SquirclePlex is a new interactive kaleidoscope of mine that uses images from the Squared Circle group on Flickr. The kaleidoscope uses a recursive rendering method that produces fractal images similar to Marshall Yaeger’s Kaleidoplex projector, which I discussed in my last post. This version is currently for Windows only. The installer provides both a standalone […]

British artist Ian Kirk has created a new app, Kaleidocam, that works with a basic webcam, converting the image into a kaleidoscope. This pattern can also be used as your screensaver. Kirk’s software is an interesting modern variant of Marshall Yaeger’s Kaleidoplex – a 1970s projector that created a kind of fractal kaleidoscope image using […]

While millions tune into ‘A Current Affair’ to watch the latest exclusive video of ‘Bigfoot‘ (i.e. a man in a Wookie costume shot from a long distance), they are missing some interesting video of another creature, which, astonishingly, may actually exist. In the swamps of Arkansas, seven people, including researchers from the Cornell Lab of […]

This is one of a set of four collaborative posters I am preparing for printing this month. I made this particular image by writing a collection of Perl scripts which arrange photos from the squared circle group on flickr in a fibonacci spiral (a natural way of tiling circles, seen in sunflowers, pinecones and many […]

THE ZOOMQUILT | a collaborative art project

I live near one of the coolest public libraries in Los Angeles, Glendale’s Brand Library and Art Center. Here are a 10 good reasons why you should go. 1. The library sits at the the top of Western Ave in a beautiful park overlooking the valley. Excellent for picnic lunches. 2. The library specializes in […]

Since Catt created this service, I’ve geoblogged a few of my own photos. Very cool!     Geobloggers.

What can be better than a robot controlled by a real cockroach? Garnet Hertz: Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine