paint your own nebula

February 25, 2012 8:05 PM

Paint your own nebula
posted by rebent (24 comments total)

Whoa this is FANTASTIC.
posted by lazaruslong at 9:13 PM on February 25 [1 favorite]

Absolutely best of the web. Thanks!
posted by cyphill at 9:14 PM on February 25

F-F-F-F-FREAKIN' AWESOME!

Seriously.

Sorta made me wish I still did acid...
posted by Samizdata at 10:31 PM on February 25

Very Cool.
posted by halfbuckaroo at 10:33 PM on February 25

NICE, thanks for posting.
posted by bdragon at 12:50 AM on February 26

Flarg. This is FABULOUS.
posted by New England Cultist at 1:06 AM on February 26

What's it supposed to do? All I see is a black page?
posted by a humble nudibranch at 1:43 AM on February 26 [2 favorites]

We are all made of star stuff...
posted by PROD_TPSL at 1:50 AM on February 26

Sorta made me wish I still did acid...

Me too. Then this might actually look like something.
posted by clarknova at 1:53 AM on February 26

I screwed mine up. Luckily nobody will see it for several thousand years.
posted by hal9k at 4:31 AM on February 26 [2 favorites]

What's it supposed to do? All I see is a black page?
No 'noscript, no fun' message? which kinda killed the site for me since I doubt the lack of space was unintentional... really guys, what have you got against NoScript?
posted by hat_eater at 4:36 AM on February 26

Black page for me as well. HELP! (JS enabled here - get error message: Object doesn't support property or method '__defineSetter__'
posted by batou_ at 5:00 AM on February 26

Oh wow, that is cool. Works great on iOS.
posted by Ad hominem at 5:32 AM on February 26

Consistent blankness here.
posted by Artw at 6:24 AM on February 26

Very cool!
posted by Sailormom at 6:39 AM on February 26

Okay, I spent *way* too much time playing with this - it be awesomeness. Thanks!
posted by faineant at 10:20 AM on February 26

Hm.

It was neat at first, but once it became clear that I was basically just lightening up and coloring in an underlying image, it became less impressive.
posted by Sys Rq at 3:17 PM on February 26 [2 favorites]

yeah it's all blank for me too, no matter how much i fiddle around. could something in my browser be blocking it?
posted by cristinacristinacristina at 6:24 PM on February 26

Works in Chrome - maybe it's a Webkit only thing?
posted by Artw at 6:51 PM on February 26

don't see it in chrome or firefox.
posted by cristinacristinacristina at 7:05 PM on February 26

Hey, thanks, this is cool. (Works in Chrome for me.)
posted by Wonton Cruelty at 1:45 AM on February 27

Trippy!
posted by rachaelfaith at 6:23 AM on February 27

It took me a minute to figure out how it worked, but once I did I got into it.

Those of you who are only seeing black -- you can pick a color on the left, then once you do, click anywhere in the black space -- and then wait a few seconds. If you still don't see anything, pick a brighter color and try again. You'll probably see something then.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 6:49 AM on February 27

hmm. It works with the Firefox on the box I use at work, but it didn;t work with Firefox at home. Now that's plain weird.

Those of you who are only seeing black -- you can pick a color on the left, then once you do, click anywhere in the black space -- and then wait a few seconds. If you still don't see anything, pick a brighter color and try again. You'll probably see something then.

When it fails I'm seeing all black without the color palette. I think whatever is breaking is before the point that it gets drawn.
posted by Artw at 5:18 PM on February 27