• Robot concierge: What should Giant Robot founders Martin Wong and Eric Nakamura do while they’re in Minneapolis October 5? Posters at the GR forum are offering tips: lunch at Seward Cafe, a show at the Triple Rock, a visit to SOOVAC, The Soap Factory, and Robot Love. Anything else? (Also, check out Martin and Eric’s blogs.)
• Tortillart: A Flickr gallery of tortilla-based art. My favorite: a portrait of Frida Kahlo.
• Kinetica: Explore London’s kinetic art museum online.
• Crafted Close: An item of note from the New Jersey Crafts Annual, a detail of one of Chuck Close’s self-portraits in merino wool, by Susan Spencer Reckford (above).