Below is a small experiment I’m currently running; very informally I’m updating a pachube feed (’cups of coffee today’) with the current location data. It’s a bit of an odd experiment – I’m not really always drinking coffee, but once I set it up (using the pachube iphone app, which is pretty simple to [...]
Back in civilisation! The tow truck took 3 hours to go the same distance we did in 2 days our way was more scenic anyway #greatoceanrd #
phrase of the day – "militant data wanker" #
Met a guy last night, who laughs like a tickle me Elmo #
tell me this isn't just #daylight #robbery – #Optus #prepaid #mobiles charge $1.32 per 60KB of #data. #wtf! #
let me say it again; #optus #prepaid #data charges at $1.32 for each time you request a website like, say, google.com. #daylight #robbery #
I think I must have killed 8 mosquitos so far tonight. sheeesh! #
all is [...]
The fantastic mr fox was "quote unquote" fantastic Wes Anderson really knows what he's doing. #
what a wasted day. #
I'm at uts dab (22 Harris st ultimo, Broadway, The University of Sydney). http://4sq.com/bumHsZ #
I just became the mayor of Waratah on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/9qQX4o #
I'm at Waratah (Johnston st, Annandale). http://4sq.com/9qQX4o #
has [...]
Are you going to Index tonight? It’s the end of year show for the UTS Architecture school, with work being exhibited from all 5 years. Go check it out!
You should use GREP.
If you haven’t heard of grep before, it’s a very fancy pattern search tool for text editors. Think of the ‘find’ function but with more advanced capabilities such as searches for whitespace characters, end of line/file or particular character patterns.
I’ve become accustomed to some of the more trivial but useful tricks [...]
I’m really enjoying the work in Michæl.Paukner’s Flickr photostream, which includes some of the most fantastical analytical graphics, illustrating scientific/theoretical concepts. Most of his work is just gorgeous, bringing clarity and simplicity to what could otherwise be convoluted diagrams. Some of my favourites are the solar eclipse and the circular periodic table of [...]
Lately I’ve been working my way through an academic requirement for all phd students at UTS, which involves submitting a progress reports on my work each and every semester. These reports are essentially a simple 4-page form but require an appended (also 4 page) report outlining what you set out to do, what you [...]
This is very cool – electronic ruler http://bit.ly/ofp0T, reminds me of that drawdio pencil http://bit.ly/1zDwlz #
pulling data vis ideas from the data itself. #
It looks like Eric Schmidt has #gonegoogle #
RT @eyebeams [realtime search results at TweetGrid http://bit.ly/2R2lZr this is very nice, finger on the pulse of twitter #
salsa class - so good, so hot [...]
Here’s a simple example for connecting a PhidgetInterfaceKit 8/8/8 to a computer, using Processing.
You will need to download the phidget21.jar package from the phidgets website, find it in the ‘Programming’ section in the java examples section. Once downloaded, just use Sketch>Add File… to add the file to your sketch. Connect via USB and you’re ready [...]
I’m currently preparing for a short piece of processing tutoring in the Bachelor of Architecture course, commencing tomorrow. The course is a 1st year construction subject, in which the year group is designing modular structures from found objects (read; whatever they can find in large amounts at Reverse Garbage), with a 12-15 unsuspecting students are [...]
I’ve spent a bit more time cleaning up the fluid blobs examples I made last week, this time limiting the Region of Interest and fiddling with the fluid interaction. Also newly included is a smarter way to interact with the blobs (in the code, i mean), pulling out more precise locational data. I’ll be looking [...]
Linked below are some early results from a new series of sketches I’ve been working on using Processing. These sketches continue in a long line of projects I’ve completed recently using simple camera tracking algorithms to infer interesting patterns of movement in urban spaces.
The first example is a calibrated blob tracking experiment, using the excellent [...]
In addition to my involvement with the janus project for the Smart Light Sydney Festival, Joanne Jakovich and I were invited to collaborate with the NSW Department of Planning in an ambitious short term project during the festival. The Department of Planning, along with Metropolis and D-City had the initiative to setup a small amount [...]