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Saturday, November 7, 2009
ASCII - showing in posterous
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ASCII Art
_ ('v') ( ) "Birdie" by Susie Oviatt ~/'~'~~ I have an image I'm trying to make so I thought I'd share some of what I've found. Some of the classic tutorials are by the following artists: Susie Oviatt Hayley Wakenshaw
Joan Starks
Rowan Crawford
Targon (Ed Wisniewski) These tutorials seem to be reposted all over the internet since they were originally posted to a news group in the 90's. Some of the sites that have them are: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/ascii/junkyard/techstuff/tutorials/
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/7373/howto.htm (hard to read page of Joan Starks herself)
http://www.roysac.com/learn/default.asp
http://www.chris.com/ASCII/ A couple others:
http://diamondie.deviantart.com/art/ASCII-art-tutorial-1-0-11943421
http://www.ascii-art.de/info/tut_veilleux.txt (how to make the Mona Lisa)
ASCII Art
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( ) "Birdie" by Susie Oviatt
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I have an image I'm trying to make so I thought I'd share some of what I've found. Some of the classic tutorials are by the following artists: Susie Oviatt
Hayley Wakenshaw
Joan Starks
Rowan Crawford
Targon (Ed Wisniewski) These tutorials seem to be reposted all over the internet since they were originally posted to a news group in the 90's. Some of the sites that have them are: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/ascii/junkyard/techstuff/tutorials/
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/7373/howto.htm (hard to read page of Joan Starks herself)
http://www.roysac.com/learn/default.asp
http://www.chris.com/ASCII/ A couple others:
http://diamondie.deviantart.com/art/ASCII-art-tutorial-1-0-11943421
http://www.ascii-art.de/info/tut_veilleux.txt (how to make the Mona Lisa)
('v')
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I have an image I'm trying to make so I thought I'd share some of what I've found. Some of the classic tutorials are by the following artists: Susie Oviatt
Hayley Wakenshaw
Joan Starks
Rowan Crawford
Targon (Ed Wisniewski) These tutorials seem to be reposted all over the internet since they were originally posted to a news group in the 90's. Some of the sites that have them are: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/ascii/junkyard/techstuff/tutorials/
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/7373/howto.htm (hard to read page of Joan Starks herself)
http://www.roysac.com/learn/default.asp
http://www.chris.com/ASCII/ A couple others:
http://diamondie.deviantart.com/art/ASCII-art-tutorial-1-0-11943421
http://www.ascii-art.de/info/tut_veilleux.txt (how to make the Mona Lisa)
Friday, November 6, 2009
ASCII Art
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I have an image I'm trying to make so I thought I'd share some of what I've found. Some of the classic tutorials are by the following artists: Susie Oviatt
Hayley Wakenshaw
Joan Starks
Rowan Crawford
Targon (Ed Wisniewski) These tutorials seem to be reposted all over the internet since they were originally posted to a news group in the 90's. Some of the sites that have them are: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/ascii/junkyard/techstuff/tutorials/
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/7373/howto.htm (hard to read page of Joan Starks herself)
http://www.roysac.com/learn/default.asp
http://www.chris.com/ASCII/ A couple others:
http://diamondie.deviantart.com/art/ASCII-art-tutorial-1-0-11943421
http://www.ascii-art.de/info/tut_veilleux.txt (how to make the Mona Lisa)
('v')
( ) "Birdie" by Susie Oviatt
~/'~'~~
I have an image I'm trying to make so I thought I'd share some of what I've found. Some of the classic tutorials are by the following artists: Susie Oviatt
Hayley Wakenshaw
Joan Starks
Rowan Crawford
Targon (Ed Wisniewski) These tutorials seem to be reposted all over the internet since they were originally posted to a news group in the 90's. Some of the sites that have them are: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/ascii/junkyard/techstuff/tutorials/
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/7373/howto.htm (hard to read page of Joan Starks herself)
http://www.roysac.com/learn/default.asp
http://www.chris.com/ASCII/ A couple others:
http://diamondie.deviantart.com/art/ASCII-art-tutorial-1-0-11943421
http://www.ascii-art.de/info/tut_veilleux.txt (how to make the Mona Lisa)
Hello Random Number on the iPhone
Because what I really need to do is learn yet another programing language I'm taking an iPhone Development class at machine project with Chandler McWilliams as the instructor. He recommended the book Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X and since fellow-student-Matthew Iadarola got it out of the Library we decided to give the first example a shot: the random number generator. It had to be adapted some for the iPhone since this is not an iPhone book, but we got it done. I posted the code for him, heavily commented here. I also uploaded the Buttons example from class b/c I reference it in my comments. There are two versions, functionally virtually identical, but the UI layout in one is much more streamlined. It's all about design.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
BBC NEWS | Health | Just what does make me 'me'?
Professor of mathematics at the University of Oxford
Professor du Sautoy set out to find out the real himOver the last few months I have been on an extraordinary journey to find out what makes me "me".
I have had my brain scanned, tricked, electrocuted, drugged in a plethora of different experiments in my attempt to find out what it is that gives me the feeling that there is someone inside my head.
Science calls it the search for consciousness. I call it the search for "me".
I was not always aware of myself as a human being separate from those around me.
But at what point does this self-awareness kick-in?
via news.bbc.co.uk
Friday, October 16, 2009
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Awww, it's so cute! ((tages: hardware stores, San Francisco, hardware, vendor))
I went to visit one of my favorite hardware stores in San Francisco this past weekend to see if my favorite item was still there... a $93.00 luthier's planer. It's adorable. So are the $24.00 rosewood ones from India, but this one is from a now defunct US manufacturer. There is also a beautiful wooden level... I love tools... From yelp:
Robert's Hardware
1629 Haight St
(between Belvedere St & Clayton St)
San Francisco, CA 94117
(415) 431-3392
www.robertshardware.com
Robert's Hardware
1629 Haight St
(between Belvedere St & Clayton St)
San Francisco, CA 94117
(415) 431-3392
www.robertshardware.com
From Rain Storm to Dust Storm... Really
San Luis Reservoir to I-5 today: there is a tumble weed actually stuck in the the grill of my car!!!
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Things – Adam Mayer Digitally Designed Geared Business Cards ((tags: NYC, NYC Resistor, electronics, hacking, physComp, design, DIY)
via nycresistor.com
So super pleased to give a shout out to Adam and NYC Resistor, home of the Bartending Robot. I found this video today trying to be inspired about my own card design. It isn't going to be nearly this clever.
If you are in New York you should check them out. I really enjoyed going to the Arduino Hacklab there before I moved.
Monday, October 5, 2009
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Devanagari Worksheets
Devanagari
Learning the Consonants
Master html Worksheet 1a html Worksheet 1b html Worksheet 2 html DOC Worksheet 3 html
Special thanks to the many wonderful teachers in my life, especially those at Jivamukti Yoga in NYC, Yogaworks in LA and the Yoga Studies Institute everywhere.
Additional References: Teach Yourself Beginner's Hindi Script by Rupert Snell (ISBN: 0071419845)
Teach Yourself Sanskrit by Michael Coulson (ISBN: 0071426663)
Manorama ( http://www.sanskritstudies.org/ )
Avashy.com Hindi Script Tutor ( http://www.avashy.com/hindiscripttutor.htm )
via 23longacre.com
So a friend just bought his first copy of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras... "with full-on Sanskrit squiggles" and I remembered a time when I thought I was going to learn all those squiggles... I slightly updated the page and here it is... maybe I'll remotivate
Made them in Apple's Pages (http://www.apple.com/iwork/pages/), using an English keyboard with the "Keyboard Viewer" installed...in case anyone cares...
Monday, September 28, 2009
Thursday, September 24, 2009
WNYC - Radiolab: Choice (November 14, 2008)
Radiolab
Friday, November 14, 2008
Choice
We turn up the volume on the voices in our heads and try to make sense of the babble. On a journey around the country to understand how emotion and logic interact to guide us through our options, we ponder how we get through the million choices and decisions we make every day. Forget free will, some important decisions could come down to a steaming cup of coffee.
via wnyc.org
One of my favorite episodes of one of my favorite podcasts... having a hard time making decisions today so seems like a good thing to post!
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Camille Utterback - MacArthur Foundation
via macfound.org
Yay! Interactive Telecommunications Program alumna whose work I happen to adore... Congratulations!
See also her site: http://www.camilleutterback.com/
Monday, September 21, 2009
Obsessive Consumption: What Did You Buy Today?
Great daily practice...
Heard about this site through Bust Magaizine: http://www.bust.com/
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Klosterman, Chuck ((tags: Quote, importance)
_Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story_. New York: Scribner , 2006 (pg 92) I have traditionally argued that rock criticism is almost always
unimportant. But what I've grown to realize is that –whenever people
argue over the "importance of rock criticism"–they are not arguing
about rock critiscism. They are arguing over the definition of the
word /important/. Emphasis his. Discuss...
unimportant. But what I've grown to realize is that –whenever people
argue over the "importance of rock criticism"–they are not arguing
about rock critiscism. They are arguing over the definition of the
word /important/. Emphasis his. Discuss...
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Golden Gate Park / Sept. 9, 2009
Another "last week at this time" post... with one exception the photos are of the Japanese Tea Garden. It was a reset to soak in all that green. It was a fun walk. I got lost and had to have a really nice guy tending the adorable Children's Garden with his dalmatian let me out a secret gate. Going down the hill to Lincoln in flip-flops got my feet dirtier than a whole week in the desert.
Freeland Live at KCRW on Morning Becomes Eclectic 09.16.09
Freeland
via kcrw.com
Okay, once again, thank you Jason Bentley.
The album COPE™ may not even make it to a wishlist...
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Sunday, September 13, 2009
The TimeCycle and the beginning of catching up
I'm back and every day slightly less dusty. Here are some initial pictures of the TimeCycle. There is a flickr group that will be aggregating pictures from others in the camp who spent more quality camera time with our lovely vehicle. That group will be shown off at www.TimeCycle.org by the end of the week with a form to sign up for updates. I'll be back posting (gasp!) a little about last week in the next couple of days...
Monday, August 31, 2009
Friday, August 28, 2009
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Errands being run until they're tired.
My homage to the two major errands: The Surplus Store
10341 Venice Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90034
Tel: 310.841.0289
(I've heard that Major Surplus & Survival and the Supply Sargent are both also very good) and The Salvation Army Thrift Store
1658 11th St
Santa Monica, CA 90404
(Out of the Closet is another great organization but this one is huge.)
10341 Venice Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90034
Tel: 310.841.0289
(I've heard that Major Surplus & Survival and the Supply Sargent are both also very good) and The Salvation Army Thrift Store
1658 11th St
Santa Monica, CA 90404
(Out of the Closet is another great organization but this one is huge.)
Monday, August 24, 2009
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Generating Permutations and Combinations
One of the things I did when playing around with the HL1606 is write a routine that ran through ALL the colors. I mean all 64 possible permutations both my way and Synoptic Labs' way to compare. Did I write these out by hand? Um, no. First of all, how do we know there are 64? If you look at the command byte for the HL1606 there are 6 bits involved in determining color, each of which can be one of two options (0 or 1). Doing the probability math: 2*2*2*2*2*2, 2 to the 6th... or 64. The other way to think about it is that we have 4 options to chose from: 01, 11, 10, 00 or (right to left) ON, DOWN, UP, OFF. We pick any one of these options 3 separate times (R, G and B). 4*4*4, 4 to the 3rd or again 64. Whether you think of it as 2 options 6 times or 4 options 3 times we can still simply count up in binary to generate the needed command bytes. Since I needed to create a predefined array for my purposes I wrote a function that would spit out something serially I could copy and paste:
<div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.mathsisfun.com/combinatorics/combinations-permutations-calculator.html">mathsisfun.com</a></div>
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void loop() { delay(2000); // time to switch over to serial mode if (i < 1) { // do it only once for (b=0; b<64; b ++) { commandByte = b + B10000000; // add the latch command Serial.print("colorArray["); Serial.print(b, DEC); Serial.print("] = B"); Serial.print(commandByte, BIN); Serial.println(";"); } } i++; } Just a heads up, this works because I added the 1 onto the left edge of the command byte by adding the actual value of B10000000 to the variable NOT by trying to tack a "B10" on to it on with Serial.print before. Why not? 63 prints out as 111111, 6 characters, but 23 is 10111, 5 characters. You can't just paste numbers to left edge with text and expect the value to be correct when you copy the printout. Writing your own program is way more time consuming for a non-numeric situation like writing out UP OFF DOWN and ON for the Synoptic Lab style code - In case you don't remember those lines look like: docolor(DOWN, DOWN, UP,128/(2*SPULSE),1); You'd start with something like the below, but I haven't tested it. void permutate(int n_options, int r_times) { int n; int r; for (r=0; r<r_times; r ++) { for (n=0; n<n_options; n ++) { Serial.print(r, DEC); Serial.print(" : "); Serial.print(n, DEC); Serial.print(" | "); } Serial.println(); } Serial.println(); } I just borrowed Math is Fun's permutations and combinations calculator (below). They generated the list and with a bit of find and replace magic in BBEdit I got the code I needed. Oh, and for those of you who are curious and don't care about having a pre-written array the following function does work, and is what the attached video is of. void playAll() { int b; for (b=0; b<64; b ++) { nextColor = colorArray[b]; nextCommand = nextColor + B10000000; // latch it doColor2(nextCommand); } } <div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"><div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.mathsisfun.com/combinatorics/combinations-permutations-calculator.html">mathsisfun.com</a></div>
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