I started a new repo on github that computes the Langton’s Ant cellular automata in python. For more information on Langton’s Ant, see its wikipedia page. Using classes in OOP is relatively unfamiliar to me, since most of the programing I’ve done in the last several years has been analysis scripts to extract trends and … Continue reading
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Look Into the Void and See
When I made this 9-tile multimedia project a year and a half ago I never linked to it here. I used a tinkered version of Google’s Deep Dream to create some meditations on the fullness of space and sound. https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/lookintothevoidandsee/ Continue reading
Optical Illusion Buttons in Python
I wrote a short python script to generate optical illusion buttons that can’t be read very well unless you tilt the screen or image to a very low angle, almost edge-on, yielding images like this: If you’re doing it right, you should see the phrase, “NPR COOL DAD ROCK.” The code is below, to generate … Continue reading
Holistic Wellness: Dispatches from the land of Wheat and Divorce
A new full-length album by Holistic Wellness is out on bandcamp. I’ve been working on it in fits and starts since April. Listen and grok, 7 songs of ecstatic bliss and devastating alienation. Continue reading
Research Update – May 2016
Hey all, I’d like to give a quick research update on things I’ve been working on in my professional life. I’ve got two papers published this year. Their abstracts and citations are below. Third-order elastic constants of diamond determined from experimental data The pressure derivatives of the second-order elastic constants (SOECs) of diamond were determined … Continue reading
Watch “Holistic Wellness – I’m Having a Hard Time Getting Excited About Graphene Nowadays – 4/16/2016” on YouTube
Played at the bayou last Saturday and Sheila Fitzgerald captured a rad video of the last song in my set: Related: I started a new YouTube channel for Holistic Wellness things. I need 100 subscribers for a custom URL, then from there is just a small step to a Maserati collection. Continue reading
Paeans to Extrema
Newest 4-song EP, “Paeans to Extrema” is out now on bandcamp! The Spotify release is coming soon. Listen/tease/play/refuse/download/bite/regurgitate – I also made it so you can buy the whole Holistic Wellness discography from bandcamp for a 30% reduced price. Very shortly, I’m going to decide to either to an RPM challenge album or not. … Continue reading
Holistic Wellness is on Spotify
Word. I’m Having a Great Deal of Difficulty Processing the Cruelties of our History: Hierophanies for Goblins: Also on Google play, iTunes, Shazam, Deezer, Tidal, and more. Seek and ye shall find. Continue reading
Hierophanies for Goblins
I’m very pleased to announce a new four-song Holistic Wellness EP today, “Hierophanies for Goblins.” For those who like hearing the same thing over and over again, and also not. I’ve been working on this since October and I hope you enjoy it. Listen/share/buy/beg/borrow/steal/peel/wheel/within/wheel Continue reading
Here’s a clear sign that I follow Self Defense Family a little TOO closely
I just realized this now. Compare: This upcoming SDF 7″ and the EP I made last month. I wrote my EP with no knowledge of the Self Defense songs. The lyrical and thematic content of “Alan” is eerily similar to the track titles on my EP and the general feeling of the third song. The cover … Continue reading
