http://www.kevcom.com/kevsnews/ An eclectic partially Hawaii-based mix of weekly news from Kevin Hughes. webmaster@kevcom.com Copyright 2013, Kevin Hughes kev@kevcom.com (Kevin Hughes) en-us http://www.kevcom.com/kevsnews/?m=20050425.1.29 Art/Design/Music http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-04/nu-dtt042705.php
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Mathematicians turn an Escher drawing into a trippy interactive experience. Check out the movies:
http://escherdroste.math.leidenuniv.nl/index.php?menu=animation&sub=about
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The all-wood musical door/doorchime based on the African tongue drum. What a great concept!
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2005/04/a_doorway_to_pa.php
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Training wheels, rethought:
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/T/TRIKE_BIKE?SITE=APWEB&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
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I recently revisited AutoStitch and tried the Windows demo application that was released last year. The results were completely amazing and it's the most easy-to-use, powerful panorama maker I've ever used on any platform. Why this isn't built into Photoshop, iPhoto, Picasa, Flickr, or cameras yet is beyond me:
http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~mbrown/autostitch/autostitch.html
The most complex photo stitching problem ever, and the mystery and story of the Unicorn Tapestries:
http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/050411fa_fact
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/Unicorn/unicorn_inside.htm
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Beautifully photographed abandoned structures in Japan:
http://home.f01.itscom.net/spiral/research3.html
Here's an amusement park:
http://home.f01.itscom.net/spiral/t_rando/t_rando1.html
I like these:
http://spiral.servlet.jp/t_rando/t_rando23.jpg
http://spiral.servlet.jp/t_rando/t_rando21.jpg
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Why is the FBI plastering notices all over CDs, to the dismay of artists and consumers alike?
http://www.yarnivore.com/francis/archives/001102.html
Doonesbury's take on file sharing:
http://images.ucomics.com/comics/db/2005/db050501.gif
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http://blogfiles.wfmu.org/BT/Gary_Higgins_-_Thicker_Than_A_Smokey.mp3
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The Manual Input Sessions explore the connections between image analysis, shadow puppets, and music generation:
http://www.tmema.org/mis/video.html
"America We Stand As One", with commentary:
http://www.americawestandasone.com/video.html
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2005/04/29/notes042905.DTL
Daft Punk's "Technologic", a sinister yet groovy reflection on our relationship to technology and language:
http://www.vilodex.com/daputec_thanks_bb.mov
Finally, French dance sensation Vitalic's "My Friend Dario" is one of the latest examples of electroclash, which mashes up New Wave, disco, glam rock, and cyberpunk:
http://www.pias.com/videos/vitalic-myfrienddario.wmv
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