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 Recent Projects:

Lotsofwires
A collaboration between Douglas McDonald of tek-tonic.com and zefrank.com .

Jeep 4.0L Rear Main Seal Replacement.
A run through on how to replace the rear main seal on a Jeep vehicle with a 4.0L engine.

 Scribbler Projects:
Scribbler Log
A log of the progress with the robotic version of the scribbler. Contains many scans of drawings and movies of the bot in action.

The Scribbler 800x600 63k
The original version of the scribbler.

Scribbler Movie 650x510 2001k
A video from a rendering engine created on the idea of the scribbler.
Scribbler Draw 800x600 29.4k
Click and draw, when you release it will draw lines connecting the points.

Scribbler Web Cam Sketch 800x600 12k
This version is based on using a webcam for live input. This will only work if you currently have a webcam hooked up to your computer. If you run into problems try this version first.

Scribbler Slide Show 800x600 668k
A slide show using the scribbler to draw out the images.

Scribbler Webcam 800x600 8k
The first version of the scribbler using a webcam for live input. This will only work if you currently have a webcam hooked up to your computer.

Herman Miller booth at NeoCon
Pictures from an instillation using the scribbler at the Herman Miller booth at NeoCon 2004

TED 2005
Images from the TED 2005 conference where the scribbler was shown.

 3D Projects:

3D Modeler 800x600 9.1k
This is a 3d terrain generator. You can either draw a terrain then drive around the generated world using the arrow keys.

3D Modeler 800x600 9.1k
An early attempt at a 3D modeling program that I never got around to finishing. Just click on a point to deform it, use the arrow keys and < > to rotate the object, and w & f keys to switch between wire frame.
Modeler 2 800x600 46k
A second version of the 3d modeling program.

Boat 800x600 19k
Like the terrain creator but this time on simulated water. Use w,a,s,d to drive around and t to switch between wire frame. Click the surface of the water to deform it.

3D Cube 320x240 20k
A 3d plane with a sine wave running through it. Use the arrow keys and < > to rotate the plane. W and F will switch between wire frame and textured versions.

3D Cube 320x240 20k
Click the cube and drag to spin. This is just a demo of combining 3D with imaging effects.

Terrain Walker 640x480 168k
A biped model that you can walk around a 3d world. Use w,a,s,d to control the model.


 Multimedia Projects:
Deformer 640x480 184k
Use your mouse to click and drag to deform the image. You can change or reset the image by using the thumbnails on the bottom left.

Keyer 640x480 288k
Set the tolerance and then click on the color to be keyed out. This was made as an early test of the imaging lingo capabilities of director.

Fire 800x600 273k
Click different shapes in the left palette to change the shape being spawned. Use the arrow keys and spacebar to change other things. More directions are on the left.
Rings & Spirals 320x320 3.5k
Something I made for a loader movie. You can click to clear the image buffer other than that you just watch it.

Pic 640x480 140k
This is a picture cut up into a grid and the pieces float around randomly. When the mouse is in the right position all the pieces come together and show the image. Click the mouse to keep the pieces from shaking.

Ripples 800x600 54k
Change the distance from the center in the bottom left. Click the sound button to change the audio.

Snakezz 640x480 112k
A simple game I made a while ago. It is based on that snake game where the snake grows longer and you can't touch any walls. See how long you can last.

Spiral Graph 640x480 6.1k
Click to change the shape of the spiral graph. Move the mouse to move the drawing. Use the spacebar to clear the drawing.

SpiralGraph 2 640x480 3.8k
A different version of the spiral graph I made. It uses sliders to alter the drawing style of the spiral.
Electric Blobs 640x480 15k
Blobs that randomly move around. They are using imaging lingo and ink modes to get the look.
Screen Saver 1024x768 682k
A screen saver I was creating.
Foil 400x300 4.5k
Using quads to deform a 2d object when clicked.
Blending Quote 500x300 141k
A cool fact under a mask then using imaging lingo it is blurred out.
Brain Quote 550x330 18k
Move the mouse over the letters to make them bigger. Click on them to make them even bigger.
Pythag Quote 300x260 14k
Using the pythag theorem to tell distance from the mouse then changing the size of each letter based on that distance.
Bouncy Quote 200x600 34k
Words in a quote that bounce when dragged.
Faces 400x250 70k
3 pics of my face with some imaging lingo going on.
Swarm 800x600 24k
A bunch of little objects that try and swarm the mouse. It uses some imaging lingo and different ink modes.
Bobs 640x480 20k
I made this after seeing a demo on www.setpixel.com it uses multiple overlay sprites that image data is copied to, to make a kind of image feedback.
Rings 480x480 116k
Drawing circles then using copypixels to create a blur. When you click it rotates everything 90 degrees giving it a different look.
Pixels 400x400 32k
Click and hold mouse button to make pixels come together. Release the button to make them explode apart.

 Misc Projects:

DORT 300x500 25k
DORT is a chatterbot built off of PHP, XML, HTML, AIML, MySQL, and JavaScript. IT uses recursive logic to formulate responses to your questions or statements.

DORT Convolog
This is a log of everything people have said to DORT.

Links
Just a listing of cool links using PHP and MySQL. The list allows you to add your own link.
ASCII
Lets you type in text and it prints out dashes to represent the letters. The source code to the printed letters is also provided

Sun 575x340
This is data from the GOES satellite orbiting the sun.

64 Encode 500x400
This will use PHP to base64 encode your images then give you the result. It is just neat to change your images into test that can be embedded into a web page with no external files.

New York Trip
Text about my trip to New York and pictures.

Dynamic Clock 400x300
This clock is an image created by PHP and its graphic library. The image is refreshed using javascript. The image is refreshed without the page having to be refreshed.
Data Tracker
This is a demo of the Data Tracker software. Data Tracker allows users to receive information on how many times their interactive CD-Rom projects are viewed and how much traffic is driven to their site from the CD
Random Crapper
I helped a friend with a slide show made in php so I decided to put it here. It is a slide show of the images I use for all my daily posts.
CVS Digital Camcorder Hack
This page describes things I have done with the CVS camera.
Halloween Pictures
Not really a project but some pictures from Halloween night. When I'm not lazy I'll post more.
Fullsail Holiday Party
Just some pics from the fullsail holliday party.