Thursday, October 30, 2008

Work'n It; Denver Designers


Recently I visited two Design Firms in the Denver Area.
One was Anabliss Design + Brand Stratagy; a chicly run branding firm located at
32nd and Larimer downtown Denver. The Other was Ironton
Studios which had a more organic illustration based design
feel to it.
Anabliss is a in the mix, connected, talented design firm that
has a lot to offer in the branding world. Their services aren't
about beating the competition it is more about the quality,
usability, and function of the designs.

Ironton Studios is more of an established illustration studio
that has several rotating illustration jobs around the US for
companies like TIME magazine and New York Times. Ironton Studios
has an eclectic life view and it shows through the playful drawings
and doodles that create airy feelings. Read more!

Friday, October 24, 2008

SGI Onyx 3400



Hi All,

I have just acquired two SGI ONYX 3400 servers to experiment with Fulldome
projections. I will be Moving this Equipment into a Non-Profit Art Space here
in Denver known as the BOMB FACTORY. The Place gets it's name from it's original
use as an Air Force supply warehouse.

I will be accompanying these servers with 4 BARCO/SEOS(upgraded) Projectors
along with the SEOS MERCATOR for Fulldome projection alignment.

If you havent heard of the Onyx 3400 here is a brief description.

The Onyx 3400 Rack Visualization System, 16 x 400MHz R12000 Processors in 4 x C-Bricks, 16GB Memory, InfiniteReality3 Graphics with 256MB Texture and DG5-2, I-Brick, 6-Port R-Brick, 18GB FC System Disk, Power Bay

The ONYX 3400 was Designed from the ground up to support the highest levels of immersive visualization, high performance computing and storage, the SGI Onyx 3000 series with InfiniteReality3 graphics is available in a range of configurations for every level of visual supercomputing. By scaling from 4 CPUs and 1 InfiniteReality3 graphics pipe all the way up to 128 CPUs and 16 graphics pipes, the SGI Onyx 3000 series can solve the most complex problems that an organization faces. You can scale graphics, CPU, storage, and I/O components independently, allowing you to deploy, upgrade, service, expand, and redeploy your system in every possible dimension. With brick-by-brick modularity, you can build and maintain a system optimally, with a level of flexibility that makes obsolescence almost obsolete. Read more!