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Twitter Updates for 2009-09-13

Alex May — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 11:21:00 +0000

Had two weird dreams last night 1) where I was showing short films by other people (but I’d dreamt them), 2) dinner with @ianvisits ! #
Morning spent messing about with projectively texturing cubemaps onto other geometry with light matrices. Now back to work on proposals… #
@ianvisits Yeah, tell me about it! in reply to ianvisits #
@nicklevine Heh, I can’t make it either now! Let the organisers know and I guess they’ll redistribute them to the waiting list… in reply to nicklevine #
Today, I will mostly be driving a van full of boxes down to Wiltshire #
Back from Wiltshire. Got caught behind a steam traction engine for many, many miles. Someone buy them a nice Peugeot or something… #
Is it just me or is the Windows desktop, and all other OS’ variations, completely useless and outmoded as a concept? #
Braid only ?3.39 on steampowered.com – yay. kerching… #
Enjoyed ‘District 9′ the other day, ‘Monsters vs Aliens’ not so much… #
@Flares Assume you’re talking about District 9, not Monster vs Aliens in reply to Flares #
Rewriting PatchBox’s COLLADA loader using the COLLADA DOM: http://bit.ly/19oNLr #

Alex May — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 11:21:00 +0000

Busy days ahead for Quadratura. Off to vbites this morning to adjust some veg, London tonight, perhaps Bath at the end of the week. #
Vbites veg up and running (power cut?) Must install a big red reset button. Heading back to work on the new PatchBox boardroom demo. #
Two very interesting meetings in London. Doing a little people watching at Victoria before heading back to Lewes. Much to chew over. #
@StephenBrighton Oh, thanks for that. In t’diary! in reply to StephenBrighton #
Sitting in the beer garden of the Lion and Lamb in Bath. Just been to see the egg room. Serious geometry correction required. Go PatchBox! #
Pretty sure I’ve reached that important “bored of being hungover” stage of the break-up. Let the healing begin! #
@jimonlight Moon is really good, if you can find it. Just listening to the soundtrack now, which is also excellent. in reply to jimonlight #
@nicklevine Yeah, got my ticket online. Must remember to print that sucker out… in reply to nicklevine #
Ignoring the nice bank holiday weather for a few hours, instead working on video camera 3d re-projection… #
Very nice cream teas in Glynde, but the service is so slow as to be almost static (5 tables full constitutes a ‘rush’ apparently…) #
Reminded what Lewes can be on a Saturday night: trapped between worlds of “not want” and being told you have a moviestar face by strange men #

Alex May — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 11:21:00 +0000

Went to see Moon at @DukeofYorks yesterday. Bit of a chin stroker, but worth a watch. #
Belle Atmos gig went well on Saturday. Like having whole stage lighting kit in one, albeit heavy, suitcase. #
Meetings done, dog walking, food, then at loose end in #brighton – anything of note happening this evening? #
@awhillas Happy Birthday, dear chap! in reply to awhillas #
Liking the new wikipedia layer in google maps mobile #
The Met Office people on News24 don’t seem to be able to subtract 55% from 100% (65% and 35% are not correct) No wonder predictions suck.. #
Late night call from Nik Turner of Hawkwind – sounds like visual mischief afoot! #
Using the rather pleasant FreeMind to sort out all the audio/visual installation ideas pinging around in my brain – http://bit.ly/QNJJI #
Grey humidity hangs heavy over rainbow pubs overflowing with the bleary-eyed 11am crowd choking through the first pint of the day. #pride #
Eating ice-cream for the brain freeze and watching the rain fall hard. 80% chance of severe weather to hit Brighton after 5pm… #
“All the fun from this year’s Brighton Pride”… umm… http://bit.ly/b43rd #
Beer Monster #1 – http://twitpic.com/cfnt9 #

Alex May — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 11:21:00 +0000

Long day battling with matrices. Dull and little progress! #
Searching for camera calibration info over coffee this morning, may have a lead on the problem. Off to work to try it out (fingers crossed) #
Meeting about an egg, in Groucho’s, postponed due to problem in Shanghai. #
Going to try to have a non-programming day and attend to other work matters. Not easy with an N-point perspective solution almost complete! #
@awhillas Thought Watchmen could’ve been twice as long with more of the original story in. Fantastic visual realisation (apart from Veidt) in reply to awhillas #
@nlomioni Searching the web for nucleotide pr0n again? in reply to nlomioni #
If you’ve yet to treat yourself to the sonic delights of ‘Eye Bent Grape Spasm’, the official web site is back, enjoy: http://bit.ly/NJebl #
Fine evening at the #lewes arms: death-defying tales, conversations of high-wire work and art. Return to pile of nine old hard-drives on bed #
Following the issue of the #Lewes Pound, higher denomination notes are coming, including a ?21 note. This town is weird. http://bit.ly/KQ4Mv #
Listening to the #belleatmos set for our #London gig next Friday to work out the rough visuals framework – tasty musical manoeuvres! #
Eternal Moonwalk – Strangely hypnotic tribute to Michael Jackson. http://bit.ly/e75w0 #
@vjmorph fugScope already does colour, no? Have added a line thickness parameter… http://bit.ly/4uHqFZ in reply to vjmorph #

Alex May — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:21:00 +0000

Had a marvelous, albeit rather hot, time last night watching short films in London. Alison, Brett, Dan, Ivano, Walter, you talented lot! #
After Spanish pastries and coffee with Martin and Niamh, walked from Ladbroke Grove to Victoria Station. Got caught up in Hare Krishna march #
Dropped PortMidi support in PatchBox – polling for events is not acceptable – switched to WinMM direct… #
Spraying myself in the face with a plant sprayer in a desperate attempt to keep cool… #
Stuck FreeFrame 1.5 (OpenGL shader based) support into PatchBox, for a giggle. Doesn’t seem to be many available, however… #
Off to the caf? to install the last bits of equipment. May go for a paddle later – too hot for rigging #
11pm finish! Insane day of climbing ladders, editing XML in a 54 degree C attic, fending off mayfly’s, etc. Super tired! #
Sun, set already! Too hot, bothered and projection experiments to run… #
Six more vegetable models from Dan (thanks Dan!) and the cafe installation is replete. Final day of on-site testing tomorrow, yay! #