Some thoughts on why I want to program

I have not talked about programming for a while so I want to write about that today. I was going to write a post about clojure and say I have installed clojure on my computer, but then I erased it because I thought how uninteresting. It seems to me that all the posts I have written on programming just say I have installed such and such programming language on my computer. I want to write something better. So I'll try to write more interesting posts on programming.

I think sometimes about why I want to program a computer and the only answer I come up with is to make computer games. Then I start thinking that maybe I am wasting my time trying to learn how to program because I don't have any reason for wanting to program other than making games.

But sitting here thinking about what I want to write in my post I thought to myself well I don't need to have a goal about what type of programs I want to make. Solving problems like the ones at project Euler, maybe that's reason enough to learn how to program.

Writing this post has made me realize that I should stop worrying about what programs I want to make and that I need to have fun programming. If I never have an idea for a website or a great program oh well, solving problems at Project Euler will have to be a good enough reason to learn how to program.

Today I tried to make a knot

Today I tried to make a knot. I got the knot tutorial from blender.org. I did not do a very good job modeling the Celtic knot as you can see from the picture. I moved all the circles into the right position but, when I had to start shaping the knot I made a horrible mess. Also I did not light the scene very well so it's hard to see the the knot.

I made an ice cube using blender

I made an ice cube today. I found the tutorial at blender.org. I probably should have added snow for the ground but, I added grass instead. I can't think of anything else to write so I'm done.

Look at the carpet I made

Look at the carpet I made with blender today. I followed the carpet tutorial on blender 3d noob to pro. I have got nothing more to write.

I made a ring with blender

I made a ring with blender today. The model was easy and quick to make.

I love things that are easy to make but, who doesn't. Now all I need to do is put the ring on a makehuman Model.

I found the tutorial at blender.org.

Today I made a chess pawn

Today I followed a chess pawn tutorial I got from CGTutorials. The chess pawn was fun and easy to make. My model even looks like a chess pawn, Yes

Not quite earth

Today I followed a making earth tutorial I got from CGTutorials. The model has the shape of the earth, but I did not have the right textures created so the model does not look like the earth. I thought maybe I should try another tutorial, but then I thought I'll post it on my blog anyway.

A spirial staircase, Not a very good one though

Here is a picture of a spiral staircase I made using blender. I did a terrible job on my blender project today. One improvement I could make would be to scale the first stair so it's not as wide because the stairs look to wide.

On problem I had was with the ipo curves. I could not get them to look like they did in the tutorial. I am not sure why I could not get the ipo curves to look right. Maybe if I make the stairs again they will come out better next time, I hope.

I found the spiral staircase tutorial on CGTutorials.

Here is a glass I made with blender

Here is a glass I made with blender. Yep another tutorial I found at CGTutorials. I can't put a link to the tutorial because you need to download it as a zip file.

This was an easy project to make, even I could not screw it up, that's amazing. For a finishing touch I added some grass to the scene. I was surprised I remembered how to make grass, yippee.

Do you like the neon sign I made with blender

Do you like the neon sign I made with blender. I found the neon tutorial at CGTutorials. The neon tutorial was simple and fun to do. I think the martini glass I made came out pretty good considering I do not have much experience using beizer curves.

I am out of ideas today

I am out of ideas today. I read one tutorial, but it was a lighting tutorial and I do not have any models I want to try the lighting on. So I went looking for tutorials of mesh models, I tried a turtle tutorial, but I could not get the turtle to look right. I just said oh, well and made the picture above. I hope to make a new model tomorrow.

Today I watched my first blender viceo tutorial

Today I watched my first blender video tutorial. I have never watched a video tutorial before because the videos are to large, but this video tutorial was not to big for me to download. In case your wondering I found the link to the tutorial on CGTutorials.

Anyway I thought the end result of the tutorial looked like a camera so I added some text and scaled the box. It looks nice.

Look at the house I made

Look at the house I made today it looks like I drew it by hand. But I made it in blender following this tutorial I got from CGTutorials. It was very easy to make. I had fun today!!

I am lazy today

Today I did not do much of a project. I just added some text and input the title of my blog, very exciting I know. I'll make something better tomorrow. That's all I have to write today.