Hello.

I am Paul Kinlan.

A Developer Advocate for Chrome and the Open Web at Google.

I love the web. The web should allow anyone to access any experience that they need without the need for native install or content walled garden.

Page Rank

Paul Kinlan

I'm curious about the hype surrounding Page Rank, especially with the upcoming update. Personally, I don't have any Page Rank and question its significance. Is it just a placebo, creating a false sense of understanding Google's algorithms? What are your thoughts?

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FishEye Example Code That Integrates into Tiger Imaging

Paul Kinlan

I've updated my fish-eye effect code with added comments. The effect is based on Jason Waltman's work, which in turn references a paper by Devernay and Faugeras on correcting distorted images. The paper details a method for determining distortion and converting images to a standard pinhole camera model. My code produces the desired fish-eye effect, and I've provided the C# source code for download. While I haven't fully delved into the paper, it seems to offer more in-depth analysis of image distortion correction.

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