James Brown
@ancient.bsky.social
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@ancient.bsky.social Thanks for the diversion ✏️👾
February 7, 2026 at 11:57 PM
@ancient.bsky.social Thanks for the diversion ✏️👾
"Animated Bokeh" has been on my whiteboard for a long time, and this is the result.
I thought it would just be for cheesy novelty effects, but it also does lightfield manipulation that was cooler than I expected.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg_2...
I thought it would just be for cheesy novelty effects, but it also does lightfield manipulation that was cooler than I expected.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg_2...
Digital Iris
YouTube video by Ancient
www.youtube.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:35 PM
"Animated Bokeh" has been on my whiteboard for a long time, and this is the result.
I thought it would just be for cheesy novelty effects, but it also does lightfield manipulation that was cooler than I expected.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg_2...
I thought it would just be for cheesy novelty effects, but it also does lightfield manipulation that was cooler than I expected.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg_2...
I now have a channel on MakerTube: makertube.net/c/ancient/vi...
I've uploaded the build videos from my youtube channel. I'm curious to see what sort of life there is there.
I've uploaded the build videos from my youtube channel. I'm curious to see what sort of life there is there.
February 4, 2026 at 2:09 AM
I now have a channel on MakerTube: makertube.net/c/ancient/vi...
I've uploaded the build videos from my youtube channel. I'm curious to see what sort of life there is there.
I've uploaded the build videos from my youtube channel. I'm curious to see what sort of life there is there.
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Should have put a screen in it too.
LEGO just announced the SMART Brick, which packs a computer, sensors, sound, and wireless charging into a 2×4 brick for interactive play.
The LEGO SMART Brick Is Here
LEGO just announced the SMART Brick, which packs a computer, sensors, sound, and wireless charging into a 2×4 brick for interactive play.
www.hackster.io
January 6, 2026 at 2:41 AM
Should have put a screen in it too.
Never stops being magic that you can just draw some lines and then something like this turns up.
December 31, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Never stops being magic that you can just draw some lines and then something like this turns up.
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Things kākā sound like:
“tape being torn off a box”
“a door opening for the first time in years”
“rapid, soft, fluid warbles”
“droplets falling into water, like a child blowing spit bubbles”
“a locomotive”
A richly rewarding parrot profile by @rebekahwhite.bsky.social
www.nzgeo.com/stories/fort...
“tape being torn off a box”
“a door opening for the first time in years”
“rapid, soft, fluid warbles”
“droplets falling into water, like a child blowing spit bubbles”
“a locomotive”
A richly rewarding parrot profile by @rebekahwhite.bsky.social
www.nzgeo.com/stories/fort...
Forty names for kākā
The bird with a big mouth. The bird who leads the flock. The bird who announces the day. The bird who sounds the alarm. The dark bird. The rare bird. The noble, silly, insomniac parrot we’re going to ...
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December 20, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Things kākā sound like:
“tape being torn off a box”
“a door opening for the first time in years”
“rapid, soft, fluid warbles”
“droplets falling into water, like a child blowing spit bubbles”
“a locomotive”
A richly rewarding parrot profile by @rebekahwhite.bsky.social
www.nzgeo.com/stories/fort...
“tape being torn off a box”
“a door opening for the first time in years”
“rapid, soft, fluid warbles”
“droplets falling into water, like a child blowing spit bubbles”
“a locomotive”
A richly rewarding parrot profile by @rebekahwhite.bsky.social
www.nzgeo.com/stories/fort...
Like an end of term report from a doggy daycare.
December 7, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Like an end of term report from a doggy daycare.
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James Brown is back with another three-dimensional volumetric display, only this time there are no terrifying rapidly-spinning LED arrays in sight thanks to a new and considerably quieter solid-state approach.
James Brown's Latest 3D Displays Are Entirely Solid-State — And Yes, They Play Doom
No more spinning LED matrices of death, these displays are inert glass blocks etched with internal point-clouds for external illumination.
www.hackster.io
December 2, 2025 at 3:39 PM
James Brown is back with another three-dimensional volumetric display, only this time there are no terrifying rapidly-spinning LED arrays in sight thanks to a new and considerably quieter solid-state approach.
The process of making them.
i was going through my X archives and found this by @superpodsaga.com, which I qrt'd at some point years ago
so, let me bring the question back: what is the most useless piece of video game knowledge you know?
so, let me bring the question back: what is the most useless piece of video game knowledge you know?
November 24, 2025 at 2:14 AM
The process of making them.
Youtube commenter claiming I'm an influence op created in Britain in the early 70s, and I mean, it's not *un* true.
November 20, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Youtube commenter claiming I'm an influence op created in Britain in the early 70s, and I mean, it's not *un* true.
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I dunno, it was pretty life-changingly magical for young me.
November 18, 2025 at 12:49 AM
I dunno, it was pretty life-changingly magical for young me.
There must be a better way for me to spend my time than building completely unfilmable display devices and then making a youtube video about them.
November 18, 2025 at 1:24 AM
There must be a better way for me to spend my time than building completely unfilmable display devices and then making a youtube video about them.
Latest voxels!
Flickery when filmed ✓
Distracting reflections ✓
You kind of have to be there ✓
Flickery when filmed ✓
Distracting reflections ✓
You kind of have to be there ✓
November 14, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Latest voxels!
Flickery when filmed ✓
Distracting reflections ✓
You kind of have to be there ✓
Flickery when filmed ✓
Distracting reflections ✓
You kind of have to be there ✓
If you print a label to show which way you need to rotate a dial to move something up or down, and it says “up<- ->dn” then it doesn’t matter which way up you stick it. That is all.
November 12, 2025 at 9:37 PM
If you print a label to show which way you need to rotate a dial to move something up or down, and it says “up<- ->dn” then it doesn’t matter which way up you stick it. That is all.
Having fun with lasers and I think I've invented Tron?
November 4, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Having fun with lasers and I think I've invented Tron?
Spooky projection mapping
October 25, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Spooky projection mapping
If you're in Melbourne, you can currently see Doom-on-a-Lego-brick up close at ACMI.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o76U...
www.acmi.net.au/whats-on/gam...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o76U...
www.acmi.net.au/whats-on/gam...
Tilt Doom
YouTube video by Ancient
www.youtube.com
October 5, 2025 at 11:41 PM
If you're in Melbourne, you can currently see Doom-on-a-Lego-brick up close at ACMI.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o76U...
www.acmi.net.au/whats-on/gam...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o76U...
www.acmi.net.au/whats-on/gam...
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Watching Suspiria on the BFI Player it asks, "Are you over 18?" No, I'm a ten-year-old with a subscription to the BFI Player.
September 30, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Watching Suspiria on the BFI Player it asks, "Are you over 18?" No, I'm a ten-year-old with a subscription to the BFI Player.
I was so invested in this video I wondered whether it was engagement farming.
Part way through he reattaches a potentiometer on the wrong side of the board, and you just have to watch helpless and crying like the square hole meme girl while he finishes up the work.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbbH...
Part way through he reattaches a potentiometer on the wrong side of the board, and you just have to watch helpless and crying like the square hole meme girl while he finishes up the work.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbbH...
Are Expensive Breville Espresso Machines Repairable?
YouTube video by TronicsFix
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September 27, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I was so invested in this video I wondered whether it was engagement farming.
Part way through he reattaches a potentiometer on the wrong side of the board, and you just have to watch helpless and crying like the square hole meme girl while he finishes up the work.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbbH...
Part way through he reattaches a potentiometer on the wrong side of the board, and you just have to watch helpless and crying like the square hole meme girl while he finishes up the work.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbbH...
I lost all my pre-2013 photos in a hard drive failure some years ago (irreplaceable baby pics etc), and chalked it up as a lesson to always make backups. But it turns out the *actual* lesson is to always remember that you did make a backup you idiot, it's in the garage under a pile of crap.
September 17, 2025 at 6:29 AM
I lost all my pre-2013 photos in a hard drive failure some years ago (irreplaceable baby pics etc), and chalked it up as a lesson to always make backups. But it turns out the *actual* lesson is to always remember that you did make a backup you idiot, it's in the garage under a pile of crap.
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Just spent some time digging through old Maxar/DigitalGlobe blogs to find a reference image and found this incredible capture of Mt Fuji. Incredible.
The satellite was only three degrees above the horizon when it captured this image.
blog.maxar.com/earth-intell...
The satellite was only three degrees above the horizon when it captured this image.
blog.maxar.com/earth-intell...
September 15, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Just spent some time digging through old Maxar/DigitalGlobe blogs to find a reference image and found this incredible capture of Mt Fuji. Incredible.
The satellite was only three degrees above the horizon when it captured this image.
blog.maxar.com/earth-intell...
The satellite was only three degrees above the horizon when it captured this image.
blog.maxar.com/earth-intell...