April 2009
2 posts
I'm lame. What's new?
So I haven’t blogged for pure fun since Xanga ‘03. But I remember liking it, so I’m transcending the line between personal blog and academic blog as of right now.
HEYO personal blog. Maybe I’ll actually write in you more than one a week.
So. I need to decide if I’m staying in Urbana this summer TONIGHT. I need to give my boss in Montana a good month to replace a...
February 2008
4 posts
MiniAss.
Whateva.
Project UNE
Got the glitches out. Enjoi.
Medium.Desktop.muibeM
The desktop is an eighth worldwide wonder I have taken for granted my entire life. I do believe in its staying power, and impression on our current and upcoming generations. It has augmented the way we think and problem solve, and there is no question about that. Though, I will admit that it is a driving force in todays world that makes me wonder about technology’s ability to destract...
Glitchy Glitchy ya ya here. Mocha chocolata ya ya....
Some samples until I get my link glitches figured out. Some samples Some samples Some samples Some samples Some testicles
January 2008
1 post
As We May (or may not) Think.
Holy shit, I haven’t exerted this much effort to read an article in a long time. (Exception: Art Ed. article I read at 4:00 PM today.) Even when nearing the end of this article, I was so distracted by the seemingly aimlessness of the language, that it was hard for me to connect all its elements to decipher a true central meaning. Eventually (by the last page,) I caught on: the subject...
October 2007
1 post
Interactive Planetarium Planetarium Interactive
Alright, so, if I have to choose one example of an interactive art that is a little less obvious than others, I would have to pick the Felix Gonzalez-Torres piece, “Untitled,” consisting of black licorice candy in a corner (app. 700 lbs of candy). I choose this piece because the whole point of it is participation and interactivity. Anyone there is free to take as much of the candy...
September 2007
3 posts
Grand Theft NoAudio
So the new version of Grand Theft without Audio just came out and I just did a demo of it. It is really strange, I’m used to there being really good tunes playing while I’m driving around smacking hoes. I am also used to the hoes crying and carrying on. The game felt way less intense without any sound. It also mellowed out the chaos that was happening on the screen. I didn’t...
Cockfight Arena Versays Monopoly
Beyond the obvious observations, its still easy to see how different the virtual game Cockfight Arena and the traditional board game Monopoly are from one another. One is technologically based, while the other is old fashioned. Monopoly can have several players while Cockfight Arena limits the number of players. Cockfight also gets more involved so that the player can become more emotionally...
Digital Video Revolutiontiontion
Though it was being experimented with in the 1960’s, digital video made its first appearance as a used medium in the 1970’s. During this time, video production equipment was created that would “operate by taking a standard analog video input and internally digitizing it” (Wikipedia.) This made it easier to either correct or enhance the video signal, or to manipulate...
August 2007
2 posts
Le screen
I think we can all agree that the screen is a concept and tangible media that has been around for a very longtime. It is a great example of “old” media that is not only still around today, but is also used in the evolution of the newer media used to project images onto it. It can be used in simple media situations, such by using any light source and a hand to have a good ol’...
