One of my many stops on NYE 2010 was at GAFFTA, a brand-new media gallery in downtown San Francisco. The organization transformed one of the studio spaces into a “picnic area”, complete with real grass, checkered blankets, and a multimedia installation projected onto fabric spanning the whole ceiling. My friends Eric and Gloriane and I looked up at the abstract digital “stars”, breathing in the earthy smell of dirt and crushed grass blades, and I was considering why all living rooms don’t feel more like this.