Comments on: Date With Density

Date With Density

LinusMines — Thu, 09 Dec 2004 07:47:27 -0800

Fluffy Kittens' Lunar Wheel Calendar gives a different turn to scheduling for 2005. Download high-resolution images -- free under Creative Commons license -- and construct your own, or opt for a ready-made color poster. Disclaimer: No actual fluffy kittens involved in this post.

By: jacquilynne

jacquilynne — Thu, 09 Dec 2004 08:24:22 -0800

Interesting. I like.

By: ModestyBCatt

ModestyBCatt — Thu, 09 Dec 2004 08:25:20 -0800

Cries into hands... my server, it's going to melt now isn't it? This calendar is the result that came out of this Ask thread combined with the drubbing that Lunar Gardening got in this thread. I've just been alerted to this thread from an email via flickr where the larger images are stored (that's for when my server melts). It was supposed a fairly low key affair

By: veedubya

veedubya — Thu, 09 Dec 2004 08:28:52 -0800

I like it. I'd buy a couple, but it looks like it'd be too much hassle to get them over here in the UK. Great idea.

By: ao4047

ao4047 — Thu, 09 Dec 2004 08:58:44 -0800

I just bought one. Once I get it, I might send some to my clients as a Christmas thank you. Could you put it up on Archive.org for hosting since it's released under Creative Commons?

By: fvw

fvw — Thu, 09 Dec 2004 09:17:05 -0800

Damnit, I was hoping for a kittens advent calendar or something. I feel cheated. (Still cool though)

By: ModestyBCatt

ModestyBCatt — Thu, 09 Dec 2004 09:18:17 -0800

I've had a look at Archive.org but they don't seem, at first glance (and second glance) to have anything for still images. The high resolution image that's uploaded to cafepress is a 8.4Meg png file, can you torrent a PNG? I can't host it myself as the server would die, but ideally it should be somewhere so people can take it to their own local print shop. Cafepress was really a last resort.

By: Shane

Shane — Thu, 09 Dec 2004 09:22:08 -0800

I like too. Like fvw said, kittens could only make it better--but I like.

By: jacquilynne

jacquilynne — Thu, 09 Dec 2004 10:02:17 -0800

It does seem like that big empty circle in the middle is just ripe for the addition of some kittens.

By: moonbird

moonbird — Thu, 09 Dec 2004 10:23:57 -0800

bought! this is wonderful.

By: Sangre Azul

Sangre Azul — Thu, 09 Dec 2004 10:39:59 -0800

This would be good to laminate then write on with a water soluble pen if you can't bring yourself to use pencils/normal pens. Then it needs some clever way to easily mark the current day with minimal damage to the poster. Maybe little vinyl stickers that can be removed and reapplied.

By: Shane

Shane — Thu, 09 Dec 2004 10:49:38 -0800

Everything's better with kittens...

By: Karmakaze

Karmakaze — Thu, 09 Dec 2004 12:42:53 -0800

Sangre - I think they actually make colorforms for adults that are usable for just such tasks. Alternately, if you put it over a thin metal backing, you can use magnets.

By: MiltonRandKalman

MiltonRandKalman — Thu, 09 Dec 2004 17:05:21 -0800

This looks like it was created in Illustrator, wouldn't it be much smaller (therefore easier on the server) if it was left as a PDF?

By: MiltonRandKalman

MiltonRandKalman — Thu, 09 Dec 2004 17:08:24 -0800

ps. you left ruler guides behind.

By: caddis

caddis — Thu, 09 Dec 2004 19:13:06 -0800

Another interesting calendar on the web.

By: obiwanwasabi

obiwanwasabi — Thu, 09 Dec 2004 20:50:15 -0800

Any chance of a version for the southern hemisphere?

By: ModestyBCatt

ModestyBCatt — Fri, 10 Dec 2004 01:13:58 -0800

Milton: it wasn't done in Illustrator, it's generated in ColdFusion using Sin and Cos and all sorts of fun stuff. That then writes out a huge rastor image. While creating it the server was dealing with a 6900x6900 pixel bitmap. I may put the code up sometime, it's easy to tweek it to do any year or rotation and the colours are in a seperate 365pixel wide file. caddis: pretty neat, now all we need is a calendar on a couple of hexa-hexa-flexagons