Geoffrey Hing ghing

ghing / HandlebarsTemplateView.js

Created April 11, 2013 14:12

Backbone base view that handles compiling and retrieving templates.

	define([
	"underscore",
	"backbone",
	"handlebars"
	],
	function(_, Backbone, Handlebars) {
	var HandlebarsTemplateView = Backbone.View.extend({
	templates: {},

	initialize: function(options) {

ghing / skeleton_websocket.py

Created April 25, 2013 19:35

	#!/usr/bin/python
	## The equivalent of:
	## "Working with the Skeleton"
	## in the OpenNI user guide.

	"""
	This shows how to identify when a new user is detected, look for a pose for
	that user, calibrate the users when they are in the pose, and track them.

	Specifically, it prints out the location of the users' head,

ghing / server.py

Created April 30, 2013 13:16

Send OpenNI skeleton data over a websocket. Uses gevent-websocket for the websockety things.

	#!/usr/bin/env python
	## The equivalent of:
	## "Working with the Skeleton"
	## in the OpenNI user guide.

	"""
	This shows how to identify when a new user is detected, look for a pose for
	that user, calibrate the users when they are in the pose, and track them,
	sending updates about joint position over a websocket.

ghing / dump_script_assets.py

Created May 23, 2013 20:25

Create a fixture of all HtmlAsset models that include 'script' in the body

	#!/usr/bin/env python
	# Create a fixture of all HtmlAsset models that include 'script' in the
	# body
	# Usage: dump_script_assets.py \| python -mjson.tool > script_assets.json

	from django.core.management import setup_environ
	# Edit this to use a particular settings module
	import settings.dev
	setup_environ(settings.dev)

ghing / index.html

Last active December 18, 2015 11:29 — forked from jwirfs-brock/index.html

	<!DOCTYPE html>
	<head>
	<meta charset="utf-8">

	</head>
	<body>
	<div id="app">
	</div>
	<script src="http://d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js"></script>
	<script src="tabletop.js"></script>

ghing / avg_text_asset_length.py

Created August 21, 2013 13:48

Get the average length (in characters) of published text assets

	from django.utils.html import strip_tags
	from storybase_asset.models import HtmlAsset

	assets = HtmlAsset.objects.filter(stories__status='published')

	total_length = 0
	for asset in assets:
	# Strip HTML from the body to more accurately reflect visible length
	total_length += len(strip_tags(asset.body))
	avg_length = total_length / assets.count()

ghing / piezo_shock_sensor.ino

Created November 29, 2013 15:36

Arduino sketch to read piezoelectric sensor for Florence's science project.

	// Use a Radio Shack 273-059 piezo buzzer as a shock sensor
	// Based on recipe from http://www.eng.utah.edu/~cs5789/handouts/piezo.pdf
	// and the Knock example (http://arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/Knock)

	const int ledPin = 13; // Built in LED is pin 13
	const int piezoPin = 0; // Piezoelectric element is attached to analog pin 0
	const int threshold = 7; // Ignore readings below this value;
	const int delayTime = 500; // HTime to pause during each loop

	int val, t;

ghing / temperature_sensor.ino

Created January 31, 2014 22:01

Read temperature from a TMP102 sensor and push to Xively


	//
	// Read temperature from a TMP102 sensor and push to Xively
	//

	#include <SPI.h>
	#include <WiFly.h>
	#include <Wire.h>

	const char ssid[] = "BigBabyBoy";

ghing / loader_process_notes.md

Last active August 29, 2015 13:57

Openelections loader implementation notes

Loader process

Starting with the most recent election look at the data files.

Document fields

ghing / index.html

Last active August 29, 2015 14:07

Playing with rainfall data

	<!doctype html>
	<html>
	<head></head>
	<body>
	<div id="chart"></div>
	<script src="http://d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js"></script>
	<script>
	var ENDPOINT_ROOT = 'http://chicagorains.com/api/hourlyPrecip/';

	function getURL(date, location) {