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September 2009

THIS WEEKEND - Graffiti Research Labs, @ Cafka's Veracity event!

18Sep2009

Actually, all of Cafka's (http://www.cafka.org/) Veracity project (http://web.mac.com/ringrob/VERACITY_VISITORS_GUIDE/HOME.html) sounds cool, but this is especially interesting:

http://web.mac.com/ringrob/VERACITY_VISITORS_GUIDE/PROJECTS/Entries/2009/7/3_EYE_WRITER.html

Graffiti Research Lab’s motto is “Dedicated to outfitting graffiti artists with open source technologies for urban communication.”  Eye Writer is the next generation of their Laser Tag system, which first gained them international notoriety.  Using an eye-tracking interface, the user is able to write or draw on a building’s surface simply by looking at it.  Eye Writer was first developed as a tool to allow the legendary L.A. graffiti artist Tempt, who has been paralyzed by ALS, to continue tagging.  Eye Writer was developed by the Graffiti Research Lab with openFrameworks and the Ebeling Group.
 


 

Performances will take place September 18, 19, 20, 22 & 23 at 19:30 in the Civic Square at Kitchener City Hall. 
 

Voting starts today!

14Sep2009

Hey everyone (who still visits this site),

Voting started today on the SINGER Kids Crafts Contest.  I have one entry in the contest, the Thingamaplush Robot.  I'm fairly sure it will do well, but I'm always nervous about these things.  I'd love to get your vote if you're a member of Instructables!  Of course, you may vote as many times as you like, so if you see other entries that you like please vote for them, too.

Thanks!

Today at work...

3Sep2009

Today at work I fixed a board by blowing on it.

I'd been trying to figure out what the heck was wrong with it.  I could see no reason why it was failing, but despite all my hours of work I just couldn't pin it down.  I'd swapped parts and tested continuity between at least 100 points.  For some reason I decided that I ought to hit it with some compressed air, and once I did that, it started working!!  Some thing conductive must have shorted some pins.

So there you have it.  When you're working with electronics, inspect and clean up debris as you work.  Keep your work area clean.  And, remember Occam's Razor.