Cross-Reference » web http://www.x-reference.com cross-referencing a select group of things - art, technology, design and performance. Also a collection of interesting quotes, books, movies, thoughts, and rants. Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:14:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 I don’t know why… http://www.x-reference.com/2012/01/04/i-dont-know-why/ http://www.x-reference.com/2012/01/04/i-dont-know-why/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:22:59 +0000 Jan http://www.x-reference.com/?p=2796

I enjoy these videos from space, but I find them mesmerizing. Above 9 weeks of weather in 3 minutes. As boingboing’s Maggie Koerth-Baker said, “Oh my god. Air really is a fluid, isn’t it?”

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Awesome, love this old stuff. (via boingboing)

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Artist Adrianne Wortzel discusses her use of arduino hacked Elmo-TMX’s. I think I might just have to run out and buy one and do some hacking of my own. Her work covers Telerobotics, a very noble pursuit.

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This video is quite amazing. The real thing from space. So awesome.

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Robots endlessly arguing with each other. I think Becket or any other absurdist playwright or writer would be quite amused.

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]]> http://www.x-reference.com/2011/05/02/jello/feed/ 0 Glitch Video http://www.x-reference.com/2011/02/16/glitch-video/ http://www.x-reference.com/2011/02/16/glitch-video/#comments Thu, 17 Feb 2011 03:28:47 +0000 Jan http://www.x-reference.com/?p=2554

a.d.l.r. – “Supreme Sunlight” from Non Projects on Vimeo.

Made by Kim Asendorf, master of glitch. His still images are just as interesting.

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KOJO MOE

“Reservations for a nighttime boat cruise around Kawasaki’s illuminated chemical factories, steel plants and oil refineries are booked up months in advance. For 4,000 yen per adult—about $48—a vessel resembling a houseboat carries tourists past mammoth, brightly lit factories sending clouds of smoke into the air.” – WSJ

Not weird at all. Not to me. I too share a fascination with looking at and photographing industrial buildings and factories. I absolutely see the beauty in them. Read more about “Kojo Moe” at WSJ.com

(image via japantrends.com via tabism.com)

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Lots of potential for things to go awry, but conceptually, this artistic offline/cyberpunk project is an awesome idea! Dead Drops.

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