An enterprising young gentleman from Pittsburgh named Hans Scharler has connected his toaster to Twitter. Now you can get realtime updates of its toasting endeavors on its Twitter page. Hans connected his toaster to an ioBridge module, which allows it to send realitime email updates to its Twitter account whenever toasting starts or stops. He blogs about the project on his site, and has posted a slideshow on Instructables.
This important message from TransportedSF: “Decompress from New Year’s Eve with the TransportedSF bus crew. On Thursday, January 8th, we’ll be having an intimate chill night with musical masterminds Dr. Toast & F’kir. The bus will be tricked out with extra plush cushions and lounge areas. We meet at The Bus Stop Gallery, 135 Dore St, Unit C at 7:30pm for check-in and we return you at 11:30pm. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased through our web site: http://www.transportedsf.com . We hope you can join us!”
Saturday, November 8, 2008, 10pm until later - “Come join Cubik and Origami on Saturday, November 8 as they celebrate the release of Slept in on Doomsday, their new album on Dinner Party Records. They’ll be playing along with some other great live acts and DJs. Expect a night of top-notch downtempo, midtempo, IDM, electro, dubstep and more. Featuring: Cubik and Origami - Live (Dinner Party) - Dr. Toast - Live (False Profit) - Comma - Live (Slidecamp) - Red Stickman (Ambient Mafia) - L’Aural and Daps - DJ set with live violin (Langton) - Shawn Allen (Dinner Party). They’ll have their new album available, as well as some fresh merchandise. Those who come best dressed for Doomsday will receive special gift packs! Where: Langton Labs - #9 Langton, San Francisco [map]. Free!”
Thursday, October 30, 2008 - Fashion With Responsibility is an event bringing together San Francisco clothing designers who embrace the ideals of fair trade, organic sustainability, and an end to sweatshop conditions. This free designer trunk show runs from 4pm until 1am, and Dr. Toast performs at 8:30. 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco. [map]
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 - EvilBreaks says: “Come join us at Mighty where we’ll be broadcasting the election coverage throughout the club with a soundtrack provided by a bunch of amazing artists who just can’t help but celebrate the fact that there really is a light at the end of the tunnel, and yes, it’s changing colors. In the back room we’ll have some food & snacks as well as a couple televisions setup in a more relaxing environment so that the more serious voter can catch all the election info as it comes in. Outside, Peter (TeacherWiththeBus.com) will be bringing down his awesome bus with the dance-floor & the Ambient Mafia will be providing the music, visuals, & who knows what else. In the main room, music will be provided by a couple SF dj’s that I’m sure most of you know, as well as a couple that you probably should know. We also might even have a special, super secret, can’t tell you yet, out-of-town dj stop in to play, but I guess you’ll just have to come to find out.” Mighty, 119 Utah St., San Francisco [map] $5, free before 11pm with proof that you voted, sticker or stub. 9pm - 2am
The brilliant Garfield Minus Garfield features classic Garfield cartoons that have been edited to remove the feline protagonist. The results are fascinating and wonderful, as you can see in the panel below.
Artist Joe Alterio has a project called Robots and Monsters, wherein he will create an illustrated robot or monster based on the three words you provide him. He then donates his $50 fee to the EFF (”like ACLU with computers”), and you get to keep the picture. Here’s one of my favorites: “Cute, bulldog, toast”. You can view the whole menagerie on Flickr.
Friday, October 3, 2008, 4pm - 2am - Lepidodgera is the amazing giant multi-colored butterfly art car you might have seen at Burning Man this year. They’re throwing a fundraiser at the Linden Street Brewery in Oakland this Friday - come meet the artists, enjoy a tasty beverage, and revel to the sounds of Dr. Toast, Nanda, Mimosa, Chlorophil, Dub Pirates, Tomas Cruzio, and Mihkal. 95 Linden St, Oakland, CA
What do you get when you shoehorn a classic Nintendo NES video game console into a toaster? The Nintoaster! Insert the game cartridges like bread. The lever acts as the on/off switch. Orange LEDs cause the insides to glow like heating elements. Mmmm, nintoasty.
This toaster concept by Sung Bae Chang is able to download images and documents from the internet and print them on your toast. Just give it the RSS feed to Dr. Toast’s Amazing World of Toast for a perfectly meta techno-breakfast!
