flail |
This last Friday I had an opportunity to test my performance rig out on a crowd of unsuspecting folks in Oakland. I have to admit I was pretty nervous, and pretty much spent the whole week up to that...
Posted by andrew on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:31:00 PST |
new website |
www.pixlpa.com
Posted by andrew on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 11:10:00 PST |
The first time that I have ever been star-struck |
Let me begin by saying that I was a coffee-jerk in LA and SF for years, and I've served coffee to people like Anthony Hopkins, Kate Hudson, Bob Dylan (well, actually I worked for him, but that's anoth...
Posted by andrew on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 09:08:00 PST |
in stasis |
As an update to my previous post, I got an email back from Mark T. Marshall, the guy who wrote the AVR-HID code, and he said he's in the process of porting the project to use the ATTiny26 and that he'...
Posted by andrew on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 05:20:00 PST |
new toys, new obsessions |
My AVR Dragon showed up in the mail today, along with all the other junk I need to start making my microcontroller dreams come true. Time to start dreaming of psychedelic baby toys, absurd midi contr...
Posted by andrew on Sat, 02 Dec 2006 04:21:00 PST |
ready to leave the workbench |
I've finally got my performance rig into a useable, performable state. I'm determined not to re-tool it or start fixing things that aren't broken until I can have a few goes at playing out with it. ...
Posted by andrew on Sat, 02 Dec 2006 04:10:00 PST |
some thoughts |
I recently found out I'm going to be a father. This has led to any number of paradigm shifts in recent days, as I prepare myself for the vast experience of parenthood. I don't have any friends who a...
Posted by andrew on Wed, 08 Nov 2006 09:07:00 PST |
the power of an audience |
it's good to stand up in front of people and explain to them what you are about. It's terribly difficult, but I think it is way more rewarding than just mumbling in your studio. I recently gave anot...
Posted by andrew on Fri, 20 Oct 2006 01:48:00 PST |
the science of my brain |
So I'm 95% done with the crackpot circuit, and it may never work, but I am missing 4 47k resistors, so I may have to break down and go to stupid radioshack. I feel dumb for even trying to make the th...
Posted by andrew on Fri, 29 Sep 2006 10:44:00 PST |
electronics |
I came across this really intriguing sensor interface circuit the other day that uses a stereo audio input to track 8 sensor values. The whole thing is based on the idea that you've got 4 fixed-frequ...
Posted by andrew on Tue, 26 Sep 2006 04:52:00 PST |
