Does not exist

The Wolpertinger does not exist.

The Wolpertinger does not exist.

Uroboros is a close personal friend of mine

And thus, my mind cracked open like an egg, The World following shortly after. My computer screen spewed forward tree-falling-in-the-woods moment, contained in the bordered context on a window. What is a window, really - A view, or a view-point?

TWO WEEKS HENCE

Inevitably, my band THE OBJECTS are playing in two weeks.

For your consideration:
THE OBJECTS
Luke Caleo on electronics, Chordmaster, backing vocals
Alex Fricke on bass, slide guitar, ebow
Scott Matthews on drums, DS, iPhone, guimbarde and vocals

The Sporting Club Hotel (27 Weston Street, Brunswick)
24th February CE 2010
9:00 PM
NO CHARGE!

A single ray of light from a distant planet...

Attempt to photograph Mars from Earth using only an iPhone camera pointed at the sky (detail) 2010.

Mars has been close to the earth of late, recognisable by its reddish hue and the fact that it doesn't twinkle as the stars (but not planets) do.

The title of this post is a variation on a Nikola Tesla quote:
“A single ray of light from a distant star falling upon the eye of a tyrant in bygone times, may have altered the course of his life, may have changed the destiny of nations, may have transformed the surface of the globe, so intricate, so inconceivably complex are the processes of nature.”

Arguably the best itchy cat game on the iPhone

NekoIjiri iPhone app by Tsubasa Azumagakito. "A cat with itchy skin on your iPhone".

You play by touching certain points on the twitching cats body.

Choose a correct spot (which is random each time) and you are "safe". The second picture in the sequence below looks like my childhood cat. The third picture in the sequence looks like a slimmer version of my current cat.

Some spots will annoy the cat and it will hiss at you and the spot you touched will be yellow rather than green.

And choose the wrong spot and it's GAME OVER.

Also, you can submit pictures of cats to be used as the screens in the game, which I have done, so there's a community aspect to it as well.

Available in the iTunes Store FOR FREE [iTunes link].

Art history in 8 swatches

'Art History' swatches, Adobe Illustrator CS3

Selected 'Baroque' swatches, frame.


Technology's not necessarily getting better, just more Baroque.

Potato vs Potato

I'm posting this so that a flashing .gif isn't at the top of the page until I post next.

Good day!

Ants have antennae and so do we

So we got a new antenna installed in the recent past, in order to better receive THE SIGNALS as our tinfoil helmets have been a little flaky of late. Not that we watch a great deal of TV but the ABCs have been practically unviewable.

And what better to celebrate this upgrade than some prophetic goodness from the year 2002 AD:

Arpanet - The Analyst [3.7MB .mp3 file]
From 'Wireless Internet' (buy).

From the relative safety of the passenger seat in a 4-door sedan

[Via a rain-slicked window.]

The impossibility of Lattes

Spam of the minute, 15th January 2010

Image:

Text:
"and i think i'm dreaming of living on a sheep farm and knitting all day because i've recently become obsessed with this blog about a woman who does just that. and cate and i have watched this video she posted of a sheep giving birth alot. it's just the sweetest thing. i want them really bad."

[S.I.C.]

Detail

Detail from 3D "painting" of an eagle snatching a fish from the water. Not only does it have the illusion of depth, but also of movement. Space AND time. It's like one of those inspirational posters without the inspirational text, but also feels like a raw primal reminder of the predatory tiers of nature. The work is cheesy yet majestic. If I were to improve on it I'd have the fish staring out at the viewer, its mouth a wide-open 'O' silently screaming from the 3D landscape. Or not. Perhaps it's anonymity is important, a message or something. Its head still under the water taking the final liquid gasp of life.

2009 Recall

There's a phrase that sticky food makes you remember and slippery food makes you forget. Be that as it may, as far as 2009 is concerned, I'll have the plate of fresh, raw unagi. I kid, I kid.

Here's some things that happened that may tempt me toward some stickier fare that didn't make it to the blog and/or Flickr:

Also, I've uploaded a couple of mixes I put together for PRE and POST my band's last gig. They are about 80MB a piece .mp3 chunks.

2010, welcome!

ONE WEEK HENCE:

 

Please consider:
(performing as) THE OBJECTS
    Luke Caleo on electronics, backing vocals
    Alex Fricke on bass, slide guitar, ebow
    Scott Matthews on drums, DS, iPhone and vocals

OPEN STUDIO (204 High Street Northcote)
22 December CE 2009
8:30 PM AEST
FREE!

My band. If you're in Melbourne and able to attend, please do.

I recently sent the above as an email out to some friends and family. As an erratum, I forgot to mention that I'll also be playing the Guimbarde, if all goes according to plan.

(Flyer background image from the 'Akira' manga by Katsuhiro Otomo).

Old is the New New

Television displaying PS2 memory-card loading screen via newly purchased component cable.

Slightly modified.