From toby at paddfam.com Thu May 3 02:17:57 2007 From: toby at paddfam.com (Toby Paddock) Date: Thu May 3 02:18:24 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] PC screen capture utility? In-Reply-To: <37bd773c0704301358x4096336fkc37496a7f437c955@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <200705030618.l436IBTb002454@omr8.networksolutionsemail.com> Anyone know a simple/cheap way to... - capture the screen - save as a .jpg (overwrite the same file again and again) - wait like 30 seconds - do it again Thanks, Toby From capourso at gmail.com Thu May 3 12:16:53 2007 From: capourso at gmail.com (Scott Dodson) Date: Thu May 3 12:17:02 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] PC screen capture utility? In-Reply-To: <200705030618.l436IBTb002454@omr8.networksolutionsemail.com> References: <37bd773c0704301358x4096336fkc37496a7f437c955@mail.gmail.com> <200705030618.l436IBTb002454@omr8.networksolutionsemail.com> Message-ID: <689f38870705030916u3e4eb847v7ac151bdd48674e5@mail.gmail.com> http://www.digisoftdirect.com/products/captureit.html I have used this software to document procedures... I don't have a live copy now, but recall animation capabilities. They have a free demo. On 5/2/07, Toby Paddock wrote: > > Anyone know a simple/cheap way to... > - capture the screen > - save as a .jpg (overwrite the same file again and again) > - wait like 30 seconds > - do it again > > Thanks, > Toby > > ........................................................................ > .........dorkbot: people doing strange things with electricity.......... > ..........................http://dorkbot.org............................ > ........................................................................ > -- You live and learn. At any rate, you live. Douglas Adams -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://music.columbia.edu/pipermail/dorkbotsea-blabber/attachments/20070503/c630aa5f/attachment.html From dhastings at earthlink.net Thu May 3 13:07:54 2007 From: dhastings at earthlink.net (Dave Hastings) Date: Thu May 3 13:08:37 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] PC screen capture utility? In-Reply-To: <200705030618.l436IBTb002454@omr8.networksolutionsemail.com> References: <200705030618.l436IBTb002454@omr8.networksolutionsemail.com> Message-ID: <463A16EA.4000609@earthlink.net> Toby Paddock wrote: > Anyone know a simple/cheap way to... > - capture the screen > - save as a .jpg (overwrite the same file again and again) > - wait like 30 seconds > - do it again If you're into program-it-yourself, there's an example at http://www.developerfusion.co.uk/show/4630 that captures a screen shot and saves it to a file, using VC# and .NET (available free from Microsoft in an express edition). The wait and do it again part should be trivial. The author claims that the down loadable source code contains a VB version as well. Note that while I've dabbled a little with VC#, I haven't used this code so I can't speak to it's accuracy or quality. -daveh From brian at dorseys.org Thu May 3 13:17:19 2007 From: brian at dorseys.org (Brian Dorsey) Date: Thu May 3 13:17:29 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] PC screen capture utility? In-Reply-To: <200705030618.l436IBTb002454@omr8.networksolutionsemail.com> References: <37bd773c0704301358x4096336fkc37496a7f437c955@mail.gmail.com> <200705030618.l436IBTb002454@omr8.networksolutionsemail.com> Message-ID: <66e877b70705031017q71202ddfncb061036199d3d74@mail.gmail.com> On 5/2/07, Toby Paddock wrote: > Anyone know a simple/cheap way to... > - capture the screen > - save as a .jpg (overwrite the same file again and again) > - wait like 30 seconds > - do it again I used a version of this many years ago with good success: http://www.techsmith.com/snagit.asp It claims to support scheduling now. Take care, -Brian From andrew at becherer.org Thu May 3 13:54:59 2007 From: andrew at becherer.org (Andrew Becherer) Date: Thu May 3 13:55:10 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] PC screen capture utility? In-Reply-To: <200705030618.l436IBTb002454@omr8.networksolutionsemail.com> References: <37bd773c0704301358x4096336fkc37496a7f437c955@mail.gmail.com> <200705030618.l436IBTb002454@omr8.networksolutionsemail.com> Message-ID: On 5/2/07, Toby Paddock wrote: > Anyone know a simple/cheap way to... > - capture the screen > - save as a .jpg (overwrite the same file again and again) > - wait like 30 seconds > - do it again Since you didn't specify a platform I will throw out the Linux way. Here is a script adapted from a site (found through google) that uses an awesome command line utility called ImageMagick. You could easily change this script to adjust the frequency of capture, the format of the file, etc. I'm reasonably certain this will work as advertised but I can't test it until I get home. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ #!/bin/sh # A simple bash script to screen capture # adapted from http://tinyurl.com/34afcg (seartipy.com) # remember to chmod +x this file # # Supply two arguments, the window id and number of captures let x=1 # loop until it has captured the number of captures requested while [ "$x" -le "$2" ] do # see http://www.imagemagick.org/script/import.php # for more options import -window root "screenshot.jpg" # sleep 30 seconds sleep 30s # increment the counter let x+=1 done -- Andrew Becherer Undergraduate, Computing and Software Systems University of Washington, Tacoma From matthew at lith.com Thu May 3 14:14:34 2007 From: matthew at lith.com (Matthew Allen) Date: Thu May 3 14:14:47 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] PC screen capture utility? In-Reply-To: References: <37bd773c0704301358x4096336fkc37496a7f437c955@mail.gmail.com><200705030618.l436IBTb002454@omr8.networksolutionsemail.com> Message-ID: There is a version of imageMagick for windows also, http://www.imagemagick.org/script/binary-releases.php#windows. Your script could be easily changed to a batch file or some other built in Windows scripting host language (Visual Basic or Javascript). -----Original Message----- From: dorkbotsea-blabber-bounces@dorkbot.org [mailto:dorkbotsea-blabber-bounces@dorkbot.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Becherer Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 10:55 AM To: A discussion list for dorkbot-sea Subject: Re: [dorkbotsea-blabber] PC screen capture utility? On 5/2/07, Toby Paddock wrote: > Anyone know a simple/cheap way to... > - capture the screen > - save as a .jpg (overwrite the same file again and again) > - wait like 30 seconds > - do it again Since you didn't specify a platform I will throw out the Linux way. Here is a script adapted from a site (found through google) that uses an awesome command line utility called ImageMagick. You could easily change this script to adjust the frequency of capture, the format of the file, etc. I'm reasonably certain this will work as advertised but I can't test it until I get home. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ #!/bin/sh # A simple bash script to screen capture # adapted from http://tinyurl.com/34afcg (seartipy.com) # remember to chmod +x this file # # Supply two arguments, the window id and number of captures let x=1 # loop until it has captured the number of captures requested while [ "$x" -le "$2" ] do # see http://www.imagemagick.org/script/import.php # for more options import -window root "screenshot.jpg" # sleep 30 seconds sleep 30s # increment the counter let x+=1 done -- Andrew Becherer Undergraduate, Computing and Software Systems University of Washington, Tacoma ........................................................................ .........dorkbot: people doing strange things with electricity.......... ..........................http://dorkbot.org............................ ........................................................................ From susanf at acm.org Thu May 3 15:53:58 2007 From: susanf at acm.org (Susan) Date: Thu May 3 15:54:32 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] PC screen capture utility? Message-ID: You might want to talk to the fascinating folks at http://www.betalounge.com/ They were the kings of serial JPGing back in the day (1996). They made their own hardware and software to do it in order to multicast, and they sold it to likeminded individuals. Alternatively, http://www.hyperionics.com/hsdx/ HyperSnap might be able to do it, but I'm not sure about the identical file names. Maybe a script could rename the output? http://www.hyperionics.com/hsdx/features.asp "Save (upload) to FTP server feature, working also with automatic timed saving" sounds kind of promising regarding automating the process. This also sounds like what webcams do, but again, I dunno about the file naming or image quality with those. 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From: Shana Bestock Subject: [FAC] Seeking Jukebox switches (or organ keys) Date: Wed, 09 May 2007 17:01:28 -0700 Size: 4273 Url: http://music.columbia.edu/pipermail/dorkbotsea-blabber/attachments/20070509/01458e02/attachment-0001.mht From brett at madhouse.org Thu May 10 01:36:43 2007 From: brett at madhouse.org (Brett Wagner) Date: Thu May 10 01:39:43 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] [Fwd: [FAC] Seeking Jukebox switches (or organ keys)] In-Reply-To: <46429D2A.2588AC02@erols.com> References: <46429D2A.2588AC02@erols.com> Message-ID: <4642AF6B.5050105@madhouse.org> You might try 'Jukebox City' down in Sodo http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&q=jukebox+city&near=Seattle,+WA&fb=1&latlng=47570720,-122370694,16538215949036326410 Chuck Harrison wrote: > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > [FAC] Seeking Jukebox switches (or organ keys) > From: > Shana Bestock > Date: > Wed, 09 May 2007 17:01:28 -0700 > To: > fremontartscouncil@yahoogroups.com > > To: > fremontartscouncil@yahoogroups.com > > > Desperately seeking a row of organ keys or old jukebox switches....We > are building a jukebox (Worlitzer style, 1945-50) for our upcoming > production of Master Harold....and the boys . Any help/leads/supplies > greatly appreciated! > > Please contact Oliver at oliverorion@yahoo.com or 425-533-7851. > > Thanks! > Seattle Public Theater at the Greenlake Bathhouse > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fremontartscouncil/ > > <*> Your email settings: > Individual Email | Traditional > > <*> To change settings online go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fremontartscouncil/join > (Yahoo! ID required) > > <*> To change settings via email: > mailto:fremontartscouncil-digest@yahoogroups.com > mailto:fremontartscouncil-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.com > > <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > fremontartscouncil-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ........................................................................ > .........dorkbot: people doing strange things with electricity.......... > ..........................http://dorkbot.org............................ > ........................................................................ > From dreeder at panix.com Tue May 15 10:32:44 2007 From: dreeder at panix.com (David Reeder) Date: Tue May 15 10:33:10 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] Seattle Composers' Alliance presents Max/MSP 101 Message-ID: <200705151432.l4FEWi607108@panix1.panix.com> Hi all-- The Seattle Composers' Alliance will present an evening with David Reeder on May 29th (Tuesday) at 7.30p explaining Max/MSP to those who have always wondered just how this piece of software is used and how to approach it as a first-time programmer. The event will occur at Soundbridge in Benaroya Hall. If you've never heard of Max/MSP, please consider: http://cycling74.com/products/maxmsp Topics will include: . Historical overview of the namesake Max Matthews and his coterie at Bell Labs . Brief assessment of current scholarship nationwide in music technology and automation . Demonstration of actual art pieces along with accompanying "scores," or schematas of Max/MSP patches . Finally, a live session during which we'll build from scratch, two simple Max/MSP patches: one for Digital Signal Processing (DSP), one for control systems including MIDI . Q & A session to follow... If you've ever wondered how easy it is to program Max/MSP, now is the time to come and learn. Just imagine Julia Child cooking up a well-rounded meal of digital music automation and live instrument construction. Art examples will demonstrate: . Using video input to deterministically control audio output . Live parameterization of spatialization, DSP, sample management, and filtering techniques . The art of "instrument building" . Books on display describing the cutting edge of music technology, by authors such as Todd Winkler, Curtis Roades, Barry Truax, Robert Rowe, Joel Chadabe and Virgil Moorefield For more information, check it out on the web at: http://www.danaprajna.com/events Or, check the page at Seattle Composers' Alliance: http://www.seattlecomposers.org Cheers, David Reeder 206/281-5542 ........................................................................ David Reeder dreeder@panix.com 7b54 1ac1 8596 a0c5 9c33 http://www.danaprajna.com ed16 384f ea98 c09f 9d4f From bronzenose at hotmail.com Tue May 15 18:30:30 2007 From: bronzenose at hotmail.com (claude) Date: Tue May 15 18:38:24 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] Looking for help with a motor controller circuit (or a cheap full-rotation servo) Message-ID: I am working on a sculpture in which 25 to 100 rotating robot heads will watch passers by. I have finished a preparatory sculpture with four heads which watch TV, you can see it here (1 minute long): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cCMXl3k1sA That one used hobby R/C servo motors and a phidget controller. The problems I need to fix for the next sculpture are: (1) Hobby servos (generally) turn only up to about 180 degrees*. I need more than, say, one and a half complete revolutions, but preferably arbitrarily many revolutions /without losing absolute positioning/**. (2) I need to control many, many more devices. Buying something pre-built would be ideal - any suggestions? Failing a pre-existing solution, I found a cheap (about $7) DC motor w/gearhead and encoder***. What would it take to build my own servo controllers? I figure I'd need: a) A reversible motor controller b) Something to keep track of the signals from the encoder c) Something else electromechanical to occasionally detect the absolute orientation of the output shaft (a switch and an index on the output shaft at "zero" degrees?) d) Some logic to coordinate those three functions and accept an input for the desired position. This seems complex to my level of electronics knowledge but it also seems like the sort of standard circuit that must be designed and redesigned over and over every week. Can you point me at a ready-made circuit I can reuse, or can you help me cobble something together? Ultimately the whole shebang will probably be controlled by a PC or a PIC microcontroller (so long as I get the hang of the demo board). Any pointers appreciated. Thanks in advance, Claude PS -- tips on locating multiple humans in a horizontal plane at distances of 6" to 10' also appreciated. * I found sail winch servos from HiTec which rotate 3.5 times for about $50 which seems a bit spendy, or from GWS for $20 which will rotate once, only once isn't really enough -- I don't want the heads to have to whip back mid-turn while watching someone walk around the sculpture. It seems obvious to rearrange the sculpture so it doesn't need more than 180 degrees of rotation but it is important that it be "in the round". ** gearing up the output from a standard servo is also a possibility but between the price of the gears, shafts and housings and the labor to assemble it all it seems like an expensive way to get a low resolution limited rotation compromise. tips in this direction would also be appreciated, though. *** 6v 20mA, 2-channel encoder 1 cycle per motor rotation, 141:1 gearhead on output http://maximumrobotics.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_i d=98 From theeddielloyd at gmail.com Tue May 15 18:57:39 2007 From: theeddielloyd at gmail.com (Eddie Lloyd) Date: Tue May 15 18:57:54 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] Looking for help with a motor controller circuit (or a cheap full-rotation servo) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Is there a possibility I could get my email address REMOVED from this list? I keep getting email after email about robot parts. BORING. -E On 5/15/07, claude wrote: > > I am working on a sculpture in which 25 to 100 rotating robot heads will > watch passers by. I have finished a preparatory sculpture with four heads > which watch TV, you can see it here (1 minute long): > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cCMXl3k1sA > That one used hobby R/C servo motors and a phidget controller. > The problems I need to fix for the next sculpture are: > (1) Hobby servos (generally) turn only up to about 180 > degrees*. I > need more than, say, one and a half complete revolutions, but preferably > arbitrarily many revolutions /without losing absolute positioning/**. > (2) I need to control many, many more devices. > > Buying something pre-built would be ideal - any suggestions? > > Failing a pre-existing solution, I found a cheap (about $7) DC motor > w/gearhead and encoder***. What would it take to build my own servo > controllers? I figure I'd need: > a) A reversible motor controller > b) Something to keep track of the signals from the encoder > c) Something else electromechanical to occasionally detect the > absolute orientation of the output shaft (a switch and an index on the > output shaft at "zero" degrees?) > d) Some logic to coordinate those three functions and accept an > input for the desired position. > > This seems complex to my level of electronics knowledge but it also seems > like the sort of standard circuit that must be designed and redesigned > over > and over every week. Can you point me at a ready-made circuit I can > reuse, > or can you help me cobble something together? > > Ultimately the whole shebang will probably be controlled by a PC or a PIC > microcontroller (so long as I get the hang of the demo board). > > Any pointers appreciated. > > Thanks in advance, > > > > Claude > > PS -- tips on locating multiple humans in a horizontal plane at distances > of > 6" to 10' also appreciated. > > > * I found sail winch servos from HiTec which rotate 3.5 times for about > $50 > which seems a bit spendy, or from GWS for $20 which will rotate once, only > once isn't really enough -- I don't want the heads to have to whip back > mid-turn while watching someone walk around the sculpture. It seems > obvious > to rearrange the sculpture so it doesn't need more than 180 degrees of > rotation but it is important that it be "in the round". > ** gearing up the output from a standard servo is also a possibility but > between the price of the gears, shafts and housings and the labor to > assemble it all it seems like an expensive way to get a low resolution > limited rotation compromise. tips in this direction would also be > appreciated, though. > *** 6v 20mA, 2-channel encoder 1 cycle per motor rotation, 141:1 gearhead > on > output > > http://maximumrobotics.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_i > d=98 > > ........................................................................ > .........dorkbot: people doing strange things with electricity.......... > ..........................http://dorkbot.org............................ > ........................................................................ > -- Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bells tolls; it tolls for thee. -John Donne -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://music.columbia.edu/pipermail/dorkbotsea-blabber/attachments/20070515/b2251482/attachment.html From eldan at eldan.co.uk Tue May 15 19:04:42 2007 From: eldan at eldan.co.uk (Eldan Goldenberg) Date: Tue May 15 19:05:11 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] How to self-remove from the list In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: To remove yourself from this mailing list, go to its website: http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/dorkbotsea-blabber For future reference: list subscribers can also use that site to switch to 'digest' mode. This is useful if you are interested in the material, but don't want to receive as many emails. Most of us are on this list because we happen to find this stuff quite INTERESTING. Obviously it isn't going to appeal to everyone, but surely it's not hard to request removal without being gratuitously RUDE about a hobby that many of us devote a lot of our time to. ~~~~ eldan goldenberg one of dorkbot-seattle's friendly overlords http://dorkbot.org/dorkbotsea/ On May 15, 2007, at 3:57 PM, Eddie Lloyd wrote: > Is there a possibility I could get my email address REMOVED from > this list? I keep getting email after email about robot parts. BORING. > > -E -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://music.columbia.edu/pipermail/dorkbotsea-blabber/attachments/20070515/a30d4ed7/attachment-0001.html From theeddielloyd at gmail.com Tue May 15 19:13:27 2007 From: theeddielloyd at gmail.com (Eddie Lloyd) Date: Tue May 15 19:14:13 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] How to self-remove from the list In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thank you, and my apologies. I like robots myself, but I'm not a builder. I should've put a ;) to indicate my not being that serious. I've also tried to get off this list before, but no one answered me. So thank you very much. Take care! -E On 5/15/07, Eldan Goldenberg wrote: > > To remove yourself from this mailing list, go to its website: > http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/dorkbotsea-blabber > > For future reference: list subscribers can also use that site to switch to > 'digest' mode. This is useful if you are interested in the material, but > don't want to receive as many emails. > > Most of us are on this list because we happen to find this stuff quite > INTERESTING. Obviously it isn't going to appeal to everyone, but surely > it's not hard to request removal without being gratuitously RUDE about a > hobby that many of us devote a lot of our time to. > > ~~~~ > eldan goldenberg > one of dorkbot-seattle's friendly overlords > http://dorkbot.org/dorkbotsea/ > > > On May 15, 2007, at 3:57 PM, Eddie Lloyd wrote: > > Is there a possibility I could get my email address REMOVED from this > list? I keep getting email after email about robot parts. BORING. > > -E > > > ........................................................................ > .........dorkbot: people doing strange things with electricity.......... > ..........................http://dorkbot.org............................ > ........................................................................ > > -- Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bells tolls; it tolls for thee. -John Donne -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://music.columbia.edu/pipermail/dorkbotsea-blabber/attachments/20070515/8ebe5f56/attachment.html From alienrelics at yahoo.com Tue May 15 22:20:25 2007 From: alienrelics at yahoo.com (Steve Greenfield) Date: Tue May 15 22:20:43 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] Looking for help with a motor controller circuit (or a cheap full-rotation servo) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <383962.25497.qm@web54301.mail.re2.yahoo.com> How about stepper motors, with a photo interruptor "zero" point that it finds when first turned on? It can also check when rotating, although as long as no one can touch the heads, they should not slip a step. Steve Greenfield --- claude wrote: > I am working on a sculpture in which 25 to 100 rotating robot > heads will > watch passers by. I have finished a preparatory sculpture with > four heads > which watch TV, you can see it here (1 minute long): > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cCMXl3k1sA > That one used hobby R/C servo motors and a phidget controller. > The problems I need to fix for the next sculpture are: > (1) Hobby servos (generally) turn only up to about 180 degrees*. > I > need more than, say, one and a half complete revolutions, but > preferably > arbitrarily many revolutions /without losing absolute > positioning/**. > (2) I need to control many, many more devices. > From jeremy at lowly.org Thu May 17 05:16:48 2007 From: jeremy at lowly.org (jeremy) Date: Thu May 17 05:17:06 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] Power Tool Race and Derby - June 23rd! In-Reply-To: <383962.25497.qm@web54301.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: <383962.25497.qm@web54301.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <7332E114-1D31-4F62-A1B0-48AD47348832@lowly.org> Holy Crap! It's that time of year! --------------------------------------------- June 23rd Seattle Power Tool Race & Derby! (second annual) http://hazardfactory.org/toolrace.html --------------------------------------------- You had fun last year and made some really great racing tools. Let's see what you've got for '07! Some changes for to consider while tool building this year: 1) Track extended to 60' (used to be 50') 2) We're taking race time seriously, we even have a track timer in the works. 3) More crazy Crash-Up-Derby-Fun! We've got some awesome tricks up our sleeves. 4) Shade! We're located under a natural shade structure this year. --------------------------------------------- Build & Track Test Days Hosted at Hazard Factory! Saturday May 19th : noon to 5pm Saturday May 26th : noon to 5pm Saturday June 2nd : noon to 5pm Saturday June 16th : noon to 5pm Directions and RSVP by contacting hazardfactor at hazardfactory.org --------------------------------------------- Details, Mailing List, Photos, Rules, & Etc... can be found at: http://hazardfactory.org/toolrace.html As with last year volunteers of time and supplies are the only way we can do this for free! http://hazardfactory.org/racewishlist.html I'll see you on the hot plywood race track! -spacematters From nonseq at drizzle.com Tue May 22 16:07:05 2007 From: nonseq at drizzle.com (Steve Peters) Date: Tue May 22 16:07:12 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] this Thursday at B'way Performance Hall Message-ID: Hi All, Nonsequitur and the fine folks at Decibel are co-presenting a great experimental electronic/ambient concert this Thursday at the stately Broadway Performance Hall on Capitol Hill. It features Vladislav Delay (Finland), Loscil (Vancouver), and local heroes Son of Rose and the mighty Phonographers Union (of which I am a proud card-carrying member). There is also a free Ableton Live workshop, led by Lusine, before the concert. Details at http://nseq.blogspot.com I myself will sadly be out of town for this event, so I am encouraging you to go and help ease my guilt about missing it. Best, SP From dreeder at panix.com Thu May 24 00:28:45 2007 From: dreeder at panix.com (David Reeder) Date: Thu May 24 00:31:36 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] Seattle Composers' Alliance presents Max/MSP 101 Message-ID: <200705240428.l4O4SjV04694@panix1.panix.com> Hi all-- The Seattle Composers' Alliance will present an evening with David Reeder on May 29th (Tuesday) at 7.30p explaining Max/MSP to those who have always wondered just how this piece of software is used and how to approach it as a first-time programmer. The event will occur at Soundbridge in Benaroya Hall. If you've never heard of Max/MSP, please consider: http://cycling74.com/products/maxmsp Topics will include: . Historical overview of the namesake Max Matthews and his coterie at Bell Labs . Brief assessment of current scholarship nationwide in music technology and automation . Demonstration of actual art pieces along with accompanying "scores," or schematas of Max/MSP patches . Finally, a live session during which we'll build from scratch, two simple Max/MSP patches: one for Digital Signal Processing (DSP), one for control systems including MIDI . Q & A session to follow... If you've ever wondered how easy it is to program Max/MSP, now is the time to come and learn. Just imagine Julia Child cooking up a well-rounded meal of digital music automation and live instrument construction. Art examples will demonstrate: . Using video input to deterministically control audio output . Live parameterization of spatialization, DSP, sample management, and filtering techniques . The art of "instrument building" . Books on display describing the cutting edge of music technology, by authors such as Todd Winkler, Curtis Roades, Barry Truax, Robert Rowe, Joel Chadabe and Virgil Moorefield For more information, check it out on the web at: http://www.danaprajna.com/events Or, check the page at Seattle Composers' Alliance: http://www.seattlecomposers.org Cheers, David Reeder 206/281-5542 ........................................................................ David Reeder dreeder@panix.com 7b54 1ac1 8596 a0c5 9c33 http://www.danaprajna.com ed16 384f ea98 c09f 9d4f From toby at paddfam.com Thu May 24 02:00:41 2007 From: toby at paddfam.com (Toby Paddock) Date: Thu May 24 02:12:20 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] this Thursday at B'way Performance Hall In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <200705240600.l4O60hfQ025873@omr3.networksolutionsemail.com> Thanks to Steve, Nonsequitur, and Decibel for making this happen. Really looking forward to it. Sorry you can't be there Steve. You can be sure we'll talk bad about you though. :) Toby http://www.paddfam.com > -----Original Message----- > From: dorkbotsea-blabber-bounces@dorkbot.org [mailto:dorkbotsea-blabber- > bounces@dorkbot.org] On Behalf Of Steve Peters > Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 1:07 PM > To: dorkbotsea-blabber@dorkbot.org > Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] this Thursday at B'way Performance Hall > > Hi All, > > Nonsequitur and the fine folks at Decibel are co-presenting a great > experimental electronic/ambient concert this Thursday at the stately > Broadway Performance Hall on Capitol Hill. It features Vladislav Delay > (Finland), Loscil (Vancouver), and local heroes Son of Rose and the > mighty Phonographers Union (of which I am a proud card-carrying > member). > > There is also a free Ableton Live workshop, led by Lusine, before the > concert. > > Details at http://nseq.blogspot.com > > I myself will sadly be out of town for this event, so I am encouraging > you to go and help ease my guilt about missing it. > > Best, > > SP > > ........................................................................ > .........dorkbot: people doing strange things with electricity.......... > ..........................http://dorkbot.org............................ > ........................................................................ From shellyhivemind at gmail.com Fri May 25 17:44:45 2007 From: shellyhivemind at gmail.com (shelly@hive-mind.com) Date: Fri May 25 17:44:53 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] Sony's flexible OLED Message-ID: <37bd773c0705251444w7d7e598bga7f4b62a5879edfc@mail.gmail.com> This is so amazing I had to forward to you all: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7QbQugXy1A Shelly -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://music.columbia.edu/pipermail/dorkbotsea-blabber/attachments/20070525/b6996298/attachment.html From jeremy at lowly.org Fri May 25 23:17:41 2007 From: jeremy at lowly.org (jeremy) Date: Fri May 25 23:17:55 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] Build Day Tomorrow - Power Tool Races In-Reply-To: <200705240428.l4O4SjV04694@panix1.panix.com> References: <200705240428.l4O4SjV04694@panix1.panix.com> Message-ID: Damn! We're just a month away from the June 23rd power tool races! Check out this video of some familiar dorkbot faces kicking it hazard factory style. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYTVwude68g Speaking of which. Yo! Come down tomorrow (Saturday) for == BUILD DAY == HAZARD FACTORY Noon, Saturday May 26th Shoot me (jeremy at lowly.org) or rusty (hazardfactor at hazardfactory.org) an email and we'll hook you up with the complicated directions... Can't wait to kick it with you guys in a grimy noisy dangerous shop! http://hazardfactory.org - spacematters ___________________________________ Send Power Tool Races to Rotterdam http://pledgie.com/campaign/show/96 ___________________________________ From beaty at chem.washington.edu Wed May 30 19:07:33 2007 From: beaty at chem.washington.edu (Bill Beaty) Date: Wed May 30 19:07:42 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] Fwd: June 9th - Seattle's Third Biannual Urban Golf Tournament/Drinkathon! Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.2.20070530160630.0200aa70@gibbs.chem.washington.edu> >To: seavent@yahoogroups.com, burningman-bcwa@yahoogroups.com, > hhseattle@yahoogroups.com, hhseattle@yahoogroups.com, > ratcityburners@yahoogroups.com, seattlecacophony@yahoogroups.com, > ratcityburners@yahoogroups.com >Cc: greensmaster@seattleurbangolf.com >From: Peter Z >Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 14:23:52 -0700 (PDT) >Subject: [seattlecacophony] June 9th - Seattle's Third Biannual Urban Golf Tournament/Drinkathon! > >www.seattleurbangolf.com > > >Seattle's Third Biannual Urban Golf Tournament/Bar Crawl is going down Saturday June 9th. All you need is a golf club, some fancy duds and a $3 ball fee to join. Bring your ball from a previous game and play for free! > > >This year, Urban Golf is going industrial in the Georgetown district. There's a few new bars mixed in with some old Georgetown favorites. There's less pedestrians and traffic, but more warehouses, railroad tracks and sketchy alleys. > > >Tee off is at 2pm. > >Meet at 13th Ave. South and South Albro Place (Google Map - On the north end of Boeing Field) > > >Teams will be about 8-10 people. We'll hook you up and set your tee time on a first come first serve basis. Get together a full team, half team or come by yourself. > > >Just remember to bring a golf club (found cheap at Goodwill + we'll have a few loaners), your fanciest pants, the $3 fee plus some "cash" for drinks. > > >We'll provide course maps, rules and balls. > > >If you're planning on attending, please send a note to greensmaster@seattleurbangolf.com. It's not necessary, but it helps give us a more accurate ball count. > > >This is a 9 hole 9 bar course, so the age restriction is strictly 21 and over. > > ((((((((((((((((((((((( ( ( (o) ) ) ))))))))))))))))))))))) William J. Beaty http://staff.washington.edu/wbeaty/ Research Engineer UW Chem Dept, Bagley Hall RM74 beaty@chem.washington.edu Box 351700, Seattle, WA 98195-1700 ph:206-543-6195 fax:206-685-8665