very short list strikes again

the latest email from very short list links to a site that may well interest class-members:

www.veryshortlist.com/vsl/daily.cfm/review/381/Website/donald-judd-
or-cheap-furniture/?tp

take the quiz. see if you can tell the difference between cheap furniture and donald-judd-designed, high-art, minimalist furniture. i scored just 58%.

code this site, why don't ya?

http://www.veryshortlist.com/vsl/daily.cfm/review/377/Web_video/hema-commercial/

click this link to visit a site with a link to a fantastic dutch website. when you reach the dutch site, give it a few moments, during which it will do nothing, and then it will surprise and amuse you.

Virtual Claw Machine

Super Claw



From the site:

"One of the most unique real time webcasts on the internet. You get to control these machines from your desktop, with live video and audio feedback. 100% authentic, real crane machines. THESE ARE REAL - NOT A SIMULATION"

Stamen Design Projects

Two websites I stumbled across that may be of interest. Loosely related to our subject matter, they're both simply complex data visualizations. Both are by the same company, design/technology studio Stamen Design:

Cab Spotting
Graffiti Archaeology

Via BoingBoing

Welcome to the Virtual Object Blog

Use this blog to post anything you come across that you think may be of interest to the class. to start...I found this interesting web site of generative art.


http://www.levitated.net/daily/index.html