
Our favorite “nerd core” rappper, YTCracker has just released a new album, “Nerd Life” on “Nerdy South” Records. T...
Read MoreOur favorite “nerd core” rappper, YTCracker has just released a new album, “Nerd Life” on “Nerdy South” Records. T...
Read MoreMy Alerting Infrastructure! project is now online at the Connected! show in Breda, The Netherlands! Watch the live stream here. Or open this link in V...
Read MoreHere are some pictures from the DO IT TOO! exhibition that I showed my Drawbots project at in York, PA earlier this month. Some really nice work on th...
Read MoreI’m showing my Alerting Infrastructure! project in the “Connected” (the site should go live next week or so) show in Breda, The Neth...
Read MoreI just finished up a gallery for Gizmodo on Japanese device artist, Ryota Kuwakubo. Read the whole piece here. Above is a pic of his project “Du...
Read MoreHope everyone (in the US) has a good Turkey day this year! Remember it’s the (second to) last time you have to stuff your face before spring arr...
Read MoreAram Bartholl’s (who I profiled for Gizmodo a while back) latest project “Map” converts the Google map markers into physical objects...
Read MoreNice article by Rachel Metz about the Artbots NYC Regional show that I showed my IPO Madness project in this past weekend. Above is a pic from the art...
Read MoreMexican artist Juan Gilberto Esparza Gonzalez’s street interventions are really nice ways of exploring the city in creative ways through sculptu...
Read MoreTaking a break for a bit – more to come next week! havagoodweeknd!...
Read MoreHere at the Arhus Art Museum in Denmark there was a giant boy living on the first floor. He was a bit shy with all the people around, but still seemed...
Read MoreI’ll be showing my IPO Madness project at the upcoming ArtBots Regional NYC exhibition at Location One in NYC from November 9-12th! Should be a ...
Read MoreSaw this sign on a NYC street today. Pretty funny mistake by whoever typed in the text – since they couldn’t fit the “Use of Fake...
Read MoreUndersound “is a new type of experience, an interface that is on your mobile phone and in the underground stations you pass through every day. I...
Read MorePretty hilarious sign seen at a Florida Morgan Stanley Branch. I guess someone in there must be working way too hard....
Read MoreWalking around in Florida, we came across this urban teleportation device. Pretty nice ubiquitous use of futuristic technology. Too bad we were nowher...
Read MoreI didn’t believe it was actually possible, but I saw this in a store the other day – Twinkies Baking Set. I guess the results discovered d...
Read MoreBrisbane, Australia-based media artist, Tim Plaisted has a exhibition of kinetic video objects called “New TV“. “Works such as TV Sw...
Read MoreKatherine and I are leading a Scrapyard Challenge workshop at Stetson University in DeLand, Florida next week! Should be fun – pics to come....
Read MoreMy Drawbots project is in the “DO IT TOO!: Exhibition of Participatory Art” at York Arts that opens on Thursday in York, PA. Several bots ...
Read MoreI just finished up an interview with Berlin-based media artist Aram Bartholl for Gizmodo. You can read the whole piece here. Above is a picture of Bar...
Read MoreHere’s a screenshot of a Google ad that came out on my site. Pretty funny. “Boring Machines” are always big selling items! i love th...
Read MoreThe MediaCity Conference in Weimar this November “wants to enable the research about occurring processes of media use in urban contexts in the w...
Read MoreI’ll be showing my PoliceState project at the “Art on the Edge” International Art Festival in Aarhus, Denmark this October. On the e...
Read MoreToday my solo show in Montreal opened! Above is a pic of my PoliceState project in the gallery at OBORO. Overall the show went really well and will be...
Read MoreI did an interview with Regine from We-Make-Money-Not-Art discussing projects in my upcoming solo gallery show opening Sept 16th in Montreal, Canada. ...
Read MoreYesterday we ran one of our MIDI Scrapyard Challenge workshops at OBORO in Montreal! It was a blast with about 15 participants making some really cool...
Read MoreI’m off to Montreal where I’ll be setting up a solo show of 6 of my projects at OBORO which opens at 5 pm on September 16th. At 3 pm on th...
Read MoreThese shirts from One Horse Shy are pretty brilliant. Definitely makes me think twice about whether or not I should keep writing this blog. Maybe I...
Read MoreI just finished up a Gallery interview with artist/designer Elise Co over at Gizmodo. Above is a picture of her “UFOS” shoes in collaborat...
Read MoreKatherine Moriwaki and I are running our MIDI Scrapyard Challenge workshop at Oboro Gallery in Montreal, Canada on September 8th. Details and signup i...
Read MoreThe “First-Person Shooter Glasses” by Aram Bartholl are paper cut-out glasses anyone can download, print-out and wear around town that mak...
Read MoreAmerica’s Got No Talent Programmed: Rules, Codes, and Choreographies in Art, 1965-2018 Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY September 28, 20...
Read MoreComing out of my blogging silence for a sec because this was too good. This wins the award for the most low tech web-design advertisement I’ve e...
Read MoreTaking a break from the blog for a week while I get ready for an upcoming show.. More on that soon – stay tuned!...
Read MoreWalking around San Francisco yesterday we came across this computer store, “New Digit”. Pretty funny name for a store, and is it really ...
Read MoreLast nite we checked out the Survival Research Labs extravaganza here at ISEA 2006! Pretty amazing show of fires, giant Tesla coils (see the mushroom-...
Read MoreHere at ISEA we checked out Rania Ho’s “Ho Fatso” exhibit which was located in a theater space in San Jose. Basically the wearer put...
Read MoreWe put up photos from our workshop here. Above is a picture of the giant Styrofoam Tower I built to lure people towards our space!...
Read MoreWe also went to the opening of the ISEA exhibition last nite in South Hall. Walking around town, we noticed some cement bricks attached to light posts...
Read MoreYesterday we finished up our workshop at ISEA 2006. Some really great projects! Since most people built innovative land vehicles, we decided that the ...
Read MoreToday was day one of our DIY Urban Challenge workshop at ISEA 2006. Some really cool projects so far. The pic above is of the “Go-Cart Desk̶...
Read MoreWalking through San Francisco the other day on our way to ISEA we passed this “Real Estate” broker. I’m assuming that everything you...
Read MoreThe very cool “Email Erosion” project by Portland Oregon-based artists, Ethan Ham and Tony Muilenburg, creates sculptures out of “bi...
Read MoreHeading to ISEA in San Jose – more from there soon! Peace out!...
Read MoreThe Tactical Sound Garden is “an open source software platform for cultivating public “sound gardens” within contemporary cities. It...
Read MoreAnother cool PC casemod, the instant 486 BBQ! Now they have to come up with a desert dish – maybe some “ColdFushion” sorbet....
Read MoreLooking around Flickr, I found some really great Internet Cafe pictures like the one above for “Gogle”. Or if you really hate the “E...
Read MoreI finally got my blog software updated! Very cool! Thanks so much to Ernesto for helping me out with this. Now hopefully I can actually have a “...
Read MoreSaw the funniest thing today on my walk to the library – this sign posted on a few street light poles: “Missing Canon Powershot CameraR...
Read MoreParisian street artist “Space Invader”‘s show “Rubik Space” included more of his pixelated aliens – this time on a...
Read MoreTaking a break from the blog for a bit.. more to come in a week from ISEA 2006 in San Jose. Over and out....
Read MoreIf you are really hungry and need to store your DATA somewhere fast, look no further than USB Sushi – these guys made it on the “10 Weirde...
Read MoreHere’s an interview/article I did for Gizmodo on Reno, Nevada based artist, Joseph DeLappe. You can read the article here. Above is a pic of his...
Read MoreHere’s an interview in “Ping Mag” with Roger Ibars about some of his new work. Very cool stuff. My favorite is the above piece: R...
Read MoreHere’s another video of the MIDI Scrapyard Challenge workshop we ran in Amsterdam this past June. It was put together by Rick Compajne! Thanks R...
Read MoreOur workshop showed up on Boing Boing today. We have a limit of 15 people max for the workshop so we’ll let people know soon if they are in or o...
Read MoreThis is a picture of a label from a brand of suitcase that I saw. Not sure why anyone would purchase a suitcase with the “Smuggler” logo o...
Read MoreKatherine and I are running our MIDI Scrapyard Challenge Workshop at Machine Project gallery / lab space in Los Angeles this weekend, Sunday, July 9th...
Read MoreHappy 4th of July weekend! (For those of you in the US). I’m gone for a much needed break.. more to come soon!...
Read MoreToday, July 1, 2006, this blog turns 3! 3 years ago I started writing here, not knowing how I would be able to sustain writing (almost) daily when I...
Read MoreThis t-shirt is a nice way of saying that you need some time away from technology. Especially fitting for the summer when the great outdoors are calli...
Read MoreKatherine and I are leading one of our MIDI Scrapyard Challenge workshops at Machine Project gallery in Los Angeles on July 9th. If you are around, pl...
Read MoreThis “SPAM shirt” was spotted in Amsterdam today. Pretty cool idea. It reminds me of the original Spam Shirt that puts actual spam of your...
Read MoreThis T-shirt is a great way to prove both your love for the Christian faith and the almighty power of Intel and computing in general. I wonder if ther...
Read MoreWalked by this shop in Amsterdam today. “PC’OKE” -although it looks like an ad for a drug den. Smoke crack while we work on your PC....
Read MoreToday we head to Amsterdam to lead one of our Scrapyard Challenge workshops at STEIM. Should be cool! If you are around the area, please stop in and s...
Read MoreIf you’ve left a comment on the blog and it isn’t showing up – its because the comments system is currently broken – ie. IR...
Read MoreHere’s an article I wrote about Heath Bunting’s “SuperWeed” project for the “System_Hack” show. Read Up!...
Read MoreThe “iDon’t” anti-iPod campaign is pretty interesting. Above is a pic I took of one of their ads on a billboard in NYC. To them, the...
Read MoreToronto-based artist Amos Latteier‘s latest project “We’re Not Gonna Take It!” lets people call into a local phone number and ...
Read MoreTexas based artist, Max Kazemzadeh’s “Sun.Dial” project is a “an internet-based installation project that fosters a sense of s...
Read MoreBlast Theory‘s latest project “Day Of The Figurines“, ” is set in a fictional town that is littered, dark and underpinned with...
Read MorePart one of an interview I did for the “School Library Journal” about my work and the history of Coin-Operated.com is here and Part 2 of t...
Read MoreToday is 6.6.6. but I don’t believe in any of that stuff. haha – I guess if the world does end at least we’ll know that the genius w...
Read MoreThe interview I did with NYC based artist Paul Johnson is up on GIZMODO now. Read it here. Enjoy!...
Read MoreThe book ‘New Media Art” by Mark Tribe and Reena Jana (published by Taschen) came out today in the US! The project Umbrella.net that Kathe...
Read MoreThis short clip from the pseudo documentary “How William Shatner Changed The World” is pretty hilarious. It shows a crazed William Shatner...
Read MoreRecent Parsons School of Design grad, Paul Notzold’s “Textual Healing” project examines the public use of text (or SMS) messaging by...
Read MoreThe OwlProject’s “iLog” is a wooden iPod-like MP3 player that is sure to give you a musical “splinter”. From the descrip...
Read MoreTaking a break from the blog for a bit, more to come soon tho....
Read MoreCheck out this interview I did for Gizmodo with Chicago-based artist Sabrina Raaf. Above is a picture of her project “Icelandic Rift”! Ver...
Read MoreKatherine Moriwaki and I are leading one of our Scrapyard Challenge workshops this June @ STEIM in Amsterdam, organized by Virtueel Platform – t...
Read MoreThis book, “Hackoff.com” by Tom Evslin, bills itself as “a historic murder mystery set in the Internet bubble and rubble”. The...
Read MoreDLLD.com has to be one of my favorite all-time websites. It’s the story of “One Eye” and “Liz” and the only reason I fou...
Read MoreJust uploaded a video about Katherine and my MIDI Scrapyard Challenge workshops to our main project page. You can watch it here. This video documents ...
Read MoreThe book “New Media Art” (2006) from Taschen by Mark Tribe and Reena Jana is now out in Europe. Here’s a link to its page on the Tas...
Read MoreKatherine Moriwaki and I are leading a workshop called “DIY Urban Challenge” this summer from August 7-8th at ISEA 2006. DIY Urban Challen...
Read MoreBeijing-based, US artist, Rania Ho’s “Fatso” project “is an interactive installation consisting of inflatable fat suits and a ...
Read MoreWhile in Montreal we passed this net cafe on the street. I’m not sure I would want to go in there with my laptop and “catch” somethi...
Read MoreI’ll be at CHI this weekend up in Montreal. If anyone is around say hi! More to come l8r from my old haunt…....
Read MoreThis inflatable USB drive called the “Flashbag” grows in size (using micro air pumps) as more data is loaded into it and keeps its shape e...
Read MoreThe “Perpetual (Tropical) Sunshine” installation (from Switzerland’s Fabric Lab specializing in “Electronic Architecture”...
Read MoreThe interview I did with Canadian artist, Garnet Hertz for Gizmodo is up now! Above is a picture of his cockroch controlled mobile robot. Read away...
Read MoreMy PS2Com case mod made it onto Neatorama’s “Ultimate Case Mod” list yesterday! Pretty cool to be included with all of those crazy p...
Read MoreThese new Wireless Extension Cords are just what I’ve always wanted but was too afraid to ask for. Just imagine having 220-110 volts of power in...
Read MoreTaking a break from blogging for a bit – more to come mid-April…...
Read MoreJust put up some documentation of my PS2Com Playstation 2 Case mod. Basically the project turns an existing Ps2 into a Nintendo Famicom circa the earl...
Read MoreThese Pre-Pixellated T-Shirts are pretty cool – especially if you want to avoid getting sued before you try to jump in front of a live news came...
Read MoreHere’s an interview I just did for Gizmodo on Ireland-based, French artist, Benjamin Gaulon. Ben does some really interesting hardware hacks suc...
Read MoreThe Email Graphic Traceroute asks you to simply paste “an email with full headers into a field and the app will trace the path your email messag...
Read MoreThe Takeaway Festival at the London Science Museum’s Dana Centre is examing the future of DIY culture and media through workshops and exhibition...
Read MoreUS-based artist Rick Silva is the world’s first “Sattellite Jockey”. Silva mixes and scratches the planet using Google Earth to beco...
Read MoreThe talk that I gave on the subject: “Media Art Futures” @ the Ars Electronica Forum at the ARCO Art fair in Madrid this past February is ...
Read MoreMy project, Wifi-Hog is included in the exhibition, “Reclaim The Spectrum” happening at the “ZEMOS98” festival in Seville from...
Read MoreMore to come soooooooooon!...
Read MoreAn Interview I did with San Francisco-based artist, Amy Franceschini is now up on GIZMODO! Read it here! (picture above of her project: “Soil Sa...
Read MoreI really like it when simplicity meets utter complexity to the point where it becomes completely ridiculous. This is the case with Massively Multi-Pla...
Read MoreI definitely have a new favorite blog that I read everyday: Chewbacca’s Blog is chock full of intelligible quips about life, outer space, and th...
Read MoreThe Printball is “an Ink-Jet printer using a PaintBall Gun as printhead. The gun is mounted on a pan & tilt unit which is connected to a Ma...
Read MoreNow even White Castle’s famous “Square Burgers” have gone “Open Source”. Check out the recipe to make your mince meat ex...
Read MoreThe “Woz” PodBrix Minifig is a limited numbered edition of 300 units. Hand created by Tomi, each figure stands just 1.75″ tall. Incl...
Read MoreNow you can be the “uber geek” and stay as chubby as your geekiest friends with Advanced Circuit’s “Engineering Student Specia...
Read MoreToday walking around Madrid I noticed this “High Tech Hotel” sign and wondered what they really meant by that. Internet connection in ever...
Read MoreKatherine and I are speaking at Dorkbot Madrid this Saturday night, Feb 11th! If you are in Madrid please stop by!...
Read MoreI definitely want to get this shirt just to profess my love for the bloggers around the world. Ha....
Read MoreToday is my —st bday! I’m getting old – hehe! Well I guess that’s why its called a bday.....
Read MoreL.A. based artist Marie Sester’s new project, BEAM is a ” spatially interactive installation which displays visuals from a database of Ame...
Read MoreThomson and Craighead’s Unprepared Piano project consists of “a Yamaha Disklavier grand piano that is connected to a database of music MID...
Read MoreI noticed that a mouse (above) was released recently that has an LCD click counter on the top to count all clicks by its user. I did a project (screen...
Read MoreThe interview / article I did for GIZMODO on Danish artist, Mogens Jacobsen is now online. Read up! (Above is a pic of his project: “SKIP”...
Read MoreFor his solo show in NYC, Brody Condon created a “full size 85′ lamborghini countach (pictured) from cast plastic branches. the original w...
Read MoreThe WooPeFi by Yaniv Steiner is a Wi-Fi enabled “streaming Mp3 player based on Linux-Debian, embedded inside a classic radio.” This projec...
Read MoreThey should probably make a cartoon about Geek Squad, the team of computer helpers that make housecalls with their branded volkswagen bug. The pics of...
Read MoreWishing everyone a great 2006! I’m sure this will be a lot better than 2-0-5. Lots of good stuff in the worx for next year! More to come…...
Read MoreThe “Puppy House” appears to be breeding Siamese Puppies and they even advertise it on their sign! (hehe).. This was spotted in LA over th...
Read MoreWe’re off for a mini vacation – so happy holidaze to everyone who reads this blog! Have a great new years and see you on the flipside! 200...
Read MoreThe RSSTroom Reader is a nice hack into the world of RSS feed readers and networked objects. Plus a pretty funny play on words as well. I’m not ...
Read MoreWe’re waiting out the NYC Transit Strike today in hopes that they solve something before the weekend. A lot of people are left stranded now and ...
Read MoreThis video (here’s the browser-based version) of “Lazy Sunday” by Saturday Nite Live’s Chris Parnell and Andy Samberg is perha...
Read MoreThe new issue of the very cool, indie media art magazine, Neural, is out. The mag is published in Italy but the printed mag is out in English. This is...
Read MoreCame across this article about the President of Iran saying how the “Holocaust was a ‘myth’ ” and that Israel should be “...
Read MoreMore to come soon!...
Read MoreIn a Radio Shack in Boston this weekend I came across this book. This reminds me of something that should have been on sale maybe in 1997 when the Web...
Read MoreTaking a blogging break for a bit. More to come this weekend....
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