RAZZ.com - Mouth off!

I colleague of mind just tried to discourage me from joining Razz.com. He said I would loose 5 IQ points. Hah!

Make your own Razz!

Mobile WAP sites: how do you do it?

Experiment yourself...steal my code.

Go to http://pet-pals.com/ and discover the page source and cut-n-paste.

This Pet-Pals page as you see it on a computer web browser also works on practically every cell phone micro-browser on the planet. Pet-Pals is available to Verizon Wireless subscribers as a premium subscription application. Check out my work around on the Post-a-Pet web page because it isn't easy to post camera phone pet pictures with xhtml forms on micro-browsers.

I built this using PHP/MySQL but if I had built it by a hard code brute force method the pages would be more easily discovered by search engines...hint...hint....

Good luck and let's see your results.

Creative Recruiters

Recommended from itp-alumni list 2007-01-31:
TTS aka ttspersonnel.com
solomonpage
CGR7
UTA Online
New York Craiglist
Monster
authenticjobs

Live Vote

I just received this from a friend, "What a feeling! -
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10562904/from/ET" so I clicked and considered the question and voted on this popular NEWS forum and my vote was added to these results:


Try it yourself. This is Democracy Version 20070203. How do you like it? How does it feel to have the multinational media outlets take your temperature? Who is in charge? What does "in charge" mean? Register your vote!

Cellphonia: San Jose [locative media]

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Tunnel to NYC

In the rain. January 2007.

Avatars consume as much electricity as Brazilians

Inspired by the first meeting of CHAT "New Media, New Space, New Places" reading group at Temple University, I came across this item that I share with you now: Nicholas Carr's blog investigation measuring one aspect in the ecology of space/place avatars at
http://www.roughtype.com/archives/2006/12/avatars_consume.php

1. From The Fate of Place I concluded that human consciousness is one requirement for an individual to acknowledge and define place.

2. There is an ecological consequence to the maintenance of individual human consciousness that can be measured in calories that eventually produce measurable carbon dioxide emissions. Eating, interior climate control and the production of clothing have carbon dioxide results.

3. The maintenance of an individual's electronic communication desire(s), such as active internet computer device to catalogue and promote his/her human consciousness, also has a measurable carbon dioxide output.

4. Mr. Carr measures the ecological consequence for an individual to maintain an avatar in the place/space virtual world of Second Life. Previously, avatars have also had a presence and role in the paper-n-pencil virtual world Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying Game (DnD) now distributed electronically by http://www.wizards.com/dnd/. A paper-n-pencil DnD avatar in the mind of the player/creator required less global ecological resources to maintain.

5. What are the ecological costs of maintaining the various instances of place? I don't remember Mr. Casey presenting in The Fate of Place the ecological consequence of an individual maintaining his/her sense of place whether "real" or virtual. Perhaps this is something we should consider in future investigations of new spaces and new places.

- Steve Bull 2007-01-13 12:40

Camera stops

New York City, Lower East Side and sent by MMS from my Treo 650

Motion study

New York City, Lower East Side

xfer.okay.2."new".blogger

Today I switched over to the "new" blogger now much more under thewing of google. I look forward to seeing the results of this new techno-social UI management. - uku

Slavery in New York, 1651

As a telephone artist presenting two 60 second audio tour segments in Peter Stuyvesant's Ghost (PSG), Sound Art and Historical Environment Project, November 15-19, 2006 [http://cityinasoundwalk.org/psg/], I propose the following research for your critical review.

My Premise and audio segment individuals:
- Dutch colonial slave woman sings a lullaby to her mishttp://www.imp3search.com/download2.htm?name=bull&email=bull@el.nettress' baby.
- Dutch colonial field slave sings West African chants while he hoes the Great Bowerie.


Slave Songs of the United States - lyrics
NegroSpirituals.com - lyrics
African Music on the Internet Stanford.edu
** inspiration ** http://www.kizomba.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/music/Jim_Star_tarraxinha_remix.mp3
*
http://www.kizomba.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/music/philipe_monteiro_total_mix.mp3
http://www.kizomba.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/music/Sukhwinder_Sing&Sapna%20Awasti_chaiyya_chaiyya.mp3
The Embassy of Angola U.K. site also has kizomba music
and a web site based in Toronto, Canada is CanalAngola.net
Music Research Institute is a non-profit educational institution founded in 1984. Dr. Cynthia Tse Kimberlin is Executive Director. Its MRI Press publishes the series, Intercultural Music, Chaka, an opera in two chants composed by Akin Euba, from an epic poem by Leopold Sedar Senghor, and the bulletin, Intercultural Musicology, edited by Cynthia Tse Kimberlin and Akin Euba. Based in Point Richmond, CA. http://www.music-research-inst.org/
Google 20061108 "ethnomusicology"
Contemporary Angolan musicians - Wikipedia - no audio snips
Capoeira Angola Palmares of Seattle / Midwest U.S.A.
Capoeira Angola - Wikipedia music/movement art form based on Angolan slave traditions
BBC - Leicester World on Your Street - Paulo Carnoth of Angola
African Roots of Latin Music Project at CUNY
African Studies Center | Angola Page - upenn.edu
HumanSongs.com Resources and Links
Angola Music Links

Bonga is the master of Angolan music
Paz em Angola by BONGA (Barceloe Carvalho) CD K-A592p NYPL - contemporary sound

Special thank you to research assitance from Harvey G. Lehtman and Douglas Andrew Inglis

NN International Excercise VODCAST TITLES

Below is the specification for the MTV-like VODCAST TITLES that shall appear at the dead of the vodcast for 5 seconds and then fade out in each of the NN International Excercise Vodcasts. This might be of primary interest to the DIY teams.

- format -

"theme name"
Artist, first, names
Neighborhood Narratives
Temple University

- a NN instructor's vodcast might read -

"Home + Work = Life"
Hana, Steve, Ron, Siobhan, David
Neighborhood Narratives
Temple University

- a New-York Historical Society example -

NN International Excercise VODCAST SPECS

For any team of the International Excercise that wants to make their own vodcast here is the VODCAST SPECIFICATION that I intend to follow with submitted student files. I am using Final Cut Pro HD 4.5 with file > export > Using Quick Time Conversion > MPEG-4 (mp4)

MPEG 4 settings
General
Video Track: Improved
Size: 320x240
Audio Track: Music
Video
Improved
~980 kbits/second
fps: 30.0
key frame 24 frames
Audio
Music
~100 kbits/second
Channels: Stereo
Output sample Rate: Recommended
Endcodinf Quality: Better
Streaming
Hinting type: None
Maximum packet size: 1450 bytes
Maximum packet duration: 100 ms
Compatability
Type: None
Internet connection speed: Any

And Quicktime Movie Info reports these specs when playing my finished vodcasts:

MPEG-4 Audio, Stereo, 44100 Hz
MPEG-4 Video, 320x240, Millions
Data Rate: 95.7 K bytes/sec
Normal Size: 320 x 240 pixels

PS: I am new to vodcasting with a few vodcasts produced for the New-York Historical Society and I would appreciate hearing from you about different, better or more practical mp4 specifications.

Thank you, Steve[at]ctlss.com

NN International Excercise RULES, 2006 Fall

The International Exercise
"Put yourself in the picture, in the place."

1. Students are formed into an international team (one London student, one Philadelphia, one Tokyo). Some students in London and Tokyo are members on more than one team to give each Philadelphia student a team. London and Tokyo students, I thank you for your extra effort.

2. Students introduce themselves by email.

3. The team decides on an orientation/topic to pick for the photos of themselves in the city, see suggested list below.

4. Each student on each team must submit 4 pictures of themselves in the city in the context of the orientation/topic

5. Each student provides 10 seconds of audio commentary that covers all 4 pictures.

6. The team collaboratively decides the presentation order of their audio/photo collage i.e London/Tokyo/Philadelphia or Tokyo/Philadelphia/London et cetera or a mashup if the team desires.

7. Each team submits as their final 12 photos + 30 sec. of audio to Steve Bull (steve[[at]]ctlss.com) with CC: your individual instructors.

8. Steve Bull will turn each team submission into an image montage (video) podcast.

9. Neighborhood Narratives will have an international set of 18 (or so) 30 sec. podcasts totaling 9 minutes.

10. Exercise due: Nov. 7.

ORIENTATION/TOPICs
Food
Game Centers
Bars & Pubs
Transportation (trains and/or buses)
Community Sports
Architecture
Sentos (public baths or saunas/spas)
Interior Design
Fashion
Hip-Hop
Graffiti
Music
Convenient Stores
Street Performances
Music
Foreign Cuisine
Junk Food
Homeless

NN International Excersise TEAM LIST, 2006 Fall

Team "alpha"
Timothy McDermott, Benjamin Brandau, Tyler Haywood

Team "beta"
Andrew Garraway, Michael Giambra, Cheryl Jenkins

Team "gamma"
Danielle Buxbaum, Jessica Akiya, Kane Albarron

Team "delta"
Zachary Cunningham, Michael Giambra, Kali Karagias

Team "epsilon"
Michelle Doner, Mariko Hashimoto, Justin 'Ephie' Weldon

Team "zeta"
Meghan Gunning, Matthew Hein, Tyler Haywood

Team "eta"
Lana Herman, Goro Ikeda, Kaitlin Reinbold

Team "theta"
Andrew James McGinley, Ken Ishii, Keith Gettle

Team "iota"
Stephanie Matush, Yasuka Kase, Kevin Krutz

Team "kappa"
Timothy McDermott, David Kellom, Caitlin Davis

Team "lamda"
Andrew Garraway, Takuro Maruyama, James McClung

Team "mu"
Danielle Buxbaum, Nicholas Palmigiano, Karin Wolok

Team "nu"
Zachary Cunningham, Mari Saito, Robert Lukasik

Team "xi"
Michelle Doner, Mihailo Tanasijevic, Nick Duroy

Team "omikron"
Meghan Gunning, Benjamin Brandau, Ahmad Miller

Team "pi"
Lana Herman, Jessica Akiya, Aaron 'Dell' Booker

Team "rho"
Andrew James McGinley, Mariko Hashimoto, Lisa Laydon

Team "sigma"
Stephanie Matush, Matthew Hein, Josh Clough

Team "tau"
Timothy McDermott, Goro Ikeda, Adam Russell

NN Assignment: Put Something Here MOBILE

1. An event/activity Put Something Here MOBILE
2. Documentation of 1.

Documentation no more than 5 minutes, less is good.

Due: Tuesday, October 24, 2006.

Notes:
Mobile intervetion in the city.
Putting something into motion.

Design a Critical Solution for the Neighborhood

Assignment due Oct. 17, 2006, Neighborhood Narratives
http://neighborhoodnarratives06fall.blogspot.com/

Design a critical solution for the neighborhood and post on your blog. Expressing yoiur design in text is an option, sketches and/or photographs illuminating, audio interesting, video is another presentation form....

This is based on the proposal of the Homeless Vehicle by Wodiczko as presented in the reading/handout -- and here's a link: http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/archives/007768.php
or google: 'wodiczko critical vehicle' to find other links.

However, don't take this assignment literally! Wheeling a vehicle into class would be okay, but the assignment is more about brainstorming a design approach to the issues raised by Wodiczko, such as 'memory of the nameless' and 'tradition of the vanquished' and 'everyday a new history needs to be written...announced by the stranger' et al

Ringtone Pursuits

Yes, I'm probably getting tangled providing user generated ringtones. Sign my NDA if you want more details. In the meantime, follow me down a path to get a ringtone by an industry standard method.....

STEP ONE
I open my SquirrelMail email browser to discover the usual spam with gleams of gold of email I want to read. One subject line in a slice-o-spam grabs my attention, "Get todays best ringtones for your phone" and I open the email to discover a girl-in-a bikini gif animation and the following text: Unsubscribe Here
wehaveit4u.com
402-612 Boleskine Rd.
Victoria, BC
Canada
V8Z 1E8

END OF EMAIL
Note:) In the faint text that indicates writing a letter to Hong Kong might stop this daily email....

STEP TWO
So I click thru to open a new browser window at http://www.ringtonejamjam.com/106/index.php?s= where I find the same pretty girl in another bikini and instructions and TERMS AND CONDITIONS to download a complimentary ringtone. I'm a little suspicious ;) because the complimentary ringtone seems to require a subscription.
Here is the web page:



END of PART TWO

Sequential order of company/URL involvement in above two step scheme:
"Ringtone JAMJAM"
Ringtonejamjam P.O. Box 89252, Kowloon City Post Office, Hong Kong
wehaveit4u.com, 402-612 Boleskine Rd., Victoria, BC, Canada V8Z 1E8
customercare@funmobile.com

I'm through with this research step. Now that I re-read the language and detail within the T-n-C and I don't think I'll be getting that complimentary ringtone for $19.99/month. I now proceed to follow up on Sales Hunt proposal, finishing more vodcasts for the recently released New-York Historical Society cell phone / iPod tours, and delve into a cost analysis of my diverse portfolio of art and product.

PS: Forgive the chopped up images above, alas an artifact of copying code from one source into another.

PPS: 2006.12.02 I killed the webpages and images as they were actively seeking their masters...

NN20060919: Psychogeography

Psychogeography is "the study of the precise laws and specific effects of the geographical environment, consciously organized or not, on the emotions and behavior of individuals," according to Guy Debord's Introduction to a Critique of Urban Geography.
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychogeography

Essay - http://library.nothingness.org/articles/SI/en/display/2

Introduction to a Critique of Urban Geography

by Guy-Ernest Debord

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Of all the affairs we participate in, with or without interest, the groping search for a new way of life is the only aspect still impassioning. Aesthetic and other disciplines have proved blatantly inadequate in this regard and merit the greatest detachment. We should therefore delineate some provisional terrains of observation, including the observation of certain processes of chance and predictability in the streets.

The word psychogeography, suggested by an illiterate Kabyle as a general term for the phenomena a few of us were investigating around the summer of 1953, is not too inappropriate. It does not contradict the materialist perspective of the conditioning of life and thought by objective nature. Geography, for example, deals with the determinant action of general natural forces, such as soil composition or climatic conditions, on the economic structures of a society, and thus on the corresponding conception that such a society can have of the world. Psychogeography could set for itself the study of the precise laws and specific effects of the geographical environment, consciously organized or not, on the emotions and behavior of individuals. The adjective psychogeographical, retaining a rather pleasing vagueness, can thus be applied to the findings arrived at by this type of investigation, to their influence on human feelings, and even more generally to any situation or conduct that seems to reflect the same s pirit of discovery.

continued at http://library.nothingness.org/articles/SI/en/display/2