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Thursday, August 30, 2007

A Worthy Waste of Time

Monday, July 30, 2007

Turbulencia

Saturday, July 28, 2007

Roger Fritz video for the Vinyl Skyway

My friend Roger Fritz made this video for our friends' band The Vinyl Skyway. I think it's f'ing brilliant:

Monday, July 16, 2007

Mr Butch Died

article at www.boston.com

Saturday, April 28, 2007

soundwidgets.com

I've started a new blog about Physical Computing and related explorations here: http://www.soundwidgets.com/

Thursday, April 12, 2007

monome Mon Amour



I think I'm in love...

Currently hand-made and available only from monome.org, this USB powered control surface is a completely programmable device meant to be used with music control programs such as Max/MSP, Pd, and other MIDI, OSC etc music control languages. The website features free application software to run the device, as well, which does not require the purchase of Max/MSP, so there are no hidden costs until you start to get into really programming this as an interactive device. The website seems quite active and there are already quite a few OpenSource programs for the monome available there.

Downside is it's $500, and it's not standalone, it requires a computer (though the potential exists to build a microcontroller interface). Upside is the software allows you to program the lights independently of the the keypress reader - so they're not just toggles. It is also a multi-touch controller, which allows for much more sophisticated interaction than a touchscreen. The software could for instance wait for the third press of a key, a sequence or pattern, then draw a sequence somewhere else on the board, or start a loop, or a video. People are already writing interfaces to Abelton Live and other popular music software. The possibilities are truly limitless. The video hints at some these:

Friday, April 06, 2007

My tag cloud

Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Chest Thumping

This is how wars start, right? Someone strays into the wrong lane and then the harumphing begins:

U.S. begins large show of force in Persian Gulf

Saturday, March 24, 2007

Selling my Jeep (SOLD)