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CG Tardis

blue light specialSpeaking of Happiness Moments, I finished my POV-Ray Tardis project. More accurately, I finished the first phase. The beauty of something like this is being able to return to it later and add details or make improvements. Sometimes there’s a new trick to be added.

That happens on programming projects, too. Exposure to the Smalltalk and Lisp communities gave me a view of code as a living thing that evolves (sometimes daily) as all living things do.

I’ll write about that sometime, but today I just want to show off my Tardis!

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Sideband #44: CG Theatre

Sideband ElectrodeBack on my first Sideband post, I wrote that, “Sideband posts are miscellaneous thoughts that accompany the main thread of posts. Think of them as small paths that meander off the main road. Some branch off, go a short ways and die after a short while. Others are scenic trails that follow along the main road.”

They never quite achieved that vision, so this year one goal is getting Sidebands back on track with that original “mission statement.”

And I’m going to start with fun topic: computer-generated 3D images!

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