Beatrix*JAR in Hawaii from hawaii on Vimeo.
Beatrix*JAR is Bianca Pettis and Jacob Roske, sound artists out of Minneapolis. They were in Honolulu for a concert at The Arts at Mark Garage yesterday, and also put on a couple of “circuit bending” workshops for the community. This workshop was hosted by the Hawaii Macintosh and Apple [...]
Circuit Bending
May 25th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Events, Gadgets, Music, People, Technology, Video
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Webkinz Gets Wise for the West
September 21st, 2007 · No Comments · Family, The Web
About a month ago, I blogged about how the Webkinz virtual world would shut down every night just when my kids (and presumably other kids in the Hawaii time zone) would be trying to get online. By scheduling their system updates at midnight on the East Coast, they were cutting off kids living several [...]
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Webkinz Woes
August 21st, 2007 · 1 Comment · Family, The Web
Being a geek and a father, I’ve long tracked online destinations for kids. And while the offerings of Nick Jr. and PBS Kids are largely Flash-based brand reinforcement exercises, they are interactive (unlike the TV shows most of them are based on) and free (usually).
And since I’m also a social network whore and fascinated by [...]
