Here’s a Blue Jay drawn in 8-bit style with a resolution of 16 pixels by 16 pixels. Its actual color depth is 2-bit, 2.5-bit if one counts transparency.
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Google Photo Spheres
With the introduction of the Nexus 4, Google has added “Photo Sphere” support in Google+. Here’s an example. Google’s viewer could use some work, but as it’s a new feature, it should improve over time. Since the only thing that makes a photo a “Photo Sphere” is a bit of XMP data, one can easily make a panorama stitched with other software, such a Hugin, a “Photo Sphere.” Here’s a short Exiv2 command file to add the required information:
Just change the heights and widths to appropriate values and run it to make a full equirectangular panorama a “Photo Sphere.” There’s also support for partial panoramas, but I haven’t looked into it as the Nexus 4 hasn’t even been released yet.
West Hill Pond Near-Infrared Timelapse
Over the summer, I shot a timelapse of West Hill Pond in near-infrared using my modified Canon PowerShot SD400 and CHDK. The background music is from the Open Goldberg Variations. Enjoy!
Also on Vimeo.
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Kindle Weather Display
Ever since I first learned about electronic paper, I’ve thought it would be perfect to display some sort of regularly updated, but not real-time, data such as the current date, an agenda, or the weather forecast. Unfortunately, e-paper displays have always cost more than I was willing to spend on such a project. However, with the price of Amazon’s cheapest Kindle recently dropped to $69, I decided e-paper displays were finally cheap enough for me to pursue such a project: an e-paper based weather forecast display.
Pannellum 1.2
With a few new features, a few improvements, and a bug fix, Pannellum 1.2 has been released. The new release includes keyboard panning controls, support for a fallback URL if WebGL is not supported by a browser, clarified load button text, and vector icons. Also included is a workaround for a, now resolved, regression in WebKit’s fullscreen API support. Enjoy!
Update: Pannellum 1.2.1 has been released with a fix for a minor mouse dragging bug.
The new release can be downloaded here, or one can see the project on Github.