Tangólumen is an interactive lighting space that activates shared spaces and illuminates the implied social relations in them.

With an amazingly executed stop motion music video featuring the most compelling characters I’ve ever seen created from some of the most basic geometric shapes.

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Well it is. Well, I guess this isn’t, but that’s sort of the conundrum of showing you a photo of something that exists in the real world….

The Xbox Live Vision is an excellent webcam. You can find it for about $15 on ebay and it uses a universal driver, making it compatible with pretty much any computer without hassling with drivers. This makes it an ideal choice for interactive video installations. I used two of them in The Eye. But if regular visual data isn’t enough? Modify it to see infrared!

I really need some exposed film.

Oni was at Floating World for a First Thursday Scott Pilgrim #5 release party, and I dropped by.

First of all, the book is just plain sexy. Look at that foil cover. Purdy. Secondly…I still haven’t opened it. I’m getting antsy, but I haven’t had a chance. Tomorrow night is going to be Scott Pilgrim read-it-up night for me.

Some other Scott Pilgrim related goodness:

I picked up a few of these at the release, you can download them at Cubeecraft.

And finally, if you read the book, you probably already know all about this, but just incase you don’t: look how perfect this casting is.

I made a potroast about a week back, and it’s been sitting in my fridge since.

Not wanting it to go bad, I decided to do something with it tonight.

Really simple, really delicious, and like any proper beef meal: really manly.

Here’s the recipe (Sorry, I didn’t measure a damn thing):

Put a pot over medium heat with a splash of olive oil.
Cube precooked pot roast with gravy.
Throw in cubed onions, cook until edges just begin to carmelize
Throw in 1 bottle of beer
Add chopped:
Mushrooms
Carrots
Celery
Potatoes
Dice 6 cloves of garlic
Add 1 cup water, simmer until cooked.

Eat. Grow chest hair. Enjoy.

Talk about a great music video. Director Ace Norton took a wonderful concept, and made it amazing. And those “stills” …. SO GREAT.

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I’ve been working 13 out of 14 days the last 2 weeks, and am going to continue to do so the next 2 weeks, so I haven’t really had as much time to bake/cook. (Or grocery shop)

But I made a batch of White Chocolate Cranberry cookies last week, and while they came out good, they needed improvement.

So I remade them tonight.

Here’s the recipe if you’re interested:

Preheat the oven to 375

2/3 cup butter flavored shortening (not butter. It drastically effects the final product)
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
3/2 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 ounces white chocolate
8 ounces dried cranberries.

Scoop onto a cookie sheet and bake for about 10 minutes. Makes 2 dozen.

We’re building up to something….