What's in the box?!So we've got Spy in the Lab running. That unassuming little box on the floor? That's a high-power robot Hell bent on mass destruction. Just a few minutes ago we had him scooting around the gallery, terrifying the other pieces. Muhahahaha!

This show has really come together nicely in the past few days and even in the past few hours. The whole show is amazing. If you're reading this and anywhere near 11th Ave. and 22nd St., drop in!

Inside this unassuming cardboard box sits an Internet-controlled robot with a camera and a range of sensors that keep it from destroying itself and those around it.

I'm trying to nail down everything for the big Ten Years Running show that our department is putting on at the Chelsea Art Museum.

So far, the piece I'm working on with Paul Notzold is working pretty well. You send a message to a phone running Sydewynder, and it kicks back a random message from a set of Tom Cruise quotes. I also tried to get it to hook up to twitter, but that didn't work. Lame.

Spy is trickier. We still need to get networking going for that.

In the autumn of 2006, I was honored to be accepted into the Design and Technology department's research assistants' program. As an officially designated factotum, I've worked on:

• CDT Department Website: Drupal and other backend hackery
• Research Assistants' Website: All of it, pretty much. So, you know, if you hate it, I'm to blame.
• OSI: Lots of cool things are in the offing, especially with Psiphon. Work done in my Design and Psychology class has produced some very interesting results. Check back soon!