Category: Development

Case Study: Using Machine Learning to find my Teddy Bear

Problem For the last 8 years I’ve been travelling with my Teddy Bear (Optymis) taking “selfies” of him whenever I go. The result is a massive collection of photos like those: I wanted to find them all to create an album. My wife and I accumulated a lot of photos – my Google Drive shows… Continue reading Case Study: Using Machine Learning to find my Teddy Bear

Tensorflow 1.5 built with AVX support

TL;DR – download tensorflow 1.5 with AVX support from the link on the bottom of this post When running machine learning code on a new hardware using libraries available on PIP we are not using all capabilities provided by our cpu: 2018-01-10 09:35:05.048387: I C:\tf_jenkins\home\workspace\rel-win\M\windows-gpu\PY\36\tensorflow\core\platform\cpu_feature_guard.cc:137] Your CPU supports instructions that this TensorFlow binary was not… Continue reading Tensorflow 1.5 built with AVX support

Are you a hacker or code monkey?

You have a chance to prove yourself in an amazing javascript based game: http://alexnisnevich.github.io/untrusted/. Your become Doctor Eval, who needs to find The Algorithm. Would you dare? (do not look below until you completed the game yourself) My solution to The Boss is here: https://gist.github.com/anonymous/73304632ce742351000d.

How to integrate Prestashop e-commerce site with Shopzilla

So you decided to integrate your shop with Shopzilla. If you are reading this in March 2014 then come back in a month to learn is it worth it. If you are decided then read on. There are some commercial solutions available that will connect your shop to Shopzilla. The cost roughly 100 GBP. It’s… Continue reading How to integrate Prestashop e-commerce site with Shopzilla

Mapping sales in UK using google geochart

My Jewellery shop generates slow but steady flow of orders, which lets me play with data. Today I’ve try mapping the shipping addresses to a map. I’ve decided to try Google’s geochart from charts API. There’s simply no way they could make it any easier. They have even created a playground where you can test… Continue reading Mapping sales in UK using google geochart

New jewellery store Go-live celebration!

And it is official: our new jewellery store is alive! Hurray! http://www.harryfay.co.uk/ Some facts: Designer: Ewelina.me Engine: PrestaShop Payments provider: PayPal Having most time out of it: me Please visit us! As always any feedback is appreciated.

Raspberry Pi, servo motor, gpio, i2c and soldering weekend

This weekend I decided to work on my soldering skills and finally assemble the PWM driver PCA9685 I bought from Adafruit couple weeks back. Not all solder points looks perfect, but I’ve manage not to burn the PCB which I consider a major success. I thank all the guys how put soldering tutorials on the… Continue reading Raspberry Pi, servo motor, gpio, i2c and soldering weekend

MGPlayer on Raspberry PI (javafx!)

I’ve just “successfully” run my MG Podcast Player on Raspberry Pi using just released JDK8 for ARM Preview. Performance isn’t great compared to desktop system and it doesn’t actually play mp3 files (Media are not supported yet), but having ability to run a java 8 application on $35 is amazing by itself! If you want… Continue reading MGPlayer on Raspberry PI (javafx!)