Author Archives: Zevan

Hermit Crab Curve as PRNG

(a deterministic pseudo-random number generator with contrast and smoothness - inspired by stochastic and organic randomness)

By Zevan | July 23, 2018

Around 2015 I had the idea for a PRNG that would clamp itself and have moments of “smoothness”. When I got around to trying to create such a thing, the result was something I jokingly called the “Hermit Crab Curve”. I also called it the “Shard Curve”.
The equation for the curve defines a radius in [...]

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PRNG Sine Rendering (Easiest Seeded Random with Index)

By Zevan | July 22, 2018

Here is a codepen showing seeded random numbers created use `Math.sin`. We’ll get to the code in a bit, first a little backstory…
See the Pen PPRng Sine w Rendering by Zevan Rosser (@ZevanRosser) on CodePen.

Over the years I’ve used all manner of famous random number generators. From Tausworthe to Mersenne Twister.
Sometime last year I [...]

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Emmet as a Template (aka zen-coding)

By Zevan | July 21, 2018

This is not the most useful thing in the world - was just an idea I had awhile back… First off, I love Emmet (formerly zen-coding) created by Sergey Chikuyonok. I especially like it for quickly writing html or jsx.
While I don’t use them that often, I really enjoy Jade and Pug. Anyway, I realized [...]

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The Experimental Zeta Project

By Zevan | July 20, 2018

Sometime in 2015 I decided to do an experiment. I created a speed coded graphics library with the intention of eventually completely re-writing it . The idea being, I would work on an elegant (albeit strange) graphics library that would make it easy to quickly create complex graphics with very little code. The result was [...]

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