Tumblr (3.0; @unknown8bit)http://unknown8bit.org/<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz3lk5U0iy1qzucm5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>just a brownie from <a target="_blank" href="http://www.freebirds.com/">freebirds</a>, no additives. truth in labeling, these days!</p>http://unknown8bit.org/post/440656400http://unknown8bit.org/post/440656400Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:26:00 -0800foodpotbrowniemoblog<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz0b9nGfgD1qzucm5o1_400.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.8bitsf.com/2010/03/download-march-show-sampler.html" target="_blank"><b>8bitSF: Download the March Show Sampler</b></a></p> <ol> <li>A_Rival - 8-Bit Pimp</li> <li>ComputeHer - Sysop</li> <li>crashfaster - Anthem (Live @ Knitworks)</li> <li>glomag - 4Shame</li> <li>starpause - charges</li> <li>x|k - The Right Hue</li> </ol> <ul> <li> <i>see also </i><a target="_blank" href="http://unknown8bit.org/post/413892904/8bitpimp"><i>8-Bit Pimp, The A_Rival CD Release Party, March 11, 2010, SF</i></a> </li> </ul>http://unknown8bit.org/post/436526306http://unknown8bit.org/post/436526306Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:59:00 -08008bitsfa_rivalchip musiccomputehercrashfasterglomagmusicstarpausex|kMy Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-3-7): Toro y Moi (22) Mr. Projectile (21) Autechre (14) ...http://unknown8bit.org/post/436193586http://unknown8bit.org/post/436193586Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:02:00 -0800mylast.fmmusic<iframe width="400" height="329" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://8bitnyc.com/embed?-74.001556400244,40.731044626444,16"></iframe><br/><br/><blockquote> <p><a href="http://laughingsquid.com/8-bit-map-of-new-york-city/" target="_blank">8-Bit Map of New York City</a></p> </blockquote>http://unknown8bit.org/post/435697655http://unknown8bit.org/post/435697655Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:10:02 -08008bitmapnychikoo.net: if you pen haikus a place to write and explore is waiting for you.http://unknown8bit.org/post/432984867http://unknown8bit.org/post/432984867Sun, 07 Mar 2010 12:28:00 -0800haikuartwriting<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyvrt0yF6e1qzucm5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.fenchurch.com/bloc/dj/?/Kelpe+/431" target="_blank"><b>Fenchurch at Bloc: Kelpe</b></a></p> <p>small consolation prize for missing bloc: awesome (if short) podcast from kelpe.</p>http://unknown8bit.org/post/430956489http://unknown8bit.org/post/430956489Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:03:32 -0800kelpemusicblocfenchurch<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kystd3rLTp1qzucm5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/03/blind_camera_takes_somebody_elses_p.html" target="_blank"><b>Make: Online : Blind camera takes somebody else’s photos</b></a></p>http://unknown8bit.org/post/427908633http://unknown8bit.org/post/427908633Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:43:00 -0800arthackphotographyclever<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyrncwQtHg1qzucm5o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>epic google doc edit (<a target="_blank" href="http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Asm8G_iuGEMzdDV3cmJEUzFnUlE4b3dzUjhaaVRRclE&hl=nl"><b>autechre.ws set list</b></a>)</p>http://unknown8bit.org/post/426440031http://unknown8bit.org/post/426440031Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:34:08 -0800googleautechremusiccommunity<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyrga0sFUr1qzucm5o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a target="_blank" href="http://webspace.ocad.ca/~stan//coneoscillator/"><b>cone oscillator</b></a></p> <blockquote>A seed cone from a Red Pine tree is mounted on a platform and oscillates through states of wetness and dryness, closing and opening. The cone closes when it is wet and opens when it is dry.</blockquote> <p>(via <a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/vagueterrain">@vagueterrain</a>)</p>http://unknown8bit.org/post/426248937http://unknown8bit.org/post/426248937Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:40:00 -0800naturesciencehack<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/d81qFaoe010&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/d81qFaoe010&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d81qFaoe010&feature=channel" target="_blank"><b>Cockatiel sings Theme of Chocobo(Final Fantasy)</b></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d81qFaoe010&feature=channel" target="_blank"><b></b></a>(via <a target="_blank" href="http://jon.ursenba.ch/">jon</a>)</p>http://unknown8bit.org/post/426242624http://unknown8bit.org/post/426242624Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:12:00 -0800final fantasymusicnerdsvideo gamenatureMy Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-2-28): Flying Lotus (19) Booka Shade (15) Putsch ‘79...http://unknown8bit.org/post/423238078http://unknown8bit.org/post/423238078Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:33:00 -0800mylast.fmmusic<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyn2ioF8Re1qzankho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/1564180/brian-reas-fears-and-visions-in-barcelona" target="_blank">Fear, organized</a>. Brian Rea, organizer of worry, “<i>I discovered like most people I had a lot of fears — after a few months, I began to catalog them: physical fears, natural fears, political fears, random, emotional</i>.” After 11 years in New York, he made lists of his own and those of the people around him to fill up a 7-meter-by-3.5-meter wall, an exhibition at the Joan Miró Foundation in Barcelona called <a href="http://www.fundaciomiro-bcn.org/exposicio.php?idioma=2&exposicio=1961&titulo=Murals" target="_blank">Murals</a>.</p> </blockquote>http://unknown8bit.org/post/422853040http://unknown8bit.org/post/422853040Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:25:04 -0800fearartpsychology<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyogtiXiSS1qzucm5o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.djhistory.com/features/machine-soul-history-techno" target="_blank"><b>Machine Soul: A History of Techno [1993] | DJHistory.com</b></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.djhistory.com/features/machine-soul-history-techno" target="_blank"><b></b></a>(via <a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/mariamouk">@mariamouk</a>)</p>http://unknown8bit.org/post/422850181http://unknown8bit.org/post/422850181Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:23:29 -0800technomusichistory<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kylo4rYlpj1qzucm5o1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.residentadvisor.net/news.aspx?id=11786" target="_blank"><b>RA News: Dadahack debut with TAP3</b></a></p> <blockquote>The album is as much a musical effort as it is a playful comment on technological advancement. In addition to being available for digital download, TAP3 is, as its name suggests, a cassette tape, but by no means a normal one–it also functions as a digital music player, so listeners can simply plug in their headphones and hear the album. This unusual presentation is meant to both embrace and reject the digital era, harking back to a time when music was confined to a physical existence within a hand-held product.</blockquote> <p>ok, this alone makes me want to buy it already, like a small art piece. i’m still looking for my original issue FM3 buddha machine in my mass of possessions.</p> <ul> <li>see also <a target="_blank" href="http://www.dadahack.com/">dadahack.com</a> </li> </ul>http://unknown8bit.org/post/419692510http://unknown8bit.org/post/419692510Mon, 01 Mar 2010 03:14:00 -0800dadahackgadgetsmultimediamusiccleverhack<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyjnapyMvO1qzucm5o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyjnapyMvO1qzucm5o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyjnapyMvO1qzucm5o5_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><b><a target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/unknown8bit/4394499260/in/set-72157623399701287/">make out by rafael lozano-hemmer</a></b></p> <p>interactive video installation at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.mutek.org/festivals/montreal/2009">mutek_10</a>.</p>http://unknown8bit.org/post/417244928http://unknown8bit.org/post/417244928Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:52:00 -0800myphotographyvideovisualizationartmutekmutek_10<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/BbDJUqqPLwE&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/BbDJUqqPLwE&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbDJUqqPLwE&feature=related" target="_blank">Plaid & Zoe Martlew @ Faster than Sound 2007</a> (via <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/mariamouk">@mariamouk</a>)</p>http://unknown8bit.org/post/416678300http://unknown8bit.org/post/416678300Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:18:00 -0800celloexperimentalmusicplaidzoe martlewPoints in the real world: Jesse Schell, Carnegie Mellon assistant professor, in a presentation from...http://unknown8bit.org/post/416190424http://unknown8bit.org/post/416190424Sat, 27 Feb 2010 14:38:59 -0800gamesfuture<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kygwbqH2Ej1qzucm5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><blockquote>“8-Bit Pimp”, the debut album of Chip-hop pioneer A_Rival, marks the first hip-hop album with original beats composed entirely using the sound chip of the Nintendo Entertainment System. Featuring collaborations with artists such as Random (Mega Ran), this album also bridges the gap between hip-hop and the burgeoning San Francisco Chiptune scene.</blockquote></p>http://unknown8bit.org/post/413892904http://unknown8bit.org/post/413892904Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:16:00 -08008bitsfchip musica_rivalglomagcomputehercrashfasterstarpausex|ksan franciscomusic<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyfjcxdaJT1qzucm5o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.ni9e.com/nwa.html" target="_blank"><b>EXPLICIT CONTENT ONLY</b></a></p> <blockquote>This is the entire N.W.A. Straight Outta Compton album edited down into just the “explicit” content.</blockquote> <p>(via <a target="_blank" href="http://www.crashfaster.com/">morgan</a>)</p>http://unknown8bit.org/post/412493217http://unknown8bit.org/post/412493217Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:41:00 -0800nwamusicnsfwraphip hopfunny<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kye7imNz7e1qzucm5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b><a target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/unknown8bit/2354253136/in/set-72157604130200651/">imminent underpass</a></b></p> <p>two weeks to austin!</p>http://unknown8bit.org/post/410932411http://unknown8bit.org/post/410932411Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:22:00 -0800austinfavoritemyphotographytravelsxsw