Tape – An Analogue Sound Installation

TAPE

Cool, I’ve been facinated by things like this for quite some time now.

An electro-kinetic sound installation, Tape uses simple analogue playback to allow users an arena in which to play with self-recorded sound and explore the effects of playback and sound synthesis. Housed in a transparent acrylic panel, Tape allows its user not only to view the oft-hidden components needed to record sound, but also to manipulate them as they see fit. Using Tape’s continuous tape loop and assemblage of appropriated and hand built electro-mechanical analogue parts, the user can not only record and play sounds, but physically slide, twist and move these components within the panel to explore their roles and uses.

Tape on Pixelsumo

Panographies: Panoramas on Steroids

My computer desk

 

 

 

Never one to shy away from a photographic tutorial, when I saw this one I remembered making (trying) to make photo montage panoramic images in my darkroom when I was in high school. Lets just say I was ready for the photo manipulation abilities of a computer when I got my first copy of Photoshop.

This is a fun little tutorial that will show you how to stitch together images to form a panoramic but without all that messy photomergings and tweaking on perspectives. You get an image that is quite artistic and pleasing to the eye.

 Panographies: Panoramas on Steroids

Family Guy Petarded Chart Generator

 Petarded sign

If the Church sign generator wasn’t to you liking, maybe this one will be more your style,

In the "Petarded" episode of Family Guy, Peter Griffin does well at Trivial Pursuit and claims he’s a genius. Brian challenges him to take an IQ test. Peter is game, and the result indicates he isn’t exactly Mensa material. The administrator shows the chart on the left to explain where Peter’s result places him – on the lower end of "retarded", right above "creationists". You can make your own IQ test results by filling in the form below.

Family Guy Petarded Chart Generator

Valve’s Portal

Valve's portal

 

 

 

This should make the game play a bit more fun in a first person shooter. The gun shoots doors. no, not like the gun will only blow away doors, it makes doors that are connected. Shot one makes the exit, shot two makes the entrance. See? Check the video out if you don’t understand it.

YouTube – Valve’s Portal

(Thank you Kevin for this link, there’s an extra clip and a med pack for you on the break room table.)

How to: Make a Harmless Tripwire Mine

Tripwire mouse trap mine

 

Mumm… there’s a hardware store on the way home that sells all the parts I need to build these uber nifty mousetrap tripwire mines. Very harmless (even if you do put roll caps in them) and easy to make these booby traps could mean and end to office desk pilfering. If you have a bag of these mines, a couple of micro-claymores, and a few Nerf guns you would be all set for a very un-productive day in the office

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