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Anybody have any thoughts on displaying stereoscopic images on their blog? It seems…

mike — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 17:23:37 +0000

Anybody have any thoughts on displaying stereoscopic images on their blog? It seems like most people who aren't into this format, really dislike it.

I am starting to work out ways I can have my blog display images in a few various methods that are more palatable to the 'mere mortals'.

So far I've cobbled together a pair of HTML5 Canvas Javascript examples for 'wiggle' and to correct the right/left reversing of .jps images for cross-eyed viewing.

Is there any resources that I've not found which will allow me to not reinvent the wheel?

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Playing with Stereoscopic images again – Correcting side-by-side display.

mike — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 02:36:05 +0000

Fiddling around with my 3d photos again… This time I wanted to ‘correct’ the images so they display right for cross-eyed viewing.

Files saved in the .jps format are store in left than right order.

In order to look at images cross-eyed without inducing instant headaches, they need be in right photo than left photo order (swapped).

So, I am playing with HTML5 Canvas again to see if I can re-work the image so it’s correct for display on my blog.

What I am doing here is grabbing only half the image frame initially. When you click on it, it will re-display the image with the two halves swapped. I am also adding helper-dots for good measure.

mike — Tue, 21 May 2013 14:06:15 +0000

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Stereoscopic ‘wiggle’ image view using HTML5 Canvas and Javascript

mike — Sun, 19 May 2013 03:56:11 +0000

I have this phone that takes ’3d’ photos which I think are the best thing ever. Nobody else seems to like it though – probably because they don’t have my phone which makes viewing them the best thing ever.

I played a trick with my blog, and told apache to tell a web browser that a .jps file is a .jpg file using the meta info – which it is, really, so it’s no lie.

This means my blog can display raw .jps photos now.

But they are hard to see on the screen. I think that the right & left sides are backwards for looking at them cross-eyed which is how most people would want to look at them. The effect just isn’t right and it causes a lot of strain as your brain is trying to come to terms with your eyes apparently switching places. Quite traumatic and can cause headaches in less time than it takes to un-cross your eyes.

There is this cool effect where you can alternate the right and left image repeatedly and you can kinda ‘see’ the 3d effect. The brain kinda glosses the whole flashing thing and kinda makes it work out. Or something.

So, I thought I would try to make my website easier to view for everybody and allow them options for viewing the bestest photos ever!

I have invented a little something-something that allows you, my dear reader, to see my awesome photos as they where intended to be seen… kinda.

I hate things that move on screens automatically, so you need to click on the photo, and my 5 month month old little girl will start to ‘wiggle’ in her chair.

There is a slider that you can use to adjust the speed at which she wiggles. To the left is faster, to the right is slower.

If you would be so kind as to leave a comment with the speed which you liked the best. I will use that as the default when I make this happen on all the 3d photos on this site in the future.

Select 'wiggle' speed in milliseconds - 250ms is 4 times a second.

You may need to view the image on a different page if you are seeing both halves of the photo or it’s otherwise not working for you…

I have some other ideas I want to do like a right/left swap. But those are for another day.

Got the shade tree smithy set up today

mike — Sat, 18 May 2013 20:12:35 +0000

First time I've had it out since last fall.

It ain't much, but there isn't much invested with what is sitting there right now. Maybe $50? Most of it is scrounged or repurposed.

I've two gas grill forges like that. I rebuild the lessor one trying to improve them.

I've got my 5th hunk of metal to use as an anvil coming to me next time I go to my folks.

I real forge and anvil would be nice, but I'd rather make noise and small bits of metal even smaller now than later when I can afford the "real" tools.

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Spring time is here – garden time

mike — Thu, 16 May 2013 05:44:57 +0000

I mowed for the first time today. The neighbor had mowed once for me already. Nice thick green grass without as many dandelions as last year.

I took stock of my yard and gardens.

The iris bed is doing really well. I set that up as a huglekulture bed and rain garden. I can’t seem to get anything else to grow in the bed though.

My roses that where doing well last fall made the winter. I am disappointed in my climbing rose. It’s not climbing. None of the roses are getting very big. Maybe this year?

The back yard is full of violets. I just love this! One of the favorite aspects of my back yard.

I’d topped my apple tree before it budded out. I am going to grow the tree in a flat plane. This is called espalier. I’ve got 3 or 4 pairs of branches. This is going to help screen my yard from the neighbors. I may get apple’s in another year or two.

My grape made the winter too. It didn’t grow at all last year. I hope it takes off this year. I am re-working the other plants around that fence and maybe that will help.

I’ve got some garlic that is coming up. I need to figure out when its best to start to harvest some of them.

The bamboo seems to have not made the winter. Bummer.

I am starting a new raised hugleculture bed. Going to try to get a woodland type garden growing in it. Going to be a post on it when its done.

I started a bunch of tomatoes this year. Should be good. Going to put them in different spots.

Lots of ideas…

I made a toybox for the living room

mike — Fri, 03 May 2013 14:07:57 +0000

No, not for my toys – that's called a toolbox, or a pole barn. This is for my kids toys. To hide them. Because toys need to be hidden.

I used a mix of power tools, old school hand tools, and high-tech RepRap 3D printers.

A Stereoscopic Photo Essay…

In album Toy Box

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Lincoln Park Zoo

mike — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:55:34 +0000

Lincoln Park Zoo

In album April 2013 Lincoln Park Zoo

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I was playing around last night with making my Rostock to use the full length of…

mike — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 20:40:44 +0000

I was playing around last night with making my Rostock to use the full length of the smooth rods even though my belts where not long enough. I didn't want to mess with the spindles used for the Spectra line mechanism.

I came up with a hybrid. It uses the belts for the drive side, and the fishing line on the idler side. I also am using a zip-tie tensioner.

Doing things this way, we only need belts as long as our smooth rods.

It's not running yet, as I am waiting on my pololus. But it looks like it should work out.

Delta RepRap using both belts and Spectra fishing line
I have this new RepRap 3D printer that I am putting together. It is based on the Rostock style printer. It came to me half assembled, sans electronics. It had been running, but got pirated for part…

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Delta RepRap using both belts and Spectra fishing line

mike — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 05:17:55 +0000

I have this new RepRap 3D printer that I am putting together. It is based on the Rostock style printer. It came to me half assembled, sans electronics. It had been running, but got pirated for parts to make another Prusa.

It has this awesome, expanding, laser cut acrylic case. But the case was set up to only go ‘normal’ Rostock height based on the length of the belts. There is a lot more room on the smooth rods for it to get taller. I just need to make a belt stretcher (I am too cheap to buy longer belts).

I just so happen to have just the thing. I have some fishing line I picked up on clearance a few years ago – $6. It just so happens to be the 65lb Spectra line that people are using to string up their Kossels.

So I decided to do both. Belts for the drive and line for the ‘idler’ side. I also wanted to include the zip-tie tensioner concept I’d seen.

Making some little copper rings so the line doesn’t cut my belts. I just nipped off a bit of tube left over from my water-cooling experiment and deburred them.

Here you can see my belt to carriage connection and also the belt to line connection.

The fishing line goes over the top pully. I looped mine a couple of times, giving me a total of 4 strands. 260lbs tensile should reduce the stretch and bouncing other people are seeing with just a single line. The Z endstop provides enough gap to allow for the connection.

It turns out, that doing this, you need a belt as long as your smooth rods. Conversely you can make your smooth rods as long as your belt.

I can drop the carriage right to the ‘floor’ and still not interfere with the coupling.

Two of the three towers belted or strung. I’ve not done the back tower. Each one is getting done slightly different, so I can see which I like the best.

This shows the zip tie being used to tension the belts. Just take another click on the zip tie, and it’s tighter. I am wondering how long these things will last before they break and what kind of damage that will incur. I may try bailing wire on the next iteration.

This begs the question. Is this a Rostock or a Kossel? (Looking at the drive, not the smooth rods vs extrusion frame). Rossel? Kostock?

I know I am naming this machine the Solar Scribbler. It will live in my garage workshop for a few reasons.

ABS stinks when printing. I don’t want print ABS in the house again…

The upright rods means that sawdust and crud won’t settle on them near as much. Also the chassis helps keep airborne crud out.

But the garage is getting a few solar panels and some deep cycle batteries installed. So the printer will run on solar power! I figure the deep cycle batteries should be able to power the heated bed to ABS temps without a problem.

My garage also sports a solar hot air panel to heat it fall through spring. The printer will get fitted to the panel to have a solar heated chamber.

So many big plans for this little printer…

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