Author: Emily

For my final project I ended up improving my Morse code clock. Initially, I expected to created a sort of “sketch mirror” that reflects what the camera reads and produces a sort of light sketch. Unfortunately, my knowledge of Processing was not vast enough to create that in a couple of weeks. Instead , I decided to finalize my favorite project. For this final version of the Morse Clock, I used the feedback I received after critiques and gave it a more modern look. First and foremost, a Morse code key was added. Making the clock comprehensive for anyone and everyone. I also removed the minutes and seconds hands , in order to have the clock be completely in code. The ellipse I used from a classic clock example on the processing open forum.
As far as the concept for the clock, it is something that came to me out of the desire to code a clock in another language. Coincidentally enough in my French class I was learning about numbers. Initially I was attempting to create a French clock, and felt unsatisfied with the concept. I was envisioning something more simplistic. Morse code was the first thing that came to mind.

Reference:
-Ar_topu10. “Analog Clock – Processing Forum.” RSS. Processing Forum, May 2016. Web. 13 Dec. 2016.

According the First Year Student Time Management Calculator, I have (- infinity) hours/week to do other activities .  Which is rather confusing. I personally think that the calculator is very flawed. What does “other activities” even mean? The calculator asks you to input the time you spend studying, eating, sleeping, relaxing, hanging out, commuting, and in class. That’s all I ever do. Of course I don’t have any time for “other activities” because I don’t have any “other activities” to do.

Zach Lieberman is a New York born artist, programmer, and teacher. He has a BA in Fine Arts from Hunter College and an MFA in Design & Technology from Parsons School of Design. A greater parts of his works are interactive installations, allowing his audience to be a part of his art. Lieberman , a big poetry fan, he is one of the founders of the school for poetic computation. An effort to teach the emphasis of code use for creative purposes. Lieberman’s own work evidently merges computation with creativity. As an artist, his goal is to always surprise you.

Ruby is a programming language created by Yukihiro Matsumoto. It is a blend of Perl, Lisp, Ada, Eiffel, and Smalltalk. It’s intentions? To be a crossover of a “balanced functional programming with imperative programming.” Ruby is often referred to as being “object oriented”.  The language focuses on what we are trying to control.  As opposed to focusing on the logic.
One of the biggest projects made with Ruby was Twitter. Yes, the Twitter we all know, love, and can’t stop using. The site was built with the 2005 version of the language ‘Ruby on Rails’. Unfortunately the $10 billion site swapped out Ruby. It now runs on a more efficiently scaled language called Scala.
Ruby being the innovative language it is has great strengths.  The language does not need as many lines of code as most. It is easier to read and has a supportive community of programmers.
Although, not every language will be perfect. Ruby has a tendency to be slow. And some defaults are not as comprehensible because  of its Japanese origin. Matsumoto himself admits the unavoidable faults with his language. He acknowledges that no language can ever be perfect. In an interview Yukihiro Matsumoto states “there are two ways to look at a language. One way is by looking at what can be done with that language. The other is by looking at how we feel using that language”

DREAMLINES: http://www.solaas.com.ar/dreamlines/p5/

Leonardo Solaas is a self taught Argentinian artist who works with an array of different digital platforms. His biggest interest lies in using algorithm to create paintings, drawings, video and sound. Solaas is rather successful in his craft, having had his work featured internationally in exhibits like Turbulence.org (United States),FILE 2008 (Brasil), Interface & Society (Norway), etc.