Jordan Larrigan

Photos from my recent encounter with Bear Grylls at E3. The book he signed is called “The Kid Who Climbed Everest: The Incredible Story of a 23-Year-Old’s Summit of Mt. Everest“.

Both captive and captivating, she waits. Her eyes reaching out from behind the steel, longing for what once was.

While the masses saunter past her, the sound of her infant calf grows faint and like the human idiomatic expressions of her kind, her memory serves her well.

Perhaps too well, for it would be easier to forget than to long for what shall never be again.

Photography by Jordan Larrigan, Poetry by Mia Taylor

The cast of this months Upper Yosemite Falls summit team.

Myself Jordan Larrigan

The Bro Drew Larrigan

The Kid down the street Josh Timm

The Paramedic Bill Tetreault

Photos from a recent trip in January of 2010 to Yosemite. This was the first trip that I attempted and successfully hiked up Yosemite Falls. It was not as hard as I expected but it was fairly brutal. Never ending switch backs for roughly 95% of the 2,600 foot elevation gain. I highly recommend taking a break at the semi-hidden mid falls detour.

If you go during the winter and take the detour you can watch the falls go from water to snow. Check out the photos to see the mountain of snow that forms.

View from the top of Yosemite Falls.

Random Leaf

Smooth rolling spring

From Visualizing Data by Ben Fry

Acquire
Obtain the data, whether from a file on a disk or a source over a network.

Parse
Provide some structure for the data’s meaning, and order it into categories.

Filter
Remove all but the data of interest.

Mine
Apply methods from statics or data minining as a way to discern patterns or place the data in mathermatical contxt.

Represent
Choose a basic visual model, such as bar graph, list or tree

Refine
Improve the basic representation to make it clearer and more visually engaing

Interact
Add methods for manipulating the data or controlling what features are visible.

Finally finished up the chalknoise app. Feel free to download it and use it with your own music.

Mac – Linux – Windows

I added a few features to make it a bit more interactive. Press the following buttons to change the visualizer.

1 – 3 = Change intensity. *Note volume will also effect the intensity. 1 = low, 2 = medium, 3 = high.
a = Turn on auto Color switcher (default)
m = Turn on manual color switcher. Mouse click or space bar to change color.

This was written in processing using the minim library. Organic movements are generated using perlin noise. To mix in the audio I used minim to read FFT. I  created an average spectrum out of the FFT to simulate an overall “feel” to the song. Once I found the right averages I multiplied those values by the perlin noise function. This results in the lines becoming more intense as the song increases intensity. I spent quite a long time on the perlin noise trying to get it to “snake” around rather then explode around. I felt this was a bit more interesting effect. For more on perlin noise check out Daniel Shiffman’s web site http://www.shiffman.net/teaching/nature/week-1/. For more on minim check out http://code.compartmental.net/tools/minim/.

ChalkNoise from Jordan Larrigan on Vimeo.

Built with processing using the minim library to analyze the FFT (Fast Fourier Transform). The music is “Neelix – Disco Decay (Felguk Mix)”. For the HD version of the video http://vimeo.com/8130916. I also uploaded the app so you can download and use it on your own music.

Windows – Linux – Mac

I have been obsessed with learning wisdom through math lately. These photos are the first of my many experiments. Please click and view them full screen. Prints are available by request only.

Yawn… it’s been a long day but I finally finished a hack of a visualizer for my beats. It’s pretty sloppy code and not that exciting but it was fun to build. Eventually I will add a bit more but for now this is as far as I am going. The beat is called doubtful and the code was made in processing and minim.

You need to wait a few seconds for it to load up.

Click here

I have super busy  recently which means little time for creativity. Not being able to create and express myself is a draining experience. So, I came up with an quick way to satisfy the intense craving to create. See the result below.

When ever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.