Ben Fino-Radin is a recent grad of my alma mater, Alfred University. From all indications, he spent his time in frozen Western New York well, nursing some seriously weird hobbies (as people in the great white North tend to do). Exhibit A is the needlepoint Mac Classic you see above. Fino-Radin knows his way around the plastic needlepoint canvas, and has crafted many a tech geek's dream out of it.
In case you've been missing the hourglass from the old Mac operating system, he created this "bling", which is available from La Superette.org.
Alfred is well-known for its ceramic department, but it is increasingly known for the Institute for Electronic Arts, which caters to students who yearn to mix and match their explorations of video, audio, computer-aided printmaking, random hardware geekery and whatever else is handy. I am eternally in debt to the IEA for helping me mix computer design into my ceramics. While at Alfred, Ben Fino-Radin coaxed new Mac hardware into old computers, made experimental music under the monikers "Rainbro" and "Sicilian Funrise" and also made interactive craft projects for the interactive videowall at the school.
My favorite project was called "I made this thing and I think you should wear it" as a collaboration with Caroline Charuk. The duo took turns making extreme clothing like thongs and circuit-bent jewelry, then (displaying considerable courage) documented the pieces on video. You never know what a long Alfred winter will do to you.
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