No, but it’s pretty freaking close. Sunday was overcast and gloomy as well. Most of the afternoon Jenny and I both tried to nap as much as possible. I took two naps both about an hour long. I don’t know, I think its the weather. When it’s cold and misty out all you want to […]
I want to begin todays post with a couple short announcements. First, I’ve changed the name of my MCRP page to just Monome. I’m broadening that page because I’d like it to be more of a connection to the artists and makers of the monome community that I so appreciate. I’ve added a link […]
Last night was all about sifting, sifting, sifting. Over the course of the past week and a half I have accumulated a ton of raw material to be used in the creation of my song for the Monome Community Remix Project. Sadly, it’s a rather boring process but my time needs to be devoted to […]
Last night I continued working on my song for the Monome Community Remix Project. I was feeling pretty frustrated for most of the night because I was still just sifting through my material and pulling loops from it. At a certain point I had to just give up and start arranging the song […]
Last night I really should’ve worked on my song for MCRP (because it’s due tonight!) but instead I had scheduled this creative thing long ago with a friend and co-worker named Jeff Ponchick. Ever since he saw my video from “Day 212 / Soap Bubble Psychedelia” he expressed an interest in doing it as well. […]
Last night was awesome. I left work at 7pm to hit the usual friday night 2-hour traffic. As the clock ticked by, I kept thinking about the lost time. This evening was the deadline for submitting your final song for the Monome Community Remix Project. Not only was I going home tonight with […]
I’m writing this as fast as possible because Jenny is feeling sick this weekend and I am watching after June. Last night I got so close to finishing my Harmonograph table that I was able to give it a preliminary test run. Tonight’s creative thing will be all about finishing up and doing some […]
Last night I got the DC motor attached to the record player / drawing surface of my harmonograph table, allowing me to finally christen it “The Three Pendulum Spiraling Harmonograph”. It has been a long time coming and I already know of some pertinent adjustments that need to be made but nevertheless it was […]
My office has been clearing out a bunch of stuff lately. A while back we had bought a crap-load of these stackable CD holders from Ikea. They have been in the office taking up space for years now and the day they were about to hit the trash heap I saved a couple for some […]
How’s this for random? Last night just before Jenny was off to bed, she asked what my creative thing was going to be. I said I thought I might do some Processing practice since it’s been so long since I’d worked in the software. Then she joked that I could make some cranberry muffins […]
My boss has been clearing out stuff as of late and the other day she offered me the chance to take this really old RCA video camera. It’s a really early model, before they even had a place to put a VHS tape. This camera merely has a cable that comes out the back and […]
Last night was one of those nights. Jenny and I watched the season finale to Project Runway and afterwards had a long discussion that turned for the worst and ended with both of us feeling a little hurt. Nevertheless, Jenny and I have a rule to never allow each other go to bed upset and […]
I recently ordered a new DC motor for my spiraling harmonograph table. It arrived just a few days ago. This evening I installed it into my record player and it works pretty darn well. I have to improve upon its current mounting but this motor runs at a constant speed and has much more torque […]
This evening Jenny and I had a Halloween costume party to go to. The costumes we thought we were going to wear evolved over time. For awhile, Jenny and I thought we were going to be a double rainbow for halloween, Then we discovered that our friends Jeff and Wendy were thinking the same […]
I’ve been researching the slitscan technique lately. I recently received some demo tracks from my friend and his band and I’m able to choose one of them to do a music video for. Inspired by the film “The Fourth Dimension” by Zbig Rybcynski I have been interested in using this technique for their music video. […]
It’s all about research. I am attempting to find an alternative to After Effects for my slit-scan shots. Since I plan on doing a music video using this process I would love to have more power over the final effect. Because in After Effects every composition needs to consist of thousands of layers. This takes […]
I had to work a bit late last night so I had to figure out what I was going to do for my creative thing on the spot. I lucked out because a while back when Jenny and I were heading out to Palm Springs I packed my music box and accessories into my backpack […]
A rough morning. My car broke down just before the freeway exit at work and I had to get it towed to the dealership. They informed me later that my head gasket might have been damaged and the cost will be a substantial dent. Top that with the fact that my license is expired and […]
Not too exciting of a post this evening. Sometimes the most important thing to do is not always the most exciting thing to present. I wanted to write up at least one Processing sketch that you could be able to play with (like on Days 162, 166, or 170) but most of my time […]
What a weekend. I got a little backed up on posting. It’s sunday night as I write this. I’m back-posting my creative things for friday and saturday as well as dealing with this evenings creative thing. Oh yeah, and I’m at work. Because I have no car I decided to spend the night here and […]
This day, Saturday, was a great day. I spent the whole day with June and I felt like I was really connecting with her. She’s 19 months now and she’s talking like crazy, putting a few words here and there together into sentences. She’s way more rambunctious then she’s ever been as well. But we […]
I’m really sorry for all the back-posting lately. It’s Tuesday afternoon as I write this, and this particular post is for Sunday’s creative thing. Life has been rather unpredictable lately. It’s stemming from a combination of my car situation and my work situation. My car has been out of comission and I have also been […]
I had a busy day ahead of me. I was expecting to finally pick up my car this evening. Alas, around 5pm I got the call from the dealership. They told me that they’d finished up, then started the car and heard the noise again. Sadly, after already spending one night at the office I […]
I guess the issue with my car is a real stumper to the guys at the dealership. They thought they had it fixed and then after a test drive realized it wasn’t. There was no reason for me to stay late this evening so I decided to take the train home. It was a pretty […]
My luck has been going down the drain lately. I got a phone call from the dealership taking care of my car. It turns out that the engine pretty much needs a major overhaul. The cost is considerably depressing. The frustrating thing is there is nothing I can do about it. I just have to […]