Don’t panic – I have left the lofty heights of political analysis for now! But thanks again for all the fish, commenters, as I had ventured out of my geeky comfort zone quite a bit! But now I am back: to down-to-earth, hands-on, ready-to-use … Spam Poetry The categories and tags for this blog are…
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On the Hierarchy of Needs and Needless Things
Yesterday The Curtain Raiser has reminded that a well-versed blogger should celebrate the first blogging anniversary. I hit the Publish button first on March 2012, 24, so I should consider writing something pivotal in three days. But I am not there yet, rather the opposite. Having just announced on Twitter and Google+ that my posts…
My Zen-ny Search Terms: Where Engineering Meets Art Meets Physics Meets Geekdom. (And Rodents, Sometimes.)
I am overwhelmed with spam comments such as “You should take part in a contest for one of the greatest blogs on the web!”, and I really appreciate thoughtful quote spam as: Perfectly composed articles, appreciate it for entropy. “He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.” by…
Turning Flattering Chatty Spam into Postmodern Art
As a spam poet you need to avoid the Ground Hog Day Effect: Spam messages are repeating themselves, so how you do your keep your level of originality as an artist? And spam on blogs is (too) polite these days. You could create tons of flattering poems similar to the following: your website is like an encyclopaedia…
On Addiction: An Announcement
For the very first time I am tackling a serious issue in this blog with all due respect and solemnity. I do announce in public: “I am going to reduce my consumption in coffee.” As we have learned goals should always be defined in a SMART way I should probably add more specifics, but I…
The Art of Error Messages
I believe I need a new blog post category – called for example art created from collections of words and phrases spit out by computers. Or is Pop Culture just fine? So far we had spam poetry and search term poetry – but these might not be the only art forms eligible for the new meta-category! A quick primer…
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants and Not Recognizing It
Unfortunately I need to quote myself again and again: Every time I figured I had been very original and creative, The Internet tells me I am not. Others have come before me. I am a lousy historian of geeky art. I have been made aware on Google+ of the fact that there have been other spam…
Spam Poems and Search Terms Poems: Preliminary Results
[ Spoiler ] I started drafting this post when I has been waiting anxiously for [Spoiler] this blog post [/Spoiler]. In order to set the stage for this I need to let the narrative unfold – the unbelievable story of Search Term Poetry. [ Unnecessary Egocentric Intro Comment ] Actually I once figured I would…
Taking Crowdsourcing of Art to the Next Level?
Regular readers know that I indulge in creating poetry from my blog visitors’ search terms. (Non-regular readers should be aware of the fact that this is not at all a serious endeavor). This blog post by Alex Brown (2019: Link broken) and the related discussion has given me a new idea, very avant-garde, leading edge and…
2012: The Year We Make Contact
What happened? I started blogging here in March. My posts evolved from lengthy walls of text to geeky stuff. Thanks to my readers who follow this blog despite the strange combination of topics covered. But I know: Resistance is futile. I have halted pseudo-blogging to my ancient non-blog sites for some months, but resumed it to write…
Crowdsourcing of Art: Poetry from Search Terms
Since I had access to the log files of my first hosted web server (in the past millennium) I had been addicted to analyzing my log files – browsing text files with a simple text editor. In particular, search terms submitted to search engines had intrigued me. I know I am not the only one. People (……
Retro-Geek: On the Fascination of Machinery
I have no clue about art or design. I learned recently from The Time Traveler that stuff like this the following has its own genre and sub-culture: It is called Steampunk. I am intrigued – as I was by the illustrations in Stephen Hawking’s book Illustrated Brief History of Time long before I knew this was Steampunk at…
Microwave Ovens Are Not Rodent-Ready
It happened again. It took me four years to cope with, and now I have to start again from day zero. (Insert 2 minutes of silence and grieving here) Any device we use on a daily basis is designed for safety. You find hundreds of little logos near the serial number of the device which tell…
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