I rediscovered a wonderfully trivial post I made to the Processing forum in 2004. In it, I listed off the fourteen colors that have the same representation in HSB and RGB notations (when each component is in the range 0..255):

0, 0, 0        192, 127, [...]

This is an aggregation of my posts on bitwise functions and the updates thereto, edited for continuity. The original posts were published on December 30, 2006 and January 1, 2007.

Bit-by-Bit

A while back, I was having a discussion with Asher about converting bitwise functions (and, or, not, exclusive or) into simple expressions using simple arithmetic. Here [...]

I am now working at the CogWorks Laboratory research facility in the Department of Cognitive Science at Rensselaer.

The CogWorks Laboratory conducts basic and applied research to study the complex interplay of cognition, perception, and action in routine interactive behavior. To further our understanding of integrated cognitive systems we combine methods from experimental [...]

This post was originally published on March 02, 2007. It has been modified from its original form.

Today’s Straight Dope answers the question, “Why is the alphabet in alphabetical order?” I had meant to write about this before, but I forgot about it until now — and since I haven’t posted in a while, I might [...]