I've been meaning to write this post for a long time, but never really finished it. I hope it will help people understand how does the Chromaprint algorithm work, where do the individual ideas come from and what do the fingerprints really represent. It's not meant to be a detailed description, just the basics to get the general idea.
Chromaprint | AcoustID
Chromaprint is the core component of the AcoustID project. It's a client-side library that implements a custom algorithm for extracting fingerprints from any audio source. Overview of the fingerprint extraction process can be found in the blog post "How does Chromaprint work?".
Browser Fingerprinting: An Introduction and the Challenges Ahead | Tor Project
In the past few years, a technique called browser fingerprinting has received a lot of attention because of the risks it can pose to privacy. What is it? How is it used? What is Tor Browser doing against it? In this blog post, I’m here to answer these questions.
Generating a Color Spectrum for an Image — Amanda Hinton
Walkthrough of building the Chromaculture Spectrimage analyzer that extracts and displays the color composition of an uploaded image.
RKNF404/chromium-hardening-guide
Harden chromium (somewhat) for privacy and security (and performance)
Pure CSS halftone patterns: dots, lines, circles
A project overdue. As an 80's/90's kid, I was obsessed with printing technology - and especially halftone patterns. I've long theorized that these pat
Cryptle
Crack the daily colour code in Cryptle, a Mastermind and Wordle-inspired puzzle with easy, medium, and hard modes.
Google Chrome
Look under the hood of Google Chrome in this comics interpretation of key engineering decisions with art by Scott McCloud.
Fingerprints are the new cookies
Now open it on your phone or some other device and your nickname will be different and just as consistent.
DASL: Perceptual Fingerprint (PFP)
DASL PFPs are a simple structured identifier for referring to similar media using perceptual hashing. They are extensible and algorithm-agnostic, supporting image, video, or other kinds of content fingerprinting.
How a Spinning Wheel Works | Textile Indie
Curious about how a spinning wheel works? This beginner-friendly guide explains the process behind transforming fiber into yarn.
Secure Palm Vein Biometric Door Lock
Secure Palm Vein Biometric Door Lock: Overview Fingerprints can be lifted with silicone, and Face ID can sometimes be fooled by a high-res 3D print. If you want a biometric door lock that is genuinely difficult to spoof, you have to look underneath the skin. That is where palm vein reco…
How The Heck Do Record Players Work? (An Interactive Exploration)
An interactive exploration of how record players work: from a stylus, grooves, and magnets to the RIAA curve and playback speed.
Web Tiles
Links about Robin Berjon's Web Tiles and its uses.
appmosphe.re — Web Tiles on the Atmosphere
Patchwork
Web Tiles as the base for Lexicon Embeds
Garden | The Paper Pilot
thunderbird.cafe
Web Tiles