Musings of an aging computer nerd hitting 0x32
Odroid: all the open, none of the contract
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Ubuntu 10.04
Week 17 Stained Glass
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Week 17 Stained Glass
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One of the stained glass panels my mum made
Day 28 Tired
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Day 28 Tired
Originally uploaded by Alastair Montgomery
Day 28 of my 365 self portraits project
Crystal 5
Created with Context Free
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Create and manage databases in Linux with Glom
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Might be worth a look.
If you’ve ever had to work with a database in Linux you most likely are aware of three or four tools that can handle the task: MySQL, PostgreSQL, PhpMyAdmin, and OpenOffice Base. These are all outstanding applications, but the first two are complex command-line only tools, the third requires a web server, and the last isn’t as robust as some admins will need. But there is another tool that is very flexible and makes creating databases a simple task.
Handbrake 0.94 transcodes DVDs even faster
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Looks good :)
Wave Graph
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Made with Lastfm Extra Stats
From Crystals to Spirals
Initial Design
Created with this scriptstartshape crystals
rule crystals {
crystal { h 81.87 sat 0.8642 b 1.0000 }
crystal { h 81.87 sat 0.8642 b 1.0000 r 90}
crystal { h 81.87 sat 0.8642 b 1.0000 r 180}
crystal { h 81.87 sat 0.8642 b 1.0000 r 270}
}
rule crystal {
blob {}
crystal {s 0.5 y 0.75}
crystal {s 0.5 x 0.75}
}
rule blob {
SQUARE {}
blob {s 0.9 b - 0.1 r 5}
}
Add an extra layer of recursion
startshape gem
rule gem{
crystals {}
gem { s 0.8 r 10 }
}
rule crystals {
crystal { h 81.87 sat 0.8642 b 1.0000 }
crystal { h 81.87 sat 0.8642 b 1.0000 r 90}
crystal { h 81.87 sat 0.8642 b 1.0000 r 180}
crystal { h 81.87 sat 0.8642 b 1.0000 r 270}
}
rule crystal {
blob {}
crystal {s 0.5 y 0.75}
crystal {s 0.5 x 0.75}
}
rule blob {
SQUARE {}
blob {s 0.9 b - 0.1 r 5}
}
Or with this change create a spiral effect
startshape gems
rule gems{
8 * {r 45} gem {}
}
rule gem{
crystals {}
gem { s 0.8 r 10 x 2.5}
}
rule crystals {
crystal { h 81.87 sat 0.8642 b 1.0000 }
crystal { h 81.87 sat 0.8642 b 1.0000 r 90}
crystal { h 81.87 sat 0.8642 b 1.0000 r 180}
crystal { h 81.87 sat 0.8642 b 1.0000 r 270}
}
rule crystal {
blob {}
crystal {s 0.5 y 0.75}
crystal {s 0.5 x 0.75}
}
rule blob {
SQUARE {}
blob {s 0.9 b - 0.1 r 5}
}
Finally add some colour and change the angle
startshape gems
rule gems{
8 * {r 45} gem {h 81.87 sat 0.8642 b 1.0000}
}
rule gem{
crystals {}
gem { s 0.8 r 25 x 2.5 h +25}
}
rule crystals {
crystal { }
crystal { r 90}
crystal { r 180}
crystal { r 270}
}
rule crystal {
blob {}
crystal {s 0.5 y 0.75}
crystal {s 0.5 x 0.75}
}
rule blob {
SQUARE {}
blob {s 0.9 b - 0.1 r 5}
}
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