Some stuff:
Balldroppings Play with space and sound in this little app
Processing.org Information visualization and art. Evan, are we going to do this class?
Animated diagram of bike couriers through London (video) from Gravestmor.com
1970s Czechoslavakian paper camera (PDF) “Print out this pdf to create your own 70’s Czech pinhole camera. It even takes 35mm film.” from Gravestmor.com
And some other stuff:
MooFlex Impressive new web app, lots of ajax
Script.aculo.us Another silly url, but this stuff is amazing. It is built right into Ruby on Rails
Slawesome A great way to send voicemail with e-mails
Fluxiom This web app will be amazing. Like iPhoto in a browser.
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I’m not yet sure if this is the slightest bit useful, but it’s kind of a neat concept. Built with Google maps and Ruby on Rails.
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sorry for the unexplained absence
lots of work and exams before i can go home
to add insult to injury,
my beloved ibook stopped starting up
i think the power button is screwy
ironically, i had turned it off so i wouldnt
get distracted before finishing a paper
luckily i keep my schoolwork backed up
on a flash drive in my pocket
i suggest you do the same
sucks for you since i was preparing a
christmas mp3 post (even though i hate christmas music as a general rule):
christmas on death row ’santa claus goes straight to the ghetto’ by snoop and nate doggs
star wars christmas album ‘what do you get a wookie for christmas (who already owns a comb)’ sung by cp30 and r2d2
jackson5 christmas ‘up on the rooftop’ (mad funky version)
and beatles holiday shenanigans ‘1968 record’ (christmas fun on acid)
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/4468884.stm
scientists examine the beer goggle effect
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4501152.stm
new mammal. but is it catesque or lemurish?
http://wohba.com/2005/10/magnetic-liquid-weirdness.html
magnetic liquid. check out the video
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4500593
did you know that the original manuscript of ON THE ROAD by jack kerouac was typed on a 120 foot long roll of paper?
http://www.modernartisans.com/detail.aspx?ID=436
we made (not me personally) bowls out of lps for the graduating radio managers last year. so dont buy one from this place (although they make a fine bowl). make it yourself fool
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,69726,00.html
“We know Anchorage is gonna get the SHAFT, but we just don’t know when” apparently shaft is the local name for some guys particle accelerator he wants in his house
http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=6d8134fbbe964d76f864b3b9682dcb19
“call the police.
Address … Abadejo, Mission Viejo, CA 92692.
tell them to go down the hall to the bathrooom.
im soo sorry<3″
czech kid posted his suicide on myspace
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http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/news/local/2211534.shtml
If you’re partying at Colby, watch out for the slightly older girl or guy hitting on you and asking if they can score some “dope”… they might be 5O.
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not much mail this week. most of it went straight to the free bin. heres what survived:
*makar - 99 cent dreams [self released]
jangly femme-y fun
rick bishop - what 4 [paper ears]
smooooth jazzzzz
scotch greens - professional [brass tacks]
punk country
golden dogs - everything in 3 parts [funzalo/true north]
more catchy canadians
beck - guerolito [interscope]
even more remixes
*darkness - one way ticket to hell … and back [atlantic]
new darkness
alkaline trio - crimson [vagrant]
dark pop punk
face to face - shoot the moon [antagonist/vagrant]
just pop punk
more things to listen to:
http://www.myspace.com/parishiltonofficial
music of paris hilton
http://www.partyben123.com/PartyBen-LedSnooppelin.mp3
http://www.partyben123.com/PartyBen-GorillaCake-NeverFeelGood.mp3
http://www.partyben123.com/PartyBen-SomebodyRockMe.mp3
party ben’s mashes.. led zeppelin vs snoop dogg, gorillaz vs. cake, and clash vs killers.
karina, tauwan, and i have the pleasure of picking ten albums to contribute to cmj’s best of two thousand five chart. we made a big list. we narrowed it down to fourteen. suggestions for pruning or adding are encouraged. its so hard to choose just ten. but we have until the thirty first:
john vanderslice
flotation toy warning
kanye west
boy least likely to
animal collective
go! team
lcd soundsystem
wolf parade
of montreal
m.i.a.
p:ano
new pornographers
devendra banhart
acid house kings
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We’ve got a new podcast for you. Music from: P:Ano, Bell Orchestre, The Sterns, Hawnay Troof, Panda Bear, and The Dolls. We’ll probably do one more of these before the break. If you don’t already get our podcast and you’d like to, go here. Stay warm
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/30/AR2005113002109.html
isps want to charge websites for faster loading times than their competitors. thats just dirty. ‘pay-per-click’ advertisement seems the most acceptable way to capitalize, if its goal is to make information easier to share and does not impede the end users experience (speedwise or finacially). although there are shortcomings to googles strategy that allows inflated search ranking. but thats another story.
‘pay-for-performance’ is not an ethical way to monetize the internet. innovations should make dissemination of information as quickly and useful as possible and not run contrary to the intentions of its inventors.
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8403&feedId=online-news_rss20
artificial immune system for computer networks
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=14758
give me a bucket of joe. damn right it improves memory
http://www.macsimumnews.com/index.php/archive/apple_patent_references_a_digital_camera_will_apple_surprise_us_at_macworld/
icamera?
http://money.cnn.com/2005/11/22/Autos/funonwheels/celebrity_nav/index.htm
mr. t will help you find your way
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4489792.stm
i didnt even know there were black squirrels. let alone ones that attack and dismember dogs.
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http://toestubber.com/archives/30
sexploitation movie radio spots
http://news.uns.purdue.edu/html4ever/2005/051108.Adams.suspension.html
future “structural health monitoring” systems in cars that automatically detect damaged parts and estimate how long they will last
http://mobilitytoday.com/news/005689/cell_trace_service
reverse lookup cellphones, find someones cell number or what last hundred calls they made. all for a nominal fee
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/11/18/91619/117
purple nation (not quite blue . . yet)
karina found some dusty neutral milk hotel tracks:
http://skipgoshannon.typepad.com/shannons_arty_arty/files/neutral_milk_hotel_shannons_monroe_house_demos_01_now_im_going_down_unconfirmed_title.mp3
http://www.knerd.com/~sashwap/NeutralMilkHotel-Glue(GerbilsCover).mp3
and for everyone that has been contemplating suicide because wbor has not been streamable, D-kraft says its working dandy thanks to the generous loan of a transmitter from umaine
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