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Whew! I sure do love me some rice noodles! Specifically, Thai Kitchen Instant Rice Noodle Soup. (Or as I like to call it “ramen for grown-ups.”)
Tonight’s drawing is of my dinner… which worked out well, because after cooking, it takes a little time for the noodles to cool down enough to eat… just about long enough to complete a drawing.
Enjoy!
Last year I published a novel for National Novel Writing Month but because I am lazy and a terrible writer, I just wrote a script to write the novel for me. (The results were posted here: National Novel Writing Month.pl)
This year I did it again, and I’ve also published the code I used to write the novel. (See nanowrirobot on GitHub.)
The script needs a source to do it’s work. I did my original development by just pointing it at /usr/share/dict/words which creates some of the most beautiful gibberish you’ve ever seen. You can also just point it at a text file, and it’ll use the words in that. That’s what I did last time, and this time as well. Since this one is titled “Arduino: The Novel” it had better be about the Arduino, right? I ended up creating a word lists from the HomePage, Introduction, FAQ, and ArduinoBoardUno pages of the Arduino web site, and built a list of just under 1,000 words. The results were astounding…
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And that’s not all!
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Wow! Have you ever read a computer generated novel about a microcontroller with such suspense, drama, and intrigue!?
And look! You can download it in a variety of formats:
Actually, it’s pretty terrible, unless you are a fan of random acts of writing. If you want some writing that makes sense, take a look at nanowrimo.org, where you can find information about novels written by real people.
If you’re more interested in microcontrollers (specifically the Arduino) maybe you want to read about a Trashcan Accelerometer, or Baker Tweet, or a steampunk bandwidth meter…
I need to collect some good links for an upcoming project… Anything with interior design, industrial design, signage, package design, graphic design, or just plain design…
Workplaces, spaces, collaboration stations, desks, conference rooms, displays, doors and windows, walls, art, digital, physical, and on and on…
I’ve got a list of sites that highlight interesting design, but if you have more, please let me know!
OK, that’s my list… any suggestions?
I often talk about the “2XL Makerspace” I have in my basement, which has a workshop, many tools, a soldering station, a photo studio, a craft table, and various other junk, it’s mainly a joke… I mean, the kids and I do make things down there, but it’s not any sort of official makerspace that is open to the public.
I had the idea that it would be fun to come up with a logo though, and decided to use a Space Invader in it. I took the classic Space Invader alien and modified it to contain the letter M, and then distorted the perspective a bit.
If it were a sign, I’d put some BlinkMs in it to pulsate through the color spectrum.
If you’ve got a real makerspace, feel free to use this idea… and if you do, let me know!
If the music doesn’t blow your mind, the contradictions will…
It’s been a while since I asked the question What is Girl Talk? and since the criminal mastermind behind Girl Talk has a new album, I figured I should take a look…
Head on over to illegal-art.net/allday and play along if you’d like…
As you may know, Girl Talk is completely reliant on other artists for source material. Artists who actually write and play music. Meaning, Girl Talk’s music would not exist if it were not for the artists which he takes things from. My understanding is that he does not actually pay these artists for their work. That’s OK, because he has this bit that thanks them.
This album is a free download.
Girl Talk thanks all artists sampled.
Please remember to thank me the next time I punch you in the face and take your wallet. Also, remind me to make a nice list of all the people who I punch in the face and steal wallets from.
Now, I’m a fan of Creative Commons, and I’ve been know to call people out when they use a Creative Commons license inappropriately, including re-licensing other’s work when they have no right to.
All Day by Girl Talk is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial license. The CC license does not interfere with the rights you have under the fair use doctrine, which gives you permission to make certain uses of the work even for commercial purposes. Also, the CC license does not grant rights to non-transformative use of the source material Girl Talk used to make the album.
Consider my mind blown… How does this even work!? As I understand it, Girl Talk uses all of the samples without permission. I’m going to guess that over 95% of the samples he uses are “All Rights Reserved” and do not fall under a Creative Commons license. So… how does one take a bunch of “All Rights Reserved” materials (without permission) and then re-license it under a Creative Commons license? What am I missing here? Am I just not understanding it?
Also, you should note that it’s a Noncommercial license. I mean, Girl Talk doesn’t want you making money from his hard work! (Was that sarcastic enough?) Also, Girl Talk will be in Milwaukee next month, tickets are just $30 (not including the service charges.)
Well, all I know for sure is that this Girl Talk guy is a rebel… He’s all about breaking the rules! He’d never tell you what to do. He’d never tell you how to listen to his album.
All Day is intended to be listened to as a whole.
I’m willing to be schooled on this whole Girl Talk thing… Am I completely backwards in my reading of all of this? Is this guy a champion of artist’s rights? A model citizen of the Creative Commons movement? Let me know…