Necessity and Invention = Peas and Carrots

Yet another great example and sniff at the trail of a very elusive thing: discovery and innovation. After all, it only took us how many thousands of years to think of all sorts of simple things that R U L E ? We make these tremendous breakthroughs and stand there and wonder, “How come it…

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Voice Rec is here [almost]

My tech-minded pals and I have used all the mediocre voice-recognition solutions out there for years and years, waiting patiently for some genuis to put it all together for the first time. Welp, no one I know has actually used Dictate for the Mac, but demos like these are pretty compelling: = c

They sure didn’t walk very far…

Last weekend, I watched In the Shadow of the Moon, a documentary put together by Ron Howard about the Apollo missions to the Moon. Like a lot of us, I’ve always been extremely curious about all of these things and in my searching for more and more details, I found the pic below [click on…

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2008 : A Viral Year

Cheers to the ones who threw some of these together. Things will get interesting this year, indeed, on many sides of the pictures. Here’s a glimpse into some of the *viral* culture that, for better or worse, shaped our world last year: “The take-home lesson here is…” = c

BFIS Barcelona

Welp, here’s where I’ll be an Artist-in-Residence in Barcelona in 2009. Watch as Dr. David Penberg introduces this short about the Benjamin Franklin International School: = c

Stolen Stollen

Literally: Two couriers at a package distribution center stole a Christmas cake destined for a German newspaper and mailed in its place a package of credit card data, prosecutors said Friday. The mix-up triggered an alarm over lost bank customer details. A batch of microfilmed data including names, addresses and card transactions ended up at…

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Area Man Writes Blog

LITTLE CANADA, MN—Local resident Steve Bachman, the self-styled “Bachster” of Internet obscurity, has announced plans to publish a blog. Family members, friends, neighbors, co-workers, and checkout clerks are bracing themselves for the expected onslaught of hints—subtle and not-so-subtle—of the “you ought to check out my blog” variety. Bachman believes that his catchy graphical hook, a…

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Ex-Bully

Enjoy this film made by a friend of a friend of a friend… = c

Beeker

This was one of the very first songs I ever learned to play on the piano. Beeker does it so much better! = c

iGame

This could spell T-R-O-U-B-L-E for the gaming industry and its plethora of hardware platforms – what if all you needed to play your favorite games was a cable and the device you carry with you all day anyways: Read more here. = c

Lars’ dad

Backcountry When you are in town, wearing some kind of uniform is helpful, policeman, priest, etc. Driving a tank is very impressive, or a car with official lettering on the side. If that isn’t to your taste you could join the revolution, wear an armband, carry a homemade flag tied to a broom handle, or…

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Sing

Brian Eno said in an article on NPR that: “A capella singing is all about the immersion of the self into the community. That’s one of the great feelings — to stop being me for a little while, and to become us.” i surely quickly got into his latest work with David Byrne: = c

waxieus : QR Code

My pal, Lars, turned me onto QR Code, the nifty little descendants of the common bar code. We’ve been itching for a style upgrade on these for quite some time now. Their predescessors were cool in that creepy way but these are, uh..different to look at even if maybe only because they are new to…

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At long last : Street Views

Maps now have Street views! Public transit and walking directions! Display address of dropped pins and share location via email [long sigh of contentment]. Go now and install v2.2 of the firmware and you, too, can be full of glee, thankful that technology not only enslaves us all but gives us a little reprieve now…

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Olsons @ Home

Phole and Jenitalia came back for a brief visit – sheesh do we miss em living all the way out in Bahstin. = c

Timeline : Cereal

Who doesn’t have a favorite cereal? A cornerstone of so many childhood breakfasts, cereal has had quite a history: = c