Category: Miscellaneous
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Another way to count the vote
Canada isn’t the only nation having an election in May. Folks in the United Kingdom go to the polls on May 5th — and when they do, they’ll not only be selecting their leaders, they’ll be voting on a referendum to change they way votes are counted. And this has the chance to really make…
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Only 50? Seems longer…
Only 50 years ago today, a significant milestone in the space race was achieved, launching a man, the Soviet Union’s Yuri Gagarin, beyond the atmosphere and into a single orbit of the Earth. Lots of cool space and Gagarin related info found via Google today; they also provided the cool animation on their doodle — just float…
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Apple vs the App Developers
Previously I’d written about the impending launch of Garage Band for iPad, and mentioned how Apple’s release of this app will challenge smaller independent app developers in the music creation space. Today’ I’m at it again. With yesterday’s release of iOS 4.3, it seems that Apple has again taken a bite out of a developer’s revenue…
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The Craft of iPad Music-making [Video]
Wondering what all the fuss is about with Apple announcing the iPad version of Garage Band? This video will help demonstrate. From The Future of Music V: The Craft of iPad Music-making” event, February 3rd, 2011. At this special evening event, attendees heard and saw the musical and visual results as leading electronic artists performed live.…
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Totally Rockin’ Tubular Bells [Video]
From the 1981 Montreux Jazz Festival. A very cool version of Tubular Bells that I’d missed until recently. Well worth a listen… Via Synthtopia
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Hardware helps information be free
Information wants to be free, an interesting phrase summing up the concept that technology has the potential to be liberating, rather than oppressing. It was first used in the 1960’s and attributed to the founder of the Whole Earth Catalog. Today, that phrase is often used to support open file sharing activities. And recently I…
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Planespotting — hardcore! [video]
Short documentary on some very determined aviation enthusiasts. [via www.youlikeairplanestoo.com]
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Not pushing tin. Pushing paper! [Video]
Saw this video a week or two ago. Amazed at the amount of paper generated for each flight!
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Quartet on iPad — Sweet Dream [Video]
Happy Friday! Found this earlier in the week and decided it’d be perfect for my current fascination with iPad music apps. Four musicians playing amplified iPads as a quartet. Quite nice! The iPad Orchestra from Alex Shpil on Vimeo. Oh, and the app they’re playing is Seline HD — I’ve not checked it out yet, but…
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i(pad) of the Tiger [video]
This video made the rounds earlier this week but was (I thought) cool enough to hang out here too. Remake of Survivor’s classic Eye of the Tiger, with all the instruments replaced by their digital counterparts living within the Apple iPad App ecosystem. ipad + “Eye of the Tiger” from Jordan Hollender on Vimeo.
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Confirmed: Millions of hours lost due to Pac Man
It looks like someone tired of playing Pac Man and decided to try and calculate how many hours of lost time could be attributed to that ’80s arcade classic reimagined by Google: This weekend, we took a hard look at Pac-Man D‑Day and compared it with previous Fridays (before and After Google’s recent redesign) and…