Month: February 2004

Video improvisation group

” href=”http://242pilots.org/”> 242.pilots
From the site:
242.pilots : a real-time video improvisation ensemble

hc gilje (norway)
kurt ralske (usa)
lukasz lysakowski (poland)

three video artists who perform collaboratively.
using their own custom software, 242.pilots expressively improvise rich,
layered experimental video works in real-time (both as a trio and as soloists).

improvising as a group, the three artists respond and interact with each other’s images
in a subtle and intuitive way. images are layered, contrasted, merged, and transformed.
the degree of interplay and unspoken communication between the artists is akin the best
free jazz ensembles.

the end product is a complex ‘visual conversation’: a quasi-narrative exploring
degrees of abstraction; a mesmerizing, immersive journey through diverse landscapes;
or just raw retinal delight.

Bye monkey, you will be missed.

Wired News: Webmonkey, RIP: 1996 ñ 2004
From Wired News:
Launched in August 1996 as part of a fast-growing collection of websites funded by the original owners of Wired magazine, Webmonkey instantly became the surprise hit. Most of Wired’s sites offered the breathless cyber optimism and punditry the magazine was known for. As it turned out, online readers didn’t care for it. What they really wanted was: How do you build that Java-powered interface to your site?

Free Voice over IP – Worldwide..

Free World Dialup – by pulver.com
From the site:
Free World Dialup (FWD) allows you to make free phone calls over the Internet using a ‘regular’ telephone or a computer program. You can join today, at no cost, by either using programs already on your computer, or by downloading a free program. Later, an IP phone upgrade will let you realize the total freedom FWD provides whether on Cable, DSL, Dialup modem, or WiFi around town.

Text to Speech – File (put it on your iPod)

codepoetry :: projects :: Text Reader
From the site:
All I wanted was a program that took a text file and saved it to an audio file for my iPod. All I could find were programs I had to pay for to do this simple task that can be accomplished in one line of AppleScript. That’s silly. So, I wrote a very simple program to do this and more.