I came across this article on Yahoo! which I found interesting, because I honestly had no idea that texting has been around for 20 years. I really dont remember texting until about 2005-2006, and even then I didnt text as much until later.
http://news.yahoo.com/happy-20th-b-day-text-message-013407860--abc-news-tech.html
Monday, December 3, 2012
Sunday, December 2, 2012
Desk exercise
Getting fat from sitting stationary at your work desk every day? I have previously heard about desks that allowed people to exercise, by somehow involving a treadmill or recumbent bike, but apparently the trend is growing. This article was an interesting read as it discusses who is purchasing these items (like Apple, Boeing, Google, just to name a few), and how people are starting to appreciate these new work environments.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/02/business/stand-up-desks-gaining-favor-in-the-workplace.html?ref=technology
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/02/business/stand-up-desks-gaining-favor-in-the-workplace.html?ref=technology
Need to print something in 3D?
If you need to print something in 3D, just hit up staples: http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/30/tech/innovation/staples-3-d-printing/index.html
Now you can upload a design to their website, then have them ship it to you or go pick it up. According to the article, Staples is using a different kind of printer to create 3D objects, "using reams of paper that are cut and printed while being stacked and glued together"
Now you can upload a design to their website, then have them ship it to you or go pick it up. According to the article, Staples is using a different kind of printer to create 3D objects, "using reams of paper that are cut and printed while being stacked and glued together"
The most dangerous button on your computer
When I saw the title for this article, my first thought was the delete button. But you may have heard earlier this week/last week about some kind of email snafu in which a student hit the "reply all" button and mistakenly emailed 400 people.
http://www.hlntv.com/article/2012/11/29/reply-all-most-dangerous-button-computer?hpt=hp_c2&hpt=te_r1
http://www.hlntv.com/article/2012/11/29/reply-all-most-dangerous-button-computer?hpt=hp_c2&hpt=te_r1
Follow Santa
For all you non believers, a tracker was created to show Santas movements and where he is.
Find more info here: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-57556658-71/kids-heres-3d-proof-that-santa-exists/
Find more info here: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-57556658-71/kids-heres-3d-proof-that-santa-exists/
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
My video
Here is my video project. There are many hours put into this project (lots of help from Peter Christenson), and I used Peter Campus' videos as a kind of guide to try to follow. There is a lot of overlapping, cross fading, and opacity involved in this short clip.
Peter Campus' video shows him rubbing his face to reveal another layer of him underneath, and in another scene he is cutting thru a sheet, with a video of him in front layered over so it appears as though he is cutting thru his own back.
Another influence I tried to follow was a mashup of multiple faces - there were both men and women smiling, laughing, frowning, or making silly faces.
I attempted to follow the above examples but along the way made some changes of my own:
Peter Campus' video shows him rubbing his face to reveal another layer of him underneath, and in another scene he is cutting thru a sheet, with a video of him in front layered over so it appears as though he is cutting thru his own back.
Another influence I tried to follow was a mashup of multiple faces - there were both men and women smiling, laughing, frowning, or making silly faces.
I attempted to follow the above examples but along the way made some changes of my own:
Texting declining
I found this article, and thought, "could this be true?" but then as I continued to read, found the title very misleading. Sure, texting may be decling a little (down by like 25, whoo hoo), but really what this article is getting at is thanks to apps (skype) that allows you to text for free, you can get around having to pay for it with your phone company.
But texting is so big, that it "represented 19% of wireless carriers' data sales" (Goldman). Somehow I thought that percentage would be higher. Nevertheless, this shiz costs $1250 per megabyte (at 20 cents a msg). Gone are the days where we used to just call each other up?
http://money.cnn.com/2012/11/13/technology/mobile/text-messaging-decline/index.html
But texting is so big, that it "represented 19% of wireless carriers' data sales" (Goldman). Somehow I thought that percentage would be higher. Nevertheless, this shiz costs $1250 per megabyte (at 20 cents a msg). Gone are the days where we used to just call each other up?
http://money.cnn.com/2012/11/13/technology/mobile/text-messaging-decline/index.html
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
casette tapes arent obsolete?
When I saw this particular article on Yahoo! I immediately thought, "casettes arent obsolete??" I cant even remember the last time I saw one, and I remember using them less and less in the late 90s before moving on to cds.
I liked this article, because in the back of my mind I am always wondering if my computer or whatever electronic device I have on hand is going to crap out on me at any given moment. What I thought was very interesting was that these researchers have created a tape that is 10centimeters by 10centimeters by 2centimeters and can contain 35 TERABYTES. That is damn impressive. I wish the article provided a photo. Anyways, this takes up physical room whereas digital is all, well, digital, but sometimes that can fail and sometimes Im not sure how reliable backups can be. I thought this article was def worth the read and very interesting.
The article can be found here:
http://news.yahoo.com/death-cassette-tape-much-exaggerated-122657792--finance.html
I liked this article, because in the back of my mind I am always wondering if my computer or whatever electronic device I have on hand is going to crap out on me at any given moment. What I thought was very interesting was that these researchers have created a tape that is 10centimeters by 10centimeters by 2centimeters and can contain 35 TERABYTES. That is damn impressive. I wish the article provided a photo. Anyways, this takes up physical room whereas digital is all, well, digital, but sometimes that can fail and sometimes Im not sure how reliable backups can be. I thought this article was def worth the read and very interesting.
The article can be found here:
http://news.yahoo.com/death-cassette-tape-much-exaggerated-122657792--finance.html
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Dirty car art
This amazing artist works with dirty cars:
So much better than "wash me"
You can see more at:
http://autos.yahoo.com/photos/dirty-car-art-slideshow/
You can see more at:
http://autos.yahoo.com/photos/dirty-car-art-slideshow/
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Random thoughts
So I just have some random thoughts on technology and how things have advanced over the years. These are just very random thoughts that have come to me in the past week or so:
I just recently got my first smart phone (Im so cool now), and thought Id facetime with my dad, because I could (haha). As we were talking, I remembered as a kid thinking, "wouldnt it be so cool if in the future we could talk on the phone, and see each other too?" Well thanks to facetime and Skype, we can. Perhaps its better than the hologrammed images I had thought of as a kid. But there was this weird feeling I had as soon as I had realized it, I dont know how to describe it. It was weird and almost eerie, and of course just made me wonder what else is to come and where else could technology possibly take us.
Other random thing: My brother, who is 8 years younger than I am, is going to the boarding high school I also went to. He has lost his cell phone a few times, so when I went to see him in Spokane a few weeks ago my parents asked me to buy a corded phone (the horror!) to give to him so that they could reach him.
Days later, I asked my brother if he had plugged his phone in yet, which he said no. I asked why he was taking so long, and he said he needed to talk to the deans about installing/activating the phone. I didnt understand and said, "What? Just plug the phone into the wall and itll work" and of course he was like, OOOOHHHH, then took forever finding the wall phone plug. It was then that I realized that the technology he knows is activating cell phones, not simple things like plugging a corded phone into the wall. I never really felt that the age gap between us was that major, but apparently it is.
I just recently got my first smart phone (Im so cool now), and thought Id facetime with my dad, because I could (haha). As we were talking, I remembered as a kid thinking, "wouldnt it be so cool if in the future we could talk on the phone, and see each other too?" Well thanks to facetime and Skype, we can. Perhaps its better than the hologrammed images I had thought of as a kid. But there was this weird feeling I had as soon as I had realized it, I dont know how to describe it. It was weird and almost eerie, and of course just made me wonder what else is to come and where else could technology possibly take us.
Other random thing: My brother, who is 8 years younger than I am, is going to the boarding high school I also went to. He has lost his cell phone a few times, so when I went to see him in Spokane a few weeks ago my parents asked me to buy a corded phone (the horror!) to give to him so that they could reach him.
Days later, I asked my brother if he had plugged his phone in yet, which he said no. I asked why he was taking so long, and he said he needed to talk to the deans about installing/activating the phone. I didnt understand and said, "What? Just plug the phone into the wall and itll work" and of course he was like, OOOOHHHH, then took forever finding the wall phone plug. It was then that I realized that the technology he knows is activating cell phones, not simple things like plugging a corded phone into the wall. I never really felt that the age gap between us was that major, but apparently it is.
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
The last of the reading
For the section Digital Archiving as an Art Practice by Dew Harrison, I thought the idea of archiving stuff sounded great only because I think it could really showcase an artists work; how they have grown, the different ways their art has been expressed, or just how their work has evolved. Its also possible to show how certain art pieces can reflect on different time periods in the artists lives, or how certain circumstances could affect/influence their art.
Towards the end of this section it discusses personal archiving is so accessible, and closes with "It is open to the common man, as accessible as stamp-collecting and as comfortable as the older technologies of print and photography to the present-day artist" (Harrison 108). So this quote it saying digital archiving is ubiquitous and available to everyone and every genre.
In Preservation of Net Art in Museums by Anna Laforet, it talks about how they are trying to save all this info digitally. In reading this I remembered taking this class with Muhlhauser last semester, and we were talking about print and digital info, and how digital could easily be lost or damaged or whatever because of technical issues, whereas print is a hard physical copy (just have to find room and hope theres not a fire). I appreciated the statement on page 110: "Which elements of Net art works should be emphasised, described, documented and kept?" This makes me wonder how things are decided about what is kept and why. (I also just remembered that supposedly the library of congress is keeping every single tweet ever made. Is this true? And why??)
I can understand that it can be interesting, or maybe even useful to keep things from the past. It can be fun or just a great piece of history. But how do we decide whats important enough to keep? Are there regrets over things we have tossed?
Towards the end of this section it discusses personal archiving is so accessible, and closes with "It is open to the common man, as accessible as stamp-collecting and as comfortable as the older technologies of print and photography to the present-day artist" (Harrison 108). So this quote it saying digital archiving is ubiquitous and available to everyone and every genre.
In Preservation of Net Art in Museums by Anna Laforet, it talks about how they are trying to save all this info digitally. In reading this I remembered taking this class with Muhlhauser last semester, and we were talking about print and digital info, and how digital could easily be lost or damaged or whatever because of technical issues, whereas print is a hard physical copy (just have to find room and hope theres not a fire). I appreciated the statement on page 110: "Which elements of Net art works should be emphasised, described, documented and kept?" This makes me wonder how things are decided about what is kept and why. (I also just remembered that supposedly the library of congress is keeping every single tweet ever made. Is this true? And why??)
I can understand that it can be interesting, or maybe even useful to keep things from the past. It can be fun or just a great piece of history. But how do we decide whats important enough to keep? Are there regrets over things we have tossed?
Obama and Romneys Bayonet Memes
The last Presidential debate was last night, and although I did not catch it, Ive heard lots about a comment Romney made about not having as many Navy ships as before, and Obama says something along the lines of we no longer have bayonets either.
Apparently this has become so awesome online it has become a meme. Washington Post has an article as well as other funny memes posted here: (sorry there was no share button)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/arts-post/post/romney-saddled-with-horses-and-bayonets-meme/2012/10/23/7c340d3c-1d14-11e2-b647-bb1668e64058_blog.html
Apparently this has become so awesome online it has become a meme. Washington Post has an article as well as other funny memes posted here: (sorry there was no share button)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/arts-post/post/romney-saddled-with-horses-and-bayonets-meme/2012/10/23/7c340d3c-1d14-11e2-b647-bb1668e64058_blog.html
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Readings Oct 17
I read the article "When Presence-absence Becomes Pattern-randomness: Blast Theory's Can You See Me Now?" by Maria Chatzichristodoulou in our book Digital Visual Culture, I thought that the game Can You See Me Now sounded really interesting, but I had a hard time understanding if this is a real life game or a visual game. It appears to be real life, but I just cant understand how the whole thing works. It sounds interesting that you should somehow include people you have lost contact with and there are runners, but I guess besides that I dont understand the point of the game or how it works.
I did really enjoy the bit on the video games like Grand Theft Auto and The Sims (both of which I have played before, and still really love playing the sims). I think I liked Grand Theft Auto because I found it so ridiculous and hilarious. I remember when it came out I couldnt believe this game was actually being sold. And when I would play the Sims I remember my mom teasing me because she said I was essentially playing "house". So I found it interesting that even our text says that the Sims was "particularly popular with females"and referred to it as a "electronic doll's house" (Benthowska-Kafel, Cashen and Gardiner 95).
I think its interesting how people like to play games based on reality; what I mean is, something such as the sims was/is so popular, and some of the things sims do are based on what we do everyday from washing dishes to going to work. Who would have thought that a game such as that would be so fun and popular? Why isnt it as much fun to to the actual real life chores and other daily activities? Why is doing these activities on games so much better?
I did really enjoy the bit on the video games like Grand Theft Auto and The Sims (both of which I have played before, and still really love playing the sims). I think I liked Grand Theft Auto because I found it so ridiculous and hilarious. I remember when it came out I couldnt believe this game was actually being sold. And when I would play the Sims I remember my mom teasing me because she said I was essentially playing "house". So I found it interesting that even our text says that the Sims was "particularly popular with females"and referred to it as a "electronic doll's house" (Benthowska-Kafel, Cashen and Gardiner 95).
I think its interesting how people like to play games based on reality; what I mean is, something such as the sims was/is so popular, and some of the things sims do are based on what we do everyday from washing dishes to going to work. Who would have thought that a game such as that would be so fun and popular? Why isnt it as much fun to to the actual real life chores and other daily activities? Why is doing these activities on games so much better?
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
BlackBerry users are embarrassed
I came across this artile on Yahoo! today, and it caught my eye. It goes into detail about users who are embarrassed by their devices, to the point that they refuse to bring them out in public for other people to see. One person even compared it to MySpace, and several people admit to being frustrated and even feeling rejected by others for owning a BlackBerry. Apparently, the BlackBerry just doesnt hold a light to iPhones or Droids (I dont own a smartphone so I wouldnt know).
I think people who are this emotionally charged are ridiculous and shameful. I also found this article laughable. Hopefully I am not the only one.
The article can be found here:
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/blackberry-black-sheep-144804064.html
I think people who are this emotionally charged are ridiculous and shameful. I also found this article laughable. Hopefully I am not the only one.
The article can be found here:
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/blackberry-black-sheep-144804064.html
Thursday, October 11, 2012
PC's dying?
I figured it would be a matter of time until this happened; with smartphones being able to do just about anything, as well as tablets and small laptops (I myself just recently got a macbook air and it is the smartest investment Ive ever made), who really needs a huge stationary desktop anymore?
Found here: http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/pc-sales-collapse-personal-computer-dead-142733092.html<div><object width="576" height="324"><param name="movie" value="http://d.yimg.com/nl/techticker/site/player.swf"></param><param name="flashVars" value="vid=30841017&browseCarouselUI=show&"></param><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed width="576" height="324" allowFullScreen="true" src="http://d.yimg.com/nl/techticker/site/player.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="vid=30841017&browseCarouselUI=show&"></embed></object></div>
Found here: http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/pc-sales-collapse-personal-computer-dead-142733092.html<div><object width="576" height="324"><param name="movie" value="http://d.yimg.com/nl/techticker/site/player.swf"></param><param name="flashVars" value="vid=30841017&browseCarouselUI=show&"></param><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed width="576" height="324" allowFullScreen="true" src="http://d.yimg.com/nl/techticker/site/player.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="vid=30841017&browseCarouselUI=show&"></embed></object></div>
Monday, October 8, 2012
Yahoo! had a video that I just had to share (I love playing Super Mario to this day)
article can be found here:
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/vod-ohio-state-university-marching-band-ladies-gentlemen-154940400--ncaaf.html
<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/sAzzbrFgcUw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
article can be found here:
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/vod-ohio-state-university-marching-band-ladies-gentlemen-154940400--ncaaf.html
<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/sAzzbrFgcUw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Thursday, October 4, 2012
FB auto-liking without your permission
So I came across this article on Yahoo! and it immediately made me feel very uneasy.
Here is the link for the article:
http://news.yahoo.com/facebook-allegedly-auto-liking-posts-users-behalf-without-162851176.html
So what FB is doing now is scanning through your past messages, posts, whatever, to find terms that you have frequently used. Then they "like" something related to that term on your behalf, WITHOUT YOUR PERMISSION.
So this article jokes that if you talk about a devil costume for halloween, then perhaps FB would like some sort of satanic cult for you.
Does this not scare anyone else? Does this not make you wonder why the hell this is needed? Who thought this was a good idea? Personally, I think whoever came up with this idea should be fired. But, I suppose it also affirms the fact that perhaps not all is really "private" on FB.
Unfortunately, the article makes no mention of when this has started occuring, or why, or how we can stop it.
Here is the link for the article:
http://news.yahoo.com/facebook-allegedly-auto-liking-posts-users-behalf-without-162851176.html
So what FB is doing now is scanning through your past messages, posts, whatever, to find terms that you have frequently used. Then they "like" something related to that term on your behalf, WITHOUT YOUR PERMISSION.
So this article jokes that if you talk about a devil costume for halloween, then perhaps FB would like some sort of satanic cult for you.
Does this not scare anyone else? Does this not make you wonder why the hell this is needed? Who thought this was a good idea? Personally, I think whoever came up with this idea should be fired. But, I suppose it also affirms the fact that perhaps not all is really "private" on FB.
Unfortunately, the article makes no mention of when this has started occuring, or why, or how we can stop it.
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Vector
The letters I chose are Q, G, and Z. These letters dont really symbolize anything, and they dont mean anything to me, I was just trying to find letters that I thought could be easy or fun to manipulate. The font I used was Gabriola, and I just manipulated the anchor points and played with the colors a little bit. Since I didnt save it as a jpeg and I dont have this program on my compy, I just opened it with preview and took a screen shot :)
Friday, September 28, 2012
Dirk Dzimirsky, Drawings
Dirk Dzimirsky, Drawings
These amazing pieces of work are not photos, but drawn with pencil. I came across the artists webpage (above) while reading an article about him and some of his work found here:
http://news.yahoo.com/photos/stunning-art-mimics-reality-slideshow/
These amazing pieces of work are not photos, but drawn with pencil. I came across the artists webpage (above) while reading an article about him and some of his work found here:
http://news.yahoo.com/photos/stunning-art-mimics-reality-slideshow/
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Flexible iPhone screens!
What more could an iPhone possibly do? It already does more than take calls, take messages, take photos, and give you directions and more, but the screen can be flexible (this isnt happening now, but maybe sometime in the future).
With a flexible screen, different parts of the screen could vibrate differently, and also the "lasers underneath could act as a microphone" so that your voice is picked up. How this is different than other phones is beyond me.
The flexible screen could make games more fun, and of course dialing numbers.
article can be found here: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/apple-eyes-flexible-iphone-screens-195742525.html
With a flexible screen, different parts of the screen could vibrate differently, and also the "lasers underneath could act as a microphone" so that your voice is picked up. How this is different than other phones is beyond me.
The flexible screen could make games more fun, and of course dialing numbers.
article can be found here: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/apple-eyes-flexible-iphone-screens-195742525.html
MySpace is back.
So at some point, Justin Timberlake took over MySpace trying to get it to come back bigger and better. Which could be pretty difficult, seeing how Facebook doesnt only seem to be for friends, but you can find just about anything on there from games to your favorite car models to potato chip companies (Lays is asking their fb followers to come up with a new chip flavor).
However, MySpace seems to be the by product of another popular website, Pinterst, and basically any news website. Yahoo! takes a look:
The link can be found here:http://finance.yahoo.com/news/justin-timberlake-s-hip-new-myspace-looks-awfully-familiar.html
However, MySpace seems to be the by product of another popular website, Pinterst, and basically any news website. Yahoo! takes a look:
The link can be found here:http://finance.yahoo.com/news/justin-timberlake-s-hip-new-myspace-looks-awfully-familiar.html
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
HDR Helmet = super amazing vision
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This nifty little piece of technology lets you see things in real time 3D. How thats different than what we see with our own eyeballs is beyond me. But its described as "night vision goggles and sunglasses at the same time - with no downsides"
Check it out in the vid above, this is where the article is found:
http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/futureoftech/camera-equipped-high-dynamic-range-helmet-gives-you-superhuman-vision-6126562#__utma=238145375.1697243699.1348183637.1348541505.1348707249.6&__utmb=238145375.3.9.1348707520092&__utmc=238145375&__utmx=-&__utmz=238145375.1348541505.5.5.utmcsr=msn.com|utmccn=(referral)|utmcmd=referral|utmcct=/&__utmv=238145375.|8=Earned%20By=msnbc|technology%20&%20science=1^12=Landing%20Content=Mixed=1^13=Landing%20Hostname=www.msnbc.msn.com=1^30=Visit%20Type%20to%20Content=Earned%20to%20Mixed=1&__utmk=64564844&__utma=238145375.1697243699.1348183637.1348541505.1348707249.6&__utmb=238145375.3.9.1348707520092&__utmc=238145375&__utmx=-&__utmz=238145375.1348541505.5.5.utmcsr=msn.com|utmccn=(referral)|utmcmd=referral|utmcct=/&__utmv=238145375.|8=Earned%20By=msnbc%7Ctechnology%20%26%20science=1^12=Landing%20Content=Mixed=1^13=Landing%20Hostname=www.msnbc.msn.com=1^30=Visit%20Type%20to%20Content=Earned%20to%20Mixed=1&__utmk=64564844
This nifty little piece of technology lets you see things in real time 3D. How thats different than what we see with our own eyeballs is beyond me. But its described as "night vision goggles and sunglasses at the same time - with no downsides"
Check it out in the vid above, this is where the article is found:
http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/futureoftech/camera-equipped-high-dynamic-range-helmet-gives-you-superhuman-vision-6126562#__utma=238145375.1697243699.1348183637.1348541505.1348707249.6&__utmb=238145375.3.9.1348707520092&__utmc=238145375&__utmx=-&__utmz=238145375.1348541505.5.5.utmcsr=msn.com|utmccn=(referral)|utmcmd=referral|utmcct=/&__utmv=238145375.|8=Earned%20By=msnbc|technology%20&%20science=1^12=Landing%20Content=Mixed=1^13=Landing%20Hostname=www.msnbc.msn.com=1^30=Visit%20Type%20to%20Content=Earned%20to%20Mixed=1&__utmk=64564844&__utma=238145375.1697243699.1348183637.1348541505.1348707249.6&__utmb=238145375.3.9.1348707520092&__utmc=238145375&__utmx=-&__utmz=238145375.1348541505.5.5.utmcsr=msn.com|utmccn=(referral)|utmcmd=referral|utmcct=/&__utmv=238145375.|8=Earned%20By=msnbc%7Ctechnology%20%26%20science=1^12=Landing%20Content=Mixed=1^13=Landing%20Hostname=www.msnbc.msn.com=1^30=Visit%20Type%20to%20Content=Earned%20to%20Mixed=1&__utmk=64564844
Thursday, September 20, 2012
awesome etch a sketch art!
So I dont know how to embed stuff properly, Im sorry my blog is visually boring, but youll have to take my word on this awesome etch a sketch art. Mine was always super angular, but these are way better:
http://games.yahoo.com/photos/awesome-etch-a-sketch-art-1348089782-slideshow/awesome-etch-a-sketch-art-photo-1348089555.html
http://games.yahoo.com/photos/awesome-etch-a-sketch-art-1348089782-slideshow/awesome-etch-a-sketch-art-photo-1348089555.html
upgrades for iphone
According to a Yahoo! article, if youre not quite ready for the iPhone 5, you can get some pretty cool upgrades for your iphone.
One of the new things included is the "do not disturb" option. Instead of completely silencing your phone, now you can choose to have certain options alert you. For example, youre going to go to bed, but you dont want your facebook alerts to wake you. But in case of emergency when you need to be contacted, your phone will alert you.
With the upgrades you can also share better, the App store is better organized, the maps are better quality (zoom in more), just to name a few.
To see what else is available, the article can be found here:
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/not-ready-for-iphone-5--upgrade-offers-some-new-tricks.html
One of the new things included is the "do not disturb" option. Instead of completely silencing your phone, now you can choose to have certain options alert you. For example, youre going to go to bed, but you dont want your facebook alerts to wake you. But in case of emergency when you need to be contacted, your phone will alert you.
With the upgrades you can also share better, the App store is better organized, the maps are better quality (zoom in more), just to name a few.
To see what else is available, the article can be found here:
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/not-ready-for-iphone-5--upgrade-offers-some-new-tricks.html
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Blog on readings
On the latest readings for class, I found some stuff to be really cool. Its interesting to see how art is interactive now, especially with tools like GPS and games. I thought the human race machine sounded really cool and I would love to have tried it myself.
Whats interesting to me is to see how we evolve in art and how things have changed. Art is not limited to a paintbrush or a chisel anymore, and Im just really curious to see where it can go from here. What amazes me is how people can turn art into ordinary things; I dont look at the world like that so its always kind of refreshing.
There was a passage I highlighted on page 16 of our text, "An aesthetic can be driven by the sense, emotions, intellect, will, desires, culture, preferences, subconscious behaviour, conscious decision, training, instinct, sociological institutions, or some complex combination of these" This totally blew my mind, because once again I dont employ these or even remotely think about any of these when trying to create my own art or looking at it or searching for it. And I cant help but wonder, who does this? If this is how people see the world, how are they not overwhelmed?
Whats interesting to me is to see how we evolve in art and how things have changed. Art is not limited to a paintbrush or a chisel anymore, and Im just really curious to see where it can go from here. What amazes me is how people can turn art into ordinary things; I dont look at the world like that so its always kind of refreshing.
There was a passage I highlighted on page 16 of our text, "An aesthetic can be driven by the sense, emotions, intellect, will, desires, culture, preferences, subconscious behaviour, conscious decision, training, instinct, sociological institutions, or some complex combination of these" This totally blew my mind, because once again I dont employ these or even remotely think about any of these when trying to create my own art or looking at it or searching for it. And I cant help but wonder, who does this? If this is how people see the world, how are they not overwhelmed?
3D art
I saw this awhile ago and was really impressed, and thought Id share:
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/_bmKJuGW8iY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
http://youtu.be/_bmKJuGW8iY
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/_bmKJuGW8iY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
http://youtu.be/_bmKJuGW8iY
Sunday, September 9, 2012
Time Lapse Vid of Paris
Saw this on msn.com and just had to share:
http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/resuming-paris-time-lapse/20f7sk8y?q=Time-lapse&rel=msn&from=en-us_msnhp&form=msnrll
http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/resuming-paris-time-lapse/20f7sk8y?q=Time-lapse&rel=msn&from=en-us_msnhp&form=msnrll
Friday, September 7, 2012
Upon reading some news on Yahoo today, I came across this article and just had to share. The story can be found here: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/true-romance-photo-mysterious-couple-kissing-being-handcuffed-213053002.html
An amateur photographer catches a couple kissing as they were being arrested for graffiti charges.
An amateur photographer catches a couple kissing as they were being arrested for graffiti charges.
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Raster Project
So this is the first ever thing I have made with Photoshop. I had absolutely no experience whatsoever prior to this class. And unfortunately for me, I had a few technical issues and had to completely start over twice. When I started brainstorming ideas for this project, I knew that I wanted to focus on my dark hair, and on my ring. Since I was little, my family always complimented on my dark hair, and even in childhood photos, it seems that the attention is immediately drawn to my hair. It just stands out.
I also wanted to focus on my ring because I feel like its really something that just says "me". I have been wearing this ring for the past several years and very rarely remove it. This ring was actually gifted to me the first Christmas I was in college, and has just stayed with me since.
I played around a lot with this project, and have erased and attempted many other ideas. Since I knew what I wanted to accentuate, I had to really remove the background and erase anything else that took away from the photo. I actually had two copies of the same photo, and layered them to make my hair even darker. Then I used the brush tool to make my ring even brighter. I softened the edges around my photo to make it blend in more, so it didn't look like such a hard copy of a digital photo.
The rest of the steps including playing around with the hues and dark brush strokes so that it made the entire photo darker. In playing around with the colors, I thought if I could bring more attention to my hair, I could make the rest of me light, but then I ended up looking like a zombie, so darker was the way to go.
And lastly, I felt that texturizing the photo would take the attention away from my face. Through the grout in the photo I felt that my hair and ring continued to stand out. So with all the steps I took, was to really highlight only on my hair and ring.
Saturday, September 1, 2012
Here is a link to old manipulated photos:
http://now.msn.com/classic-faked-photos-are-showcased-in-metropolitan-museum-of-art-exhibition
http://now.msn.com/classic-faked-photos-are-showcased-in-metropolitan-museum-of-art-exhibition
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Kindle Fire Sold Out
Apparently the Kindle Fire has sold out:
http://money.msn.com/business-news/article.aspx?feed=AP&date=20120830&id=15504488
http://money.msn.com/business-news/article.aspx?feed=AP&date=20120830&id=15504488
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
1st blog
Here is my first blog for class. I must warn all that I have blogged just a little bit for classes before, and I really am not super tech savvy. I have never, ever worked with photoshop before and I am kind of intimidated. So apologies in advance for rudimentery techie works...
Anyways, a couple of weeks ago, there was an article on msn about old photos being manipulated to look a certain way (kind of like todays photoshop). Unfortunately I cant find the article now, but the photos were old late 1800s/early 1900s black and white photos, and one that I specifically remember was a mans head in the center of the photograph, with his severed head in angles all around the one in the middle of the photo. I had no idea that kind of technology existed or was even available then. As I was searching for the link online, I came across this website and thought it was hilarious:
http://www.psdisasters.com
Anyways, a couple of weeks ago, there was an article on msn about old photos being manipulated to look a certain way (kind of like todays photoshop). Unfortunately I cant find the article now, but the photos were old late 1800s/early 1900s black and white photos, and one that I specifically remember was a mans head in the center of the photograph, with his severed head in angles all around the one in the middle of the photo. I had no idea that kind of technology existed or was even available then. As I was searching for the link online, I came across this website and thought it was hilarious:
http://www.psdisasters.com
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