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Cool technical resource for artistsCool technical resource for artistsCool technical resource for artists 09/22/2004 10:22 AM
David Pescovitz:
"I wanted to let you know that thanks to that post, Amy now has my 60" plasma screen in her studio. And in October, I'll be bringing it up to Boston so she can show her piece at a gallery there.Go David! Link This is a GrokNews Entry: (what is grok?)Cool technical resource for artistsGrok Headline matches for Cool technical resource for artistsLinux Technical Resource KitLinux Technical Resource Kit 07/23/2004 01:01 AM Direct and Related Links for 'Linux Technical Resource Kit' “We appreciate your interest in the Linux Technical Resource Kit, offered by the Novell Customer Communities. At this time we are not accepting any more orders. If you are interested in receiving notice of other forthcoming Linux opportunities from Novell similar to this Linux Technical Resource Kit, please provide your name and e-mail address below.” :-(…There's no place like law.cool.cool.fun.There's no place like law.cool.cool.fun. 03/22/2005 11:38 PM What's a namber? A namber is a word that acts as a mnemonic for a number. For example, 65 is drum, and 181 is push. A namber address uses an arbitrarily-chosen list of nambers to represent each of the numbers from 0 to 255 in order to assemble four words to represent any IP address. Metafilter.com's namber is earth .frog.brown.tooth, and mysteryrobot.com conveniently provides translation and forwarding to the real IP address. Cubitt ArtistsCubitt Artists 01/27/2004 10:24 AM Cubitt Artists Created a Pink Tank .. §Š† „Š†© .. toque feminino .. [Display] .. tank .. pink cubittartists.org.uk/mirpink.html What Artists Do When They're BoredWhat Artists Do When They're Bored 01/22/2004 02:27 AM An illustration of spam...: Can't...breathe....laughing...too...hard. Click here to comment on this entry Global ArtistsGlobal Artists 09/07/2004 12:40 PM Global Artists. If influential historical figures were reincarnated as artists, what works of art would they produce today? [Via Aeiou.] State of the ArtistsState of the Artists 04/22/2004 10:44 AM  My latest article for
TheFeature.com is now online. It's about art that incorporates, and
sometimes critiques, mobile technology:
"Research laboratories are the avant-garde art galleries of the 21st century. That shouldn't come as a surprise though. Art is a lens through which engineers can raise tough questions about the science fictions that they create, and we inhabit."Link Cuban artistsCuban artists 01/07/2004 04:27 PM One of our friends has a young Cuban lover and she goes to visit him there periodically. This situation spurred some reflection: "Why are there so many artists and musicians in Cuba?"The next thought "Well, why not?"In the U.S. when Johnny decides to ignore his family's advice and take up oil painting or guitar playing instead of investment banking it is a big crisis.Johnny is very likely giving up the opportunity to own real estate, send his kids to private school, and otherwise enjoy the great festival of materialism that is the United States. In an economy with hardly any opportunity, however, why wouldn't a person choose to do art or music? Art doesn't require a lot of capital investment. You really just need a crayon and some paper (or scissors and paper if you were Matisse). If human ability is equally distributed across the globe you'd therefore expect the best art to come from the poorest countries where people have no competing bourgeois job offers. Yet paradoxically the art for which people are willing to pay the most money seems to come from advanced economies such as Germany, England, Japan, and the U.S. For the comment section: Why? [I'll start by throwing out a personal opinion: art can only touch you if the artist shares a similar social and economic environment, which is why Westerners mostly like the art that is produced in Western countries; art produced in poor countries is actually much better but we can't appreciate it because, despite heavy doses of ecotourism, we can't understand the milieu in which it was produced.] Modern Chinese ArtistsModern Chinese Artists 07/28/2004 04:03 AM Fant astical paintings from Chinese artist Fang He. I think I like Subway Underpass Bird best for its vague sense of creepiness, though Chinese Pavilion No. 1 appeals to my love of old time sci-fi illustrations. Check out similarly whimsical Zhang Gong's cute p hallic creatures (NSFW), or peruse the large collection of artists at Courtyard-Gallery. (Related Chinese art posts here and here.) Firefox Team Looking for ArtistsFirefox Team Looking for Artists 06/27/2004 02:24 PM MacJams artists hit the big timeMacJams artists hit the big time 03/29/2005 04:54 AM MacJams.com, an online community for Mac music makers, has announced that two of its artist members have recently landed record contracts with two major international labels... Indie artists worryIndie artists worry 03/25/2005 11:04 AM USA Today Mar 25 2005 3:08PM GMT Artists Against 419 Takes On ScammersArtists Against 419 Takes On Scammers 05/02/2004 07:46 PM A number of artists clustered togetherA number of artists clustered together 07/28/2004 08:11 PM (pod) Art, Music, Photography. Visit the gallery, listen to the radio, enjoy. Comic artists card galleryComic artists card gallery 06/29/2004 05:43 AM Lines on Paper has a great nine-page gallery of business cards embellished by comic artist notables. Here's my fave by Dennis Worden. For more yummy comic browsing, consult the Comiclopedia (from Lambiek, which also has an illustrated history of Dutch comics). Artists, Activists Demand ResponseArtists, Activists Demand Response 08/28/2004 02:38 AM Grassroots activists fight hard to connect with Governor on behalf of wrongfully imprisoned men. [PRWEB Aug 28, 2004] Artists mix it up with file sharers
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Earlier this year, I posted 
From CDW comes an origami mini-iPod. A lot lamer than the other
origami iPod, which is unsurprising, given that CDW are a bunch of
rip-off artists (I once ordered an iPod from them, got a confirmation,
and then got a phone-call telling me they were sold out the iPod at
the price they'd confirmed, but could sell me one for $200 more).
[Iraqi Union of Artists deputy chairman Qasim Alsabti] created a
life-size figure of a woman wrapped in a bloodstained white shroud. It
symbolizes the rape of women detainees in Abu Ghraib, says Alsabti,
who heard of allegations of women prisoners being raped at Abu Ghraib
five months before the scandal broke. "There was a letter circulating
in Fallujah from a woman inside Abu Ghraib," he says. "She was begging
the resistance to bomb Abu Ghraib and bring down the walls on their
heads so that their suffering would end. I felt like screaming when I
heard this. I wanted to draw the attention of the American people."