"One of the functions of art is to offer a more desirable reality; a model as it were, of another style of existence with its own pace and its own cultural reference."

--Peter Schmidt

Well the IFHI Member Maps are now live. You can zoom around or click on a link for a particular member. If you click on the little pointy thing it will give you the specific information on the person. I also did a redesign of the IFHI site. Especially cool is a neat navigation technique called sliding doors that provides a very intuitive interface but does not use Javascript, which a lot of knowledgeable geeks turn off and a lot of non-geeks don't implement properly. Instead the tool uses CSS, which everyone has as part of the basic guts of their browser. Just for kicks I also added an attenuated implementation of Eno's Oblique Stategies which appends a random, changing aphorism after the prefix "Individuality:". Amazing how prescient this thing is.

I've made a note to feature or otherwise mention parts of the website which are obscure or difficult to access but have incredible value. Today's feature is the now-inactive blog of Pumpkin King Jim Garland. Jim is a very bright guy with a lot on his mind. You'll find some cool stuff over there.

Have been playing around with fractals. Although arithmetic, they yield surprisingly organic results. Here are a few images that I developed using a variety of fractal algorithms:

Starburst.



Scarab.



Meditation.



Conception.



Growing Things.