Too Many Ideas - Archive for 2006
Vue Python for Beginners
Thursday, May 4th, 2006An updated version of this article is now available on my website at http://www.impworks.co.uk/vue/vuepythonforbeginners.php. Tonight, by special request, a short introduction to using Vue and Python for beginners. What is Python “Python is the industry standard, cross-platform, object-oriented application scripting language. It is both sufficiently easy to use and powerful to let you develop complex […]
V5I: Dynamics Script Poll
Wednesday, May 3rd, 2006I played around with the code for the random walk script for Vue 5 Infinite last night and came to the conclusion that it’s quite straightforward to add some basic extra animation features to it. Rather than just race off in whatever direction I feel like I thought I’d run a poll for a few […]
Blogs and Branded House v. House of Brands
Tuesday, May 2nd, 2006According to point 8 of Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox, October 17, 2005: (Weblog Usability: The Top Ten Design Mistakes) I should focus my blogging on one topic. I can see his point and he is a world renowned expert. However if you have more than one interest that way madness lies. If I followed this rule […]
Bank Holiday Creative Guilt?
Monday, May 1st, 2006Well the May Day bank holiday has less than 30 minutes left to run and I’ve not really been at all creative with it. Instead I’ve spent today relaxing with friends and sciving off. Do I feel guilty? No. Thats why I’ll never be a great creative mind of my generation. I’m just too lazy. […]
Vue 6 Announced… Sort of
Monday, May 1st, 2006So the current flurry of activity in the CGI world in a price range that hobbyist can afford is added to by e-on announcing a competition to win a copy of Vue 6 Infinite and be part of the Beta testing team. Given the panel of judges this clearly isn’t just a quick response to […]
Hexed?
Monday, May 1st, 2006I started to get to grips with Hex2 yesterday. Certainly easier to work with than Amapi was but I’d still rather be using 3ds Max if I had the money. The biggest annoyance is the frequency with which it crashes. While attempting the first two tutorials it crashed seven times, twice locking the computer. It […]
V5I: Random Walk Script
Sunday, April 30th, 2006A simple little script that creates a random walk for selected objects. The script can be downloaded from random walk. I’ve made two quick demonstration animations: 100 Spheres Walking Randomly A Metablob of Randomly Walking Spheres The second was made by grouping nine spheres into a metablob. Eight of the spheres in the metablob were […]
Building a Better Krillitane
Sunday, April 30th, 2006The new Dr Who episode "School Reunion" that was really good. Liked having a villain who got to be nasty and menacing for a little while and who could act. I think there was either a huge story hole or (more likely) a hook for a later story buried in this one too. The Krillitane […]
Saturday on Sunday
Sunday, April 30th, 2006Last night both my PCs were running full time rendering different versions of the same picture till I got one version I liked so I couldn’t post this till now. I spent the first half of the day resolving all those issues from Friday (Too many Ideas: Todays a Lemon and I’d like my Money […]
Todays a Lemon and I'd like my Money Back
Friday, April 28th, 2006So today just doesn’t seem to like me… I go to B&Q to get some stuff I need. I ask an assistant to help me make sure I’m getting the right stuff. I get it home, eat yada yada yada. First the "Universal Connector" won’t connect to what it’s supposed to. So after a significant […]