Author Archives: andre

cjLIVE with Zoë Keating

Chase Jarvis had cellist Zoë Keating on his cjLIVE show last week. I had never heard of her before but was impressed by her remarkable live performance on the show. She uses a computer during her performance which basically allows … Continue reading

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Virtual Lighting Studio

Today, I discovered this on-line app called Virtual Lighting Studio. You can use it to light a subject (in this case: a “head shot”) with different lights and see the result in real-time. It allows you to play with up … Continue reading

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Coldplay’s tribute to Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys

On May 4th, Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch (aka MCA) died after a three year battle with cancer. He was 47 years old. Coldplay played this beautiful tribute to him.

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n-e-r-v-o-u-s system – generative computational design

Sometime last year I discovered Nervous Systems, a Massachusetts based design studio run by +Jessica Rosenkrantz and Jesse Louis-Rosenberg. They create beautiful, organic looking, objects (mainly jewellery and housewares) using generative computational design methods. One of my favorites is the … Continue reading

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Cubase: Atari ST and PC

Today I converted my old Atari ST disks to PC formatted disks that I could read on my PC. On the Atari disks were old Cubase 2.0 files of tracks I made during the 90′s. I would like to import … Continue reading

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