Exploring the Infinite
I have an exhibit at the end of the month and at the last minute, I decided I wanted to make up some CDs with screensavers on them. I thought it would be a nice touch to print up some CD covers for the thin jewel cases and figured with them being 4.75 inches in size I could fit 2
Let's admit it. Some art is good, some art is fair, and some art… well, it's bad… very very bad. So bad that it should not be forgotten, but memorialized forever in it's own little corner of the intarweb. The Museum Of Bad Art (MOBA) is the world's only museum dedicated to the collection, preservation, exhibition and celebration of bad
At the age of 81, Benoit Mandelbrot, recognized for originating the field of fractal geometry and applying it in mathematics, science and engineering, has joined the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is a DOE Office of Science laboratory that solves complex problems in energy, national security, the environment and life sciences by advancing the
Introduced to the art of cardstacking by his grandfather at the age of 8, Bryan Berg broke the Guinness World Record for the World's Tallest House of Cards at the age of 17 with a tower that was 14 feet, 6 inches tall. Since then, he's broken that record with a structure that was over 25 feet tall. His work
Earlier this month, co-CEO of the Jim Henson Company, Lisa Henson, announced that Genndy Tartakovsky will be directing Power ofthe Dark Crystal, the long -awaited sequel to the 1982 film The Dark Crystal. While I'm excited about the film and will anxiously await it's debut, I'm a little dissapointed to hear that there will be portions of the film that
I'm not too proud to admit it. Clowns scare me. As a matter of fact, so do those funny mirrors. My fear of clowns dates back to when I was a child and my pediatrician had those god-awful paintings of crying clowns on the walls. Heck, even happy clowns scare me. But today I learned there's hope for people like
Visit www.D-StruktIV.net and you are certain to find a dream-like magic in the digital artworks of Fernando Tabanera. Combining imagery that is often times symbolic, Tabanera depicts a realistic surrealism that grabs hold of the viewer and won't let go. Fernando portrays a world in which headless figures strike provocative poses, flowers offer sensual statements when juxtaposed to modern-day machinery,
Here's an interesting concept that has been executed in a dynamic and interactive website. The Collective Unconsciousness Project (TCUP) uses Macromedia Flash to present a plethora of dream snippets submitted by members of the community. The navigation within the interface is purposefully non-hierarchical. Instead, it is completely based on chance and the user’s choices. Members can keep a personal dream
Richard P. Taylor, a physics professor at the University of Oregon, used fractal geometry to look for patterns in drip paintings that have been claimed by their owner to be original Jackson Pollocks and found that they do not exhibit the same types of patterns. While this doesn't necessarily prove that Pollock didn't paint them, art historians and dealers say
According to a recent report by researches from Princeton, some popular applications such as AIM and Photoshop cause security problems once they are installed because they make changes to the operating system that can allow attackers to bypass Windows security mechanisms. PCWorld reports that hackers are targeting software programs because of the growing number of security flaws found in them
Bush sent the fiscal year 2007 budget request to Congress yesterday and it looks grim. Becky Lewis of OMB Watch summarized, “By focusing on the budget for sacrifices, as opposed to the tax cuts, the administration makes it quite clear that they are more comfortable with taking from low- and moderate-income families than they are with taking from the super-wealthy.”
So you’ve got your spankin’ new blog and you want to spruce it up with some cool artwork you found online. You copy the image’s URL and paste it into your code as your background image. It looks great. Your friends think you’re groovy because your blog is stylin. A few days later, you log in to find that your
Here's a must read blog for ya. It's devoted to the RIAA's lawsuits of intimidation brought against ordinary working people. Boy, did the RIAA mess up royally. This time, they are suing a home health aide who has never bought, used or even turned on a computer in her life. The post links to a legal document from her attourney
LEAP is an acronym for Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, a group of current and former members of law enforcement officials that was founded in 2002. Their message is simple. The war on drugs has failed. They propose that a system of regulation would be better than prohibition because it would be less harmful and more ethical. “The mission of LEAP
Artist George W. Hart creates geometric sculptures out of common household objects, paper, plastic, metal and wood. When asked how he gets ideas for his work, he says he just visualizes the forms and usually knows exactly which material he wants to use to execute the visualization. He often makes paper models woven with ribbon to work out the details