bazzargh
@bazzargh.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy
Baldy bespectacled beardy, beer breathed, B- bloody biker.
[bridged from https://hachyderm.io/@bazzargh on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
[bridged from https://hachyderm.io/@bazzargh on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
#genuary #genuary2026 #p5js Day 15
"Create an invisible object where only the shadows can be seen"
Well, what's invisible is the working sketch! I had the idea to recreate a 1970s-cinema style oil projection, where the oil gloops around in several rotating […]
[Original post on hachyderm.io]
"Create an invisible object where only the shadows can be seen"
Well, what's invisible is the working sketch! I had the idea to recreate a 1970s-cinema style oil projection, where the oil gloops around in several rotating […]
[Original post on hachyderm.io]
January 15, 2026 at 7:46 PM
#genuary #genuary2026 #p5js Day 15
"Create an invisible object where only the shadows can be seen"
Well, what's invisible is the working sketch! I had the idea to recreate a 1970s-cinema style oil projection, where the oil gloops around in several rotating […]
[Original post on hachyderm.io]
"Create an invisible object where only the shadows can be seen"
Well, what's invisible is the working sketch! I had the idea to recreate a 1970s-cinema style oil projection, where the oil gloops around in several rotating […]
[Original post on hachyderm.io]
#genuary #genuary2026 #p5js Day 14 "Everything fits perfectly"
Ever have a really bad idea? Bad because it's good, but will take you a ridiculous amount of time to make it work? This is one of those. "THE SQUARE HOLE!"
#tetris #meme
Ever have a really bad idea? Bad because it's good, but will take you a ridiculous amount of time to make it work? This is one of those. "THE SQUARE HOLE!"
#tetris #meme
January 15, 2026 at 3:46 AM
#genuary #genuary2026 #p5js Day 14 "Everything fits perfectly"
Ever have a really bad idea? Bad because it's good, but will take you a ridiculous amount of time to make it work? This is one of those. "THE SQUARE HOLE!"
#tetris #meme
Ever have a really bad idea? Bad because it's good, but will take you a ridiculous amount of time to make it work? This is one of those. "THE SQUARE HOLE!"
#tetris #meme
#genuary #genuary2026 Day 13 "Self portrait".
So I used my twin Bryan Cranston instead of me (pic from Wikimedia Commons), but this was an experiment in fauvism. I used something akin to space-colonization to add brushstrokes, but instead of using the true […]
[Original post on hachyderm.io]
So I used my twin Bryan Cranston instead of me (pic from Wikimedia Commons), but this was an experiment in fauvism. I used something akin to space-colonization to add brushstrokes, but instead of using the true […]
[Original post on hachyderm.io]
January 14, 2026 at 6:41 PM
#genuary #genuary2026 Day 13 "Self portrait".
So I used my twin Bryan Cranston instead of me (pic from Wikimedia Commons), but this was an experiment in fauvism. I used something akin to space-colonization to add brushstrokes, but instead of using the true […]
[Original post on hachyderm.io]
So I used my twin Bryan Cranston instead of me (pic from Wikimedia Commons), but this was an experiment in fauvism. I used something akin to space-colonization to add brushstrokes, but instead of using the true […]
[Original post on hachyderm.io]
#genuary #genuary2026 Day 12: "Boxes only"
A day early, but it's sunday and I did the quine a few days ago. A fairly obvious idea that took me way too long because making the sides hinged is awkward when you have to draw planes at their centre, it's all trig […]
[Original post on hachyderm.io]
A day early, but it's sunday and I did the quine a few days ago. A fairly obvious idea that took me way too long because making the sides hinged is awkward when you have to draw planes at their centre, it's all trig […]
[Original post on hachyderm.io]
January 11, 2026 at 4:57 PM
#genuary #genuary2026 Day 12: "Boxes only"
A day early, but it's sunday and I did the quine a few days ago. A fairly obvious idea that took me way too long because making the sides hinged is awkward when you have to draw planes at their centre, it's all trig […]
[Original post on hachyderm.io]
A day early, but it's sunday and I did the quine a few days ago. A fairly obvious idea that took me way too long because making the sides hinged is awkward when you have to draw planes at their centre, it's all trig […]
[Original post on hachyderm.io]
#genuary #genuary2026 Day 10 "Polar coordinates".
So, I did the super obvious thing of having a polar bear rotating through the computed illumination on its uv coordinates
So, I did the super obvious thing of having a polar bear rotating through the computed illumination on its uv coordinates
January 10, 2026 at 1:11 AM
#genuary #genuary2026 Day 10 "Polar coordinates".
So, I did the super obvious thing of having a polar bear rotating through the computed illumination on its uv coordinates
So, I did the super obvious thing of having a polar bear rotating through the computed illumination on its uv coordinates
#genuary #genuary2026 Day 9: "Crazy Automaton"
Well for some reason this is a quivering mass of pink jelly whose eyeballs are playing Conway's Game Of Life
Well for some reason this is a quivering mass of pink jelly whose eyeballs are playing Conway's Game Of Life
January 9, 2026 at 7:22 PM
#genuary #genuary2026 Day 9: "Crazy Automaton"
Well for some reason this is a quivering mass of pink jelly whose eyeballs are playing Conway's Game Of Life
Well for some reason this is a quivering mass of pink jelly whose eyeballs are playing Conway's Game Of Life
#genuary #genuary2026 day 8: A City. Create a generative metropolis.
This is just a bunch of agents random walking from the centre, increasing or decreasing the height of squares they pass through (min 0). The displayed height is the max that has been seen in […]
[Original post on hachyderm.io]
This is just a bunch of agents random walking from the centre, increasing or decreasing the height of squares they pass through (min 0). The displayed height is the max that has been seen in […]
[Original post on hachyderm.io]
January 9, 2026 at 1:36 PM
#genuary #genuary2026 day 8: A City. Create a generative metropolis.
This is just a bunch of agents random walking from the centre, increasing or decreasing the height of squares they pass through (min 0). The displayed height is the max that has been seen in […]
[Original post on hachyderm.io]
This is just a bunch of agents random walking from the centre, increasing or decreasing the height of squares they pass through (min 0). The displayed height is the max that has been seen in […]
[Original post on hachyderm.io]
January 6: Lights on/off. Make something that changes when you switch on or off the “digital” lights. Also, January 11, Quine (the code in the cartoon is the code that generated it)
I think we've all been here.
#genuary2026 #genuary
I think we've all been here.
#genuary2026 #genuary
January 7, 2026 at 7:15 AM
January 6: Lights on/off. Make something that changes when you switch on or off the “digital” lights. Also, January 11, Quine (the code in the cartoon is the code that generated it)
I think we've all been here.
#genuary2026 #genuary
I think we've all been here.
#genuary2026 #genuary
Genuary 2026 Day 5: "Write 'Genuary'. Avoid using a font."
I mentioned this idea in another genuary thread so had to follow through. I edited the animation to slow it as it passed through the state where the word appears, otherwise it's blink-and-you'll-miss-it […]
[Original post on hachyderm.io]
I mentioned this idea in another genuary thread so had to follow through. I edited the animation to slow it as it passed through the state where the word appears, otherwise it's blink-and-you'll-miss-it […]
[Original post on hachyderm.io]
January 6, 2026 at 3:50 AM
Genuary 2026 Day 5: "Write 'Genuary'. Avoid using a font."
I mentioned this idea in another genuary thread so had to follow through. I edited the animation to slow it as it passed through the state where the word appears, otherwise it's blink-and-you'll-miss-it […]
[Original post on hachyderm.io]
I mentioned this idea in another genuary thread so had to follow through. I edited the animation to slow it as it passed through the state where the word appears, otherwise it's blink-and-you'll-miss-it […]
[Original post on hachyderm.io]
It's a minor point in this sea of lies but there are very few places on the planet 10,000 miles from everywhere in the USA. Where is he talking about? The only time those places were singled out for attack by the USA was...when Trump himself imposed tarrifs on the penguins of the Heard and […]
Original post on hachyderm.io
hachyderm.io
January 3, 2026 at 6:14 PM
It's a minor point in this sea of lies but there are very few places on the planet 10,000 miles from everywhere in the USA. Where is he talking about? The only time those places were singled out for attack by the USA was...when Trump himself imposed tarrifs on the penguins of the Heard and […]
Heading home past Loch Lomond
December 29, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Heading home past Loch Lomond
Walking home from a big dinner with family, saw 3 (!!!) whole flakes of snow. White christmas! ☃️
December 25, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Walking home from a big dinner with family, saw 3 (!!!) whole flakes of snow. White christmas! ☃️
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBa2Mm-nP50 merry christmas, ya filthy animals
December 25, 2025 at 12:22 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBa2Mm-nP50 merry christmas, ya filthy animals
December 17, 2025 at 10:40 AM
December 17, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Reposted by bazzargh
Perfectly Common* BrE Words the @NYTimesGames Spelling Bee Has Denied Me†: An Occasional Series
THRAWN
*OK, maybe not *perfectly* common
† really @bazzargh.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy
Now added to the blog list: separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2023/04/nyt-...
THRAWN
*OK, maybe not *perfectly* common
† really @bazzargh.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy
Now added to the blog list: separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2023/04/nyt-...
NYT Spelling Bee: an archive of disallowed BrE words
separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Perfectly Common* BrE Words the @NYTimesGames Spelling Bee Has Denied Me†: An Occasional Series
THRAWN
*OK, maybe not *perfectly* common
† really @bazzargh.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy
Now added to the blog list: separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2023/04/nyt-...
THRAWN
*OK, maybe not *perfectly* common
† really @bazzargh.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy
Now added to the blog list: separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2023/04/nyt-...
Laughed at seeing Girl Genius finally drop the other shoe on the Zeetha/Baron story - it's been a full _nineteen years_ of comics since those characters last spoke - and then just one sentence. That's some long game Phil and Kaja are playing […]
Original post on hachyderm.io
hachyderm.io
December 10, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Laughed at seeing Girl Genius finally drop the other shoe on the Zeetha/Baron story - it's been a full _nineteen years_ of comics since those characters last spoke - and then just one sentence. That's some long game Phil and Kaja are playing […]
Reposted by bazzargh
Happy 76th Birthday, Tom Waits!
December 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Happy 76th Birthday, Tom Waits!
@markmoxon hey, was just looking at https://lander.bbcelite.com/deep_dives/generating_the_landscape.html (I was noodling on a thing to draw landscapes while on my exercise bike, and thought using the Lander hills would be a nice easter egg) and found a couple of issues:
"then we get this formula […]
"then we get this formula […]
Original post on hachyderm.io
hachyderm.io
November 12, 2025 at 2:47 PM
@markmoxon hey, was just looking at https://lander.bbcelite.com/deep_dives/generating_the_landscape.html (I was noodling on a thing to draw landscapes while on my exercise bike, and thought using the Lander hills would be a nice easter egg) and found a couple of issues:
"then we get this formula […]
"then we get this formula […]
Reposted by bazzargh
vote!!!!!!! today!
A few days after the presidential election one year ago, we went to Fordham Road in the Bronx.
It was a little different last week.
It was a little different last week.
November 4, 2025 at 2:42 PM
vote!!!!!!! today!
Mucking about with WebGL, made a live webcam filter to turn video into low-rent copy of A-Ha's Take On Me (details in the alt text)
This sprang from a conversation a couple of weeks back about #songexploder's podcast about it, which is worth a listen https://songexploder.net/a-ha #aha #takeonme
This sprang from a conversation a couple of weeks back about #songexploder's podcast about it, which is worth a listen https://songexploder.net/a-ha #aha #takeonme
November 2, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Mucking about with WebGL, made a live webcam filter to turn video into low-rent copy of A-Ha's Take On Me (details in the alt text)
This sprang from a conversation a couple of weeks back about #songexploder's podcast about it, which is worth a listen https://songexploder.net/a-ha #aha #takeonme
This sprang from a conversation a couple of weeks back about #songexploder's podcast about it, which is worth a listen https://songexploder.net/a-ha #aha #takeonme