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Powers Of Katsu....

Best graf video I've seen in ages.

Geek Graffiti Wrap Up.....

I teach a course at Parsons each year called Geek Graffiti which deals with applying computer hacking methodologies to the city. The semester came to a close last month, below are some of the final projects.

Booby Fountain, by Ginny:

Faux Botany Speaks Up, by Barbara

Housing Solutions for a New Economy, by F8

The Disintegration Of Adhesive Graffiti, by Badart

For more you can view the course website.

Hong Kong Yard Work....

The neighbors are up to a bit of work in the front yard.

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#BADA55 Photos....

Flickr photos sorted by the color #BADA55.

Glowie Outline....

Posted by { tcb } in the Graffiti Research Lab flickr group.

It's Heating Up In Hong Kong....

This works surprisingly well.

Bada55 CPU for $2k

LM4K helped me out in designing a system that could handle heavy processing and OpenGL graphics for $2k or less, and here is what he came up with:

CPU: Intel - BX80601965 - Core i7 965 - $999
Memory: GeIL - N82E16820144291 - 6GB (3 x 2GB) - $124.99
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-EX58-UD3R-SLI - $209.99
GPU: Gigabyte - GV-N275UD-896H - GTX 275 896MB - $249
PSU: Corsair - CMPSU-620HX - 620W Modular - $149.99
HDD: Hitachi - HTS723232L9A360 - 2.5" 320GB 7200RPM - $68.99
HDD Adapter: StarTech - BRACKET25 - 2.5" to 3.5" HDD Adapter - $18.99
DVD: Pioneer - DVR-217DBK - 20X DVD-R - $26.99
Case: Lian Li - PC-A05N - Black Mini Tower Case - $89
Total = $1936.94

Build photos here. All hail the Love Monkey 4000.

"Welome To China.... Please Remain Seated!"

Layovers in Beijing just got more awesome. I'm just hoping that was actually a temperature scan and not some elaborate part of the Green Dam project.

LA and DC tourism...

"Miracle on the Hudson" Peep Diorama (part of Peep Show III on display at Art-O-Matic in DC):

Maya Lin's Systematic Landscapes at the Corcoran:

United States National Arboretum:

Steve's Everything You Want, Right Now! in LA:

Great seeing all friends and fam.

DIY Emergency Cuff Links...

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(P.S. Huge congrats to Mom and Ren!)

"NOT THE WORK OF THE GRL" continues...

Thanks to Fred from GRL Brazil for sending me this one.

Me & Ma Dukes Ran the LA Marathon Yesterday

.... us at mile 16.

Intellectual Property Asshole Competition: OBEY vs AP

Who is the bigger intellectual property asshole? Is it the artist who has amassed a small fortune based on "appropriation" yet still sends cease and desist letters to other artists for appropriating his work?

Or is it the largest (and only) US based nationally-oriented news service which fails to recognize "fair use" even when it literally stares them in the face?

I have created hand painted canvases of Shepard Fairy's Obama Hope poster, and Mannie Garcia's Associated Press photograph and put them for sale on my website here and here.

The first person to send me a cease and desist notice wins!

..... stay tuned for updates on the winner.

(For those unfamiliar with the Shepard Fairy / Associated Press intellectual property battle over the Obama Hope poster, here is a good place to start.)

(via evan-roth.com)

9 to 5 Paintings..... Painted

New in the Ni9e Factory, hand painted versions of my 9 to 5 Paintings, a project in which I turned emails, Internet browsing and report writing into digital paintings using a Double Mouse.

October 16,2006
- Sent 12 emails.
- Built class website.

Dimensions: 20 x 16 in
Materials: Acrylic on canvas

October 27,2006:
- Edited class website.
- Edited and viewed Processing files.
- Answered 4 emails.
- Viewed apartment listings.

Dimensions: 20 x 16 in
Materials: Acrylic on canvas

These canvases will be showing in the Snooz exhibition, curated by Marco Antonini at Scaramouche c/o Fruit & Flower Deli, opening May 29, 2009 6-9 pm, in NYC (53 Stanton St.).