Jonathan Lethem argues for the open source of ideas. Radio Open Source discusses it. Casual discusions about art seems to place a premium on singular voices; but I value the remix, the detourne and the inherent discourse of handling the gifts of open source.
Category: open source
Sound Art
Tom Cullen
He was the main technician working on the installation of Video: An Art, a History, 1965-2005, New Media Collection, Centre Pompidou, curated by Christine Van Assche, currently at MAC.
His site is brilliant. He openly offers ideas for professional audio/video installation.
poetics of e-space
wordpress, screen capture and spam poetry.
Scorpion vs. Ryu
Proxicide, world-(wide-web) famous flash animator, has release Mortal Kombat versus Street Fighter 2 (Scorpion vs. Ryu Hoshi) via Joystiq.
Here is the first animation and an interview.
This is the stuff of a Remx and Free Culture.
Bad Laws
In the the spirit of the DMCA passed by the US Congress, France and the EU are about to pass some terrible draconian laws. Projects like VLC are in potential danger; and by extension, all free/open source software will be criminalized.
Cory Doctorow blogged about it. EUCD.info is organizing a petition and providing info to the world.
AJAX tutorials
An article aimed at the uninitiated.
DIY Macro Photography
This a nice how-to, involving a Pringles container. Link.