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I recently converted the OrbSWARM Blog and Mediawiki to static websites. Here is how I did it. Download the entire wiki, minus the “Special” pages and “Help” pages wget -k -p -r -R ‘*Special*’ -R ‘*Help*’ -E http://wiki.orbswarm.com/ -k –convert links – edit each page so the links on it link to the new static […]

Megan, Abigail, and I are hoping to go to Burning Man this summer. This would be my first burn in 14 years, yow! As part of the application, they asked me to list the camps, groups, and projects I have been affiliated with. My answer: – 2004 My first burn, I offered a kava kava […]

I applied to get a Burning Man Low Income Ticket. I think my application says a bit about me… 17. Financial Need Why do you feel you need a Low Income ticket this year? I’m changing careers so that I can keep making art the way I want. I moved to San Francisco in 2005 […]

Last week SWARM attended the Barbots event. It was a great success! Jon proposed: So here’s the plan: I will get some 3/16 plywood and some 2x4s (anyone have some scrap?) and if I can find it some thin astroturf carpet. I have a spare piano hinge. The idea is to make a runway edged […]

SWARM is presenting at California Academy NightLife this Thursday night. They gave us a stack of free tickets to the event. Email me by Wednesday afternoon and I’ll get you on the guest list! Their aquarium is completely amazing!

Update: this class has sold out! If you want to be alerted to future flame effects classes, please drop me an email at Lee at Lee dat org! I’ll be teaching an intensive Flame Effects workshop on the weekend of November 5 and 6 2011 in association with Machine Project  in LA. Wanna go? Sign […]

I’m cleaning up yet another spammer attack. This time the SWARM wiki,  a Mediawiki site got attacked. I’m still diagnosing it but so far the spam only shows it’s head in the following situation: I edit a mediawiki page Hit “Save Page” The spam page appears, which starts out “(Cialis, Levitra, Viagra) Online in Canada” […]

After the wildly successful bread classes at IUH, Maker Faire, and WhatWillYouLearn, I’m having another bread baking workshop. Sign up and put on your calendar! Real Bread in 10 Minutes, Saturday June 25th 2011 10am-1pm Learn how to make fantastic home made bread that is easier, less expensive, faster and better than going to the […]

I went to India in February 2010 to present technology and art at Techkriti. If you are American preparing to go to India, this advice will make your trip much more enjoyable. A friend of mine, first initial “S.” is from Kanpur, the exact city we visited. How crazy is that! Here’s what I gleaned […]

(this post got lost in my Drafts folder for 12 months. I wrote this last year. Oops!) Nobel Laureate, Nobel Laureate, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Padmashri recipient, Gödel Prize winner, and me. Wow. I mean WOW. While I’m honored to have my face there, the 4 of us are showing […]