Unincorporated Future Breaks A 20+ Year Drought
The Unincorporated Future by Dani Kollin and Eytan Kollin I was visiting the Schaumburg Library and the cover art of the science fiction book The Unincorporated Future which was on display as a new...
View ArticlePaint Heads Like Picasso
My Picasso Head I recently stumbled across an interesting web site that lets the visitor paint heads in the style of Pablo Picasso. It’s a fun diversion and includes a gallery of the Picassos created...
View ArticleJudging Art for the Humans in Space Youth Art Competition
Humans in Space Youth Art Competition Last evening I finished judging 97 works of space art that has been submitted to the second international Humans in Space Youth Art Competition. It was my good...
View ArticleGoodbye Facebook Fan Page Widget
The Artsnova Facebook Fan Page As a consequence of a change in Facebook policy I’ve decided to drop the Facebook widget promoting my Facebook Artsnova fan page from my blog’s sidebar. I also plan on...
View ArticleSpam Spam Spam Spam Comments
Spam spam spam spam A week ago I upgraded my blog’s version of WordPress. A big downside of that upgrade was that a couple of "tricks" I had put in place to defeat the spambots were undone. As a...
View ArticleCall for Submissions to Media-N, Journal of the New Media Caucus
Media-N, Journal of the New Media Caucus is making an open call for submissions to the Reviews, Reports and Papers section of their Spring 2013 issue. The deadline for submission is March 15th. The...
View ArticleCapricon Science Fiction Convention – Artificial Intelligence
The Capricon Science Fiction Convention: Artificial Intelligence I am quite looking forward to next week’s Capricon Science Fiction Convention. The theme for this year’s convention is artificial...
View ArticleNew Art and the Artsnova Web Site Redesign
Artsnova Web Site Redesign Before (left) and After (right) Finally after a couple months of somewhat intermittent work I have deployed the redesigned version of my Artsnova Digital Art Gallery web...
View ArticleA Day at Yerkes Observatory: Mars and Astronomical Art
Yerkes Observatory,Williams Bay, WI This Saturday March 16 I will be participating in both a teacher workshop and a public star party at Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay WI. This will be my first...
View ArticleComet Spotting: Pan-STARRS
Comet Pan-STARRS as viewed from Schaumburg IL, 3/13/13 Last night I headed to an artificial hill constructed by the Schaumburg Park District that is probably the highest ground location relative to the...
View ArticleNewSpace Frontier and Astronomy Day
The NewSpace Frontier This Saturday is Astronomy Day and once again I will be giving a presentation as a part of the Harper College Astronomy Day activities. The principal sponsor of the event is the...
View ArticleNSS Roadmap to Space Settlement Student Art Contest
NASA Moon Base Credit: NASA I enjoy judging art contests. I particularly enjoy judging space art contests. I concluded my most recent space art judging experience Monday evening. In this case it was...
View ArticleFree Software Alternatives to Adobe CS6
Adobe CS6 Alternatives In 2012 Adobe released CS6. What set this release apart from previous versions was the licensing path that Adobe has chosen. For more information about the Adobe Creative Cloud...
View ArticleA Week of Space Tech
Bill Nye Science Guy under guard at the Space Tech Expo On May 20 I left Chicago for Long Beach CA to attend the 2nd annual Space Tech Expo. My mission: to cover the conference for Ad Astra magazine....
View ArticleA Simple Android Processing Painting Sketch
Processing Android Painting App The Coursera class Creative Programming for Digital Media & Mobile Apps started this week and it’s been quite a challenging week. Not because of the course content....
View ArticleNorthwest Cultural Council Artists’ Reception
Artist Reception Arlington Green – west wing Yesterday I attended a Northwest Cultural Council Artists’ Reception at the Arlington Green Executive Center in Arlington Heights IL. The site is one of the...
View ArticleProcessing.js and Animated Ellipses on Artsnova
Screen shot: Processing Oscillating Ellipses Painting I’ve just started using Processing.js along with Processing 2 as a consequence of enrolling in the Coursera class Creative Programming for Digital...
View ArticleDuckon Science Fiction Convention Programming
Duckon Science Fiction Convention The Duckon Science Fiction Convention is this weekend at the Westin Chicago North Shore in Wheeling IL. I’ll be participating in some rather varied programming. In...
View ArticleDuckon, Party Lines, Art Exhibit
Masters of Lightning zapping the bejesus out of Duckers in their Super Happy Fun Cage Here it is – my week in review. The four noteworthy events for last week were: my participation in the Duckon...
View ArticleAn Art Review and Party Lines Update
Party Lines Sequel screen capture A Review of Arts Organizations and Digital Technologies I just added a review of the Pew Research Center’s Internet and American Life Project report Arts Organizations...
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