Walk in the park, look at the sky: collected thoughts, processes and observations made during the course of making things
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- Kirby
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- Mac
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- OpenFrameworks
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- Output
- P5js
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- Plotter
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- Processing
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- Roslindale
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- Transferwise
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- Vim
- Vimwiki
- Watson
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- ZX81
- adobe
- anamorph
- coltrane
- conference
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- Everything
- 17.09.19 Slightly peacock like
#houdinifx
- 16.09.19 A Simple Colour / Texture Map Creator Using Processing
When I'm working in Houdini or other 3D software, I might need to use an image as a colour map texture which can then be applied to a …
- 16.09.19 Looking forward to having a piece of work as part of the fab Brighton Digital …
Looking forward to having a piece of work as part of the fab Brighton Digital Festival Excited to have a piece featured at this great …
- 16.09.19 Please be Seated by Paul Cocksedge
Please be Seated by Paul Cocksedge Beautiful work from Paul Cocksedge for the London Design Festival.
- 10.09.19 If you want to get things done, pause | Life and style | The Guardian
If you want to get things done, pause | Life and style | The Guardian I’m a big fan of the pause.
- 09.09.19 Setting up a midi controller for TouchDesigner
Setting up a midi controller for TouchDesigner This is great, straight-forward, tutorial on setting up a midi controller for use with …
- 08.09.19 That Was The Week That Was — 8th September 2019
Arrived back to a drizzly UK after two weeks away in the French sunshine. I purposefully left me phone behind when we went out and didn't …
- 03.09.19 In Praise of Shadows by Junichiro Tanizaki
I’d heard about this book for many years but only read it a few weeks ago. It resonated with me so much I ended up reading it in a little …
- 01.09.19 What the Ack! Multi-file Find and Replace with Vim and Ack
Occasionally it's handy to be able to do a find and replace across multiple files, or even insert something new across many files. Using …
- 01.09.19 That Was The Week That Was — 1st September 2019
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- 01.09.19 Semicolon by Cecelia Watson
Throughly enjoyed this book by Cecelia Watson on the infamous punctuation mark. It’s not a book detailing how to use it, nor is it a book …
- 01.09.19 Radio 4’s Word of Mouth: signing-off emails
Radio 4’s Word of Mouth: signing-off emails Word of Mouth is one of my favourite programs on Radio 4, and this episode about how we …
- 30.08.19 The Path of Least Resistance: Using Vim Templates
My Kirby powered website uses a few different templates depending on the type of content. I have one for detailing a project, one for news, …
- 25.08.19 That Was The Week That Was — 25th August 2019
My free copy of Vitsoe Voice arrived, complete with Gary Hustwit on the cover. Inside he talked about his latest film, Rams, about the …
- 21.08.19 Work-in-progress
Everything starts with a simple sketch. The act of scribbling things is directly connected, I believe, to how thoughts are formed, starting …
- 18.08.19 That Was The Week That Was — August 18th 2019
As Getz / Gilberto dominated the turntable this week, I continued to send out the Manifesto for Myself prints, only now the print arrives …
- 14.08.19 Adobe Alternatives
No longer will you find Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator on any of the Macs I use. You will find Premiere but that's only kept around in case …
- 11.08.19 That Was The Week That Was — August 11th 2019
My new print — Manifesto for Myself — arrived on the Tuesday from Harvey Lloyd Screens and looked fantastic. It's an A5 two colour screen …
- 09.08.19 Two Tortillas
Last night myself and Lisa were watching the fourth episode of Remarkable Places to Eat, a BBC series with First Dates' Fred Sirieix, which …
- 06.08.19 That Was The Week That Was — 4th August 2019
The Entagma Houdini tutorials on Vimeo have been a great resource for my Houdini learnigs, and so I thought it was about time to stump up …
- 31.07.19 Strangely enough, all my work this year has been made using node and wire style …
I find it a really nice, intuitive, visual and playful way to work. Of course I also combine with code when I need to (though Python in TD …
- 31.07.19 Organic Frame
- 28.07.19 That Was The Week That Was — 28th July 2019
At the beginning of the week I put together the first round of images for this latest client work. These were very much work in progress — …
- 28.07.19 Creating small experiments
One of the things I do whenever I have some downtime is explore or learn a new technique and then save that out so I may use it in the …
- 25.07.19 Tapering Curves and Lines in Houdini
A quick screen cast on how to control the width of a line or a curve over its length, using a B-Spline curve interface. Also includes a tip …
- 23.07.19 The Computer Maverick Who Modeled the Evolution of Life
The Computer Maverick Who Modeled the Evolution of Life From Issue 74 of Nautilus on Networks, the life and work of Nils Aall Barricelli, a …
- 21.07.19 That Was The Week That Was — 21st July 2019
I started in earnest on a new client commission — creating four images using data, for a US based client. As usual everything starts out …
- 16.07.19 VEX for artists · kiryha/Houdini Wiki · GitHub
VEX for artists · kiryha/Houdini Wiki · GitHub Great resource for starting out with Vex In Houdini.
- 15.07.19 Overwhelmed by your to-do lists? Try this simple solution | Oliver Burkeman | …
Overwhelmed by your to-do lists? Try this simple solution | Oliver Burkeman | Life and style | The Guardian I use a similar system to this, …
- 14.07.19 That Was The Week That Was — 14th July 2019
This week saw Lisa and myself take an impromptu break to the city of Copenhagen. We're both fans of Danish design so we were both looking …