September 2009
34 posts
Glitch: Designing Imperfection →
Recently released by Mark Batty Publishers, Glitch: Designing Imperfection consists of over 200 glitch images grabbed, composed and provoked by artists who present these complex fragments…
Image Content Editing: Adobe CS5 Brings Seam... →
We’ve been keeping an eye on Seam Carving (or “Content Aware Image Resizing”, for the academically unhip) since 2007. Now, via French VJ blog extraordinaire LeCollagiste, we discover that…
The Floating Island →
Retro Remakes: The official repository →
Because there’s just no way I could adequately cover all of the excellent remakes that have flowed out of the indie/freeware community over the past several years, here’s the resource…
Four-Winged Fossil Bridges Bird-Dinosaur Gap →
BRISTOL, England — A newly described, profusely feathered dinosaur may give lift to scientists’ understanding of bird and flight evolution, researchers report. The lithe creature, which…
Will Wright & E.O.Wilson talk games and learning... →
E.O. Wilson, professor emeritus at Harvard University, is a two-time Pulitzer-winning ant expert who helped develop theories of island biogeography, chemical ecology, and sociobiology,was interviewed recently by Will Wright, for NPR. The conversation rapidly turned directly to games.
So the first question he asked Wilson was if he saw a role for games in the educational process.
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BASTARDGRAPHICS →
Lovely graphic work on the website of BastardGraphics.
I Got Your Internet Explorer Right Here →
I have a lot on my head lately … but each time I find a gem like “I Got Your Internet Explorer Right Here” by BJ Warshaw, I find joy and can clear my head for a moment. Or actually, erase…
Pulsewave September 2009 →
Hubble telescope's latest images →
A refurbished U.S. space telescope is showing Earth the sharpest photos yet of cosmic beauty, complete with heavenly glows. NASA on Wednesday unveiled the first deep space photos taken by the…
Nate Simpson’s Project Waldo →
Video game concept artist Nate Simpson has taken time off from the gaming world to “learn how to make a comic by making a comic”. He’s documenting the progress on his blog, Project Waldo…
I Get Your Fez: Polytron show 2 years of... →
And sticking around Montreal for just a second: inspired by the anonymously-run bug/comment/build error blog I Get Your Fail, Polytron have just published this showcase of 26…
Street View Privacy →
The Doppler Effect →
Laser Cave Prototype - Audio Visual installation →
Amazing Interactive Audio Visual installation for Mekanism’s “After School Special” art show,concept and construction by Suryummy. More info and video here
NES patchbay for versatile bending →
Pete Edwards of Casper Electronics shares his method for modding the classic NES console to generate synth-synced visuals and more -
It is a very simple bend and is a lot of fun to…
Revisions of “On the Origin of Species” →
Ben Fry has made the first step of his new project available to the public: A visualization of the developement of Charles Darwin’s book “On the Origin of Species”.
The content of the…
NO CARRIER: VISUALS THROUGH CODE →
Don Miller aka NO CARRIER is a highly appreciated VJ in the chiptune scene. A small difference to most other VJ’s, his live shows purely consists of self programmed visuals on oldschool…
Visual Effects: 100 Years of Inspiration →
City of Melbourne, Expanded →
Back in July 22 we reported on the new identity of the City of Melbourne, and I remember at the time, someone had e-mailed me saying that the blueish green M iteration was only one of dozens….
Onwards →
GPS beatmapping →
Face Removal Services brings us the GPS Beatmap -
Looping musical phrases are represented on a map as overlapping circular territories. As the vehicle approaches the center of a circle,…
Moonbell, music from the moon →
This neat application from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency lets you listen to the moon as if it were a record! Technically, it converts topological data that they have collected…
