http://danielturing.com/blog May contain trace amounts of nerd. Do not consume. Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:29:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here's one for Google: If you suffer from the widespread "missing text"/"missing font" problem with Flash Player 9 (or earlier i guess) on Linux, one possible cause might be Flash Player's simplistic way to choose it's default fonts. The trick is to add replacement mappings for "Times" and "Courier" to ... http://danielturing.com/blog/missing-fonts-with-flash-player-9-on-linux/ You'll need flash to see this, sorry. var so = new SWFObject("/tools/svgviewer.swf", "sotester", "75", "55", "9", "#000000"); so.addVariable("src", "/misc/xinflogo.svg"); so.addVariable("backgroundColor", "0x000000");so.write("2008-03-06-xinflogo"); as a little Xinf demo project, and maybe useful for publishing open-standard vector graphics on the web, i'm releasing a little Xinf/Flash-based SVG viewer. It might prove useful while SVG is ... http://danielturing.com/blog/15/ Amazing, how fast the academic buerocracy can shoot: I'm going to be employed as "half" a research assistant at the VR Group of Uni-Weimar's Media Faculty by March 1, mere days after official application. I'm looking forward to following my research interests on touchability and working with a great team. It's ... http://danielturing.com/blog/employment/ You'll need flash to play video, sorry. var so = new SWFObject("/tools/videoplayer.swf", "sotester", "384", "298", "9", "#000000"); so.addVariable("title", "/video/2008-02-13-weimar.jpg"); so.addVariable("src", "/video/2008-02-13-weimar-high.flv"); so.write("2008-02-13-weimar"); Progress on the multitouch table: detection uses a much simpler and better algorithm, a few test applications including the multitouch "standard" photo app. Rendering improvements thanks to xinf 0.4. http://danielturing.com/blog/keyboard-springgraph-photoapp/ You'll need flash to play video, sorry. var so = new SWFObject("/tools/videoplayer.swf", "sotester", "384", "298", "9", "#000000"); so.addVariable("title", "/video/2007-10-05-kiberpipa.jpg"); so.addVariable("src", "/video/2007-10-05-kiberpipa-high.flv"); so.write("2007-10-05-kiberpipa"); My touchable table was presented in Kiberpipa, Ljubljana, from October 1st to 5th, 2007. Recognition is still lacking but there have been some improvements (and a new game). As always, ... http://danielturing.com/blog/table-in-ljubljana/ Daniel Turing conducts empiric research in post-intuitive interfaces and other novel techniques for human-computer interaction. He strongly believes that trying too hard to be easy is what got us into the desktop metaphor mess in the first place. This blog is to document my endeavours into HCI and related technologies. ... http://danielturing.com/blog/introduction/ You'll need flash to play video, sorry. var so = new SWFObject("/tools/videoplayer.swf", "sotester", "384", "298", "9", "#000000"); so.addVariable("title", "/video/2007-08-09-paf.jpg"); so.addVariable("src", "/video/2007-08-09-paf-high.flv"); so.write("2007-08-09-paf"); Documentation recording of a drag'n'drop test on my multitouch-sensitive table, at Performance Arts Forum Summer University in St. Erme, France. This video primarily shows where the touch detection is still ... http://danielturing.com/blog/dragndrop-testing/ You'll need flash to play video, sorry. var so = new SWFObject("/tools/videoplayer.swf", "sotester", "384", "298", "9", "#000000"); so.addVariable("title", "/video/2007-07-12-summary.jpg"); so.addVariable("src", "/video/2007-07-12-summary-high.flv"); so.write("2007-07-12-summary"); Second public presentation of my multi-touch-sensitive table during my (old) uni's annual presentation week ("Summary"). Some technical improvements to the older version, but still lacking on all ends. http://danielturing.com/blog/pong-at-uni-weimar/ You'll need flash to play video, sorry. var so = new SWFObject("/tools/videoplayer.swf", "sotester", "384", "298", "9", "#000000"); so.addVariable("title", "/video/2007-06-16-engerazhofen.jpg"); so.addVariable("src", "/video/2007-06-16-engerazhofen-high.flv"); so.write("2007-06-16-engerazhofen"); Short video documentation of my multi-touch-sensitive table project running a remake of the classic "Pong" game. Prototypical hard- and software with many errors/imprecisions. Presented at our village festivity in Engerazhofen, ... http://danielturing.com/blog/first-public-presentation-of-pong/ In our latest collaboration, BADco. and me strive to explore none less than the differences in human and computer perception. At least that is what I'm looking for in what the machine sees. One outcome of the project will be the whatever toolbox featuring various (technically relatively simple) analysis ... http://danielturing.com/blog/what-the-machine-sees-part-0/