the anti experience of Ed

Continuing on…..
Seattle Waterfront Arcade
Because of this particular arcade’s proximity to a lot of Seattle’s tourist attractions on the waterfront, I suspect that local arcade game enthusiasts may not know about this one or want to deal with parking down in the increasingly popular area (according to a new report Seattle now ranks ninth in the […]

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Admittedly, I’m a chart geek. I have copies of all the relevant Tufte books. I feel that I know a deceptive or misleading chart when I see one.
Let’s look at this one at cnn.com, about obesity rates in the US.

At first glance, I noted, damn, look at the red, the south sure is […]

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It was heralded over postcards, a voice mail on my home phone, my cable box messages…. the new Program Guide and DVR interface is now on my Motorola cable box here in Seattle!
Let’s get this out of the way. I hate, hate, hate this box. It’s incredibly flaky to the point that I […]

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Continuing on my thoughts about places to play arcade games here in Seattle…. some thoughts about a place near Eastlake…..
Jillians’s Billiards

This establishment seems to be primarily known as a place to play pool, but they have a decent selection of arcade games. They have a wider variety of games than the others listed - […]

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awwwww!

From National Geographic’s website.

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… so back in the day, all of 2ish years ago, I first set up my website to use Wordpress as a content management system / blog. I used Wordpress pages to describe myself and my previous digital art work and describe myself, and not have to create an HTML template and use Dreamweaver to […]

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The recent launch of CrankysArcade’s Blog about arcade games at IGN.com had me thinking about the last few times I’ve been out to a video arcade! Growing up there were places out in suburban Seattle that I went to several times a year; one was called “Zones” I think, the other was the “Fun Plex.” […]

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Hey, Sanju made Cute Overload a few weeks ago!
Check it out here.
Cute Overload is a nice beacon of cute fuzzy-wuzziness in what can be a cruel, cruel Internet sometimes….

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This is a repost (slightly cleaned up and with a few links added) from an oft-linked-to blog post I wrote in 2004…. enjoy!
Technological Transparency.
Interactive digital art installations have an immediate hurdle to face when presenting to the general public. The problem is that no one wants to look like an idiot and mess up in […]

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I am not a web site designer or developer by any means, but as part of relaunching what will be a much more active online presence and as a way of getting my software and art projects out to the world once again, I set myself a challenge to use wordpress to drive my website. […]

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