purplelilgirl

at 女王頭 Queen’s Head

Sat, 25 May 2013 04:05:31 -0400

at 女王頭 Queen’s Head

a postcard from Italy, thank you, Elena

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:22:07 -0400

a postcard from Italy, thank you, Elena

Maker Faire Taipei 2013

Thu, 23 May 2013 10:10:00 -0400

Around February we went to a meetup for Taipei Hackerspace and Maker Faire at the Google offices in Taipei 101.

I have heard about Maker Faire before, but I didn’t know that Taipei had them. Actually they didn’t have them before, and this year is the first Maker Faire in Taipei. We really like the idea of Maker Faire because it’s really all about DIY and making things, because that’s kind of what we do. The organizers told us then that we can apply for a booth, so my sister did.

So we got ourselves a booth, and since it’s a DIY thing, my sister also signed up to teach a beading class.

Last Friday, we went to set up our booth.

Maker Faire took place in Huashan Creative Park, which used to be an old factory, so all the exhibition areas are like abandoned warehouses. it is quite charming.

The booth next to us was adorable.

They call themselves Shepherd and they make furniture out of wood and pipes.

And here’s ours:

We call ourselves House of Small Beauties and we make Flowers of No Purpose.

Our most popular item:

Our beaded QR code, it actually scans.

Our second most popular item, our sign made from bent wires, inspired by the Summer Paradise lyrics music video by Simple Plan and Taka from One OK Rock.

I made these:

My sister’s beading class:

This booth had kids sewing stuffies and other stuff the whole day.

The Maker Faire was more techy than artsy crafty.

There were apps:

Raspberry Pi:

Fruits that make music:

Robots:

More robots:

Ok, a lot of robots. And they fight too! The Robocon RBL competition took place on the second day:

And during breaks, the other robots have unofficial matches, and it’s cute how they let the other little kids control their robots.

There was also an Open Source competition. And this guy made a Miku Desk Live. The projector’s under the table instead of on top.

And of course, there were a lot of 3D printers.

I already saw 3D printers before during the meetup, so I didn’t take pictures of the printers at Maker Faire anymore.

Overall, it was a fun fair. who knew robot fights can be so exciting.

#grimm seriously…

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:54:30 -0400

#grimm seriously…

Rearranged the Hydrangeas

Sat, 11 May 2013 14:40:33 -0400

Rearranged the Hydrangeas

Pansies Pansies

Sat, 11 May 2013 11:00:24 -0400

Pansies Pansies

We’re going to Maker’s Faire May 18-19 at Huashan

Thu, 09 May 2013 10:22:59 -0400

We’re going to Maker’s Faire May 18-19 at Huashan

Frabjous Dei: Let's start a band!

Wed, 08 May 2013 22:01:31 -0400

Frabjous Dei: Let's start a band!:

frabjousdei:

“Hey, let’s start a band!”

“Cool, what instruments do you play?”

“I don’t play any instruments.”

“Oh, so you’re a singer?”

“No, I can’t sing.”

“Do you write songs?”

“No.”

“What records have you produced?”

“None.”

“Can you book us gigs?”

“No. I’m not a sound engineer, A&R person, tour…

: Calling All Indies:Submit Your Games for IndieCade 2013! When: NOW...

Wed, 08 May 2013 21:39:07 -0400

: Calling All Indies:Submit Your Games for IndieCade 2013! When: NOW...:

indiecade:

Calling All Indies:

Submit Your Games for IndieCade 2013!

When: NOW until June 30*

Have a secret project in the works or any new game you want people to play? That’s what IndieCade is all about! Whether it’s a tabletop RPG, a traditional digital game, a maverick mobile…

Cocos2d-X by Example Beginner's Guide

Tue, 07 May 2013 22:39:33 -0400

Packt published a new book on Cocos2d-X, “Cocos2d-X by Example Beginner’s Guide” by Roger Engelbert (http://www.packtpub.com/cocos2d-x-by-example/book)

Overview from the Packt website:

Learn to build multi-device games in simple, easy steps, letting the framework do all the heavy lifting

Spice things up in your games with easy to apply animations, particle effects, and physics simulation

Quickly implement and test your own gameplay ideas, with an eye for optimization and portability

Enjoy building the games as much as you will enjoy playing them

What you will learn from the book according to the Packt website:

Make your games look cooler with particle effects

Create place holder sprites to quickly test your game ideas

Load external data into your games

Build game menus and tutorials

Implement game-wide events with notifications

Create a dash game with a textured terrain

Build a Box2D puzzle game with multiple levels

Create a hybrid iOS and Android project

It’s a by example book, so you’ll learn all those concepts through 6 different games.

What’s interesting about this book is that it advertises: no programming experience necessary! I don’t know how true that is yet, but am gonna give this book a read (give me 2 weeks), and since I know nothing about Cocos2d-X and C++, so if I get it, then I would highly recommend it.

How to add Facebook to Unity Android?

Tue, 07 May 2013 22:08:39 -0400

I searched for this before, but couldn’t find a solution that was easy or cheap (by cheap, I mean free).

Pavel Kultyshev (@getencapsulated) also wrote a blog post, sharing messages on Twitter or Facebook by following the link in the browser of a mobile device or by opening the client app on this device. I haven’t tried this approach though, because I’m looking for something more “native” to Unity.

If you’d like an easy drag and drop solution and willing to spend, then there are a couple of available plugins: the aptly named Facebook Plugin for Android by Mida Mobile (for $20), Unishare, that also includes Twitter, LinkedIn, Sina Weibo, etc. (it’s $25, I don’t know how good it is, but for 5 more dollars you get way more social stuff, sounds pretty good), and of course, Prime31 also has one, it includes Twitter too (for $65 though).

Macaronics (phardera) also wrote a blog post on how to do this using Android Plugins: http://phardera.blogspot.tw/2013/04/unity-3d-facebook-sdk-for-android.html (it’s in Chinese though). Don’t worry, the entire project is available in phardera’s github (https://github.com/phardera/unity3d_fb_android).

Hydrangea

Thu, 02 May 2013 10:00:00 -0400

Hydrangea

Happy Refills came in the mail today :)

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:16:00 -0400

Happy Refills came in the mail today :)

Gloriosa Side by Side

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 06:34:00 -0400

Gloriosa Side by Side

Hyacinth in progress

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 12:12:00 -0400

Hyacinth in progress

I’m not sure if I got this right… a Gloriosa, as requested by...

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 07:40:00 -0400

I’m not sure if I got this right… a Gloriosa, as requested by Liyan

Ruffled Tulip… the Twilight New Moon flower

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 07:08:00 -0400

Ruffled Tulip… the Twilight New Moon flower

Next Challenge: Hydrangeas

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:45:00 -0400

Next Challenge: Hydrangeas

My sister’s new baby, Kagamine Len arrived yesterday. I...

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:04:15 -0400

My sister’s new baby, Kagamine Len arrived yesterday. I was a bit bored and did this really quickly.

It’s PonPonPon!

The song had been playing at my office quite repeatedly at my office the past couple of days, it drives my colleague crazy. But I think it’s kinda cute, especially when Len sings it.

The actions are based on this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iv5ppNWtCWk.

It was supposed to be the whole song, but I need to redo his chorus. The first verse’s actions are very repetitive. And there are some actions that a Dal is apparently not capable of doing.

It’s my first time doing pixelation and using the Animation Window in Photoshop. And this is just a really quick test, so please forgive the well unclean background and choppy movements. It definitely need more frames.

So tell me what you guys think?

Kagamine Len #vocaloid #dal #pullip #doll #figurine #anime

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 05:34:12 -0400

Kagamine Len #vocaloid #dal #pullip #doll #figurine #anime