Link love for August 3

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Jeffrey Melton

The Perfect Backup Strategy for Your Mac.

Stats of the Union tells health stories in America.

Sound Cells – Universal iOS App Creates Generative Music.

Aphonium – App Creates Generative Audio and Visuals.

SunVox – Multiplatform Modular Music Creation Studio.

Surprise Surveillance Theater: An Experimental Drama with Unwitting Stars.

Japanese artist Eiji Watanabe cuts butterflies out of printed field guides and sets them free, covering the walls and ceilings of installation spaces.

15 Shopping Rules of Thumb.

Every individual needs emotional and intellectual support from her creative tribe to sustain a positive, thriving and aspiring practice.

Hidden is an app that lets you spy on the person who may have stolen you laptop.

Urban Quiver camera bag from Blackstone Bags.

Link love for April 28

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Jeffrey Melton

Slideshow: The Beautiful and Impactful Aerial Imagery of Grassroots Mapping (above).

Sustainability in 7: Nathan Shedroff Explains Systems Thinking (video)

How “The Fighter” shot 35 days worth of fight scenes in only three days.

Media outlets to readers: “Put your money where your eyes are”.

Two recent articles

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Jeffrey Melton

I recently posted two articles for a forum I manage: a Granular Synthesis and Microsound Primer and a Euclidean Rhythms Primer. Both of these topics have been of interest to me and made their way into my work in the past year, so I wanted to collect some resources I’ve found helpful. Check them out and drop me a line to share techniques, clips, finished tracks or if you’re interested in more.

Link love for March 9

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Jeffrey Melton

Cryoacoustic Orb is a sound installation involving multiple illuminated acrylic orbs filled with slowly melting ice (above, video).

Everything is a Remix Part 2 (video).

DataMarket launches with international time series data.

25 Years of Digital Vandalism by William Gibson.

Unsolving the City: An Interview with China Miéville.

European robins may maintain quantum entanglement in their eyes a full 20 microseconds longer than the best laboratory systems and Particles can be quantum entangled through time as well as space.

Sustainism Is the New Black.

Dingsaller is a workspace for creating algorithmic compositions on the iPad.

Americans Have No Idea How Much Welfare They’re Getting

Binaural Beats = Synchronize Brainwaves & Alter Consciousness.

Phil Durrant on Reaktor and the Laptop as Improvisational Instrument.

Are Writers Powerless to Make a Living in the Digital Age?

Useful Resources and Tips for Managing Your Virtual Staff.

Link love for March 8

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Jeffrey Melton

Hypo is a collaboration between Matt Booth and Peter Crawley, where adobe flash was used to generate hypotrochoid designs finally resulting in stitched prints (above).

Check out the Asian Film Archive and European Film Archives.

Visual analysis of ‘I Have a Dream’ speech.

Interacting with Inner and Outer Sonic Complexity: from Microsound to Soundscape Composition (video).

Meditation Correlated With Structural Changes In The Brain.

Using Bamboo to Fight Climate Change.

Digital Video Fragments, Flowing as if Liquid: A Chat with Robert Seidel.

Soda carbonation solutions for home.

Mapping human development in America.

Immersive videogames make players feel like their best selves. Why not give them real problems to solve?

Study: To Cut Emissions, Cut Parking Spots.

Music Control Meets Web Code Goodness: App for iOS, Soon OSC+MIDI Everywhere?