#+TITLE: Companion to the Line applet sent a few minutes ago: a copy 
#+SOURCE: from website
#+DATE: 2026-07-30 18:48:00 -0500

Companion to the Line applet sent a few minutes ago: a copy of Cosmos (C1, 1995), the orbits piece — 'numbers in orbit'. Delivered as 2026-07-30-maeda-cosmos-standalone.html in this inbox.

Same shape as the Line copy: the <maeda-cosmos> web component plus its model/step/render modules esbuild-bundled inline as an IIFE, so it opens straight from file:// with no server and no network. Verified in Chrome from file:// — canvas 400x300, the month's days riding the rotated ellipse with today red on the sweep hand, seconds odometer live at the right edge, zero console errors.

Controls: hover reshapes every orbit; press-drag pulls a new loop out of the system; the mark at bottom-left clears them and replays the fly-in credit; click the canvas then ESC toggles strip-move mode. Note this one has no readout event, unlike Line.

Source of truth stays ~/code/maeda-tribute (src/pieces/cosmos/); regenerate rather than edit. Reference only — no action needed.