [...]

The Chess Master and the Computer

What does this tell us about the future of computer-human interfacing?

In 2005, the online chess-playing site Playchess.com hosted what it called a “freestyle” chess tournament in which anyone could compete in teams with other players or computers.

…Lured by the substantial prize money, several groups of strong grandmasters working with several computers at the same time [...]