How to work as a Graphic Designer without sleeping with Adobe I am just now completing a certificate in graphic design at the online school Sessions.edu, and although I have come to like the Adobe Creative suite tool (and mainly inDesign), I would rather be relying only on open source tools. Why? Well, there are [...] Read more – ‘open source graphic design’.
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last 2 years, you’ve most likely heard of the of the OP-1 (that is, if you follow new audio device and synth development). Teenage Engineering has been working for many years on this polished product (to the point that people would almost tag the item with [...] Read more – ‘teenage engineering’s op-1: a paradigm shift in portable music making’.
The Kindle e-Reader is quite the device and in my first review, I brought some ideas on how to maximize its usage. The open source Calibre software and Dropbox library are still some of the best features to keep all of your book library in sync on many computers (and on any platform). In short, [...] Read more – ‘kindle 3 tricks & hacks’.
Following up on last week’s post about mO, we’ll take it a notch further today by adding a MIDI controller to our code. You will need: MIDI controller that works with your computer Processing on mac, windows or linux. your sound setup with processing the midiBus library Beads audio library controlP5 library The beauty of [...] Read more – ‘d.i.y. soft synth with midi controller in processing’.
Learning electronic music has been a more complex task than initially planned. I’ve been playing around with few toys like Nord Micro Modular, microKORG, KP3, TENORI-ON and Dark Energy. Although my main synth is a virtual modular synth, there were still the basics of sound that I couldn’t grasp. So I started to learn to [...] Read more – ‘programing audio ~ d.i.y. simple soft synth’.
In short, Minecraft is pointless. You live in this generative reality (all worlds are generated randomly with some sort of algorithm). You gather wood, soil, rocks and gravel. And you do what you want, just making sure to have a shelter at night so as not to get killed by monsters. You can’t really win [...] Read more – ‘why is minecraft so darn addictive?’.
This is a repost from lightwaves since I would like to continue writing about my creative process, and lightwaves is not getting published anymore. Creativity has taken center stage in my life during the last 2 years. What brought about that change is in part a conscious decision, sprouting from my own commitment to stay [...] Read more – ‘yoga and creativity’.
I really like visual computer audio creation tools, and I’ve started playing around with Processing, controlP5 and Beads in order to prototype some sort of digital instrument. This little instrument is called plo (for no reason) and it’s a softh synth with 1 sine osc and a sampler. All the knobs are not functional ~ [...] Read more – ‘mad scientist noise synth’.
Finally after 2 years of talk and desires and excitement the OP-1 has been shipped to me. I even signed up for the beta tester about a year ago but never touched the device itself! It’s getting more and more exciting now that they even send the OP-1 Manual 064b, which I have posted here [...] Read more – ‘op-1’.
I finally took some time to test my new hardware setup. I got myself a quad core 3 GHz, 4G of RAM, with a ZOTAC NVIDIA GPU in order to do more 3D and multimedia. And last night I was able to play around ~ trying out Processing and OpenGL, creating some random code and [...] Read more – ‘3D tripping’.
This was a great New Year! There was a local event for New Year’s Eve near where I live and the whole community was there. It was quite inspiring to see everyone party together. For my part, I decided to present one of the projects I have been working on: a Fluxus projection while I [...] Read more – ‘new year – with fluxus and mixxx’.
I am quite in love with my new kindle 3. It’s a well design device, with good battery life and the management of the files can be quite seamless. BAD SIDE Lets start by the bad side. Why is it that any big company makes their own proprietary usb cord? Don’t they know yet that it’s [...] Read more – ‘kindle 3 review’.
So I just moved to a new host – Will be uploading my content tonight ! I am now hosted with a small orange, a vary cute an efficient host, that talk geek and doesn’t outsource tech support to India ~ you talk to real people fast! Also they have ruby hosting (which I will [...] Read more – ‘new host !’.
Nothing better for a new season to start with a new design for my site ~ it will probably messy for the next couple of week, but working on it! I am experimenting with css3 and some html5 so the site might not look the same on all browser, nor work the same but hopefully it will [...] Read more – ‘new design’.
I call it a new season because during the fall/winter/early spring, since the quietness of the outside makes it a perfect time for multimedia creation.Now that I am back from my yoga retreat for the summer I’ll be catching up with all the project that keep going forward! I took 2 month of time this [...] Read more – ‘New season !’.
I have been using the word demons to talk about my bad habits and patterns that seems to have a mind of itself. In my previous post about residual prana I talked about how prana can stick on places or people to later be re-activated by similar events. I feel that this residual prana, if [...] Read more – ‘light & demons’.
I know it’s been a month now that I haven’t blog! Too much is happening here – from wordpress moving to version 3, to my come back to school (in information technology) to all my project moving forward, and summer kicking in ~ there wasn’t much time left. I also prepared a introduction to processing [...] Read more – ‘k-12 presentation’.
I am getting really close to a working mixer! The hardware is ready I simply need to build a project box in order to host the project. As you know from previous posts, I built a prototype of the mixer with and Arduino Board ~ connecting to processing, hosted on a puredyne machine. This was [...] Read more – ‘3rd post mixer DYI ~ doepfer usb64’.
I haven’t received my new video camera yet so I will have to delay the post about my audio mixer ~ so I decided to post some example of other project I am tinkering with. This is a small video project that I did in processing. This is only the output of the project. I [...] Read more – ‘video and processing’.
So I finally got my new sounds card to be able to transfer all my stuff from my Rollad Vs-1880 to my computer (and into the wild) The ESI UL24 Xl is a really nicely built external sound card. To my greatest surprise it works out of the box with pure:dyne (I would assume it [...] Read more – ‘Noize!’.
I created my first prototype of the mixer. It’s more an experiment than a prototype from the fact that I only attached 6 knob to the arduino to start with. Here are some picture of the making of the mixer. I used a normal plastic project box to do the trick, to give it some [...] Read more – ‘2nd step DIY audio mixer processing & arduino’.
Melina and me went traveling around and visiting some of the most beautiful region of the kootenay’s. Here is a little sum up of what to do in the kootenay to enjoy yourself! We left our home in Riondel in mid afternoon to take the 2pm ferry. We drove to Kaslo (charming town) and decided [...] Read more – ‘hot springs & mountains’.
This is my new processing self teaching project. In this project I wanted to built a mouse control spaceship that would shoot and crash if it reaches the celling or the floor. It’s not object oriented at all and the code is quite messy ~ and I won’t clean it up until I reuse to [...] Read more – ‘processing ~ new spaceship game!’.
So here is my first step into my plan to make my own mixer. The idea is in the next few months I want to built a complete USB mixer (I say months not to get anyone hopes to high )t . This mixer will be used to play with mixxx, which by the way [...] Read more – ‘diy audio mixer prototyping with arduino and processing’.
So google said no to china – then go Daddy also said no to china who’s next ? That might seems like a little incident but that is the first time in a long time that a US company publicly denounce China’s practice and also decide to not do business with china anymore publicly. Even [...] Read more – ‘google reaction to china ~ world war 3 anyone?’.
This is a real beginner post – if you never played with arduino and laser you might find it fun, but it’s at the ‘hello world’ stage of arduino programing. So I got myself some laser! I had a nice kaleidoscope green laser but I wanted to temper with it and ended up breaking it… [...] Read more – ‘arduino & laser’.
There seems to be a lot about residual prana ~ and yet I haven’t read a lot about it. What I describe about residual prana is the energy that is left behind, in a room, on an object, on clothes or in people and in animal, that stagnate and almost becomes an entity. Every day [...] Read more – ‘residual prana’.
EDIT: Just so people are aware I am using the excellent book Learning processing written by Daniel Shiffman, which I forgot to mention since this article is part of a series of article about my self taught Processing training. END OF EDIT ~ This is my second project for processing fish pond. It’s not a [...] Read more – ‘fish pond’.
So I’ve been playing with an arduino lately – with the help of pure dyne to connect to it. The arduino is a toy for hacker – for hardware hacker or electronic enthusiast. I got it on ebay with an lcd screen with it and since I am starting to built a midi mixer (with [...] Read more – ‘thinkering with arduino ~ lcd monitor and some knob’.
So continuing my quest to learn processing. It’s a beautiful language really simple and well structured. I think it’s a really great way to learn programming at large. This is my first ‘game’, or an interactive program that has a goal, a score and where difficulty increase the higher the score get. Now bare with [...] Read more – ‘BLOOD – my first processing game (kind of)’.
So I received my first arduino board, right after I successfully installed puredyne on my eeepc. Puredyne is a wonderful system optimized for multimedia creation and computer art. It’s filled with all the linux tools to play music, program, edit images, video, audio. Loaded with pure data, super collider, processing and arduino to name a [...] Read more – ‘arduino + puredyne + netbook = fun’.
So – I get to electro faustus site – way kool device, electronic analogue dual oscillator, made in new york. Pretty sweet deal to make noise! And for the price no problem. I get a ef-101, get it ship to canada – get the device really quickly ~ super excited to play with it. I [...] Read more – ‘what is more fun than one ef-101? two ef-101 !!!’.
well with a 2 year commitment to stay in the kootenay’s, at the ashram there is much to think of. I am planing to learn piano, get more into programming and continue music creation and all that. Like a new year commitment but for 2 year ~ lot more fun Hopefully you’ll hear more about [...] Read more – ‘new year!’.
So I embark a new programming language. Processing . It’s a fairly simple language, and I am using Daniel Shifman’s really good bookLearning Processing. It remind me when I was learning basic on my Vic0-20 when I was 8 years old. It’s really really really fun and since I always have been a half assed [...] Read more – ‘learning processing …’.
Bakemonogatari ended up few weeks ago and left the anime scene with not much interesting twisted anime. Now with pale cocoon, my desire for nice noir sci-fi needs a re fulfiled. It’s a must watch for most anime lover, the 3d integration is really nice and the technology design is really intelligent. Episode 1 was [...] Read more – ‘anime review : pale cocoon’.
I am in need of creation, it seems that anything that is not creation seems useless ? the best I can do is to sit and relax, or if not create, draw, play music or code some website…. my personal playground has been updated and I want to post all my creation there… http://gef.freeshell.org But [...] Read more – ‘re-creation, creation, pro-creation’.
I have being enslaved in the electronic music world, doing lotsa research about linux, java, audio and all that crap! Getting all the gear ready, making sure I don’t become the prey of GAS (Gear acquisition syndrome)…. I’m starting a new section in my wiki to keep track of all that! Check it out, it’s [...] Read more – ‘electronic music !’.
Finally got my hands on a tenori on, good deal on e-bay, still you can get them in the US for 750$ I will post soon some creation from it, if you still haven’t heard of the tenori-on you probably lived the last few years under a rock check it out : [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/_SGwDhKTrwU" width="425" [...] Read more – ‘Tenori -on’.
I am now feeling the one… the one that is being with me. Trough practice and trough the hidden language of hatha yoga I started to realize how it feels good to follow my path. My path is there and I cannot decide for it – I can only follow. Being myself - realizing that [...] Read more – ‘Me and I’.
Nice new game from altus. It has quite the same feeling as the world ends with you but with a nice twist. It’s the first game I play from the Shin Megami Tensei series. After few weeks of casual play it’s still enjoyable, so I can place it in my best of 2009 Interesting game, [...] Read more – ‘Shin Megami, devil survivor’.
Well a lot! But I don’t take time for my own blog! Working a lot for Yasodahra Ashram, on lighwaves blog and security. I got myself a little netbook which is too lovely, and booted it up with the latest version of Ubuntu!! I also play all the latest NDS games, From Robot Taisen to [...] Read more – ‘what is happening?’.
Ha ces petit blob sympa, locoroco est un des meilleurs jeux qui existe ! Voici la chanson thème qui me reste dans la tête toute la journée maintenant ! 02-locorocos-song-locoroco-yellow-version Et un petit film you tube: [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/UfDr9eD7wKY" width="425" height="344" allowfullscreen="true" fvars="fs=1" /] Tweet Read more – ‘locoRoco’.
Je me suis toujours demandé quel siddih serait intéressant à acquérir. Lire dans les pensées des gens et un peu trop intrusif et semble être plus un résidu d’évolution plutôt qu’un vrai siddi, voler semble plaisant mais beaucoup trop de complications techniques, contrôler les gens semble avoir trop de répercussion, un peu comme contrôler la météo, voir le futur semble [...] Read more – ‘Yoga siddih et évolution’.
Je suis avec un ami et une femme qui l’accompagne. Elle doit partir pour assassiner durant la nuit et mon ami est très pris au dépourvue devant son départ. Cette femme est une représentation du diable, ou d’une sorte de démon et mon ami déteste, mais a aussi peur de ce démon. Quand elle revient elle n’est [...] Read more – ‘le diable et moi’.
J’étais couché dans une poussette entre deux voitures, sur le coin d’une rue. C’était assez bizarre de se réveiller dans un endroit public avec des voitures et des gens qui marchent autour. Dans la poussette il y avait aussi le fils de ma soeur. Il était tout bébé et je décide de partir de cet [...] Read more – ‘deux petits tannants’.
après avoir downloader tout les clients blogue que je pouvais, juste ecto semble être potable sans être rien de top impressionant… on verra bien si ce post est ok… Tweet Read more – ‘client blogue pour le mac’.
Je méditais hier sur les raisons pouquoi tant de gens sont malade, et avec mon intérêt des dernieres semaines sur mon propre état de santé, j’ai creé un petit graphic qui illustre les relations entre les parties de notre être et comment la maldie s’installe. Tout semble commencer d’une mauvaise connaissance. Mauvaise connaissance de notre [...] Read more – ‘plan de guérison’.
C’est drôle ca ma donner le goût de recommencer quelques entrainement du cerveau! Quelques recherche sur le net m’ont mener à trouver plusieur site intereactif: http://www.socyberty.com/Psychology/10-Top-Websites-for-Brain-Training.57085 Un autre site qui propose une suite complète d’entrainement du cerveau semble très interesant, malheureusement ils demande la carte de crédit avant même de nous laisser jouer un peu [...] Read more – ‘brain gym’.
Bon de retoure au Muay Thai. Ce fesait depuis le temps des fêtes que je ne m’étais pas entrainer… J’ai tout le temp un peu peur, ou peut être mois envie de recommence à m’entrainer mais dès que l’on commencer a se battre ca me fait toujours du bien! Hier on pratiquait à attraper les [...] Read more – ‘Muay Thai !’.
Ce matin en méditant j’ai ressentie à quel point l’amour des autres façonnait mon amour propre, mais que les gens ne pouvaient pas plus aimer autruit que eux même… ce qui tourne un peu en rond et m’inspire un poême… on ne peut aimer qu’à la mesure de notre amour propre Je ne peux donc [...] Read more – ‘amour propre’.
om namah shivaya, om namah shivaya om namah shivaya,om namah shivaya un om namah shivaya, om namah shivaya om namah shivaya,om namah shivaya deux om namah shivaya, om namah shivaya om namah shivaya,om namah shivaya … Je répète le mantra dans ma tête, comptant jusqu’à 108. En marchant c’est facile de garder le compte. Je [...] Read more – ‘le fil’.
J’ai rajouté une section sur mes rêves et aussi un petit Wiki, pour y classifier mes idées et mes recherches. Je suis en train de faire une détox avec du Reishi, un champignon aux propriétées sacrées! Vous pouvez lire plus à propos du reishi sur mon wiki dans la section des plantes! Ca me fait [...] Read more – ‘nouvelles sections!’.
Hier soir je me suis fais un traitement avec une ‘poultice’ de ajwani pour la rétention d’eau dans mes jambes J’étais chez un ami et la rétention d’eau dans me jambe c’était mis a gonfler. Des grosse cloque d’eau habillait ma jambe droite et je comprenais bien que la lymphe devait être drainer sinon ça [...] Read more – ‘jambe talon et eau’.
Depuis que j’ai commencer mon traitement de reishi, j’ai commencé à rever de façon bien étrange.. voici un des premiers rêves de cette cure J’ètais à une réunion du Santo Daime. C’était la première rencontre et il me passait un test. Il y avait une ppersonne qui me guidait à travers une transe verbale, et [...] Read more – ‘santo daime’.
Bon je m’y remet, apres plus d’un an sans nouvelle, je me remet a mon blog. Il devrait y avoir beaucoup de changement dans le sprochains jours ! Tweet Read more – ‘et encore!’.
I come in the fruit store. There is a guy there asking if he can take some food that are pass due date, the cashier says no… He had a quick glance, somehow as if he knew me, or if he was aware that I was aware… I go buy my food, chosing some vegetable [...] Read more – ‘Give’.
There is not much to learn for doing web design: Menu Layout Forms Then you learn few content management, WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, andshopping cart, and learn how to customize them. I am still learning all that and in the last week I built a form that is sent to my client. Form has few step. [...] Read more – ‘Form’.
I meditate every day. At my 29th birthday, I stayed silent for the day, and decided to chant every morning and every night, for one year. It’s the first time I take such a commitment. It’s been a bit more than 6 months now.Last week, I meditated for a longer period. I came to a [...] Read more – ‘fear’.
Maybe it will motivate me to post more, to see my old site you can still visit gef.freeshell.org, I’ll be moving all the material over here, even with the old post. The design is not final, just a quick hack of a nice theme. The picture in the banner is from the ashram, yet I [...] Read more – ‘new design!’.
So I haven’t post for few months now. The training at the ashram was intense and good. I am back in Montreal and I am freaking out about life. The spiritual path is not a path of ease and spiritual experience. It’s a in between place, where the temptation is there, but also the knowledge that [...] Read more – ‘back to school’.
synthetic genomics where are we going? this sounds more like sci-fi or shamanism They create synthetic DNA and implement it into a bacteria then simply the life reorganize itself, and the bacteria change spiecies… read more Tweet Read more – ‘synthetic genomics’.
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