17
Feb
2010
emergent voronoi – a la Coates
Click for another pattern.
Alasdair says “This is an implementation of an emergent Voronoi diagram, following an algorithm presented in programming.architecture by Paul Coates. It adapts the algorithm slightly to give a good convergence. Coates simply says “move away from the nearest node”, which is wonderfully elegant!“
It is an impressive and clear way of explainign what is really going on behind all those funny shapes people make.
4
Nov
2009
processing workshop 1
Thanks to everyone who came to todays processing session.
The task I set was to make the dude that Daniel Shiffman draws in his example on the learning processing page stick to the mouse, and scale with the mouse’s position.
Not only that, but to do it in a readable way with minimal use of explicit values so that we can use it to make an object for agent simulations next week.
This isn’t easy, so use a lot of sketches, and diagrms on graph paper to help you. A programmers best tool is their brain, and then second best is a notebook!
My example of one way to do it is after the fold. I don’t expect you to solve this all on your own (but extra brownie points if you do) so go through my code and get a handle on it.
28
Oct
2009
engaging with processing
brave students play with the noise
I did an introduction to programming as a part of the design process to the Brookes second year architects this morning.
The presentation material that went with the lecture is here.
Hopefully the message that it is possible to do cool fun stuff without being a mega geek and hiding your bedroom came across.
1
Apr
2008
chipping away
finally I seem to have hacked my way around to getting some lines, now all I need is to track and differentiate the points that pop up so that i get beautiful data and the world falls at my feet weeping with joy. (or alternatively, I just don’t fail miserably)
I’ve worked with one of my students (sham) on updating the old code i did in acad and microstation vba to draw hexagons, so now it’ll draw a hexagonal polygon in GC, so hopefully when he’s finished commenting that code he’ll upload it.
I like it when something works, it makes me feel as if it’s not all futile, and reminds me that it’ll all be ok in the end!
I need to get my coffee filter into sial so that I can indulge my interest in fine single origin coffee just that little bit more, and see if i can go without sleep on a more permanent basis.