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Clowns Scare Me

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 likeContinue readingClowns Scare Me

Artist Showcase – Fernando Tabanera

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,Continue readingArtist Showcase – Fernando Tabanera

Dreams In Digital

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 dreamContinue readingDreams In Digital

Security Holes in Photoshop and AIM

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 themContinue readingSecurity Holes in Photoshop and AIM

Pencil Carving

Mizuta Tasogare and Kato Jado have taken up a cool hobby. Pencil carving. With fascinating skill and precision, they carve unique patterns and intricate designs out of the ordinary wood pencil. You'll have to see it to believe it.

The Digital Postmodern Modernist Generator

C'mon, make digital postmodern modernist algorythmic art with the click of a button. You know ya wanna: link What is the Digital Postmodern Modernist Generator? Find out here. “While the program generates abstract modernist looking output the overall concept of creating an automated artist process is somewhat of a postmodern concept, hence the title “Postmodern Modernist Generator”. –Don Relyea What'sContinue readingThe Digital Postmodern Modernist Generator

The Khronos Projector

There is a deep interconnection between art, science and technology and when these worlds collide, the results can be phenominal. The Khronos Projector is a perfect example. It is an interactive art installation that allows people to visualize movie content in an entirely new way. By actually touching and deforming the screen, the user can send portions of the imageContinue readingThe Khronos Projector

Hamachi

Wouldn't it be cool if you could organize multiple computers with an Internet connection into a virtual network for direct secure communication? Wouldn't it be even cooler if you could do it for free? Hamachi is a UDP-based virtual private networking system. It allows two or more computers to connect directly, even though they might be sitting behind different firewallsContinue readingHamachi

Bad, Software! Bad!

There's bad news for malicious software this morning. A new site launches today that seeks to inform consumers about “badware” which can be defined as spyware, malware, and deceptive adware. The site is called StopBadware.org and it's aim is to become a central clearinghouse for research on badware and those who spread it, and to become a focal point forContinue readingBad, Software! Bad!

Exploring the Fourth Dimension

Adrian Ocneanu, professor of mathematics at Penn State, designed a stainless-steel sculpture that's not only an aesthetically interesting work of art, but a mental portal to the fourth dimension used as a teaching tool. “In the three-dimensional world, there are five regular solids — tetrahedron, cube, octahedron, dodecahedron, and icosahedron — whose faces are composed of triangles, squares or pentagons.Continue readingExploring the Fourth Dimension

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