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Google MyMaps + Picasa photos + YouTube video = hypermedia travelog

I’ve always wanted to take my photos, video, audio, and research, and write a book on traveling in the High Desert. Not the kind of book you would buy at your local bookstore or Amazon.com, but a PDF of suggested sites and routes. I’ve thought about creating web pages that combine all that media — […]

Burning Man tip 05 - Have a project

Burning Man is my canvas, my workbench, and my inspiration. It gives me the opportunity and reason, to explore new ideas and try new things. It exposes me to creative people who infect me with enthusiasm for their art and ideas.
Don’t do a project where you don’t think you’ll learn something on the […]

2007 articles, ideas, and possibilities

I have a few articles in the works and a number of ideas for future articles: using a slide and photo scanning service; the second parts of the time-lapse video and EL wire butterfly prop articles; Burning Man tips; some sculpture and bookbinding projects; and a GPS datalogging idea that I’ve been think about.
I also […]

Timelapse Video, Part 1

Back in 1999, or so, I had the idea to create a video of my drive to Burning Man. I was thinking about using Linux and a quickcam to create a time-lapse movie of the trip. Here are some examples of what other folks have done [1], [2], [3]. I sketched a […]

Luminescent Butterflies

I’m starting a project that I think is going to be a lot of fun! I volunteered to make some props for the 2006 summer performance of “The Private Life of Butterflies” . My friend Tommy needed butterflies that would light up. We were both thinking about using EL wire since we’ve seen similar things […]