Matt T
@powersoffour.bsky.social
I'm an academic in Information Sciences, background in computational astrophysics. I tend to post about academic stuff, open source, politics, tabletop roleplaying games, MS-DOS and occasionally the 1975 Joe Don Baker movie "Mitchell."
Happy Stitch day! (6/26) I'm sorry I missed Reuben day yesterday, so I am including a picture of the li'l stinker here to make up for it.
June 26, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Happy Stitch day! (6/26) I'm sorry I missed Reuben day yesterday, so I am including a picture of the li'l stinker here to make up for it.
would be perfect if I could put Tomas Kalnoky in here, but the joke stands
June 25, 2025 at 9:38 PM
would be perfect if I could put Tomas Kalnoky in here, but the joke stands
This week I learned that ChooseCo is now using network graphs to illustrate the possible paths through CYOA books. I used to show viz of these in Data Storytelling, but now they're just on the darn back covers!
This is House of Danger.
This is House of Danger.
June 25, 2025 at 12:54 PM
This week I learned that ChooseCo is now using network graphs to illustrate the possible paths through CYOA books. I used to show viz of these in Data Storytelling, but now they're just on the darn back covers!
This is House of Danger.
This is House of Danger.
The animation is *tantalizingly* familiar, and you can see the captions at the bottom. Not sure I can quite nail down which simulation/viz it is, but I bet someone out there recognizes them off hand...
June 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The animation is *tantalizingly* familiar, and you can see the captions at the bottom. Not sure I can quite nail down which simulation/viz it is, but I bet someone out there recognizes them off hand...
Running another Purple Planet game in a week and I decided to hack up a little web app for the rune plates to draw the players in a bit more and make it more tactile. Still some bugs with catching mouse motion, but it's fun! LOVING the setting, @harley-stroh.bsky.social & @goodmangames.bsky.social !
June 7, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Running another Purple Planet game in a week and I decided to hack up a little web app for the rune plates to draw the players in a bit more and make it more tactile. Still some bugs with catching mouse motion, but it's fun! LOVING the setting, @harley-stroh.bsky.social & @goodmangames.bsky.social !
I've got this in reserve, here's hoping we need it soon
May 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I've got this in reserve, here's hoping we need it soon
Sort of on that topic, Google announced an AI video generation system. A student generated a video of himself, me, and a research scientist explaining a project.
I believe I'm supposed to be the one with an empty lanyard, constantly talking over the woman.
(Also: looks awfully green-screened.)
I believe I'm supposed to be the one with an empty lanyard, constantly talking over the woman.
(Also: looks awfully green-screened.)
May 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Sort of on that topic, Google announced an AI video generation system. A student generated a video of himself, me, and a research scientist explaining a project.
I believe I'm supposed to be the one with an empty lanyard, constantly talking over the woman.
(Also: looks awfully green-screened.)
I believe I'm supposed to be the one with an empty lanyard, constantly talking over the woman.
(Also: looks awfully green-screened.)
This is absolutely beautiful. What awesome work. And it really strikingly reminds me of a colormap I use a lot for work, "arbre": raw.githubusercontent.com/yt-project/c...
April 19, 2025 at 1:06 AM
This is absolutely beautiful. What awesome work. And it really strikingly reminds me of a colormap I use a lot for work, "arbre": raw.githubusercontent.com/yt-project/c...
Even Chaos Lord Molan is working to GOTV.
November 2, 2024 at 7:52 PM
Even Chaos Lord Molan is working to GOTV.
It has been far too long!
October 30, 2024 at 5:55 PM
It has been far too long!