How to Disable Annoying Elastic Scrolling in Safari / Chrome on OSX Lion

07.11.2011 by Michael

Apple thinks that web pages on OSX Lion have to wobble like on the iPad. Even when there’s nothing to scroll. When using the mouse wheel or scroll gesture inside text box or a WebGL window while zooming into a 3D scene the whole content wobbles.

Richard York posted a simple solution via CSS:

body {
overflow: hidden;
}

http://www.smilingsouls.net/Blog/20110804114957.html

Some technology criticism by Jack White

08.07.2011 by Michael

“Technology is a big destroyer of emotion and truth. Opportunity doesn’t do anything for creativity. Yeah, it makes it easier. You can get home sooner, but it doesn’t make you a more creative person. That’s the disease you have to fight in any creative field. Ease of use.”
It Might Get Loud

Fireflies in the Forest

06.07.2011 by Michael

Yesterday the forest was full of fireflies. Long time exposures.

RC Helicopter Light Painting

02.07.2011 by Michael

Mounted an LED with a Ping Pong ball diffusor on a Syma S107 RC helicopter and took a long exposure shot. Unfortunately Blink-M did not work because of the helicopters tiny battery.

This is the test for a full automated Light Painting flight controlled by Android, Arduino and IRrc library Aqualung’s code (it is already flying!).




Some early Motion Bank Sketches

30.06.2011 by Michael

First uncalibrated Kinect recordings of Michael and Chris in 2010


 

OpenFrameworks silhouette extraction of Michael’s solo