The Discovery Channel show Dirty Jobs, with host Mike Rowe, doesn’t have any shirts or other merchandise for sale. That’s a shame - people seem to get a kick outta the show - I know I do! So check out these shirts and tees I threw together that say “It’s a dirty job .. but someone’s gotta do it”, “dirty boy”, and “dirty girl”.
Add comment January 21st, 2006
Adam Savage from the Mythbusters can be seen wearing an “i am spoonbender” t-shirt on the show. i am spoonbender is a SF based band that describes themselves thus : “A synthwave band with kaleidoscopic depth? A prog-punk group into hooks? Quantum physic mystics making music? Arty experimentalists into melody? Children of the mirror reflecting themselves? More than just that: I AM SPOONBENDER.” Shouldn’t they be called “i am forkbender”?
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play Commodore 64 games online using Java. Enjoy the good old days of low resolution chunky sprites, addictive gameplay and bleepy sound fx without the hassle of an emulator. Hard to believe the machine had only 64k of ram…. Can’t even fit a Word doc in 64k! Back then size constraints led to innovative coding techniques. I remember .mod files (Axle Foley theme!) and how they packaged audio samples and the sample playback sequence to create full songs in a small size. take that mp3! better than general midi garbage any day!
Add comment January 20th, 2006
If you’re a Super Mario Brothers fanatic and can sing the game theme songs, you’d probably love these diy mario question blocks that you can sling like a pair of shoes onto overhead wires, trees, or the like. Or if you’re more into hanging onto your sprites instead of using them for guerilla Mario marketing, pick up some Plush Question Mark Blocks instead.
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The StealthPlug is a really nifty little 1/4″ audio jack to USB that comes with a 1/8″ headphone port. While geared toward guitar musicians, I’m sure there are a world of applications for any user of 1/4″ jacks. Being able to reduce the signal path from device to computer for recording some of my gear for sampling is something I’m totally excited about - and without having to take up another rack bay! Not released yet, and probably mono.. but hey! It’s still cool!
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Normally I’m totally disinterested in the crazy USB gadgets that keep flooding the marketplace. But I do have to make exceptions for hawt sex-pot anime chicks like Fujiko from Lupin the 3rd. The Fujiko & Lupin 3rd USB lamps are exactly what they sound like… Street lamps that light up, with either Fujicakes or Lupin standing underneath. I am disappointed it doesn’t come with ‘Pops’ Zenigata and mini-thumb-cuffs!
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Robots are so often built as idealistic visions of how we wish human beings could function. Our favorite bots like Qrio and Asimo attempt to be flexible and motile and reproduce our best facets - we are gods, creating robots in our own form. Yet what about robots that work to replace our less favorable aspects? Artist Saso Sedlacek tackles this with some humor with his ‘Beggar’ robot made from cheap discarded computer tech which has the robot to do the begging instead of humans. Saving the materially deprived from the labor of shaming themsleves to survive. The future of robotics.
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I typically find Western craft books to be chocablock with cheesey crap that been done a thousand times. For a press perspective on crafts, check out theseJapanese Craft Books - if the covers are anything to go by, they contain many nuggets o cuteness.
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Just added : breakbeat podcast of my breaks set at Anthem in SF 2002. This mix is mainly funky breaks, with some ragga influenced tracks and accapella track live mashup action. Includes the Streets, ‘Has it Come to This’: “Check it, yo/ Make yourself at home/ We got diesel off some of that home grown/ So sit back in your throne, turn off your phone/ ‘Cause this is our zone”
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Ever spilt your beer coffee water on your keyboard or laptop? Panic time! Need some suggestions on how to make the best of the situation? Here are some suggestions.
Add comment January 19th, 2006
I really love lasers. *drool* Every Xmas for the last couple years instead of setting up the usual strings of bulbs, I would point my red and green lasers at the walls and ceiling of my 8th floor apartment balcony and let the patterns rip! Now these wicked green lasers take it to the next level - 35mW… powerful enough to burn through things. Must be careful with that one! No play-Jedi when that’s on! Lots of purdy pictures and yummy video clips.
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The Rebar Group recently completed an installation in SF called PARK(ing), where they converted a metered parking space into a park. Check out the vid.
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Project Runway 2 is loaded with drama. And Zulema Griffin brings her ’sass’ to the party with cutting comments like “I don’t care if you cry and cut, but you gotta cry and cut!”. Zulema Cry and Cut shirts & more here.
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I’ve played around with using a flatbed scanner as a ‘camera’, but always had less than stellar results. Well, The Scanner Photography Project is how to do it right! 100 megapixel resolution anyone?
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