So Dan's art & technology Collision went really well.

I managed to get the arcade controller finished at about 4am the morning of, although the second controller's buttons and joystick were lost in the mail somewhere. They finally arrived this morning.

The first seven or so hours of Collision were sort of like a museum. People would wander into la sala and look at the installations and leave, there were never more than a few people there at one time. This gave me an opportunity to check out some other people's stuff. Aaron's robot arm was probably my favorite. Also of note were Geo's spinning computer fan and LED mobile, Frostbyte's LED towers, a kinetic sculpture made of aluminum bar stock, and a drum kit made of water containers and contact mics.

After about 10pm, the place started filling up and it became more like a concert as the attention turned to the live music performances. I managed to keep a line at the arcade machine for the whole time, tho. The #1 requested games were Galaga and Street Fighter II by guys and Ms. Pac Man by the ladies.

The last performer of the night was Tube, and I heart Frank. He kicked so much butt. He was playing a really really hard set of sick d&b, and he'd throw in these weird sequences of banjos and messed up vocals and whatnot. A lot of fun to listen to, plus he was spazzing out behind the gear and obviously having a great time.