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 October 31st, 2008 | Category: my workIf you are in the NYC area tonight and are in a Halloween mood, drop on by the The Showroom Gallery tonight from 7pm to 11pm and check out the Devil Dog Artshow. If you need directions, click here to get them at google maps. Here’s the piece I did for the show, it is called “Pumpkin [...] BigDog is the alpha male of the Boston Dynamics family of robots. It is a quadruped robot that walks, runs, and climbs on rough terrain and carries heavy loads. BigDog is powered by a gasoline engine that drives a hydraulic actuation system. BigDog’s legs are articulated like an animal’s, and have compliant elements that absorb [...] October 25th, 2008 | Category: personalApparently somebody thinks Mr. Nico looks like a certain Mr. Bear. Notice the fine attention to details, such as the uneven facial hair and the Masters of the Universe t shirt. My favorite nuance would have to be the epic struggle between stickman Skeletor and He-Man below the logo of the animated series. Who crafted this remarkably [...] One Saturday morning I woke up to an odd barking noise outside. A lot of our neighbors have dogs and take them for walks in the morning, so naturally I thought Sparky was the source of the commotion. Scanning the ground yielded no visual confirmation. Instead, my eyes were directed up to [...] subject "C" is tested to decide whether the individual is "A" or "B" The Turing test is a proposal for a test of a machine’s ability to demonstrate intelligence. A human judge engages in a natural language conversation with one human and one machine, each of which try to appear human; if the judge cannot reliably [...] October 16th, 2008 | Category: politics / economicsHofstra University hosted this year’s third presidential debate in a sit-down forum moderated by Bob Shieffer. The University has a feature-rich index page with various media relating to the issues discussed. If you haven’t looked into some of the issues on the tip of spear, this hub of information is a good place [...] Dubai seems to be ahead of the curve with architecture and urban planning. A thousand years from now, who knows? Perhaps in time our planet will be covered with geometric structures like this. I myself would be interested in seeing the technology on a more modular level, where I could buy a [...] Besides Street Fighter 4 and Tatsunoko vs Capcom, there is one other sparring game that is blowing my mind: Ultimate Ninja Storm. The style, timing, and cinematic quality has been translated in a way which I’ve never seen in a 3-d fighter. The frame rate seems to hold stable during game play, even at [...] October 9th, 2008 | Category: animal kingdomA surprising story that demonstrates how the tables can turn at any point and time…..Advantage, mouse. A mouse bit a venomous viper to death after it was thrown into the snake’s cage as a lunchtime snack. The tiny rodent killed the snake after a fierce 30-minute battle, emerging with “barely a scratch on him”, according [...] First Aired: 1973 Lyrics: Conjunction Junction, what’s [...] October 8th, 2008 | Category: politics / economicsA stock investor by profession I am not, but I’ve been keeping my eye on the Dow Jones for the past few years. Market trends and how they are affected have always interested me. It’s like a complicated role-playing game of statistics and probabilities. Main St. is effected by Wall St, and every other market [...] October 4th, 2008 | Category: my workHere’s an art show I’m working on for the end of the month. It’s called the Osaka Popstar Devil Dog show at the Showroom Gallery in NYC. There’s a diverse lineup of artists, designers, directors, and actors taking part. I’m working on my design right now and will post more pictures in the near [...] October 3rd, 2008 | Category: gamesThe concept surrounding this title posed some interesting questions not many explore. Origins, self-awareness, and the evolution of social organizations from bestial necessity to cosmic exploration find themselves under the macroscope. The game in no small way entertains the viewpoints between intelligent design and evolution. To some degree I think it plays a [...] This will a be a milestone when fully developed, but should be developed in caution. My main concern is second generation technology that could evolve from this, such as self-replicating nano-machines. The notion of terminators in the future may be much smaller than we think….. A team of biologists and chemists is closing in [...] |
On this blog you will find some of my professional work from various media design, as well as personal stories and other random stuff that motivates me to stay creative.
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