tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58185611564827756142011-04-21T16:14:23.185-07:00Monicanoreply@blogger.comBlogger41100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5818561156482775614.post-67138950000224556522007-08-26T20:12:00.000-07:002007-08-26T20:21:34.695-07:00<ul><li>Aali bud</li><ul><li style="text-align: left;">aali = ultimately good</li><li style="text-align: left;">bud = was</li></ul></ul><ul><li>Mobarake = congratulations</li></ul><ul><li>Hezaar taa salaam</li><ul><li>hezaar = thousand </li></ul></ul><ul><li>Delam baraat ye zarreh shodeh</li><ul><li>ye (from yek = one)</li><li>zarreh = tiny piece<br /></li></ul></ul><ul><li>xosh; xosh-tar; xosh-tarin</li></ul><ul><li>xub</li></ul><ul><li>man ham</li><ul><li>man = I</li><li>ham = also<br /></li></ul></ul><ul><li>xaili mamnun</li><ul><li>xaili = very</li><li>mamnun = thanks<br /></li></ul></ul><ul><li>daashtan (To have, to own) past: daastam, daashti... daar (imperative) => present: daaram, daari</li></ul><ul><li>bebaxshid = please forgive, excuse me<br /></li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5818561156482775614-6713895000022455652?l=para-siempre-monica.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monicanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5818561156482775614.post-65757422341839545202007-08-08T12:51:00.001-07:002008-12-11T20:22:05.394-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RsHRE6K64gE/Rroe5iA-pdI/AAAAAAAAAAc/hP2OW4mdvh4/s1600-h/sodawalking.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RsHRE6K64gE/Rroe5iA-pdI/AAAAAAAAAAc/hP2OW4mdvh4/s320/sodawalking.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5096419902055425490" border="0" /></a>I was messing around again with Soda Constructor, trying to figure out the muscles, and I managed to make this little guy... the walking square. It started out as a square with one diagonal support, but after adding in the muscles, he twisted himself into this shape. He waddles across the screen, and when he reaches the other side, he switches which edges he walks on and heads back the other way. Not very advanced, but very much fun.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5818561156482775614-6575742234183954520?l=para-siempre-monica.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monicanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5818561156482775614.post-70141787234469458632007-08-08T07:13:00.000-07:002008-12-11T20:22:05.774-08:00<a href="http://www.sodaplay.com/constructor/player.htm">Soda Constructor</a> is an amazingly entertaining website... It's a constructor/simulator that allows you to build simple models with "muscles" and "springs" that you can then proceed to simulate in an environment where you control the gravity, the friction, the spring strength, and the "muscle" contractions.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RsHRE6K64gE/RrnRCyA-pbI/AAAAAAAAAAM/FII0bpBajy0/s1600-h/firstattemptsoda.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RsHRE6K64gE/RrnRCyA-pbI/AAAAAAAAAAM/FII0bpBajy0/s320/firstattemptsoda.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5096334299062248882" border="0" /></a>They include some working models to demonstrate how the program works. Moving on from messing around with these models, here's my first moderately successful attempt at building my own moving 'creatureling.' Structurally, he's sound, and he doesn't tend to collapse under the gravity. I also managed to get the muscles to some degree work; they move properly when gravity is close to 0 and the creatureling is floating. But when he touches the ground, my poor little guy falls over on the ground after a few bouncing steps and twitches along towards the right side of the screen. I think that I need to play around a little more with different spring and muscle configurations and settings.<br /><br />After a little tweaking of the muscles, I get him to not<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RsHRE6K64gE/RrnTmSA-pcI/AAAAAAAAAAU/1XFU7kN0-0w/s1600-h/inaction.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RsHRE6K64gE/RrnTmSA-pcI/AAAAAAAAAAU/1XFU7kN0-0w/s320/inaction.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5096337107970860482" border="0" /></a> fall over, but he's running in place, which isn't that exciting. However, this is much better than the first few things I threw together. They collapsed into a pile of twitching dots very quickly. I think his form isn't the most conducive to motion given my level of skill (or lack thereof). Perhaps if I made four legs instead of two I would have better luck.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5818561156482775614-7014178723446945863?l=para-siempre-monica.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monicanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5818561156482775614.post-92009852895236097712007-08-02T06:46:00.000-07:002007-08-02T07:28:57.680-07:00I was thinking about privatizing my other blog-- it was getting too personal to leave floating around cyberspace-- but it didn't seem to work, so I just "save as draft"-ed the entries that were too personal. As long as I have this blog already created, though, I'm going to use this one to talk about the more academic or intellectual things that go on and keep the other one for more personal and social observations...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5818561156482775614-9200985289523609771?l=para-siempre-monica.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monicanoreply@blogger.com0