February 2012
3 posts
Working from the sky
See the full gallery on Posterous Just another dude in San Francisco writing snippets of code.
Shoe Cluster
The one thing, I can’t seem to organize!
Shoe Cluster
The one thing, I can’t seem to organize!
November 2011
2 posts
2 tags
Mini Cooper Coupe 2012
My new mechanical toy.
3 tags
Metronomy - The Look
Live in Chicago at Lincoln Hall 2011
June 2011
1 post
Abel Perez
For the most part, life is the result of choices driven by state of mind. And state of mind is hardly ever written in stone.
May 2011
5 posts
1 tag
Artfully visualizing our humanity
By Aaron Koblin
1 tag
Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.
1 tag
A Different Side of The Cube
2 tags
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLO
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLO
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLO
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLO
3 tags
Abel Perez Hates Sandcastles
Don’t Let The Wave Destroy Your Fantasy
2 tags
Abel Perez in a Ferrari 458 Italia 2011
The new Ferrari 458 Italia is super sleek and fierce.
April 2011
15 posts
1 tag
1 tag
Reverse Entropy
Love the feeling of rolling in a clean car~!!! Appreciation never fades.
1 tag
Take advices as they are: just advices, not...
1 tag
“There are 3 kinds of men in this world. Some remain single and make wonders...”
3 tags
Mindplex - The perpetual project of my life
This is a photograph taken in the Arts District of Los Angeles, then enhanced with Photoshop.
Erlang Map, Dictionary, Dict examples
Erlang Map Examples
Finally, I got around to writing a tutorial on how to use the Erlang dict module. The dict module is dictionary implementation that bundles with Erlang. Check out the full read erlang dict example here.
1 tag
The distance between insanity and genius is...
The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success
Interesting quote that is applicable to those amazing entrepreneurs that people think are crazy prior to their success~!!~
Legends of Synthpop - De/Vision, Mesh, and Iris
Legends of Synthpop is featuring some fierce Synthpop bands (De/Vision, Mesh, Iris) at the Echolplex on 4/21/2011. A must attend show for the serious synthpopers~!!!
Photo of Abel Perez
via flickr.com - Photo of Abel Perez Digital representation of Abel Perez.
3 tags
DE/VISION - Rage (official video)
Official video of Rage by De/Vision. This track is part of De/Vision’s latest album “Popgefahr” that was released in Mar 2010. De/Vision is a German based Synthpop band established in the late 80’s. De/Vision isn’t one of those bands you will hear being played on the radio but it is one of those bands that has received major attention through out the 90’s...
1 tag
Intaxication
The word of the day is Intaxication. Unfortunatley its the word of the day because this is what I lack at the current moment. The definition of this word is effectively this: The euphoria you get when you get a big fat kick back from the IRS at tax time. Unlike the ones who can claim this feeling, I’m thousands of green dollars away from being Intaxicated~!!! Intaxication
1 tag
Absence of Identity
What makes this graff version of what could be described as non-interesting when standing in-front of it, is the hidden concept of identity. This digital tweak is a snapshot of a place in time that cannot be identified. No DNA, no fingerprint, no trace, simply a point of absence in the information database we live in.
1 tag
Abel Perez
Photo of Abel Perez 2011
5 tags
How to delete data from Cassandra ColumnFamily
Deleting column data from Cassandra can be achieved through the Thrift API. The steps required for deleting columns from a column family using the Thrift API are as follows:
Open a connection to Cassandra
Define the column family to delete from
Define the id of the row to delete column data from
Define a column path that serves as the lookup mechanism for the column to delete
Specify the...
August 2010
1 post
Just changed my theme!
Time for change…
Cash For Clunkers: The Data On Why It's Working →
As enacted, the Clunkers program was something akin to the definition of a camel: a horse designed by committee. It had two goals that weren’t always aligned: It had to increase the average gas…
MSNBC admits erring in not disclosing Richard... →
MSNBC will begin identifying commentator Richard Wolffe as a strategist for a top Washington public affairs firm Public Strategies Inc. after a spate of criticism alleging a conflict between his…
NASA's Spacesuit Gets a Makeover →
NASA has awarded a contract to develop an all-in-one spacesuit that will be able to handle launches, extra-vehicular activity and walking on Mars with only a minor tweak to its configuration.
Jesse Ventura To Host 'Conspiracy Theory' Show on... →
“Former Gov. Jesse Ventura will be spreading his conspiracy theories on national TV come this fall. Ventura started filming his TruTV show and it will include interviews conducted in Minnesota.”
Facebook App Lets Intel PCs Donate Processor Power →
The massive amount of data crunching necessary for high level research is often expensive or limited or both. To help with the issue, Intel launched a Facebook application Monday that allows the…
Feds at DefCon Alarmed After RFID's Scanned →
Despite the fact that DefCon attendees know they should take precautions to protect their data, federal agents at the conference got a scare when they were told they might have been caught in the…
Mint Map: Cost of Living in America →
If there’s one good thing that can come out of a recession it’s that most things become more affordable. During the course correction, there are definitely some bargains to be had and sometimes…
Coding A HTML 5 Layout From Scratch →
In this tutorial we’re going to experiment with CSS3 and HTML 5 and create a beautiful CSS-based layout from scratch.
I’ll Take My AirForce 1’s Rare, Please... →
Created by Swiss design agency BlackYard, this has to be the most tasty pair of Nike Air Force 1’s I’ve yet to encounter.
Jon Stewart Breaks Down Fox's Outrage Generating... →
On last night’s Daily Show, Jon Stewart detailed the process by which a Fox News talking point seed is planted and fertilized before coming to life. But if you ask me, that sounds like science….
Dallas Cracks Down on Resident Over Fake... →
The Landmark Commission recently ruled that phony grass isn’t consistent with a historic district. Commissioner Ann Piper, stated that the neighborhood dates back to the early 1900s, and “there…
Rapid Tuberculosis Detector Spots Bacteria in a... →
Researchers at have now demonstrated that a handheld device can be used to count as few as 20 bacteria in a sputum sample in a half hour. They hope to develop the test into an inexpensive product…
New Firefox patches authentication security holes. →
Two critical problems with how Mozilla’s browser handles authentication processes could let an attacker see encrypted data or take over a machine.
17 Very, Very Small Cars →
17 of the world’s most incredibly small cars from 1926 to present day. These things are really tiny!
Satellites Track Object With Magnetic Field 100Tr... →
NASA’s Swift satellite reported multiple blasts of radiation from a rare object known as a soft gamma repeater, or SGR, some 15,000 light years away. This ancient stellar remnant -one of the totally…
The True Story of America's Official Leper Colony →
From the outside looking in, the United States Marine Hospital #66 is a spooky place. It stands on the River Road that winds its way from Baton Rouge to New Orleans in the Louisiana of Old South myth…
With new ads, Google aims offensive at Microsoft... →
In the latest shot fired in Google’s ongoing battle with Microsoft, Google announced today that it’s taking this fight to the streets. Literally.
Man Armed With Samurai Sword 'Talked Crazy',... →
It was James Brown who famously uttered “I don’t know karate but I do know ka-razy!” Well, pity the cops who encounter the man who knows both. Last week in San Francisco, it appears to have…
The 100 Greatest Sci-Fi Movies →
The movies on this list are a good indicator of just how diverse the science fiction genre is. From the epic philosophical ideas of 2001: A Space Odyssey and Solaris to the joyful space opera of Star…
Bill Clinton Wins Release of U.S. Journos →
Two American TV journalists held in North Korea for more than four months and sentenced to a decade of hard labor are free after ex-President Bill Clinton made a surprise trip to Pyongyang and…
'G.I. Joe' Won't Be Screened by Critics →
“G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra” opens Friday, but Paramount Pictures isn’t screening the blockbuster for critics beforehand. Only a select few writers from blogs and movie Web sites have seen it for…
Apple Bans Prolific Developer from App Store →
Khalid Shaikh’s company has developed more than 900 apps for the iTunes, and has raked in thousands of dollars a day in the process. Now Apple is banning the developer from the iTunes App store.
6 Degrees of Nolan Ryan: Science Ranks Baseball... →
Arguing over who’s the better player is as much a pastime as baseball itself. Pedro Martinez or Sandy Koufax? Barry Bonds or Mickey Mantle? Of course it’s impossible to say. You can’t compare players…