I/O Brush is a new drawing tool to explore colors, textures, and movements found in everyday materials by "picking up" and drawing with them. I/O Brush looks like a regular physical paintbrush but has a small video camera with lights and touch sensors embedded inside. Outside of the drawing canvas, the brush can pick up color, texture, and movement of a brushed surface. On the canvas, artists can draw with the special "ink" they just picked up from their immediate environment.

Interesting

I/O Brush

Clive Barker relates a tumorous tale of Grandma's Whale Meat at Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors, 09/25/05.

The Whale Meat Story - Google Video

Extreme Pumpkins.com - Pumpkin carving at its wildest!At what point did the carving of pumpkins turn into a "cute" event? When did boys stop carving pumpkins and moms start? Where did we lose touch with one of the years coolest events?Today we will seize back this ritual. Today is the day we throw away those safe, cute carving tools. Today. We will buy a big, ugly, pumpkin so large one man cannot lift or move it. Today. We will carve that sumbitch into something ugly and plop it on the front porch. October 31st we will light it brightly enough to give visiting children suntans.Pumpkin carving is reborn.Welcome to ExtremePumpkins.com where strange pumpkins, pumpkin patterns, and alternative pumpkin carving techniques are developed and demonstrated for you. Pumpkin carving will never be the same.

These are pretty cool.

ExtremePumpkins.com - Extreme Pumpkin Carving

Looking inside, Chipworks has found creative expressions on many of the chips
that we have examined. Our combined facilities house six (6) optical microscopes
that provide us with the magnification required to do our analysis work, as
well as to discover the hidden art on some chips.

Images are captured by Chipworks' own proprietary state-of-the-art
software, Design Analysis Workstation
(DAW) and are uncovered during magnification of the chip. Magnification
based on the available space where the art is placed can vary anywhere
from 200 to 500 times the actual size.
We think that these masterpieces deserve a wider audience. Have
a look at what we've found!

CHIPWORKS | Silicon Art Gallery

Plush animals with touches of blood.

Patricia Waller:Bilder

I am in my local music store at least once a week. I don't play any instruments to speak of, but I have a lot of friends who work there, and the general atmosphere is a blast to be in and around.

If you've ever been in a medium-to-large music store in your life, one of the things you've probably seen is the "I / We Need Talent" table, where bands will post notices or leave flyers asking guitarists or bass players or drummers to call them up and audition. I make a habit of checking out that table at the store quite frequently, and am usually greeted with your standard "Bass Player Looking For Hard Rockin' Band" flyer or "Band Needs Stick Man" card.

But one day, I walked in and was greeted by a pile of about 18 VHS video tapes sitting on the table (apparently it started with 25, but some eager folks had taken a few already). Each one was labeled simply "Rock Singer Audition" on the long side with a piece of masking tape. That's it. Just "Rock Singer Audition". I asked my buddies about them and they began cracking up, telling this harrowing tale about the guy who brought them in and how he kept loudly announcing his intentions of being a rock star. They insisted I take one of his "Audition" tapes and check it out.

So I did. And within seconds after hitting "Play" on my VCR, I KNEW this stuff had to be shared with everyone on the planet. EVERYTHING about this video rules. The mullet hanging out of the back of the trucker hat, the fact that he's topless and occasionally forgets the lyrics (and must read them from an index card), the chinese zodiac calendar hanging on the wall, just below the window dressing - BUT THERE'S NO WINDOW... And the music! IT RAWKS!

TheRawker.com: Get Ready To RAWK!!!!

Star wars in ASCII...

STAR WARS ASCIIMATION - Main Page

- Choose content from the 4 original Eno/Schmidt Eno/Norton Oblique Strategies editions.
- Includes the widely-distributed unofficial “HyperStack” version. (as”edition 0”).
- Minimal UI focuses on content.
- Intuitive device-like operation and behavior.
- Easy one-click action.
- Supports multiple instances.
- Complete and automatic recall through restarts.
- Efficient use of screen real estate.
- Uses 0.00% CPU when idle.
- Eye-soothing transitions.

Oblique Strategies - Dashboard - Games

For once, a book which really lives up to its title.
Hall self-published this massive tome in 1928,
consisting of about 200 legal-sized pages in 8 point type;
it is literally his magnum opus.
Each of the nearly 50 chapters is so dense
with information that it is the equivalent of an entire short book.
If you read this book in its entirety you will be in a good position
to dive into subjects such as the Qabbala, Alchemy, Tarot, Ceremonial Magic,
Neo-Platonic Philosophy, Mystery Religions, and
the theory of Rosicrucianism and Freemasonry.
Although there are some questionable and controversial parts of the book,
such as the outdated material on Islam,
the portion on the Bacon-Shakespeare hypothesis,
and Hall's conspiracy theory of history
as driven by an elite cabal of roving immortals,
they are far out-weighed by the comprehensive
information here on other subjects.

An excellent book, regarded as one of the most comprehensive occult books ever. Now in the public domain, so enjoy!

Secret Teachings of All Ages Index

Julian Beever is an English
artist who is famous for his art on the pavements of England, France, Germany,
USA, Australia and Belgium. It's peculiarity? �Beever gives�his
drawings an anamorphosis view, his images are drawn in such a way which
gives them three dimensionality when viewing from the correct angle. It's
amazing�!!!

It really is pretty amazing.

Virtual Street Reality