Here's an article about three blind phone hackers from India. Okay, that sounds like a bad joke, but it's really what the article's about. Just go read it. Here's a quote to get you started:
He and his sightless brothers have devoted their lives to proving they can out-think, out-program, and out-hack anyone with vision.
And on an unrelated note, why does it seem like people in Europe are being so much more careful about genetically modified food? I'm glad I'm not an American farmer. (Well, I'm glad I'm not a farmer anywhere, to tell you the truth. I would kind of suck at farming.)
Someday, I hope I'm successful enough to hire someone to build me a Futuro house. But mine won't be made entirely of plastic. (Unless maybe it's recycled plastic.) Doesn't that thing look cool? And if I lived there I would dress all retro-futuristic like that lady in the red dress.
Here's a site called musicplasma that says it can help you find music you'll like. It's fun to play with, but I don't know what the information is based on. Maybe Amazon recommendations, since it seems to be associated with that site.
Robot bookshelf! While out in L.A., I painted some robots on my friend's bookshelf. [See them here!] (This was to replace a pitiful little collection of robot postcards that she had taped up.) If you check out those photos carefully, you can see that she got a robot Christmas card.
Airplanes rock This week, I went from 13 degree weather in NYC to 70 degree weather in L.A. So that's why I haven't been writing much. I'm too busy playing outside.
Casting a spell In junior high, I rocked at spelling. I never went to the national spelling bee in D.C. or anything, but I came *this* close. And even though I like to pretend I'm from the future, I've always found dragons strangely fascinating. What could bring these random interests together? Dungeon Scroll.
In this amazingly addictive game, the more words you spell, the more creatures you destroy. You only have a few letters at a time, so it's kind of like Scrabble, but with creatures! The idea that you can kick ass by spelling words right really appeals to me. If fights worked that way in real life, junior high would've been REALLY different.
If you click on the link above, you can download a demo or buy the full game (since it was only $8, i decided to go for it.)
New project I know the last thing I need right now is a new art project (I'm already way behind on everything else I'm trying to do), but yesterday I went to see this nesting doll exhibit. The dolls on display were painted by people who normally do graffiti, skateboard art, and that kind of stuff. One of my favorites was based on transportation, and had a big truck on the largest one, down to a bicycle on the little tiny one. So anyway, I got all inspired once I found out you can buy the blank dolls online for pretty cheap. I'm going to make a set of robot ones. And maybe another set, with some futuristic ladies. [Note: Part of the reason I want to make my own is that I really wanted to play with the ones on display at that gallery, which of course is not allowed. When I paint my own, I will play with them as much as I want.]
Good spirits I'm happy that Spirit, the Mars Rover, landed okay. Aside from the fact that it's not very colorful, I think Spirit looks like something Kelly might paint. I like how the article says it "transmitted a simple hello to Earth minutes after landing." Here's the image gallery so far.
Random link I stumbled across the other day: this robot costume. How cute is that kid? If he or she showed up at my house on Halloween (if I had a house), I would give that robot ALL the candy. That costume freakin' rocks.
Crafty afternoon Inspired by a conversation with some friends, today I watched some bad TV and knitted myself a watch cozy. You can see a slightly blurry photo of it below (along with my tekno-dinkie robot looking on!)
Basically, it's a little knitted arm band that has a hole for the face of my watch to show through. (I made up the pattern on my own and am impressed that it fits.) It makes me feel like Leela from Futurama, but I have a feeling her wrist thingy did a little more than tell time. Looking for a picture of it just got me inspired -- I should get some light gray and blue yarn and make a knitted version of Leela's arm band! Probably nobody but me would know what it was supposed to be, but isn't that enough?
