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:: Friday, March 26, 2004 ::

If you ever wanted pictures of old keyboards: The Audio Playground Synthesizer Museum is the place to go! (crap site, interesting content)...

...and other wierdness...

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Cool liquid man flash thing

Digital paper makes device debut

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New at Think Geek:
The PC Cassette Deck
Binary Counting System on your fingers, is that what they're doing in the footage of the stock exchange you see on the news? Give 'em a 4!

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Radio search for ET draws a blank. Time to give up on SETI?
Theory of matter may need rethink. I can't believe they missed the opportunity to call a particle Shatner's Bason!

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New reviews added:
edIT - crying over pros for no reason (Planet Mu)

Kid Spatula - Meast (Planet Mu)

Various Artists - Chilren of Mu (Planet Mu)

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A Cappella News ...Er Note how many people post comments... almost as popular as my nonsense ramblings!

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"Bristol is at the vanguard of intelligent environments and location-based services"

Interesting new video rental idea. Although the claim that "Whenever you're in the mood for a film, just choose a title from this stack of DVDs and pop it in your player. You can't get much more "on-demand" than that" is a little much for a postage based service.

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MTV may lose videos from more than 288 independent record labels who have refused to accept a 55% cut in royalty payments

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As popcorn mentioned, Shaun of the Dead is opening soon, April 9 to be precise. You could win tickets to the premiere on March 29 here (requires registration).

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The Passion or the Python?
"Monty Python's film The Life of Brian is to return to US cinemas next month following the success of The Passion of the Christ"

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Zombie movies seem to be the flavour of the month (The Dawn of the Dead remake that's just out, Shawn of the Dead due for release anytime soon). With in mind I thought I'd let you know that the copyright on Night of the Living Dead has run out. Some kind soul has put it up on archive.org so now you can download or stream it. While you're there have a look around and say goodbye to your bandwidth.........

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I finally watched Donnie Darko yesterday. Fantastic film.
Some post viewing analysis of it here (Donnie Darko: Fear and Loathing in an Alternate Dimension) and on the IMDb board.

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I can't say anything... just look!Ananova - Virgin Atlantic clubhouse urinals

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Let's go bionic:03.03.2004 - UC Berkeley Researchers Developing Robotic Exoskeleton that can Enhance Human Strength and Endurance (from ok-cancel)...

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The Japanese Knife Company
"...Artisan Collection is currently the only commercially available range of knives that are completely hand made, using techniques developed over centuries by Samurai craftsmen. ... Two layers of soft Stainless Steel (SUS-405) are used to clad a central layer of 'High Speed Steel'' (SRS-15) a material rich in carbon and so hard that it is generally reserved only for the manufacture of precision tools, surgical equipment and dentist drills."
Zirconium Ceramic: "With appropriate care and use these revolutionary culinary implements can maintain their spectacularly keen edge for years without needing to be sharpened. The primary component is Zirconium, a material second in hardness only to diamond, that was originally developed to tile the exterior of the space shuttle"
Maki Sushi Recipe

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Following Grom's Bizarre USB Goodies post yesterday I was thinking about how it's possible to power pretty much anything from USB, and this led me to a startling discovery. If you could make a USB powered laptop would could daisy chain several of them together, finally linking the last in the line back to the first and create an independent self powered laptop cluster. I'm filing a patent quick as this is as big a breakthrough as perpetual motion. Think of the possibilities; cities could be lit up with laptop displays, solar panels could harvest this light so we would have a clean, renewable energy source that isn't variable according to the time of day (like the sun) or the weather (like wind). By connecting enough together all of the worlds energy needs could be met forever. Unless laptops are made out of fossil fuels or something?

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Scratch with your mouse? Why not mouse with your turntable?

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Now I do keep an ear to all things Dr Who related and I usually listen to Today on Radio 4 as I drive to work, but I missed this gem last September:
"BBC Radio 4's Today programme featured Clayton Hickman (DWM) and John Little (The Standard) chatting to John Humphries and Sarah Montague; during the conversation Clayton mentioned that Russell T. Davies's favourite for the role would be actor Bill Nighy"
Clay on Radio 4, nice one mate!

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Impressive 500kV electrical arc [~1MB MPEG]
Explanation here
More strange links here

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New local internet radio station (shameless plug) [ d i a l e c t ] is now up and running... They are desperate for contributions so get in touch and get all your musical friends to send them royalty-free music! OK I know you Gusset peeps are all big and famous now you got John Peel to say Gusset but someone else might want to...

See if you can find my tune - the link is broken so I'll leave you to work it out!

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Via Float:
13th-16th May - Venn Festival, Stokes Croft, Bristol
"Venn maps the process of mix and matching bands and performers from a wildly different set of sounds. These musical showstoppers highlight the current musical fluxus: the sounds of urban anthems, loose rural hymns, post-industrial dub, lo slung punk, rough and ready hip hop, loin tingling rock, distressed folk and psyched electronix and we all get some acoustic loving. All presented for enjoyment in the manner of an anything goes mix of clubs, gigs, sessions and screenings. Confirmed acts include Jah Wobble, Oxbow, Leafcutter John, Devendra Banhart, Janek Schaeffer, Alasdair Roberts & many more...check www.vennfestival.com for ticketing & updates"
Note that there is nothing up on the vennfestival site yet!

The Cube is hosting VENN Version 1 on April 10th, 8pm, £2.
"2 rooms, 1 sound, 2 versions, dancers, multiple images, dj's....A overlapping PARTY to unoffically kick start, raise funs (sic) for the VENN project...A Four Day Music Rally taking place in MAY, 2004 on the almighty STOKES CROFT."

The Cube is also showing Game Over: Kasparov And The Machine at 8pm each night from Mon April 5th to Thursday 8th.

More details about both of these, and other Cube events here.

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Eccleston is new Doctor Who. Should be good, although I would have preferred someone with more comic experience.

What is it with Terry Jones and nudity? He just can't say no can he?

Did you enjoy the Dub Side of the Moon? If you did, you might like Dub Dylan. Track listing.

On Radio 4 at 9pm this Wednesday:
Georgina Ferry explores the latest research into the science of musical memory with the help of psychologists, neurologists and the musicians who regularly perform seemingly impossible feats of recall. (Not sure how long link will work)

EU prepares second case against Microsoft

Who is the real Belle de Jour. Article doesn’t answer question. The Andrew Orlowski suggestion made me laugh.

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