February 28, 2005
A man solders, the world reacts.
However much I profess to be a hardcore, no-nonsense engineer, I've always had a soft spot for sociology and anthropology. Hell, I almost double majored in one along with CS in college. I get absolutely fascinated by how people communicate with each other, how they form groups, so on and so forth. Needless to say, watching the SeXBox meme spread has blown a good portion of the last 4 days for me. I get absolutely mesmerized with watching who is visiting from where, then tracing where they came from. Pages like Bloglines, Technorati, and Del.icio.us make feeding my addiction a hell of a lot easier.
So, in what will hopefully be the last metapost about this damn thing before we get back to the real stuff, I'd like to go over what I found in my adventures across my referrer list.
- One of the most popular reactions was some form of "I don't know which is scarier, the fact this exists or the fact the guy did it without a girl around to use it on". Time to dispell this one. The reason there wasn't a girl around is 'cause my fiancee was out of town on business. She's back now, and is the owner of the GIRLS HANDS featured in the Playstation version of the mod. So I'm not just some lonely perv sitting in a basement. I'm on the first floor, actually. This brings me to my next point...
- A good portion of straight guys on the net are whiney little bitches with no imagination. There were SO MANY posts about "Why'd he make this for a girl? I wish there was a guy version.". For christ motherfucking sake, it's not like I set the electricity coming out of those wires to vagina-only polarity. You can hook those wires to ANYTHING, including guy toys, your nuts, your toaster, or all three at once if you're into that sort of thing. Not to mention, it wouldn't kill you to use a vibrator. Contrary to popular belief, it doesn't make you gay, either. I know Mr. Prostate lives in a dark, smelly cave, but he likes visitors, and repays the favor very well. Take it like a fucking man, already. A whole world of bi and gay men do, and do you hear THEM complaining?
- People really, really don't expect you to come into their blog and comment when they've linked to you. Most are really receptive, and I've met a lot of REALLY cool people doing this thanks to this article. But a few are freaked out, some pretty badly. On the internet, there ain't no privacy, the front door is always open, and I really, really like to scribble on walls.
- I was very interested in how many people thought this was a novel idea. I mean, I realize that's what generated the hits, but I just found it amazing what soldering a wire to two pads and badly taping up a couple of batteries could do. I've been kicking around the Video Game Dildo idea for at least 6 years (I posted about it in my LJ a couple of years ago. That's how I funded the buying of this domain). Unfortunatly, I'm miraculously lazy, not to mention, up until the last couple of years, completely lacking in any hardware knowledge. It was a fun idea to joke about on IRC, but I figured someone would beat me to it. They never did. I felt like a pretty big dumbass when I cracked open the PS1 controller and learned the sad fact that this project had been waiting to happen since 1995 (and probably well before that). Thank god I got to it first, before this information fell into the WRONG HANDS (DUN DUN DUNNNNNNNNN).
- I think what got to me most can be summed up in the thread that happened on Xbox-Scene, the biggest Xbox modding/homebrew site on the net. Here's the thread about the SeXBox project from there, though it is now locked and in the Garbage Dump forum. I honestly tried to make the article as gender and sexuality neutral as possible, while still packing it as chock full of hilarity. Even so, there seems to be a large number of people who found the article offensive to women.
Every single one of these people had a penis.
GameGirlAdvance, GameGal, and a ton of other female gamer sites and forums seemed to have no problem with it. Hell, I got emails from quite a few females that thought it a really funny article. I also found a few who were slightly offended, but it was at the material itself, not my presentation. (I have no problem with that, I'll admit, this site isn't for everyone. It's got dildoes everywhere. Not everyone likes dildoes everywhere. It's really an acquired taste.)
So remember, obliviously misogynist internet fuckwads, that "WON'T SOMEONE THINK OF THE CHILDRE.... I MEAN, GIRLS!!!" argument is an absolute crock of shit, and it's why you seem to repel women wherever you go. Women play games, women like sex, and believe it or not, they've been able to vote for a couple of years, too. They don't need your defense, they can come kick me in the nuts themselves. Be assured, if they feel the need to, they will.
The links are calming down now, things are going back to quietness, which means I've gotta cook up something else now. I went on a bit of a buying spree tonight that I'll be reporting on tomorrow. Until then, have fun breaking consoles. ;)
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February 27, 2005
SeXBox - PS1/PS2 Compatible Method
 | PS1/2 Version of the SeXBox Mod We've gotten enough pokes, complaints and whines about Playstation compability, just because it happens to be the most popular console on the planet at the moment. Seeing we like hits, we decided it be in our best interest to add a PS1/2 version of the ever popular SeXBox mod. It's pretty much the same as the XBox version, but there are enough differences that I ended up rewriting some of the tutorial. Enjoy! |
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For the love of god, people.
Ok, so I've seen a couple of places completely rip off the forum article and repost the pictures and a VERY condensed version of my Xbox Controller article.
I'm not out to be a bitch about copyright. Yes, I like getting the hits, and yes, I did put the work into this page. But what people don't seem to realize is that THIS SHIT IS DANGEROUS. Putting any type of current anywhere on your body without proper guidance and knowing what you're doing could easily kill you.
That's why I put warnings in my articles.
That's why there's mentions of fuses and "don't blame us".
I know I have a funny writing style, and I know I do this in a tongue in cheek manner, but the LAST thing I want to see is anyone getting hurt. This is sex, this is supposed to be FUN, not a trip to the emergency room and possible permanent damage.
So please, link all you want. If you REALLY want a copy of the tutorial on your site, email me and we'll talk about it. Otherwise, know that I will use every single power I have (even down to copyright. This shit is NOT creative commons, it is NOT GPL, it is MINE, and for good reason. *waits for someone to take this out of context*) to have information copied from this site removed from your site. I will NOT have people getting hurt from my projects just because you want the hits.
*sigh*
Now, back to me being silly.
Update: So talking about licensing is totally, totally unsexy. However, this whole post brings up an interesting issue on what happens when you want to license things that can actually hurt people. I've started a message board thread so people can talk or scream/yell/cry (like everyone likes to do when it comes to licensing issues) about this. Please do not try to jack off to this thread, as you might hurt yourself.
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February 25, 2005
Pretty pretty banners!
Ok, I was feeling a little artistic tonight and made a banner and a button.
Here's a standard 468x60 banner.
If you're looking for something a little smaller and less intrusive, I recommend our mini model.
Please email me if you decide to use one of the banners, and I'll try to reciprocate in one way or another. :)
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February 24, 2005
HOUSTON, WE ARE ON THE FUCKING MOON
Wow. Lots of hits. So many hits. Wow, the hits.
Hooking sex toys to video games is apparently a recipe for massive linkage.
Thanks to
Warren Ellis (Wow, I totally can't believe I'm in his blog =D )
GameGirlAdvance (Esp for being the first people to do this project ;) )
Szanalmas.hu If someone can read Hungarian and translate the comments on the post about us for me, that'd be great. :)
Fleshbot
Gizmodo
Kotaku
SensibleErection
My Big Black Cock
Millions of LJs...
And all of the other blogs that it'd take me the next 8 hours to dig through my referers to find.
For those on LiveJournal that want to keep up with THE DONG, the guys at MegaZone were nice enough to set up a feed. The url is http://www.livejournal.com/users/slashdong/.
If anyone has any interesting projects along the lines of sex and technology, please keep me updated, as, well, that's what this blog is about anyways. I'll also be happy to provide hosting to people with projects. :)
Now, off to make the PS2 and Gamecube controlled toys! :)
Update: People to add to the thanks list:
BoingBoing (And I didn't even have to Creative Commons it! xD)
Gorilla Mask
Coolios
LinkSwarm
Nearing 50k uniques! Not exactly huge in the big league blogs, but hell, I'm happy. :)
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February 23, 2005
SeXBox - Force Feedback Luvin
 | How to hook a vibrator (or really pretty much anything) up to an XBox Controller You can do a ton of things by tapping the 5VDC power line to the vibration motors in a force feedback controller. However, this is a sex site, so we did the obvious thing. Getting shot in Halo just got a lot more fun. |
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February 21, 2005
EATING OUT... First project on /8===> !!!
Eating Out: Food reviews of Strip Clubs
After the NIGHT OF BACONING, I decided that no one was looking at what was REALLY important at strip clubs... The food.
I knew there were more fatasses than me out there wondering "Where can I see nude people gyrating WHILE I'm eating?" Hooters doesn't count. No, I want real nude, with a nice steak to enjoy with the show.
With that in mind, Eating Out was born. A full review system for strip clubs, so that people can relate their favorite stories, recommend new places, and give tourists a good idea of where to go when they're in town.
We're gonna be the Zagat's of titty bars, damnit.
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February 19, 2005
FUCK! Hide the minors! Get rid of the coke! The cops are here!
I was wondering how long it'd take 'til we showed up in a /. thread.
/., meet /8=====>
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February 10, 2005
Eep!
Just got word from the guys at Fleshbot that there might be a spyware trojan embedded in the machine movie that I have in my last post. I've gone ahead and re-encoded the video, which will hopefully take care of the situation. I'm also hosting it myself now.
AVI Version (Divx 5.2), 5.6mb (This version should be safe, but might have some funky sound issues.)
Update: We're standing up just fine to being on fleshbot's front page during the prime US masturbatory hours, so I'm just gonna kill the WMV version for the sake of safety. Thanks to the Fleshbot people for working with us to make sure everything works, and thank fucking GOD for Dreamhost and their 192GB/month bandwidth limits. ;)
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Was the robotic exercise machine REALLY supposed to be used like that?
Video of a new Japanese "Sex Seat"
This basically looks like those "Robotic Exercise" machines you see in tanning places these days. Takes all the worry about timing and rhythm out of fucking.
Beautiful, and yet so horribly cold.
That's awesome. =D
Update: So here's the real story about the chair:
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Now I have to take my past words back. :P One of my friednds sent me a link below. That was a real product, wow! The name is "Dream Love Chair".
(Japanese Language supports required)
http://www.ad-a.com/hp/dreamlovechair.htm
According to the site, this chair is not a consumer product. Company sell/rent the chair for particular kind of hotels (Love Hotel), so no retail price could be found.
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Thanks to the people of the Sex Drive Mailing List (Permalinked on the side bar, so just move your mouse to the right a bit and click it. :) ) for both the movie link and this extra info.
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February 3, 2005
Sex and the Single Robot
So lots of random reporters have been absolutely losing it over Jong-Hwan Kim and his UbiBots. However, it's tough to find any papers about the architecture, and everything that mentioned in all the articles I've read just sounds like GAs applied to rule chain, which people have been doing since before I was born, even.
I've been looking for journal articles on this subject. Here's a paper from a conference last year on what he had together so far, including Rity, a software based bot that could recognize and react to emotion.
It's pretty neat (Warning: I find very boring stuff pretty neat):
http://www-ist.massey.ac.nz/icara2004/files/Papers/Paper01_ICARA2004_001_007.pdf
It's neat stuff, and it is a step forward, but don't think you're going to have a robot giving you a blow job come April. ;)
Anyways, here's the article.
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Sex and the single robot
Jonathan Watts, East Asia correspondent
Wednesday February 2, 2005
Guardian
Scientists have made them walk and talk. There are even robots that
can run. But a South Korean professor is poised to take their
development several steps further, and give cybersex new meaning.
Kim Jong-Hwan, the director of the ITRC-Intelligent Robot Research
Centre, has developed a series of artificial chromosomes that, he
says, will allow robots to feel lusty, and could eventually lead to
them reproducing. He says the software, which will be installed in a
robot within the next three months, will give the machines the ability
to feel, reason and desire.
Kim, a leading authority on technology and ethics of robotics, said:
"Christians may not like it, but we must consider this the origin of
an artificial species. Until now, most researchers in this field have
focused only on the functionality of the machines, but we think in
terms of the essence of the creatures." That "essence" is a computer
code, which determines a robot's propensity to "feel" happy, sad,
angry, sleepy, hungry or afraid. Kim says this software is modelled on
human DNA, though equivalent to a single strand of genetic code rather
than the complex double helix of a real chromosome.
Kim said: "Robots will have their own personalities and emotion and -
as films like I Robot warn - that could be very dangerous for
humanity. If we can provide a robot with good - soft - chromosomes,
they may not be such a threat."
Although he admits his ideas sound fantastic, Kim is no crank. In the
mid-1990s, the professor launched the robot football world cup, which
has since become one of the most popular means for robotics
researchers to measure their progress against competitors from around
the world.
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