Pretty nice audio/visual installation (aka DJ mix with cool lights) done by a fellow from Lausanne.

V-Scratch is a software/hardware environment which allows for unique visual interpretations in turntable composition. It transposes nuances made by the rotation of the record: the variations of speed, audio spectrum and volume. In addition, the physical act of spinning the [...]

By most accounts, Howard Dean gave a pretty decent speech at the Liberal Leadership Convention last night. That didn’t, however, erase a nagging non-issue that seemed to have certain people, including Ken Dryden, in a snit.
For all Dean’s fund-raising bona fides, there was still considerable grumbling among Liberals about the appearance of an American [...]

Just so ya know, I’ve added a tag page so you can dig around both by category and custom tags.
I haven’t retroactively tagged all my old posts, and I haven’t really grown used to custom-tagging posts in general. But what the hell, it’s not hurting anyone, so I thought I’d give it a whirl. It [...]

Whether we’re talking about the 360, PS3 or Wii, it might be worth remembering that while each console has its merits, each one will, one day in the not-too-distant future, end up looking like this. And I’m not even saying that’s a bad thing. I’m just saying…

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Saw this on BoingBoing and had to share:
A man who was attacked by an alligator this morning was naked and smoking crack at the time, Polk County deputies who rescued him said today.
The alligator had the man in his jaws when deputies arrived at Lake Parker in Lakeland about 4 a.m. today. They were [...]

If there was a Billboard Chart for saccharine crybaby dirges, Coldplay’s “Fix You” would be number one with a bullet and stay at the top longer than “Dark Side of the Moon”. It’s just unbearable.
So imagine my surprise when a co-worker passed me this cover version and I loved it.

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