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the path towards randomness [pt 2]
I’ve been meaning to get a good 3d Perlin noise function ( a method used to create a ‘natural’ kind of randomness, very useful in graphical programming ) into the processing.js library for the past few months, and I must admit to being rather slow at doing so. The task, originally scheduled for [...]
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Dual Parented Child
I’d like to share here the origins of the header image of this weblog, and give others a chance to play with a small toy I have enjoyed both making and interacting with. The application was created in the waning days of September 2009, in the midst of a difficult project at work, and has [...]
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a bug report for mozilla, or the importance of randomness and sound
Because I have found sound data so interesting, and also useful in my attempts to create natural motion and shapes, I have filed a bug with the Mozilla Firefox browser in regards to their audio tag. The current HTML5 audio tag does not give us the capability to analyze sound on the fly. I am confident that, if this feature is regarded as important enough, it will be implemented, and I look forward to the day when I can begin using Javascript rather than Actionscript in my efforts to build instruments.
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notes on methodology
Before beginning any serious efforts as to the questions of Who was Socrates?, and, further, What is Philosophy?, I think it may be necessary to share a few thoughts I’ve recently had about how we share information online. I think it prudent to consider the aims of writing for online consumption, and also the [...]
Also posted in Robert K Merton, method Tagged academia, archive, blog, citation, future, html, open citation directory, reference, weblog, writing 2 Comments
investigation requires of us persistence
I am currently looking further into the question of who Socrates was, why he did not write anything, and why this may be significant. I would now say that my previous dialouge between Socrates and Plato, while playful, is probably in-accurate. When I have completed my research I will place my findings here. [...]
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the socratic problem
In my investigations into the question What is Philosophy? I’ve come into a bit of a snag: Socrates. I wanted to know what it was that he thought philosophy was, because, you know, he pretty much is the go-to guy in terms of ancient western philosophy. It could, of course, be argued that [...]
Also posted in ancients Tagged analog, communication, digital, experience, greeks, oral history, socrates, wisdom, written word 3 Comments
in defense of a new blog, or, hello world!
It is estimated as of February 2008 that there are over 112 million blogs on the internet (and I will admit to creating at least 8 or 9 of them). With this consideration in mind, we might wonder this: when you have created 8 or 9 blogs and only one of them has received [...]
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The randomness of the digits of π