Happy New Year Folks From Me And A Bottle Of Old Scotch

Yep I think this is one of my favorites. I leave it as the last post for this year Its stuff is here I hope this next year is a great one and good luck in all you do. See you next year. James

Haruki and Harutu Cojoined Twins From Canada Looking For A Place To Live

Although they share no organs these two have no intention of splitting up. Haruki would also like it added that he's not stoned; he's sewn that way. I came across them on Etsy and they can be found here

In 2001 Alien Cells Rained On Earth And Its Not Common Knowledge

In 2001 in India over the span of two months sporadic red rains fell. The color was caused by single celled organisms which reproduce at extremely high temperatures, Do not contain any DNA, and fluoresce in a way unlike any life on earth does. I have been following this story since sometime in 2002...

Peter Chins Amazing Photo's Of Animal Babies In The Womb

Check these out! I found them on a blog titled This Blog Rules and after seeing these pics you'll most likely agree. I love the baby penguin.

Cliff Pickover's Math Book Half Price On Amazon

Martin Gardner, author of The Colossal Book of Mathematics Said

"Clifford Pickover, prolific writer and undisputed polymath, has put together a marvelous reference work. Its 250 short entries provide a veritable history of mathematics by focusing on its greatest theorems and the geniuses who discovered them. Topics are chronological, starting with the calculating abilities of ants 150 million years B.C. and...

Satin 1

I love cake with old fashioned cooked on the stove frostings, mmmm good. Prints are right here

Goat Fail The Yermit Is Mine!

While browsing the wares of some of my favorite plush toy designers I came across this great little gem considered by her creator to be flawed. I disagree, it is beautiful because its a fail. Only a failure can reveal the highest aspirations of its maker. I propose that everyone who creates has to in a small way enjoy the moment of failure....

Someone Did The Math At Blog L’esprit D’escalier

Here submitted for your approval is a fascinating article written by "the Falconesse" on the various types of scam publishing out there. While its about "the romance novel" this article will be found informative to anyone seeking to publish any kind of work.    
Article is here  and the blog is here http://www.falconesse.com/

Another Beauty By Artist Corinna Wagner

I love this piece. if you haven't been to her site since I last posted on her its time to go back. The link can be found to the right. and a link to a previous post can be found here.

Kathy Keknek and Janet Aglukkaq Inuit Throat Singers

It is rare that I find something I haven't seen for a while almost immediately upon searching for it. Well it just happened, so that you may experience the haunting and beautiful tones created by these two women. Its something which is truly amazing and I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

Calabi-Yau Manifold Crystal, 3D Topologist Porn

Holy Crap! Thats all I can say about this, but if you want to know more I've dug up a few things for you.

Wiki of course

Steve Wolframs Mathworld

and for the even more technically inclined the Calabi-Yau Home page
Also an artist who creates them Bathsheba Grossman

A Problem For Blogger

Everyone who blogs tries to do what they can to gain more readers and you would think that the host for your blog is also doing what it can can to bring you more readers. They often try to convince us to pay for services which attempt to provide that. Heres the bomb, I believe that blogger is not doing all that they can for their paying customers...

Right At This Moment, This Is The Greatest Thing There Is!!

Here's a disturbing little Bunny?, Person?, WTF? Its Sweet, Thats What! It happens to be my Favorite Yermit, but I love them all. They can be found here at www.yermits.ca

Prints For New Fields I&II Now Available From PICreative (and now Olive I&II as well)

I'm happy to announce the availability of two new prints available from PICreative (formerly Posters International). They are called New Fields I&II, and links to them can be found to right of this post. James Leese

Dipper!

This had to be the new greatest thing for right now, at this moment. I had to show him to you all. His name is Dipper and he's looking for a good home and can be found at www.adopt-a-bot.com so look into your hearts...

Another Title Image Bites The Dust (its not that its not a great image)

Well after another false start I think can finally, really get going now. For the last day I had been unable to use the most basic features to post, such as adding a picture. I had neither the ability or the desire to decipher the thousand words per and was forced to fix the problem. So here we are with the picture

Merry X-mas, Get Off The Computer!

Go eat something, and call someone who loves you.

One Hundred Posts (now one hundred and two)

I almost did'nt notice but that last post on R.A Wilson happend to be the One Hundreth Post a small reason to celebrate. its only been a few months but I feel like its building a little steam and I want to thank everyone who has visited the site, followed the blog or have commented on something,

Wizard Of Oz Revealed

Wow, who knew? Here

Robert Anton Wilson Simply Explains Quantum Mechanics On Demand

The late Great Robert Anton Wilson is asked to give a simple explaination for Quantum Mechanics and succeeds.

Deluxe Socktopus, The Coolest Thing For Right This Moment

Deluxe Socktopus. Add this to the list of cute yet slightly disturbing stuffed animals. I love these, I allways thought the original Socktopus was a bit more disturbing They can be found at http://www.friendsofsocktopus.com/

Netting

So this one was the was the title background for the first few months around here, and a friend asked if prints were available? I said, they sure can be. So here they are, for you.

All I want for Christmas

All I have ever wanted for Christmas or any time really, are rocks. Rocks? you may ask, space rocks I may say, oooh you may ooh, I can't be the only one out there who suffers from this desire. If you have a favorite geek this is the all time winner. You will have the undying love of a dork for the rest of your life.

This Post Should'nt Have Even Been Written

I had a kind of a crisis a couple of weeks ago that will probably give a good indication as to who in the family reads this. It started out so faint that for a few days I wasn't even sure I could smell it at all. It was a slightly familiar odor that seemed to have no source.

Shazam!

This is by request, which is great because then I don't have to think about what I'm putting here its so much easier this way. Its here and a little Christmasy

The Coolest Thing For Today

Hello This is Andy I found him on etsy and he's looking for a home. At the time I'm writing this he is the "Coolest Thing On The Infoweb"  He is over here
I just found the makers blog it can be found here www.dkoss2.blogspot.com/

The Cog - The Greatest Commercial Ever Made

First off, I know many have seen this by now but the other day I was with group of folks and none of them had. So Its mainly for them, that I heft this upon you all and I swear that I will never put this up again. I Have been a fan of this film for a long time and the reasons are many, first it all really happened everything you see was done.

Blocks1

Here's the piece for today. I felt like we needed a little color at the top. The posts recently have been a little morbid lately, but I'll see what I can do about it, anyway the prints are over here

Updated! How Is This Done? Chinese Carved Leaves

Awesome, but how did you do it? I was directed to this item and am amazed yet there is a very strong WTF yanking at the back of my mind which only grows the more I've looked into it. Ostensibly these are said to be the result of hand carving. I kind think that this is either done with a printing process or we're looking at a massive human rights violation here, kidding (kind of).

Awesome NOVA Episode On Fractals

Nova has long been the among the best of our television choices, and just when you thought that they could'nt get better they went and put it online. I guess thats not too new but no less awesome. I have myself been watching it over and over again its a great primer on the basics of fractal design and mathmatics and it can be viewed in its entirety and for free right here

Slow Rainy Day

Not much productive done today other than another few updated picture files and their links as needed. so for something new today, It may mean going through the older posts, at least if you want to see change, change created today. I took a nap alright, get off my back.

Net Array

You know, keeping with the security theme and all. Its stuff can be found here.

The Ashville Connection Has A Psychic Firewall And Thinks Your Children Are Stupid

At first I was amused by the Helter Skelter design philosophy. I was finding it pretty nuts, but then I saw Mackys Teen Club and couldn't help myself. I found a page that was apparently psychic because It carried the warning "Warning: If you are under 13 years old and you try to enter the teen club your IP address will be captured and you will be reported!"

The Modern Prometheus

This is primaraly the reason for my appreciation of the Internet Archive; Frankenstein all thirteen chapters of the radio play can be found here. this is the full 1938 radio performance produced by and staring George Edwards (the Austrailian Orson Welles) along with some comedic examples such as Gene Wilder and the monster performing Putting On The Ritz. p.s. yes I am aware that the picture is of Boris Karloff and he is not the monster featured in any of these recordings.

Dead Links?

I found one today. I hope I find no more. if you come across any please let me know. no one likes to find a corpse page. Its like when you go to the beach or a park and you find a dead guy. You have to tell someone, I'm not going to blame you or anything. I probobly killed it by accident myself, no one has to know. thanks

Some Updates

I updated another four images which required re-rendering for correct size, uploading to Redbubble, uploading to here and then linking here and there and there to here, but there is a degree of satisfaction to seeing a absurd process all the way through, you know, ritual. Which is a lot of what this blog has become for me, and so far it seems to be a good thing.

DSburst

Who does'nt love a good explosion! "and a Mandlebrot explosion to boot" (look carefully)

Prints and things here

Severed Right Feet Mystery Solved?

A really strange phenomenon which I have been following casually for the last few years, has been the string of severed right feet washing up periodically in British Columbia. Always right feet and always in a sneaker. I've heard many peoples explanation for this and they are all pretty weak. Some are down right conspiracy theories okay most of them are.

In Memory Of The Blue Screen Of Death

I can't say I've missed you BSD but like a close enemy or an evil friend I was affected by what we shared. But now let the cold stake of progress remain forever locked in your breast.

Gausian Orbits

Allright so its on the black and white calendar and you may have seen it, but I just want to see it up here. I hope you like it.
It does a wierd thing at certain resolutions where when you scroll the page up and down slowly, the smallest dots can appear to rotate around the largest dot which is only partialy in the frame. Oh and prints are here

The Ninth Of December

Today while in Santa Rosa, I ate a prickly pear right off the cactus. It was delicious. The first time I visited, while I was standing under a very old large oak tree I discovered nearly a pound of Black Truffles all in a clump. I always seem to find something good to eat growing around there.
Once I got home I continued the recovery process of my computer

Help, Reader Needed!

As you can see this has turned into more than the occasional post, and I sorely need someone to clean up after me specificaly Tags and Syntax I know someone out there would love the satisfaction of pointing out my mistakes. So if you think you have what it takes to be that bastard. drop me a line.

Missy Mao Mao's Got A Brand New Bag

Check out the sweet new bags from Missy Mao Mao a talented designer from Victoria. I don't know how she has the time to even post.

Anarchy For Plaid

Here Is a piece which I created for a project in which I attempted to ruin plaid for everyone. I did a lot of work during this period and most likely will return to it at some point. Prints can be had here

A Blogging Foul, The False Start

First off in the spirit of transparency. I must confess that the last couple of posts have been edited in gmail. I recently had a computational catastrophe of William Gibson like proportions. a few hours later it left me forced to carry out a non destructive restore. Which as we know is not so non destructive if your a application which requires a registration key.

Time Lapse Of Mercury Attaking Aluminum

Here's a another good reason among many not to live in a home made of aluminum. This is what a small amount of mercury will do. The gas created in this chain reaction is highly poisonous. So a big do not try this at home.

Pilland's Cute Stuffed Animals With Creepy Dead Stares

Pilland's Cute Stuffed Animals With Creepy Dead Stares

Do you know a creepy kid or one who could be helped by being bit creepier. Then these are the stuffed toy's for them. They can be found at Pillands Handicrafts

p.s. also be sure to check out her Mobius sweaters for her and what looks like a Faraday Scarf

Calendar Recieved, Finally On Wall Where It Belongs

OK, The Undertaker has finally recieved her Calendar of my work(The one we spoke about in the post titled Why No Rectilinear Calender Yet?) which she purchased at Redbubble. They lost the first one they sent out, but once they were told about it they promptly sent another one which then arrived without a hitch. I was starting to wonder what kind of place I was running around here. Hopefully she will update the thread on the Calendar post to reflect her overwhelming joy at having recieved one of my 2010 Calendars. Whew! if not I will be content with the photo she sent me of it on the wall it was meant for!

Boxog1a

So I like this one, but once again it should be quilt damnit ! Prints, cards and Posters are here

Boxspin: Simple Game That Can Steal Your Will To Do Anything Else

Boxspin
found via Reality Carnival

s31415 is really Samuel Monnier!!

20090313-tpat1
Originally uploaded by s31415

Alright read slower if you get confused this piece was created by a flickr user named s31415 (Capitalize?) who creates some very amazing things which are all examples of generated or algorithm created art. the title of the is piece 20090313-tpat1 (see other people other me have screwed up arbitrary names) That's right s31415 is really Samuel Monnier who's own site, which is also primary evidence, can be found here at
http://www.algorithmic-worlds.net/
and here at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/s31415/
Your busted Samuel, see the evidence for yourself and you will finally see why you've never seen them both at the same time and why him getting jealous over that girl who was dating him both at the same time suddenly seems even more crazy.

BoxoZ24

Hola folks, I sure like orange, with rich color. I am trying to decide what the next project is going to be. I have a lot waiting in line. One thing I am sure about is it will be noisy, possibly even musical but we will have to be patient. Actually by the time you read this the decision will allready have been made, most likely. So you don't be stressing it.

Canary

Here's an older piece that i'm sure will brighten up the blog for a post or two. No canaries were actually harmed.

Wonderfully Sad Piece On a Chronicly Ill Sports Coat By William Michaelian

Found in Recently Banned Books is a sad piece that could have been written about your dog or your Grandma. I think he should send it around the country having different people trying it and photographing themselves in it. This coat won't be around forever and I know I'd like to see more of the country before I die. Just a suggestion. It can be found here at Recently Banned Books

Planes8

I do not quite remember what I was thinking at the time but I still really like it. The not remembering can make these more enjoyable for me than it is for the ones were I know and understand each of my decisions, because these ones will always hold a mystery of  conception. here be the prints

Update; I think it was ice cream mmm.

The Awesome Little Critters At The Bookwood Blog

I found the cuttest little crocheted animals at a blog called The Bookwood. created by a lady named Celia Marie Baker. I've asked her to make me a baby Chuthulu ,and when you see her little octopus babies you'll know why. Her blog can be found here at  http://bookwood.blogspot.com/

Boxog9

Ah, I would really love a quilt made of this pattern. buyable art stuff here

Yes, I changed the picture.

I will from time to time, when I feel the need to see something else.

Crap!

I just accidentally became a follower of my own blog, why is it even possible? oh well new visitors please keep in mind that from here on out the numbers are wrong they have been artificially inflated. At least until I figure how to remove it. Although, I'm sure I spend more time here than any of you. Ah shit...

Zero-G water fun with Astronaut Don Pettit on the International Space Station

                                               

Boxoy10

I can't stop and need to find a better name for these ones, any ideas?
A friend pointed out the similarities between this series and the NCAR building in Boulder, and this may very well be the root. I was born and raised in Boulder and the NCAR building Designed by I.M Pei is maybe the most visible piece of Architechture in Boulder. The building also is featured in the Woody Allen classic The Sleeper. The prints and cards are here

Steve Wolframs Mathmatica's site Demonstrations

So I've been meaning to share this site for some time, and I know how lame it is to read those words on a blog but let me undigress, and continue. Here is what may possibly be one of the most valuable things you can find online. Which is the Steve Wolframs Mathmatica site. It is one of the greatest tools for the exploration and visualisation and of course demonstration, of mathematical models and I am frankly embarrassed with how much I rely upon it. I am embarrassed with the fact that I still haven't paid for the full version, because the part that I use is the entirely free Demonstration modules. Of which there are thousands, and each one can provide you with a different way of looking at and ultimately seeing the underlying structures that exist everywhere. I highly recommend checking out his work. He wrote an amazing book called A New Kind Of Science which changed my entire perspective on math itself and which I consider to be my bible.

More fun with Carl Sagan

Here's a funny comic for nerds pointed out by my friend Kyle its by a comic artist named Randall Munroe

Go West an Amazing Papercraft short on the beauty of books

Boxbl13

Boxbl13
Originally uploaded by jamesleese

This is the second of the two pieces originally chosen. It will like all my pieces published by them be available in a variety of materials from paper to metal, even acrylic and canvas. I am really looking forward to the metal and acrylic, which should look great.

Boxo5

Boxo5
Originally uploaded by jamesleese

This is one of the two pieces chosen by PI Creative. this one became a series of four. I hope you enjoy it.

Why no Rectilinear Calendar yet?

I know I said it would be done by now and that it was actually available on Redbubble for almost two days but then vanished. The reason is a good one two of the images contained within it have been licenced to PI Creative Arts. The publisher of the black and white images on the right sidebar. They also asked if they could have pairs to the ones they chose. So I sent back the pair to the one I had already created for one of them and sent back about six possible choices for the the other one and they decided to take four from that series for a total of six pieces. Which was nice, but now I must find suitable replacements for them for the calendar. As soon as they get them up I will provide links for them. I hope this clears up any questions, while the rectilinear calendar is momentarily unavailable there are still two great Calendars available on Redbubble, and I have to say if you need two Calendars these are the ones, how many people really need three Calendars anyway and its not like their che... I should Stop there. Enjoy the Calendars.          
                                                                                                                    James Leese

Boxom1

So I can't seem to stop with these, not that I'm trying to hard. James Leese prints are here

BoxoWR9

BoxoWR9
Originally uploaded by jamesleese

and this one?

BoxoWR10

BoxoWR10
Originally uploaded by jamesleese

So what do you think?

New Store and Calenders For 2010 From Me at Redbubble.

So here it is I have had many requests for a Calender I have alway's been dubious of thier popularity so hopefully someone will prove me wrong. In addition to the calender each image can be purchased as both cards and prints. http://jamesleese.redbubble.com/

New blog from artist Corrina Wagner

I have been folowing this artist for a little while on flickr and had the honor of being the first of her blogspot followers. I know won't be alone for very long. Please check out her work and if your interested she has a number of prints available see her links to shop for them. I have consistantly enjoyed her work and feel confident you will to. James Leese

http://cowagner.blogspot.com/

She also has a .com at
http://corinnart.daportfolio.com/