Archive for April, 2007

4/29, The Truth

Because EVERYONE KNOWS a fuel fire can’t melt steel. 4/29truth.com

Despite Drug War, Cocaine Purer, Cheaper, Drug’s Prices Have Dropped From $600 Per Gram In 1981 To $135 Despite Nearly $5 Billion Spent By U.S. - CBS News

Despite Drug War, Cocaine Purer, Cheaper, Drug’s Prices Have Dropped From $600 Per Gram In 1981 To $135 Despite Nearly $5 Billion Spent By U.S. - I hope the War on Tara (poor Tara!) has better results.

The Guitar Zeros

I regret missing out on this performance. The Guitar Zeros have hacked the Guitar Hero game controller to play samples and midi sounds from their laptops (from what I have gathered), and have come up with some pretty cool math rock.

Their site has some good audio.

Video evidence below:


The Guitar Zeros Rock GuitarHero Controllers - Full Video - Click here for the most popular videos

links for 2007-04-23

chmod 777 web

well put:

IBM developerWorks : Blogs : chmod 777 web:

“There is something more fundamental going on right now. The web is becoming more hackable.. in the good sense. People are starting to realize that the web is more than just a publishing medium. It’s a place where you can (or should be able to) actually do stuff. Web sites that let you do stuff are more important than web sites that only let you read stuff.”

links for 2007-04-19

links for 2007-04-18

Dynamite, Sponge, Monkey

Paper, scissors, rock is too simplistic, you say?

And though the cracks were rather small…

…they had to count them all. The New York Times > Arts > Image > Face-Lift for an Aging Museum

links for 2007-04-17

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Last century, I played in some bands and ran a record label.

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