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2008-02-01 20:30 2008-02-01 23:59 Etc/GMT The Ship @20:30 Leigh on SeaThe Synthesiser Showdown is going down between Southend’s 2 Synth Bands....may the best band win the battle!! WeirdGear LIVE Vanity Clause LIVE plus DJs and Visuals Submitted by delboy on Sat, 2008-01-12 17:56.
2008-01-27 19:00 2008-01-27 22:59 Etc/GMT NEXT SUNDOWN - JAN 27TH 2008 ....HOW MANY ROADS?.... Exciting things happening in 2008 for SUNDOWN.................. We ask 4 poets to tell us, through their talent with words, which musicians/song has inspired them. It could have been in a postive OR a negative way. We will also have our very own compere for the project. HOW MANY ROADS? is an 80-minute show that will be incorporated into our regular SUNDOWN night. Check out: www.sundownmultimedia.co.uk/howmanyroads for more details Submitted by jonathan fletcher on Tue, 2007-11-27 11:29.
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Submitted by moniquenw on Tue, 2007-11-13 04:55.
Learning Activity: Research the Laurie Grove Baths Student Name: Monique Natalia Wiradisastra My objectives: The resources and strategies I will use are: Submitted by Tomas Arenas on Tue, 2007-11-13 04:32.
MA Interactive Media Student Name: Tomas Arenas Date: 12-10-07 My objectives: I’m looking for a meaning, for a feeling, for that something that could bring personality to the building. I want to study the spatial attributes of the building and their functional, emotional and symbolical meanings (currents and formers). I want to know how this building could trigger a feeling, a thought or a sensation for us as students, for the average people who just pass by, or for the ones who used to come when it was working as a bath. Submitted by jonathan fletcher on Tue, 2007-11-13 01:22.
NOTE: This is a collection of information I have gathered and an informal critique of my progress so far regarding the Bath House Data Jam. All the results and information I have will be made available in a more utile form should anybody want or need them.My objectives:Think of a project to do with current and past acoustic information relating to both the building and its various occupants over time.After gathering statistics and doing extensive research of the history of the bath house (largely through the incredibly detailed weekly minutes from the bath house committee from 1890 to the 1960’s) I found myself wanting to construct a sound piece reflecting the uses of the building with audio sources representing the various activities that took place over its history. All the statistics relating to the different activities and their respective people flows would be collated and averaged so as to provide each sound source with a volume level indicative of its usage by ‘customers’ over Laurie Grove’s history. For example, a far greater proportion of people used the building to swim in than to study so the sound source representing the former would be louder than the latter. Submitted by novazembla on Mon, 2007-11-12 21:31.
Vincent's Perl Code
#place linux perl header here
print "TEST DATA\n";
print "#################################################\n";
#first get actual time converted into the number of seconds from 00:00
my $timeInSeconds = getTimeInSeconds();
print "TIME IN SECONDS:" . $timeInSeconds . "\n";
print "\n#################################################\n";
# test urinal function. the function returns true if urinal flushes.
print "urinal: ";
if (urinal($timeInSeconds)) {
# it's true (1) so it flushes
print "flushes!\n";
} else {
# it's false (0) so no action
print "inactive!\n";
}
print "\n#################################################\n";
# test the power consumption function.
print "Power Consumption: " . powerUsage($timeInSeconds) . "\n";
print "\n#################################################\n";
# test the movement detector functions.
print "Movement detector indicates: ";
if (movementDetector()) {
# it's true (1) so it flushes
print "activity!\n";
} else {
# it's false (0) so no action
print "no activity!\n";
}
print "\n#################################################\n";
# this method returns the number of seconds passed already today and is just
# a helper function.
sub getTimeInSeconds {
# retrieve time information
my ($sec,$min,$hour) = localtime(time);
# calculate and return number of seconds.
return ($hour * 60 * 60) + ($min * 60) + $sec;
}
# this method simulates the flushing interval of the urinal
sub urinal {
# get the first argument it's the actual timestamp
my $timestamp = shift;
# the urinal flushes every x minutes in seconds
my $interval = 900;
# flush lenght in second;
my $flushLength = 60;
# check if urinal flushes
# % is a modulo operator and returns the remainder of a devision (e.g.: 24/5 = 4) --> 24 % 5 = 4
if ($timestamp % $interval >= 0 && $timestamp % $interval <= $flushLength) {
# apperantly the urinal flushes right now.
return 1;
} else {
#no flushing
return 0;
}
}
# this function returns an estimation of the actual level of power consumption of the LGB
sub powerUsage() {
# get the first argument it's the actual timestamp
my $timestamp = shift;
# this is a representation of the power usage of the LGB in form of a mathematical function
# based on an estimated sample and estimated with a polynominal regression analysis.
# calculate and return the current power usage
return 8.5303654e-93*($timestamp**20)
+1.0676401e-86*($timestamp**19)
-4.6480158e-81*($timestamp**18)
+4.4422658e-76*($timestamp**17)
+5.0305359e-71*($timestamp**16)
-1.2326941e-65*($timestamp**15)
+5.9061408e-61*($timestamp**14)
+4.1528408e-56*($timestamp**13)
-5.285163e-51*($timestamp**12)
+1.6155833e-46*($timestamp**11)
-5.8320484e-42*($timestamp**10)
+1.4573385e-36*($timestamp**9)
-1.4989895e-31*($timestamp**8)
+7.8930969e-27*($timestamp**7)
-2.474806e-22*($timestamp**6)
+4.8413829e-18*($timestamp**5)
-5.8897369e-14*($timestamp**4)
+4.2691101e-10*($timestamp**3)
-1.6333479e-06*($timestamp**2)
+0.0021441309*$timestamp
+5.9974494;
}
# this method simulates one of the movement detector
sub movementDetector {
# the sensor detects activity in x percent
my $activity = 5;
# get random value and compare it with activity percentage
if (rand() <= $activity/100) {
# apperantly someone walks in front of the activity sensor
return 1;
} else {
# no activity
return 0;
}
}
Submitted by novazembla on Mon, 2007-11-12 21:09.
Vincent’s Laurie Grove Bath Data Jam Research ResultsIntroductionI’ve chosen to gather data on consumption of material and immaterial things by the Laurie Grove Bath and to try to give all other group members the easiest access to it. Consumption comprises in this case material things like water and immaterial things like electricity or FM radio signals. As I’m already well introduced into the concept of relational databases (and also the MySQL database management system) I tried to explore other ways to store the data and hope that others will feel incited to make use of it |