For pixel art fans of A Certain Age
Now we have Deluxe Paint Source and Autodesk Animator Pro Source we just need Degas Elite and our needs are complete. Much hinting.
What is wrong with these people?
Common irritating scenario I come across while web browsing. I read an article and notice an interesting hyperlink. I follow it by right-clicking and opening a new tab so I can read it in a minute or I can read it now and then close it and come back to my current tab. After a while the PC starts to chug so I decide to close the tabs I’ve already read. HOWEVER all the big browsers only seem to default to closing tabs to the right. WHO is this useful to? People who read right-to-left? Time travelers?
Luckily I’ve come across a solution to this. This browser extension will give you a handy button allowing you to regain control of your PC before next Christmas. Why this isn’t available by default is beyond me.
UPDATE : Chrome version
I should stop
A few more random piccies off the phone – the Quay Bar at Circular Quay last night, the liftshaft in the hotel and a taxi ride up William Street. As you’ve never seen them before (you’ve probably never seen them before anyway unless you’re the NSA) :
And two-headed-pig-armadillo-things shall fly!
Breaking radio silence. Yes I’m fiddling around with Google Deep Dream (https://github.com/google/deepdream). It was irresistible. First attempt :
Looking for more interesting things to fiddle with now, as that’s lacking a bit of “pazam”.
Managed to get flu and then crush the nerves in my ankle, so things have slowed down a bit but back up to speed soon.
EDIT : Full-size video here
Converting “Bullet Time” to 3D
Another one from the WIP pile. Someone was asking me ages ago how 3D TV’s work and for some reason this idea popped into my head (though I’ve put up the anaglyph version rather than the side-by-side version on the assumption that anyone who stumbles across this is more likely to have a pair to hand. Also I’ve been meaning to do something with anaglyph video since stumbling across a BYTE article detailing how it works from about 1982…). You’ll need red-cyan glasses for this (red/blue will probably also work but you’ll lose the green channel) :
EDIT : And it turns out I’d managed to lose a channel anyway, due to a typo n my code. Fixed in Github now. Will re-upload when I get a chance..
The crow and the skyscraper
Speaking of said bizarre Dadaist incident (I was almost tempted to try and put an insurance claim in just for a laugh) – the shifty little bugger tried to knock my Pi camera 10 storeys off the side of the hotel too. Luckily the base is weighted down with foreign coins so he flapped off. Presumably muttering muffled curses under his beak.
The Blue Mountains
A quickie bit of video from my last trip to Katoomba a couple of months ago. This was filmed on my phone rather than on the Pi, so the quality may be a bit lower. I’m quite surprised I could still get it off the phone actually, after the recent bizarre crow/skyscraper incident.
Lapsapaloosa
Git Central
Due to the unexpected shutdown of Google Code, the tools23d repository is now on Github (http://github.com/davegorst/tools23d.git) – THE place for gits of all kinds. Make new friends! Meet other gits. You can do it all at https://github.com/davegorst/tools23d. Call now! Call charges apply.
UPDATE : Anaglyph rendering now works (in addition to shutter glasses), so it’s now possible to create pics/videos that work with the coloured specs you used to get at the cinema.
Dave's Big Bag of Bollocks 