Another #VCFEast is in the books. This was my second time as an exhibitor showing my #PenPlotter art. It’s always so fun to see people be mesmerized by the plotter drawing intricate generative designs. For some, it’s the first time they’ve seen such a device.
Thanks to everyone who purchased my #PenPlotter artwork in the #VCFEast consignment area this year! I hope everyone enjoys their new art for many years.
Really wish I could go #VCFEast but a) living in the wrong part of the country now and b) I’m still pissed that they gave gun-nut-mocking-school-shootings-guy a platform.
I would LOVE to know who's doing the cable TV demo at #VCFEast#VCFEast2024 this weekend. A friend just sent me photos...!
Looks like a single channel NTSC scrambler with a pirate decoder, a bunch of cable modems and a CMTS, and an EAS message receiver/inserter? Cool stuff!
We now have WiFi on the #PicoGUS emulating an ne2000 card! yyzkevin (who did the SB DSP work released a while ago) was responsible for this with a bit of help from me between days here at #VCFEast. Awesome!
For my 1000th Mastodon post (!) I wanted to share this photo with @paulrickards at #vcfeast on Saturday taken by our friend Erin. Paul's been a great pal, who's introduced me to new ideas and techniques in computer art, is often down with carpooling* to retro/nerd events, and shares a bunch of other creative pursuits.
Jason Scott is stirring up some drama on the eve of #VCFEast because he donated some stuff to #VCF but doesn’t actually understand how “donation” and “archiving” work. He’s also taking at face value that someone was “driven out” of the organization when they actually ragequit rather than work within proper governance.
VCFed is a decent organization, especially now, and the VCF events are great. This drama is a tempest in a teapot, and absolutely not a reason not to participate or attend.
On the way down to #VCFEast from the airport I stopped at the old Bell Labs building designed by Eero Saarinen. It’s been repurposed as a work/play/shop space and it’s really nice. It’s great that this amazing space is open to the public. As a design/architecture nerd and fan of the show Severance which is filmed here, I’m totally geeking out.
Gathering things for my #PenPlotter exhibit for this weekends #VCFEast! I’ll have two big plotters running (and maybe a third if there’s space) as well as lots of plots, postcards, and 5.25” plotted floppies for sale in the consignment area.
Mother’s Day is coming up soon! Art makes a great gift!
I'll be at #VCFEast in a couple days and I'm stoked! I'll be bringing #PicoGUS 2.0 boards to sell there, so if you've been wanting one and you'll be there, it'll be your best chance to get one.
After seeing @paulrickards's post about being at #VCFEast I just realized I can consign items. So I've just added a decent number of #PicoGUS cards to consignment.
I’m going to do the old “Guess how many leaky caps are in the Erlenmeyer flask” competition at my #vcfeast table. The winner will receive a #BlueSCSI . (Not officially associated with or endorsed by BlueSCSI folks)
With less than a month to go, I’m trying to get back into the swing of things for my #PenPlotter exhibit at #VCFEast in April.
I think my Roland DPX-2000 will make an appearance this year. I was able to source 17x22 paper (not cheap but the quality is 😏) so here’s the beginning of some Truchet tiles.
25 minutes later and we’re still plotting. The Roland DPX-2000 isn’t the fastest, but it’s super fun for folks to watch because the paper sits still and the pen does all of the moving (vs the grit wheel kind where the paper moves in one direction and the pen in another). ✍️