tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58290231762357557382011-06-28T16:59:18.832-07:00Brian Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06899988819119838665noreply@blogger.comBlogger111100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829023176235755738.post-3160518473542535132008-09-02T15:11:00.000-07:002008-09-02T16:27:11.378-07:00Rollcats: (<a href="http://www.rollcats.com">rollcats.com</a>)<br /><object width="425" height="350"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/EiAA_51iDMM"> </param> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EiAA_51iDMM" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"> </embed> </object><br /><br /><a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Bridge">Bridge</a>:<br /><object width="425" height="350"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/WiQa7X57dDw"> </param> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WiQa7X57dDw" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"> </embed> </object><br /><br /><a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XOlympics">XOlympics</a>:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wiki.laptop.org/images/5/51/XOlympics.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://wiki.laptop.org/images/5/51/XOlympics.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.justin.tv/physicsjam/217463/XOlympics_presentation__low_quality_OL">Bad (streamed) video of presentation</a><br /><br /><a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Babel">Babel</a>:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wiki.laptop.org/images/0/0b/Babelslingshotscreenshot.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://wiki.laptop.org/images/0/0b/Babelslingshotscreenshot.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.justin.tv/physicsjam/217796/Babel_Presentation">Bad (streamed) video of presentation</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5829023176235755738-316051847354253513?l=physicsjam.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Brian Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06899988819119838665noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829023176235755738.post-32058450897273729752008-08-31T05:35:00.000-07:002008-08-31T05:46:22.391-07:00"I now have new respect for the people who figured out how to make the Segway stand up." -- Eric Jordan, Team Awesome Monkeys, creators of <a href="http://www.rollcats.com/">Rollcats</a><br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/PHtk33scPFg"> </param> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/PHtk33scPFg" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"> </embed> </object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5829023176235755738-3205845089727372975?l=physicsjam.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Brian Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06899988819119838665noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829023176235755738.post-84487136992509122872008-08-30T16:39:00.000-07:002008-08-30T16:46:56.743-07:00Eric's attempts at grasping how the Segway's wheels work (digitally) fail spectacularly.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/grBt5mPWcIQ"> </param> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/grBt5mPWcIQ" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"> </embed> </object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5829023176235755738-8448713699250912287?l=physicsjam.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Brian Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06899988819119838665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829023176235755738.post-59055319436914338142008-08-30T16:06:00.000-07:002008-08-30T16:11:46.059-07:00<object width="425" height="350"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/a_ql7Ec468A"> </param> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/a_ql7Ec468A" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"> </embed> </object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5829023176235755738-5905531943691433814?l=physicsjam.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Brian Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06899988819119838665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829023176235755738.post-44876090929241410232008-08-30T14:53:00.000-07:002008-08-30T16:12:39.330-07:00<object width="425" height="350"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NPoNOC7fkSo"> </param> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NPoNOC7fkSo" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"> </embed> </object><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GLKbVKBeMwg/SLnPVBE9fEI/AAAAAAAAAQY/JSotYsq9qpQ/s1600-h/_MG_2011.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GLKbVKBeMwg/SLnPVBE9fEI/AAAAAAAAAQY/JSotYsq9qpQ/s400/_MG_2011.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240447601395727426" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GLKbVKBeMwg/SLnPPW8egII/AAAAAAAAAQQ/gwrUODnluMc/s1600-h/_MG_2009.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GLKbVKBeMwg/SLnPPW8egII/AAAAAAAAAQQ/gwrUODnluMc/s400/_MG_2009.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240447504186507394" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GLKbVKBeMwg/SLnPGFxjGJI/AAAAAAAAAQI/ThXjSJIhRU8/s1600-h/_MG_2010.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GLKbVKBeMwg/SLnPGFxjGJI/AAAAAAAAAQI/ThXjSJIhRU8/s400/_MG_2010.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240447344958445714" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GLKbVKBeMwg/SLnO--ldG7I/AAAAAAAAAQA/IQTFgrk0Q2A/s1600-h/_MG_2014.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GLKbVKBeMwg/SLnO--ldG7I/AAAAAAAAAQA/IQTFgrk0Q2A/s400/_MG_2014.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240447222769589170" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5829023176235755738-4487609092924141023?l=physicsjam.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Brian Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06899988819119838665noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829023176235755738.post-3652995476827562372008-08-30T14:01:00.000-07:002008-08-30T14:15:53.556-07:00<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" >2008. Rollcats the videogame.</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wiki.laptop.org/images/3/31/Rollcats_Sun.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; border:none;" src="http://wiki.laptop.org/images/3/31/Rollcats_Sun.png" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />"I'm so happy!"<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wiki.laptop.org/images/7/7b/Rollcats_Grass.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; border:none;" src="http://wiki.laptop.org/images/7/7b/Rollcats_Grass.png" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5829023176235755738-365299547682756237?l=physicsjam.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Brian Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06899988819119838665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829023176235755738.post-15245815859759531162008-08-30T08:39:00.000-07:002008-08-30T09:00:57.475-07:00Day 2 - Impromptu Cosi breakfast. Make coffee. Keys distributed, git repositories being set up. Documented in OmniGraffle.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GLKbVKBeMwg/SLlqpAfrknI/AAAAAAAAAPQ/WYjV1NIeiHk/s1600-h/_mg_2005.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GLKbVKBeMwg/SLlqpAfrknI/AAAAAAAAAPQ/WYjV1NIeiHk/s400/_mg_2005.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240336894162342514" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GLKbVKBeMwg/SLlqhCpu8AI/AAAAAAAAAPI/vCCV5EN8A_k/s1600-h/_mg_2003.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GLKbVKBeMwg/SLlqhCpu8AI/AAAAAAAAAPI/vCCV5EN8A_k/s400/_mg_2003.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240336757302423554" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GLKbVKBeMwg/SLlqbzaIw2I/AAAAAAAAAPA/ch8Od3OoGTA/s1600-h/_mg_2002.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GLKbVKBeMwg/SLlqbzaIw2I/AAAAAAAAAPA/ch8Od3OoGTA/s400/_mg_2002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240336667311129442" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GLKbVKBeMwg/SLlqHy8mtDI/AAAAAAAAAO4/6U3CLU0pmmM/s1600-h/_MG_2001.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GLKbVKBeMwg/SLlqHy8mtDI/AAAAAAAAAO4/6U3CLU0pmmM/s400/_MG_2001.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240336323589878834" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5829023176235755738-1524581585975953116?l=physicsjam.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Brian Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06899988819119838665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829023176235755738.post-89188312583190511982008-08-30T08:00:00.000-07:002008-08-30T09:00:09.881-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GLKbVKBeMwg/SLlttLJGu_I/AAAAAAAAAPg/xLYUdghD0dk/s1600-h/_MG_1996.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GLKbVKBeMwg/SLlttLJGu_I/AAAAAAAAAPg/xLYUdghD0dk/s400/_MG_1996.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240340264274803698" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GLKbVKBeMwg/SLltntQMM6I/AAAAAAAAAPY/90qb7gZfQ-c/s1600-h/_MG_2000.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GLKbVKBeMwg/SLltntQMM6I/AAAAAAAAAPY/90qb7gZfQ-c/s400/_MG_2000.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240340170352112546" border="0" /></a><br />Day 1 - teams arrive. Contingency of <a href="http://scratch.mit.edu/">Scratch</a> aficionados breaks the programming language barrier in a most excellent way.<br /><br />Ideas are thrown about, they include:<br /><br /><ul><li>Racing<br /></li><li>Construction</li><li>Ballistics (slingshots, cannon)</li><li>Tower destruction (with a purpose)<br /></li><li>Underwater (buoyancy and current instead of gravity)</li><li>Simulating different environments</li><li>Billiards</li><li>Dolphins</li><li>Airplanes</li><li>Bridge building game</li><li>Visualization of physics scene properties</li><li>Springy elements!</li><li>Draw stuff and turn it into physics (using camera?)</li><li>Spirograph-like stuff</li><li>Bowling with bumpers<br /></li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5829023176235755738-8918831258319051198?l=physicsjam.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Brian Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06899988819119838665noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829023176235755738.post-83290938916941528852008-08-29T12:52:00.000-07:002008-08-29T12:54:47.966-07:00Instead of making your lives easier and working on making you templates and easy instructions, Nirav and I played around with an accidental psychedelic vision processing+projector+camera setup.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3Em-Ri9grEI&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3Em-Ri9grEI&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5829023176235755738-8329093891694152885?l=physicsjam.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Brian Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06899988819119838665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829023176235755738.post-48270263910084011832008-08-29T07:42:00.000-07:002008-08-29T07:53:41.284-07:00This year's game jam was fortunate enough to have two friend-of-OLPC prize contributors -- <a href="http://xoexplosion.com">XOExplosion</a> and <a href="http://ilovemyxo.com">iLoveMyXO</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://xoexplosion.com">iLoveMyXO</a> has donated a laptop travel pack -- oooooooOOOOOooooo.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GLKbVKBeMwg/SLgM9SyuBKI/AAAAAAAAAOw/S5SFD7V2eWc/s1600-h/_mg_1987.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GLKbVKBeMwg/SLgM9SyuBKI/AAAAAAAAAOw/S5SFD7V2eWc/s400/_mg_1987.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239952413601694882" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://ilovemyxo.com">XOExplosion</a>'s Diane Serley will be coming by the jam and causing a ruckus with <span style="font-weight:bold;">superballs</span>, <span style="font-weight:bold;">trophy mugs</span> and a festival of OLPC-related swag.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GLKbVKBeMwg/SLgLSSV3y1I/AAAAAAAAAOo/3YnOxRDiTpU/s1600-h/_mg_1983.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GLKbVKBeMwg/SLgLSSV3y1I/AAAAAAAAAOo/3YnOxRDiTpU/s400/_mg_1983.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239950575234698066" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GLKbVKBeMwg/SLgLLkfF7wI/AAAAAAAAAOg/_9c25YSl1hA/s1600-h/_mg_1982.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GLKbVKBeMwg/SLgLLkfF7wI/AAAAAAAAAOg/_9c25YSl1hA/s400/_mg_1982.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239950459846127362" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GLKbVKBeMwg/SLgLG2QbhGI/AAAAAAAAAOY/728SELjokrQ/s1600-h/_mg_1985.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GLKbVKBeMwg/SLgLG2QbhGI/AAAAAAAAAOY/728SELjokrQ/s400/_mg_1985.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239950378717119586" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Better start learning python, eh?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5829023176235755738-4827026391008401183?l=physicsjam.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Brian Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06899988819119838665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829023176235755738.post-14372547530717925272008-08-29T07:21:00.000-07:002008-08-29T07:42:51.636-07:00This blog will host photos, announcements, presentation links, audio presentations and other various media from the 2008 OLPC Physics Game Jam in Boston, MA.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GLKbVKBeMwg/SLgKpWGM0bI/AAAAAAAAAOQ/VI54lGrR9X8/s1600-h/physicsgj.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GLKbVKBeMwg/SLgKpWGM0bI/AAAAAAAAAOQ/VI54lGrR9X8/s400/physicsgj.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239949871868072370" border="0" /></a><br />Teams will have slightly less than <span style="font-weight: bold;">48 hours</span> to complete a physics-based game or level for the OLPC XO laptop, using our new <a href="http://box2d.org/">Box2D</a>-based physics engine and <a href="http://www.pygame.org/">pygame</a>.<br /><br />General jam schedule:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Friday</span> - In-person attendees arrive, online attendees join #olpc-activities on irc.freenode.net and watch (<span style="font-weight: bold;">1</span>) this blog (<span style="font-weight: bold;">2</span>) our <a href="http://www.justin.tv/olpcphysics">live/recorded video presentations</a> . Everyone will be given instructions on setting up a dev.laptop.org <a href="http://dev.laptop.org/git">git repository</a>.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Saturday</span> - When the work really gets done. Presentations on various aspects of game development will take place (music creation, sound design, etc).<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sunday</span> - Frantic last-minute development. Hope you've been <span style="font-weight: bold;">testing on the laptop</span> all along (or <span style="font-weight: bold;">remote participants</span>: sending .xo bundles to 1CC/other laptop owners to test). Kids arrive at 2:30 for the testing session around 3 to 4pm. Pencils down, <span style="font-weight: bold;">awards</span>, <span style="font-weight: bold;">swag</span> given. POST-JAM FAIRE: Physics jam attendees may sit in on informal <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Support_meeting" title="Support meeting">educational activities talk</a> with educator Caryl Bigenho and OLPC VP of Learning David Cavallo.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5829023176235755738-1437254753071792527?l=physicsjam.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Brian Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06899988819119838665noreply@blogger.com2