Main Sequence http://mainsequenceblog.com music, science, experiments, etc. Wed, 24 Feb 2010 04:53:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 en MOAR VIDEOZ http://mainsequenceblog.com/2010/02/23/moar-videoz/ http://mainsequenceblog.com/2010/02/23/moar-videoz/#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 04:53:36 +0000 admin http://mainsequenceblog.com/?p=210

]]> http://mainsequenceblog.com/2010/02/23/moar-videoz/feed/ OPERATOR WEEK TWO http://mainsequenceblog.com/2010/02/07/operator-week-two/ http://mainsequenceblog.com/2010/02/07/operator-week-two/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:56:18 +0000 admin http://mainsequenceblog.com/?p=209 My friend lent me his sweet 24P video camera this weekend, so I took it out to Golden Gate park. Here’s a taste, combined with one of this week’s sounds:

FLOWERS_TEST from Main Sequence on Vimeo.

And here’s this week’s batch of Operator patches:

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Here are a bunch of new Operator patches I made last week:

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]]> http://mainsequenceblog.com/2010/01/24/hunting-squid/feed/ SOUND 11_29_2009 http://mainsequenceblog.com/2009/11/29/sound-11_29_2009/ http://mainsequenceblog.com/2009/11/29/sound-11_29_2009/#comments Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:07:11 +0000 admin http://mainsequenceblog.com/?p=206 Here’s an Operator patch I made today:

And a new clickable Processing js sketch. Each time you click, the spiral will redraw itself with slightly different attributes.

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Here are three sounds and a click-able Processing js sketch for your Sunday.

Pots and pans 1:

Pots and pans 2:

Sweeping vacuum chamber:

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]]> http://mainsequenceblog.com/2009/11/08/sound_11_8_2009/feed/ OCTOBER ROUND-UP http://mainsequenceblog.com/2009/10/31/october-round-up/ http://mainsequenceblog.com/2009/10/31/october-round-up/#comments Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:38:51 +0000 admin http://mainsequenceblog.com/?p=202 Here’s what I wrote for New Scientist in October:

Open-source Disaster Recovery Software (500 words)

Minimax Athletes(500 words)

Submarine Neutrinos(500 words)

Moonbots(500 words + 30 sec video + 3 photos)

Living Wallpaper(500 words)

Robotic Driving Companion(500 words)


CCD Space Images Gallery(Curated 13 Images)

Total for New Scientist: 3000 words, 1 video, 1 gallery

I also had some pieces appear in other venues:

The Nieman Storyboard Project:
Serious Games

Book of Odds:
Sharks vs. Vending Machines

Not-so-wild Wildfires

Endangered Hunters

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