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Monthly Archives: April 2005
The Net of Gems
he Net of Indra is a profound and subtle metaphor for the structure of reality. Imagine a vast net; at each crossing point there is a jewel; each jewel is perfectly clear and reflects all the other jewels in the net, the way two mirrors placed opposite each other will reflect an image ad infinitum. [...]
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Picture Programming software requirements
In addition to Python, PIL and ImageMagick, I realized that we’ll need X (for ImageMagick’s “display”) command. Also, it would be handy to have GhostScript running for the cross-system PostScript previewer (“gs”). OSX 1. upgrade to Panther [OSX disk] 2. install X11 [Panther install option] 3. Install Devtools [OSX disk] 4. Install MacPython [MacPython-Panther-2.3-2.dmg] 5. [...]
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REPRESENTATIVE
A podium in a gallery. Clipped to the audience-side of the podium is a forest of microphones marked with badges from all the large media entities. Lights are trained on the podium. Somewhere behind you is the sound of an expectant crowd. Approaching the podium you see that several pages of notes have been prepared [...]
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sharks series
Andy Kopra has blessed the CIM with his presence this spring (2005). He taught a class called Picture Programming that extended the ideas he hatched while visiting last year. This year I used the ideas to make a short procedural video with watery sharks. Here are a few stills. These frames (and their 447 brethern) [...]
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sharks
Hopelessly obscured by procedural postscripizing, you can see the sharks with just a little prompting. You can see them, right??
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Mannix Roadster
Customized 425 1966 front-wheel drive convertible Oldsmobile Toronado (License No. UQW-477) seen on the detective drama MANNIX/CBS/1967-75. Designed by George Barris (a.k.a. “King of the Kustomizers”), the Mannix Roadster perfectly complements the action-filled lifestyle of private detective Joe Mannix (Mike Connors). Driven during the 1967-68 season, this silver and dark gray roadster featured a black [...]