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I got up at…

Wicks — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:43:29 +0000

An homage to On Kawara’s series of postcards to John Baldessari, I got up at… gives my computer the task On Kawara set for himself. My computer now tracks the time it gets up every day, reporting to the world via twitter rather than to an individual by post. Sometimes my computer wakes up about the same time as me. Other days, it sleeps late while I am busy with other things.

I got up at.. works by running a simple python application when my computer starts up.

Follow I got up at… on twitter.

Discontinued September 1, 2010 after a major Twitter API change.

Tamarisk: Test Installation

Wicks — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:51:47 +0000

software, paper, concrete, salt.

Process photos on flickr.

Holiday Auto-Giffer

Wicks — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 22:14:48 +0000

You already know how awesome animated gifs are. We feel pretty much the same way, so we made over 1800 of them during our holiday party with an automated photo-booth. Feast your eyes.

The auto-giffer was created using a combination of processing, python, and php. For all the details, watch the explanation video. Also be sure to check out the holiday website.

Dice Mirror

Wicks — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:40:14 +0000

The dice mirror is a quick sketch using flash webcam input. Robert Hodgin had spent an evening transforming his coffee table into a big dice image. Shortly thereafter, Mario Klingemann raised the bar by creating Aviary filter that transforms images into dice-images. In addition to all that awesomeness, you can now play with this real-time dice mirror in your web browser. Enjoy.

Although I probably should be saving images of everyone using the mirror, I am not.

Basic troubleshooting:

Flash is pretty weird when it comes to accessing your webcam. There are two steps to make sure things are set up properly. First, make sure your flash privacy settings allow webcam access. Go into the settings menu (right click -> Settings), and in the privacy panel (the one with the eyeball in the computer screen for an icon), check “allow.” Second, make sure you have the correct camera selected. Still in the settings panel, click on the little orb/webcam icon, then select your real webcam from the dropdown. For some reason my webcam shows up with three different names, but it’s only accessible as the “USB Video Class Video.”

thingsiam.com

Wicks — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:40:35 +0000

Thingsiam is my old flash portfolio site. It was last updated in April, 2008.

thingsiam.com received a Dope Award in July, 2008. visit thingsiam.com.

Swimming Hairs

Wicks — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 01:28:22 +0000

Mario Hills

Wicks — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 01:32:20 +0000

Particulate

Wicks — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 08:09:39 +0000

A photograph is turned into a cloud of colored dust that wants to settle at its origin. Disturbances push the dust away from its origins, and the trails of dust build up over time.

Sketchbook Pages

Wicks — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 00:11:01 +0000

White Glove Flocking

Wicks — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 01:08:21 +0000

Using the data from white glove tracking, I rendered the entire performance from the landmark television broadcast of Billy Jean in a single frame. Computer agents danced over the frame, with different degrees of tightness controlling how closely they followed Michael’s glove.