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BS. Physics and Math 1972. Harding University - Searcy, AR.
MS Physics 1974. University of Memphis - Memphis, TN.
PhD Engineering Physics 1979. University of Virginia - Charlottesville, VA.
R&D 100 Award for the Galvanneal Thermometry System in 1999
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Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant 1978-1989
University of Virginia Department of Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics 1989-1990
Oak Ridge National Laboratory 1989-present
A staff member at the Oak Ridge facilities since 1978, he has participated with his close associates in pioneering fluorescence-based thermometry. This technique has seen use in internal fighter jet engines, heat pump efficiency studies, motor-surface measurements, the steel industry, and other applications. His other activities have included a wide variety of laser, optical and fiberoptic diagnostic investigations. He has held adjunct appointments at the Universities of Virginia (Engineering Physics) and Tennessee (Electrical Engineering and Physics Departments) He has coauthored about 80 papers. His current plans concern the development of phosphor thermometry, laser materials processing, new optical materials, and fiber sensor applications. He has 7 patents.
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S. W. Allison, G. T. Gillies, D. W. Magnuson, and T. Pagano, Pulsed Laser Damage to Optical Fibers, App. Opt. 24, pp. 3140-3145, 1985.
S. W. Allison, Ramos, P. A., and Gillies, G. T., Microchannel Plate Intensifier Response in a Transverse Magnetic Field, Electronic Letters, Vol. 26, No. 12, pp. 770-772, June 7, 1990.
S. W. Allison, D. L. Beshears, M. R. Cates, B. W. Noel, and W. D. Turley, Taking an engine's temperature, Mechanical Engineering, Vol. 110(1), pp. 72-74, 1997.
S. W. Allison and G. T. Gillies, ARemote thermometry with thermographic phosphors: Instrumentation and applications,@ Rev. Sci. Instrum. 68(7), pp. 1-36, July 1997.
W. W. Manges, S. W. Allison, J. R. Vehec, AGalvanneal thermometry with a thermographic phosphor system@, Iron and Steel Engineer Vol. 74(12), pp. 33-36, Dec. 1997.
S. W. Allison, M. R. Cates, and D. L. Beshears, "A Survey of Thermally Sensitive Phosphors for Pressure Sensitive Paint Applications" Published in the Proceedings of the ISA 46th Annual, May 2000.
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You may remember the most recent attack happened in West Lubbock when a pit-bull mix attacked a three-year-old boy as he was walking inside his home with his mom. The youngster was taken to UMC with serious injuries but is back home and doing well tonight. The dog is in custody and his owner could face prison time.
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Haqqani: Terrorist designation may bring "hardships" for U.S. POW Bowe Bergdahl
Senior commanders of the Haqqani network made the comments about Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl to the Reuters news agency after U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton signed the paperwork officially classifying the group as a foreign terrorist organization.
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"Until now we treated him very well but this move by the United States will of course created (sic) hardships for him," one commander told Reuters.
Bergdahl was captured in eastern Afghanistan in June 2009 by the Pakistan-based group. Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters last spring that the military was doing "everything in our power" to find Bergdahl.
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Those efforts have reportedly included negotiating a swap of Taliban fighters in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for Bergdahl, his parents said earlier this year.Clinton signed a report to Congress in Brunei Friday morning saying that the Haqqani met the statutory criteria to be designated a foreign terrorist organization, according to a senior State Department official. The designation makes it a crime to provide material support to the group and may lead to other nations and the Treasury Department taking action to cut off the group from its funding sources.
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This is the 7th 2013 edition of the Buckeye Yard and Garden Line (BYGL). BYGL is developed from a Tuesday morning conference call of Extension Educators, Specialists, and other contributors in Ohio.
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1. PLANTS OF THE WEEK: Annual (Plectranthus 'Mona Lavender'); Perennial (Allium or Ornamental Onion); Woody (Sassafras); Vegetable (Sweet Corn); and Weed (Wild Onion).
2. HORT SHORTS: Weather Note; Freeze Damage to Fruit Crops on May 13; Rarely seen by the Uninitiated; and Still a Good Time for Birding.
3. BUG BYTES: "Flying Ticks" Return (Yellow Poplar Weevil); Boogie-Woogie Aphids (Beech Blight Aphids); Holey Thistle! (Thistle Tortoise Beetle); Black Locust Blooming - What Else is Happening (Bronze Birch Borer and Emerald Ash Borer); Emerald Ash Borer Awareness Week; and Windshield Wipes (Erineum Patches (Eriophyid Mite)).
4. DISEASE DIGEST: Beech Anthracnose.
5. TURF TIPS: Wildlife Around The Home: Skunks And Moles.
6. INDUSTRY INSIGHTS: Treatment for Gypsy Moths has Begun and Get Your Green Industry Fix Webinar II.
7. WEATHERWATCH: Weather Update and Growing Degree Days (GDD).
8. COMING ATTRACTIONS: Southwest Ohio BYGLive!; Buckeye Lady Beetle Blitz (BLBB); and Ohio's Invasive Species Series, June 2013, OSU Mansfield Campus.
Lead Editor: Curtis Young; Contributing Authors: Pam Bennett, Joe Boggs, Julie Crook, Jim Chatfield, Erik Draper, Gary Gao,Denise Johnson, Tim Malinich, Cindy Meyer, Amy Stone, Marne Titchenell and Curtis Young.


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May 22, 2013 "I will take up this issue until the last moment with [Supreme Leader Khamenei]." by Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on challenging the ban against Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei from running in Iran's election -- --
May 21, 2013 "The displacement of people, the violence directed towards [Muslims] needs to stop." by President Barack Obama on religious violence in Myanmar -- --
May 20, 2013 "Our military is conducting these exercises in order to cope with the mounting war measures from the U.S. and South Korea." by Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea, quoted by the Korean Central News Service -- --
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May 14, 2013 "Sometimes, once sort of the furies have been unleashed in a situation like were seeing in Syria, its very hard to put things back together." by President Barack Obama -- --
May 13, 2013 "[W]e will not fall into the trap they're trying to push us into." by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on weekend car bombings in a Turkish border town -- --
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May 9, 2013 "We don't accept the system of infidels which is called democracy." by Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud -- --
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May 7, 2013 "One isolated incident will not affect the excellent relationship between our countries." by Ecuadorean foreign minister Ricardo Patino on Peru -- --
May 6, 2013 "[T]he most important thing is that we have to show the world we are a mature democracy." by Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak on violent street demonstrations after his party's election win -- --
May 3, 2013 "You look at and rethink all options." by U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on arming Syrian rebels. -- --
May 2, 2013 "Thuggery will not prevail in this city as long as I am mayor." by Athens Mayor Giorgos Kaminis on the far-right Golden Dawn party -- --
May 1, 2013 "If you don't recognize Maduro, you're not going to speak in the assembly." by Diosdado Cabello, Venezuelan National Assembly president -- --
April 30, 2013 "Not a big amount. A small amount, which has been used for various purposes." by Afghan President Hamid Karzai on the CIA's cash payments to Kabul -- --
April 29, 2013 "We called it ghost money." by Khalil Roman, Hamid Karzais former deputy chief of staff, on CIA payoffs to the Afghan government -- --
April 26, 2013 "I am on my knees and asking for a pardon for Serbia for the crime that was committed in Srebrenica." by Serbian president Tomislav Nikolic -- --
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Increasingly, California homeowners make it a priority to consider sustainability features when choosing which products and materials to use in their home construction and renovation projects. If your project includes exterior paving, pervious concrete is well worth exploring. The environmental benefits of pervious concrete include protecting the watershed, recharging groundwater, reducing heat island effect, and protecting trees on your property.
Question: I own a home in Los Angeles. I plan on listing it for sale. Several years ago, I had some construction problems, particularly, small amounts of water intrusion through one window. This has not been a problem for several years. Do I need to disclose this information to a prospective buyer?
When you call and 800 (855, 866, 877, 888) or 900 telephone number, you number could be disclosed to the party you're calling and could be recorded in a database sold to telemarketers. The California Public Utilities Commission wants consumers to know that some companies listing 800 or 900 numbers are now using Automatic Number Identification (ANI) which is approved by the Federal Communications Commission. When you dial their number, ANI equipment can automatically add your phone number to their customer database and companies are not required to tell you if they have ANI.
By John Gura Home Safe Environmental
For years mold has been accepted by most of us as Mother Nature's way of warning us away from spoiled food. Then, a few years ago, mold must have gotten a press agent.
Headlines about toxic mold and TV news reports on sensational lawsuits became common. On one national broadcast a homeowner was quoted as saying her house was so contaminated by toxic stachybotrys that it, "cannot be cleaned" so she was going to let her local fire department burn it for practice! Programs like 48 Hours, Primetime and even Oprah have jumped on the "toxic mold" story.
All of the hype has a lot of people who can't even pronounce stachybotrys; positive it's lurking under their kitchen sink. Mold is fast becoming public health enemy number one.
By Ken Willis
One of the worst nightmares any homeowner can imagine is to be confronted with a mechanics lien for materials or work after they have paid the prime contractor. Yes, this happens. Our association has dealt with one roofing contractor who failed to pay his supplier for sixteen roofing jobs all within 90 days. The supplier filed liens against all sixteen homeowners who had already paid the contractor the full amount. As it turned out, fourteen homeowners were stuck with having to pay for their roofing materials a second time.
By Kathleen Gura Chairperson, Environmental Safeguards Committee, LCH
Americans will be hearing a lot about lead very soon. A new federal law requiring "disclosure of any known lead hazards" on residential property transfers and eases went into effect this past October. Right now, the State Legislature, as well as lending, construction, and insurance industries are scrambling to write laws and policies that will affect millions of consumers, homeowners and workers in the years to come.
A chronic problem faced by many homeowners involves contractor payments. The League office receives calls on a regular basis from homeowners that involves advance payments to contractors who suddenly fail to reappear for work and even take extended leaves of absence from the job site. Meanwhile, the homeowner has to live with part of the house torn up and cannot get a return phone call from their contractor. Here is when the contractor has taken the homeowner's money and goes off to finish or even start another job without making arrangements with their client. This is highly unprofessional and unfortunately, it happens far to frequently. Here are a few rules to help you out:
By John Hawks
Are you looking for an architect for a building, remodeling or renovating project? Great idea! Now you have another decision to make: Which architect? How can you find the right pro for your job?
Of course, you want someone who will provide the best judgment, technical expertise and creative skills at a reasonable cost to help you build or remodel a home that fits your practical needs as well as your dreams. So should you just open the Yellow Pages and pick a name, any name?
Nope. There's a better way. Follow these steps to help with your search.
If you are buying a home, it is always a good idea to have a complete home inspection performed by a professional who is capable of finding and identifying problems that may not be easily visible to you.
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When I retired in 2009 after two wonderful careers, the first as a radio and television broadcast journalist for twenty-five years, and another eighteen years as Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson's Media & Communications Director, at the top of my "bucket list" was to write a book.
After two years of intensive research, writing, re-writing and editing, the book: "Defining Moments: A True Story of War, Family Conflict & Reconciliation" finally went to press and is now available online and in selected retail outlets.
I will be discussing this memoir of my father's fascinating journey through the swamps and jungles of the South Pacific during World II on Monday, May 21 at 7 p.m. at the Auburn Hills Public Library, 3400 East Seyburn Drive, Auburn Hills, MI. 48326. The library is located off of Squirrel Road, south of University Drive and right across from the entrance to Oakland University. Just follow the signs.
The book is based on the more than 300 descriptive letters my wrote to his family in rural Ohio and they are quite candid as to what he was experiencing, not only war-related, but psychologically and emotionally as he evolved from a boy to a man. "Defining Moments" offers a different perspective on war which you don't often read about in other war books, because this memoir does not focus entirely on the battlefield aspects of war, but rather the interesting journey of a naive, impressionable country boy who was suddenly thrust into a world he did not know or understand.
In the pages of "Defining Moments" readers will discover humor, action, adventure, romance and tragedy. They will also meet colorful characters such as Flabby Fannie, the Black Satan of Suva, Arlo-the Big Samoan, the King of the Tribe and many more.
There is also a "back story" to the narrative which chronicles the disintegration of an American family that was so close and loving before and during the war, but changed dramatically due to unforeseen and catastrophic events that mushroomed out of control after Bill Dustman arrived home in June, 1945.
I will also talk about how the book came together and what I learned from self-publishing my first book.
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Sunday, February 19th, 2012Thinking of buying a new compact digital camera? If you are, you would have to know what to look for.
The number one thing that most look at is the design. Remember that a compact digicam won't be called sleek and slim if it is chunky –this is like circular reasoning but hey, what we are trying to say is that it has to fit in your pouch or pocket and shouldn't be as heavy as a brick. Buying a digital camera means you want something compact yet powerful which means you probably do not want to do some heavy lifting.
It's not just about the looks though. It's like when you are on a date, you first get attracted to the physical appearance of the person but when you're past that, you would be looking for substance. Now the next thing to look for is image quality –what use is a digital camera that looks good but fails in producing clear photos? It's not just about the pixels really, you should remember that the higher th optical zoom, the better.
You should also take a look at other features i.e. whether it has an image stabilizer, red eye reduction, has a timer, different effects, continuous shooting options among others. If you are fond of uploading your photos online immediately after taking them, you might also want a compact digital camera with GPS Geotagging capability.
The battery life of the compact digital camera you are about to buy is also important. If it runs on AA batteries, you would have to invest on rechargeable batteries. A camera with a rechargeable battery is a much better choice though. You should also take a look at the memory of the camera itself and whether you can add a memory card or not.


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Exploring Advanced Math with Maxima
When I took Calculus in college, my Professor would give us substantial partial credit for test problems that we got wrong for minor arithmetic errors, and rightfully so, too. Sometimes even simple-sounding problems resulted in a full page, or more, of calculations. Simply changing a -1 to a +1 early on in a problem could be completely devastating. Avoiding simple errors like that is what Computer Algebra Systems (CAS) are all about and I've found Maxima to be an extremely powerful CAS program.
Maxima is licensed under the GPL, so it has to be good! However, Maxima is a text based program, which means it's a bit clumsy by today's standards. Fortunately, there are a few front ends which make the program much easier to use and more polished. For this article, I'm using the wxMaxima front end.
Anyone who's taken a high school Algebra class remembers spending endless hours factoring polynomials, multiplying them together, and evaluating them for given values of x. Factoring polynomials always seemed to have an element of guess work built in, and I found it to be quite frustrating. Of course, the teacher spent weeks teaching various ways to factor these formulas, and then they finally introduced the Quadratic Equation, which made factoring second order polynomials almost trivial. For those of you who don't completely geek out over Math, a second order polynomial is one like this: ax^2 + bx + c, where the highest exponent is 2.
Manipulating polynomials with Maxima is very easy, as shown in Figure 1. Here you see 7 steps that I've asked Maxima to perform. My commands are indicated by the "%i" and a step number. The corresponding output is indicated by the "%o" and then the step number. So, (%i90) is my 90th input step and the result is on the line indicated by (%o90). So, at step 90, you see that I entered a simple polynomial equation. Then I asked Maxima to factor it. Here you see that I used a shortcut. The "%" character represents the return value of the previous step. So, when I entered "factor(%);" Maxima retrieved the previous step's value (that polynomial) and factored it. The expected result is on the next line. In step 92, I entered two polynomials multiplied by each other. As you can see, Maxima doesn't immediately do anything special with this formula. But when I asked it to expand the formula, it multiplied the two together, as you can see in step 93. At step 94, I asked Maxima to factor the resulting 4th order polynomial, and behold, we get the original equation back, as we expect. I don't think we even discussed factoring 4th order polynomials in high school Algebra! But we did a lot of evaluating polynomials at a given value of x, which I demonstrate in steps 95 and 96. In step 95, I assign a value to x. In step 96, I re-enter the polynomial, and Maxima calculates it's value at the given value of x.
Of course, Maxima can also solve equations, both symbolically, and numerically, as in Figure 2. Here we see that I've asked it to solve a quadratic equation, and it gives me the answer in symbolic form. Then I used the "numer" directive to ask Maxima to give it's answers in numerical form, which it does in step 13. Finally, I ask Maxima to use 25 digits of accuracy, instead of the default 16, and recalculate. Maxima will calculate to any degree of accuracy that you want and can handle arbitrarily large numbers. For example, Maxima can easily handle 2^200, and can even factor (2^200)-1.
Maxima will even handle calculations that you'd never even think about doing manually. For example, you can ask Maxima to solve a 4th order polynomial equation, and it will give you all 4 solutions, both real and complex. However, in symbolic form, these solutions are often so ugly that they scroll off your screen! But, you can then turn around and ask it to give you the same answers in numerical form, to any degree of accuracy that you need.
Maxima uses either GnuPlot or Xmaxima to plot expressions and can plot 2D, 3D and parametric equations. In Figure 3, I entered a fairly complex expression, and asked Maxima to plot it on a 2D plot. In Figure 4, I took an example from Maxima's documentation and plotted a 3D image. You can rotate this image and view it from any angle you like.
If all Maxima was able to do was manipulate polynomials, it would still be a powerful tool. But Maxima can do much more, as I'll try to demonstrate in Figure 5. Here, in step 16, I asked Maxima to expand a Trigonometric expression using the Double Angle Theorem. Even though I found Trig to be the easiest Math class I ever took, Maxima can manipulate Trigonometric Identities much better than I ever will. In step 17, I asked Maxima to differentiate sin(3x) with respect to x. This is a fairly simple derivative to calculate. There's nothing simple about the derivative I asked for in step 18. If we were performing this calculation manually, we would probably use a combination of the Product Rule and the Quotient Rule, or multiple instances of the Quotient Rule. Then we would have to simplify the result. Either way, "yuck" is a good way to describe the process. Maxima provides us with a nicely formatted answer. In step 19, I asked Maxima to calculate an indefinite integral with respect to x. We see Maxima's answer on the next line. Ya, that's what I came up with; how about you? In step 20, I asked Maxima to calculate the definite integral of the same function as x goes from 0 to 5. Of course, I could have asked for the answer in numerical format but the symbolic form is so much more geeky. In step 21, we see that Maxima can apply L'Hospital's rule to calculate the limit of an expression as x goes to infinity.
In step 22, I asked Maxima to calculate the first several terms of the Taylor Series of sin(x) centered around x=0. This is where we start to see a weakness in Maxima. There should have been a factorial in the denominator of each term of that Taylor Series. But Maxima simply gave us the answer in numerical form.
Maxima is also able to manipulate matrices and sets, though I'm not going to demonstrate any of that functionality here. Finally, Maxima has a built-in programming language, though it's not the most elegant language you'll ever see. I show you a short example in Figure 6. Here I assign an initial value to x. Then I calculate the value of an expression 10 times, using the previous result as the next value of x. There are only a few initial values of x for which this expression ever repeats itself. Can you find them?
As you can see, Maxima is a very sophisticated analysis tool and is adept at solving problems in Algebra, Trigonometry, Linear Algebra, Differential Calculus, and Integral Calculus. It can also calculate using arbitrarily large and precise numbers. With all that capability, you might be tempted to ask why we even need to teach Mathematics anymore and that's the real point of this article. For all it can do, Maxima has no understanding of any of the questions you ask it; it only knows how to calculate answers. The value of teaching and learning Mathematics is in understanding concepts and thought processes. The value in using a tool like Maxima is in removing some of the tedium from the process of Math.
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Re: Something wrong with accuracy?
No, it's just that Maxima provides a variable, fpprec, that controls the precision of its bigfloat computations and a variable, fpprintprec, that controls the number of digits printed. Here is what the correct output looks like:
(%i18) solve(x^2-5*x-3,x);
(%o18) [x = -(sqrt(37)-5)/2,x = (sqrt(37)+5)/2]
(%i19) %,numer;
(%o19) [x = -.5413812651491097,x = 5.54138126514911]
(%i20) (fpprintprec : fpprec : 25, bfloat(%o18));
(%o20) [x = -5.413812651491098444998421b-1,x = 5.541381265149109844499842b0]
I believe that %o20 agrees with what you expect.
You might also want to look
You might also want to look into Sage, as it's a single python interface that combines a number of math packages including Maxima.
Something wrong with accuracy?
From the logs it looks like SQRT(13) was replaced in step 13 with an approximate value that is accurate to 8 digits only, although the precision of numerical values was set to 16.
In step 15 you set fpprec to 25 digits, but again, the end results are accurate to 7 digits only. (The solutions should be: -.5413812651491098444998421 and 5.5413812651491098444998421).
Is there a way to avoid these problems?
Fantastic Tool
I've always loved maths, especially all the algebra and calculus, but I'd love to see others who hate maths just because of this use this fantastic tool, it might just make them love maths. When I teach(maybe 6-7 years on) I'll recommend this to my students ;)
It sure looks very nice and
It sure looks very nice and sophisticated, but how does it compare to the alternatives? And than I mean of course the commercial stuff they use in colleges and things like Wolfram Alpha, which is supposed to have some impressive calculating power as well? When I start my study of Applied Physics later this year, I can maybe find this all out by myself. But can you give a quick comparison maybe?
Btw, great article, very pleasant to read!
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19:00:00 Happy Hour & Social (With Food)
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Christian is Developer Advocate for the Google Android Platform, and has recently been focusing on Android for Google TV. He is an Open Source enthusiast, committer in the Eclipse Foundation and has been working at the intersection of Linux and Java since the early 90es. Prior to Google, Christian worked in Motorola's Mobile Phone and Settop Box divisions. Before that, Christian was at SUN working on Java for Embedded Systems. He holds a Dipl. Inf. degree from Univ. Erlangen, Germany, and an MBA from Santa Clara University.
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Ossama manages the Google TV Developer Relations team at Google, helping developers build applications for the "big screen" in the living room. He was previously the manager for Geo and Commerce Developer Relations teams and has also worked as a Developer Advocate focusing on the AdWords API and Android. Prior to joining Google, he has worked as a consultant and software engineer at Accenture, CSC and Oracle. He calls San Francisco, CA home and in the winter can be found snowboarding in the Sierras.
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This is a not-for-profit event. All the income goes to the event cost (Anything not covered by our Sponsor Google) and prizes for People's Choice award(Well, this is another reason you should attend).
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April 25, 2012
Another way to phase Ken's suggestion is that some of us do plan to finish the app/product. It would be nice if we can form a sort of testing group, since we all have GTV now, it would be an easy way to get some initial feedback from each other. A google group, perhaps, as a mailing list of willing testers? I figure that some of us is not comfortable with sharing our demo app at the point, I, for one am not, :( at least, not yet.
April 24, 2012
A great experience. .....learned a lot! Good people. Good food. Good support.
April 24, 2012
I just posted 40 videos of team pitches, demos, judge feedback, and awards I recorded, in a playlist here:
Sit back and watch over 3 hours of YouTube videos with your Google TV. ;-)
1 · April 24, 2012
Brian/Bernard: Team #31 (Global Mic) had the concept of a global mic using your phone in a conference environment. Video:
Team #39 (TalkHawk), chatted between two TVs, which doesn't sound like what you describe in your clarification. Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...
I just posted 40 videos of team pitches, demos, judge feedback, and awards I recorded, in a playlist here:
April 24, 2012
Possibly for those willing, someone can post apps to a Skydrive or Dropbox and an organizer can email the links. Think it would be useful to play with some of them
April 24, 2012
It was the app that had the image of the globe as its homescreen with images of people on it and the concept was to have your phone take video and sound and use the tv as a way of displaying info about the conference and people in it.
April 23, 2012
Hi Brian, are you referring to the last demo "TalkHawk", the app for conferencing with friends and strangers as you watch TV?
April 23, 2012
To the team that had the multi-screen conferencing idea, Props! If you would like to continue with the project let me know! (Dev)
April 23, 2012
Thank you for organising a great event! Was a lot of fun! I told my co-workers about it and they are looking forward for another event like this. Google TV, please give app permission to check what is currently shown TV. There are so much we can do as developers if we just know what program the user is watching.
April 23, 2012
Next time I think I need to just be a participant. This time volunteering did not go well for me personally and I was not able to participate.
April 22, 2012
Katherine - You did not need to pitch on Fri, just need to have submitted your demo idea on Fri evening in order to be able to demo and compete.
April 21, 2012
#GTVHackathon Live Broadcast through Google+ hangout https://plus.google.com/10021357...
April 21, 2012
Can I still participate in the demo and competition tomorrow if I didn't pitch the ideas on Friday?
April 21, 2012
Find your team photo here:
If you don't have one, I will take one for you tomorrow, or upload your own!
April 21, 2012
Team 16 looking for a designer, we have 3 developers (1 android, 2 backend), we are building a social tv experience. Reach me at d h 1 9 8 5 at gmail
April 21, 2012
Anyone (developers/designers) wants to create an app the is switching channels based on what's popular on Twitter?
If so - talk to me, I am on the front row on the right (where food is)
April 20, 2012
Looks like I won't be able to attend today evening. Can I attend tomorrow? Is there any special registration happening today?
April 20, 2012
:) Great, thank you, I will send it via PayPal. Enjoy your new baby! I can't believe you were about to go to a hackathon when you were supposed to have a baby hehe. Congratulations again!
April 20, 2012
Dear Hackers,
This is Pitch Night Idea submission.
April 20, 2012
Yes it will work you can just send me money through PayPal [masked]. Or be on my start up company team
April 20, 2012
Would that work? And how can I pay you for the ticket? Thank you so much!
April 20, 2012
A reminder for anyone still on the way. Bring a coat or jacket. This area of Shoreline is always cold and windy along NASA-AMES
April 20, 2012
ajda please take my ticket I am very interested in creating a video shopping experience
April 20, 2012
Going to have to sit this one out since I'm feeling the onset of a massive headache. Someone can take my spot.
April 20, 2012
Ajda- contact Lyn Williams to see if she still has a ticket.
Lyn - congratulations on delivering your baby. Many happy years to you!
April 20, 2012
Hi! I am interested in purchasing a ticket , if anyone can't make it this weekend.
April 20, 2012
Would be good to see the list of idea titles and submitter, just to double check your project is submitted.
April 20, 2012
@Nelson does everyone need to register for the ptich night? I am a developer and looking to join a team
April 20, 2012
Anyone driving down from SF tonight? I would really really really really appreciate a ride. Otherwise it will be a really long journey for me... my email is [masked] Thank you in advance!
April 20, 2012
Nelson: Reminder? When the heck was the initial announcement?
April 20, 2012
what do you mean by testing environment will be given? do i need to go out and get a flash drive to dual boot linux on my laptop? what will be given specifically?
April 20, 2012
Just a kindly reminder, the pitch night registration will be close at 5pm Today. If you haven't registered, please do so. Again, only people who have registered in Pitch night will eligible for demo and competition for the prizes.
April 20, 2012
Thanks for the update, cris. This native linux as the only emulation option is really a show-stopper. I don't want add another partition to my mac. It seems to be such a time-sink now. wish google would have provided a better option.
April 20, 2012
Why don't you try to use the winning to the buy the last ticket from the other winning team?
April 19, 2012
If a winning team has more than two people wanting to go to Google I/O, could an option be to get more Google I/O slots, but not all paid (or maybe even none paid)? Otherwise the two ticket thing could affect team sizes. It's late to suggest this, I realize.
April 19, 2012
will linux development machines be provided? Are we able to use our own machines? How will they know if we have brang code to the event, instead of starting fresh? for new apps, are they supposed to be fully completed in 1.5 days? Any limit on the content in the app? What is the structure of these demos? Are these only on the TV and not a phone + TV app (not multiscreen, unless that is what multiscreen means?)
April 19, 2012
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I like cover songs.
When an original band inserts a cover into its set - as<B> </B>a salute to a band or artist that the performer admires - it's typically pretty cool.
When Against Me! played a punk version of The Replacements' "Androgynous," I loved it. The band's singer, Laura Jane Grace, is transsexual, and the song was a wink to her status and a nod to one of her favorite bands. It was clever and it was cool.
When a country band plays "Ring of Fire" by Johnny Cash it's not clever. It's not cool. It's pandering, and it's extremely annoying.
Before you call me the concert curmudgeon, hear me out. I go to a lot of concerts, so I tend to notice little<B> </B>things, whether it's how a guy tunes his guitar or how different bands handle encores.
Lately, cover songs have been driving me nuts. A lot of bands play the songs to say "look how cool/clever/rooted in (insert genre here) we are for knowing this song.


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Lol.. Rihanna didn't confirm anything. Ppl assumed that's …
Comment posted Rihanna And Chris Brown Are In France by SIT DOWN.
Lol.. Rihanna didn't confirm anything. Ppl assumed that's what she was talkin about like always. Rih didn't say she was talkin bout CB or Kae.
SIT DOWN also commented
- Y'all kill me with this can't keep a man BS. The last person Rih was in a relationship with was Matt. She was with him for bout a year. Who else has she been with that she couldn't keep? She hasn't been in a relationship.(that we know of) Last time i checked CB has dated more ppl than her, but i guess..
- My bad for postin that twice. Didn't see my comment @ 1st.
- Sigh, i swear everything Rihanna tweets y'all assume it's about Chris… and i'm bout sick of these Chrianna stans. Y'all are really makin Rih look like a fool granted she's also makin herself look like a fool liking pics that hints that they are 2gether or whateva. Chris is still with Kae yet u stans want Rih to be a side chick. I really need for Chrianna stans to sit back & think long & hard about how this is makin Rih look & it's not good.
PS… y'all need to get this comment section 2gether. Sometimes my comments do not post or they get deleted.
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Lol, well it's about dang time she's not up under him. Since they've been dating and u see pics of her she was always behind him like a lost puppy. The past couple of weeks is the only time i've seen her not following him around even tho she still tags off his balls. Granted i don't care either way. Just my thoughts. And Necole can we get a dang Rih post and it would be nice if NB writers don't throw their usual shade in it like y'all always do. Just sayim. - Karrueche Tran Hounded With Rihanna Questions During A Night Out
Lmao. NB fav celeb girlfriend. Also i didn't know non famous ppl without a career had fans. Y'all are sensitive about ppl not "liking" this girl. Newsflash she's lucky she's not a real celeb or she would be gettin way more hate. Most celebs on this blog and almost every other blog have ppl who do & don't like them. #dealwithit - Karrueche Tran Hounded With Rihanna Questions During A Night Out
Rihanna's actions? You mean the boy who is pose to be her boyfriend actions? I've seen him publicly disrespect her more than Rihanna's so called actions. - Chris Brown Explains Mystery Neck Tattoo: Not Rihanna or 'Battered Woman'
How y'all just gon' delete my comment? Anyway, as i said… the tattoo artist did a poor job. That tat is ugly, idc who it is. - Chris Brown Explains Mystery Neck Tattoo: Not Rihanna or 'Battered Woman'
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