 | Offline Commenting
Engage offline in the same repetitive and meaningless conversation as online.
Posted February 19, 2009 |  | Kung-Fu Talking Jesus (with Josh)
The first talking-kung-fu-action Jesus... that I know of.
Posted August 19, 2008 |  | Speaker Creature
My vibrabot is better than your vibrabot. My vibrabot uses renewable energy!
Posted February 25, 2008 |  | Circles
Maybe this would be better called "My First C++ Application". "ESC" key exits!
Posted February 10, 2008 |  | Snowmanthesizer
A synthesizer made from some hacked fake candles and a stuffed snowman.
Posted February 2, 2008 |  | How to make art.
I distilled my entire $80,000 art school education into six easy-to-follow steps.
Posted November 28, 2007 |  | Recycled Takeout Container Planter
A stylish planter made up of little more than two takeout containers.
Posted April 30, 2007 |  | Rotary Dialer PIC Interface
This is kind of cool from a techie standpoint, but I still don't have a good use for it.
Posted March 9, 2007 |  | LED Popsicle Stick Picture Frame
The hipster arts and crafts revival was lacking in popsicle sticks. I corrected this.
Posted November 29, 2006 |  | Night Owl Alarm
An alarm that alerts owls that it's night time and safe to go out? Possibly?
Posted July 22, 2006 |  | The People's Portrait Project
Design/Engineer: Created kiosks and mapped an image feed to a billboard in Times Square.
Posted March, 2006 |  | The Compose Your Own Song and Play it Through a Penguin at Parsons Project
The title of this one explains it all, I think?
Posted November, 2003 |  | Dress Randy
Sometimes I just have trouble getting dressed. This didn't really help the matter.
Posted March, 2003 |
 | The Twittering Office Chair
This is the first office chair that to tweet when you toot.
Posted February 18, 2009 |  | Automated Answering System v1.0
A proof of concept for an upcoming automated phone answering system.
Posted August 17, 2008 |  | Economy of Scale
The price of a painting is determined by squaring the length of its width.
Posted February 24, 2008 |  | Volume Clap Controller
Now when my girlfriend wants my attention all she has to do is clap to kill the stereo.
Posted February 9, 2008 |  | Cell Phone Penguin
With little more than solid wire and Plastidip, you can now have endless hours of fun!
Posted February 1, 2008 |  | How to make an H-Bridge
A brief lesson on how to make a really basic H-bridge.This was designed for novices.
Posted August 19, 2007 |  | Paper Gift Box
One of my more popular how-to projects. Who knew people liked folding paper so much?
Posted April 16, 2007 |  | Inflatable Love Seat
A true labor of love, this large inflatable couch took many hours to complete.
Posted February19, 2007 |  | Sockphones
Remember to wash your socks before you turn them into headphones.
Posted November 29, 2006 |  | Camouflaged Power-Source Liberator
This has uses that aren't exactly what one would consider legal. Don't make one.
Posted July 3, 2006 |  | Tazer Tag
A teletactile game of submission and fun. People forego their own safety to harm others.
Posted May, 2005 |  | Randy Writes Letters RSS Widget
Obviously a website that no one ever visits would need an RSS feed dashboard widget.
Posted August, 2006 |  | Super Mega Death Fight
Pick one of four versions of me and fight the computer to the death!
Posted November, 2002 |
 | The Joydick (with Noah Weinstein)
Finally you can play Atari with yourself and with yourself at the same time.
Posted February 8, 2009 |  | Breathalyzer Microphone
This is an inconscpicuous system for the collection of BAC level data sets.
Posted May 2, 2008 |  | Old-Underwear Notebook
Quick and dirty notebook made from recycled paper, cardboard and (clean) old underwear.
Posted February 20, 2008 |  | Laser Cut Stickers
The title says it all. I made some laser cut stickers. It was fun.
Posted February 7, 2008 |  | Modular Water Jug Storage System
I finally got around to putting online my personal take on organization.
Posted January 29, 2008 |  | DIY Pocket Protector
What's wonderfully dorkier than making your own pocket protector?
Posted June 5, 2007 |  | Printing Magnets with the Roland SP-540V
This was mainly of a tutorial on how to use a SP-540V large-format printer.
Posted April 11, 2007 |  | Digital Image to Heart-Shaped Cover
A tutorial on turning any digital image into a large-scale fabric replica.
Posted February 19, 2007 |  | Frankenbear Synthamajig
It looks like Frankenstein and goes "Bleep bleep bloop ehhhhhhh." What can be better?
Posted November 19, 2006 |  | Hacking a USB Keyboard
One of the most useful things a new media artist can know is how to hack a keyboard.
Posted April 19, 2006 |  | Self-Electrocution
"Self-electrocution is an art. Art! It is the art of electrocuting oneself..."
Posted April, 2005 |  | Iraq Attaq!
My personal comment on the Iraq war. Notice there is no reset button.
Posted May, 2004 | | |
 | SF Media Lab Project Blog
Created a forum for the most important arts organization in San Francisco.
Posted February 8, 2009 |  | T-Shirt Rug
An area rug that looks like a rainbow has vomited t-shirts on the floor.
Posted March 1, 2008 |  | Randyland
If you had to make a new thing every day, sooner or later, you would make this.
Posted February 17, 2008 |  | Work Work Work Work
Accidentally, I managed to memorialize the worst day I have ever had at work.
Posted February 6, 2008 |  | Watergun Alarm Clock
Over half a million people looked at this project. It surprised the heck out of me.
Posted January 31, 2008 |  | Walkman Soap Dish: No Soap Radio
A soap dish made from the casing of an old sports-style Walkman.
Posted June 3, 2007 |  | Laser Cut Magnetic Poetry
Finally, I have use for all of that scrap magnet sheeting; magnetic poetry!
Posted April 10, 2007 |  | Coating Fabric with Liquid Latex
The point of coating fabric with liquid latex is to make large, durable, inflatables.
Posted February 17, 2007 |  | USB-Powered Apple
The perfect tool for unwinding after a stressful Thanksgiving. Buy yours today!
Posted November 18, 2006 |  | The Aphrodite Project
Technology Intern: I did development of real-time GPS tracking to fit inside a shoe.
Posted May, 2006 |  | Trigger (with Raoul Rickenberg)
Built in the infamous "Hanging Chad" voting machine, Trigger is a work unlike any other.
Posted September, 2004 |  | A Self-Explanatory Statement on Accumulation #1
To view it is to believe it.
Posted November, 2003 | | |
 | Squiggle Bot Drawings
Why make drawings when you can have automotons violently make them for you?
Posted December 9, 2008 |  | Thing-A-Day
For the entire month of February I made a new thing every day. Yup.
Posted March 1, 2008 |  | Super-Simple Picture Frame
This picture frame is made quickly and simply out of commonly found items.
Posted February 16, 2008 |  | Time-Lapse Camera Setup
This is a really easy way to start taking time lapse sequences with a digital camera.
Posted February 5, 2008 |  | Baby-Headed Dancing Frog
This is by far one of the creepiest things I ever made. It surely is fantastic.
Posted January 31, 2008 |  | Make Your Own Bendy Toy
With little more than solid wire and Plastidip, you can now have endless hours of fun!
Posted June 1, 2007 |  | Computer Screen X-Ray Viewer
A simple solution for a rather simple problem. It makes me want to break some bones.
Posted March 28, 2007 |  | Personalized Guess Who
In a moment of clarity, I replaced all the Guess Who characters with characters from my life.
Posted December 31, 2006 |  | How to make a vibrating motor.
I actually randomly met someone not to long ago who found this to be very useful.
Posted November 15, 2006 |  | Beachbag Boombox
Technologist: Created fashion-technology solutions for a fashionable technology.
Posted April, 2006 |  | Hug me to make it stop.
The only way to make the unbareable noise stop is to hug me (capacitive hug extortion).
Posted April, 2004 |  | A Study in Fruit and Sound
Who knew fruit and sound could be made so exciting without the aid of CG effects?
Posted October, 2003 | | |
 | DIY Shelves
These shelves were made in roughly and hour and a half. Cut me a break.
Posted October 15, 2008 |  | Speaker Microphone
You can talk into one speaker and it plays out through another amplified speaker.
Posted February 28, 2008 |  | Hookup Ring
With such a swell ring made of hookup wire, you can count on hooking up.
Posted February 12, 2008 |  | The Official Schnoize Site
Our Semi-Official musical collective now has an official site.
Posted February 3, 2008 |  | DIY Laser Security System
Laser security systems only exist in movies and DIY how-to videos.
Posted January 31, 2008 |  | Canvas Camping Chair
Having punctured my inflatable camping chair, I set out to make a chair that couldn't pop.
Posted May 1, 2007 |  | How to write a letter.
In trying to drive some traffic to my website, I decided to give away some trade secrets.
Posted March 12, 2007 |  | Typewriter Computer Keyboard
Really, I don't know why they don't manufacture these. Maybe it's the size.
Posted December 5, 2006 |  | Telephone Handset Microphone
Now you too can rock out like your favorite lo-fi indie rock band.
Posted November 5, 2006 |  | From the Great Beyond
Technical Assistant: Converted old typewriters into computer keyboards.
Posted March, 2006 |  | Angry Robot Lamp 3000
Believing that any "smart home" technology would be angry and lonely, I made this.
Posted May, 2003 |  | Thought Process
An animated version of my thought process. Don't forget to crank the speakers.
Posted March, 2004 | | |
