Too Many Ideas - Archive for the ‘My Stuff’ Category
Hero not having a Good Time
Thursday, May 11th, 2006I do love getting a hero in trouble that is right over there head. In this case he’s got the small problem of a sociopathic elf with a shotgun and an ogre with a sten guns in each hand and an axe to grind metaphorically speaking.
V5I: VueDynamics Script Poll
Wednesday, May 10th, 2006I’m looking at what features to add to VueDynamics next. Here are four that I’m thinking about so vote now for the one you’d like to see the most. If your wondering what’s happened to shrink/grow and spin from the last vote… their already in the next release. Update: The poll service I used for […]
V5I: Centre Finder
Tuesday, May 9th, 2006While working on a picture I realised I needed to find the centre of a set of objects. I could have calculated that by hand but I decided to go for the easy option and create a little Python script. If you’d like a copy you can download Centre Finder.
Accidental Discovery while Writing
Monday, May 8th, 2006So I was busy writing my Noir earlier or trying to write it anyway. Its all told in the first person (well it is a noir) and so I’ve not described the hero at all. I know he’s pretty much an everyman, an ex-soldier, quite cold, from Liverpool and an outsider but other than that […]
V5I: VueDynamics Script
Sunday, May 7th, 2006Note: Vue Dynamics is no longer available. A script for Vue 5 Infinite that can create a number of animation effects for selected objects. The script can be downloaded from VueDynamics.zip I’ve made two quick demonstration animations: 100 Spheres Walking Randomly 100 Spheres with random upward movement affected by gravity The simulation uses simple Newtonian […]
Sunset Pictures
Friday, May 5th, 2006This first picture was my entry in the Renderosity Vue forum’s April challenge. The second was the first version of it I did. Pretty much the same scene but the change to the lighting and atmosphere really changes the final image. Looking at them side by side I’m not sure which one I prefer. Both […]
Bit Warm and I Need a Synonym for Busy
Thursday, May 4th, 2006It was just a bit warm here today. We had thunderstorms and heavy rain too. I need to find some synonyms for "Busy". Not only did I knock off not one but two drafts of Vue Python for Beginners I also wrangled another 250 words out of the noir fairy story which is coming on […]
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 […]