I recently experimented with multiple 3D scanned photographs. I emulated redshifts and blueshift to enhance motion both in both animated GIF and still images. To capture this I scripted three positions to show the the turning of the head, then used an 3d scanner attached to my computer to measure the depth of the composition. I used all three images at once and overplayed color so that when head turns forward there is a blueshift to show compressed lightwaves. I then mirrored the first two images and shifted the color to red to emulate the look of longer light waves as the head turns back away.
Using Tywthon in Python
In the python code below I easily output a users timeline using twython.
3D Mockup for Lasercut Backgammon Board
3D mockup plans for a four layered acrylic backgammon board with a built in handle. Board will feature invisible hinges and magnetic closures. The first prototype will be a small travel sized with a large tournament edition to follow.
Future Proofing the Concept of an Animated GIF
Concept of a future proof archive for an animated gif, to be printed and distributed.
Non Rectangular Box
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.
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