Using mirrored and fogged white acrylic my partner Martin and I created this non rectangular box. We ended up using hot glue on the edges to solidify the structure. The bottom was left open for future use as a lamp.
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Prototype for Box
Working with Martin we decided to build our first box based on an origami model. It consists of three parts and our goal is to make it into a lamp. Our next step will be do create an illustrator file to print onto acrylicThe center piece will be holding our light source. One issue we are running into is figuring out the best way to construct he top piece specifically, we also have to figure out how to cut the acrylic on an angle instead of 180 degrees.
A Hacker’s Poem – Computer Generated
computer virus crashed one thousand five – makes me sick
CRASH OVERRIDE.. It’s all gone.
Who said Unbelievable. A hacker!?
They said Unbelievable. A hacker!
Who said Dade starts hacking. Apparently so does Acid Burn. The?
They said Dade starts hacking. Apparently so does Acid Burn. The
Who said all involving lips and kissing.?
We said all involving lips and kissing.
Who said is hacking, the latino kid who was on the phone to?
They said is hacking, the latino kid who was on the phone to
Who said looking up Kate Libby’s school records. And hacking?
They said looking up Kate Libby’s school records. And hacking
Who said it changes to 4:17. Dade is hacking again. It’s the?
They said it changes to 4:17. Dade is hacking again. It’s the
Who said giving a dull account of his hacking adventures. Enter?
They said giving a dull account of his hacking adventures. Enter
Who said hack a bank across state lines from your?
They said hack a bank across state lines from your
Who said passwords??
We said passwords?
Who said righteous hack. None of this accidental shit.?
They said righteous hack. None of this accidental shit.
Inspired Computer Generated Poetry Using Python
#1
Another virus appears. – makes me sick
Run anti-virus. Give me a systems display! – makes me sick
Who said English hacker looks and talks suspiciously like Annie?
They said English hacker looks and talks suspiciously like Annie
FSI viruses. – makes me sick
Who said through the crowded station looking for the hackers.?
They said through the crowded station looking for the hackers.
Who said The SS and SWAT are still closing in on the hackers.?
They said The SS and SWAT are still closing in on the hackers.
Joey. I need you to drop your viruses, go – makes me sick
Who said together and taped up. No hackers. They keep going.?
They said together and taped up. No hackers. They keep going.
The Da Vinci virus dies. The tankers stop capsizing and – makes me sick
Who said The hackers cheer and congratulate each other.?
They said The hackers cheer and congratulate each other.
Who said The SS have caught up with the hackers. Agent Bob seems to?
They said The SS have caught up with the hackers. Agent Bob seems to
Who said be choosing which pore on which hacker’s face to blow away?
They said be choosing which pore on which hacker’s face to blow away
#2
Nay. Something far more tacky. A virus called – makes me sick
Who said blamed on innocent hackers. But this virus was?
They said blamed on innocent hackers. But this virus was
blamed on innocent hackers. But this virus was – makes me sick
uncool virus program? – makes me sick
Who said million bucks. The password for this hungry?
We said million bucks. The password for this hungry
Who said The hackers embrace and congratulate each other again,?
They said The hackers embrace and congratulate each other again,
Who said They kiss passionately.?
We said They kiss passionately.
Who said Dade and Kate emerge from their underwater kiss,?
We said Dade and Kate emerge from their underwater kiss,
Warrick and the Scraping of the Wayback Machine
Back in the mid 00’s I ran a techblog called unwirednews.net, at some point in 2007 I suffered from a localized hard drive crash followed by a webserver crash, I lost my entire website. I decided to take this first assignment as an oppurunity to attempt to recover my website from the archive.org wayback machine arhives. This posted many issues, due to irregular URL formation WGET is unable to accurately scrape the data and left me with empty folders. After doing more research I decided to use warrick, a similar tool in a perl script. There is not a lot of documentation on using warrick outside of pure ‘nix environments, but I was able to get it up and running (tutorial to come soon). By using warrick I was able to set a date in a command that told warrick to search archive.org for all instances of my website. After close to three hours I had recovered most of my website in 100’s of HTML documents. The result can be found at www.ajlevine.com/unwired. I had alter all my link references to get the images and some other things working and still have some more work to do in order to get it 100% back to where it was.
COMMAND USED: perl warrick.pl -dr 2006-01-14 http://www.unwirednews.net
This automatically scraped archive.org for the closest known state of unwirednews.net for the date Jan 14 2006. It managed to downloaded 125 articles with all images intact.
TNO 2015 Invite
A GIF invite created as the co-social chair of ITP 2015
ITP IRC Guide
www.ajlevine/com/itp-irc is a website I created to help ITP students get on IRC
Moon Escape
[jwplayer mediaid=”157″]
RGB Color Mixer Final Documentation
P.Com Final Documentation
END BILL OF MATERIALS FOR BLUETOOTH
2x Arduino Micro
2x Adafruit Bluefruit
6x RGB LED
1 sheet of laser cut translucent acrylic 1/8”
1 sheet transparent acryllic 1/8”
2 bamboo boxes
1 sheet of brown suede
6 FSRs
RGB MIX is a video game played using a specialized controller to help people understand digital color mixing. Different from print, digital screens use reflective colors to mix and create all color we see in the digital realm, this game is designed to help people come to understand how colors react with each other and how designers use RGB color pallets while creating work. The finished project consists of two bluetooth controllers that can interact with either a tablet, or computer version of the game.
Technically the project ended differently than our original proposal. After trouble shooting various bluetooth methods we settled on using an Arduino Micro with the Adafruit Bluefruit adapter. There were some things to troubleshoot with this combo, most notably having to adjust the code on the Arduino, by replacing all instances of “Serial” with “Serial1” in the Arduino code we were able to get it to communicate via bluetooth while using handshake serial communication, though there were still some kinks while getting it to successfully work. One issue that was found is that the micro controller will only send a signal (a call) to the computer the first time contact is initiated, if the first instance of communication is closed the Arduino must be power cycled for it to send another call, this bug was difficult to discover, but now that it’s known we are able to keep it in a working state.
To see examples of the Arduino code click here, for the serial communication code in the processing sketch click here.
While building the new controllers we sealed the FSRs between two layers of plastic with acrylic cement, this guaranteed a stable seal. To cover the FSRs we are currently using suede, but may switch to thinner suede or felt in the future to provide more feel. After experimenting with multiple different kinds of rubberization user testing told us they dampened the firs too much and did not provide accurate feedback while playing the game.
In the game code we played with different algorithms, the biggest change we made was adjusting sensitivity on the fly as people play, by dampening the sensitivity of the pressure sensors as the user came closer to the target value we were able to make it slightly easier for users to hold specific values, making a very hard game a little easier.
RGB Color Mixer V.2 Update
** Update – After user testing we will not be using rubberization, we may leave the FSR sensors raw, or use leather to cover them. We will also be moving from the Lightblue Bean to an Arduino Micro and the Bluefruit be Adafruit bluetooth 2.0 adapter.
As my partner Gladys works on the javascript conversion of the software I have been working on the physical parts of the system. The new system will have two separate bluetooth controllers housed in bamboo boxes with laser etched translucent white acrylic tops. I have also been experimenting with different kinds of rubber to give users more control over the color values in the game, the play testing will be crucial in helping make a decision on this.
Semi Finished Bluetooth Prototype
Sanding down the laser cut acrylic.
Testing different rubber treatments on version one.