Tag: Design

  • Making Generative Art

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    Generative art is a form of expression built upon algorithms. Generative art is a new form of collaboration between humans and machines. It is the use of algorithms to create aesthetically pleasing output. Generative art sometimes encompasses artificial intelligence machine learning and data science. However there are many more accessible avenues to explore generative i…

  • Planet Project

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    Planet I’ve continued to learn about 3D computer graphics, and as I learn new techniques I like to use them to improve old projects. In this new render of a planet I used two new techniques. First, I used volumetric lighting to make the setting more atmospheric. Then, I used a partical simulation to emulate…

  • Soundscape I

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    Silence of the LAN Many people remember the old noises from operating systems gone by. The bongos in Ubuntu, the chimes of Windows and Macintosh. They became a part of our lives. The beeps, whirs and clicks of computers created a soundscape that gave them  personality. However, as time goes  on computers make less noises.…

  • Pop!_OS retrospective

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    $ Pop!_OS ~ stat / | grep “Birth” | sed ‘s/Birth: //g’ | cut -b 2-11 127 2021-07-24 Pop!_OS Install I installed Pop!_OS last year after completely borking my Manjaro install. I mean completely. The desktop wouldn’t load, there were corrupt files with no index nodes, and I had automated the login process so the…

  • Circuit Series

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    Cities of silicon I’ve continued to venture into the exciting frontier of 3D computer graphics. Furthermore, I’ve been experimenting with modeling retro futuristic technology for a project. Computers are interesting to me for their function However beneath the chassis there is a living world of circuit boards. Moreover, they are like miniature cities driven to…

  • Qtile Chameleon Q&A

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    What is Qtile Chameleon? Qtile Chameleon is a curated configuration for the Qtile tiling window manager.  Qtile Chameleon was originally a personal project. I began working on it in 2019 when migrating back to GNU/Linux. I use it for general desktop computing and graphic design. As the workflow matured I realized other people might want…

  • 3D: The Third Dimension

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    3D Design 3D computer graphics is one of the most rewarding design spaces. You can use three dimensional graphics in many ways. For instance, you can create photo realistic scenes or convey abstract ideas in an accurate way. Moreover, computer generated images straddle the boundaries of fine art. For example, sculpture and painting could be…

  • Qtile Chameleon Update

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    The Catalyst Early this month I updated my computer and rebooted, and all of my clever tweaks and automation turned against me. To be brief it was my fault. There were some issues with my Qtile config and issues with my filesystem.  So I took the opportunity to start fresh with a new operating system…

  • Qtile Chameleon

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    Qtile Chameleon A pet project qtile-chameleon is a pet project of mine. It started quite a long time ago. It’s a config file for Qtile, a home page for FireFox and a bunch of shell scripts to tie it all together. My goal was to make Qtile my primary productivity tool. Moreover, I wanted a…

  • GNU/Linux A Designers Perspective

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    Back In the Day I’ve used GNU/Linux since about Ubuntu 6.06 Dapper Drake when it was released in 2006. Before that I had always used Windows at home and after the iMac fell out of favor for computer education I also used Windows at school. I remember the early days of Windows when Windows was…