One of the most interisting difference is the street density. I end up walking long distances in Berlin because on the map the distance seemed shorter compared to Tokyo.
Streets Density
Monday, December 19, 2016
Saturday, December 17, 2016
Friday, December 16, 2016
Food pairing
There is a popular article about food pairing: http://www.nature.com/articles/srep00196
The article says that Western cuisines show a tendency to use ingredient pairs that share many flavour compounds, supporting the so-called food pairing hypothesis. By contrast, East Asian cuisines tend to avoid compound sharing ingredients.
But the "food pairing hypothesis" was actually confuted in this sensory test: https://jcunieuws.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/food-pairing.pdf
I am wondering if any progress has been done lately in this field.
In Tuscany, the region I am originally from, we combine these foods:
The article says that Western cuisines show a tendency to use ingredient pairs that share many flavour compounds, supporting the so-called food pairing hypothesis. By contrast, East Asian cuisines tend to avoid compound sharing ingredients.
But the "food pairing hypothesis" was actually confuted in this sensory test: https://jcunieuws.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/food-pairing.pdf
I am wondering if any progress has been done lately in this field.
In Tuscany, the region I am originally from, we combine these foods:
- Prosciutto e Melone (Italian Ham and Melon)
- Salame e Fichi (Tuscany Salami and Figs)
- Pane e Uva (Bread and Grapes)
- Cacio e Pere (Pecorino Toscano cheese and Pears)
Radio stations from any corner of the globe
Radio Garden, a nicely crafted website from Studio Puckey in Amsterdam.
Listen to radio stations from any corner of the globe: http://radio.garden/
Listen to radio stations from any corner of the globe: http://radio.garden/
Saturday, December 10, 2016
Chat Bots in Javascripts
Playing with Chat Bots with Node.js. Here there is a good tutorial:
https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2016/10/how-to-develop-a-chat-bot-with-node-js/
https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2016/10/how-to-develop-a-chat-bot-with-node-js/
Tools
Lists
Examples
- eBay ShopBot https://www.messenger.com/t/ebayshopbot
- PokeBotai https://www.messenger.com/t/pokebotai
- Swell http://www.swell.wtf/
- Food Network https://www.messenger.com/t/FoodNetwork/
Thursday, December 8, 2016
How many scripts?
How many pieces of script are running on a page?
I counted them in the HTML Source and in the DOM running the script below in the console for each website.
The number of external Javascript files is from the Console > Network > JS
I counted them in the HTML Source and in the DOM running the script below in the console for each website.
The number of external Javascript files is from the Console > Network > JS
Saturday, December 3, 2016
The Shape is the Food
During the last trip in Sicily I have been eating often delicious Arancini. The filling can be various, such as Ragu, Cheese and Ham, Egg plants, etc. To guess the content of Arancini they just give them different shape. I wonder if this system could be used also for onigiri. I have always been struggling to guess their content.
And, out of curiosity curiosity, let's see how Google is doing in recognising Arancini shapes:
Google doesn't know yet that Arancini come in multiple shapes.
No luck also with Microsoft's CaptionBot:
This is the full Google's answer:
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| Two arancini (foreground and background) |
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| Onigiri at Konbini |
Google doesn't know yet that Arancini come in multiple shapes.
No luck also with Microsoft's CaptionBot:
This is the full Google's answer:
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