User:ThomasW/An encyclopedia of media objects

Notes

--- Object vs attribute negative space shape subjectivity maker-object-reader container symbols digital physical finite concrete interaction physical object object of dis sire

Thing or Object?

Make the digital physical?

Artefact? Atonomis and sculptural Functional and interactive? Part of a system, flow?

Not form

Western , they are all construed Non Western, they are

Encyclopaedia from a NON Human perspect How will machine dream up a ecolopedia

Remains of the physical world in the digita??? Folders, Floppy disk,+++++

Object – academic Thing – common

Colloquial – Technical

“Things are energy fix in space”

“Exhibition of failed promises” Mecluan is a extention of man”

Objects

Family Photo Album

The family photo album have been a important part of a family since the mass production of film.

“The family photograph functions primarily as a record as visible evidence that this family exist” Page (Joanne, (2011) p35 )

" When we document something in the real world, we make fixed, permanent, immutable records of it. But computer documents are volatile, ephemeral constellations of data” (Stephenson, 1999, Page 63)

How does the feel of a physical photo book be if the images are glitches?

VHS Video Tape

The VHS tape is now a outdated storage medium for movies. How do we treat home movies that are stuck on VHS tape? What did we get promised, they last for a life time? But few people have a VHS player no more

A collection of videos about storage medium being shown on different media. VHS-DVD-HardDisc-Cloude

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Are they things, or objects now? are they are relics of the past or use full formats.

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CRT Screen

How does the CRT screen fit in now in a modern time with LCD and LED screens.

HARD-DRIVES

http://www.fmk.co.uk/storage/HD%20pic.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1320323700435

Old Prototypes

Photo-album

Idea about having a glitched physical photo album..

Paper Hard-drive

Idea about printing out computer and electronic storage formats on paper to see how the juxposition off printed storage medium next to real version..

Media Collection

A collection of real and unreal and speculative media storage objects.

Research

“We should not put emphasis on the fact it will last for ever because it will not last for ever,” he says. “We should put emphasis on the quality of sound and ease of handling.” (Paul McCartney recently recalled the first time George Martin showed him a CD. “George said, ‘This will change the world.’ He told us it was indestructible, you can’t smash it. Look! And – whack – it broke in half.”

How the compact disc lost its shine

Maxell Floppy Disk

Imagery Storage Media Encyclopaedia Madlib

Madlib form
Web or Printed
Web interface, "press store forever" for printing
Collect a database for future--- printed collection????
Using media objects as décor?
Printing posters / show video collection of "dead media"

Prototyping

Imagery Storage Media Madlib Online 29-31.05.15

Online Madlib for self generation marketing blurb for imaginary storage format as website. The code is a mix of this and my own editing and some help from Lucas and Joak

 <!doctype html>
  <html lang="en">
  <head>
   <title>Mad Lib</title>
   <meta charset="utf-8">
   <script>
   window.onload = init;
   
   function init() {
     var button = document.getElementById("submit");
     button.onclick = goMad;
   }
 function goMad() {
 		console.log("went mad");
     var words = [1,2,3,4,5];
     var inputs = document.getElementsByTagName("input");
     var story = " Introducing the new " + inputs[0].value + "
" + " Its the best and most reliable storage format yet made by " + inputs[1].value + "
" + " With capacity of " + inputs[2].value + " it can store your whole " + inputs[3].value + " collection." + "
" + " Never have your digital information been more " + inputs[4].value + " as now.";

     console.log(story);
// 
     // for (var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++) {
     // var addendString = inputs[i].words;}
     var div = document.getElementById("story");
     div.innerHTML = story;
     div.print();
   }

   // function printIt() {
   // 	var div = document.getElementById("story");
   //   div.print();
   // }

   </script>
   <style>
   #story{
   	font-family: arial;
   	font-size: 40px;
   	font-weight: bold;
   	background-color: yellow;
   }

	p{
		font-family: arial;

   	font-size: 25px;
   	font-style: bold;
   }

   @media print {
   	body * {
   		display: none;

   	}
 /*  #noprint{
   	display: none;
   }	*/
   #story{ 
   	display: block;
   	width: 210mm;
   	height: 297mm;
   	font-size: 40pt;
   	margin-top: 1cm;
  		left {
       margin-left: 3cm;
       margin-right: 2cm; 
       text-align:justify;
   }

   }
   </style>
  </head>
  <body>


   
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  <form>
  <label for="word1">Format Name:</label>
  <input id="word1" type="text" size="60"> 

  <label for="word2">Made by:</label>
  <input id="word2" type="text" size="60">

  <label for="word3">Capacity of:</label>
  <input id="word3" type="text" size="60">

  <label for="word4">Containe:</label>
  <input id="word4" type="text" size="60">

   <label for="word5">Safety:</label>
  <input id="word5" type="text" size="60">


   
  <input type="button" id="submit" value="Generate">
  </form>

  <button onClick="window.print()">Save for the future</button>
  
 </body>
 </html>

Imagery Storage Media June 2015

New Idea: Make a constant generating website that show real and imagery storage formats using CGI and HTML.

!/usr/bin/python

import os
from csv import DictReader
from random import choice

python -m CGIHTTPServer

r=DictReader(open("storageobjectsnew.csv"),quotechar='|')
brands=[] 
type=[] 
manufacturer=[]
model=[]
year=[] 
serial=[] 
size=[] 
origin=[]
descriptionbrands=[]  
for i in r:
	# print i
	brands.append(i.get("brands"))
	type.append(i.get("type"))
	manufacturer.append(i.get("manufacturer"))
	model.append(i.get("model"))
	year.append(i.get("year"))
	serial.append(i.get("serial"))
	size.append(i.get("size"))
	origin.append(i.get("origin"))
	# descriptionbrands.append(i.get("descriptionbrands"))
	# rest of content
images=os.listdir("images/") 


print "Content-type: text/html;charset=utf-8"
print
print """ <META http-equiv="refresh" content="6;URL=http://localhost:8000/cgi-bin/storagenew.cgi">
<style>
td {
	background: white;
	font-family: sans-serif;

   font-size: 15px;
   font-weight: normal;
   text-align:center;
   size 300px;

}
</style>
"""

print ""+.join(images)+"
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