Month: September 2007

CAPTCHA Paintings

I just finished the first two paintings in a series recreating CAPTCHA images. CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart) images are used to thwart internet bots from creating accounts or posting spam. I collect particularly attractive CAPTCHA images, then recreate them in acrylic. – Link.

DIY RAM checker?

DIY RAM checker?

Garrett writes in with a request, a DIY RAM checker, anyone ever hear of a DIY version? – Dear Publisher: I have recently found your magazine…its great…and this is from someone who has never done any type of electronic project or task as I read in your magazine. Although I work in the computer industry […]

Newsknitter

Mahir M. Yavuz and Ebru Kurbak, students at Kunstuniversität Linz, have created Newsknitter, a process through which headlines are transformed into beautiful patterns on unique sweaters. They write: “News Knitter converts information gathered from the daily political news into clothing. Live news feed from the Internet that is broadcasted within 24 hours or a particular […]