Freedom!
by admin on Jun.03, 2010, under Uncategorized
About time. Summer Break is finally here, so maybe I can get some stuff done.
Vortex
by admin on May.29, 2010, under Uncategorized
Good evening. I’ve made a few things in the past month, but all of them weren’t completely or unique enough to be released. I made this thing called “Vortex” today, though. It’s pretty much my Rotate program with depth added. Check it out.
Edit: Click here for anyone who wants to see the source.
Straggle
by admin on Apr.03, 2010, under Uncategorized
Hey guys. I made another app today. I never really had a set concept with this one, I just fiddled with the code until I came out with something pretty satisfactory. There’s no interaction, but a pretty neat animation that’s completely different every time (the lines’ paths are random). Check it out here.
Down Time
by admin on Mar.27, 2010, under Uncategorized
Hi again. I’m sure you’ve noticed that I made some changes to the sidebar. I felt that the apps I had on here were kind of hidden (take note of the bold “apps” in the upper left right hand corner). Feel free to mess around with those apps.
Anyways, it’s looking like I’ll be changing hosts again soon. My host/provider (Eric) has gotten slightly ill lately, and won’t be able to renew the host. Already though, I’ve got another person whose willing to provide. So I’ll be moving over to there (I’m such a leecher. 
). It’s proven difficult though, since I can’t really just “copy and paste” all the files over there. Installing WordPress and simply importing the files doesn’t completely work either. That’s probably what I get for doing all this modifying to the themes and what-not here.
Problems aside, I should get this done within the week if I’m persistent enough. I can’t really guarantee that this server will be any faster, but that’s probably not an issue as of yet since I don’t really get many visitors. I’ll keep you guys updated on any more apps or developments once the new host actually works.
Nevermind! Seems that I solved my problems a lot faster than I guessed.
Orb
by BlueThen on Feb.28, 2010, under Processing App
Hey. It’s been awhile since I’ve done any math-intensive apps, and I was starting to get a little nervous about “losing my touch”. Not to mention, all I’ve worked on for the past several months is Chase, and the last thing I want is for me to get bored of it. So I something different, and programmed a real quick application of some random effect. I like rotating things in isometric space (who doesn’t?), and always thought that it’d be neat to do some sort of depth-of-view thing, so I threw this together.
I’ll probably release the source tomorrow (assuming I have time), after optimizing and making it a bit easier to read. Don’t forget that I have other apps you can watch and get briefly entertained by here, if you’re ever bored.
Run, Forrest, Run!
by BlueThen on Feb.21, 2010, under Chase Engine, Glove Cursor, Personal
It’s been over a month since my last post. I apologize for the lack of updates. I truly wish I could keep up with Chase at the moment, but I’ve been getting some other things done lately. For a month I’ve been training to get into track. My primary reason for training is for health though. I find that running for 3 miles can have the same effect on me as a cup of coffee, except longer lasting. This, hopefully, will help me productivity-wise in the long run. I have been getting into the habit of running a mile before school on week days, which hopefully will keep me in top conditions.
Not much has happened on Chase, or any other of my projects. I re-organized some of the files in Chase, and made some progress in the Scene classes. I also started on a data importer and exporter (a function that can save and load models and other junk). I’ll likely not get much done on Chase in the next week or so due to some after-school classes I’m taking, and me training for the last week before track starts. But after that, I’ll hopefully be able to get a good pace going, and start making progress again.
Cursor Glove, Day 11, and 12
by BlueThen on Jan.17, 2010, under Chase Engine, Dev Log, Glove Cursor
On Sunday of last week, I had a pretty neat idea. I was looking around the internet, and ran into some sort of gaming glove. I thought “Hey! That’s pretty cool.” I had something different in mind, and found that this glove didn’t have the capabilities I’d hope for. I was thinking of something like a wiimote but in the form of a glove.
I remembered seeing Johnny Lee’s videos of his wiimote hacks. He set up his wiimote to receive input from external infrared lights, and to track it while doing several neat things like head-tracking or a multi-touch projector white-board. This was all very impressive, considering he was using very cheap supplies to accomplish these things. He also made a finger-tracker using an infrared light array (grid of lights), and some reflectors taped onto his fingers. I eventually came to the idea of using an IR light with the webcam. I understood that cameras have a tendency of picking up infrared lights, unlike our human eyes. I grabbed a TV remote, wrote a quick script, and it worked greatly!
