On Make Online, I posted my audio interview with Forrest Mims, the co-founder of MITS, the company that made and sold the Altair 8800 (which many people consider to be… Read the rest of the article: Remembering Ed Roberts, the father of the personal computer

Each of these Emeco 111 Navy chairs is made from the plastic in 111 coke bottles. [via Apartment Therapy]

Two years ago this month, HP Labs announced that they had developed a switching memristor, a long-theorized fundamental electronic component that "remembers" the value of the current flowing through it… Read the rest of the article: Memristors for artificial intelligence?

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German guitarist Joscho Stephan is perhaps the world's greatest living Gypsy jazz guitarist. When my friend Marina Gorbis turned me on to him this morning, I asked if she thinks… Read the rest of the article: Awe-inspiring Gypsy jazz guitarist

(Photo: Clayton James Cubitt) THIS JUST IN: "Die Antwoord are playing Coachella on Saturday, April 17th at like 11:30pm. It's in the big rave tent. It will be fokken next-level."… Read the rest of the article: Die Antwoord to play first US show at Coachella this weekend

Thanks to a unique ability to repeatedly cycle between polyp and adult stages, a species of jellyfish may be immortal.

World robot population: 8.6 million World population of high net worth individuals, as of 2009: 8.6 million Population of New Jersey: 8.7 million Number of Americans who participated in Pilates… Read the rest of the article: The robot index

Werner Herzog is making a 3D documentary of the 30,000-year-old cave artwork at Chauvet in France. Jim Leftwich says: "Wow, this looks spectacular. One of my favorite filmmakers putting 3D… Read the rest of the article: Werner Herzog 3D documentary on cave art

Coincidentally, my pal Dustin "UPSO" Hostetler also posted about Dream Machines last night on his blog. (My post this morning: "History of the Dream Machine") In Dustin's post, he turns… Read the rest of the article: Dream Machine-inspired performance piece

Bill Griffith, creator of Zippy the Pinhead, and Griffith's Observatory, has 40 important tips for cartoonists. There's good advice here for any kind of writer or creative person. Cartooning Advice:… Read the rest of the article: Cartooning advice from Zippy the Pinhead's Bill Griffith

George Hart of the Museum of Mathematics presents a gallery of magnet constructions at Make Online. These geometric sculptures are the creations that resulted from Robert Hodgin playing with thousands… Read the rest of the article: Magnet constructions

Alice at Wonderland blog takes a critical look at Gamasutra's list of the "The Game Developer 50" — putatively the most important people in games. Or, more specifically, the most… Read the rest of the article: Gamasutra's most important gamers list is a boy's club

"South Park" co-creators Matt Stone (L) and Trey Parker (R) are teaming up with "Avenue Q" co-creator Robert Lopez to develop a Mormon-themed Broadway musical. "The Book of Mormon" will… Read the rest of the article: South Park's Matt & Trey launch Mormon Broadway musical with Avenue Q co-creator

Even if you missed the third edition of Giant Robot's Game Over art show — which opened alongside this year's Game Developers Conference — a good number of the pieces… Read the rest of the article: Paintings, prints available from Giant Robot's Game Over art show

This piece by photographer Alex Brown is the latest offering at the 20×200 art project, a great site that offers prints of original art at affordable prices. Alex Brown says:… Read the rest of the article: Alex Brown: Untitled (Sad Vader)

Fox News is in an uproar over the Nuclear Security Summit logo, depicting a hydrogen electron in its orbital path around its nucleus, because it looks too much like the… Read the rest of the article: Nuclear summit logo designed by Obama to appeal to Muslims, says noted wingnut

Prison escapees Maximiliano Pereyra and Ariel Diaz reportedly evaded police for a week by wearing sheep hides stolen from a local farm. From The Telegraph: They used their disguises to… Read the rest of the article: Escaped inmates dress as sheep

As I've written on BB before, Brion Gysin is one of my favorite artists, and his thinking and interests influenced me in myriad ways. Gysin is perhaps best known as… Read the rest of the article: History of the Dream Machine

Matt from the Library of Congress writes, "Have you ever sent out a 'tweet' on the popular Twitter social media service? Congratulations: Your 140 characters or less will now be… Read the rest of the article: Library of Congress to archive every public tweet ever sent