I enjoy listening to music, programming, drawing, learning, and many other things. Mostly, I like to make stuff. Including lists of things I like.

Processing

“Processing is an open source programming language and environment for people who want to program images, animation, and interactions.”

Processing rocks. Period. I do a large portion of my programming in Processing because it is extremely fast to develop ideas with. Check out my Processing section to see more of what I’ve created!

Processing Projects

    Electronics

    I’ve been getting into electronics quite a bit over the past couple years. One of the first projects I completed was the christmas light show.

    After that, Dave Silverman and I put together a private electronic fireworks show for the fourth of july (2009) and it really was a huge success! It required creating a 24 channel relay-based firing board controlled by an arduino connected to the controller computer via USB.

      Building

      I’ve always been into building things… and I love collecting materials to make things with.
      LEGO, K’NEX, Wood, Plastics, Whatever!

      Reading

      Favorites

      • Pragmatic Thinking & Learning: Refactor Your Wetware
      • Principles of Digital Audio

      Good Technical Books

      • OpenGL Reference Manual
      • 3D Game Engine Design
      • Texturing & Modeling – A Procedural Approach
      • Game Programming Gems Series
      • PHP Cookbook
      • Perl Cookbook
      • Programming Interviews Exposed

      Some Great Blogs & Magazines

      Games

      A short list of some of my favorite games:

      • World of Warcraft
      • Diablo 2
      • Morrowind
      • Halo 1 and 2
      • Half-Life 1 and 2
      • The Incredible Machine Series
      • Crazy Machines 2
      • Myst Series
      • Syberia 1 & 2

      Music

      I’ve been getting into all different kinds of electronica and alt rock over the past few years. Here are some of my current favorites:

      • High Contrast
      • Pendulum
      • Logistics
      • Datarock (Aside from the amazing name, they get bonus style points for the red track suits!)
      • Royksopp
      • The Long Winters
      • Daft Punk
      • The Crystal Method
      • Citizen Cope