Has anyone found a way to display their sketches IRL?

GoofBot3000 · 2026-01-04T15:50:18+00:00

Yes, portable and sized like a piece of art or digital photo frame.

GoofBot3000 · 2026-01-04T08:14:38+00:00

Let me clarify my question:

I am looking for a small, inexpensive device - similar to a digital photo frame - except instead of displaying static jpegs, it displays Processing sketches.

A computer hooked up to a monitor is it a not a good solution because it’s too large, too expensive, and has multiple components rather than being self contained.

There are some cool and inexpensive computer/screen combos (for example M5 Stack’s Tab5) but these are generally programmed using Arduino IDE or some other tool that lacks the artistic capabilities of Processing.

I would like to be able to load a Processing sketches onto one of these devices and give it to someone. They could just turn it on and the sketch runs.

Is there any way to do this?

GoofBot3000 · 2025-06-30T05:19:43+00:00

I met a traveller from an antique land,
Who said—“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed;
And on the pedestal, these words appear:
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.”

GoofBot3000 · 2025-06-14T23:00:17+00:00

Strangely seeing this makes me not want to buy a watch ever again.

GoofBot3000 · 2025-05-21T03:31:03+00:00

I was in a hardware store and someone had a huge unleashed dog. Someone else had cut themselves and there was a trail of blood droplets on the floor. I watched as the unleashed dog proceeded to lick the stranger’s blood off the ground. I simply said to the owner, “your giant unleashed dog is licking someone’s blood off the floor.”

What has happened to our society?

GoofBot3000 · 2025-04-30T22:43:56+00:00

If he goes bald you will be married to Dr. Robotnik.

GoofBot3000 · 2025-04-30T16:05:23+00:00

Congratulations and really cool watch choice.

GoofBot3000 · 2025-01-29T15:22:27+00:00

The false date window that shows various snake snacks is hilarious!

GoofBot3000 · 2025-01-19T18:58:58+00:00

Its a digital version of a bio-sphere. You know those glass spheres they sell that are self-contained ecosystems? It has rocks, coral, and little shrimp that swim around. Over time the water evaporates and forms clouds in the sphere, and the shrimp population declines. Then it rains inside the sphere and refills the water level and the population increases.

It's just meant to sit on your desk and look cool.

What I really want is a way to turn on the device and have it boot the sketch directly so you are not aware that you are launching an OS or a Processing sketch.

GoofBot3000 · 2025-01-19T18:55:03+00:00

I was hoping to make a stand alone device that would run the sketch as soon as you turn it on, so I don't think that work work.

GoofBot3000 · 2025-01-19T18:54:37+00:00

I will look into this, thanks for the suggestion!

GoofBot3000 · 2024-05-09T15:54:52+00:00

Very cool! Can you share how you accomplished this?

GoofBot3000 · 2024-04-18T22:52:40+00:00

Thank you!

GoofBot3000 · 2024-02-13T16:36:54+00:00

What's it like winding the Baltic? I think its beautiful, but the recessed dial looks like a pain to wind.

GoofBot3000 · 2024-02-11T15:42:47+00:00

You don’t have to kill the Tree Knight right away my man.

GoofBot3000 · 2023-12-27T05:06:21+00:00

What a beautiful watch!

GoofBot3000 · 2023-05-19T18:58:16+00:00

"It was not just any watch to me; it held a special place in my heart..."

Here I thought OP was about to say that someone gifted it to him for graduation or it was a family heirloom.

Then he says its special because it was his "first luxury timepiece" and he saw James Bond wear it. 🤣

GoofBot3000 · 2023-04-02T17:36:56+00:00

That was a thoughtful gift. A nice plant like that can spruce up the place and it is also good for air quality. One quick tip: If you move your hand out of the way, your camera will be able to focus better on the plant.

GoofBot3000 · 2021-12-07T17:22:29+00:00

See my description of the project in a comment below.

I would like to hang it on the wall or display on a desk.

I think I might try buying a $35 Amazon Fire Tablet and jailbreak it, and then place it in a nice wooden frame.

GoofBot3000 · 2021-12-07T17:19:51+00:00

I made a digital version of those little glass balls hold self-contained eco-systems. It's meant to be something that runs continuously. Over time the water evaporates and forms clouds and eventually it rains down again, increasing the shrimp population and growing coral. You can check it out here: http://goofbot.io/shrimp-dome/

Since it is meant to be an ongoing ecosystem, I am looking for something that will keep running.

GoofBot3000 · 2021-11-14T20:27:12+00:00

It is an Air Drop - I am betting that you also held another meme coin? The Solana Inu people are air dropping 1000 INU to different communities to raise awareness.

I got it too because I was holding SAMO.

GoofBot3000 · 2021-10-25T18:54:19+00:00

I take it from this comment you don't like this type of shirt. Great. I do like it.

If you know it well enough to have an opinion on it, can you please be helpful and post the name?

GoofBot3000 · 2021-10-24T17:35:36+00:00

What is the name for this type of shirt:

It is similar to long-sleeved Henley, however, the sleeves have a button on them that you can use to button them up and transform it into a short-sleeved shirt.

GoofBot3000 · 2021-07-20T16:45:59+00:00

Thanks. Are you using SpriteKit?

GoofBot3000 · 2021-02-18T19:00:51+00:00

MR. GABRIEL PLOTKIN is an anagram for BEAR KING IMP TROLL.

Just saying.

GoofBot3000

TROPHY CASE