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May 19, 2005

colour blind test

Filed under: All, Art, Human, Web, Announcements

Check to se if you’re colour blind
Heres a Very good test
:( its very sad but i think i may be colour blind…

May 17, 2005

Gameboy Micro

Filed under: All, Tech, Games, Toys, Product, Accessories

The original Game Boy(R) Advance fits comfortably into the pocket of a backpack. The retooled Game Boy(R) Advance SP fits into a coat pocket. Now Nintendo takes aim at the pocket of your tightest jeans with the tiny Game Boy(R) Micro system, quite simply the smallest and sleekest Game Boy(R) product that Nintendo has ever created.

The sporty, silver metal Game Boy Micro measures a mere 4 inches wide,
2 inches tall and 0.7 inches deep, allowing it to sit comfortably alongside
today’s hippest technological gadgets. It weighs an astonishing 2.8 ounces, or about the weight of 80 paper clips. Yet Game Boy Micro has the same processing power and plays the same games as Game Boy Advance SP models.

[Via Gearcritech]

Artomat Dispenses Art

Artomatic

Art*o*mats
are retired cigarette vending machines that
have been converted to vend art.
There are 76 active machines in
various locations throughout
the country.
[ find an art*o*mat near you. ]

The experience of pulling the knob alone is quite
a thrill, but you also walk away with an original
work of art. Ker-plunk! What an easy way to
become an art collector.
[ art*o*mat samples ]

[Artomatic]

May 15, 2005

Joka444 - Apparel

Filed under: All, Art, Wearable, Product, Fashion

Joka444 - Apparel

A philadelphia based artist, just launched his own shirt line. Along with his provocative Art.

DNA Hacking

By philliptorrone

Images-1
DNA Hack is website for Amateur Genetic Engineering. The site has tons
of resources, supplies, how-tos and this interesting snippet from
Michael Schrage in the June 2003 Technology Review: “Maybe
bathtub biotech will be the next to capture the mindshare of the techie
tinkerers. Maybe bioinformatics and the diffusion of genetic
engineering technologies will inspire a new generation of bio-hackers.
Certainly the technologies are there for those inclinded to genetically
edit their plants or pets. Maybe a mouse or E. coli genome becomes the
next operating system for hobbyists to profitably twiddle. Perhaps this
decade will bring a Linus Torvalds or Bill Gates of bio-hackerdom — a
hobbyist-turned-entrepreneur who can simultaneously innovate and market
his or her DNA-driven ideas.” Link.

[By MAKE]

May 11, 2005

Matson Jones


Matson Jones

With an unusual lineup of two cellos, an upright bass and a drummer, Matson Jones plays quirky, dark indie rock that the band has described as “orchestral art pop.” The stylish, arty Fort Collins quartet is appropriately named after an obscure reference to 20th century painters Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg.

Band Members: Anna Mascorella - cello, vocals, Martina Grbac - cello, vocals, Matt Regan - upright bass, Ross Harada - drums

Mount Sims


Mount Sims

Los Angeles’s Mount Sims, AKA Matt Sims,
wraps together the quite disparate aspects of his life to create his
offerings to the glamour, sex, and drum machine-obsessed electro scene.

Preaching “technosexuality,” Mount Sims claims Giorgio Moroder, Depeche Mode,
and Curtis Mayfield as influences, but the artist’s penchant for public
nudity and fondness for the teachings of Eros indicate inspirations drawn
from less musical roots. Like New York’s Fischerspooner, Mount Sims plays gigs that are as much performance art as they are music shows. Mount Sims

is equally at
home droning lyrics over layers of loops and dense synth washes as he
is providing the soundtrack to a modern dance piece or avant-now
fashion show.

[Via Epitonic]

I Am X



With Becoming X, Sneaker Pimps changed the course of American pop music. Five years later, Sneaker Pimps founder Chris Corner aka I AM X embarks on a solo journey to showcase his exceptional production and songwriting talent.

Kiss + Swallow is really all about songs: dark, futuristic ones expressed in an electronic environment. From “Kiss and Swallow”, an upbeat radio anthem, to the 80’s influenced “Heatwave” or the end of days “White Suburb Impressionism”, the album swings moods flawlessly and captures the listener.

This is an electro-pop masterpiece, owing as much to the contemporary electronic productions of Berlin and Detroit as to the pop of Prince or Cabaret Voltaire. Chris Corner’s voice is the unifying thread, at times similar to the howlings of Cabaret Voltaire, always with the emotional clarity of Curtis Mayfield.

[IAMX Via Amazon]

20Q, a twenty-questions gadget

WARNING: This game is highly addictive. The creators of this productare not responsible for homework not getting done, unwashed dishes, or any other forgotten chores.


20Q.net

20Q.net is an experiment in artificial intelligence. The program is very simple but its behavior is complex. Everything that it knows and all questions that it asks were entered by people playing this game. 20Q.net is a learning system; the more it is played, the smarter it gets.

And they now have a toy!

This 20Q pocket version is about the size of a yo-yo and contains a neural-network with a quarter of a million synaptic connections. Cheeky and sleek, the 20Q pocket version captures the quirky personality of the artificial intelligence behind the 20Q.net Web site.
Buy here!

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May 10, 2005

Free New Music

Here are some great sites to find new music, most let you download some of there singles, here you go!

  • amazon.com
  • this may be the best music recomending sites ever, you just join and put some of your fav. bands in there recomendation service. and befor you know it theres tons of bands you may like. and you can buy there CD ussally alot cheaper here, just buy it used or new(i only buy my cds here and i havent gotten a scratched one yet)

  • 15megsoffame.com
  • This is an online music communtiy, you join as eather a listener or artist, so you can put your music up for others to hear and rate, or you listen to new bands and rate them. theres alot of up and coming talent on here, you must check it out!

  • epitonic.com
  • you dont need to join, and it has a great way to sample songs(@ low bit rate) and if you like a band, you can download there songs. And to the right they have other bands that are similar, and other suggestions theres alot of great indie music here.

  • mp3.com
  • i havent used this site much, but it seems to be similar to eptonic, ecept that most of the music it has are from software like itunes, were you have to buy the song. How ever its another good site to find similar bands and such.

  • musicplasma.com
  • the only purpose of this site is to find similar bands, with a pretty flash interface..

  • music.myspace.com
  • Myspace is an ever expanding online communitys, they have a large music section with small bands and alot of talent. its harder to find the right band here. but once you do its well worth it.

  • Search for mp3’s on google
  • i messed around with this, and couldnt find some mp3’s for some lesser known bands, but for the ones on teh net this is a good way to find some of there music.

  • TURTLE’S “78 RPM” JUKEBOX
  • This is a very cool site with old songs from the 1900’s to 1920’s. i found alot of great bands here. i hope to see more cool old artist soon!

  • Archive.org
  • Another great place to find old music/movies but it mostly has more mainstream bands, and older media. If you hunt hard enough you may just find a treasure or two.

  • telltaleweekly.org
  • Unabridged and DRM-free MP3, AAC, and Ogg Vorbis audio books, starting at 25 cents each via PayPal or Bitpass. havent tryed there service. but it sounds like they have some intresting audio books.

  • freesound.iua.upf.edu
  • The Freesound Project aims to create a huge collaborative
    database of audio snippets, samples, recordings, bleeps, … released
    under the Creative Commons Sampling Plus License. The Freesound Project provides new and interesting ways of accessing these samples.

if you have any suggestions, please leave a comment. id love to add to the list. (leave your webpage, with the site and i’ll plug it*)