MTAA Reference ResourceMTAA provide continually updating news and comments as well as documentation to our art and activities.Horvath gets BoingBoing&8217;d- May 23, 2008 Always nice to see one&8217;s friends get the props they deserve. BoingBoing turns on it&8217;s massive readership to Peter Horvath&8217;s Boulevard. Congrats Peter, you&8217;ve just gained an entirely new audience! Hope your bandwidth bill is paid up&8230;http://www.mtaa.net/mtaaRR/news/twhid/horvath_gets_boingboing_d.html AutoTrace 1 (Full Fathom Five), 2005- May 22, 2008 &8220;AutoTrace 1 (Full Fathom Five)&8221; (detail), 2005http://www.mtaa.net/mtaaRR/news/twhid/autotrace_1_full_fathom_five_2005.html Blackboard pro = dumb- May 21, 2008 Why do two (1,2) über-geeks think this is a good idea It&8217;s a mind-boggingly stupid idea: 1 chalked-up sleeves; 2 erased messages via the chalked-up sleeves; and 3 you can&8217;t see the to-dos when you&8217;re using your computer (assuming at least some of the to-dos would have to be done with the computer). update: Not to mention the dust problem that the Boing Boing commenters point out. It&8217;s only a good idea if you never, ever remove the laptop from your desk..http://www.mtaa.net/mtaaRR/news/twhid/blackboard_pro_dumb.html Orphan Artworks Bill- May 20, 2008 Lessig disses the Orphan Artworks Bill (PDF of bill) in the NYT today. The bill is currently making its way through the US Congress on a fast track. Here&8217;s a summary of what&8217;s in it. Ed Winkleman has a post about it as well. I have to admit that I have no idea what to make of this proposal. But I outsource all my opinions regarding copyright to Lessig so I guess I&8217;m against it. update More on this from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (they strongly support it).http://www.mtaa.net/mtaaRR/news/twhid/orphan_artworks_bill.html Oreilly remix- May 17, 2008 This is pretty good.http://www.mtaa.net/mtaaRR/news/twhid/oreilly_remix.html Chicago: feast on foie gras!- May 14, 2008 The evil Chicago foie gras ban has been overturned! I only mention it now as it&8217;s been discussed here before. The thing that really irritates me about these foie gras bans is that the true food demons in our culture &8212; large factory farms &8212; have too much clout for animal activists to have any affect. So they end up picking on small, artisanal farmers creating a relatively rare delicacy. M.River adds = Here is a NYT article on the &8220;artisanal farmers&8221; of...http://www.mtaa.net/mtaaRR/news/twhid/chicago_feast_on_foie_gras.html Rauschenberg dead!- May 13, 2008 OH SHIT! NYT gots the details&8230;http://www.mtaa.net/mtaaRR/news/twhid/rauschenberg_dead.html Church of the Rough Guide at OTO- May 10, 2008 Photographs from the Church of the Rough Guide at OTO last night are now up at Flicker. Yes, some people ate the shrimp off the walls. OTO&8217;s Flickr sethttp://www.mtaa.net/mtaaRR/news/mriver/church_of_the_rough_guide_at_oto.html &8230;as goofy and perplexing and overwhelming and sad as the Internet itself- May 9, 2008 WANT, a collaboration between MTAA and Radical Software Group, uses 900 video clips of actors to illustrate search-engine requests. It&8217;s as goofy and perplexing and overwhelming and sad as the Internet itself. The next time you use a search engine with one of those &8220;Other users are currently searching for . . .&8221; features, you won&8217;t be able to resist picturing the forlorn, chubby face that goes with the query for &8220;SALMA HAYEK EATING COOKIES.&8221; via Get Plugged In By.http://www.mtaa.net/mtaaRR/news/twhid/_as_goofy_and_perplexing_and_overwhelming_and_sad_as... Getty goat- May 8, 2008 Thought this was funny: Goats Eat Free at the Getty (NYT)http://www.mtaa.net/mtaaRR/news/twhid/getty_goat.html |