steve cooley presents

I have a small show called “through the prism of San Jose” in the windows of Works/San Jose while it is preparing for an upcoming members show. Check it out!

Check out higher res photos and more of my artwork on flickr.

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As of version 0011 of the IDE, you can now allegedly program arduino boards like the modern device bare bones board via the ICSP pins. This is way cool. Now you can supposedly forego the FTDI cable and just get a programmer box like LadyAda’s USBTinyISP, AND get the benefit of being able to program other AVR chips and circuits if you get beyond the Arduino. I haven’t tried this out yet, but it’s exciting news! Here’s the link to the instructions for setup. And here is the forum topic where I got the confirmation. Technorati Tags: arduino, ladyada, moderndevice, USBTinyISP

map() - similar to the processing.org function

analogReference()

interrupts() and noInterrupts()

degrees() and radians() (do not exist yet)

Support for uploading sketch using a programmer

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Check out my new Creative Commons licensed font titled “pew! pew! pew!” at fontstruct.

addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fsc-fa.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F06%2F10%2Fpew-pew-pew-font%2F'; addthis_title = 'Pew%21+Pew%21+Pew%21+font'; addthis_pub = '';

James just wrote me to tell of a really interesting event coming up regarding open second life servers…

Ars Virtua & The CADRE Laboratory for New Media will host a workshop on open source alternatives to the Second Life(TM) grid, in conjunction with the 2nd Biennial 01SJ Global Festival of Art on the Edge.

This two hour workshop provides an overview of open-source, third-party virtual-world server technology based on Second Life(TM), and the opportunities afforded to artists and experimenters who are now able to cheaply host tailored synthetic spaces.

The first hour will be devoted to a brief overview of Second Life and the “OpenMetaverse” initiatives (libsl, opensim, etc.) Bennett Goble of Ars Virtua will discuss features and show demos of the most popular alternatives (OpenSim, OpenLife & realXtend), their qualities, strengths etc.

We will consider the issues surrounding installation, maintenance and function of the OpenSim server and will be connecting participants through third-party clients and through modifications of the Linden Lab Second Life client.

During this session participants will have an opportunity to look at code, and to consider the space as a place for artistic experimentation and collaboration. Special consideration will be given to coding within the environment and control afforded by building and running servers.

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The workshop will be held from noon - 2 p.m. Friday June 6 in room 237 of the art building on SJSU campus. This workshop is free and open to the public.

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click through to learn more about it. It sounds really awesome.

Technorati Tags: opensim, second life

hackzine.com just posted a note about fontstruct, and that pretty much was my night last night. It’s an easy to use flash interface for building typefaces.  I’ve completed a new font called “netlabel”, and it’s available for free download here:

Creative Commons licensed, no less!  Oh yes, fontstruct… I like you a lot.

 

 

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I took this macro shot of these magenta flowers right outside the Subway near our house. This was during the first longer walk out with Max, and the weather was so nice.

I’m in the process of integrating Twitter and Wordpress..  I’m sorry if you got bombed with posts from me just now! :-\

Click here to see my finest collaboration yet.

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