I put together some code and work-in-progress photos to document a project I finished a year ago. The project was to implement Sol LeWitt’s rules for his Wall Drawing 146A and draw it on a wall in my home office. The instructions are seemingly very simple. "All two-part combinations of blue arcs from corners and … Continue reading Recreating Sol LeWitt’s Wall Drawing 146A in code
Processing Circles
Sometimes, five minutes is all you need to make something interesting. Output from Processing sketch. Evolving image from random placement of ellipses on a grid. Random shade of grey. The guts of how each circle is placed: PVector c = new PVector(); int rx = ceil(random(47)); int ry = ceil(random(47)); c.x = map(rx,1,47,0, width); c.y … Continue reading Processing Circles
“It had to be you…” Busking on Queen St W., Toronto
I don’t know who this person is but it is a real treat to hear his music wafting across Queen St traffic. This is a quick recording of him playing “It Had To Be You” on the guitar. https://soundcloud.com/sspboyd/it-had-to-be-you-busking-on-queen-st-in-toronto
Thank you Sea-Horse logo
There are some logos that resonate long after their companies have gone out of business. I saw one of those logos today in Dorset, Ontario on my drive home from the cottage. The Sea-Horse boat motor logo. Here’s a Google street view capture of it and a few other images of the logo in use. … Continue reading Thank you Sea-Horse logo
Learning Processing – Simple Text Parsing, Cleaning and Saving
This past Saturday, I spent the day teaching about 60 women the basics of programming using the Processing language. It was a lot of fun and a bit nerve wracking since it was my first time. Since that class I’ve been thinking that I could create a few code examples using Processing for some straightforward … Continue reading Learning Processing – Simple Text Parsing, Cleaning and Saving
Processing 2.0 modes download links
Processing 2.0 modes download linksSeveral people who attended the Ladies Learning Code - Processing Workshop I lead on the weekend have said they’re running into trouble when trying to install the Javascript Mode from within the Processing IDE. Hopefully the the site below will help get around the problem by installing the mode manually. blurrypaths: … Continue reading Processing 2.0 modes download links
At the #innovateTV conference. Watching @digital_vic, “I said the f-word at the CBC”.
Simple view of Infographics, Data Vis, Charts, Pivot Tables
Came out of a tweet from @phillipadsmith about an infographic. Got me thinking about the difference between an infographic and data vis. Not new territory but interesting to think about nonetheless. Edit: A simpler version of the graphic above. Made with Paper
thedailyfeed: iPads have overtaken computers as the 2nd-most popular way to watch TV.
yayfortoday: Phone Book Data Design by Julian Franky Tobon