Nick Fox-Gieg
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Nick Fox-Gieg
@n1ckfg.bsky.social
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Lightning Artist Toolkit Overview (2025)
Video documentation of my dissertation defense, 10 April 2025.
vimeo.com
Defended my PhD this April, and now the dissertation's published--a pipeline for integrating volumetric video and hand-drawn 3D animation, PyTorch and ONNX ML tools for Blender and Unity. Video highlights and link to PDF:
vimeo.com/1083818611
vimeo.com/1083818611
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The artist formerly known as Prince was a beta tester for the first Oregon Trail (he was in third grade at the school near the developers)
July 13, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The artist formerly known as Prince was a beta tester for the first Oregon Trail (he was in third grade at the school near the developers)
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Version 0.1.7 of p5.plotSvg, a p5.js library for plotter-oriented SVG export, has been released: github.com/golanlevin/p... #p5js #plotterArt
GitHub - golanlevin/p5.plotSvg: A p5.js library for exporting SVG files tailored for pen plotting.
A p5.js library for exporting SVG files tailored for pen plotting. - GitHub - golanlevin/p5.plotSvg: A p5.js library for exporting SVG files tailored for pen plotting.
github.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Version 0.1.7 of p5.plotSvg, a p5.js library for plotter-oriented SVG export, has been released: github.com/golanlevin/p... #p5js #plotterArt
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The stretchable, procedural single-stroke monospace font created by Kiel Mutschelknaus for his "Space Type Generator" has been added to my archive of p5.js single-line type resources: github.com/golanlevin/p...
November 23, 2025 at 11:45 AM
The stretchable, procedural single-stroke monospace font created by Kiel Mutschelknaus for his "Space Type Generator" has been added to my archive of p5.js single-line type resources: github.com/golanlevin/p...
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this weekend I embark upon a journey to make p5.strands work in WebGPU. lets see if our backend-agnostic architecture holds up like it was designed to 🤞
November 22, 2025 at 6:19 PM
this weekend I embark upon a journey to make p5.strands work in WebGPU. lets see if our backend-agnostic architecture holds up like it was designed to 🤞
Perfect example of why you shouldn't trust raw generative LLM output (vs. analytical output with links to sources)...a single unfortunate--yet statistically likely--word choice here turns Jolene into a melting eldritch horror
November 21, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Perfect example of why you shouldn't trust raw generative LLM output (vs. analytical output with links to sources)...a single unfortunate--yet statistically likely--word choice here turns Jolene into a melting eldritch horror
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PULLET TRAIN
A train crew found a loose chicken on an N train this morning—and couldn’t get it to leave.
Loose chicken fouls N train as subway stowaway slows morning commute
A loose chicken gave new meaning to “free range,” scoring a gratis subway ride to Coney Island on the N train Thursday morning after it was discovered fouling a subway car in storage.
www.nydailynews.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:32 AM
PULLET TRAIN
"...Fresh as harvest day!" Why is the ancient fishmonger-bot's spiel such a compelling earworm
tfw you're more than man, more than machine, and more than a fusion of the two but also you're the guy who works the freezer in food storage and your job sucks
November 20, 2025 at 7:02 PM
"...Fresh as harvest day!" Why is the ancient fishmonger-bot's spiel such a compelling earworm
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Audio (sound effects, music, and dialogue) has a weird relationship with temp assets, mostly because of issues revolving around human psychology.
Problem #1: How do you communicate that something you're hearing is temp?
Problem #1: How do you communicate that something you're hearing is temp?
The annoying thing about the "oh we left a placeholder" generative AI slop excuse is that that is EXACTLY NOT how you should be using placeholders. Anything "not obviously terrible with a panicked hurried half-awake glance" is getting shipped.
In gamedev, if you're using a placeholder asset, best practices involve marking it as placeholder so garishly and offensively clearly PLACEHOLDER that you can't possibly miss it. Also flagging that asset in the dev process so it can be identified quickly before the final build.
November 19, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Audio (sound effects, music, and dialogue) has a weird relationship with temp assets, mostly because of issues revolving around human psychology.
Problem #1: How do you communicate that something you're hearing is temp?
Problem #1: How do you communicate that something you're hearing is temp?
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Do you know Ren'Py? Would you like to help out on @truthscrapper.bsky.social? We're looking for a Ren'Py programmer based in Ontario, CA (remote) we can periodically contract for hourly paid work to solve problems and program certain items! More details here:
forms.gle/1DMXtpFkY6Pr...
#gamedev
forms.gle/1DMXtpFkY6Pr...
#gamedev
November 18, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Do you know Ren'Py? Would you like to help out on @truthscrapper.bsky.social? We're looking for a Ren'Py programmer based in Ontario, CA (remote) we can periodically contract for hourly paid work to solve problems and program certain items! More details here:
forms.gle/1DMXtpFkY6Pr...
#gamedev
forms.gle/1DMXtpFkY6Pr...
#gamedev
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It's official! #PicoIDE, the open source IDE/ATAPI drive emulator I've been working on for the better part of this year, will be launching at Crowd Supply! Go there to sign up for updates and to be notified when the campaign is live: www.crowdsupply.com/polpotronics...
PicoIDE
An open source IDE/ATAPI drive emulator for vintage computers
www.crowdsupply.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:59 AM
It's official! #PicoIDE, the open source IDE/ATAPI drive emulator I've been working on for the better part of this year, will be launching at Crowd Supply! Go there to sign up for updates and to be notified when the campaign is live: www.crowdsupply.com/polpotronics...
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Cloudflare is down. I love that sometimes the Internet just stops working. Like a digital snow day.
November 18, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Cloudflare is down. I love that sometimes the Internet just stops working. Like a digital snow day.
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last night at a bar I learned that they improved pinball by making machines that are entirely computers and they’re much better than what we had before
November 16, 2025 at 6:43 PM
last night at a bar I learned that they improved pinball by making machines that are entirely computers and they’re much better than what we had before
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He's the sports jersey pope now. 1000 years from now historians will be going through the Vatican archives trying to figure out who the Charlotte Hornets were.
Spike Lee just blessed Pope Leo with a custom Knicks jersey during his visit to the Vatican, just one week after the Pope was gifted a custom Chicago Bulls one.
Spike Lee Blesses Pope Leo with Knicks Jersey
Spike Lee just blessed Pope Leo with a custom Knicks jersey during his visit to the Vatican, just one week after the Pope was gifted a custom Chicago Bulls one.
www.vulture.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:42 AM
He's the sports jersey pope now. 1000 years from now historians will be going through the Vatican archives trying to figure out who the Charlotte Hornets were.
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They should do a YouTube where every piece of content is carefully considered for publication and produced by a team of skilled professionals represented by labor unions, and the titles & thumbnails are designed & marketed in a variety of styles, depending on genre & target audience.
November 16, 2025 at 3:13 AM
They should do a YouTube where every piece of content is carefully considered for publication and produced by a team of skilled professionals represented by labor unions, and the titles & thumbnails are designed & marketed in a variety of styles, depending on genre & target audience.
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Here is an alpha release of Fabric, my open source node based creative coding & prototyping env.
github.com/Fabric-Proje...
Enjoyed Quartz Composer, or want a more intuitive node based tool? Check it out, & help build w me!
#swift, #swiftui #metal, #realtime, #gpu #graphics
github.com/Fabric-Proje...
Enjoyed Quartz Composer, or want a more intuitive node based tool? Check it out, & help build w me!
#swift, #swiftui #metal, #realtime, #gpu #graphics
Releases · Fabric-Project/Fabric
Node Creative Coding / 3D / Image Processing tool inspired by Quartz Composer - Fabric-Project/Fabric
github.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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#JobAlert! The Eyebeam center for arts & technology seeks a new Executive Director: eyebeam.org/executive-di...
Eyebeam launches the search for the next Executive Director | Eyebeam
Eyebeam invests in artists who create with technology and explore how it influences the way we live.
eyebeam.org
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
#JobAlert! The Eyebeam center for arts & technology seeks a new Executive Director: eyebeam.org/executive-di...
My whole adult life I've occasion to use the wonderful line,
"You can't dynamite the bridge and expect a better bridge to be there when it falls" without being sure where it was from. Eventually I figured out it wasn't "a quote", Steve Kurtz said it in class around '97 or '98 and I never forgot it.
"You can't dynamite the bridge and expect a better bridge to be there when it falls" without being sure where it was from. Eventually I figured out it wasn't "a quote", Steve Kurtz said it in class around '97 or '98 and I never forgot it.
Sad #sciArt 🐡 news
Passages: Steve Kurtz, pioneering bio artist, 1958-2025
Kurtz, who was a co-founder of the Critical Art Ensemble and a former University at Buffalo art professor, died Wednesday. He might be best known for the case in which law enforcement suggested he was guilty of "bio terrorism" when he was…
Kurtz, who was a co-founder of the Critical Art Ensemble and a former University at Buffalo art professor, died Wednesday. He might be best known for the case in which law enforcement suggested he was guilty of "bio terrorism" when he was…
November 14, 2025 at 3:26 PM
My whole adult life I've occasion to use the wonderful line,
"You can't dynamite the bridge and expect a better bridge to be there when it falls" without being sure where it was from. Eventually I figured out it wasn't "a quote", Steve Kurtz said it in class around '97 or '98 and I never forgot it.
"You can't dynamite the bridge and expect a better bridge to be there when it falls" without being sure where it was from. Eventually I figured out it wasn't "a quote", Steve Kurtz said it in class around '97 or '98 and I never forgot it.
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im going on the mr strandbeast youtube show. we’re going to go tumble down a windswept beach in a mechanistic and ungainly yet poetically organic manner
November 14, 2025 at 5:03 AM
im going on the mr strandbeast youtube show. we’re going to go tumble down a windswept beach in a mechanistic and ungainly yet poetically organic manner
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I’m sorry I just found out that in 1379, as in, 650 years ago, a baby girl was born in Yorkshire and named Diot Coke
history is a fucking joke lmao
history is a fucking joke lmao
November 13, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I’m sorry I just found out that in 1379, as in, 650 years ago, a baby girl was born in Yorkshire and named Diot Coke
history is a fucking joke lmao
history is a fucking joke lmao
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telepathy in movies: the visions haunt your mind; is this memory or is it a message from an unknown force? Your senses no longer report faithfully to you. Are you going mad—or have you always been out of sync with reality?
telepathy in comic books: walkie talkie
telepathy in comic books: walkie talkie
November 12, 2025 at 5:41 PM
telepathy in movies: the visions haunt your mind; is this memory or is it a message from an unknown force? Your senses no longer report faithfully to you. Are you going mad—or have you always been out of sync with reality?
telepathy in comic books: walkie talkie
telepathy in comic books: walkie talkie
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Map showing the home addresses of Toronto's WWII casualties:
www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/v...
www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/v...
November 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Map showing the home addresses of Toronto's WWII casualties:
www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/v...
www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/v...
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Going to the thrift store is hunting and gathering. Shopping on eBay is farming.
November 11, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Going to the thrift store is hunting and gathering. Shopping on eBay is farming.
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p5.js version 2.1 has been released! github.com/processing/p...
Release v2.1.1 · processing/p5.js
Use this link to load the library: https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/p5@2.1.1/lib/p5.js
What's new in p5.js 2.1 🌱
...TypeScript integration
...p5.strands branching if/else and looping for
...Addon Even...
github.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
p5.js version 2.1 has been released! github.com/processing/p...
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Is there anyone reading this who either has experience with, or knows of someone who has experience with, writing your own renderer for godot? The project creation dialogue lets you choose between three renderers, implying I could create a fourth.
November 9, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Is there anyone reading this who either has experience with, or knows of someone who has experience with, writing your own renderer for godot? The project creation dialogue lets you choose between three renderers, implying I could create a fourth.