Mar 11, 2009 10:35 AM

Wallpaper made out of webcam glitches

*Readers, don't say I never gave you anything.

More specifically: don't say I never swiped nifty conceptual FlickR art from veteran techno-artist Amy Youngs in order to "give" it to you.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/65806584@N00/sets/72157615089458648/

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