Today I’m releasing Anthropomotron 1.5 on iOS, Android, and web browser!!! I’m a bit behind schedule with my plan, but here is the “half” update of Anthropomotron! In the next few months I plan to upgrade the stature section. The programing will be the hardest I’ve ever done, but the… Read more“Anthropomotron 1.5 is Out!”
Category: anthropology
Another Night of Coding Issues
I thought my Anthropomotron update troubles were over when I finally got it running the latest Phonegap, but as I tried to archive the app to upload to the App Store, it failed with an error message: “‘Cordova/CDVViewController.h’ file not found.” Looking around on the internet, it appears that this… Read more“Another Night of Coding Issues”
Slow and Steady Upgrades Win the Race
I’m getting ready to release Anthropomotron 1.5 so I’m taking care of the little details like making sure the internal software is up to date. I saw that since last time, Phonegap has jumped up a few version numbers so I made a goal of running my app with the… Read more“Slow and Steady Upgrades Win the Race”
I Solve Puzzles in My Spare Time
The Robbins and colleagues paper (2010) has an extremely detailed description of the intended use of their mass estimation formulae. One particular note became an unexpected challenge when I was adding their method to Anthropomotron. There are different formulae to use depending on the estimated age of the individual. Each… Read more“I Solve Puzzles in My Spare Time”
Anatomy Fail
Matt Fraction‘s Hawkeye comic is a groundbreaking mix of memorable characters, superb art, innovative layouts, and engaging adventure. Issue 1, page 2 has a rather egregious error in the dialog, though:
Anthropomotron Day 36 (Already?!)
I’ve been working on the body mass estimation part of Anthropomotron. I got a few things done off of my to-do list and then I got an email from a researcher a paper she and her colleagues wrote on estimating body mass. Surely their paper is on the list… nope!… Read more“Anthropomotron Day 36 (Already?!)”
Statistical Trick of the Day
Did you know that you can combine two standard deviations? If the sample sizes of the two groups are equal, you don’t even need them! Just square the standard deviations to get variances, average them, and take the square root to turn the value back into an SD. If sample… Read more“Statistical Trick of the Day”
Day 21: Baby Steps
I just came back from San Diego and work is a bit computer-heavy at the moment so I wanted to ease myself into working on Anthropomotron. I completed one of the easiest changes in my list: Ruff et. al (2005) equations replace Ruff et. al (1997) ones for body mass… Read more“Day 21: Baby Steps”
Day 11: Proposed Anthropomotron Additions List
Work on Anthropomotron since day 2 has focused mostly on the planning stages. Based on literature review and input from fellow scholars, this is my list of planned additions to the body mass and stature estimation sections, straight from my electronic notebook. I made a few notes to remind myself… Read more“Day 11: Proposed Anthropomotron Additions List”
Day 2
Second day of working on Anthropomotron: spent four hours upgrading PhoneGap, the underpinnings of the app, from 1.8.0 to 2.2.0 (enough changes have been made from version to version that I have to inch up by tenths of version numbers). Ran into some difficulty but made a breakthrough so I… Read more“Day 2”