Opposable Thumbs Episode 4: Nick Bontrager/Stand Up Comedy

Meghan Trainor (no not that one) pitched us a curveball in Episode 3 with the “stand up comedy” challenge. Nick B

Opposable Thumbs Episode 3: Found Electronics

Listen to Episode 3 here. At the suggestion of my main man Audrey Peiper, I based this project on a Girl Talk telephone hand

Opposable Thumbs Episode 2: Dungeons and Dragons Dice

For the second Opposable Thumbs challenge, I started researching ancient games of chance. It seems that the original dice wh

Opposable Thumbs Episode 1

The excellent Rob Ray and I have started a podcast called Opposable Thumbs. I used to organize art events with Rob in Chicago

Raspberry Pi + Thermal Printer

I’m looking at doing some experimentation with thermal printing, using the same type of device that prints point-of-sale

CAA 2017, NYC

I’ll be delivering a paper on Saturday, February 18, as part of a panel called Making Objects Speak: Speculative Design,

Arduino + Processing

Sparkfun has an excellent tutorial on the process of getting communication going between Arduino and Processing. It’s a

RPi web cam baby monitor

Aah – the summer arrives, so now I can actually finish/document some work that languished during the academic year. Have

Call for papers @ FATE 2017

FATE (Foundations in Art: Theory and Education) 16th Biennial Conference Hosted by the KCAI (Kansas City Art Institute) Founda

Manual WordPress Site Backup (Bluehost)

I found the process of learning how to backup wordpress with my host pretty confusing. On the one hand, noobs might not be awa