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    <title>New Metaphorical.net + Blog</title>
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    <link rel="service.edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.metaphorical.net/cgi-bin/mt/mt-atom.cgi/weblog/blog_id=2/entry_id=115" title="New Metaphorical.net + Blog" />
    <id>tag:www.metaphorical.net,2007:/weblog//2.115</id>
    
    <published>2007-08-30T20:46:37Z</published>
    <updated>2007-08-30T20:57:07Z</updated>
    
    <summary>This site had been quite stagnant for so long, while I sorted out a few things in life... Now I&apos;m happy to report that metaphorical.net just had a major renovation! It is now a WordPress blog, and new works are...</summary>
    <author>
        <name>William</name>
        
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        <![CDATA[<p>This site had been quite stagnant for so long, while I sorted out a few things in life...</p>

<p>Now I'm happy to report that metaphorical.net just had a major renovation! It is now a WordPress blog, and new works are coming along.</p>

<p>Please update the url of our RSS feed to: <a href="http://blog.metaphorical.net/feed/">http://blog.metaphorical.net/feed/</a>.  </p>

<p>Check out the new <a href="http://metaphorical.net">metaphorical.net</a></p>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>Blossfeldt Fractals</title>
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    <link rel="service.edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.metaphorical.net/cgi-bin/mt/mt-atom.cgi/weblog/blog_id=2/entry_id=109" title="Blossfeldt Fractals" />
    <id>tag:www.metaphorical.net,2006:/weblog//2.109</id>
    
    <published>2006-10-25T10:04:40Z</published>
    <updated>2006-10-25T10:04:51Z</updated>
    
    <summary><![CDATA[My latest project is Blossfeldt Fractals. It&nbsp;is a&nbsp;generative composition of plant forms based on photographs by Karl Blossfeldt. The&nbsp;gorwing algorithms used is&nbsp;similar to L-System, but with additional image processing functions.&nbsp; Don't forget to&nbsp;check out the video which describes the process...]]></summary>
    <author>
        <name>William</name>
        
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        <![CDATA[<p>My latest project is <a href="http://www.metaphorical.net/nature/blossfeldt">Blossfeldt Fractals</a>. It&nbsp;is a&nbsp;generative composition of plant forms based on photographs by Karl Blossfeldt. The&nbsp;gorwing algorithms used is&nbsp;similar to L-System, but with additional image processing functions.</p><img src="http://www.metaphorical.net/nature/blossfeldt/blossfeldt5_small.jpg">&nbsp;<img src="http://www.metaphorical.net/nature/blossfeldt/blossfeldt3_small.jpg"> <br> <p>Don't forget to&nbsp;check out the video which describes the process of making Blossfeldt Fractals.</p>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>DataNature</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.metaphorical.net/weblog/2006/08/datanature.html" />
    <link rel="service.edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.metaphorical.net/cgi-bin/mt/mt-atom.cgi/weblog/blog_id=2/entry_id=100" title="DataNature" />
    <id>tag:www.metaphorical.net,2006:/weblog//2.100</id>
    
    <published>2006-08-18T10:38:08Z</published>
    <updated>2006-08-18T10:59:21Z</updated>
    
    <summary>Work with my friends Ben Hooker and Shona Kitchen on this interesting project for San Jose International Airport. The machine prints out a souvenir ticket, on which there is a photo of the &quot;passenger&quot;, photographs from remote webcams, and all...</summary>
    <author>
        <name>William</name>
        
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        <![CDATA[<p>Work with my friends <a href="http://www.dataclimates.com/" target="_blank">Ben Hooker</a> and <a href="http://www.krd-uk.com/krd.html" target="_blank">Shona Kitchen</a> on this interesting <a href="http://01sj.org/content/view/474/49/" target="_blank">project</a> for San Jose International Airport.</p>

<p>The machine prints out a souvenir ticket, on which there is a photo of the "passenger", photographs from remote webcams, and all kind of interesting&nbsp;information and trivia about the airport.  </p>

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<img alt="datanature_web2.jpg" src="http://www.metaphorical.net/weblog/images/datanature_web2.jpg" width="480" height="234" /></p>

<p><img alt="datanature_web1.jpg" src="http://www.metaphorical.net/weblog/images/datanature_web1.jpg" width="480" height="202" /></p>]]>
        <![CDATA[<p>The installation&nbsp;uses <a href="http://www.phidgets.com/">Phidget</a> for the simple eletronics, and <a href="http://www.processing.org/">Processing</a>&nbsp;for software. </p>

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<img alt="datanature_web3.jpg" src="http://www.metaphorical.net/weblog/images/datanature_web3.jpg" width="480" height="234" /></p>

<p><img alt="datanature_web4.jpg" src="http://www.metaphorical.net/weblog/images/datanature_web4.jpg" width="480" height="234" /></p>]]>
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<entry>
    <title>CNMA</title>
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    <link rel="service.edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.metaphorical.net/cgi-bin/mt/mt-atom.cgi/weblog/blog_id=2/entry_id=93" title="CNMA" />
    <id>tag:www.metaphorical.net,2006:/weblog//2.93</id>
    
    <published>2006-02-27T04:44:26Z</published>
    <updated>2006-02-27T04:48:09Z</updated>
    
    <summary>I&apos;ll be in the selection committee to judge this year&apos;s Canadian New Media Award nominations. O Canada!...</summary>
    <author>
        <name>William</name>
        
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        <category term="CatB:Happenings" />
    
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        <![CDATA[<p>I'll be in the selection committee to judge  this year's <a href="http://www.cnma.ca" target="_blank">Canadian New Media Award</a> nominations. O Canada!</p>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>Cellular Automata 1D</title>
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    <link rel="service.edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.metaphorical.net/cgi-bin/mt/mt-atom.cgi/weblog/blog_id=2/entry_id=66" title="Cellular Automata 1D" />
    <id>tag:www.metaphorical.net,2006:/weblog//2.66</id>
    
    <published>2006-01-24T10:29:27Z</published>
    <updated>2006-01-27T08:07:06Z</updated>
    
    <summary> Cellular Automata 1D - Stephen Wolfram&apos;s favourite topic....</summary>
    <author>
        <name>William</name>
        
    </author>
    
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        <category term="CatA:Works" />
    
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        <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.metaphorical.net/code/processing/index2.html?page=cellular_automata1"><img alt="code_automata1.gif" src="http://www.metaphorical.net/weblog/images/code_automata1.gif" width="480" height="200" /></a></p>

<p><a href="http://www.metaphorical.net/code/processing/index2.html?page=cellular_automata1">Cellular Automata 1D</a> - Stephen Wolfram's favourite topic.</p>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>Braitenberg&apos;s Vehicles</title>
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    <link rel="service.edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.metaphorical.net/cgi-bin/mt/mt-atom.cgi/weblog/blog_id=2/entry_id=65" title="Braitenberg's Vehicles" />
    <id>tag:www.metaphorical.net,2006:/weblog//2.65</id>
    
    <published>2006-01-24T10:25:39Z</published>
    <updated>2006-01-27T08:07:29Z</updated>
    
    <summary> Vehicles - Valentino Braitenberg&apos;s experiment of synthetic psychology....</summary>
    <author>
        <name>William</name>
        
    </author>
    
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        <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.metaphorical.net/code/processing/index2.html?page=vehicle"><img alt="code_vehicles.jpg" src="http://www.metaphorical.net/weblog/images/code_vehicles.jpg" width="480" height="200" /></a></p>

<p><a href="http://www.metaphorical.net/code/processing/index2.html?page=vehicle">Vehicles</a> - Valentino Braitenberg's experiment of synthetic psychology.</p>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>The Game of Life</title>
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    <link rel="service.edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.metaphorical.net/cgi-bin/mt/mt-atom.cgi/weblog/blog_id=2/entry_id=64" title="The Game of Life" />
    <id>tag:www.metaphorical.net,2006:/weblog//2.64</id>
    
    <published>2006-01-24T10:22:59Z</published>
    <updated>2006-01-27T08:07:55Z</updated>
    
    <summary> The Game of Life - John Conway&apos;s Game of Life...</summary>
    <author>
        <name>William</name>
        
    </author>
    
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        <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.metaphorical.net/code/processing/index2.html?page=life"><img alt="code_life.gif" src="http://www.metaphorical.net/weblog/images/code_life.gif" width="480" height="200" /></a></p>

<p><a href="http://www.metaphorical.net/code/processing/index2.html?page=life">The Game of Life</a> - John Conway's Game of Life</p>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>Mandelbrot Set</title>
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    <link rel="service.edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.metaphorical.net/cgi-bin/mt/mt-atom.cgi/weblog/blog_id=2/entry_id=63" title="Mandelbrot Set" />
    <id>tag:www.metaphorical.net,2006:/weblog//2.63</id>
    
    <published>2006-01-24T10:19:58Z</published>
    <updated>2006-01-27T08:08:20Z</updated>
    
    <summary> Mandelbrot Set - Benoit Mandelbrot&apos;s fractal geometry....</summary>
    <author>
        <name>William</name>
        
    </author>
    
        <category term="Cat5:Code" />
    
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        <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.metaphorical.net/code/processing/index2.html?page=mandelbrot"><img alt="code_mandelbrotset.jpg" src="http://www.metaphorical.net/weblog/images/code_mandelbrotset.jpg" width="480" height="200" /></a></p>

<p><a href="http://www.metaphorical.net/code/processing/index2.html?page=mandelbrot">Mandelbrot Set</a> - Benoit Mandelbrot's fractal geometry. </p>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>Vector Field</title>
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    <link rel="service.edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.metaphorical.net/cgi-bin/mt/mt-atom.cgi/weblog/blog_id=2/entry_id=62" title="Vector Field" />
    <id>tag:www.metaphorical.net,2006:/weblog//2.62</id>
    
    <published>2006-01-24T10:14:35Z</published>
    <updated>2006-01-27T08:08:47Z</updated>
    
    <summary> Vector Field - Moving particles on a vector field....</summary>
    <author>
        <name>William</name>
        
    </author>
    
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<p><a href="http://www.metaphorical.net/code/processing/index2.html?page=vector_field">Vector Field</a> - Moving particles on a vector field.</p>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>Differential Steering</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.metaphorical.net/weblog/2006/01/differential_steering.html" />
    <link rel="service.edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.metaphorical.net/cgi-bin/mt/mt-atom.cgi/weblog/blog_id=2/entry_id=61" title="Differential Steering" />
    <id>tag:www.metaphorical.net,2006:/weblog//2.61</id>
    
    <published>2006-01-24T10:10:16Z</published>
    <updated>2006-01-27T08:09:10Z</updated>
    
    <summary> Differential Steering - An algorithm of differential steering. The car will either spin, curve, or forward depending on its wheels&apos; speed....</summary>
    <author>
        <name>William</name>
        
    </author>
    
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        <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.metaphorical.net/code/processing/index2.html?page=wheels"><img alt="code_differentialsteering.gif" src="http://www.metaphorical.net/weblog/images/code_differentialsteering.gif" width="480" height="200" /></a></p>

<p><a href="http://www.metaphorical.net/code/processing/index2.html?page=wheels">Differential Steering</a> - An algorithm of differential steering. The car will either spin, curve, or forward depending on its wheels' speed.</p>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>Collinearity</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.metaphorical.net/weblog/2006/01/collinearity.html" />
    <link rel="service.edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.metaphorical.net/cgi-bin/mt/mt-atom.cgi/weblog/blog_id=2/entry_id=60" title="Collinearity" />
    <id>tag:www.metaphorical.net,2006:/weblog//2.60</id>
    
    <published>2006-01-24T10:06:40Z</published>
    <updated>2006-01-27T08:09:30Z</updated>
    
    <summary> Collinearity - Calculate whether a number of points are on a straight line....</summary>
    <author>
        <name>William</name>
        
    </author>
    
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        <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.metaphorical.net/code/processing/index2.html?page=collinear"><img alt="code_collinear.gif" src="http://www.metaphorical.net/weblog/images/code_collinear.gif" width="480" height="200" /></a></p>

<p><a href="http://www.metaphorical.net/code/processing/index2.html?page=collinear">Collinearity</a> - Calculate whether a number of points are on a straight line.</p>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>Golden Ratio</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.metaphorical.net/weblog/2006/01/golden_ratio.html" />
    <link rel="service.edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.metaphorical.net/cgi-bin/mt/mt-atom.cgi/weblog/blog_id=2/entry_id=59" title="Golden Ratio" />
    <id>tag:www.metaphorical.net,2006:/weblog//2.59</id>
    
    <published>2006-01-24T10:02:14Z</published>
    <updated>2006-01-27T08:09:49Z</updated>
    
    <summary> Golden Ratio - Fractal-like division of space using the golden ratio....</summary>
    <author>
        <name>William</name>
        
    </author>
    
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    <content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.metaphorical.net/weblog/">
        <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.metaphorical.net/code/processing/index2.html?page=golden_ratio"><img alt="code_goldenratio.gif" src="http://www.metaphorical.net/weblog/images/code_goldenratio.gif" width="480" height="200" /></a></p>

<p><a href="http://www.metaphorical.net/code/processing/index2.html?page=golden_ratio">Golden Ratio</a> - Fractal-like division of space using the golden ratio. </p>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>Image Blur</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.metaphorical.net/weblog/2006/01/image_blur.html" />
    <link rel="service.edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.metaphorical.net/cgi-bin/mt/mt-atom.cgi/weblog/blog_id=2/entry_id=58" title="Image Blur" />
    <id>tag:www.metaphorical.net,2006:/weblog//2.58</id>
    
    <published>2006-01-24T09:57:02Z</published>
    <updated>2006-01-27T08:10:07Z</updated>
    
    <summary> Image Blur - Image blurring using convolution technique....</summary>
    <author>
        <name>William</name>
        
    </author>
    
        <category term="Cat5:Code" />
    
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    <content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.metaphorical.net/weblog/">
        <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.metaphorical.net/code/processing/index2.html?page=image_blur"><img src="http://www.metaphorical.net/weblog/images/code_imageblur.jpg" width="480" height="200" /></a></p>

<p><a href="http://www.metaphorical.net/code/processing/index2.html?page=image_blur">Image Blur</a> - Image blurring using convolution technique.</p>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>Bezier Curve</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.metaphorical.net/weblog/2006/01/bezier_curve.html" />
    <link rel="service.edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.metaphorical.net/cgi-bin/mt/mt-atom.cgi/weblog/blog_id=2/entry_id=57" title="Bezier Curve" />
    <id>tag:www.metaphorical.net,2006:/weblog//2.57</id>
    
    <published>2006-01-24T09:52:05Z</published>
    <updated>2006-01-27T08:10:28Z</updated>
    
    <summary> Bezier Curve - Find points and tangents on a bezier curve. Drag the white squares to move the curve....</summary>
    <author>
        <name>William</name>
        
    </author>
    
        <category term="Cat5:Code" />
    
        <category term="CatA:Works" />
    
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        <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.metaphorical.net/code/processing/index2.html?page=curve_follow"><img src="http://www.metaphorical.net/weblog/images/code_bezier.gif" width="480" height="200" /></a></p>

<p><a href="http://www.metaphorical.net/code/processing/index2.html?page=curve_follow">Bezier Curve</a> - Find points and tangents on a bezier curve. Drag the white squares to move the curve.</p>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>Circle Intersection</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.metaphorical.net/weblog/2006/01/circle_intersection.html" />
    <link rel="service.edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.metaphorical.net/cgi-bin/mt/mt-atom.cgi/weblog/blog_id=2/entry_id=55" title="Circle Intersection" />
    <id>tag:www.metaphorical.net,2006:/weblog//2.55</id>
    
    <published>2006-01-24T09:32:14Z</published>
    <updated>2006-01-27T08:10:44Z</updated>
    
    <summary> Circle Intersection - Calculate the intersection points of 2 circles....</summary>
    <author>
        <name>William</name>
        
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        <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.metaphorical.net/code/processing/index2.html?page=circle_intersect"><img alt="code_circleintersection.jpg" src="http://www.metaphorical.net/weblog/images/code_circleintersection.gif" width="480" height="200" /></a></p>

<p><a href="http://www.metaphorical.net/code/processing/index2.html?page=circle_intersect">Circle Intersection</a> - Calculate the intersection points of 2 circles.</p>]]>
        
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