“He’s dead, Jim.”

Geek Out

Pay your respects. To dead batteries, that is. The beautiful sculpture above is Michael de Broin’s Dead Star. It’s part of Eyebeam’s “Untethered” exhibition that opened yesterday at Eyebeam Atelier (540 W. 21st St.). The exhibition of objects “deprogrammed of their original function” also features a photocopier that takes in the night sky and a “piano that plays the Internet,” whatever that means. I’m eager to see the battery sculpture in person because I’m guessing that a photograph doesn’t fully convey the sense of scale. We all know how big a AA cell is, but with so many of them in one place, the overall size is tough to conceive. In the meantime, I can’t stop looking at this photograph—gorgeous.

Geek In

Self-serving plug time. Keepin’ it in the family this weekend. For knitters, Mochimochi Land recently released two geek-oriented patterns, Resisty the Resistor and Captain Capacitor. Best of all, they’re free. GONY had a hand in the concept for these patterns, being married to the site proprietor and all. Mochimochi Land has a bunch of free patterns and some even cooler ones for five bucks a pop.

And finally, when you’re not angering popular technology journalists this weekend, feel free to watch and rewatch the Keyboard Napoleons video, and tell all your friends about it. I’m shooting for 1,000,000 pageviews by midnight Sunday. Realistic, no?