App Description:
WebCacher allows you to save files from the internet directly to your device for offline viewing. WebCacher supports all files that can be viewed by the iPhone or iPod Touch. These include html, MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Apple Pages, PDF, rtf, xml, all plain text files, and more.
WebCacher is especially useful for reading documents at a later time when your device doesn’t have access to the internet (a feature that mobile Safari currently does not support). It’s a perfect tool for catching up on articles, papers, or presentations while on the move.
Additional Features Include:
- View documents in both portrait and landscape mode
- Email saved documents without leaving the app
App Support:
If you’d like to report a bug or suggest a way to improve the current version of WebCacher, please don’t hesitate to email me at dankocevski{at}gmail.com. I appreciate all the feedback I can get!
App Description:
Historical Markers displays the location and description of over 100,000 historic markers throughout North America. Access detailed plaque descriptions, photos, and links to online repositories of historical information. The application allows you to display markers near your current position or browse the entire marker catalog through a comprehensive search utility right on your device. Historical Markers contains thousands of markers with full plaque text from the Historical Marker Database as well as the entire U.S. National Registry of Historic Places.
Historical Markers is a perfect application for anyone interested in learning about the history around them, whether on travel or closer to home.
Additional Features Include:
- Over 23,000 markers from the Historical Marker Database
- Over 76,000 markers from the U.S. National Registry of Historic Places
- GPS utility to display markers around your current location on an embedded map
- Full browsable catalog of all markers sorted by State/Region
- Comprehensive search utility to sort through markers
- Email marker coordinates and descriptions without leaving the app
App Support:
If you’d like to report a bug or suggest a way to improve the current version of Historical Markers, please don’t hesitate to email me at dankocevski{at}gmail.com. I appreciate all the feedback I can get!
App Description:
ArXivReader is an iPhone and iPod Touch interface to the ArXiv.org pre-print server, allowing you to easily browse and save recently submitted papers in all ArXiv categories. ArXivReader also features a comprehensive search utility, allowing you to search the entire ArXiv.org site for past papers.
Additional Features Include:
- Save PDF files directly to the your device for offline reading.
- Flip view that lets you save notes on individual papers
- Subcategory filters that let you sort through recently submitted papers.
- New multi-threading capability lets you continue to browse the ArXiv.org feed while downloading papers
- Email the PDF files and your associated notes without leaving the application
- View papers in portrait and landscape modes
App Support:
If you’d like to report a bug or suggest a way to improve the current version of ArXivReader, please don’t hesitate to email me at dankocevski{at}gmail.com. I appreciate all the feedback I can get!
4 teaspoons oriental sesame oil
4 teaspoons minced fresh ginger
3 garlic cloves, minced
1 1/2 cups short-grain brown rice, cooked according to package directions, cooled
2 cups shelled cooked edamame beans (from about 26 ounces of pods)
2/3 cup chopped green onions
Stir walnuts in medium nonstick skillet over medium heat until lightly toasted, about 3 minutes. Drizzle 2 tablespoons tamari over walnuts; stir until tamari coats walnuts, about 45 seconds. Cool. (Can be made 3 days ahead. Store at room temperature in airtight container.)
Combine chicken, 2 tablespoons tamari and honey in medium bowl; toss to coat. Let stand 15 minutes.
Heat oil in large nonstick skillet over high heat. Add chicken and stir-fry 2 minutes. Add ginger and garlic and stir-fry 30 seconds. Add cooked rice and edamame; reduce heat to medium and stir-fry until heated through, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Divide rice mixture among plates. Sprinkle with green onions and walnuts.
This is a series of short skits made by Marcos Heurta and I to poke fun at life as a graduate student at Rice University. Each skit is about 30 to 90 seconds long and inspired by the This is SportCenter commercials. The footage was recorded on a standard DV camcorder and the editing was done using iMovie and Adobe Premier Pro.
This is a simple Dashboard widget for the Mac OS X operating system that allows quick access to the reference guide for the Interactive Data Language or IDL produced by ITT. The code used to make this widget is a modification of original code written by Andrew Hedges for his PHP Reference Function Widget. The widget is fairly simple to use, just download it at the link below, unzip and double click the file to install. You must have Mac OS X 10.4 or later for this to work.
The AMRAAM video rocket is my first attempt at flying a rocket with a video camera. It consists of a AMRAAM-2 rocket kit from Public Missiles Limited and an onboard wireless X10 camera. The X10 camera, which can be purchased for under $70, comes with a built in transmitter and a seperate reciever which makes it quite a deal. To record the video, I used a laptop with video capture capabilites, but any camcorder would also work. To power the ground reciever, I used a 12V motorcycle battery, which also doubled as the power source to ignite the rocket engine. The onboard transmitter was powered by a 9V battery which at 150 mAh should give about 30 minutes of usuage.
Construction Details
Building the rocket took about 40 hours, with the electronics and launch systems taking most of that time. The detailed PML instructions that came with the AMRAAM kit made building the rocket itself rather straight forward, but the electronics were another matter. Click below to see the construction details and an itemized equipment list
First Flight – 3/16/03
The first flight went well, although the camera wasn’t securely mounted, allowing it to come loose right before launch. This also resulted in the camera being dislodged when the parachute deployed.
Onboard video
Ground Video
Second Flight – 3/30/03
The mounting problems from the first flight were solved by a center board to which all of the electronics were attached (see the construction section for more details). This gave a better camera angle allowing for more of the ground to be seen. Unfortunately, the rocket flew out of range and the signal was lost at apogee.
Star Trek vs. Star Wars Video
This is a short Star Trek “episode” that my brother, Dale Kocevski, and I created to get some experience with video editing and production. The entire video is about 7 minutes long and is about a hypothetical encounter between the Enterprise-D and the Empire from the Star Wars universe. The video is composed completely of captured footage except for a few rendered objects
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