2006.11.23

I've just finished redesigning MaudNewton.com. The blog has been upgraded to run the latest version of WordPress. New features -- including search, improved category display, and a sideblog -- have been added, and various bugs have been fixed.

The new design is based on the old one, but the content area has been widened, and some elements have been moved around. I redid the artwork with better resolution and richer colors. The paint splatter background has been replaced with an easier-on-the-eye graph paper pattern.
 
 

2006.01.06

Happy New Year! Have you read Maxx Klaxon's recent interview with Technodisco, the Italian electronic music site? See what Maxx has to say about his new EP, his musical influences, and the New York and European music scenes. And learn how he first set out to become an international superstar and benevolent dictator.

Also, there are more new images on the Photos page.
 
 

2005.08.15

Greetings to friends of General J.C. Christian. If you enjoyed the oil painting of Republican Jesus that I forwarded to the General, check out more political humor and commentary at The Subversive Intellectual Society's Situation Room, which I co-edit.

In other news, Maxx Klaxon's new CD of politically-tinged electropop, PARANOID STYLE, is out now! Check it out (and find out how to buy it) at the Maxx Klaxon website.

Also: I've just redone the homepage of ArtificeEternity.com, to feature a random assortment of my photos. And all pages have been widened slightly.
 
 

2005.06.30

The totally redesigned Maxx Klaxon site is online!

Last week's Maxx Klaxon show -- featuring special pre-release copies of the new EP -- was a great success.

Also: three new images are up on the Photos page.
 
 

2005.04.16

I've made a long overdue update to the Photos page: three new images, all from 2002. I have many more photos; I will try to post new ones every few months.
 
 

2005.03.12

I recently moved the Maxx Klaxon site to its own domain, Klaxon.TV.

In related news: Maxx is scheduled to perform this Friday, March 18 at Rare, as part of ElectroFest/05. See Maxx's News page for full details.
 
 

2004.08.04

Welcome to the new paradigm. I decided last weekend that the site was cluttered and dated-looking. This simpler, more stripped-down design replaces the one I've used, with variations, for the last four years. I've dropped pages and sections that were no longer relevant.

Everything is accessible through the nav at bottom, and the subnav that appears under some nav items. I tried CSS- and Javascript-based subnav menus, but given the code-forking nightmare that is multi-browser-compliant DHTML, I chose to use a simple frame-based solution instead.
 
 

 
2003.12.11

I recently launched Voltage: Electro Culture, a weblog devoted to electronic music, especially the NYC nu-electro scene. Read it for info on upcoming events and releases, reviews of records and live shows, and general commentary.

Got any news I should know about? E-mail me: voltage:[at]:artificeeternity.com.
 
 

 
2003.10.31

Maxx Klaxon's site has been further updated, with design tweaks and new content. Check out the Data page for a biography of Comrade Klaxon, and the Photos page for new images of Maxx and backup vocalist Zoreta.

Also: The Book of Sand was a USA Today Hot Site on October 28!
 
 

 
2003.07.15

Electro recording artist Maxx Klaxon's website has just been relaunched. Many features remain from the previous version, including the Slogantron propaganda generator and the Musik, News, and Contact pages. But new pages have been added as well, and the entire design has been upgraded.

Maxx has also just released a new song, "Internationale 2000." For full details, plus an MP3 download, visit the site.
 
 

 
2003.03.01

New on SubIntSoc: - An eyewitness account, with photos, of the massive protest march in NYC. See what the media didn't show you. - Also: 23 new Enhanced Terror Alert Colors! If Code Orange and duct tape don't do it for you, check out these attractive alternatives. The new colors range from Fuchsia to Indigo to Chartreuse... for today's many moods of fear and loathing.

 
2002.12.07

The words and wit (and a few photos) of writer Maud Newton are now on display at MaudNewton.com! Maud had been running a weblog on Blogspot for some time, but wanted something snazzier-looking and with more functionality. I designed and built her site with a bold but simple punk theme: cutout letters, spattered paint, and a red, black, and white color scheme.

The site went live last month. The centerpiece is the new weblog, powered by b2. Other site features include a bio, a links page, and an index of all of Maud's writing available online.
 
 

 
2002.10.29

New on SubIntSoc: The Situation Room. It's a place where the site editors will share some of the weird, amusing and confounding pieces of data they come across each day -- and where readers can add their own comments.

The Situation Room is powered by the open-source weblog engine b2, which in turn uses PHP and MySQL technology. I helped set up SubIntSoc.net's implementation of b2, and customized the templates for viewing and commenting on posts. I also researched, located and hacked a special "preview" script that shows the beginning of the most recent Situation Room post on the homepage of the site.
 
 

 
2002.10.03

Today marks the debut of several major changes to the site:

First, a partial redesign. The "mosaic" logo has been replaced with a motif based on film-leader countdown circles. I liked the mosaic (and put a lot of work into creating it), but it never quite meshed with the rest of the design. Also, link colors have been slightly revised.

Second, sections and pages have been renamed and revised. The section formerly called Process is now Background. The film and video projects pages have been combined. Many page URLs and titles have been altered for greater simplicity.

Finally, a new page has been added under the Project section, all about music.

The content of several more pages will be updated soon, to reflect my recent creative efforts. I've got a lot of new photos to post, and some web projects to add to the new media page.
 
 

 
2002.08.12

My photo of the Union Square Virgin Megastore bathroom in NYC has been added to The Mirror Project! You can see it here.

New photos will be coming soon...
 
 

 
2002.05.03

I've added a Photos section to the site! I plan to showcase selected pictures from both my 35mm and digital photo collections.

A new page of photos will be started monthly, and added to throughout the month -- so check back regularly for new glimpses of life in NYC, or wherever my travels take me.
 
 

 
2002.03.15

SubIntSoc has just added another new feature...

Fallout is an ongoing catalog of strange-but-true bits of technological, cultural and political data. The first couple items, appropriately, are actual government brochures from the '50s and '60s on protecting yourself from fallout.

The site (launched just over a year ago) has really come into its own -- we're adding new content every week, and have even sold some t-shirts (visit the Agitprop/Hardware page to see what's available).
 
 

 
2002.02.08

The Book of Sand was mentioned on Metafilter the other day. Wow! The site has never had so many visitors...and most have apparently solved the puzzle and signed the guestbook.
 
 

 
2002.01.28

After 6 months of planning, design and coding, Miami Stories is live! The first batch of true-life tales of Miami includes one by yours truly, and the Miami Photos section contains some of my work as well.
 
 

 
2001.12.02

The World Trade Center Image Collection Store is now open.

The shirts, mugs, mousepads, etc. all feature the same array of images of the Twin Towers. All profits from these items will be donated to the American Red Cross and the Salvation Army.
 
 

 
2001.09.17

I've created a page in tribute to the World Trade Center:

http://ArtificEeternity.com/pr_photos_wtc.htm

It features still images of the Twin Towers from the Time/Span time lapse video collection, as well as an image from the same perspective shot on the evening of September 11, 2001. I wanted to offer a memorial to the victims of this crime -- and to remind people of the beauty of the now-destroyed landmarks, before their destruction.

So far, the response to the tribute page has been overwhelming -- many people have discovered it randomly, or heard about it from others. At some point, I may post to the page a selection of the responses I've received from around the world.
 
 

 
2001.07.18

The "film frame" element has been DHTML-animated to slide into view when each page loads.
 
 

 
2001.07.01

I've created new page headers, and made the "Artifice/Eternity" masthead on each page into a link to the homepage. I'm also integrating my newly updated web development resume into the site.
 
 

 
2001.06.05

Information on recent film, video and new media projects has been updated and expanded. Rotating graphics, showing selected images from the films, have also been added.
 
 

 
2001.04.20

The site design has been slightly revised: graphic and layout sizes have been reduced by about 10%, to accomodate users with older monitors. A new vertical "filmstrip" motif has been added; this graphic is contained in a separate DHTML layer, and will eventually be animated to slide into view when each page loads.

I've added a lot of DHTML to the site: cascading style sheets (CSS) for all font management, and new customized scripts for rollovers, browser and platform detection, CSS assignment, and more.