December 10, 2007 at 5:03 am Post Author: Giania Tags: Art, attention_span, chaos, design, deviantart, diversion, flash-games, flOw, fractal, jackson pollock, jay is games, mathematics, order, pattern ·
http://patterngame.com/ - Flash toy by
http://volcanic-penguin.deviantart.com/
After looking at the actual Chaos Game, it almost seems silly of me to insist this is chaotic. Regardless of any technical chaotic qualifications, it is mesmerizing. The subtlest twitches of the mouse send swirling sheres of various sizes into mad dashes to all corners of the screen, tracing intricate kaliedoscopic patterns to dazzle the eye. It ultimately follows a set structure at the center.
It’s along the lines of music visualizations at times, has the overt patterns of fractals at times, and all the enjoyment of diversionary point and click flash apps like TinyGrow, The Jackson Pollock emulator, Echogenesis, flOw, and the Grid Game (which incidentally I just got my best score ever on: 1579).
Many thanks to fellow author SlyFloyd for pointing this out.
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December 5, 2007 at 11:43 pm Post Author: Giania Tags: altoids, Art, companion cube, diversion, DIY, geek, gifts, hacks, holiday, kit, LED, MAKE, music, Nintendo, open source, project, review, steampunk ·
I’ve been meaning to get to slapping my holiday list up here - not so much in the hopes of getting the gifts that are on my list - so I can do some slobberingly glorifying reviews of some of my favorite things.
The first thing worth noting is this great article on the MAKE blog about DIY gifts. You’d figure that anything do-it-yourself would run on the cheap side, and for some of the items I suppose it is technically cheaper, but some of these projects are for those with cash to spare.
Nevertheless, nothin’ says lovin’ like somethin’ from the… workbench. Okay that’s lame. How about: Give the gifts that keep on geeking? Uhmm… Right, well, the overall gist here is that you can make all kinds of technologically inclined do-hickies for all the open source loving, raw part digging, LED enthusiasts in your life. It will cost you between $10 (for the LED menorah) and upwards of $3,000 (for a hardcore 3d printer).
Just think, for younger people on your list, you could get one of the kits and build it together. For the musically inclined nerd on your list, you could build the Daisy Open-source MP3 Player and build a sweet ass steampunk case for it out of an Altoids tin or a Weighted Companion Cube or something.
Any way you look, fun times to be had by all.
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December 4, 2007 at 7:05 pm Post Author: Giania Tags: design, disney, diversion, Fnord, free, Internet Toys, photoshop, stupid ·
Who needs photoshop when you can just use one of a bajillion image generators littered throughout the net?
Case in point: AddLetters.com’s Disneyland Sign Generator.
Was the People Mover in Disneyland or Disney World?
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