Michael Fields http://mfields.org Thu, 25 Apr 2013 03:55:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Animation Study: Sneaky Spirograph http://mfields.org/blog/animation-study-sneaky-spirograph/ http://mfields.org/blog/animation-study-sneaky-spirograph/#comments Thu, 25 Apr 2013 03:55:39 +0000 Michael Fields http://mfields.org/?p=657 Read More →]]> I’ve been studying javascript rather closely lately. Here’s a neat little animation I put together using the html canvas tag, some trigonometry and a whiole lot of trial and error:

Check out this Pen!
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]]> http://mfields.org/blog/water-versus-sine-wave/feed/ 0 Quotes and Accents http://mfields.org/blog/quotes-and-accents/ http://mfields.org/blog/quotes-and-accents/#comments Wed, 06 Mar 2013 10:11:03 +0000 Michael Fields http://mfields.org/?p=650 A brief guide of how to type smart quotes and accented characters and dashes on a Mac

]]> http://mfields.org/blog/quotes-and-accents/feed/ 0 Someone Should Give Daenerys an MP3 Player! http://mfields.org/blog/someone-should-give-daenerys-an-mp3-player/ http://mfields.org/blog/someone-should-give-daenerys-an-mp3-player/#comments Mon, 11 Feb 2013 00:16:17 +0000 Michael Fields http://mfields.org/?p=644 Read More →]]> Have you ever wondered what would be in Daenerys Targaryen’s MP3 player. You know, if George R. R. Martin saw it fit to gift his characters such wonderful toys. I’ve been thinking about it all day and I’m pretty sure that Daenerys would be rocking out to Dog Days are Over by Florence and the Machine. The similarities are too strong to ignore! While I could list them all out here for all to see, it might be more fun to draw your own conclusions on the matter. All I have to say is The Horses Are Coming!

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]]> http://mfields.org/blog/why-are-things-cute/feed/ 0 Improvisation Lesson with Benny Greb http://mfields.org/blog/benny-greb-improvisation-lesson-youtube/ http://mfields.org/blog/benny-greb-improvisation-lesson-youtube/#comments Thu, 27 Dec 2012 16:06:50 +0000 Michael Fields http://mfields.org/?p=619 Read More →]]>

A short 5 minute video that presents a couple different exercises for developing fluency in improvisation. A few choice points made by Benny Greb:

Imagine you have a conversation with someone but sometimes you can’t control what comes out of your mouth; and you even can’t remember what you just said. It would be horrible; wouldn’t it? You have to be aware of what you are saying. It’s the same with music.

The secret of all improvisation exercises is to set a clear frame of rules and explore what you can do within this frame

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