The Life of a Demoniac

If the Voices Demons had their way, they'd say that somebody like me putting an app on the App Store would be akin to Rosa Parks sitting at the front of the bus instead of the back, where they think people like her are supposed to sit (albeit, in my case, the modern day equivalent); but, as it stands, neither they nor their people relegated anyone they exploit to that life just yet. Rather, just like every other experience in which demons have said I can't do something and I say I can, this one can be defined the same: a Battle of Bunker Hill, Gettysburg and D-Day all-rolled-into-one affair. Apple approved DemonNet DAQ Client for distribution via the App Store Losses aside, victory was worth it, especially considering that the app is the only tool the world now has available to protect itself from demonic exploitation, collectively and en masse , should it decide to take that step; it doesn't mean the world will take that step, nor does it mean that it will avail its...

Update on July 6th, 2017 Read the criminal complaint for sexual battery filed against Charles Langley posted to Criminal complaint for sexual battery filed against soul-stealing groper, civil complaint pending . About the videos These videos show the most relevant part of my attempt to rescue a demon person in-the-making the same way as the one who rescued me, who convinced me that "greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." [John 15:13] So far, my attempt hasn't required a sacrificing my life as did the man who died for me; but, the loss of peripheral vision in one eye and the partial paralysis in my legs are cost aplenty. The 30-minute long recording is divided into two videos. Although there is little dialogue in the first half, there is dialogue aplenty in the second. I'll trim these down someday, I hope. This post attempts to explain the significance of the videos posted below to those who cannot ascertain that fo...

If you ever wonder what I fight about with demons the most these days, believe it or not, it's whether I can do and succeed at stuff like this... Today, I wrote code that splits a single iPhone video camera feed among multiple displays, each of which can be processed separately and individually and simultaneously, in real-time, without affecting app performing or significant increases to memory and energy consumption using multicast delegation . It displays video as it is acquired by the camera in multiple windows, but with a filter applied at a different setting in each one. The point of that is to be able to monitor the same scene for different types of demonic activity simultaneously; that would require separate windows, each displaying video processed to reveal and/or enhance visibility of the specific type. In order to process or filter a video feed in your app, you need the image data . Although you can set up multiple preview layers to display the image feed, the vi...

Granted, I could have (and should have) picked a better still frame to use in my video demonstration, showing how to find demons in still frames of videos made during a period of high demonic activity; still, this is a bit much: One of several, recent tirades on Facebook, all of which are characterized by a flood of criticism, accusation and a decrying my psychological health for having posted "fake" demon pics The only reason why I didn't spend a lot of time searching for that "perfect" still frame is because I intended to demonstrate how quick and easy it is to find demons with a camera-enabled mobile device; if I spent a lot of time, that wouldn't be very quick, would it? I like to be authentic. Unfortunately, as you can see from the above, not everyone is convinced of that; however, fortunately, that's not a problem for me when it comes to demons and what-not as it might be for any other thing. My constant connection to that whole business a...

New to DemonNet? Read about in  TECH | "Demon net" iPhone app prototype and PREVIEW | DemonNet for iOS Developers . The first build of the DemonNet DAQ Client App for iPhone is now available for beta-testing: The first beta build to be tested is actually 1.4 Apple approved the DemonNet DAQ Client for distribution to either beta testers (or even the App Store) Use the TestFlight app to install the app after you receive an invitation to be a beta tester If you own an iPhone and want to participate in the beta testing program, e-mail me at jamesalanbush@yahoo.com . Once you receive an invitation, download the TestFlight app from the App Store to install the software: Version 1 (1.4) is the latest test build, and can be installed with the TestFlight app Since the client app is relatively solid—much effort went into getting it right the first time—I'm not going to hold out for too long before posting it to the App Store. If you're interested, the best ...

If I wasn't developing software to extend my purview of my demonic enemies to as wide as its future users will permit [ see TECH | "Demon net" iPhone app prototype ; see also   DemonNet for iOS Developers ], I'd be a full-time computer nerd. This world has gone to such admirable lengths to build products capable of making effective changes to matters of consequence, which is not the case in all worlds (and, hardly less true on this one than any other). In spite of my situation, I'm compelled to fold such products into the solution somehow, to make use of them (and give honor to them), to make sure they don't go unappreciated, and to herald the selfless charity they embody, everywhere . As a user of such products, I like being at least vicariously associated with the people who build them, if in no other way. It's hard at first to get demons to appreciate a great human product, primarily, because mostly such products are not designed for any problem the...

Sometimes, it's easier than I've made it look in other posts to this blog to produce a great image showing a demon from a blurry, dark still frame (the best lighting, and sometimes only means of acquiring any such image) like this one: On the left, enhancements to an image made to the original on the right, which shows with just one side of the demon's face This short post shows a technique that is far simpler than processing an image pixel-by-pixel using image-quality metrics and statistics; specifically, one by which you duplicate the better half of a demon's head in two, and join it, mirrored, to the other half. NOTE | That's 1) cut-and-paste , 2) mirror horizontally, and then 3) move in Photoshop and GIMP. Here are the results of that technique applied to a still frame taken from a video made yesterday: 1) An image showing only half a demon's head ( right ) 2) Half of the head, copied and pasted on a new layer (duplicated)  3) A horizon...