Tony Takitani’s real name was, really Tony Takitani.
Has one of the most beautiful soundtracks ever. And the ability to haunt the crap out of you, without being scary in the traditional sense.
Read MoreI’ll admit it. I struggle with immersion. I go through droughts that can last a couple of weeks, where I find nothing new that interests me, and nothing I already know appeals to me. It’s easy to slip into a Brian Cox marathon, and be warm and comfy in the wonderful way he uses English to describe how amazing the Universe is. He’s so lovely like that.
And then BAM. Out of nowhere (well, youtube’s suggested videos algorithms) I’m hit with something that makes me wonder why I wander off.
Cue freaky video:
If puppets don’t freak you out you’re not human.
Cue video that makes me fall in love with written Japanese all over again:
IT’S SO PRETTY.
Finally some nice light. Or rather some nice light when I can be arsed to go out into the cold and take some decent photos. Brrr.
Here are some nice clear images of my little diversion into e-embroidery. There’s two layers of fabric, the top one being the embroidery pattern, the bottom layer holding the circuit made of conductive thread. I punched the LEDs through from the top layer through to the bottom one. The circuit is made so I can hook it up to my Arduino Duemilanove and experiment with different effects with lighting the LEDs. I was originally just going to hook it up to a battery pack but I decided that leaving it open to be easily programmed would be more interesting.
I hate sewing with these normal LEDs, it’s so much easier to sew with wearable ones (obviously), I’m using some in a different project at the moment. You just can’t get as many different lighting effects with them.
I have discovered the joy that is Manga. I’ve started reading the Death Note (デスノート) series, and since they have furigana (kana pronunciation of the kanji), even if I’m not sure what they’re are saying, I can sound it out. Because of this I have read two and a half of them. I have read two and a half Japanese books front to back. Yay me.
Thanks to the context from the pictures, and my understanding of the kanji I can figure out what’s being said in most cases. And even if I can’t look at L’s cute little faaaaace!
And Raito is so evil his angry face is epic.
Hopefully by the end of them I’ll be able to talk like a psychopathic genius mass murderer. Cos that’s cool.
Read MoreI really shouldn’t leave this kind of thing till when it’s getting dark. But look, glowy!
Underneath there is a mess of jumper wires. I’ve decided to make it so I can plug my Duemilanove into it, and have some fun programming LEDs.
I’ll take some better photos in bright light, you know, when there is some.
Read MoreLacco Tower. They remind me of Billy Talent, who I never listened to that much, but there’s always a time and place for sometimes shouty, loud, guitar based music.
Read MoreFound this archive on Flickr of vintage embroidery patterns. I then started seeing pretty colours in my head.
This is going to be a little diversion into some e-textile embroidery. Right now I’m focusing on the non-electronic part, I’ll worry about the circuit later!
I’m thinking blue LEDs. I want this to be super colourful.
I’ve forgotten how hardcore embroidery is. My arms were all like “OW” after I finished that flower.
Read MoreNoodles > Beyoncé.
Read MoreFor my scarf.
I’m making this first prototype out of fleece, the thought of knitting a prototype that might not even work was putting me off the project! It’ll be great to make one in the future out of wool, but I’m making this one easier for me for the sake of my sanity.
Ok, so I’ve decided fleece is the way forward, but I still want this to look good. I was thinking of several different ways of decorating it, and I’ve decided to go for some simple embroidery, with the LEDs scattered around. The main factors in this decision were cost and sanity.
Check mah supah awesome embroidery skills! It’s been a while, Since I’ve attempted anything other than QR codes.
A snowflake themed scarf? How novel.
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