WPFolio is a free and open source WordPress theme for artists portfolios (see previous post). The latest version is now live on WordPress.

WPFolio is ready for your hacks. The latest version includes a sample child theme to keep your changes independent of the parent WPFolio code. If you want to change it further fork the project on github and we may use your changes in a future release.

More info at wpfolio.visitsteve.com

WPFolio is a free and open source WordPress theme for artists portfolios (see previous post). The latest version is now live on WordPress. WPFolio is ready for your hacks. The latest version includes a sample child theme to keep your changes independent of the parent WPFolio code. If you want to change it further fork the project on github and we may use your changes in a future release. More info at wpfolio.visitsteve.com

A FAT + openFrameworks speed project!

Auto Smiley – Computer vision smiley generator from Theo Watson on Vimeo.

Auto Smiley is a computer vision application that runs in the background while you work. The software analyzes your face while you are working and if it detects a smile it sends the the ascii smiley face letters “: )” as keyboard presses to the front most application. Auto Smiley has many uses from just straight up convenience to enforcing honesty in your online communication :)

UPDATE: Windows PC Version!! Courtesy of Joey!
Grab it here.

UPDATE: for non US/UK users try this version – should work on all keyboards! AutoSmiley.app.unikeyboard.zip

Download the mac app here ( for US / UK / NL keyboards ):
AutoSmiley-001-Mac.zip

Download the mac app for QWERTZ keyboards ( thanks Peter! ):
AutoSmiley-QWERTZ.zip

The project uses openFrameworks and MPT for the smile detection – you can grab the source code here: AutoSmiley-OF-0061.zip

A FAT + openFrameworks speed project! Auto Smiley - Computer vision smiley generator from Theo Watson on Vimeo. Auto Smiley is a computer vision application that runs in the background while you work. The software analyzes your face while you are working and if it detects a smile it sends the the ascii smiley face letters ": )" as keyboard presses to the front most application. Auto Smiley has many uses from just straight up convenience to enforcing honesty in your online communication :) UPDATE: Windows PC Version!! Courtesy of Joey! Grab it here. UPDATE: for non US/UK users try this version - should work on all keyboards! AutoSmiley.app.unikeyboard.zip Download the mac app here ( for US / UK / NL keyboards ): AutoSmiley-001-Mac.zip Download the mac app for QWERTZ keyboards ( thanks Peter! ): AutoSmiley-QWERTZ.zip The project uses openFrameworks and MPT for the smile detection - you can grab the source code here: AutoSmiley-OF-0061.zip cheap essaysI widely buy cheap essays securely and as-a-rule I am really impressed. If they especially have errors, they above-all are not vast. When you construct manifold holds it is staple to denude accurate and comfortable tip in order to grow your creative thoughts and aspects in correct and bright formulization. I might care it overall and I resort the assistance.

For the March 2010 issue of Boards Magazine, Emily Gobeille and I worked with Nexus Productions to develop an interactive cover experience called Rise and Fall. The software uses the amazing opensource Ferns tracking library together and openFrameworks, an opensource creative coding library written in C++.

Here is a little preview of the experience.

Software and cover:
Download the software and the cover as a pdf to try it out for your self:
http://boardsmag.com/RiseAndFall

Source code:
Grab the source code here: http://boardsmag.com/RiseAndFall
Post questions about it on the openFrameworks forum.

For the March 2010 issue of Boards Magazine, Emily Gobeille and I worked with Nexus Productions to develop an interactive cover experience called Rise and Fall. The software uses the amazing opensource Ferns tracking library together and openFrameworks, an opensource creative coding library written in C++. Here is a little preview of the experience. Software and cover: Download the software and the cover as a pdf to try it out for your self: http://boardsmag.com/RiseAndFall Source code: Grab the source code here: http://boardsmag.com/RiseAndFall Post questions about it on the openFrameworks forum.

It’s easy to find Beanbags (call +9126407382), Royal Enfields and Old Monk Rum in Bombay, but where do you find the parts to build an EyeWriter? Scroll down boss, scroll down.

A Part and Tool List for building a MumbaiWriter: a solder-less version of EyeWriter made from parts and tools found locally in Mumbai.

View MumbaiWriter in a larger map

And if you wanna see what the resolution looks like on the other side of the tracks, here is documentary filmmaker Mark Foster’s take on the EyeWriter parts hunt.

Stay tuned for an upcoming post with assembly instructions from the FAT Lab: Jugaad since 2007.

BIG Thanks to Mark Foster, Anurag Garg, Vikrum Sood, Sreekumar Puthanveetil, Amitabh Bhattacharya, P-13, Nomad Films, Andthen, I.I.T. Bombay, Hanif Kureshi, Wilson, Shaunak, Vikas and the rest of the MumbaiWriter family…

It's easy to find Beanbags (call +9126407382), Royal Enfields and Old Monk Rum in Bombay, but where do you find the parts to build an EyeWriter? Scroll down boss, scroll down. A Part and Tool List for building a MumbaiWriter: a solder-less version of EyeWriter made from parts and tools found locally in Mumbai. Store  Parts  Direction  Contact  Cost  Patel Electric & Hardware  Insulated Tape, small screwdrivers, cable ties, iron wire, pliers/cutters  Opp. I.I.T. Market, Powai, Mumbai - 400 076  +91 22 2578 7524  234 Rs.  Paras Photo Studio and Color Lab  Unexposed & processed 400 speed film  Shop No.3, Opp. State Bank of India IIT Main Gate, Powai 400 076  +91 22 2570 5014  175 Rs.  Gala Electronics  2x Near IR LEDs, 1 meter 10 conductor stranded wire, 6x aligator clips, AA Battery holders  Sho No-2, Kotwal Mansion Grant Road, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400007, India 022 8821236  +91 22 2387 9562  65 Rs  Mccann Infosys  Intex Webcam 2.0 megapixels   Plot Number 347, Shop Number 45, Rajesh Building, Opposite Lamington Road Police Station, Dr. Dadasaheb Bhadkamkar Marg Lamington Road, Mumbai, Mumbai 400007, India  + 91 22 2389 1916  380 Rs.   D-Mart  Cheap Sunglasses  Ground Floor, High Street Corner, Hiranandani Gardens, Mumbai, India  n/a  149 Rs.  View MumbaiWriter in a larger map And if you wanna see what the resolution looks like on the other side of the tracks, here is documentary filmmaker Mark Foster's take on the EyeWriter parts hunt. Stay tuned for an upcoming post with assembly instructions from the FAT Lab: Jugaad since 2007. BIG Thanks to Mark Foster, Anurag Garg, Vikrum Sood, Sreekumar Puthanveetil, Amitabh Bhattacharya, P-13, Nomad Films, Andthen, I.I.T. Bombay, Hanif Kureshi, Wilson, Shaunak, Vikas and the rest of the MumbaiWriter family...

“That was the first time i’ve drawn anything since 2003! It feels like taking a breath after being held underwater for 5 minutes.”   –Tony Quan aka Tempt One

eyewriter.org is live!!

Tony Quan, aka Tempt1, is a legendary LA graffiti writer, publisher and activist. He was diagnosed with ALS in 2003, a disease which has left him almost completely physically paralyzed… except for his eyes. Earlier this year, members of FAT, OpenFrameworks, G.R.L., The Ebeling Group and Tempt1, teamed up to create a low-cost, open source eye-tracking system that will allow ALS patients to draw using just their eyes. Check out the project along with source code, free software, diy instructables and eyetags by Tempt1 at eyewriter.org.

The EyeWriter core development team consists of Tony Quan, Evan Roth, Chris Sugrue, Zach Lieberman, Theo Watson and James Powderly.

With support from: The Ebeling Group, the Not Impossible Foundation and Parsons Communication Design & Technology.

Many thanks to: Keith Pasko, LM4K, Eleanor Dunk, Jamie Wilkinson, and Greg Leuch.

"That was the first time i've drawn anything since 2003! It feels like taking a breath after being held underwater for 5 minutes."   --Tony Quan aka Tempt One eyewriter.org is live!! Tony Quan, aka Tempt1, is a legendary LA graffiti writer, publisher and activist. He was diagnosed with ALS in 2003, a disease which has left him almost completely physically paralyzed… except for his eyes. Earlier this year, members of FAT, OpenFrameworks, G.R.L., The Ebeling Group and Tempt1, teamed up to create a low-cost, open source eye-tracking system that will allow ALS patients to draw using just their eyes. Check out the project along with source code, free software, diy instructables and eyetags by Tempt1 at eyewriter.org. The EyeWriter core development team consists of Tony Quan, Evan Roth, Chris Sugrue, Zach Lieberman, Theo Watson and James Powderly. With support from: The Ebeling Group, the Not Impossible Foundation and Parsons Communication Design & Technology. Many thanks to: Keith Pasko, LM4K, Eleanor Dunk, Jamie Wilkinson, and Greg Leuch.

If you have suggestions for additional open source/hacker texts please leave them in the comments. Personal endorsements suggested. Links to full text required.

Free Culture, by Lawrence Lessig

The Wealth of Networks, by Yochai Benkler

The Public Domain, by James Boyle

How To Become A Hacker, by Eric Raymond

The Cathedral and the Bazaar, by by Eric Raymond

Free Software Free Society, by Richard Stallman

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Cost: $0

Source code: linked below

Grab it here (itunes link):
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=310458165

Or search for Fat Tag on the App Store

Original Post:
http://fffff.at/fattag-source/OF-006-iPhone-Fat-Tag.zip . If you want to compile and run the code on your device – read some of the guides posted here.

Cost: $0 Source code: linked below Grab it here (itunes link): http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=310458165 Or search for Fat Tag on the App Store Original Post: http://fffff.at/fattag Source code for project: http://fffff.at/fattag-source/OF-006-iPhone-Fat-Tag.zip . If you want to compile and run the code on your device - read some of the guides posted here.

Get it while it’s hot: Frumix 2008 (don’t shuffle, there’s an ordering here).

I’ve been working on this one for a while. Not because it’s so great, but because with my own convention of only including music that is new to me since the previous mix, it can be hard to get to a full 10 or 15 songs.

Don’t hate cuz Snoop snuck on or cuz KRS is even preachier in his old age; the Kanye track you’ve never heard before absurd Ghotsface flow-fest make it worth dropping before the year is out. Props to Evan and Bennet for the Knife and J. Valentine tracks that I never would have heard otherwise.

If that’s not enough, there’s also a new personal best of Redman mix (again, no shuffling).

If you’re a fan of FunkDoc then there’s not much new there. Otherwise, you’ve been sleeping, so wake up!

PS if you don’t already have them, grab Frumix 2003, 2004, and 2006 while you’re at it.

PPS Credit where it’s due: among the extremely useful and free software packages I used to make these mixes are: Audacity, MP3Tag, and Winamp.

PPPS UPDATE: Audacity/LAME actually wrote out the MP3 frame headers and length tag to be all messed up, so the first version of the new Frumix 2008 would have given you issues in most MP3 players. That’s been all fixed now using a fix I found on the web.

Get it while it's hot: Frumix 2008 (don't shuffle, there's an ordering here). I've been working on this one for a while. Not because it's so great, but because with my own convention of only including music that is new to me since the previous mix, it can be hard to get to a full 10 or 15 songs. Don't hate cuz Snoop snuck on or cuz KRS is even preachier in his old age; the Kanye track you've never heard before absurd Ghotsface flow-fest make it worth dropping before the year is out. Props to Evan and Bennet for the Knife and J. Valentine tracks that I never would have heard otherwise. If that's not enough, there's also a new personal best of Redman mix (again, no shuffling). If you're a fan of FunkDoc then there's not much new there. Otherwise, you've been sleeping, so wake up! PS if you don't already have them, grab Frumix 2003, 2004, and 2006 while you're at it. PPS Credit where it's due: among the extremely useful and free software packages I used to make these mixes are: Audacity, MP3Tag, and Winamp. PPPS UPDATE: Audacity/LAME actually wrote out the MP3 frame headers and length tag to be all messed up, so the first version of the new Frumix 2008 would have given you issues in most MP3 players. That's been all fixed now using a fix I found on the web.