Internet Seismograph

For the final project, I attempted to make a device that captures the “shakes” of the internet.  The work samples live twitter data and looks for tweets that match a set of keywords; any words that fit this register as “tremors” and are outputted as oscillations of a servo, captured on a turning spool of…

Slow Time Principles

Comics are often a rather disposable medium.  Even online, individual comics are seen one time and quickly forgotten.  Randell Munroe’s project, Time, challenges that by expanding the lifespan of a comic, turning it into an evolving work with a beginning and an end.  Every hour, the picture updated, slowly unveiling a frame-by-frame story told over…

Making a flash for a movie clapperboard

If you’ve ever looked at a clapperboard and thought it deserved a flash of light to match its sound than this is for you, person with worryingly specific wishes. The clackerboard I ended up using came from a kit made by the company Klutz.  I have no idea if the “Klutz tricky video” kit still…

Processing Assignment 1 – Miles Shamo

I’m not sure this is the best experiment I’ve created in processing (the code is horrendous) but it fits best the idea of a drawing machine.  Clicking and dragging your mouse spawns in various circles, the size largely determined by the speed of your mouse. These circles jitter around, trying their best to escape each-other. …

Processing Assignment

-Miles Shamo   My mother requested a Godzilla; I’m not sure this looks like it (especially after the hat).  It needs some sort of spines, but I struggled enough with rotating shapes for today.  I think I’ll stick towards the abstract in the future.   The code: //My mother requested a gozilla, so its terrible…