From alex at slab.org Mon Jun 2 09:45:59 2008 From: alex at slab.org (alex) Date: Mon Jun 2 09:46:17 2008 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] live coding talk this thursday 5th June at goldsmiths Message-ID: <1212414359.8168.88.camel@teff> ? Hi all, Dave and I are doing a talk this Thursday, all are welcome. It's in the ground floor of the Ben Pimlott building (the one with the spaghetti on top) at Goldsmiths College, ?a few mins walk from new cross gate station. Here's some info: 5 JUNE with ALEX MCLEAN & DAVE GRIFFITHS Live Coding Live coders program in conversation with their machine, dynamically adding instructions and functions to running programs. Here there is no distinction between creating and running a piece of software - its execution is controlled through edits to its source code. Live coding has recently become popular in performance, where software is written before an audience in order to generate music and video for them to enjoy. McLean and Griffiths have played around Europe together with Adrian Ward as the live coding band ?slub?. They will talk about the history and practice of live coding, and give some demos of their own live coding environments. ALEX MCLEAN has been triggering distorted kick drum samples with Perl scripts for far too long. He is a PhD student at Goldsmiths Digital Studios. DAVE GRIFFITHS writes programs to make noises, pictures and animations. He makes film effectis software and computer games. Dave & Alex are both members of the Openlan free software artists collective and the TOPLAP organisation for live algorithm promotion. slub.org ; toplap.org ; pawfal.org/openlab ; pawfal.org/dave ; yaxu.org ---- THE THURSDAY CLUB is an open forum discussion group for anyone interested in the theories and practices of cross-disciplinarity, interactivity, technologies and philosophies of the state-of-the-art in today?s (and tomorrow?s) cultural landscape(s). For more information check http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/gds/events.php or email Maria X at drp01mc [at] gold.ac.uk To find Goldsmiths check http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/find-us/ From greenman at muti.tv Mon Jun 2 12:30:56 2008 From: greenman at muti.tv (Greenman) Date: Mon Jun 2 12:29:32 2008 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] Punch card machine ? Message-ID: <48442040.8010203@muti.tv> Hey Dorks Does anyone out there have some kind of punch card reader that I could hire? No need for it to work. Greenman From alex at slab.org Mon Jun 2 17:38:19 2008 From: alex at slab.org (alex) Date: Mon Jun 2 17:38:40 2008 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] live coding talk, from 6pm this thursday 5th June at goldsmiths In-Reply-To: <1212414359.8168.88.camel@teff> References: <1212414359.8168.88.camel@teff> Message-ID: <1212442699.6314.1.camel@teff> I should add that it's from 6pm until 8pm. It's in the Seminar Rooms at Ben Pimlott Building (Ground Floor, right), Goldsmiths, University of London, New Cross, SE14 6NW It's free, and no booking is required. On Mon, 2008-06-02 at 14:45 +0100, alex wrote: > ? > Hi all, > > Dave and I are doing a talk this Thursday, all are welcome. It's in the > ground floor of the Ben Pimlott building (the one with the spaghetti on > top) at Goldsmiths College, ?a few mins walk from new cross gate > station. > > Here's some info: > > > 5 JUNE with ALEX MCLEAN & DAVE GRIFFITHS > > Live Coding > > Live coders program in conversation with their machine, dynamically > adding instructions and functions to running programs. Here there is no > distinction between creating and running a piece of software - its > execution is controlled through edits to its source code. Live coding > has recently become popular in performance, where software is written > before an audience in order to generate music and video for them to > enjoy. McLean and Griffiths have played around Europe together with > Adrian Ward as the live coding band ?slub?. They will talk about the > history and practice of live coding, and give some demos of their own > live coding environments. > > ALEX MCLEAN has been triggering distorted kick drum samples with Perl > scripts for far too long. He is a PhD student at Goldsmiths Digital > Studios. > > DAVE GRIFFITHS writes programs to make noises, pictures and animations. > He makes film effectis software and computer games. > > Dave & Alex are both members of the Openlan free software artists > collective and the TOPLAP organisation for live algorithm promotion. > slub.org ; toplap.org ; pawfal.org/openlab ; pawfal.org/dave ; yaxu.org > > ---- > > THE THURSDAY CLUB is an open forum discussion group for anyone > interested in the theories and practices of cross-disciplinarity, > interactivity, technologies and philosophies of the state-of-the-art in > today?s (and tomorrow?s) cultural landscape(s). > > For more information check http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/gds/events.php or > email Maria X at drp01mc [at] gold.ac.uk > > To find Goldsmiths check http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/find-us/ > > > ........................................................................ > .........dorkbot: people doing strange things with electricity.......... > ..........................http://dorkbot.org............................ > ........................................................................ > From alex at slab.org Tue Jun 10 10:23:37 2008 From: alex at slab.org (alex) Date: Tue Jun 10 10:23:47 2008 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] pre-announce and call for dorks Message-ID: <1213107817.27920.20.camel@teff> Hi all, We're set for the next dorkbot on Wednesday 18th June at area10 in Peckham. ?Mark your diaries! It's next week so you don't have to turn too many pages. We're still putting together the presenters, if you have something you'd like to show, or know someone who might, *please* get in touch! Remember the tagline is "people doing strange things with electricity" which is a purposefully vague remit. If you have a project (or even an idea for a project) that involves electricity, electronics or software in some capacity then we'd love to hear from you! Best wishes, alex From alex at slab.org Thu Jun 12 06:04:35 2008 From: alex at slab.org (alex) Date: Thu Jun 12 06:05:06 2008 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] this wednesday 18th June from 7pm, area10, Peckham Message-ID: <1213265075.31601.87.camel@teff> ??DORKBOT ?DORKBOT ?DORKBOT dorkbotlondon? will be at area10, Peckham, SE15 5JT this wednesday 18th June from 7pm map: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=SE15+5JT Area10 is the white warehouse type building behind Peckham Library. Join us and enjoy the Julie Freeman talking more about her perversion for dog's ears (now realised as the ICA commissioned http://www.dogsears.net), The People Speak presenting Peckham TV ( http://www.peckhamspace.com/projects/peckhamtv ) a live envisioning of Peckham's future, Moritz Waldemeyer talking about a recent project ( http://www.waldemeyer.com/ ) and Mike Blow talking about his musical park benches ( http://www.evolutionaryart.co.uk/ ). Plus! News about the burningdork dorkbot camp, and opendorks (if you have a ~ 7 minute presentation about something dorky, let us know on the night). See you there! From mike at electricstuff.co.uk Thu Jun 12 11:28:29 2008 From: mike at electricstuff.co.uk (Mike Harrison) Date: Thu Jun 12 11:30:40 2008 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] Hard drive speakers.. Epson FX drums... Message-ID: Wonder if someone can persuade this guy to show this at Dorkbot..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmfHHLfbjNQ Spectrum, dead hard disks, repurposed printer/scanner, music.... has it all! From bonjour.tweak at gmail.com Sat Jun 14 13:49:41 2008 From: bonjour.tweak at gmail.com (tweak) Date: Sat Jun 14 13:49:19 2008 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] Tweak Festival - Call for submissions Message-ID: <9EE2A6D4-972B-409E-8634-74151293B0C6@gmail.com> Tweak 2008 is a new interactive art and live electronic music festival taking place in Limerick City between the 23rd and 27th of September 2008. Its aim is to promote understanding of the use of technology within our culture and to explore contemporary issues (social, economic, psychological, aesthetic and functional). The festival will consist of a 5-day exhibition, (interactive artworks, robots and installations) comprising of artworks from international and local artists. Tweak examines the growing impact of digital technologies in the creation of art and aesthetic experience. Providing a space for Digital Artists to redefine the nature of technology within our lives, the festival intends to create public awareness of the complex nature of technology and explore the relationship technology has to our lives. Tweak is calling for submissions: Exhibition submissions: Tweak invites architects, artists, designers, technologists, engineers, urbanists, or teams thereof, to submit artistic contributions for an exhibition that will critically explore new roles, contexts and approaches for design in relation to the social, cultural and ethical impact of existing and emerging technologies. For submissions please include a 1-page description of the contribution, include photos or videos and a short bio. Workshop submissions: Tweak aims to educate and showcase alternatives methods of programming and hacking to produce creatively. Current topics include: - Arduino fun with microcontroller electronics - Visual Programming for your inner VJ - Circuit Bending and Music Making - Making plants talk - "I'm thirsty, feed me!" These workshops aim to alter the public perception of technology from being functional to something that is aesthetic and engaging and illustrate how programming and electronics can be used creatively to create music and art. Workshop proposals should include a 1-page description of the theme of the workshop, short CV of organisers, duration and schedule of workshop. Deadline for all submissions is July 11th For more information: visit: http://www.tweak.ie email: bonjour.tweak@gmail.com Tweak 2008 is supported by the University of Limerick. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://music.columbia.edu/pipermail/dorkbotlondon-blabber/attachments/20080614/30bf2a4a/attachment.html From alex at slab.org Mon Jun 16 18:03:40 2008 From: alex at slab.org (alex) Date: Mon Jun 16 18:04:05 2008 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] possible venue change for wednesday Message-ID: <1213653820.32556.87.camel@teff> We might have a venue problem for Wednesday's dorkbot, if you know of a suitable venue that could take us at this ultra-short notice please let me know... cheers alex From alex at slab.org Mon Jun 16 19:37:21 2008 From: alex at slab.org (alex) Date: Mon Jun 16 19:37:39 2008 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] venue change worries over In-Reply-To: <1213653820.32556.87.camel@teff> References: <1213653820.32556.87.camel@teff> Message-ID: <1213659441.32556.115.camel@teff> disregard that last message, all is fixed, see you at area10 on weds... From r.atwood at imperial.ac.uk Mon Jun 16 20:12:24 2008 From: r.atwood at imperial.ac.uk (Atwood, Robert C) Date: Mon Jun 16 20:13:36 2008 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] possible venue change for wednesday References: <1213653820.32556.87.camel@teff> Message-ID: <2CB39EAF0E0EFF498ADEDA636B8C999F05BE16F9@icex1.ic.ac.uk> If its still a problem we should try rampArt, I am pretty sure there's some dork-regulars already involved in that place and openlabber too. It may depen upon whether anyone can be reached at all, in time , and whether somethign is already going on there! http://therampart.wordpress.com/ mabye a possible future venue in any case? they webpage talks about ' DIY culture ' -----Original Message----- From: dorkbotlondon-blabber-bounces@dorkbot.org on behalf of alex Sent: Mon 16/06/2008 11:03 PM To: dorkbotlondon Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] possible venue change for wednesday We might have a venue problem for Wednesday's dorkbot, if you know of a suitable venue that could take us at this ultra-short notice please let me know... cheers alex ........................................................................ .........dorkbot: people doing strange things with electricity.......... ..........................http://dorkbot.org............................ ........................................................................ -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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It may depen upon whether anyone can be reached at all, in time , and whether somethign is already going on there! > > http://therampart.wordpress.com/ > > mabye a possible future venue in any case? they webpage talks about ' DIY culture ' > > > -----Original Message----- > From: dorkbotlondon-blabber-bounces@dorkbot.org on behalf of alex > Sent: Mon 16/06/2008 11:03 PM > To: dorkbotlondon > Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] possible venue change for wednesday > > > We might have a venue problem for Wednesday's dorkbot, if you know of a > suitable venue that could take us at this ultra-short notice please let > me know... > > cheers > > alex > > > ........................................................................ > .........dorkbot: people doing strange things with electricity.......... > ..........................http://dorkbot.org............................ > ........................................................................ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ........................................................................ > .........dorkbot: people doing strange things with electricity.......... > ..........................http://dorkbot.org............................ > ........................................................................ > -- *** t: 07952 865 019 e: steve@sixnines.net w: http://sixnines.net From alex at slab.org Tue Jun 17 05:53:04 2008 From: alex at slab.org (alex) Date: Tue Jun 17 05:53:19 2008 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] all set for area10 on weds In-Reply-To: <48577988.3070409@sixnines.net> References: <1213653820.32556.87.camel@teff> <2CB39EAF0E0EFF498ADEDA636B8C999F05BE16F9@icex1.ic.ac.uk> <48577988.3070409@sixnines.net> Message-ID: <1213696384.32556.120.camel@teff> We're all set for area10 tomorrow night now, the problem was resolved. It's nice to move around London though, maybe rampart is good for a future venue. It doesn't have to be an 'art focused arena' but things are easier when people based at the venue are into the idea of dorkbot. cheers, alex From r.atwood at imperial.ac.uk Tue Jun 17 06:02:44 2008 From: r.atwood at imperial.ac.uk (Atwood, Robert C) Date: Tue Jun 17 06:03:19 2008 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] possible venue change for wednesday In-Reply-To: <48577988.3070409@sixnines.net> References: <1213653820.32556.87.camel@teff><2CB39EAF0E0EFF498ADEDA636B8C999F05BE16F9@icex1.ic.ac.uk> <48577988.3070409@sixnines.net> Message-ID: <2CB39EAF0E0EFF498ADEDA636B8C999F05CFA356@icex1.ic.ac.uk> ?? I cannot find a cost mentioned there at all, I gathered that the collective would suggest terms on a case-by-case basis;... which page mentions a cost? . Forutnatley we don't have to try to swing it by tomorrow as I see from Alex's later email. Some people in a after-dork pub several months ago were suggesting that venues( with bar ) could be found that would gladly welocme such a group on a weds. night at no cost based on captive drink sales -- of course that would not be ?1.50 bottles of beer. But is it worth a thought? Who were those people , hello... > -----Original Message----- > From: dorkbotlondon-blabber-bounces@dorkbot.org > [mailto:dorkbotlondon-blabber-bounces@dorkbot.org] On Behalf > Of steve allen > Sent: 17 June 2008 09:45 > To: A discussion list for dorkbot-london > Subject: Re: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] possible venue change > for wednesday > > I gulped when I saw the cost, and thought there must be someplace > cheaper, sent out an email for another place; what are the > requisites, > does it need to be an 'art focused arena' > > steve > > Atwood, Robert C wrote: > > If its still a problem we should try rampArt, I am pretty > sure there's some dork-regulars already involved in that > place and openlabber too. It may depen upon whether anyone > can be reached at all, in time , and whether somethign is > already going on there! > > > > http://therampart.wordpress.com/ > > > > mabye a possible future venue in any case? they webpage > talks about ' DIY culture ' > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: dorkbotlondon-blabber-bounces@dorkbot.org on behalf of alex > > Sent: Mon 16/06/2008 11:03 PM > > To: dorkbotlondon > > Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] possible venue change for wednesday > > > > > > We might have a venue problem for Wednesday's dorkbot, if > you know of a > > suitable venue that could take us at this ultra-short > notice please let > > me know... > > > > cheers > > > > alex > > > > > > > .............................................................. > .......... > > .........dorkbot: people doing strange things with > electricity.......... > > > ..........................http://dorkbot.org.................. > .......... > > > .............................................................. > .......... > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > > > > > .............................................................. > .......... > > .........dorkbot: people doing strange things with > electricity.......... > > > ..........................http://dorkbot.org.................. > .......... > > > .............................................................. > .......... > > > > -- > *** > > t: 07952 865 019 > e: steve@sixnines.net > w: http://sixnines.net > > .............................................................. > .......... > .........dorkbot: people doing strange things with > electricity.......... > ..........................http://dorkbot.org.................. > .......... > .............................................................. > .......... > From alex at slab.org Tue Jun 17 09:12:09 2008 From: alex at slab.org (alex) Date: Tue Jun 17 09:12:29 2008 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] doorpeople Message-ID: <1213708329.32556.128.camel@teff> We'll need two people on the door at area10, any volunteers? Hopefully we can arrange things so the people on the door can still watch the presentations... cheers, alex From alex at slab.org Tue Jun 17 09:31:42 2008 From: alex at slab.org (alex) Date: Tue Jun 17 09:32:01 2008 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] doorpeople In-Reply-To: <1213708329.32556.128.camel@teff> References: <1213708329.32556.128.camel@teff> Message-ID: <1213709502.32556.135.camel@teff> btw that's two people on the door at a time, hopefully there will be a few volunteers and we can rotate... alex On Tue, 2008-06-17 at 14:12 +0100, alex wrote: > We'll need two people on the door at area10, any volunteers? Hopefully > we can arrange things so the people on the door can still watch the > presentations... > > cheers, > > alex > > > ........................................................................ > .........dorkbot: people doing strange things with electricity.......... > ..........................http://dorkbot.org............................ > ........................................................................ > From alex at slab.org Tue Jun 17 10:43:04 2008 From: alex at slab.org (alex) Date: Tue Jun 17 10:43:22 2008 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] more requests -- setting up and beer Message-ID: <1213713785.32556.155.camel@teff> Sorry about all the emails, dorking at a new venue is causing some stress! There will be some setting up to do, if you can come early (after 5:30pm) to help out that would be much appreciated. Also we are not sure how to get the beer for tomorrow -- if anyone is coming by car and can pick up ~ 8 boxes of beers from a supermarket on the way that would be perfect... Cheers, alex From steve at sixnines.net Tue Jun 17 12:39:53 2008 From: steve at sixnines.net (steve allen) Date: Tue Jun 17 12:40:08 2008 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] more requests -- setting up and beer Message-ID: <27752819.201811213720793161.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> unfortunately I am out of london for the next few days. best of luck steve > >Sorry about all the emails, dorking at a new venue is causing some >stress! > >There will be some setting up to do, if you can come early (after >5:30pm) to help out that would be much appreciated. > >Also we are not sure how to get the beer for tomorrow -- if anyone is >coming by car and can pick up ~ 8 boxes of beers from a supermarket on >the way that would be perfect... > >Cheers, > >alex > >........................................................................ >.........dorkbot: people doing strange things with electricity.......... >..........................http://dorkbot.org............................ >........................................................................ From greenman at muti.tv Wed Jun 18 03:44:07 2008 From: greenman at muti.tv (greenman) Date: Wed Jun 18 03:44:20 2008 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] Last minute request for old machine parts and dot-matix Message-ID: <4858BCC7.3000008@muti.tv> Hey Dorks I have to put together a "stall" at a conference thing (Interesting08) on Sat. The plan is to build a cardboard mainframe. Does anyone have some old, appropriate looking parts that I could borrow/steal to add to my construction ? Ideally we are looking for just a few bits and pieces that can help us achieve the "look and feel" of a big machine from a few decades ago. And, how about a dot-matrix printer ? They may not be that old, but most people will feel like they are ancient history. Anyway, if you can help, I will be down a DB tonight. Tanks very much Greenman From julie at lubric.com Thu Jun 19 08:17:44 2008 From: julie at lubric.com (julie freeman) Date: Thu Jun 19 08:18:00 2008 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] Free ears :) Message-ID: <21A98F0B-1409-4195-9710-3624100861AB@lubric.com> Hello Dorks, I thought you may like to go and see the Chatty Canines some more so here's a free membership coupon (valid for Bronze, Silver or Gold - chose your metal wisely) The coupon valid until end of June: F46BF77420 http://www.dogsears.net Happy Flapping, Julie x julie@lubric.com http://www.juliefreeman.co.uk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://music.columbia.edu/pipermail/dorkbotlondon-blabber/attachments/20080619/5afca4e1/attachment-0001.html From infosource at diasporan.net Fri Jun 20 08:53:02 2008 From: infosource at diasporan.net (Mori Sugimoto) Date: Fri Jun 20 08:53:17 2008 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] Free router In-Reply-To: <21A98F0B-1409-4195-9710-3624100861AB@lubric.com> References: <21A98F0B-1409-4195-9710-3624100861AB@lubric.com> Message-ID: <485BA82E.40008@diasporan.net> Hi Dorks, In case if you are interested - for a limited period, you can get a refurbished router for free from here: http://www.digidave.co.uk/jshop/section.php?xSec=30 This is actually the second time they are doing this and I got one last time. This campaign looks a bit dodgy, but I used this shop several times in the past two years and had good experience with them, so I gave it a go. I had to pay for shipping and they are based in Jersey so it costed me about ?9, but they didn't charge me for the router. I ordered Netopia's router and it worked fine, but it's for business use and there are lots of configs which I was not familiar with, so I put it back in the box and haven't really used it. But I'm pretty sure the stuff they are giving away is functional. (This message look slightly fraud-ish, but I'm not after your credit card number or anything. ask greenman to verify my identity if you are sceptical about me) kind regards, mori From alex at slab.org Fri Jun 20 11:47:04 2008 From: alex at slab.org (alex) Date: Fri Jun 20 11:47:31 2008 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] [Fwd: [Sanlist] Unconference Update] Message-ID: <1213976824.22718.221.camel@teff> The unconference is a nice idea: http://?unconference.expofestival.org It's on 4th July in Brighton. If you want to speak or organise a panel discussion you just add it to the wiki. I think I'll propose something, looks like they're after more talks, would be nice to see more dorky sound presentations there! 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Harold joins us while visiting the UK for his exhibition at the Bernard Jacobson Gallery (running from 9th July - 15th August). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AARON ?http://tinyurl.com/5thowy -> Joel Gethin Lewis: Contact Joel will be talking about Contact, an UVA installation, and how OpenFrameworks enabled them to make the project so fast. http://www.uva.co.uk/archives/74 -> Sarah Angliss: Wireless handbells Sarah will be showing her carillon, a mediaeval instrument used to play sacred music, augmented using xbee technology. It consists of 30 handbells, scattered around the room, and controlled using a theremin and a mini wireless network (also showing at the Sonic Arts Expo, Brighton, Saturday 5 July). http://www.spacedog.biz/ Plus! Opendorks -- 7 minute ad-hoc talks about something strange and electrical. Perfect to get feedback on your small or in-progress project. For the latest info see: http://dorkbot.org/dorkbotlondon/wiki/ If you would like to do a presentation at a future dorkbotlondon event we'd love to hear from you at: dorkbotlondon@dorkbot.org