http://www.waxpaperthings.org/blog/ art, tech and fragments of urban life en Copyright 2008 Sat, 14 Oct 2006 20:24:18 -0400 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss This makes me smile... http://www.waxpaperthings.org/blog/2006/10/wifi_magic.html http://www.waxpaperthings.org/blog/2006/10/wifi_magic.html flickr magic wifi Sat, 14 Oct 2006 20:24:18 -0400 Gawker has created an interactive map of the New York subway system showing all the different (and nasty) smells you can find in the underground. Food, sewage and urine indications, among others, show the daily commuter what to encounter at... http://www.waxpaperthings.org/blog/2006/09/smells_of_the_city.html http://www.waxpaperthings.org/blog/2006/09/smells_of_the_city.html maps NYC smell subway urban Wed, 27 Sep 2006 11:52:11 -0400 I guess everyone likes starting the week off with some cute internetness, and these stop motion photos seem to be getting a lot of attention today. "Kinda makes you smile, if nothing else", says Ann P. over at the Fabrica... http://www.waxpaperthings.org/blog/2006/09/stopmotion.html http://www.waxpaperthings.org/blog/2006/09/stopmotion.html bizarre cinema Jan Kounen short stop-motion YouTube Mon, 25 Sep 2006 14:40:21 -0400 Visión en Movimiento, an exhibit containing some of Soto's most important pieces organized by the Tamayo museum. ]]> http://www.waxpaperthings.org/blog/2006/09/jesus_rafael_soto.html http://www.waxpaperthings.org/blog/2006/09/jesus_rafael_soto.html art Buenos Aires Jesús Rafael Soto op-art Mon, 25 Sep 2006 02:18:24 -0400 You Are Not Here proposes a persistent game of urban tourism through the streets of New York. Or is it Baghdad? Or even both? Offering the participants a map with NYC printed on one side, and the Iraqi capital on... http://www.waxpaperthings.org/blog/2006/09/urban_mashup.html http://www.waxpaperthings.org/blog/2006/09/urban_mashup.html art Baghdad maps NYC Situationism urban Tue, 19 Sep 2006 11:07:50 -0400 The UK has started installing CCTV cameras that not only observe your every move but also speak back to you when They sense you are doing something wrong. Seven of the 158 cameras in the town of Middlesbrough, in North... http://www.waxpaperthings.org/blog/2006/09/watch_out_for_the_thought_poli.html http://www.waxpaperthings.org/blog/2006/09/watch_out_for_the_thought_poli.html CCTV surveillance UK Mon, 18 Sep 2006 09:32:28 -0400 The Mobile Digital Commons Network (MDCN), a collaborative research group in Canada, has just published the first issue of Wi, an online journal focussed on mobilities research. Founded a year ago among universities in Alberta, Toronto and Montreal, the MDCN... http://www.waxpaperthings.org/blog/2006/09/winot.html http://www.waxpaperthings.org/blog/2006/09/winot.html Canada mobilities research Mon, 18 Sep 2006 01:00:38 -0400 The video entitled Noah takes a photo of himself everyday for 6 years has already become one of the most viewed on YouTube this month. With a relatively self-explanatory title, we are greeted with 6 minutes of a melancholic piano... http://www.waxpaperthings.org/blog/2006/09/6_minutes.html http://www.waxpaperthings.org/blog/2006/09/6_minutes.html art performance YouTube Sat, 16 Sep 2006 21:31:57 -0400 I've created wax paper things as a side project (*) from my insanus.org blog: a place to jot down ideas and gather links related to my current research on mobile technologies and the city. Art, tech and fragments of urban... http://www.waxpaperthings.org/blog/2006/09/heres_to_a_brand_new_blog.html http://www.waxpaperthings.org/blog/2006/09/heres_to_a_brand_new_blog.html blog meta Sat, 16 Sep 2006 02:42:28 -0400