Roth Cognitive Engineering
Written by Rob Truxler Friday, 02 October 2009 16:35
Emilie Roth, one of the most cited researchers in the area of human factors has asked me to help with the redesign of her company's website. Roth Cognitive Engineering provides consulting services for "research and application of human factors and cognitive psychology." Her work has aided in the analysis and design of railroad control systems, medical systems, and logistics systems.
Texture Mapping in Java 2D
Written by Rob Truxler Thursday, 01 October 2009 16:28
Ever wanted uv-style texture mapping when rendering triangles or quads in Java using Swing? Okay, there's probably only a handful of people that ever wanted to do this, and I'm one.
The first section here contains snippets of example code and discussion. The second section contains some performance measures and discussion. The third section contains the source code of the example and the library class (TextureMapper) as well as links to download each source file.ChartViewport
Written by Rob Truxler Monday, 21 September 2009 12:56
Any sailors out there? Over 2008 Christmas break I worked feverishly
(literally... I ended up with the flu) to prepare all of NOAA's
(National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association) nautical charts for the
Google Maps API. So for nautical enthusiasts out there, there is now a
Google mashup for you, check it out at chartserver.bbn.com. There you can find all (about 2000) published nautical charts covering the coastal United States in a simple to use interface.
New Site
Written by Rob Truxler Monday, 30 March 2009 21:46
A long awaited redesign of my site is finally underway. The new site (what you are currently looking at) features portfolio items just as the old site did, but it is powered by the open source content management system, Joomla!.
The content management system will make it much easier to update my portfolio and add tutorials (something I've been meaning to do for a very long time).