The New Blather

Here are five melodies my computer program wrote today, all in one MP3 file: Examples of computer generated melodies A few things to note: 1. The program is still working within limitations of only being able to compose in C major, only being able to use the basic triads, only being able to compose 8-bar [...]

Finally finished reading a book, woohoo!  It was on hold at the library, so I had to hurry up.  ‘Twas The Lost Gate by Orson Scott Card, one of my favourite writers.  ‘Twas a fun read.  Not quite Ender’s Game, but hard to put down nonetheless.  Makes you want to be a gatemage.  Makes you [...]

I haven’t gotten much done today because I slept all day because I was up late reading because I have library books that are due soon because they are on hold and I can’t renew them and I want to finish them or at least get as far as I can in them before I [...]

Yesterday I successfully designed, programmed, and tested a melodic information symbology, making melodic information easier to input. This should also save the program time and memory, as it will only have to decode the string of symbols if and when it needs them, and when it no longer needs them it can delete them again. [...]

I’m working on reprogramming my melody generator from scratch in an attempt to make it more organized and more efficient. A higher degree of modulation should also make the programming of future feature additions easier. My overall goals are as follows: 1 – Reprogram the algorithm and get it output easier-to-interpret text 2 – Get [...]

My final week of Animation Mentor Semester 3 is wrapping up! I turned in my last assignment on Sunday; here’s what it looked like through the four weeks I worked on it: There are still some problems with it, but I think I’m getting better. That’s 3 semesters down and 3 to go! I’m halfway [...]

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Please notify police if you see this dangerous man…

Here’s a poem I wrote a few days ago as I thought about the coming Singularity… I call it: Post-Singularity Remember us, the nameless ones, Who used to have a face. Who built and worked and wondered And then left without a trace. Remember us, the troddened ones, Who suffered pain and fear, And questioned [...]

A bit different, but more recent… nice music too…