Jason Van Anden
Since 2004
Works in Brooklyn, New York United States of America

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BIO
Jason Van Anden is a new media activist, artist, inventor and robot maker. His creations are exhibited internationally, receiving recognition in the art, science, technology and gaming communities. More about Jason and his work can be found at his website www.smileproject.com.
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Re: Net Art Market


Relevant to this old discussion - Paypal is apparently going to offer Micropayments:

http://www.shareholder.com/paypal/releaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID1765

Jason Van Anden

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Re: Fwd: New Orleans-style Jazz Funeral March this Sunday!


I hate to rain on this parade - but it seems to me that a display such a this will make Karl's day.

When I was in Florida on election day working with ACT, I drove past "demonstrators" on a busy thoroughfare - early in the morning as people drove to work. Two men and two women, dressed to look stereotypically "gay" carried signs that said "Vote Kerry Make Gay Marriage Legal". Clearly this was a very clever foil to scare commuters into voting against Kerry, and maybe it helped.

I have spent a lot of time in New Orleans - and I am in mourning for the city. If this parade is meant for the victims, it seems to me that the resources required for this event, be they bottled water, subway tokens, time, media coverage, whatever ... may be better spent in the form of a donation to the Red Cross. I was shocked to hear on the radio (yesterday I think) that New Yorkers have only donated 3 million dollars since this crisis began.

I am pretty confident that left to her own devices, Katerina will have enough momentum to flood the House and Senate blue come mid-term elections.

http://www.craigslist.org/about/help/katrina_aid.html

jasonvananden

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Re: you can adopt ascii chewy


this morning ascii chewy was added to a blog - not in english tho:

http://mirada.arkania.org/mandel.html

thank you!
jason van anden

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Re: you can adopt ascii chewy


Thank You Regina.

I encourage anyone and everyone to adopt ascii chewy - I just don't want someone to sell him or derivate works of him without my permission, thus the Creative Commons License. The blog sounds great! I plan to check out the ascii work you mention a little later this morning.

Thank You Doron. Looks super - and he was very happy last I checked.

Jason Van Anden
http://www.smileproject.com/chewy

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you can adopt ascii chewy


Hi Again,

I am not sure if its ascii fatigue or what but I did not get much of a response from my posting about my new piece: ascii chewy. Perhaps I did not describe it well enough - so I will take another shot:

"ascii chewy" is an ascii based emotive life form and improvisational comic strip that dwells within your browser.

Its written entirely in javascript. It is intended to be adopted and hosted via iframes on OPS (other people's sites). Chewy's behavior will become more articulate and interesting as I have the time to add to his re-pet-oire. I am offering him to non-commercial websites for free via a Creative Commons license.

Everything you need to know about this can be found here:

http://www.smileproject.com/chewy

ascii chewy does not require powerpoint.

Which one of you early adopters would like to be the earliest?

Jason Van Anden
http://www.smileproject.com