Everything Is A Remix (including this blog post)

Thanks to Bob at Meta for suggesting this. This is beyond cool. Watch it all.

Everything is a Remix Part 1 from Kirby Ferguson on Vimeo.

Everything is a Remix Part 2 from Kirby Ferguson on Vimeo.

Everything is a Remix Part 3 from Kirby Ferguson on Vimeo.

Part 3 was just released, so Part 4 should be out in another 2-3 months.

A Crown of Claws

A few years ago, I was at MegaCon and picked up a neat piece of art in their “Artists Alley”. I recently had to make a repair to it, and was visiting the site of the creator, Justin Stanley, so that I could repair it properly. Since it’s getting nearer Halloween, I figured I would share it.

The piece is called “Baby Head Music Box #4.” I don’t know how to be all technical and classify this. It’s made from plastic parts — apparently reused toys — so I don’t think it’s a “sculpture”. It is awesome, however. As you can see, it’s a creepy-looking baby doll’s head, with a crown of claws. The music box in the head plays what would normally be a cutesy song, but given the appearance, is kind of sinister. It’s like a 1-piece horror movie. I dig it.

Snail Mail

Ran across this story about sending email via snail.

I hope everyone can find some humor in this, but the Computer Scientist in me finds it awesome. It’s non-deterministic email, via snail — almost a Rube Goldberg machine. This system would give total plausible deniability, “but I sent it last month!”