Hahahha! I win...

... Welcome to failure number 2! I'm on a roll here, apparently whether I understand it or not--to some extent--electronics and myself do not get along. I can mostly get the computer to do what I want to do with much effort and heart ache but it is just not working with my own circuits. Everything worked when the resistors and the LED lights were stitched together, on all the fingers. However, I get the rest of it all put together and connected to the battery and.... nothing. *sighs*

 

Okay, actually I need to find a smaller needle and connect the battery better. I'm hoping that'll do it but it is actually making contact and I'm not getting anything so... ha. Anyway, I'm going to stop looking at this thing for a while and try and stare at flash for a bit and I need to put together some screen printing screens in illustrator. *disappears* 

Edit: I can't ever just stop working on something. It sort of works. I tightened up some of the connections. Not sure about the switch now or maybe I need to put something conductive over the whole back of the hand to get a better connection there when the beads touch... at least that would be easy to test.

Other Projects

Alright well I haven't just been doing nothing--and I haven't just been doing the failed project in the past few weeks. *chuckles* Granted I haven't been playing around with Flash as much as I should but whatever. Anyway so I spent a good portion of yesterday watching Flash tutorial's and having fun and getting frustrated trying to figure out how to do what I want to do. Anyway, successes and failures the current one is getting the whole image to scroll together. *laughs* I actually rather like the fact that it doesn't all move together it creates quiet a creepy effected.

Dream Egg 1, Flash Attempt 1, Dream Egg 2, Flash Attempt 2, Zombie Fun 1, Flash Attempt 3, Zombie Fun 2, Flash Attempt 4 (A work in progress)

But yeah, I've also been working on the webpage project which I put aside for a bit in the beginning. I don't seem to be able to develop web designs that I like any more. Mostly I think because I can not present them in a sophisticated manor as I wish graphically. Anyway, this is the current mock up. So far I'm still actually happy with it. Still need to get some of the content up but yeah. Alright other work that needs to be done. *disappears*

Rambly Thoughts

You know, I never really considered myself technologically stupid. Granted I don't really know how to take a computer apart and put it back together. However, I can switch out a power supply or a drive without too much trouble. I can usually figure out how a program works, it might take me a while to figure out some of the neater tricks but I can get to a point where I can get it to do what I want--usually.

I've always wanted to learn to do things a little more efficiently, to gain a greater understanding and skill base when it comes to technology/programs. *chuckles* Other things keep coming in the way, everyone probably has some idea of how that goes. I think in part I let it happen because I'm worried I won't be able to figure it out--silly, I know.

So, the Ardoino work shop last week, was insightful and yet rather daunting as well. Especially going from there, things just get more and more complicated. It's like learning a whole new language or perhaps a different way of thinking and looking at things. I'm not sure what exactly to do with it yet but I feel like it's good to know. I'm trying to do a project with LED lights for my BFA program right now, mostly to prove to myself that I can do it. We'll see.

I've been playing around with felting wool through fabric and the resulting gathering that you get. Anyway, I'm trying to create a layering of fabrics/wool and then working LED lights into the back layer to a series of switches that people can connect in different places to create different light effects. I was kind of thinking about how we wish on stars and something like that. Honestly though, I mostly want to do it to prove to myself that I can. Baby steps, I suppose. *disappears*