Gradientment converts your 2D images into two overlapping 1D gradients & spits out the highly-compacted CSS used to generate these gradient maps, for perceived-faster progressive image loading or for artistic purposes. Sure, you could use a single flat average colour to represent the image until it loads… But that’s literally the bare minimum you could... Read More »
This is just a quick update to say that I’ve launched a new website for my Andotrope omnidirectional displays! Having a dedicated space to promote them makes it easier to share them with others. Plus, I think the new website looks pretty slick. Things like the in-depth Andotrope build logs will stay here on this... Read More »
Since completing the first Andotrope proof-of-concept, I’ve been refining & improving the technology. Here’s version 2 – a lot has changed! I built v1 as a work of art, but I designed v2 to sit on your kitchen table as a real product. Andotrope v2 Main Improvements It’s smaller – I built the original Andotrope... Read More »
For my secret project for Mysterium 2023, I’ve spent the past 8 months making a replica of one of Gehn’s holographic Imagers from the game Riven: The Sequel to Myst… And thanks to some patent-pending new tech I’ve developed that I’m calling an Andotrope, I’m excited to say that the “holographic” part actually functions! Here’s... Read More »
I’m a bit late sharing this on my website, but here’s our entry for the second annual @cyanworlds #CyanCake2 competition! This entry is set 25 years after Riven’s demise. With the rest of the villagers having moved in, Tay’s hive became full, so they built additional huts along the cliffs… …Or I’ve come up with... Read More »
On the 7th of November 2020, Cyan Worlds announced the first annual Myst Island Cake Baking Contest, under the #MystIslandCake hashtag. I couldn’t resist having a go… Around 60 hours of work between us later, here’s the end result! (YouTube link in case the above video doesn’t work for you) We started with planing the... Read More »
There’s a running joke amongst my friends that I’m an actual time-travelling mad scientist – mostly because it’s more true than false. So I figured, why not run with it a little and have some fun with it. So that’s what I’ve done here – I’ve restored this old Mad Scientist’s Knife Switch into perfect... Read More »
My wall clock in my house recently died, and with there being a running joke that I’m a time traveller thanks to my DeLorean, I thought I might as well build a replacement clock myself so it could be extra unique. Here’s what I came up with: a self-setting, self-correcting, self-adjusting wall clock/chronometer that tells... Read More »
I needed some new art for one of my walls and I thought that this time I’d try making something myself. So I came up with this – an array of 21 Silicon Wafers of various types, styles and sizes. The front and back pieces are made from laser-cut acrylic, and the wafers are held... Read More »
For the 2018 Supanova pop culture convention in Brisbane, Australia I had the ridiculous idea to make three very similar costumes following three rules: Internet memes That are at least 15 years old Involving a giant banana I still can’t believe that I managed to get three costumes out of something so restrictive. To... Read More »
