March 2009
72 posts
Interim Camp by Field →
Interim Camp from field. Poor visibility; weather again unsettled today. Surreal rocks and riven lowlands, valleys fog-shrouded. Frightening depths, and emptiness. Rarity of air is…
The Guide to Sound Effects →
A collection of tips for making your own sound effects, submitted by sound designers and foley artists from all over the world.
February 2009
65 posts
“Catalog” by John Whitney [1961] →
John Whitney’s demo reel of work created with his analog computer/film camera magic machine he built from a WWII anti-aircraft gun sight.
Rock The Keypad →
Play with QWERTY Rock
3-D Stereoscopic Film and Animation Blog →
“News and thoughts on 3-D Stereoscopic Film and Animation. Everything to do with the 3-Dimensional side of the Film and Animation industry, from Real-D, Disney 3-D and IMAX3D to DIY low-budget 3-D…
Another Side of Ryan Berkley →
So, I’ve already posted about Ryan Berkley and his illustrations of Kenny. But I was looking at my living room wall last night and my eyes crossed a little portrait of a Great White Shark in a…
Exploring Logo Designs with Mathematica →
One of my enduring passions is exploring graphic design with programmatic and generative systems. While some aspects of design require the skilled hand of the designer, others can be formalized and…
Röyksopp — “Happy Up Here” →
Space invaders extreme: Hexstatic/Kris Menace... →
Thought you were only getting one dose of invaded music videos this week, didn’t you? Sorry to disappoint: above is the latest from LCD Soundsystem/Air/Moby remixer Kris Menace and …
Vib Ribbon Intro and Tutorial (english) →
Vib-Ribbon is a game for Sony PlayStation. Developed by Masaya Matsuura (the former leader of the Japanese “Hyper Pop Unit” PSY S) and his NanaOn-Sha company, and released in 1999, the…
Computer Chronicles: Commodore 64 - Internet... →
“The Commodore 64 was the first computer for many families. This program looks at what you can do with the famous C-64. Demonstrations include The Wine Steward, Skate or Die, Strike Fleet, the Koala…
arduinoboy - Google Code →
Arduinoboy is software for the Arduino hardware platform that allows serial communication (MIDI) to the Nintendo Gameboy for music applications such as LittleSoundDJ, Nanoloop, and mGB.
The future of online news from 1981 →
There is something wonderful about this 1981 newscast on the future of newspapers delivered via personal computers:
Interesting how things turn out.
[via The New York Times]
No Carrier by Enso (aka Alex Bond) →
Compression Reel →
Glitch Browser →
“The glitch browser represents a deliberate attempt to subvert the usual course of conformity and signal perfection. Information packets which are communicated with integrity are intentionally lost…
Pattern Pulp →
“This blog will celebrate, expose, share and connect pattern work and the hands that played a role in creating.”
QRSS: Radio amateurs’ slow-speed narrowband →
Shared by Daniel
Beautiful constraints!
Host of the Soldersmoke podcast, [Bill Meara], contributed this guest post.
While the rest of the world is moving toward high speed…
Ben Jones and the evolution of Kay Nine →
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Nam June Paik + pop.
Kay Nine installation view at Deitch Proejcts This is an installation shot from Ben Jones’s current show at Deitch Projects, titled “The New…
Classic Mac OS emulator for jailbroken iPhones →
Filed under: Cult of Mac, iPhone, Apple History
Since the App Store launched, there hasn’t been much that has really tempted me to jailbreak my iPhone. I don’t think Mini vMac…
It's Glitch Time! →
“8-bit chip music went mainstream in the last few years. Well, now it’s video compression’s turn. What, you thought crunchy blippy glitch sounds were cool, but that video could only…
Checking In - Hotel Designs With Cinematic Flavor... →
TEDTalks : Siftables, the toy blocks that think -... →
MIT grad student David Merrill demos Siftables — cookie-sized, computerized tiles you can stack and shuffle in your hands. These future-toys can do math, play music, and talk to their friends, too….
Brendan Dawe's Repository of Nonsense →
Personal workspace with flash and data processing assets.
Miniature Castles Megapost - Google Sightseeing →
Indie game and artist all-stars collide at Giant... →
Shared by Daniel Go, go Attract Mode!
As I mentioned at Offworld’s launch, one of my goals for the site was to see artists and illustrators from outside the games industry have more…
Jelly →
A framework for generating websites on the fly.
text2image: Transforming Text into Visual Glitches →
text2image [teddavis.org] is one of those “data art” works that balances on the line of total uselessness and visual fascination. While there is no immediate purpose, one still spends…
Art and Code at CMU →
Check this out: Art and Code, “a low-key conference teaching a variety of tools specially developed for use in the arts and education to artists, young people, and everyone else.” It’s happening…