Category Archives: computation

Software Artifacts and the Insert Disc exhibit at the Museum of the Moving Image NYC

Posted on October 22, 2012 by Ray

I found out about Insert Disc, a gem of an art show / project, at the Museum of the Moving Image, via Rhizome. You take a blank DVD-R (which I had to buy specifically for this venture out to … Continue reading →

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Borges wrote on graph paper

Posted on June 4, 2011 by Ray

I had the fortune in participating in the Find the Future event, which was part of the on-going Celebrating 100 Years exhibition and series of events marking the century-old Main Branch of the New York Public Library. I spent 12 … Continue reading →

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What I did today…

Posted on May 14, 2011 by Ray

Today was the second of three sessions of Introduction to Synthetic Biology, given at Genspace. Going great to so far, considering that I haven’t taken a biology class since high school. We’ve been learning how to create bacteria that smells like bananas. Seriously. There … Continue reading →

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8-bit + Interactive Map of NYC = <3

Posted on April 6, 2010 by Ray

Brett Camper made a wonderful interactive map of New York with 8-bit graphics. http://8bitnyc.com/ (Thanks Vanessa!)

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Pandora Magic 8 Ball

Posted on September 1, 2009 by Ray

(composite image via Flickr and Pandora.com) I know that Spotify is all the rage, but it doesn’t have a public release in the US yet, and invites are still a bit rare States side. So, I’ve been finally playing around … Continue reading →

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The Intersection Between Couture and Legos

Posted on November 20, 2008 by Ray

My friend Alex sent me this link to this recent JC de Castelbajac video, which reconsiders his recent runway show as LEGOs. JCDC is known for incorporating popular culture imagary into his couture, but this is taking the concept into … Continue reading →

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I Gave A Presention On Computation and Maps

Posted on October 19, 2008 by Ray

Computation + Maps View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: map gis) The last week has been a little hectic. I give this talk last week to some first year Masters of ID students at UArts. The title is … Continue reading →

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Follow up Friday.

Posted on April 4, 2008 by Ray

On a rainy Friday, here are some follow up tidbits to some previous posts that have been collecting in my mental Inbox. I think it’s a good practice to follow up on posts. In both blogging, even more importantly traditional … Continue reading →

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