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Friday, July 23, 2010
Google honors Alphonse Mucha
Alphonse Mucha’s artwork is impossible to ignore. Born this day in 1860, his influence shaped an aesthetic vision that is still evident in the fine art, commercial art, still photography, and motion picture work of artists today thanks to a revival of interest in the 1960s. Many have emulated and copied him, but there will ever only be one Mucha. Enjoy!
Alphonse Mucha – Google Search
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Rammellzee, Rest in Peace
An amazing artist and musician called Rammellzee has shuffled off his mortal coil. Investigate his legacy for yourself: you will be shocked by the breadth and depth of his influence, and also by his obscurity to the mainstream. You will not be disappointed.
Experience his work at GOTHICFUTURISM.com.
Here are more articles and resources for learning about him:
Rammellzee, Graffiti Artist, Dies at 49 – ArtsBeat Blog – NYTimes.com
R.I.P. Rammellzee
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Ever watched Glee? Me neither. It’s a show about high school on FOX that consistently shows students violating copyright law. Is this hypocrisy? Or is FOX involved in a back-door strategy to shift the world of intellectual property law towards the Creative Commons approach?
Christina Mulligan writes an interesting bit about that very conflict:
These worlds don’t match. Both Glee and the RIAA can’t be right. It’s hard to imagine glee club coach Will Schuester giving his students a tough speech on how they can’t do mash-ups anymore because of copyright law (but if he did, it might make people rethink the law). Instead, copyright violations are rewarded in Glee — after Sue’s Physical video goes viral, Olivia Newton-John contacts Sue so they can film a new, improved video together.
via Balkinization
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Map and Estimates of the Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico - Interactive Map
The New York Times has a kick ass group of info graphics to help you visualize the BP oil spill…
Map and Estimates of the Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico – Interactive Map – NYTimes.com.
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Graffiti in New York City-Tableau Software
I was searching for some free data visualization software (to create “mind maps” of my hair-brained schemes), and I found tableau software. One of the demos of their software is a data visualization of graffiti incidents and resolution actions in NYC. This is obviously intended as a tool for the city to track crime and property damage, and demonstrate to the affected public and businesses that action is being taken, but it could also be a powerful tool to help the graffiti artist discover spots that get buffed infrequently or as a messenger service that tells them it’s time to get back out and paint a wall that has been cleaned..
Graffiti in New York City | Tableau Software
A commenter took the data to another level of refinement:
Views: Rooftop Graffiti Investigation
Friday, June 25, 2010
A bird covered in oil flails in the surf at East Grand Terre Island, La. This photo was one in a series shot June 3 by AP's Charlie Riedel that reverberated worldwide. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
In Photos: Two months later, the oil still flows – Yahoo! News.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
METAL GEAR SOLID RISING
METAL GEAR SOLID RISING OFFICIAL WEBSITE is now live….but it must be getting slammed since it is not loading for me…
Update
OK, I was able to get into the site just now. The trailer is intense!! It even ends with some game-play footage in which Raiden slices and dices everything from PMC soldiers to buildings to a watermelon. If you like swordplay (and as a kendo student, I do!) this looks like an amazingly fun game.
This game appears to take place in between MGS2 and MGS4 and fills us in on how the lame whiner from the former turned into the super bad-ass of the latter. Raiden got a bum rap for taking the spotlight away from Solid Snake in MGS2, but he had some character design and game-play elements that I always thought were really cool. Glad to see that Hideo Kojima and the crew found a way to make him compelling to a wider swath of fans.
Monday, June 14, 2010
CORE
My first foray into political website making has proved a success! Hooray!!!!! The Caucus of Rank-and-File Educators has won the seats they were running for (including president) in the Chicago Teachers Union election. Congratulations to everyone at CORE!
The website (CORETeachers.com) uses a fully customized WordPress theme (based on Sandbox).
…and the winner is, – CORE – Caucus of Rank-and-File Educators
The Battle Before the War | Politics | Chicago Reader
Monday, June 14, 2010
Daniel Ellsberg
This is a great talk about the possible effects of Internet-based transparency on war with Daniel Ellsberg, the man who leaked the Pentagon Papers and brought down Richard Nixon (You will have to wade through the first 10 minutes of audio glitches while they try Skype-ing with Julian Assange):
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