Toorcamp Sign

500 Watts In the Woods

This massive, all-weather sign was created to celebrate Toorcamp, the biennial hacker campout.

This project was designed and completed in under 4 weeks. I was lucky enough to work with Bill Kinlaw, who led the construction of the letters, and managed the team of carpenters and painters.

Live Coding

This project uses a technique called live coding, allowing colors and animation to be edited instantaneously. Users can connect a laptop via USB cable, launch an application, and edit the animations simply by typing code. At Toorcamp 2018, I conducted an hour-long performance using live coding.

I presented a talk about this experience at Hackaday Supercon 2019. Using live coding, I demonstrated how complex animations can be implemented in seconds. The delay between having an idea, and implementing it, is practically nil.