Langton’s Ant

  *Langton’s Ant has a lot of relatives in the generative art world.

Tools from “Generative Hut”

*These devices for creating generative art are quite interesting. *I also like it that they are generative artists and the name of their website is “Generative Hut.”   https://www.generativehut.com/tools  

Oncyber Spotlight number 3

*It’s another little NFT gallery metaverse with some curated collectibles on show. *Except for the lasting scandal that is the blockchain itself, it’s hard to understand why anybody would be upset about this.  Some of the artwork is animated and most of it is stills, but this is  mild, inoffensive, almost chocolate-box-looking graphic product.   […]

“Decentralized Autonomous Organizations” as art collectors

*DAOs are some of the oddest and least precedented actors in the NFT art space. *There are quite a few, and they don’t hesitate to lavish crypto money on artists that they favor.  

Attempting to introduce Windows 11

*Not an easy matter, apparently. *Even if one doesn’t use Windows, it’s wise to keep up with developments in the planet’s dominant operating systems.  Android, for instance. https://www.theregister.com/2021/06/24/microsoft_windows_11/       *And YouTube.  Naturally, you will want to learn about Windows on Google’s Youtube:  

Adam Savage displays his extensive hammer collection

*If you’ve never  seen the incessant Youtube videos of the Maker guru, they’re pretty good, as such things go.   *A lot of Savage videos are about Hollywood issues, because he’s a Hollywood stunt man and veteran FX expert, but it’s good to know about hammers.  If you want to make art devices, hammers are […]

Oral histories of the Internet by veterans

*Reminiscing is terrible, isn’t it?  It’s so much more fun to speculate!   https://youtu.be/afo5XM9zzao

Quick Look: Snapmaker A350 3d printer, cnc, laser, with rotary and enclosure

*If you’re into amateur or hobby digital-manufacturing you have almost certainly seen 3DPrinters, but certain models are getting rather baroque and multifunctional here in the year 2021. *They’re cheap, as bench-top machine tools go, but they’re not “simple.”  

L’arte arriva sul metaverse di Decentraland

*Don’t buy the whole metaverse all at once.   https://cryptonomist.ch/2021/06/22/arte-metaverse-decentraland/   Le mostre d’arte sugli NFT prendono sempre più piede tra i protagonisti del mondo fisico, gallerie, artisti e case d’asta non si lasciano scappare l’opportunità di essere pionieri digitali in un settore che fatica ancora a comprendere cosa sia un non fungible token o si […]

The official revival of the European tourism and travel sector

*Meaning, of course, also the arts sector, the music sector, the museum sector and similar favorites of Share Festival. *This is a blog post by Thierry Breton, a European Commissioner involved with the European “internal market.”  As you can see, there’s more than a small amount of “new normal” involved here, and this is not […]