hello,

just want to share some links with you.

DIY
http://www.instructables.com/
http://hackszine.com/
http://www.hacknmod.com/

Sound and music
http://createdigitalmusic.com/

Motion
http://createdigitalmotion.com/

interfacing
http://www.adrienm.net/emotion/eMotion.html

circuit bending
http://www.anti-theory.com/soundart/circuitbend/ (the father of circuit bending)
http://www.getlofi.com/
http://www.casperelectronics.com/
http://gieskes.nl/


Arduino (http://www.arduino.cc/)
http://dailyduino.com/

Processing (http://processing.org/)
http://www.processingblogs.org/

buying electronic stuff online
http://www.electrokit.se/

FLOSS (free and open source)
http://animata.kibu.hu/
http://fritzing.org/
http://puredata.info/ (sound and visuals)
http://code.goto10.org/projects/puredyne/
http://www.openframeworks.cc/
http://opensoundcontrol.org/

the last one is really interesting for you if you would like to try linux. You can boot from a CD and it is made with media artists in mind. with realtime audio and video processing.

Interfaces (software or otherwise) change how you think and deal with the world. If we all think the same way then those interfaces restrict our freedom, in such a subversive way as we are not even aware its possible to think another way.

all the best
/jan