Archive for June, 2005

June 3rd, 2005

QuartzComposer

Posted in Mac OS X, The Web by Diggory

Quartz Composer is a very interesting bit of Tiger - it seems to be an API for doing Motion-style effects.

Here are some really nice examples. Or for my Hello World example see the movie below:

This QuickTime movie is actually a live QuartzComposer patch. Viewing it requires Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger).

The particle generator should vary the velocity of the particles depending on the level of the sound input. Try talking, or whistling while it runs.

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You can also run them as screensavers.

(download the composition)

June 3rd, 2005

Upgrades

Posted in General, Networking, Software by Diggory

Woo - Bulldog are upgrading all their 4Megabit DSL accounts to 8Mbit. Here’s a bit of the email:

“Why 8 meg? With 8 meg, downloading DVDs or music, or just browsing is so much better, and even huge files can be downloaded in a flash. It really will help you experience the internet the way it’s meant to be.”

Sooo - they want me to torrent DVDs.

Growl has been updated to 0.7 - lots of new goodness - including the ability to create your own styled displays using CSS and HTML. Here’s a (rather basic) example that I made for my mail notifications:

calm CSS Growl display

if you make one - don’t forget to upload it to ResExcellence.

FyKnight has made massive strides with iTele and the MMInput Drivers - He’s even implemented AppleScript support and a new and groovy event timeline for iTele

event timeline

Also there’s an amazing new system for the drivers he’s developed which allows the hardware to be shared over the network and advertised via Rendez…. Bonjour.