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United Together Against Costumes

fekaylius — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 03:23:43 +0000

Happy Halloween!

Abolish the United States – oh wait – not like that

Null Island Wherecamp Time Machine Game

fekaylius — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 23:58:12 +0000

Here’s the outline of a totally analog, social geography game that I tested out for the first time today at #wherecamp 2011.
It turned out to be incredibly easy to operate, self organizing, relatively quick, and fun.

1. Get a group of people in a field or any open space, the more the better.

2. Tell everyone, “This field is a world map, go stand on the city where you currently live.” I found it was helpful to mark out the “latitude 0, longitude 0″ as a center point of the map (ideally you can use a Null Island t-shirt to mark this) and some kind of boundaries so people don’t go off too far (keeping them in voice shot is important).

3. After people are settled yell out the new date, and tell people to move to the city they lived in during that time. We did 5 year increments and it ended up lasting about 15 minutes, adjust as desired.

4. Give people enough time to find the cities and talk for a few minutes with the people there, and enough time to notice patterns that may be happening.

5. Repeat till someone says “hey where do i go if i don’t exist anymore?” – instruct them to stand on the “0,0″ marker

6. Keep repeating and watch as everyone gradually migrates to the pre-conception null island.

7. The game is over when everyone has moved off the map.

(thx mpanighetti for catching this great pic of the prebirth island zone)

@paigesaez suggested adding some physical artifacts to the game to help visualize and physicalize the data patterns, perhaps allowing people to physically mark the cities with mats, or stakes, perhaps to tie strings to the stakes that follow you from city to city, also adding obstacles and entanglements. Maybe just bags of sand and everyone dump a handful on each city?

Anyway, play around, try it out, meet new people and see new connections between you and your world.

Dripping with Sound

fekaylius — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:40:04 +0000

The sound of a water droplet, pure and quiet, resonating from your iPhone at random times throughout the day or night. Bzzt Drip creates an aura of contemplation and focus around you. Honor yourself with this gentle and humble Audio Perfume.

Bzzt Audio Perfumes are the latest must-have identity accessory. With an ever growing selection of free and premium offerings, Bzzt acts like an always on application as it sprinkles you with sound no matter what applications you’re running, even while your phone is in standby mode.

Adorn yourself in sound.
Bzzt.

Wrap Yourself in the Reassuring Sounds of the Tactile

fekaylius — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:21:25 +0000

Punctuate your singularity flavored lifestyle with the reassuring sounds of the tactile.

Thump is a new Audio Perfume that will season your physical presence with the sounds of closing doors, moving objects, and similar analog friction and impact based sounds by enabling your iPhone to play these sounds at random times.

Adorn yourself in sound.
Bzzt.

Audio Fragrance for Your Inner Celebrity

fekaylius — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 20:00:12 +0000

The latest Audio Fragrance from 0009.org, Bzzt Paparazzi, endows you with the glamorous sounds of photographers snapping your picture at random times of the day and night. Just like real paparazzi, these sounds may interrupt your dinner, your work, even your precious beauty sleep, but that’s just the price you pay for being a star.

Adorn yourself in sound.
Bzzt.

Audio Perfume for The Sonic Elite

fekaylius — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:16:42 +0000

Have you ever heard something that other people can’t hear? I’m not talking about voices, I’m talking about sonic frequencies.

Some people are naturally more sensitive than others when it comes to sound, but our sonic range also decreases with age. This creates an interesting situation where many young people can hear tones that older people generally can’t. Some kids have used these sounds as secret ring tones and message alerts, so they can stay connected in class. The teen-averse have flipped it around, cranking up the volume and blasting this ’silent’ tone in their stores to keep unwanted kids away.

This idea that the airwaves are teeming with invisible data that certain people (and animals) have privileged access to, while the rest of us stumble through life with virtual earmuffs on, is at the heart of the latest Audio Fragrance from 0009.
Bzzt Silent punctuates your complex audio aura with a handful of tones that live above the threshold of common human adult hearing. Whether you are part of the sonic elite or not, rocking this audio accessory will mark you as one of the few brave souls willing to live on the cutting edge of this mostly uncharted territory.

Like all Bzzt Audio Perfumes, Bzzt Silent plays audio clips on your iPhone at random times throughout the day and night. The sounds will play no matter what other applications you have open, even when your iPhone is asleep in your pocket. Some days you may get a handful of sounds, other days nothing, Bzzt will certainly keep you guessing. You can mix and match different Bzzt apps to create your own customized blend.

Audio Perfume for Today’s Futurist

fekaylius — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:00:43 +0000

The Italian art masochists known as the Futurists embraced the loud, chaotic and violent nature of the newly emerging world of pre-WWI Europe. They strove to represent this universal dynamism in their artwork.

The newest Audio Fragrance from 0009.org, Bzzt Digital, is inspired by these aggro individuals who lived life with the throttle wide open. Bzzt Digital offers an updated twist on their aesthetic, with corrupted and distressed sounds from the deep subconscious of the digital age. These clips are fast, loud and jarring, the perfect audio soundtrack for today’s Futurist.

Adorn yourself in sound.
Bzzt.

Bzzt – Ambient Social Game or Audio Perfume

fekaylius — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:45:16 +0000

The experiments continue around here with the introduction of another Bzzt iPhone app, the Bzzt Insect. Let your pockets drip with the sounds of musical bugs.

The Ambient Social Game element is that you are inviting a tiny amount of public spectacle into your life, the eventual need to explain the noises to someone, and the hopeful possibility that you will encounter new people in the world who also have the same taste for quirky fun.

There is also something about this series of apps that could be thought of as Audio Perfume, defining oneself by the subtle sensory experiences you offer out to the people around you.

As you can see on the redesigned Bzzt site, there are more versions are in the pipeline, and as always, I’m open to collaboration or custom development if you have a specific need.

So check out Bzzt, and let the sounds start dripping.

Super Stealth iPhone Periscope

fekaylius — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 08:08:26 +0000

Time Lapse Food Fight Surveillance

fekaylius — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:15:56 +0000

Do What You Want To Do

fekaylius — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 20:40:44 +0000

via: youtube

This video has been accepted as part of the Filmed By Bike 2009 festival, come out and watch all the amazing flicks.

Kitty Crisps

fekaylius — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 06:45:44 +0000

Just reading about Monster Mummies of Japan, and I remembered (and wondered what ever happend to) the cat mummies we found at my brother’s house. How could I not have saved those?

Smiling and Morphing

fekaylius — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 06:08:59 +0000

The CitAC Shop

fekaylius — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 07:19:34 +0000

As many of you know, CitAC is a dangerous and violent militia group dedicated to preventing and reversing many forms of “change” (as their name implies: Citizens Against Change). They seem to think that all the problems we encounter as humans have arisen from the blind rush into the future, and that all solutions must therefore be found in the past.

NINE has had a few run ins with CitAC in the past, but it now seems that they are moving outside their comfort zone and selling recruitment/membership gear online!

I just thought I should duly warn all my readers about this.

the CitAC store is here

Zombies in Your City

fekaylius — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 08:11:23 +0000

For a little costume inspiration, I’d like to offer you the city by city zombie photo finder!

Platial’s iPhone app

fekaylius — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:17:10 +0000

Pirate Island to Pirate Town / by bike

fekaylius — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:56:15 +0000

After noticing NYC’s new Ride the City site, I rediscovered bycycle.org for bike route mapping in Portland. To celebrate, I’ve created a little route from Pirate Island to Pirate Town, enjoy the summer by bike!

The All New Platial

fekaylius — Fri, 09 May 2008 21:36:34 +0000

As everyone in the inner circle knows, we have all been very heads down over at Platial for the last couple months working on the redesign that just launched today! Now, while still working on more improvements for the site, we’ll also have bandwidth to kick our native iPhone app development into high gear.

So go get up on one of my maps, and let me know about your Places.

Hillary Obama

fekaylius — Mon, 05 May 2008 22:45:57 +0000

Sorta looks like David Bowie to me.

Portland, the way I like it.

fekaylius — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 04:51:45 +0000