God, this is a unique story, and now it absolves me.:-)

Kristof

--- In reconstruct_users@yahoogroups.com, "Kristen M. Harris" <kharris@...>
wrote:
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> No worries, my mom spelled the name wrong - it's the male Norwegian
> spelling. Even Theodore Blackstad thought I was a 'he'.
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> From: reconstruct_users@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:reconstruct_users@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of kristofgiber
> Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 3:46 PM
> To: reconstruct_users@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Reconstruct] Re: Reconstruct Features and Bugs
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> Million sorries, Kristen, it was just a mistyping...:-)
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> All the Best,
> Kristof
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> --- In reconstruct_users@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:reconstruct_users%40yahoogroups.com> , "Kristen M. Harris"
> <kharris@> wrote:
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> > Hi Kristof,
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> >
> > Kristen Harris is a 'she'.. J
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> > Thanks
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> > Kristen
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> > From: reconstruct_users@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:reconstruct_users%40yahoogroups.com>
> > [mailto:reconstruct_users@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:reconstruct_users%40yahoogroups.com> ] On Behalf Of kristofgiber
> > Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 3:34 AM
> > To: reconstruct_users@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:reconstruct_users%40yahoogroups.com>
> > Subject: [Reconstruct] Re: Reconstruct Features and Bugs
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> >
> > Hi Larry,
> >
> > Although Kristen told me he would forward my problem and suggestion to you
> > regarding Boissonnat surface generation, I repeate it to you by copying my
> > mail below. Your help in this issue would be more than useful.
> >
> > > The visible size of the objects are reduced when Boissonnat surface is
> > applied: The same endings (ie., the endings facing towards the first
> section
> > of the serious) of all objects is shrinked by the width of one section.
> This
> > results in 1-section-wide spaces between objects which otherwise touch
> each
> > other, and leads to the inproportional reduction of small objects (such as
> > synapses which can become even half their original size) in comparison
> with
> > large objects (such as axonal terminals or dendritic segments). To fix
> this
> > problem, Reconstruct TM should have a user option (a checkbox or whatever)
> > to decide whether
> > 1) I would like the Boissonnat surface to be generated between the same
> side
> > (or the central line) of all sections (as it is now), or
> > 2) I would like the surfacing procedure eg. as follows (my suggestion):
> the
> > central lines of each sections which have mutually both neighbouring
> > sections containing traces of the object are matched with each other,
> while
> > the side of the first and last section to be matched with the midline of
> > their only neighbouring section containing a trace of the object is the
> side
> > that is further from the rest of the object.
> > The latter surfacing option would lead to a symmetric and faithful 3D
> > generation of the reconstructed objects. Currently, there is not any
> options
> > to fix the mentioned inproportional size reduction.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Kristof
> >
> > --- In reconstruct_users@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:reconstruct_users%40yahoogroups.com>
> > <mailto:reconstruct_users%40yahoogroups.com> , "larryflindsey"
> > <larryflindsey@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello Reconstruct Users,
> > >
> > > My name is Larry Lindsey, and I have recently started in the Kristen
> > Harris Lab as the main developer for Reconstruct.
> > >
> > > Soon, I intend to begin addressing some bugs and to introduce some new
> > features. As I see it, my job is to make using Reconstruct as smooth and
> > easy as possible for all of you. With that in mind, I would like to hear
> > from you - have you ever thought that a feature of Reconstruct could be
> > easier to use, had an idea for a new feature, or encountered a bug? If so,
> > please let me know.
> > >
> > > Here are some examples of new feature ideas:
> > > * A bigger memory cache for image files, to reduce the amount of time
> that
> > it takes to flip between more than two images.
> > > * A more user-configurable trace palette, for instance, to allow
> > excel-like automatic naming for traces (say, from D01 to D99), or to allow
> > more or fewer traces in the active trace palette.
> > > * Save time, date, user name and system name with traces, and improve
> the
> > trace list to sort and automatically group by this info.
> > > * Associate each trace with a unique identifier that is not associated
> > with its name, to prevent trace merge collisions in the case that two
> > different objects have traces with identical names.
> > >
> > > I look forward to hearing from you all.
> > >
> > > Best,
> > >
> > > Larry
> > >
> >
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