Pinhole Camera
Pinhole photography is magic. It can also be extremely frustrating. Getting everything right is hard and luck is not always on your side. Below is my approach which yields some good results. Calculating a proper exposure depends on knowing the…
Cyanotype Camera Mk II
The first iteration of the camera worked well for the first few plates, but it turned out to be too flimsy to stay in focus. I redesigned it to be more rigid by using bolts to attach the plate carrier…
Cyanotype Camera
Someone down the street threw out an old rear-projection television, so I tore the lenses out of it and made a camera out of one of them. It can capture images on cyanotype paper and cyanotype gelatine on glass. Rear-projection…
The Assassination of Kurahara
One of my favourite movie scenes is the assassination of Kurahara in Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985) I think it’s one of most arresting scenes ever filmed. Yukio Mashima was one of the most important authors in post-war…
VIC-20 Tetris
Wrote Tetris in 6502 assembly for the Commodore VIC-20. You can find it here. Collision detection is a mess, and the sound effects are primitive. Flicker is also a problem. The pros are able to synchronize rendering with the scan…
Scenes From the Cold War in Canada
Flight of Avro CF-100s from 414 squadron, June 1969. Canadair CT-114 trainers, late 1960s. 26118 was lost in a fatal accident in 1978 while being operated as Snowbird 8.
PowerShell ANSI Art
Recent versions of the Windows console support RGB ANSI colors. Here’s a script that outputs an image to the console, useful for when you feel the need to beautify the user experience of some backup script. It repeatedly samples parts…
More Books
I have been experimenting with paper marbling and have managed to get some results good enough to cover some small notebooks. The paper is treated with a saturated solution of alum and left to dry overnight. The size is 4tbsp…
VE Day in Montréal
In 1945, my grandmother worked in the Sun Life building in downtown Montréal. A gentleman in her office took pictures of the VE Day celebration from the 17th floor and on Ste-Catherine. He gave copies to my grandmother who passed…
Assessment of Technical Resolutions for 2014
It is with great pride I announce I have met a record 20% of my technical resolutions for 2014. In a feat of raw courage and perseverance I gave serious consideration to the other items well into the spring. I…