The Space Toast Pages

Matthew Rasmussen's journal of journals on various topics of interest, published here, there or somewhere since 1999.

Panorama: The Frog Pond, Boston Common

File Under: /sketchbook/panos

Boston, MA.

Stitched together in Hugin 0.7.0 from 15 iPhone4 pictures. Mercator projection.

(Please forgive the delay since last posting a panorama. I've shot several, but been unable to produce any usable output with Hugin 2010.4.0 or Hugin 2011.0.1-Beta 2. It may simply be a question of Hugin growing more particular about its input, while my fascination remains the unpredictability inherent in building a panorama up from numerous low-quality images. I've admitted defeat and fallen back to version 0.7.0.)

07.24.2011 19:57

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My Doodle

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I like my doodle.

06.11.2011 23:00

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360° Panorama: Sennebec Lake in January

File Under: /sketchbook/panos

Appleton, ME.

Stitched together in Hugin from 38 camera phone pictures. Cylindrical projection.

03.12.2011 23:00

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360° Panorama: Near the Breakwater, Rockland, ME

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Stitched together in Hugin from 19 camera phone pictures. Miller Cylindrical projection.

03.06.2011 23:00

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Panorama: Redwood City, California

File Under: /sketchbook/panos

Boxing Day 2010.

Stitched together in Hugin from 30 camera phone pictures. Mercator projection.

01.07.2011 23:00

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Panorama: View From the Old Vose Library

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The Common, Union, ME.

Stitched together in Hugin from 21 camera phone pictures. Mercator projection.

10.31.2010 23:00

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The Big Bang

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10.11.2010 23:00

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>The Alice hits!

>I love this. Quantum mechanics next pls!

11 Great Children's Book Titles or Terrible Band Names

File Under: /sketchbook

If there actually is a child chapter book or band named after any of the following, I stand behind my opinions.

Jason and the Astronauts
Jason and the Astronauts
The Musical Mystery Tour
The Musical Mystery Tour
Carpet Whale
Carpet Whale
Mutually Assured Distraction
Mutually Assured Distraction
Trust This Penguin
Trust This Penguin
Fun Will Be Had!
Fun Will Be Had!
Sister Spat
Sister Spat
Turtle Beach Party
Turtle Beach Party
Shirley Icanne
Shirley Icanne
The Wild Flutes
The Wild Flutes
Watch the Pegasus Poop
Watch the Pegasus Poop

07.29.2010 23:00

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111 Minute Book Covers: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe

File Under: /sketchbook/111

Speed composition of a book cover for C. S. Lewis's The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, the first book of the Chronicles of Narnia (if numbered correctly).

Assets are "Tambako the Jaguar's" CC licensed photograph of a lion from Flickr, and Henningklevjer's CC licensed cloth weave texture from the Wikimedia Commons. Fonts are Charlemagne and Mona Lisa Solid.

Under 111 minutes? No, but with the template established, the rest of the series should go faster.

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07.25.2010 23:00

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Panorama: Off Route 17

File Under: /sketchbook/panos

Union, ME.

Stitched together in Hugin from eighteen camera phone pictures. Mercator projection.

06.21.2010 23:00

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111 Minute Book Covers: Paradise Lost

File Under: /sketchbook/111

Speed composition of a book cover for John Milton's Paradise Lost.

Assets are a photo of Michelle Webster from a shoot we did in March, and Ivan Tortuga's public domain image of a moth from the Wikimedia Commons. Fonts are Zdenek Gromnica's InfraRed and Gerard E. Bernor's Bambi Bold.

Under 111 minutes? Close.

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06.12.2010 23:00

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