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Just watch him play Smokestack Lightning.
I can’t wait to get Mark Frauenfelder’s new book, Made by Hand: Searching for Meaning in a Throwaway World
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How to play Modest Mouse’s Float On on ukulele.
Mad Mad World Beach Bum Dance. Thanks, Pat!
COOP is sending back lots of great photos of this year’s La Carrera Panamericana.
I hope you enjoy seeing all these microcars as much as I did.
A demo of a Stylus controlled GUI CAD program in 1963!
Brilliant song and animation by Bill Barminski.
Do watch this video of some amazing water rockets in action. Catchy soundtrack to boot.
My friend Pat has a deep interest in automobiles. He has a new car-spotting concern called cars I have seen.
How to ask quality skeptical questions. Show this to your kids. Via BB.
Remixed War Propaganda
Pull that T-stick baby!
Amy Crehore has been letting the paint dry on Tickler No.2 for about the last 2 years. It’s now available for viewing, and its a STUNNER!
A Rolling Stones fan does a nice one-man Satisfaction Cover
Here it is. No. 2 in my BelAir series of retro-feel homebuilt AV equipment (see No.1). I used a surplus copy machine lens to make this opaque projector for use as a drawing aid. (See this post for background info and plans) .
The projector is essentially a wooden box with with a lens, [...]
Here are 3 hyperstereo views of Seattle, taken from the observation deck of Smith Tower. These stereo pairs are set up for cross-eyed viewing.
Hyperstereo
Hyperstereograms are image pairs that are made using a larger than human interocular spacing. Huh? You know, the cameras are further apart than your eyes. The effect [...]
