Design

In my travels of the World Wide Web, I came across something that was quite incredible and had to investigate further.  Artist Alex Dragulescu has created what can only be described as viral art.  The art was created from the disassembled code of some of a number of different viruses that have, at different times, plagued the Ether.

According to the artist:
"Malwarez is a series of visualization of worms, viruses, trojans and spyware code. For each piece of disassembled code, API calls, memory addresses and subroutines are tracked and analyzed. Their frequency, density and grouping are mapped to the inputs of an algorithm that grows a virtual 3D entity. Therefore the patterns and rhythms found in the data drive the configuration of the artificial organism."

The title image is Dragulescu's representation of PWSLineage.  His other works follow below.  If you want to see the images in all of their glory and perhaps make yourself an awesome desktop background, get over to the Malwarez site.  Given the URL, it looks incredibly sinister but is safe, I can assure you.

Stormy

MyDoom

IRCbot

Virutmytob

It would be fair to say that I love technology more than the next man.  I can't help it, it is in my blood.  While my wife would not approve of a clock like Debby Arem Designs circuit board clock going in our living room, it most certainly has a place in our office.  If it doesn't sell before next month is out, I might actually buy it.  This thing is a work of art, and while we have seen circuit board and even computer part clocks before, this one seems a little more stylish; though not less geeky.

It is the detailing more than the circuit board that really sets it apart: the wavy hands, copper and brass accents, the etched CD that forms the center of the piece; it all comes together very well as a cohesive unit.  This doesn't look like the clock someone decided to make because they had a few spare parts lying around; it looks like the clock that they found spare parts to make.  I love it and it looks to be well worth the $120 price tag.  It is a big wall clock at 10" by 10", so you are sure to get your money's worth.

Source: Debby Arem Designs @ Etsy