Weird Fishes: Arpeggi from flight404 on Vimeo. Plenty of bands have jumped on the "remix generation" bandwagon, releasing music to be remixed and sampled and visualized as a publicity stunt. But, then, plenty of bands aren’t Radiohead. Readers here may have been disappointed that our favorite superband didn’t embrace Creative Commons sharing when announcing their […]

In case you missed it on MAKE and Robert’s flight404 blog last week, Robert Hodgin’s mom has translated his algorithmic Processing sketches into real-world quilts. I think we shouldn’t stop here and let Yuko have all the fun. I’d love to see more Processing-based quilts and crafts soon. (Craft Magazine is just waiting for some […]

We’ve previously covered online distribution services which allow you to sell or otherwise monetize your video, but what if you’re just wanting to share and display your videos in the best possible light? There’s always Youtube, but the compression will mangle your beautifully rendered and painstakingly edited clips to death. Robert/Flight404 has dealt with this […]

Robert of Flight404 fame has posted his initial dabblings in Quartz Composer. I find it rather exciting that a Processing Ninja such as Robert can find inspiration in QC. I have a terrible head for languages – both human and machine – so I’ve been wondering whether a node-based environment may be easier for me […]

Okay, aspiring VJs: not happy with the pre-coded solutions out there? Wish you could code your own stuff via a free tool? Check out Processing, a free cross-platform tool. The pay-off: how about 1680×1050 imagery, running at 20-40fps on a lowly PowerBook G4? Robert Hodgin is featured doing just that, armed with four silver USB […]