Another gravity picture. This one's red.

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A nearest neighbors and midpoints kind of video.

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nearest neighbors and midpoints from Matthew Conroy on Vimeo.

It's fun to see ones graphic work on glass.

These are the shot glasses for the fifth Not All Clowns Are Bozos show, May 16-19.

A new exquisite corpse. I did the fourth piece.

Another "gravity" image: particles begin in a circle and then move according to specified rules.

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I'm back on that pencil horse!

Unfinished self-portrait for my Aesthetics of Drawing class at Gage.

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Made some more of these "gravity" images.

There's a whole set of them here.

Another 2D continuous automata video.

Each pixel has a value between 0 and 1. At each iteration, each pixel's value is replaced by a value given by a function of the values of the 8 adjacent pixels, sorted so that the result is non-directional.

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continuous automata - conditional - G from Matthew Conroy on Vimeo.

I did the SIR Spring 200km brevet on March 9. On Facebook, someone asked me what I think about on a 9 hour ride, and I wrote the following (I thought I should post this here for safe keeping).

Some things I remember thinking: Wow, it's cold and foggy - the fog is fogging up my glasses - I better wipe off my glasses - The cold's okay - Can I make that light? - 15th Ave goes on forever - This is a nice descent - I can probably turn off my headlight now - I'm certainly not over-dressed - Where is that gravel section? - Oh, here it is - Look, a bald eagle - I already need to pee - Should I stop at this park? - Can I make it to Snohomish? - That rider nearly crashed into my front wheel - There is a nice descent coming up - I'd rather not ride on 180th, but it's short - This is not my usual route to Broadway - This is a really fast descent - This seems like a good group to ride with - But I have to use the restroom in Snohomish, so I'll probably not see them again on this ride - What to eat? - Am I drinking enough? - If I ride with my mouth open, how much water will I get from the fog? - The water fountain is shut off, where will I get more water? - Is that ice falling off that tree? - What is *that* pain? Oh good, standing up for a bit made it go away - That guy is riding faster than I want to ride - I should put on my sunglasses - A manned info control is cool - I remember some of this from September - Oh good, it looks like everyone is stopping at the obvious convenience store in Granite Falls - Payday bar - Oh good, a few riders caught up with me - Oh no, I keep dropping them on little climbs, I should take it easy - Oh, now they're really far back, I guess I'll just press on - Monroe is always a bit confusing - Hurray, now I know the rest of the route by heart and don't need to look at the cue sheet anymore - Drafting off this guy who's drafting those time trialists is really not the best idea - It's against the rules, in fact, but fun - I feel pretty good - Now, I don't feel so good - Well, I'll take a nice break in Carnation - Lots of folks at Sandy's Espresso - I like the lemon-infused water at Sandy's - I'm over 100 miles into the ride - I don't feel great - Issaquah-Fall City road has a nasty hill coming up, but I know it well - I think I feel a little better - Why do we have to descend into Issaquah this way? I like Black Nugget road better - What is that rattle? - Is this the info control? - Yes, it is - I should replace my cleats - Now I really feel like I'm almost home - I should stop and eat - I've been riding alone for a long time - Given how I feel, that's probably best - Newport way is a big hill, but it's very doable - Hey, look at all those people who just caught up with me - But they're not staying with me (?) - Just have to cross Mercer Island - Hey, it's that guy that dropped me before Carnation - He must not be feeling great - I should stop pedaling on all the downhills - Yup, that feels good - Idiots drive through the Arboretum - How far up this alley is the finish? Must be that pile of bikes

10 particles move linearly at constant, random speeds, bouncing off the frame edges. For each pixel, calculate the Lp distance from the pixel to each particle, where p varies smoothly and monotonically from 1 at the start of the video to 10 at the end. Order this set of distances: d0, d1, d2, ... . Calculate the differences d1-d0, d2-d1, etc. Color the pixel a gray which is an increasing function of the smallest difference.

Made with Processing (processing.org).

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distance function: Lp distance, variable p, minimal difference from ordered set of distances from Matthew Conroy on Vimeo.