Acetio | Blogma

This guy has a lot of projects worth looking at.

Some are silly Google API hacks:
http://douweosinga.com/projects/googlechatbot

While some have a bit more meaning:
http://douweosinga.com/projects/sealevel

I've done some research on what aspects of music make a song popular. I've become convinced that one aspect is the structure of the melodic line, specifically that it needs to advance stepwise as in a scale. Jumps greater than whole steps make the song more complicated, while repeating the same notes make a song more simple.

I intended to compose a number of songs based on this idea, and the one that embodies the theory best is the one called 'You Tonight'

Here it is, at long last - the synthesis of my interests in music, narrative, and visual arts: matchstick.com/acetio

The assignment was to study the style of Terry Gilliam, who was adept at making animations with a minimum of actual animating (note how he never bothers to animate anyone's feet). So I did virtual cutouts in AfterEffects, reducing color to bring the file sizes down, and made this. (1.5MB)

I've been doing a lot of experimenting with animation compression, looking for the best format to deliver photo-quality moving images while minimizing both the download time and the need for the user to have to bother with external players.

If the goal is sustainable energy, where might we find it?

We all know about the possibilities and realities of solar, wind, and to a lesser extent tidal and geothermal power, but I thought there might be another untapped and under-researched area: junk yards.

Objectives:

1 - Create passive, solar-powered water electrolysis device

2 - Store generated hydrogen in volumes of at least 1 liter

3 - When volume reaches desired threshhold, release gas and ignite with a spark.

m-Box — Electronic Music Box

The child's version of the m-Box will be smaller, plastic, and as stated eariler, will rely on markings on paper rather than holes.

The range of notes will be greater, as will the number of possible notes per composition.

This version will be battery-operated.