Brian Raiter wrote an article many years ago in which he documented his quest to make the smallest possible Linux ELF executable, a stripped-down program that returns the answer to life, the universe, and everything. While the standard gcc-compiled version of the application nets out at 3998 bytes, Brian discovered that the smallest possible size […]
The Portland zine community will be out in full force this weekend for the 8th Annual PDX Zine Symposium. There will be workshops (covering topics like Zines 101 and Simple Bookbinding), panel discussions, and raffles–and the whole thing is free! Portland Zine Symposium August 23 & 24th (Sat: 10am-5pm, Sun: 10am-4pm) @ Portland State University […]
The “Bird Box†outputs a seemingly random sequence of triggers intended for use with a drum machine. In fact the sequence it produces is not random at all just extremely long – and filled “suggestive self-similarity and evolving motifs”. Eric Archer, the box’s creator, explains more – One of my favorite digital logic constructs is […]
Spotted in the CRAFT Flickr pool: user Adorn Jewelry created this soft body cavity with colorful organs as a hands-on aid for her anatomy students. I wish I had one of these back in biology class!
Official shot of the complex (above). From Shawn’s Flickr set (below). Living roofs with skylights. They are heat sensitive and open automatically when they reach a certain temperature to get a breeze going inside Bloggers and Bay Area journos were invited on a behind-the-scenes, not-quite-ready-for-primetime tour of the updated Steinhart Aquarium and California Academy of […]
Craftster user Acidtrix built this killer dock with the help of her family and friends, and decided to stain it with a fun Jolly Roger-inspired skull and crossbones motif. Arrr! Check out the progress pix here.
If you haven’t been checking up on The Great Internet Migratory Box of Electronic Junk (TGIMBOEJ) project in a while, there are a number of things that have been going on: There’s a TGIMBOEJ Wiki, with box tracking, links to blog reports and Flickr sets, details on starting boxes, lists to join to get a […]
