boating on lake michigan for the first time since i was 9
This stunt is up & running in this year's FILE in Sao Paulo.
note you need a webcam for it to work.
it's a web-based version of a larger install; the sketch is there, but there are details that are too much for flash... the facial expression recognition slows things down to a sixth of the speed... also note it's only 320x240... on linux i can do 800x600 at 60 fps, but in browser on decent machine i get about 15 fps w/ 320x240, and about 2-5 fps w/ 640x480.
the real magic is someone porting the haars stuff from opencv to flash.
maniac !
i'd like to trick this out more & install a few other places.
This friday - inaugural event:
Chris Eichenseer (Someoddpilot)
Justin Fines (Demo)
Cody Hudson (Struggle Inc.)
Andy Mueller (Ohio Girl, The Quiet Life)
at
Andrew Rafacz Gallery
835 W. Washington Blvd. Chicago
July 31st - August 29th
Noon to 5pm Wed - Sat or by appointment
Let's take a moment while still hungover from July 4th celebrations to put the recent N. Korean Patriotic Display of Weak Weapons to put it all in perspective:
the first hydrogen bomb blast is impressive. the precambrian meteor blast is impressive. hiroshima & nagasaki, compared to those two, not so much. and the N Korean display, not impressive whatsoever.
The US now has fewer jobs than it did nine years ago.
Unemployment is at 9.5 percent, a 26-year high.
It's the first time since the Great Depression that a recession has wiped out all the jobs created during the previous business cycle.
10 percent: Adult men
7.6 percent: Adult women
11.7 percent: Female heads of households
8.2 percent: Asians
8.6 percent: Whites
12.2 percent: Hispanics
14.7 percent: Blacks
24 percent: Teenagers
