Category Archives: Programming

Creating Image Preview Tooltips with the YUI Overlay Widget

Posted on December 5, 2007 by Dennis

The Yahoo UI Library provides a nifty helper for creating tooltips. I started playing around with it when I wanted to add the same tooltip to a large number of elements on a page. What got me interested in this … Continue reading →

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Implementing the Apriori Data Mining Algorithm with JavaScript

Posted on November 12, 2007 by Dennis

I’ve been working on my thesis for a little too long. I’m hopefully about finished, but that is beside the point. Part of what I’ve been working on revolves around the Apriori Data Mining algorithm. If you know what Apriori … Continue reading →

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YUI Image Uploader Example with TurboGears

Posted on October 22, 2007 by Dennis

After completing the YUI Image Uploader, I received a lot of requests for a working example. I didn’t originally create a working example, because that requires server functionality that this server didn’t have. I’ve remedied the situation and have completed … Continue reading →

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Similarity of texts: The Vector Space Model with Python

Posted on October 19, 2007 by Dennis

I’m working on a little task that compares the similarity of text documents. One of the most common methods of doing this is called the Vector Space Model. In short, you map words from the documents you want to compare … Continue reading →

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An Image Upload Extension for YUI Rich Text Editor

Posted on October 16, 2007 by Dennis

Before you begin: Read the updates at the bottom of the page. This post was written for an older version of the YUI library. I’ve had nothing but good things to say about the Yahoo User Interface tools. It seems … Continue reading →

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Programming a client for the WHOIS protocol

Posted on October 10, 2007 by Dennis

I have a little task that involves programmatically determining whether DNS servers are set correctly for a domain. Since this project is written in Python, I first set out to see if there were any “whois” clients already available for … Continue reading →

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