Wayne Young
@slartyb.bsky.social
Artistic uber-geek with a passion for astronomy, electronics, and .. well pretty much anything else really. @ NVIDIA. Opinions my own.
Just read the info about #half-edge. Looks really cool! I was thinking about doing something similar after really struggling to get to grips with Blender, for the same reasons you state. Very interested in the .OBJ output, as I just happen to have a ray-tracing renderer I wrote that will read them 😊
October 30, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Just read the info about #half-edge. Looks really cool! I was thinking about doing something similar after really struggling to get to grips with Blender, for the same reasons you state. Very interested in the .OBJ output, as I just happen to have a ray-tracing renderer I wrote that will read them 😊
Looks ... interesting. The images are too complex for me to figure out what's going on. Could you elaborate?
I once built a "functional" Newtonian telescope in my renderer and was able to see the image of a distant flower on the focal plane. See ALT text for descriptions.
I once built a "functional" Newtonian telescope in my renderer and was able to see the image of a distant flower on the focal plane. See ALT text for descriptions.
October 8, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Looks ... interesting. The images are too complex for me to figure out what's going on. Could you elaborate?
I once built a "functional" Newtonian telescope in my renderer and was able to see the image of a distant flower on the focal plane. See ALT text for descriptions.
I once built a "functional" Newtonian telescope in my renderer and was able to see the image of a distant flower on the focal plane. See ALT text for descriptions.
3D vector algebra is fun, and Bezier splines are awesome!
Here's an extruded objected created by sweeping an outline along a path in 3D space defined by just 8 points.
Modelled in ODL (my own language)
Rendered with my own toy ray-tracing renderer.
Here's an extruded objected created by sweeping an outline along a path in 3D space defined by just 8 points.
Modelled in ODL (my own language)
Rendered with my own toy ray-tracing renderer.
October 3, 2025 at 3:56 PM
3D vector algebra is fun, and Bezier splines are awesome!
Here's an extruded objected created by sweeping an outline along a path in 3D space defined by just 8 points.
Modelled in ODL (my own language)
Rendered with my own toy ray-tracing renderer.
Here's an extruded objected created by sweeping an outline along a path in 3D space defined by just 8 points.
Modelled in ODL (my own language)
Rendered with my own toy ray-tracing renderer.
That's an awesome picture!
I hope you don't mind, but I took the liberty of combining your picture with one I took of the Milk Way from the northern hemisphere last week. I never see what you see!
I hope you don't mind, but I took the liberty of combining your picture with one I took of the Milk Way from the northern hemisphere last week. I never see what you see!
September 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
That's an awesome picture!
I hope you don't mind, but I took the liberty of combining your picture with one I took of the Milk Way from the northern hemisphere last week. I never see what you see!
I hope you don't mind, but I took the liberty of combining your picture with one I took of the Milk Way from the northern hemisphere last week. I never see what you see!
Another exceptionally clear night tonight. Here's a picture of the Milky Way in the constellation Cygnus, and with the constellations annotated.
20mm f/3.5 lens on an APS-C DSLR camera. 30 exposures of 20 seconds each (so 10 minutes in total). ISO 1600.
20mm f/3.5 lens on an APS-C DSLR camera. 30 exposures of 20 seconds each (so 10 minutes in total). ISO 1600.
September 22, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Another exceptionally clear night tonight. Here's a picture of the Milky Way in the constellation Cygnus, and with the constellations annotated.
20mm f/3.5 lens on an APS-C DSLR camera. 30 exposures of 20 seconds each (so 10 minutes in total). ISO 1600.
20mm f/3.5 lens on an APS-C DSLR camera. 30 exposures of 20 seconds each (so 10 minutes in total). ISO 1600.
Are you sure you're not at a Quake convention? 🤔
September 22, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Are you sure you're not at a Quake convention? 🤔
It was really clear tonight, so I snapped a quick picture of the Milky Way as it runs through the constellation Cygnus.
September 22, 2025 at 12:04 AM
It was really clear tonight, so I snapped a quick picture of the Milky Way as it runs through the constellation Cygnus.
Testing out the animation controls in my Object Description Language and toy ray tracing renderer.
September 18, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Testing out the animation controls in my Object Description Language and toy ray tracing renderer.
Still a little buggy, but *much* better now.
Just needed to update the materials ID list buffer 🙄
Just needed to update the materials ID list buffer 🙄
September 17, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Still a little buggy, but *much* better now.
Just needed to update the materials ID list buffer 🙄
Just needed to update the materials ID list buffer 🙄
I've seen some strange bugs in my time .. but this one in my own hobby renderer has me scratching my head in disbelief.
The materials associated with the objects (the three little balls) change with position. There must be some pointer corruption going on .. but it's otherwise so stable! No crashes!
The materials associated with the objects (the three little balls) change with position. There must be some pointer corruption going on .. but it's otherwise so stable! No crashes!
September 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I've seen some strange bugs in my time .. but this one in my own hobby renderer has me scratching my head in disbelief.
The materials associated with the objects (the three little balls) change with position. There must be some pointer corruption going on .. but it's otherwise so stable! No crashes!
The materials associated with the objects (the three little balls) change with position. There must be some pointer corruption going on .. but it's otherwise so stable! No crashes!
I've just done a couple of quick renders of this *GORGEOUS* model of the Apollo 11 Command Module from the #Smithsonian museum using my own ray-tracing renderer.
September 14, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I've just done a couple of quick renders of this *GORGEOUS* model of the Apollo 11 Command Module from the #Smithsonian museum using my own ray-tracing renderer.
I made a silly little animation with my ray tracer 😊
September 6, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I made a silly little animation with my ray tracer 😊
Today's #watercolour art. Jokulsarlon lagoon, Iceland.
September 4, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Today's #watercolour art. Jokulsarlon lagoon, Iceland.
I just used Cursor to generate the Object Description Language file that describes this scene to my hobby renderer.
It's simple at the moment, but I have plans ... 😉
It's simple at the moment, but I have plans ... 😉
September 4, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I just used Cursor to generate the Object Description Language file that describes this scene to my hobby renderer.
It's simple at the moment, but I have plans ... 😉
It's simple at the moment, but I have plans ... 😉
@leerob.com I just taught Cursor the syntax of my proprietary Object Description Language for my ray tracing renderer, and with a bit of back-and-forth, it generated the ODL file that describes this rendered scene.
It's very simple, but I have plans ..... 😉
It's very simple, but I have plans ..... 😉
September 4, 2025 at 12:34 AM
@leerob.com I just taught Cursor the syntax of my proprietary Object Description Language for my ray tracing renderer, and with a bit of back-and-forth, it generated the ODL file that describes this rendered scene.
It's very simple, but I have plans ..... 😉
It's very simple, but I have plans ..... 😉
Went to mow the lawn and a plastic part on the mower had broken so had to make a new one. Why is nothing ever simple...
June 29, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Went to mow the lawn and a plastic part on the mower had broken so had to make a new one. Why is nothing ever simple...
Mrs. H. S. Ball's Original Recipe Chutney. Available from all good food shops.
June 25, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Mrs. H. S. Ball's Original Recipe Chutney. Available from all good food shops.
First chillies of the season 🌶️😋
June 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
First chillies of the season 🌶️😋
Google Earth confirms JFK:
June 19, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Google Earth confirms JFK:
Added a new feature to my old computer tape reader:
Reconstructing the original audio without noise or distortion.
Reconstructing the original audio without noise or distortion.
June 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Added a new feature to my old computer tape reader:
Reconstructing the original audio without noise or distortion.
Reconstructing the original audio without noise or distortion.
First tick of the season (I usually get two or three). Thankfully in a really easy to get to location on my wrist. Will now be on bullseye watch for the next week or so ...🤞
June 10, 2025 at 10:09 AM
First tick of the season (I usually get two or three). Thankfully in a really easy to get to location on my wrist. Will now be on bullseye watch for the next week or so ...🤞
Keep those windows rolled up!!
June 7, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Keep those windows rolled up!!
I'm pretty sure we've had this conversation when we were over on that other social media place. 😊
I worked with Barry for 5 years at Miles Consultants, which was just behind the houses on the canal in the centre of Newbury shown in the video.
I worked with Barry for 5 years at Miles Consultants, which was just behind the houses on the canal in the centre of Newbury shown in the video.
June 7, 2025 at 8:57 AM
I'm pretty sure we've had this conversation when we were over on that other social media place. 😊
I worked with Barry for 5 years at Miles Consultants, which was just behind the houses on the canal in the centre of Newbury shown in the video.
I worked with Barry for 5 years at Miles Consultants, which was just behind the houses on the canal in the centre of Newbury shown in the video.