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Bruce Sterling
Feb 5, 2011 8:51 PM

Dead Media Beat: Garnet Hertz

*That's right, our world rejoices in a "zombie media" circuit-bending guy named "Hertz."

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http://conceptlab.com/circuitbending/

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