{"id":11602,"date":"2026-10-24T21:54:34","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T21:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/?p=11602"},"modified":"2026-10-24T21:54:36","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T21:54:36","slug":"every-thing-computer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/misc\/every-thing-computer\/","title":{"rendered":"Every Thing Computer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jeffrey Alan Scudder - 3x AC Blank\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tc0xvbpV8t4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div 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Other highlights include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Computers that sing in harmony (see video) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An interface shaped like a coyote&#8217;s paw<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A giant escape key that emits an audible &#8220;ow&#8221; when you hit it<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An AI-based newspaper that writes itself based on phone calls<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A reimagined early 90s Macintosh Classic with a glass window and separate tough screen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8230;and the list goes on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The weirdest one, in my opinion, was impossible to take a compelling photo of as it was a small plastic box filled with dirt. Yes, a dirt-based interface. Why not?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I think there have really only been three innovations to home computer interfaces in my life that have withstood the test of time: the mouse\/touch pad, the game controller, and the touch screen. Everything else is either a variant of the above, or never gained mass adoption. Yes, I know the Wii Remote could <em>probably<\/em> go on that list but it&#8217;s a narrow use case, and yes, voice interfaces <em>potentially<\/em> belong on that list but they&#8217;re still too inaccurate and cumbersome to use regularly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chat-based AI could sort of count as a new human interface if you squint at it; but it still requires some other medium like a keyboard or voice control to actually interact with at a physical level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most other ideas have come and gone, like the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.computerhope.com\/jargon\/j\/jmouse.htm\" title=\"\">J-key mouse<\/a>, or were never released at all, like Atari&#8217;s crazy <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Atari_Mindlink\" title=\"\">Mindlink<\/a> device.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What makes a successful controller is something I&#8217;ve put a lot of thought into over the years, even iterating on some prototypes for a controller aimed to be used while lucid dreaming. There are far more unrealized or unimagined possibilities than those that <em>have<\/em> been tried.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a nutshell, that&#8217;s what I enjoyed about this exhibit &#8212; the creative freedom that comes with the art world means that the technology doesn&#8217;t have to actually &#8220;work&#8221; in order for it to be amusing, or possibly even inspiring to the audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Note: To avoid getting erroneously blacklisted as a porn site by Google, etc., I&#8217;m not including photos of the vaginal mouse.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As my fingers slid over the rubberized computer mouse anatomically shaped like a vagina, a disquieting thought crossed my mind: did I accidentally walk into [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11606,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","slim_seo":{"title":"Every Thing Computer - MrEricSir.com","description":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/tc0xvbpV8t4 As my fingers slid over the rubberized computer mouse anatomically shaped like a vagina, a disquieting thought crossed my mind: did"},"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[{"did":"did:plc:kbgypanrf2cbl2egeqak52nx","date":"2026-10-24T21:54:39+00:00","uri":"at:\/\/did:plc:kbgypanrf2cbl2egeqak52nx\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3mynomey35y2f","response":"{\"uri\":\"at:\/\/did:plc:kbgypanrf2cbl2egeqak52nx\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3mynomey35y2f\",\"cid\":\"bafyreidvhqzty2gys46rbhlwt6xxbbp2sjcqawrpw5vf3hwkvyooxuyzo4\",\"commit\":{\"cid\":\"bafyreibbcynnkbhuyupdig2rksatpfszdiuw4rhnoj5zmtlhopcfkpvssa\",\"rev\":\"3mynomeyazi2f\"},\"validationStatus\":\"valid\"}"}],"autoblue_post_url":"","autoblue_publish_document":false,"_slim_seo_primary_term_category":8,"_slim_seo_primary_term_post_tag":1520,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1520,190,1251,23,674,1546,322],"class_list":["post-11602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-misc","tag-ai","tag-art","tag-museums","tag-san-francisco","tag-technology-2","tag-tiat","tag-videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11602"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11610,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11602\/revisions\/11610"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}