Author Archives: keith

Linescapes Iteration 5

Posted on September 3, 2011 by keith

Move horizon out. Stretch to edge of canvas. Fade lines in distance. Add a fill to cover previous lines. [php lang=”JavaScript”]$(function() { var canvas, context, width, height, x, x1, x2, y, z = 5000, fl = 350, xres = 5, … Continue reading →

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Linescapes Iteration 4

Posted on September 2, 2011 by keith

Segmentize and randomize. [php lang=”JavaScript”]$(function() { var canvas, context, width, height, x, x1, x2, y, z = 600, fl = 350, xres = 5, zres = 5, xcenter, ycenter, scale; canvas = $(“#canvas”).get(0); context = canvas.getContext(“2d”); width = canvas.width; height … Continue reading →

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Linescapes Iteration 3

Posted on September 1, 2011 by keith

Make it 3D. [php lang=”JavaScript”]$(function() { var canvas, context, width, height, x1, x2, y, z = 600, fl = 350, xcenter, ycenter, scale; canvas = $(“#canvas”).get(0); context = canvas.getContext(“2d”); width = canvas.width; height = canvas.height; xcenter = width / 2; … Continue reading →

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Linescapes Iteration 2

Posted on August 31, 2011 by keith

Draw a bunch of lines. [php lang=”JavaScript”]$(function() { var canvas, context, width, height; canvas = $(“#canvas”).get(0); context = canvas.getContext(“2d”); width = canvas.width; height = canvas.height; for(var y = 0; y < height; y += 10) { context.beginPath(); context.moveTo(0, y); context.lineTo(width, … Continue reading →

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Linescapes Iteration 1

Posted on August 30, 2011 by keith

Draw a line. [php lang=”JavaScript”]$(function() { var canvas, context, width, height; canvas = $(“#canvas”).get(0); context = canvas.getContext(“2d”); width = canvas.width; height = canvas.height; context.beginPath(); context.moveTo(0, height / 2); context.lineTo(width, height / 2); context.stroke(); });[/php] Result.

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Beta Culture

Posted on June 30, 2011 by keith

Technology has entered a phase where pretty much everything is a beta. Take GMail. The first beta appeared in 2004. It remained in beta status until 2009. In fact, people so missed the “BETA” label on the GMail logo that … Continue reading →

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Syntax

Posted on April 14, 2011 by keith

Doing some Android dev these days. Needed to check if a editable text field was empty or not. I had to dig around to find out how to do this. It turns out that an EditText’s getText() method returns an … Continue reading →

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New MinimalComps Site, and Github

Posted on April 10, 2011 by keith

During JavaScript month, there was little time for much else. There were bugs and issues in MinimalComps that had piled up and I was ignoring them. So yesterday I sat down and went through the whole lot. I realized that … Continue reading →

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Lissajous Webs

Posted on April 6, 2011 by keith

More JavaScript! I’ve actually started delving into Android, but I’m still tinkering with JS too. I’ve been fleshing out the Verlet System I created last month. Added some cool stuff to it. I’ll be doing a future post on that … Continue reading →

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JavaScript Day 31: The End

Posted on March 31, 2011 by keith

Wow, look at that – Day 31! I made it! There were some rough points in the middle there, but I managed to pull off some filler posts until I figured out the next topic. I hope you’ve enjoyed this … Continue reading →

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