![Artist Alex Mauer of Philadelphia, Pa., plays the keyboards at the Blip Festival at Eyebeam Thursday, Nov. 29, 2007, in New York, N.Y. The Blip Festival is a four day international event Artist Alex Mauer of Philadelphia, Pa., plays the keyboards at the Blip Festival at Eyebeam Thursday, Nov. 29, 2007, in New York, N.Y. The Blip Festival is a four day international event](https://l450v.alamy.com/450v/2pap94m/file-artist-alex-mauer-of-philadelphia-pa-plays-the-keyboards-at-the-blip-festival-at-eyebeam-in-new-york-in-this-nov-29-2007-file-photo-the-performance-was-part-of-blip-festival-a-four-day-celebration-of-music-made-with-obsolete-computers-and-electronics-which-have-a-fraction-as-much-computing-power-of-todays-average-cell-phone-ap-photocraig-ruttle-file-2pap94m.jpg)
Artist Alex Mauer of Philadelphia, Pa., plays the keyboards at the Blip Festival at Eyebeam Thursday, Nov. 29, 2007, in New York, N.Y. The Blip Festival is a four day international event
![Artist Alex Mauer of Philadelphia, Pa., plays the keyboards at the Blip Festival at Eyebeam Thursday, Nov. 29, 2007, in New York, N.Y. The Blip Festival is a four day international event Artist Alex Mauer of Philadelphia, Pa., plays the keyboards at the Blip Festival at Eyebeam Thursday, Nov. 29, 2007, in New York, N.Y. The Blip Festival is a four day international event](https://l450v.alamy.com/450v/2pard48/a-crowd-watches-artist-alex-mauer-of-philadelphia-pa-at-the-blip-festival-at-eyebeam-thursday-nov-29-2007-in-new-york-ny-the-blip-festival-is-a-four-day-international-event-focusing-on-musicians-and-artists-who-use-low-bit-video-game-and-computer-hardware-as-their-creative-tools-ap-photocraig-ruttle-2pard48.jpg)
Artist Alex Mauer of Philadelphia, Pa., plays the keyboards at the Blip Festival at Eyebeam Thursday, Nov. 29, 2007, in New York, N.Y. The Blip Festival is a four day international event
![✵Alex Mauer✵ on Twitter: "I would like to blame 2016 for everyone's lack of humor https://t.co/JigY5uupBx" / Twitter ✵Alex Mauer✵ on Twitter: "I would like to blame 2016 for everyone's lack of humor https://t.co/JigY5uupBx" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C0uplxdUkAANLXf.jpg)
✵Alex Mauer✵ on Twitter: "I would like to blame 2016 for everyone's lack of humor https://t.co/JigY5uupBx" / Twitter
![✵Alex Mauer✵ on Twitter: "I would like to blame 2016 for everyone's lack of humor https://t.co/JigY5uupBx" / Twitter ✵Alex Mauer✵ on Twitter: "I would like to blame 2016 for everyone's lack of humor https://t.co/JigY5uupBx" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C0uplxfUAAAotdt.jpg:large)