Flyingoctopus
2012-03-30T00:10:41-07:00
http://flyingoctopus.github.com
Vincent van Haaff
vincent@vanhaaff.com
Deleting friends on Facebook
2012-03-27T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2012/03/27/deleting-friends-on-facebook
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Zelda + Deadmau5: Ladder Theme Song
2012-03-25T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2012/03/25/zelda-deadmau5-ladder-theme-song
<iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/WSkW_Wk1XTs?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe>
I have been kidnapped by Santa Barbarians
2012-03-25T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2012/03/25/i-have-been-kidnapped-by-santa-barbarians
<p>[[posterous-content:cyGyztJuHIgltrtCIqHk]]</p>They brought avocados. Sexy sexy avocados.
Guess What's the Fastest-Adopted Gadget of the Last 50 Years - Alexis Madrigal - Technology - The Atlantic
2012-03-23T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2012/03/23/guess-what-s-the-fastest-adopted-gadget-of-the-last-50-years-alexis-madrigal-technology-the-atlantic
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<h3>Guess What's the Fastest-Adopted Gadget of the Last 50 Years</h3>
<span>By <span><span>Alexis Madrigal</span></span></span>
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<span>Mar 23 2012, 7:15 AM ET</span>
<a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/03/guess-whats-the-fastest-adopted-gadget-of-the-last-50-years/254948#disqus_thread" style="display: inline;">39</a>
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<img src="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/mt/assets/science/gadgetadoption_615.jpg" height="304" alt="gadgetadoption_615.jpg" width="500" style="" /><p>When we think about the great consumer electronics technologies of our time, the cellular phone probably springs to mind. If we go farther back, perhaps we'd pick the color television or the digital camera. But none of those products were adopted as fast by the American people as <i>the boom box.</i> <br /></p><p>That factoid is a sidenote in a 2011 paper that I stumbled on from the <a href="http://www.aabri.com/jmmr.html">Journal of Management and Marketing Research</a>. Author Tarique Hossain included data from the Consumer Electronics Manufacturing Association on the "observed penetration rate at the end of the 7th year" for all the technologies listed above. Hossain's data didn't include the starting years for these seven-year periods, but I'm assuming they mark the introduction of the boom box in the mid-1970s. That would mean that by the early 1980s, more than 60 percent of American households owned some kind of portable cassette player with speakers attached to it. </p><p>It's worth noting that all five of the fastest-adopted technologies were for the consumption of entertainment not communication or production of media. <br /></p><p><img src="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/mt/assets/science/assets_c/2011/04/radioraheem-thumb-600x397-46630.jpg" height="330" width="500" /></p></div>
</blockquote><div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/03/guess-whats-the-fastest-adopted-gadget-of-the-last-50-years/254948/">theatlantic.com</a></div>
<p>I am completely surprised by this.</p></div>
Best Song Ever Made
2012-03-23T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2012/03/23/best-song-ever-made
<iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/RUaYbfKZIiA?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe><p /><div><i>thanks <a href="http://twitter.com/eddanger">eddanger</a>!</i></div>
How To Find Waldo With Mathematica
2012-03-22T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2012/03/22/how-to-find-waldo-with-mathematica
<div>[[posterous-content:kfmw5danhFJwuHZbQBWj]]</div><p /><div>And he found Waldo!</div><p /><p /><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8479058/how-do-i-find-waldo-with-mathematica/8479757#8479757">http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8479058/how-do-i-find-waldo-with-mathematica/8479757#8479757</a>
Flying Robots Deliver Tacos To Your Location
2012-03-22T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2012/03/22/flying-robots-deliver-tacos-to-your-location
<blockquote type="cite"><a href="http://tacocopter.com/">[[posterous-content:0H8Re0A5ZhYFvztFRxcH]]</a><br /><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style=""> </span><a href="http://tacocopter.com/">http://tacocopter.com/</a></div></blockquote><p /><div>For the love of everything that is good and meaningful in this world, this is the single most important invention ever created.</div><p /><div>This beats sterilization, the internet, the plow, even the <a href="http://www.flowbee.com">flowbee</a>.</div>
The Best Video on How To Peel an Orange Ever
2012-03-20T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2012/03/20/the-best-video-on-how-to-peel-an-orange-ever
:O <p /> <iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/K6BIQ_eUAUk?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe>
So this happened… #monome #lego
2012-03-19T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2012/03/19/so-this-happened-monome-lego
[[posterous-content:4nq9sB0IXQg9Wdy07uWy]]<p /><div>Assuming horizontal lego 'units' are 8mm, this might actually work! \o/</div>
me: '$ make' computer:
2012-03-19T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2012/03/19/me-make-computer-
<p><img src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/567408/%3Ab%3A/jet_o_GIFSoupcom.gif" alt="" /></p>
You can tell monopoly is an old game…
2012-03-17T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2012/03/17/you-can-tell-monopoly-is-an-old-game-
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Posterous Acquired by Twitter
2012-03-16T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2012/03/16/posterous-acquired-by-twitter
<p>More info <a href="http://blog.posterous.com/big-news">here</a></p>
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<p>[[posterous-content:KIKVCHD5u7TyCrhjQCLY]]</p>
Invisible Children co-founder detained by police; charity made 'KONY 2012' video
2012-03-16T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2012/03/16/invisible-children-co-founder-detained-by-police-charity-made-kony-2012-video
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<blockquote><div><div style=""><img src="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/120316-jason-russell-130p.photoblog600.jpg" height="600" alt="" width="416" /><p>Brendan Mcdermid / Reuters</p><div><p>Jason Russell, co-founder of and director of "Kony 2012" viral video campaign, was detained by San Diego police</p></div></div><div>By NBC News and msnbc.com staff</div><p>SAN DIEGO – A co-founder of Invisible Children, the group behind the “KONY 2012” video on alleged atrocities by an African warlord, was detained for being drunk in public and masturbating, according to the San Diego Police Department.</p><p>Jason Russell, was taken into custody after he was found masturbating in public, vandalizing cars and possibly under the influence of something, said Lt. Andra Brown, <a href="http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/jason-russell-san-diego-invisible-children-kony-2012-142970255.html">NBCSanDiego.com reported</a>.</p>
<p>Russell is one of the the founders responsible for the "KONY 2012" video that went viral last week. He is described on the organization's website as a co-founder and "our grand storyteller and dreamer." Russell is also described as a Christian and father to two children who wants to have nine more children with his wife he calls his "best friend for over 23 years."</p>
</div></blockquote><div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/16/10721745-report-invisible-children-co-founder-detained-by-police-charity-made-kony-2012-video">usnews.msnbc.msn.com</a></div>
<p>This is internet gold.</p></div>
Vancover Maker Faire Fundraiser Party @ Museum of Vancouver Tonight @ 5.30-9.30 (now with more flying octopus) !
2012-03-15T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2012/03/15/vancover-maker-faire-fundraiser-party-museum-of-vancouver-tonight-5-30-9-30-now-with-more-flying-octopus-
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<div>There will be food and drinks, as well as an auction full of Amazing and Wonderful Things donated by Makers across the lower mainland (I myself am donating two virgin furbies w/ circuit bending instructions and wisdom, bid away!). </div>
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<div>I will also be playing some ambient chamber music with buttons and doing some sweet kinect visuals for the event. Here's a teaser:</div>
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<p><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/38489803?portrait=0" frameborder="0" height="283" width="500"></iframe></p>
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<div>and a link to <a href="http://makerfairevanmov.eventbrite.com/">the event</a>,</div>
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<div>and location:</div>
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<div><iframe scrolling="no" marginheight="0" class="google-map" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=museum+of+vancouver&hl=en&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=55.937499,114.169922&hq=museum+of+vancouver&t=m&output=embed" frameborder="0" height="400" width="500"></iframe><br />
<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=museum+of+vancouver&hl=en&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=55.937499,114.169922&hq=museum+of+vancouver&t=m&source=embed">View Larger Map</a><br />
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<div>and original <a href="http://vancouver.makerfaire.ca/support-vancouver-mini-maker-faire-at-our-fundraising-extravaganza/">blog post</a>.</div>
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Happy π day everybody!
2012-03-14T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2012/03/14/happy-π-day-everybody-
<div>[[posterous-content:Ng1LShrQqwLbAQueid6S]]</div><p />Not to be mistaken for the infinitely more amazing τ.
Helen Keller, Anne Sullivan, Mark Twain, and Laurence Hutton. 1902
2012-03-12T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2012/03/12/helen-keller-anne-sullivan-mark-twain-and-laurence-hutton-1902
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How TED Makes Ideas Smaller
2012-03-11T00:00:00-08:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2012/03/11/how-ted-makes-ideas-smaller
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<p>In 1874, the inventor Lewis Miller and the Methodist bishop John Heyl Vincent <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chautauqua">founded a camp for Sunday school teachers</a> near Chautauqua, New York. Two years later, Vincent reinstated the camp, training a collection of teachers in an outdoor summer school. Soon, what had started as an ad-hoc instructional course had become a movement: Secular versions of the outdoor schools, colloquially known as "Chautauquas," began springing up throughout the country, giving rise to an educational circuit featuring lectures and other performances by the intellectuals of the day.</p>
<p>William Jennings Bryan, a frequent presenter at the Chautauquas, <a href="http://sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu/traveling-culture/essay.htm">called</a> the circuit a "potent human factor in molding the mind of the nation." Teddy Roosevelt <a href="http://sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu/traveling-culture/essay.htm">deemed</a> it "the most American thing in America." </p>
<p>At the same time, Sinclair Lewis <a href="http://sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu/traveling-culture/essay.htm">argued</a>, the Chautauqua was "nothing but wind and chaff and ... the laughter of yokels" -- an event, Gregory Mason <a href="http://sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu/traveling-culture/essay.htm">had it</a>, that was "infinitely easier than trying to think" and that was (<a href="http://sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu/traveling-culture/essay.htm">said</a> William James) "depressing from its mediocrity."</p>
<p>The more things change, I guess. Compare those conflicted responses to the Chautauqua to the ones leveled at our current incarnation of the highbrow-yet-democratized lecture circuit: TED, the "<a href="http://www.ted.com/">Technology, Entertainment, and Design</a>" conference. TED is, per contemporary commentators, both "<a href="http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2012/03/ted-and-meta-ted/">an aspirational peak for the thinking set</a>" and "<a href="http://www.thedaily.com/page/2012/03/03/030312-opinions-oped-ted-bump-1-2/">a McDonald's dishing out servings of Chicken Soup for the Soul</a>." It is both "<a href="http://nymag.com/print/?/news/features/ted-conferences-2012-3/index1.html">the official event of digitization</a>" and "<a href="http://thenewinquiry.com/essays/against-ted/">a parody of itself</a>." </p>
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<p>One matter on which there seems to be no disagreement: <a href="http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2012/03/ted-and-meta-ted/">TED, today, can make you a star</a>. </p><p>TED is a private event that faces the public through its 18-minute-long TED talks -- <a href="http://blog.ted.com/2011/06/27/tedtalks-5-years-and-500-million-served/">viewed over 500 million times</a> since they were first put online, wonderfully free of charge, <a href="http://nymag.com/print/?/news/features/ted-conferences-2012-3/">in the summer of 2006</a>. It has pioneered the return of the lecture format in an age that would seem to make that format obsolete. And in converting itself from an exclusive conference to an open platform, TED has become something else, too: one of the most institutionalized systems we have for idea-dissemination in the digital age. To express an idea in the form of a TED talk (and: <a href="http://thenewinquiry.com/essays/against-ted/">to sell an idea in the form of a TED talk</a>) is one of the ultimate validations the bustling, chaotic marketplace of ideas can bestow upon one of its denizens. A TED-talked idea is a validated idea. It is, in its way, peer-reviewed.<br /></p><p>But the ideas spread through TED, of course, aren't just ideas; they're branded ideas. Packaged ideas. They are ideas stamped not just with the imprimatur of the TED conference and all (the good! the bad! the magical! the miraculous!) that it represents; they're defined as well -- and more directly -- by the person, which is to say the persona, of the speaker who presents them. It's not just "the filter bubble"; it's <a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/eli_pariser_beware_online_filter_bubbles.html">Eli Pariser on the filter bubble</a>. It's not just the power of introversion in an extrovert-optimized world; it's <a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/susan_cain_the_power_of_introverts.html">Susan Cain on the power of introversion</a>. And <a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/seth_godin_on_the_tribes_we_lead.html">Seth Godin on digital tribes</a>. And <a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/malcolm_gladwell_on_spaghetti_sauce.html">Malcolm Gladwell on spaghetti sauce marketing</a>. And <a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/chris_anderson_of_wired_on_tech_s_long_tail.html">Chris Anderson on the long tail</a>.</p>
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It wasn't until the the printed book came along that ideas could be both contained and mass-produced -- and then converted, through that paradox, into commodities.</blockquote>
<p>For a platform that sells itself as a manifestation of digital possibility, this approach is surprisingly anachronistic. (Even, you might say, Chautauquan.) In the past, sure, we have insistently associated ideas with the people who first articulated them. <i>Darwin's</i> theory of evolution. <i>Einstein's</i> theory of relativity. Cartesian dualism. Jungian psychology. And on and on and on. (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%B6bius_strip">Möbius'</a> strip!) Big ideas have their origin myths, and, historically, those myths have involved the assumption of singular epiphany and individual enlightenment. </p><p>But: We live in a world of increasingly <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/01/what-the-internet-means-for-how-we-think-about-the-world/250934/">networked knowledge</a>. And it's a world that allows us to appreciate what has always been true: that new ideas are never sprung, fully formed, from the heads of the inventors who articulate them, but are always -- <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Where-Good-Ideas-Come-Innovation/dp/1594487715">always</a> -- the result of discourse and interaction and, in the broadest sense, conversation. The author-ized idea, claimed and owned and bought and sold, has been, it's worth remembering, an accident of technology. Before print came along, ideas were conversational and free-wheeling and collective and, in a very real sense, "spreadable." It wasn't until Gutenberg that ideas could be both contained and mass-produced -- and then converted, through that paradox, into commodities. TED's notion of "ideas worth spreading" -- the implication being that spreading is itself a work of hierarchy and curation -- has its origins in a print-based world of bylines and copyrights. It insists that ideas are, in the digital world, what they have been in the analog: packagable and ownable and claimable.</p>
<p>A TED talk, at this point, is the cultural equivalent of a patent: a private claim to a public concept. With the speaker, himself, becoming the manifestation of the idea. And so: In the name of spreading a concept, the talk ends up narrowing it. <i>Pariser's </i>filter bubble. <i>Anderson's</i> long tail. We talk often about the need for narrative in making abstract concepts relatable to mass audiences; what TED has done so elegantly, though, is to replace narrative in that equation with personality. The relatable idea, TED insists, is the personal idea. It is the performative idea. It is the idea that strides onstage and into a spotlight, ready to become a star.</p><p><br /></p>
<small><em></em></small><p><em>Image: Wisconsin governor Robert LaFollette addressing a Chautauqua, via the <a href="http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/cph.3b22394/">Library of Congress</a>.</em></p><p><em>
</em></p></div></blockquote><div class="posterous_quote_citation"><em>via <a href="http://m.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/03/how-ted-makes-ideas-smaller/253994/">m.theatlantic.com</a></em></div>
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Music To Hack To Fridays: Autechre - M62
2012-03-09T00:00:00-08:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2012/03/09/music-to-hack-to-fridays-autechre-m62
<iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/a4KGxDi-jvk?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe>
Smart
2012-03-08T00:00:00-08:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2012/03/08/smart
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Glitch Jazz Wednesdays - Saltwater Samurai
2012-03-07T00:00:00-08:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2012/03/07/glitch-jazz-wednesdays-saltwater-samurai
<p><iframe src="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/album=1773445547/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=BC7134/transparent=true/" frameborder="0" height="100" style="display: block; height: 100px;" width="400"><a href="http://saltwatersamurai.bandcamp.com/album/battered">Battered by Saltwater Samurai</a></iframe><p /></p>
<div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://saltwatersamurai.bandcamp.com/">saltwatersamurai.bandcamp.com</a></div>
Oh god why?!!? #skrillex
2012-03-06T00:00:00-08:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2012/03/06/oh-god-why-skrillex
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The Books - Tokyo - The Lemon of Pink
2012-03-05T00:00:00-08:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2012/03/05/the-books-tokyo-the-lemon-of-pink
Gorgeous <p /> <iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/3wVhWcpZpac?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe>
Music homies @ootini and @Irezicle featured on debut @soundcloud series 'SoundCloud Speaks' - listen to it NOW #awesome #music
2012-03-02T00:00:00-08:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2012/03/02/music-homies-ootini-and-irezicle-featured-on-debut-soundcloud-series-soundcloud-speaks-listen-to-it-now-awesome-music
<iframe scrolling="no" src="http://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F38352808&show_artwork=true" frameborder="no" height="166" width="100%"></iframe> <p /> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://soundcloud.com/community-team/soundcloud-speaks-001-disquiet">soundcloud.com</a></div>
Compositing With After Effects #myloins
2012-02-29T00:00:00-08:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2012/02/29/compositing-with-after-effects-myloins
<p><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/36092192?portrait=0" frameborder="0" height="283" width="500"></iframe></p>
this 8-bit life - Stream Da Chip, a Collection of Daft Punk Chiptune Covers
2012-02-22T00:00:00-08:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2012/02/22/this-8-bit-life-stream-da-chip-a-collection-of-daft-punk-chiptune-covers
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<p><span><span><img src="http://this8bitlife.com/storage/dachip2cover.png?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1329951978913" height="384" alt="" width="384" /></span></span> </p>
<p>So the second collection of Daft Punk chiptune covers, Da Chip, is up online and freely available to download or stream. And yes it is every bit as awesome as you would expect. Hit <a href="http://www.dachip.com/download.html">this link to download</a> the albums from the website or stream the new one right from this post! </p>
<p>Be sure to let us know what you thought about the covers. Enjoy!</p>
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</div></blockquote><div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://this8bitlife.com/this-8-bit-life/2012/2/22/stream-da-chip-a-collection-of-daft-punk-chiptune-covers.html">this8bitlife.com</a></div>
<p>:D</p></div>
Let's all take this time and watch Worf get denied for 15 minutes
2012-02-22T00:00:00-08:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2012/02/22/let-s-all-take-this-time-and-watch-worf-get-denied-for-15-minutes
<iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/edflm7Hh3hs?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe><p /> Because it's so funny!
How to Remove Your Google Search History Before Google's New Privacy Policy Takes Effect
2012-02-22T00:00:00-08:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2012/02/22/how-to-remove-your-google-search-history-before-google-s-new-privacy-policy-takes-effect
<span style="line-height: 14px;">From <a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/02/how-remove-your-google-search-history-googles-new-privacy-policy-takes-effect#">eff.org</a>:</span><div style="line-height: 14px;"><blockquote type="cite"><p /><div class="panel-pane pane-entity-field pane-node-body" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font: inherit;"><div class="pane-content" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font: inherit;"><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden" style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font: inherit; clear: both;"><div class="field-items" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font: inherit;"><div class="field-item even" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font: inherit;"><p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.3em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font: inherit; line-height: 21px;">On March 1st, Google will implement its new, unified <a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/updating-our-privacy-policies-and-terms.html" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font: inherit; color: rgb(204, 0, 0); text-decoration: none;">privacy policy</a>, which will affect data Google has collected on you prior to March 1st as well as data it collects on you in the future. Until now, your Google Web History (your Google searches and sites visited) was cordoned off from Google's other products. This protection was especially important because search data can reveal particularly sensitive information about you, including facts about your location, interests, age, sexual orientation, religion, health concerns, and more. If you want to keep Google from combining your Web History with the data they have gathered about you in their other products, such as YouTube or Google Plus, you may want to remove all items from your Web History and stop your Web History from being recorded in the future.</p><p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.3em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font: inherit; line-height: 21px;">Here's how you can do that:</p><p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.3em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font: inherit; line-height: 21px;">1. Sign into your Google account.</p><p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.3em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font: inherit; line-height: 21px;">[[posterous-content:N2TFiLJ245MuytKSVNNA]]</p><p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.3em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font: inherit; line-height: 21px;">2. Go to <a href="https://www.google.com/history">https://www.google.com/history</a></p><p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.3em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font: inherit; line-height: 21px;">[[posterous-content:P82bqtbItafSwW51Tajn]]</p><p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.3em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font: inherit; line-height: 21px;">3. Click "remove all Web History."</p><p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.3em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font: inherit; line-height: 21px;">[[posterous-content:0zc1yINb8AhS46F193V8]]</p><p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.3em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font: inherit; line-height: 21px;">4. Click "ok."</p><p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.3em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font: inherit; line-height: 21px;">[[posterous-content:ywnIwgqzUsm6KYyl2gXH]]</p><p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.3em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font: inherit; line-height: 21px;">Note that removing your Web History also pauses it. Web History will remain off until you enable it again.</p><p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.3em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font: inherit; line-height: 21px;">If you have several Google accounts, you will need to do this for each of them.</p></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><p /></div>
let's do this
2012-02-21T00:00:00-08:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2012/02/21/let-s-do-this
<p>[[posterous-content:jAmqIhCBjfclmvugdnph]]</p>
GuitarGlitch
2012-02-20T00:00:00-08:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2012/02/20/guitarglitch
<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/13326859?portrait=0" frameborder="0" height="283" width="500"></iframe>
funktronic3000 game - Amazing Indie Circuit Music Game
2012-02-20T00:00:00-08:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2012/02/20/funktronic3000-game-amazing-indie-circuit-music-game
<div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry">
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<div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.indiedb.com/games/funktronic3000/#2786558">indiedb.com</a></div>
<p>I'd buy that for a dollar!</p>
</div>
Beats on the Street - Episode 05
2012-02-19T00:00:00-08:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2012/02/19/beats-on-the-street-episode-05
<p><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/8dW79isUzZw?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe><p /> Sick.</p>
kitty wub wub
2012-02-18T00:00:00-08:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2012/02/18/kitty-wub-wub
<p><a href="https://vimeo.com/36820781#"><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/36820781?portrait=0" frameborder="0" height="283" width="500"></iframe></a></p>
<p />
<div><em>thanks Debbie!</em></div>
Music to hack to Kelpe - Petrified #glitch
2012-02-17T00:00:00-08:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2012/02/17/music-to-hack-to-kelpe-petrified-glitch
<iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ZtwYP_1isrI?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe>
Xcode, GCC, and Homebrew
2012-02-16T00:00:00-08:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2012/02/16/xcode-gcc-and-homebrew
<div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry">
<blockquote><div>
<p>Several months ago, I got fed up with having to download Xcode to build my software.
I took the Xcode installer, ripped out all of the parts I didn't need, and made a nice
installer for GCC. It ended up being ~200MB in size. It took 2 minutes to download.</p>
<p><a href="https://github.com/kennethreitz/osx-gcc-installer/">OSX-GCC-Installer</a> was born. Perfect.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, I couldn't include the 10.6/7 SDKs due to licensing restrictions.
These SDKs include CoreAudio, CoreData, OpenGL, and more. Most software that isn't build
specifically for OSX would build perfectly. Unfortunately, some software added some
needless system dependencies, though (I'm looking at you, Node).</p>
<p>I stuck it up on GitHub, and much to my delight, it became a pretty bit hit.
It solved a lot of headaches for a lot of people.</p>
<p>Today, the project has 1319 watchers on GitHub and has been downloaded 33,200 times.
That's <strong>8.3 Terabytes</strong> of transfer. Thanks, GitHub, for the
generous hosting.</p>
<p>Homebrew did their best to support the project, but the official stance was "if
you buy a Mac, you buy the whole package", pointing everyone to install full Xcode
if they had any problems. Far from ideal, but I was content.</p>
<div>
<h3>Apple's Interest</h3>
<p>Meanwhile, Apple reached out to me to discuss some details about OSX-GCC-Installer.
They took an interest in shipping something official, but they weren't sure of the proper
approach to take to support projects like Homebrew.</p>
<p>I hopped on the phone, explained the specific needs of Homebrew, the restrictions
with the proprietary headers and licensing, and what the ideal situation would be.</p>
<p>Months passed and I didn't hear anything. Until today.</p>
</div>
<div>
<h3>Command Line Tools for Xcode</h3>
<p>Today, Apple added a beautiful new package to their official developer tools suite:
<strong>Command Line Tools for Xcode</strong>. It's a 171 MB download that includes all of the
tools a Homebrew should ever need. Best of all, it contains the proprietary
headers that I couldn't ship myself.</p>
<p>You can <a href="http://developer.apple.com/downloads">download and try it out</a> today.
All you need is a free Apple ID.</p>
<p>Major props to Apple, and a very special thanks to the Product Manager of Xcode,
<a href="https://twitter.com/timtr">Tim Triemstra</a>, for making this happen.</p>
</div>
<div>
<h3>The Future</h3>
<p>This is an incredible day for the Homebrew community.
You can now setup a complete OS X develop environment with a single 171.7 MB package download.
It's official. It's legal. It'll be maintained.</p>
<p>Homebrew is going to officially support the package too.</p>
<p>Max Howell:</p>
<blockquote>
To stave off further questions, yes, you can use the "Command Line Tools for Xcode" package with Homebrew. And we will support it.</blockquote>
<p>Mike McQuaid:</p>
<blockquote class="posterous_short_quote">
We will recommend you don't use Xcode from the App Store but instead the command-line-tools package (which can also be installed from inside of Xcode and lives happily alongside it).</blockquote>
<p>Open source is incredible.</p>
</div>
</div></blockquote>
<div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://kennethreitz.com/xcode-gcc-and-homebrew.html">kennethreitz.com</a></div>
<p>This is some amazing news. Absolutely amazing.</p></div>
CeilingVic @ToewsVic #TellVicEverything
2012-02-16T00:00:00-08:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2012/02/16/ceilingvic-toewsvic-tellviceverything
[[posterous-content:AnLdCLy1pXKJAAUY3i7A]]
Apple Gatekeeper: A twist of irony no?
2012-02-16T00:00:00-08:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2012/02/16/apple-gatekeeper-a-twist-of-irony-no-
Funny how things come full circle no? <p /> <iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/YOx-lsaAfSo?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe><p /> Apple Gatekeeper is going to require all apps to register with Apple. This whitelist approach is reminiscent of the iOS app approval model, which is closed and stifling. <p /> It seems like the next OS after Mountain Lion is going to be the one that will cause me to abandon the Apple platform all together. Windows has and always will be garbage, so that means Linux is going to need to find a way to attract more UX/UI designers and start using vector fonts before I am forced re-learn the abacus.
New Paulstretch (of 800% slower justin bieber fame) OS X build release!
2012-02-15T00:00:00-08:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2012/02/15/new-paulstretch-of-800-slower-justin-bieber-fame-os-x-build-release-
<div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry">
<blockquote><div>
<p></p><p><a href="http://music.cornwarning.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/stretchy.jpg"><img title="stretchy" src="http://music.cornwarning.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/stretchy-300x199.jpg" height="199" alt="" width="300" /></a></p><p>As software projects go, PaulStretch is rather a shadowy enigma. Since I did the initial Mac OS X port, I’ve had very, very sporadic communications with the author <a href="http://hypermammut.sourceforge.net/paulstretch/">Nasca Octavian Paul</a> about it.</p>
<p>Then there’s the issue of versioning. Paul started a <a href="https://github.com/paulnasca/paulstretch_cpp">github repository</a>, but it hasn’t been updated since March. It’s currently at version 2.2.2, but the only difference between 2.2-2 and 2.2-1 is that the version number it reports has changed.</p>
<p>At any rate, today I did a new build which is 1) OS X 10.6 (forward compatible with Lion, but perhaps not backwards compatible to Leopard or Tiger) 2) Up to date build, incorporating all of Paul’s changes. I also spent some time playing with it to make sure it works properly.</p>
<p>You can download it here: <a href="http://www.cornwarning.com/xfer/PaulStretch-2.2.2-OSX-10.6.dmg">http://www.cornwarning.com/xfer/PaulStretch-2.2.2-OSX-10.6.dmg</a></p>
<p>It also has the latest refinements of the build scripts used to build PaulStretch from source. I use <a href="http://www.cmake.org/">CMake</a>, which is <a href="http://www.kitware.com">Kitware’s</a> cross-platform build tool. CMake keeps getting smarter, and my CMake recipe for PaulStretch will download all the prerequisite libraries, build them, and then download the PaulStretch source, build it, and generate an Apple App Bundle.</p>
<p>And CMake really is cross-platform — the same build recipe will work unmodified on Linux (which I have tested) and possibly on Windows (which I haven’t tried).</p>
<p>If you still have a PowerPC Mac, you can try using <a href="http://www.cornwarning.com/xfer/PaulStretch-OSX-PPC.dmg">http://www.cornwarning.com/xfer/PaulStretch-OSX-PPC.dmg</a> which a friend of mine built, but it isn’t the most recent version of PaulStretch.</p>
</div></blockquote><div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://music.cornwarning.com/2011/12/07/new-paulstretch-os-x-build/">music.cornwarning.com</a></div>
<p>I'm more excited than a schoolgirl in a taffy store. And so should you.</p></div>
Wolfram|Alpha Pro Time
2012-02-08T00:00:00-08:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2012/02/08/wolfram-alpha-pro-time
<div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry">
<blockquote><div>
<div>Posted by</div>
<div><a href="http://blog.wolframalpha.com/author/stephenwolfram/" title="Posts by Stephen Wolfram">Stephen Wolfram</a></div>
<p>Today I’m excited to be able to announce the launch of <a href="http://www.wolframalpha.com/pro" target="_self">Wolfram|Alpha Pro</a>—the biggest single step in the development of Wolfram|Alpha since its original introduction.<span></span></p>
<p><img title="Wolfram|Alpha Pro" src="http://blog.stephenwolfram.com/data/uploads/2012/02/mainpro.png" height="101" alt="Wolfram|Alpha Pro" width="500" style="border: 0px;" /></p>
<p>Over the two and a half years since we first launched, <a href="http://www.wolframalpha.com" target="_self">Wolfram|Alpha</a> has been growing rapidly in content and capabilities. But today’s introduction of Wolfram|Alpha Pro in effect adds a whole new model for interacting with Wolfram|Alpha—and brings all sorts of fundamentally new and remarkable capabilities.</p>
<p>Starting today, everyone has access to Wolfram|Alpha Pro at <a href="http://www.wolframalpha.com">wolframalpha.com</a>. Unlike the “tourist” version of Wolfram|Alpha, though, you have to log in, and, yes, to get full capabilities there’s a subscription ($4.99/month, or $2.99/month for students). (Right now, you can try it for free with a <a href="http://www.wolframalpha.com/pro" target="_self">trial subscription</a>.)</p>
<p>So, what does Wolfram|Alpha Pro do?</p>
<p><img title="Wolfram|Alpha Pro features" src="http://blog.stephenwolfram.com/data/uploads/2012/02/features-1.png" height="202" alt="Wolfram|Alpha Pro features" width="500" style="border: 0px;" /></p>
<p>There are some big things here. But at the level of the Wolfram|Alpha interface, they’re just summarized by little icons.</p>
<p>Let’s talk first about output. Once you’ve logged in, you have access to your history, and you can define favorites. You can also set preferences, like what location Wolfram|Alpha should assume, or what unit system you want to use. And you can do things like change the overall size of Wolfram|Alpha output.</p>
<p>As soon as you mouse over a Wolfram|Alpha output pod, you’ll immediately see:</p>
<p><img title="Wolfram|Alpha Pro output options" src="http://blog.stephenwolfram.com/data/uploads/2012/02/output-overlay1.png" height="81" alt="Wolfram|Alpha Pro output options" style="border: 0px;" width="500" /></p>
<p><img title="Zoom" src="http://blog.stephenwolfram.com/data/uploads/2012/02/icon-zoom.png" height="15" alt="Zoom" width="16" style="border: 0px;" /> (or, actually, clicking almost anywhere in the pod) does something very simple, but useful: it gives you an enlarged version of the pod, so you can for example see all the details of elaborate plots.</p>
<p><img title="Customize" src="http://blog.stephenwolfram.com/data/uploads/2012/02/customize.png" height="131" alt="Customize" width="161" style="border: 0px; float: right;" /><img title="Customize" src="http://blog.stephenwolfram.com/data/uploads/2012/02/icon-customize.png" height="12" alt="Customize" width="16" style="border: 0px;" /> does something a lot of people have asked for: lets you customize output from Wolfram|Alpha, and get it in various formats—so you can put it directly into your presentation, or whatever.</p>
<p>Another much-requested capability, accessed with <img title="Data download" src="http://blog.stephenwolfram.com/data/uploads/2012/02/icon-datadownload.png" height="15" alt="Data download" width="15" style="border: 0px;" />, is being able to download the raw data behind a Wolfram|Alpha output—say as a spreadsheet or the like.</p>
<p><img title="Data download" src="http://blog.stephenwolfram.com/data/uploads/2012/02/datadownload1.png" height="217" alt="Data download" style="border: 0px;" width="500" /></p>
<p>(Needless to say, spreadsheets can’t faithfully represent the full breadth of data, units, etc. that Wolfram|Alpha generates, so Wolfram|Alpha Pro uses tricks like having separate sheets for “Raw Data” and “Formatted Data”.)</p>
<p>When one says “downloading data”, one might think just of data behind tables and plots. But Wolfram|Alpha Pro can download all sorts of other data too: 3D geometry data (say to use for a modeling program or a 3D printer), sound data, graph connectivity data, molecular specification data, etc.—in altogether more than <a href="http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/pro/downloadexamples/" target="_self">60 formats</a>.</p>
<p>In addition to handling material in individual pods, Wolfram|Alpha also lets you download a complete output page as PDF—or CDF.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.wolfram.com/cdf" target="_self">CDF (Computable Document Format)</a> is the format that we introduced last year to let people create documents containing computations. It’s already gaining a lot of momentum in areas like textbooks and interactive reports. But now CDF is also part of Wolfram|Alpha Pro.</p>
<p>In all sorts of output pods, there’ll be a button labeled “Enable interactivity”. Click it and the pod will turn into CDF, that you can immediately interact with.</p>
<p>At a basic level, you’ll be able to resize any graphic, and rotate 3D graphics. But many kinds of graphics and other outputs will also sprout controls that let you directly modify and interact with them. (Often there’s a “More controls” section that opens out to give lots of additional controls.) And because CDF computation is done locally on your computer, the interaction is typically very zippy.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=sin(x+y)"><img title="Sin(x y)" src="http://blog.stephenwolfram.com/data/uploads/2012/02/cdf1.png" height="575" alt="Sin(x y)" width="500" style="border: 0px;" /></a></p><p></p>
<p>An interesting feature of CDF in Wolfram|Alpha Pro is that it effectively lets you create interactive programs directly from free-form linguistic input. You can tell Wolfram|Alpha to animate with respect to some variable, or somesuch, and it’ll generate a CDF that does that.</p>
<p>So there are all sorts of new things associated with output in Wolfram|Alpha Pro. But what about input?</p>
<p>Right below the main input box there’s a row of icons. Each of them brings out a “tray” for some special kind of input.</p>
<p><img title="Icons in the tray" src="http://blog.stephenwolfram.com/data/uploads/2012/02/icons-in-tray1.png" height="73" alt="Icons in the tray" style="border: 0px;" width="500" /></p>
<p><img title="Keyboard" src="http://blog.stephenwolfram.com/data/uploads/2012/02/icon-keyboard1.png" height="12" alt="Keyboard" style="border: 0px;" width="19" /> gives a special character keyboard, modeled after the soft keyboards that exist in Wolfram|Alpha mobile apps.</p>
<p><img title="Wolfram|Alpha Pro keyboard" src="http://blog.stephenwolfram.com/data/uploads/2012/02/keyboard.png" height="243" alt="Wolfram|Alpha Pro keyboard" width="500" style="border: 0px;" /></p>
<p>The other icons all relate to a big idea of Wolfram|Alpha Pro. With ordinary Wolfram|Alpha and its free-form linguistics, we’ve really opened up the kind of textual input that you expect a computer to be able to handle. But a big idea of Wolfram|Alpha is to go still further, and to allow input that isn’t text at all.</p>
<p><img title="Image" src="http://blog.stephenwolfram.com/data/uploads/2012/02/icon-image.png" height="13" alt="Image" width="17" style="border: 0px;" /> lets you give an image as input.</p>
<p><img title="Image input" src="http://blog.stephenwolfram.com/data/uploads/2012/02/image1.png" height="427" alt="Image input" style="border: 0px;" width="500" /></p>
<p>Once you’ve got the image in, it’ll be indicated by a little yellow box in the Wolfram|Alpha input field. And if you just hit Enter, Wolfram|Alpha Pro will do an automatic analysis of your image.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=+&examplefile=1&fileinput=ImageInput%2FQuinSconce.png"><img title="QuinSconce.png" src="http://blog.stephenwolfram.com/data/uploads/2012/02/ImageAsInput-2.png" height="617" alt="QuinSconce.png" width="500" style="border: 0px;" /></a></p><p></p>
<p>There’s some general analysis that always gets done, but a lot of the analysis depends on your image. If there’s text in the image, it’ll get OCR’d. If there are separate components, they’ll be identified. And so on.</p>
<p>But in addition to purely automatic analysis, you can tell Wolfram|Alpha Pro what to do with your image, just using standard free-form linguistics. In a sense, Wolfram|Alpha Pro is a direct beneficiary of the very powerful image handling capabilities that were added in recent versions of <a href="http://www.wolfram.com/mathematica" target="_self"><em>Mathematica</em></a>. But the end result is that it’s able to do a very large range of image processing and image analysis—both “Photoshop-style”, and of a type usually seen only in specialized, expensive, image processing systems.</p>
<p>Particularly powerful is combining image upload with CDF—and getting interactive interfaces for image processing.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=gradient+filter+with+radius+x&examplefile=1&fileinput=ImageInput%2FQuinSconce.png"><img title="QuinSconce.png gradient filter with radius x" src="http://blog.stephenwolfram.com/data/uploads/2012/02/image3b.png" height="454" alt="QuinSconce.png gradient filter with radius x" style="border: 0px;" width="500" /></a></p><p></p>
<p>So what about other kinds of files? Well, Wolfram|Alpha Pro can handle <a href="http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/pro/downloadexamples/" target="_self">about 60 types</a>.</p>
<p><img title="File types supported by Wolfram|Alpha Pro" src="http://blog.stephenwolfram.com/data/uploads/2012/02/fileupload1.png" height="439" alt="File types supported by Wolfram|Alpha Pro" width="500" style="border: 0px;" /></p>
<p>In each case, it can do general automatic analysis of what’s in the file. And you can specifically tell it what you want to do. For different types of files, the results are very different. Like here’s the result of uploading a sound file:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=+&examplefile=1&fileinput=FileUpload%2FLogisticMapBifurcation.flac"><img title="LogisticMapBifurcation.flac" src="http://blog.stephenwolfram.com/data/uploads/2012/02/fileupload-audio.png" height="804" alt="LogisticMapBifurcation.flac" width="500" style="border: 0px;" /></a></p><p></p>
<p>And here’s a general analysis of a pure binary file:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=+&examplefile=1&fileinput=FileUpload%2FUnixBinary.bin"><img title="UnixBinary.bin" src="http://blog.stephenwolfram.com/data/uploads/2012/02/fileupload2.png" height="1614" alt="UnixBinary.bin" width="500" style="border: 0px;" /></a></p><p></p>
<p>What about files that contain data? Here’s where it gets even more exciting. And actually the data doesn’t need to be laid out in a spreadsheet or CSV or whatever. <img title="Data input" src="http://blog.stephenwolfram.com/data/uploads/2012/02/icon-datainput.png" height="13" alt="Data input" width="18" style="border: 0px;" /> lets you just copy a <a href="http://www.wolframalpha.com/examples/DataInput.html" target="_self">block of data from anywhere</a>, and feed it to Wolfram|Alpha Pro.</p>
<p>To many people who’ve seen preliminary versions of Wolfram|Alpha Pro, this is then the part that’s most surprising and remarkable: Wolfram|Alpha Pro will automatically analyze the data, and generate a report about it.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=+&examplefile=1&datasetfile=DataInput%2Fcategories-currency"><img title="Categories-currency" src="http://blog.stephenwolfram.com/data/uploads/2012/02/data11.png" height="2363" alt="Categories-currency" style="border: 0px;" width="500" /></a></p><p></p>
<p>The report is completely tailored to the particular data you give—and it can look very different for different kinds of data. Usually, though, it’ll contain some mixture of visualizations and analyses. It’ll have all kinds of charts and graphs and tables—often together with explicit conclusions generated by statistical and other methods.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=+&examplefile=1&datasetfile=DataInput%2Fdates-categories"><img title="Dates-categories" src="http://blog.stephenwolfram.com/data/uploads/2012/02/data41.png" height="1753" alt="Dates-categories" style="border: 0px;" width="500" /></a></p><p></p>
<p>And of course, it’s not just a static report. There are always all sorts of buttons and pull-downs that allow you to drill down, select different options, and so on. But the notion is that when you upload your data to Wolfram|Alpha Pro, it’ll immediately be able to tell you interesting things about it.</p>
<p><img title="Different types of graphs generated with Wolfram|Alpha Pro" src="http://blog.stephenwolfram.com/data/uploads/2012/02/data-graphs.png" height="667" alt="Different types of graphs generated with Wolfram|Alpha Pro" style="border: 0px;" width="500" /></p>
<p>I’ll write more about this elsewhere, but in a sense the concept is to imagine what a good data scientist would do if confronted with your data, then just immediately and automatically do that—and show you the results.</p>
<p>We’re certainly not finished with everything that’s possible, but already in the version of Wolfram|Alpha Pro that we’re releasing today, I think what we can do with data is pretty impressive. Of course, it helps that we can build on all the sophisticated data and statistics-related capabilities that are now built in to <em>Mathematica</em>. And it also helps that we can make use of all the other parts of Wolfram|Alpha.</p>
<p>For example, if you read in data with dates, or units, or place names, or whatever, Wolfram|Alpha Pro is able to call on Wolfram|Alpha’s linguistic capabilities to understand whatever forms were entered. And when it comes to output, Wolfram|Alpha Pro can freely use the built-in knowledge in Wolfram|Alpha. So, for example, it can immediately place on a map cities or countries or whatever given in the data. But what is more, it can use its built-in knowledge to let you do things like automatically normalizing by population.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=+&examplefile=1&datasetfile=DataInput%2Fcountries-currency-numbers"><img title="Countries-currency-number" src="http://blog.stephenwolfram.com/data/uploads/2012/02/population.png" height="400" alt="Countries-currency-number" style="border: 0px;" width="500" /></a></p><p></p>
<p>As everywhere in Wolfram|Alpha, we’re aiming for very broad and deep coverage. We want to implement every method and algorithm that’s relevant to analyzing data, and then we want to apply these automatically whenever and wherever they make sense. Already we’ve got lots of data handling and visualization, lots of standard and not-so-standard statistical methods, and lots of new methods, many original to Wolfram|Alpha Pro.</p>
<p>Taken with the other capabilities of Wolfram|Alpha Pro, it’s all a pretty major extension of ordinary Wolfram|Alpha—supporting a whole new model of using Wolfram|Alpha. In a sense the new capabilities emphasize more than ever the computational nature of Wolfram|Alpha: the ability to do complete, fresh, computations for every query.</p>
<p>We’ve been able to go a remarkably long way with the basic paradigm of ordinary Wolfram|Alpha. But now Wolfram|Alpha Pro dramatically extends this paradigm—and it’s going to be exciting to see all the new things that become conceivable. But for now, I hope that as many people as possible will use Wolfram|Alpha Pro, and will take advantage of the largest single step in the development of Wolfram|Alpha since it was first launched.</p>
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<p>It's Pro Time.</p></div>
Maker Faire Vancouver 2011 by Ben Z Cooper
2012-02-08T00:00:00-08:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2012/02/08/maker-faire-vancouver-2011-by-ben-z-cooper
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<p>Fabulous work by <a href="http://benzcooper.com/" title="benzcooper.com">Ben Z Cooper</a>. He totally captured the energy and awesomeness that was Vancouver Mini Maker Faire 2011. Great way to get amped about this year's event is to watch this on repeat.</p>
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Give The Double Fine Adventure Kickstarter All of You Money Now
2012-02-08T00:00:00-08:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2012/02/08/give-the-double-fine-adventure-kickstarter-all-of-you-money-now
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<div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/66710809/double-fine-adventure">kickstarter.com</a></div>
<p>The people that will make this made all of the greatest games of all time. That is all. You know what to do. Do it now.</p></div>
Good Morning
2012-02-03T00:00:00-08:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2012/02/03/good-morning
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University of Bacon Cooking #UBC
2012-01-29T00:00:00-08:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2012/01/29/university-of-bacon-cooking-ubc
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TIL that The Beatles approached Stanley Kubrick to direct a The Lord of The Rings adaptation starring them
2012-01-29T00:00:00-08:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2012/01/29/til-that-the-beatles-approached-stanley-kubrick-to-direct-a-the-lord-of-the-rings-adaptation-starring-them
<div style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; font-family: sans-serif;"><div style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;">From <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Kubrick's_unrealized_projects#Other_projects">Wikipedia</a>:<br /><blockquote type="cite">When <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien" title="J. R. R. Tolkien" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-color: initial;">J. R. R. Tolkien</a> sold the film rights of <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings" title="The Lord of the Rings" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-color: initial;">The Lord of the Rings</a></i> to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Artists" title="United Artists" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-color: initial;">United Artists</a> in 1969, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-color: initial;">the Beatles</a> considered making a film of it, and approached Kubrick as a possible director, but Kubrick told <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lennon" title="John Lennon" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-color: initial;">John Lennon</a> he thought the novel was unfilmable due to its immensity. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Jackson" title="Peter Jackson" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-color: initial;">Peter Jackson</a>, who later directed <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings_film_trilogy" title="The Lord of the Rings film trilogy" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-color: initial;">The Lord of the Rings film trilogy</a>, states a major factor killing the project was Tolkien's opposition to the Beatles' participation.</blockquote></div><div>You just can't make this stuff up.</div></div>
Canada Is About To Pass Sopa’s Evil Little Brother. Politely. « Dear They #SOPA #PIPA #C11
2012-01-28T00:00:00-08:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2012/01/28/canada-is-about-to-pass-sopa-s-evil-little-brother-politely-dear-they-sopa-pipa-c11
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<p>I’m a Canadian.</p>
<p>We’re a quiet bunch; prone to enjoying hockey, drinking stronger beer than our friends south of the border, and lovers of fries smothered in cheese curds and gravy.</p>
<p>We also, apparently, have an inferiority complex when it comes to being evil dirt bags, because we’ve decided to pass our very own version of SOPA up here.</p>
<p>Only better*</p>
<p>Meet <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_Act_of_Canada#Bill_C-11">Bill-C11</a>. Formerly Bill C-32. (I think they thought if they made the number lower people would care less about it?)</p>
<p>Or as we call it up here; Her Royal Majesty V, Zzzzzzz</p>
<p>We like our politics dry up here.</p>
<p>But, as innocuous as it sounds, C-11 does a whole lot that SOPA did with a few extra twists you might not find in the Wikipedia write-up.</p>
<p>Like your PVR? You can’t keep it under C-11.</p>
<p>Like ripping CDs to your iPod? Say bye-bye.</p>
<p>Hey, do you want to be able to unlock your $500 smartphone and take it to a provider less dedicated to violating your wallet? That won’t be allowed either.</p>
<p>Did you get accused of internet piracy but no evidence has been presented and a trial date hasn’t even been set? Under C-11 your ISP will now be forced to terminate your internet access.</p>
<p>And people say that governments can’t be bought.</p>
<p>We’re not going to get Google or Wikipedia to go dark up here. We don’t have as robust a tech industry to act as a public counterbalance to entertainment industry interests. We have a Prime Minister (that’s French for Dear Leader under the current regime) who doesn’t give a suckling goat what the people think about his policies.</p>
<p>But we do have a lot more recourse in our political system to make politicians pay than our Yankee brethren do. (Yes I know I just insulted everyone south of the Mason Dixon line. I’m sorry. You trying caring about foreign geographical terminology when every person you’ve ever met from a particular country still thinks it’s the height of hilarity to ask if you live in an igloo.) We have things like votes of no confidence that can really bugger up a sitting House member’s day.</p>
<p>So, if you’re Canadian, or you’re friends with a Canadian, or you just really like bacon, click the link at the bottom of this article and share it with as many people as you can.</p>
<p>We can’t afford to lose on this one, Canada.</p>
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<p>And he would know.</p>
<p>*And by better, I mean shockingly, horrifyingly worse.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ccer.ca/canadian-copyright-reform/canadian-copyright-reform-back-with-vengeance/">http://www.ccer.ca/canadian-copyright-reform/canadian-copyright-reform-back-with-vengeance/</a></p>
<p>There are only 14 days left people. Get active.</p>
<p><strong>Updated 10:10 PM Mountain Time</strong></p>
<p>For those who are complaining that C-11 as written isn’t SOPA-like enough to warrant this comparison, please read <a href="http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6257/125/">http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6257/125/</a> before commenting. Things have changed drastically with respect to this bill in the last week; the really ugly stuff (which has been publicly discussed by members of the C-11 committee.) is in the unpublished modifications in the wake of SOPA’s defeat stateside.</p>
<p>More <a href="http://dearthey.com/2012/01/26/a-copyright-quickie-canada-is-about-to-pass-sopas-evil-little-brother-politely#" title="http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/25/bill-c-32-copyright-the-movie/" target="_blank">here</a>, <a href="http://www.webpronews.com/bill-c-11-sopas-canadian-hellspawn-2012-01">here</a> and <a href="http://boingboing.net/2012/01/25/canadas-new-sopa-style-copyr.html">here</a>.</p>
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The Pirate Bay Now Has Category for 3D Printed Designs #thefuture #itson
2012-01-23T00:00:00-08:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2012/01/23/the-pirate-bay-now-has-category-for-3d-printed-designs-thefuture-itson
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<p>We're always trying to foresee the future a bit here at TPB. One of the things that we really know is that we as a society will always share. Digital communication has made that a lot easier and will continue to do so. And after the internets evolutionized data to go from analog to digital, it's time for the next step.</p>
<p>Today most data is born digitally. It's not about the transition from analog to digital anymore. We don't talk about how to rip anything without losing quality since we make perfect 1 to 1 digital copies of things. Music, movies, books, all come from the digital sphere. But we're physical people and we need objects to touch sometimes as well!</p>
<p>We believe that the next step in copying will be made from digital form into physical form. It will be physical objects. Or as we decided to call them: <a href="https://thepiratebay.org/browse/605">Physibles</a>. Data objects that are able (and feasible) to become physical. We believe that things like <a href="http://reprap.org/wiki/RepRap" target="_blank">three dimensional printers</a>, <a href="http://www.makerscanner.com/" target="_blank">scanners</a> and such are just the first step. We believe that in the nearby future you will print your spare sparts for your vehicles. You will download your sneakers within 20 years.</p>
<p>The benefit to society is huge. No more shipping huge amount of products around the world. No more shipping the broken products back. No more child labour. We'll be able to print food for hungry people. We'll be able to share not only a recipe, but the full meal. We'll be able to <em>actually</em> copy that floppy, if we needed one.</p>
<p>We believe that the future of sharing is about physible data. We're thinking of temporarily renaming ourselves to The Product Bay - but we had no graphical artist around to make a logo. In the future, we'll download one.</p>
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It's Coming… #teenageengineering
2012-01-21T00:00:00-08:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2012/01/21/it-s-coming-teenageengineering
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YCRFS 9: Kill Hollywood
2012-01-20T00:00:00-08:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2012/01/20/ycrfs-9-kill-hollywood
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Hollywood appears to have peaked. If it were an ordinary
industry (film cameras, say, or typewriters), it could look forward to a
couple decades of peaceful decline. But this is not an ordinary
industry. The people who run it are so mean and so politically
connected that they could do a lot of damage to civil liberties and
the world economy on the way down. It would therefore be a good
thing if competitors hastened their demise.
</p><p>
That's one reason we want to fund startups that will compete with
movies and TV, but not the main reason. The main reason we want
to fund such startups is not to protect the world from more SOPAs,
but because SOPA brought it to our attention that Hollywood is
dying. They must be dying if they're resorting to such tactics.
If movies and TV were growing rapidly, that growth would take
up all their attention. When a striker is fouled in the penalty
area, he doesn't stop as long as he still has control of the ball;
it's only when he's beaten that he turns to appeal to the ref. SOPA
shows Hollywood is beaten. And yet the audiences to be captured
from movies and TV are still huge. There is a lot of potential
energy to be liberated there.
</p><p>
How do you kill the movie and TV industries? Or more precisely
(since at this level, technological progress is probably predetermined)
what is going to kill them? Mostly not what they like to believe
is killing them, filesharing. What's going to kill movies and TV
is what's already killing them: better ways to entertain people.
So the best way to approach this problem is to ask yourself: what
are people going to do for fun in 20 years instead of what they do
now?
</p><p>
There will be several answers, ranging from new ways to produce and
distribute shows, through new media (e.g. games) that look a lot
like shows but are more interactive, to things (e.g. social sites
and apps) that have little in common with movies and TV except
competing with them for finite audience attention. Some of the
best ideas may initially look like they're serving the movie and
TV industries. Microsoft seemed like a technology supplier to IBM
before eating their lunch, and Google did the same thing to Yahoo.
</p><p>
It would be great if what people did instead of watching shows was
exercise more and spend more time with their friends and families.
Maybe they will. All other things being equal, we'd prefer to hear
about ideas like that. But all other things are decidedly not
equal. Whatever people are going to do for fun in 20 years is
probably predetermined. Winning is more a matter of discovering
it than making it happen. In this respect at least, you can't push
history off its course. You can, however, accelerate it.
</p><p>
What's the most entertaining thing you can build?
</p><p>
</p><p><br />
</p></blockquote><div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://ycombinator.com/rfs9.html">ycombinator.com</a></div>
<p>Despite the fact that many friends and family (almost all of them) make their living off of the entertainment industry, I couldn't agree more. Let's get this done friends.</p></div>
Rio Theatre To Stop Showing Movies Due to Draconian BC Liquor Law
2012-01-20T00:00:00-08:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2012/01/20/rio-theatre-to-stop-showing-movies-due-to-draconian-bc-liquor-law
<div><span style="font-family: arial, verdana, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;">
</span><p><img class="thumbnail" title="Corrine Lea is the owner of the Rio Theatre." src="http://www.vancouversun.com/stop+showing+films/6023194/5611398.bin" border="0" height="280" alt="Corrine Lea is the owner of the Rio Theatre." width="460" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Thursday Corinne Lea of the Rio Theatre told several media outlets she’d finally gotten a liquor primary license for live events at her venue, after waiting several months.</p>
<p>She also thought she would continue to be able to show movies at the Rio, as long as she didn’t sell liquor at the screenings.</p>
<p>But she was wrong.</p>
<p>“She was advised both orally and in writing during the liquor licensing process that she would not be permitted to do that, because the regulations do not permit us to issue a liquor primary [license] to a movie theatre,” said Karen Ayers, general manager of the provincial Liquor Control and Licensing Branch.</p>
<p>A chastened Lea had to sign an extra condition on her license Thursday.</p>
<p>“The province has taken the extra step to put a condition on our license – and that just happened today – that we are not allowed to show films or any type of cinematic screening, anytime, ever,” said Lea, who said she had been “misinformed” by a consultant about showing movies.</p>
<p>“I have signed it, I have agreed to their conditions, because I’m pretty much damned if I do, damned if I don’t. So I have no option but to sign it. And I am no longer going to be showing movies at the Rio Theatre.”</p>
<p>The last film at the theatre will be The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo this Sunday. When the credits roll, it will end 74 years of movies at the East Vancouver theatre, which is at Broadway and Commercial. The Rio will now be a live event venue, and “dark” on the nights when it had planned to show movies.</p>
<p>NDP arts critic Spencer Chandra Herbert thinks the “silly rule” should be changed. He points out several provinces (Ontario, Alberta and Manitoba) allow liquor to be consumed in movie theatres, “and the sky hasn’t fallen down.”</p>
<p>“If people act responsibly and are treated like adults, I don’t think there’s going to be a problem,” Herbert said.</p>
<p>“You can drink in a bowling alley, you can drink at Rogers Arena in a room full of kids, and they don’t seem to have a problem with that.”</p>
<p>The LCCB’s Ayers said that several theatres and theatre chains have in fact approached the government about changing the regulation.</p>
<p>“Cineplex Odeon has approached government requesting government change the regulations to enable movie theatres to be licensed,” she said. “As have a number of other theatres, including the Rio, the Vogue, and the Lido Theatre in Fort St. John.”</p>
</div>
<p> </p>
<div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.vancouversun.com/stop+showing+films/6023194/story.html">vancouversun.com</a></div>
<p> </p>
Ice Cube Celebrates Ray and Charles Eames (and Los Angeles)
2012-01-20T00:00:00-08:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2012/01/20/ice-cube-celebrates-ray-and-charles-eames-and-los-angeles-
<iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/FRWatw_ZEQI?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe>
Vim ported to iOS
2012-01-19T00:00:00-08:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2012/01/19/vim-ported-to-ios
<div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry">
[[posterous-content:CHBdBuDFmkflnapJxrdJ]]
<div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://applidium.com/en/applications/vim/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+hackernewsyc+%28Hacker+News+YC%29">applidium.com</a></div>
<p>Auuuugghhhhh!@#!!! So amazing!@#!</p></div>
Clay Shirky - Defend our freedom to share (or why SOPA/PIPA is a bad idea)
2012-01-18T00:00:00-08:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2012/01/18/clay-shirky-defend-our-freedom-to-share-or-why-sopa-pipa-is-a-bad-idea-
<iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/9h2dF-IsH0I?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe>
Adsidua by watson.
2012-01-17T00:00:00-08:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2012/01/17/adsidua-by-watson-
<blockquote type="cite"><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;">From the album Interstices. Available on Basic Sounds February 1. <p /><a href="http://www.basicsounds.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(39, 134, 194); cursor: pointer;">basicsounds.ca</a></span></div></blockquote><p /><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/35102761?portrait=0" frameborder="0" height="283" width="500"></iframe>
Hitler learns about Bitwig Studio
2012-01-14T00:00:00-08:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2012/01/14/hitler-learns-about-bitwig-studio
<iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/0phA3t9qHNw?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe>
Linux Supported Ableton-like DAW Bitwig Studio Announced ! /cc @goldfishyo
2012-01-12T00:00:00-08:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2012/01/12/linux-supported-ableton-like-daw-bitwig-studio-announced-cc-goldfishyo
If this thing has a native OSC layer, it's going to be so rad! <p /> <iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/7V_t8GfH-v4?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe>
Incredible Photos by Dik Daniels of 1980 Westercon (SciFi Convention)
2012-01-09T00:00:00-08:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2012/01/09/incredible-photos-by-dik-daniels-of-1980-westercon-scifi-convention-
<div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry">
<blockquote><td valign="top" colspan="2">
<p>Hyatt International Hotel </p> <table border="0"> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C001.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C001.jpg" height="195" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C001.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #1</a><br /> Roberta Brubaker </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C002.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C002.jpg" height="170" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C002.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #2</a><br /> Kathy Sanders </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C003.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C003.jpg" height="173" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C003.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #3</a><br /> Kathy Sanders </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C004.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C004.jpg" height="180" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td><p> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C004.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #4</a><br /> Karen Kuykendall dressed as The Grand Chancellor of the Outer Regions, illustration #28 in <em>People and Other Inhabitants of the Outer Regions [The Fantasy Art of Karen Kuykendall]</em>, 1978.</p><p> </p><p>
</p><p> </p></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C005.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C005.jpg" height="179" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C005.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #5</a><br /> Jean Griffin, Unknown </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C006.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C006.jpg" height="183" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C006.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #6</a><br /> Laramie Bratcher </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C007.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C007.jpg" height="184" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C007.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #7</a><br /> Unknown </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C008.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C008.jpg" height="155" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C008.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #8</a><br /> Unknown </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C009.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C009.jpg" height="200" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C009.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #9</a><br /> Unknown, costumed as robot from the movie <em>Saturn 3</em> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C010.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C010.jpg" height="184" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C010.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #10</a><br /> George Popa (costumed as robot from the movie <em>Saturn 3)</em>, Marjii Ellers </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C011.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C011.jpg" height="153" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C011.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #11</a><br /> Unknown </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C012.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C012.jpg" height="155" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C012.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #12</a><br />Al Salo on right </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C013.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C013.jpg" height="193" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C013.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #13</a><br /> Kriss White </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C014.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C014.jpg" height="161" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C014.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #14</a><br /> Unknown </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C015.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C015.jpg" height="151" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C015.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #15</a><br /> Laramie Bratcher </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C016.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C016.jpg" height="179" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C016.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #16</a><br /> Susan Fox </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C017.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C017.jpg" height="178" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C017.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #17</a><br /> Kathy Pillsbury </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C018.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C018.jpg" height="126" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C018.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #18</a><br /> Unknown </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C019.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C019.jpg" height="139" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C019.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #19</a><br /> Unknown </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C020.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C020.jpg" height="137" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C020.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #20</a><br /> Lola Johnson, Robert Silverberg </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C021.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C021.jpg" height="155" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C021.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #21</a><br /> Mike Jittlov </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C022.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C022.jpg" height="120" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C022.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #22</a><br /> Vaders in Training?<br /></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C023.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C023.jpg" height="142" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C023.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #23</a><br /> Unknown </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C024.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C024.jpg" height="120" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C024.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #24</a><br /> Roger Zelazny </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C025.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C025.jpg" height="202" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C025.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #25</a><br /> Susan Fox </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C026.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C026.jpg" height="155" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C026.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #26</a><br /> Sandy Cohen </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C027.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C027.jpg" height="155" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C027.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #27</a><br /> Mike Jittlov </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C028.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C028.jpg" height="155" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C028.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #28</a><br /> Unknown </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C029.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C029.jpg" height="155" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C029.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #29</a><br /> Unknown </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C030.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C030.jpg" height="158" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C030.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #30</a><br /> Leigh Strother-Vien, Marjii Ellers </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C031.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C031.jpg" height="155" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C031.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #31</a><br /> Unknown </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C032.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C032.jpg" height="185" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C032.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #32</a><br /> Ron Bounds, Norman Spinrad </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C033.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C033.jpg" height="163" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C033.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #33</a><br /> Kathy Sanders </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C034.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C034.jpg" height="155" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C034.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #34</a><br /> Roger Zelazny </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C035.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C035.jpg" height="155" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C035.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #35</a><br /> Norman Spinrad </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C036.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C036.jpg" height="80" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C036.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #36</a><br /> Ginger Smith, Evan Hayworth (then known as Mitch Evans), Karen Howorth </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C037.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C037.jpg" height="172" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C037.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #37</a><br /> Unknown </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C038.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C038.jpg" height="92" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C038.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #38</a><br /> Lola Johnson (Mrs. George Clayton Johnson), Bill Mills, Robert Silverberg </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C039.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C039.jpg" height="91" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C039.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #39</a><br /> Kathleen Sky, Don Simpson, Rick Sternbach (?) </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C040.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C040.jpg" height="121" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C040.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #40</a><br /> Unknown </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C041.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C041.jpg" height="93" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C041.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #41</a><br /> Unknown </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C042.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C042.jpg" height="93" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C042.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #42</a><br /> Kathy Pillsbury, Unkown, Unknown </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C043.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C043.jpg" height="93" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C043.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #43</a><br /> Unknown, Roger Zelazny </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C044.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C044.jpg" height="98" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C044.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #44</a><br /> Unknown </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C045.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C045.jpg" height="151" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C045.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #45</a><br /> Larry Niven(with Fuzzy Niven behind him)<br /></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C046.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C046.jpg" height="93" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C046.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #46</a><br /> Sharman Divono, Kathy Sanders </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C047.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C047.jpg" height="99" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C047.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #47</a><br /> Unknown </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C048.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C048.jpg" height="93" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C048.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #48</a><br /> Unknown, Marjii Ellers </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C049.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C049.jpg" height="93" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C049.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #49</a><br /> Kathy Sanders and court </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C050.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C050.jpg" height="93" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C050.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #50</a><br /> Amber group by Karen Schnaubelt (who's on the far right, back row) </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C051.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C051.jpg" height="93" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C051.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #51</a><br /> Kathy Sanders and court: Adana the Snake Mother, from <em>The Face in the Abyss</em> by A. E. Merritt. <br />Court (front) Sharon DiVono, Mary Ann Cappa; (back) Ev Turner, Nikki Engle </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C052.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C052.jpg" height="96" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C052.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #52</a><br /> Unknown </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C053.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C053.jpg" height="105" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C053.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #53</a><br /> Unknown </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C054.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C054.jpg" height="111" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C054.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #54</a><br /> Leigh Strother-Vien, Steve Goldin </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C055.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C055.jpg" height="120" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C055.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #55</a><br /> Crowd, with Roger Zelazny seated on the floor </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C056.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C056.jpg" height="120" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C056.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #56</a><br /> Lola Clayton Johnson, Robert Silverberg </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C057.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C057.jpg" height="120" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C057.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #57</a><br /> Sue Lanoue </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C058.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C058.jpg" height="120" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C058.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #58</a><br /> Jerry Jacks </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C059.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C059.jpg" height="120" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C059.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #59</a><br /> Unknown </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C060.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C060.jpg" height="120" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C060.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #60</a><br /> Unknown </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C061.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C061.jpg" height="126" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C061.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #61</a><br /> Therri Moore, Jay Freeman, Unknown </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C062.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C062.jpg" height="106" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C062.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #62</a><br /> Ginger Smith, Evan Hayworth (aka Mitch Evans) </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C063.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C063.jpg" height="120" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C063.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #63</a><br /> Roger Zelazny </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C064.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C064.jpg" height="120" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C064.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #64</a><br /> Emil Petaja </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C065.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C065.jpg" height="120" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C065.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #65</a><br /> Unknown </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C066.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C066.jpg" height="120" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C066.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #66</a><br /> Horace Gold </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C067.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C067.jpg" height="128" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C067.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #67</a><br /> Unknown, Sue Lanoue </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C068.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C068.jpg" height="120" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C068.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #68</a><br /> Models </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C069.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C069.jpg" height="145" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C069.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #69</a><br /> Marjii Ellers </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C070.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C070.jpg" height="120" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C070.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #70</a><br /> Unknown </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C071.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C071.jpg" height="120" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td><p> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C071.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #71</a><br /> Leslie David? (with brown purse)</p><p>Roger Zelazny on right </p></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C072.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C072.jpg" height="120" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C072.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #72</a><br /> Roger Zelazny, Unknown </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C073.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C073.jpg" height="120" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C073.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #73</a><br /> Marjii Ellers </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C074.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C074.jpg" height="120" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C074.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #74</a><br /> Unknown </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C075.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C075.jpg" height="115" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C075.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #75</a><br /> Unknown, Alva Rogers </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C076.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C076.jpg" height="120" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C076.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #76</a><br /> Unknown </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C077.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C077.jpg" height="116" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C077.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #77</a><br /> Unknown, Ross Rocklyne </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C078.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C078.jpg" height="120" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C078.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #78</a><br /> Larry Niven </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C079.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C079.jpg" height="129" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C079.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #79</a><br /> Unknown </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C080.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C080.jpg" height="120" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C080.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #80</a><br /> Craig Miller, Milt Stevens, Elayne Pelz </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C081.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C081.jpg" height="120" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C081.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #81</a><br /> Ginger Smith, Evan Hayworth, Karen Howorth, Tom Locke </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C082.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C082.jpg" height="120" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C082.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #82</a><br /> Bob Vardeman </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C083.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C083.jpg" height="120" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C083.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #83</a><br /> Unknown </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C084.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C084.jpg" height="140" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C084.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #84</a><br /> Marjii Ellers and friend </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C085.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C085.jpg" height="120" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C085.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #85</a><br /> Unknown </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C086.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C086.jpg" height="180" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C086.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #86</a><br /> Unknown </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C087.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C087.jpg" height="180" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C087.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #87</a><br /> Unknown </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C088.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C088.jpg" height="180" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C088.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #88</a><br /> Leigh Strother-Vien </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C089.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C089.jpg" height="180" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C089.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #89</a><br /> Unknown </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C090.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C090.jpg" height="180" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C090.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #90</a><br /> AdrianButterfield, Victoria Ridenour </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C091.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C091.jpg" height="180" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C091.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #91</a><br /> Adrian Butterfield, Victoria Ridenour </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C092.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C092.jpg" height="180" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C092.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #92</a><br /> Marjii Ellers, Linda Williams </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C093.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C093.jpg" height="80" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C093.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #93</a><br /> Clown group, put on by John & Bjo Trimble to promote the Special Olympics. </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C094.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C094.jpg" height="80" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C094.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #94</a><br /> Costumes </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C095.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C095.jpg" height="78" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C095.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #95</a><br /> Costumes </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C096.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C096.jpg" height="80" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C096.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #96</a><br /> Sharman Divono, Kathy Sanders </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C097.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C097.jpg" height="80" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C097.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #97</a><br /> Costumes </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C098.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C098.jpg" height="80" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C098.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #98</a><br /> Unknown </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C099.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C099.jpg" height="95" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C099.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #99</a><br /> Sharman Divono, Kathy Sanders </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C100.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C100.jpg" height="194" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C100.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #100</a><br /> Laramie Bratcher </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C101.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C101.jpg" height="154" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td><p> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C101.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #101</a><br /> Back, left to right: Unknown, Sue Lanoue,Scott Norton</p><p>Front, left to right: Kelly Turner, Dorothy Doughman(?), Brian Mix(?) </p></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C102.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C102.jpg" height="181" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C102.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #102</a><br /> Rita Terrell, Unknown<br /></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C103.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C103.jpg" height="180" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C103.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #103</a><br /> Unknown </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C104.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C104.jpg" height="180" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C104.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #104</a><br /> Elayne Pelz, Stan Burns </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C105.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C105.jpg" height="181" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C105.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #105</a><br />Evonne Sosa, Scott Sosa </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td><a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C106.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C106.jpg" height="180" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C106.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #106</a><br /> Unknown </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C107.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C107.jpg" height="180" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C107.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #107</a><br /> Unknown </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C108.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C108.jpg" height="180" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C108.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #108</a><br /> Unknown </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C109.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C109.jpg" height="180" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C109.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #109</a><br /> This may be either a costume or an art show exhibit </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C110.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C110.jpg" height="180" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C110.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #110</a><br /> Milt Stevens writes: "I'm leaning towards art show exhibit." </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C111.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C111.jpg" height="182" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C111.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #111</a><br /> Charles Lee Jackson II, Susan Fox </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C112.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C112.jpg" height="180" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C112.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #112</a><br /> Unknown </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C113.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C113.jpg" height="80" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C113.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #113</a><br /> Unknown, Paula Christ, Unknown </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C114.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C114.jpg" height="180" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C114.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #114</a><br /> Kathy Sanders </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C115.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C115.jpg" height="180" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C115.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #115</a><br /> Unknown, Horace Gold </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C116.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C116.jpg" height="181" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C116.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #116</a><br /> ScottSosa</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C117.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C117.jpg" height="202" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C117.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #117</a><br /> Marjii Ellers </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C118.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C118.jpg" height="181" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C118.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #118</a><br /> Leigh Strother-Vien </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C119.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C119.jpg" height="180" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C119.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #119</a><br /> Dave Nee, Jerry Jacks </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C120.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C120.jpg" height="180" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C120.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #120</a><br /> Unknown </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C121.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C121.jpg" height="180" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C121.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #121</a><br /> Regency Dancing </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C122.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C122.jpg" height="180" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C122.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #122</a><br /> Unknown, Roger Zelazny </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C123.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C123.jpg" height="180" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C123.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #123</a><br /> Larry Niven </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C124.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C124.jpg" height="180" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C124.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #124</a><br /> Swimming Pool </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C125.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C125.jpg" height="80" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C125.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #125</a><br /> Leslie David?, Roger Zelazny </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C126.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C126.jpg" height="98" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C126.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #126</a><br /> Roger Zelazny, Ron Bounds? </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C127.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C127.jpg" height="80" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C127.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #127</a><br /> Paula Crist </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C128.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C128.jpg" height="80" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C128.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #128</a><br /> Roger Zelazny, Ron Bounds? </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C129.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C129.jpg" height="80" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C129.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #129</a><br />Kathy Pillsbury, Unknown, Unknown </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C130.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C130.jpg" height="80" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C130.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #130</a><br /> Larry Niven, Roger Zelazny or Robert Silverberg<br /></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C131.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C131.jpg" height="80" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C131.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #131</a><br /> Larry Niven, Roger Zelazny or Robert Silverberg </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C132.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C132.jpg" height="80" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C132.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #132</a><br /> Ron Bounds, Judy Zelazny </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C133.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C133.jpg" height="208" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C133.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #133</a><br /> Mike Jittlov </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C134.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C134.jpg" height="180" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C134.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #134</a><br /> Regency Dancing. The lady in blue jeans is Elena Dent, and she's dancing with Marjii Ellers. </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C135.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/thumbs/C135.jpg" height="180" alt="" width="120" /><p /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.lasfsinc.info/upimages/dikdaniels/DD003/C135.jpg" target="_blank">ddg #135</a><br /> Unknown </td> </tr> </table>
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<p>Just wow.</p></div>
Lemur for iOS released. Second coming of jesus cancelled due to being overshadowed by Jazz Mutant awesomeness
2012-01-08T00:00:00-08:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2012/01/08/lemur-for-ios-released-second-coming-of-jesus-cancelled-due-to-being-overshadowed-by-jazz-mutant-awesomeness
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<p>2011 & 2012 has been a big year for vapourware and this is no exception. This has been rumoured to be in development since the release of the iPad, and now it's real.</p>
<p>I preordered my iPad before I heard any information on how restrictive it's OS would be. One of the reasons I took that risk was that I knew that this was going to blow Jazz Mutant's Lemur right out of the water.</p>
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<div>And it did. In all ways hardware and price point, it was amazing. The software wasn't / isn't there yet. The next best thing for controller interfaces has been <a href="http://hexler.net/software/touchosc">TouchOSC</a>, which I've been using for a few years. And don't get me wrong, it's a great product, but there's something to say about the Lemur's interface modules and physics engine that I don't think any other iOS app has come close to touching. Hearing about this release has pretty much got me giggling like a school girl in a taffy store. </div>
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<div>I can't wait to dust off my old Lemur patches and blow your minds. You should be excited. You will be excited.</div>
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<div><a href="http://liine.net/en/products/lemur/">Link</a></div>
Mr Peculiar - Tribes of Resonance #psy
2012-01-03T00:00:00-08:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2012/01/03/mr-peculiar-tribes-of-resonance-psy
<iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/KyFFxthIHDs?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe><p /> A friend just introduced me to this psytrance greatness. I felt like doing the same. Tell me what you think. ;)
Riley on Boys and Girls Marketing
2011-12-27T00:00:00-08:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/12/27/riley-on-boys-and-girls-marketing
This is important kids. <p /> <iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/-CU040Hqbas?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe>
Remix contest for a David Lynch produced song The Truth Is by Chrysta Bell
2011-12-22T00:00:00-08:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/12/22/remix-contest-for-a-david-lynch-produced-song-the-truth-is-by-chrysta-bell
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<p>Help remix a pretty amazing artist, just like Klaus Schulze did! He's such a badass. Invented techno. Baaadass.</p></div>
Dear Robot Santa: Accessories for my Monome #plskthx
2011-12-22T00:00:00-08:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/12/22/dear-robot-santa-accessories-for-my-monome-plskthx
[[posterous-content:ZZ5sgYxzvu4iowO7cFMB]]<p /><div>… don't want to rule out Kwanzaa-bot or Chanukah Zombie, they are also very good at providing monome accessories ;).</div>
Pure Morning - Placebo
2011-12-21T00:00:00-08:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/12/21/pure-morning-placebo
Officially one of my favourite songs of all time: <p /> <iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/jQQmAP9Poo4?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe>
Kadâmbini: Audiovisual and Cinematic Gypsy Caravan
2011-12-19T00:00:00-08:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/12/19/kadâmbini-audiovisual-and-cinematic-gypsy-caravan
<div><span><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/33533265?portrait=0" frameborder="0" height="283" width="500"></iframe></span></div><p /><div><span>If you're in </span><span style="color: rgb(39, 39, 39); font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;">Saint-Fargeau-Ponthierry</span><span> on the 28th be sure to check this travelling show out. It looks gorgeous.</span></div><p /><div><a href="http://www.iduun.com/kadambini">Link</a></div>
Art With Energy Exhibition Tonight at Great Northern Way!
2011-12-15T00:00:00-08:00
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<div>[[posterous-content:cRxzZYtNJT65rOekdlzc]]</div><p /><div>Come see some great Vancouver talent at the SFU/Emily Carr Campus on Great Northern Way. Giant robots! Great photography! Interactive installations! Logs! There will be music and beveraging. Bring your happy face!</div>
OP-1 now with free headphones! #dearsanta #teenageengineering
2011-12-12T00:00:00-08:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/12/12/op-1-now-with-free-headphones-dearsanta-teenageengineering
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Condoms: Use Them
2011-12-12T00:00:00-08:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/12/12/condoms-use-them
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Logic Pro Now $199 on the Mac App Store!!
2011-12-09T00:00:00-08:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/12/09/logic-pro-now-199-on-the-mac-app-store-
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<div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/logic-pro/id459578486?mt=12">itunes.apple.com</a></div>
<p>This is huge! So fricking cheap!</p></div>
Canadian Omnibus Crime bill gets green light despite 11% of canadian support
2011-12-06T00:00:00-08:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/12/06/canadian-omnibus-crime-bill-gets-green-light-despite-11-of-canadian-support
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<blockquote><div><p>The opposition has called it misguided and at least two provinces have vowed not to pay for it.</p><p>Still, the omnibus crime bill cleared the Commons on Mon-day evening, just 45 sitting days after it was tabled.</p><p>The Safe Streets and Communities Act - a hodgepodge of nine justice bills, most of which were defeated in previous Parliaments when the Conservatives were in minority status - easily passed thanks to the government's majority in a vote of 157-127.</p><p>"Parliament has debated these measures, some of them for as long as four years," Justice Minister Rob Nicholson said earlier in the day as he called on all MPs to unanimously sup-port the measures, even though this clearly was no longer necessary, nor likely to happen. "The time for talk is over. The time for action is now."</p><p>The government fast-tracked the bill, invoking closure every step of the way, and Nicholson expressed hope the bill also would move through the Senate "expeditiously."</p><p>It is likely to pass second reading before Parliament breaks for the holidays and the Senate committee on legal and constitutional affairs will begin hearing from stakeholders and examining the bill clause-by-clause in the new year. Bill C-10 is poised to become law by March 16, the 100th sitting day of the 41st Parliament.</p><p>The Senate will consider six government amendments pro-posed by Public Safety Minister Vic Toews following consultations with stakeholders after House Speaker Andrew Scheer ruled them out of order.</p><p>Nearly identical to some of the 38 proposals tabled by Liberal justice critic Irwin Cotler, the amendments aimed at strengthening provisions that allow victims of terrorism to sue their perpetrators were ultimately rejected by a Commons committee.</p><p>The late day flip raised the ire of the opposition, which argued this was an abuse of democracy and proof the government was pushing the bill through with-out adequate debate.</p><p>Other critics, including the Canadian Bar Association and the John Howard and Elizabeth Fry societies, have railed against the bill for favouring incarceration over rehabilitation and reintegration.</p><div>© Copyright (c) The Vancouver Sun</div></div></blockquote><div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.vancouversun.com/Crime+bill+gets+green+light/5816954/story.html">vancouversun.com</a></div>
<p>This is nauseating. You should all be really worried for Canada's future.</p></div>
We're Going to Live to See What's Beyond the Heliosphere! - NASA's Voyager Hits New Region at Solar System Edge - JPL
2011-12-05T00:00:00-08:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/12/05/we-re-going-to-live-to-see-what-s-beyond-the-heliosphere-nasa-s-voyager-hits-new-region-at-solar-system-edge-jpl
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<span>Artist concept of Voyager 1 encountering a stagnation region. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech <br /><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/voyager/multimedia/pia15173.html">› Full image and caption</a></span>
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PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft has entered a new region between our solar system and interstellar space. Data obtained from Voyager over the last year reveal this new region to be a kind of cosmic purgatory. In it, the wind of charged particles streaming out from our sun has calmed, our solar system's magnetic field is piled up, and higher-energy particles from inside our solar system appear to be leaking out into interstellar space.<p>
"Voyager tells us now that we're in a stagnation region in the outermost layer of the bubble around our solar system," said Ed Stone, Voyager project scientist at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. "Voyager is showing that what is outside is pushing back. We shouldn't have long to wait to find out what the space between stars is really like."</p><p>
Although Voyager 1 is about 11 billion miles (18 billion kilometers) from the sun, it is not yet in interstellar space. In the latest data, the direction of the magnetic field lines has not changed, indicating Voyager is still within the heliosphere, the bubble of charged particles the sun blows around itself. The data do not reveal exactly when Voyager 1 will make it past the edge of the solar atmosphere into interstellar space, but suggest it will be in a few months to a few years.</p><p>
The latest findings, described today at the American Geophysical Union's fall meeting in San Francisco, come from Voyager's Low Energy Charged Particle instrument, Cosmic Ray Subsystem and Magnetometer. </p><p>
Scientists previously reported the outward speed of the solar wind had diminished to zero in April 2010, marking the start of the new region. Mission managers rolled the spacecraft several times this spring and summer to help scientists discern whether the solar wind was blowing strongly in another direction. It was not. Voyager 1 is plying the celestial seas in a region similar to Earth's doldrums, where there is very little wind.</p><p>
During this past year, Voyager's magnetometer also detected a doubling in the intensity of the magnetic field in the stagnation region. Like cars piling up at a clogged freeway off-ramp, the increased intensity of the magnetic field shows that inward pressure from interstellar space is compacting it.</p><p>
Voyager has been measuring energetic particles that originate from inside and outside our solar system. Until mid-2010, the intensity of particles originating from inside our solar system had been holding steady. But during the past year, the intensity of these energetic particles has been declining, as though they are leaking out into interstellar space. The particles are now half as abundant as they were during the previous five years.</p><p>
At the same time, Voyager has detected a 100-fold increase in the intensity of high-energy electrons from elsewhere in the galaxy diffusing into our solar system from outside, which is another indication of the approaching boundary.</p><p>
"We've been using the flow of energetic charged particles at Voyager 1 as a kind of wind sock to estimate the solar wind velocity," said Rob Decker, a Voyager Low-Energy Charged Particle Instrument co-investigator at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md. "We've found that the wind speeds are low in this region and gust erratically. For the first time, the wind even blows back at us. We are evidently traveling in completely new territory. Scientists had suggested previously that there might be a stagnation layer, but we weren't sure it existed until now."</p><p>
Launched in 1977, Voyager 1 and 2 are in good health. Voyager 2 is 9 billion miles (15 billion kilometers) away from the sun. </p><p>
The Voyager spacecraft were built by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., which continues to operate both. JPL is a division of the California Institute of Technology. The Voyager missions are a part of the NASA Heliophysics System Observatory, sponsored by the Heliophysics Division of the Science Mission Directorate in Washington. For more information about the Voyager spacecraft, visit: <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/voyager"><strong>http://www.nasa.gov/voyager</strong></a><strong> .</strong></p><p>
For more information about NASA media events at the American Geophysical Union meeting, visit: <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/agu"><strong>http://www.nasa.gov/agu</strong></a> .</p>
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</p><p>Jia-Rui C. Cook/Alan Buis 818-354-0850/818-653-8339<br />
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.<br />
<a href="http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-372/mailto:jccook@jpl.nasa.gov">jccook@jpl.nasa.gov</a>/<a href="http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-372/mailto:alan.d.buis@jpl.nasa.gov">alan.d.buis@jpl.nasa.gov</a> </p><p>
Steve Cole 202-358-0918<br />
NASA Headquarters, Washington <br />
<a href="http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-372/mailto:stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov">stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov</a> </p><p>
2011-372</p>
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Six Open Education Platforms for Free Online Courses
2011-12-05T00:00:00-08:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/12/05/six-open-education-platforms-for-free-online-courses
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<p>Ever thought about going back to school, but don’t have the time or the cash? Check out these online resources that won’t cost you a dime and follow along from the comfort of your own home – the next semester is starting soon!</p>
<p><strong>Stanford University – <a href="http://www.stanford.edu/">www.stanford.edu</a></strong><br />
Offering Free online courses on a variety of subject ranging from Entrepreneurship to the basics of Computer Science, Stanford allow you to sign-up and follow along at your own pace.</p>
<p><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/U9HcFTFh47EWiWd7bECKufRJDUjF_usnRJr8rSpo82PN50F2L-l5efiJYdkdjrDkiqNKE1nnvPddkt-XaE2TlRttyEGYV7Zkzld9NKb2wer-D-RLLUY" height="149" alt="" width="203" /></p>
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<p><strong>Khan Academy – <a href="http://www.khanacademy.org/">http://www.khanacademy.org/</a></strong><br />
<strong></strong>One of the biggest sources of knowledge on YouTube with a large library of free videos, both educational and tutorial, over a wide range of subjects.</p>
<p><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/OMOiz_TAOdPFYpfylAFmOjKU4Uze6m0-mDgMpkpkRAb_2q9RmrqS7MrMGM87qRKQ1Ppug0jxqo4bYxxVyg-upBr1WNOS79bkwTz6g84lZwGQ0NctdbE" height="111" alt="" width="453" /></p>
<p><strong>Google Code - <a href="http://code.google.com/edu/">http://code.google.com/edu/</a></strong><br />
Google Code is all about development and learning how to program. All the lecture videos are up, so it’s ready when you are. Just visit and pick a class or suggest something you’d like to see in the future.</p>
<p><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/7aZMNu7n9CDYVCHFuoKL-z2VMfF20C_1kRP2vUytkUio1DwapnP6MA-OO34JhKqQX5w5uUNDjcXFZGanLj-A4tnMZVju3dmqdX_oElC3t0zgg1DtyZM" height="56" alt="" width="176" /></p>
<p><strong>Code Academy – <a href="http://www.codecademy.com/#%21/exercises/0">http://www.codecademy.com/#!/exercises/0</a></strong><br />
A very successful startup with a new approach to teaching people how to program. Heavily based on gamification, compete with your friends for badges and new programming levels.</p>
<p><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/2KtUZXd2G5cpCvCiPY7ueAtmC2rD78YF44z-8ee7lQHoxYSTHE_ULttqIbY32CfIlEUE9i0fPhF_V-ANgu6DsZZpPKxswOyRJFiFUekQScWn7jgV7xU" height="150" alt="" width="300" /></p>
<p><strong>Mozilla School of Webcraft – <a href="http://p2pu.org/en/schools/school-of-webcraft/">http://p2pu.org/en/schools/school-of-webcraft/</a></strong></p>
<p>An excellently laid out website that allows you to join a community page for the class you’d like to take and you can work there with your peers on tasks and questions.<br />
<img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/DFoidX-qsMNFYkK73fhEehIv7UpP62jQezWqTaiYZhvrBIR_k1aSLKC0BTGp36Fk4Tlb5oW1n5t4ru53Nqxnap6hIzAB7b033wvUTnn2mML8oAQxZOE" height="143" alt="" width="181" /></p>
<p><strong>Mokk.Me – <a href="http://mokk.me/">http://mokk.me</a></strong><br />
If you’re a little more advanced and looking for a great IOS wireframe that allow you to build and test an “app” design and layout. Pretty cool.</p>
<p><strong>W3Schools.com – <a href="http://w3schools.com/">http://w3schools.com/</a></strong><br />
Looking to learn how to build a website or master a specific language? W3Schools offers everything from CSS to Javascript.<br />
<img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/q-EhFUQLTJ3LPQIK2FKEJ5ZP7zD8QABPjWgrIDHLUpTrDMiNSTxwSJD8IuaYnUTY9shduw8jCKZxxLZucU6_wE7QP0-w9jI1SvoCKE1XA_GkazS1ppg" height="120" alt="" width="160" /></p>
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They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-45 by Milton Mayer, an excerpt
2011-12-03T00:00:00-08:00
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<h4>An excerpt from</h4>
<h3>They Thought They Were Free</h3>
<h3>The Germans, 1933-45</h3>
<h3>Milton Mayer</h3>
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<h5>But Then It Was Too Late</h5>
<p>"What no one seemed to notice," said a colleague of mine, a philologist, "was the ever widening gap, after 1933, between the government and the people. Just think how very wide this gap was to begin with, here in Germany. And it became always wider. You know, it doesn’t make people close to their government to be told that this is a people’s government, a true democracy, or to be enrolled in civilian defense, or even to vote. All this has little, really nothing, to do with <i>knowing</i> one is governing.</p>
<p>"What happened here was the gradual habituation of the people, little by little, to being governed by surprise; to receiving decisions deliberated in secret; to believing that the situation was so complicated that the government had to act on information which the people could not understand, or so dangerous that, even if the people could not understand it, it could not be released because of national security. And their sense of identification with Hitler, their trust in him, made it easier to widen this gap and reassured those who would otherwise have worried about it.</p>
<p>"This separation of government from people, this widening of the gap, took place so gradually and so insensibly, each step disguised (perhaps not even intentionally) as a temporary emergency measure or associated with true patriotic allegiance or with real social purposes. And all the crises and reforms (real reforms, too) so occupied the people that they did not see the slow motion underneath, of the whole process of government growing remoter and remoter.</p>
<p>"You will understand me when I say that my Middle High German was my life. It was all I cared about. I was a scholar, a specialist. Then, suddenly, I was plunged into all the new activity, as the university was drawn into the new situation; meetings, conferences, interviews, ceremonies, and, above all, papers to be filled out, reports, bibliographies, lists, questionnaires. And on top of that were the demands in the community, the things in which one had to, was ‘expected to’ participate that had not been there or had not been important before. It was all rigmarole, of course, but it consumed all one’s energies, coming on top of the work one really wanted to do. You can see how easy it was, then, not to think about fundamental things. One had no time."</p>
<p>"Those," I said, "are the words of my friend the baker. ‘One had no time to think. There was so much going on.’"</p>
<p>"Your friend the baker was right," said my colleague. "The dictatorship, and the whole process of its coming into being, was above all <i>diverting</i>. It provided an excuse not to think for people who did not want to think anyway. I do not speak of your ‘little men,’ your baker and so on; I speak of my colleagues and myself, learned men, mind you. Most of us did not want to think about fundamental things and never had. There was no need to. Nazism gave us some dreadful, fundamental things to think about—we were decent people—and kept us so busy with continuous changes and ‘crises’ and so fascinated, yes, fascinated, by the machinations of the ‘national enemies,’ without and within, that we had no time to think about these dreadful things that were growing, little by little, all around us. Unconsciously, I suppose, we were grateful. Who wants to think?</p>
<p>"To live in this process is absolutely not to be able to notice it—please try to believe me—unless one has a much greater degree of political awareness, acuity, than most of us had ever had occasion to develop. Each step was so small, so inconsequential, so well explained or, on occasion, ‘regretted,’ that, unless one were detached from the whole process from the beginning, unless one understood what the whole thing was in principle, what all these ‘little measures’ that no ‘patriotic German’ could resent must some day lead to, one no more saw it developing from day to day than a farmer in his field sees the corn growing. One day it is over his head.</p>
<p>"How is this to be avoided, among ordinary men, even highly educated ordinary men? Frankly, I do not know. I do not see, even now. Many, many times since it all happened I have pondered that pair of great maxims, <i>Principiis obsta</i> and <i>Finem respice</i>—‘Resist the beginnings’ and ‘Consider the end.’ But one must foresee the end in order to resist, or even see, the beginnings. One must foresee the end clearly and certainly and how is this to be done, by ordinary men or even by extraordinary men? Things <i>might</i> have. And everyone counts on that <i>might</i>.</p>
<p>"Your ‘little men,’ your Nazi friends, were not against National Socialism in principle. Men like me, who were, are the greater offenders, not because we <i>knew</i> better (that would be too much to say) but because we <i>sensed</i> better. Pastor Niemöller spoke for the thousands and thousands of men like me when he spoke (too modestly of himself) and said that, when the Nazis attacked the Communists, he was a little uneasy, but, after all, he was not a Communist, and so he did nothing; and then they attacked the Socialists, and he was a little uneasier, but, still, he was not a Socialist, and he did nothing; and then the schools, the press, the Jews, and so on, and he was always uneasier, but still he did nothing. And then they attacked the Church, and he was a Churchman, and he did something—but then it was too late."</p>
<p>"Yes," I said.</p>
<p>"You see," my colleague went on, "one doesn’t see exactly where or how to move. Believe me, this is true. Each act, each occasion, is worse than the last, but only a little worse. You wait for the next and the next. You wait for one great shocking occasion, thinking that others, when such a shock comes, will join with you in resisting somehow. You don’t want to act, or even talk, alone; you don’t want to ‘go out of your way to make trouble.’ Why not?—Well, you are not in the habit of doing it. And it is not just fear, fear of standing alone, that restrains you; it is also genuine uncertainty.</p>
<p>"Uncertainty is a very important factor, and, instead of decreasing as time goes on, it grows. Outside, in the streets, in the general community, ‘everyone’ is happy. One hears no protest, and certainly sees none. You know, in France or Italy there would be slogans against the government painted on walls and fences; in Germany, outside the great cities, perhaps, there is not even this. In the university community, in your own community, you speak privately to your colleagues, some of whom certainly feel as you do; but what do they say? They say, ‘It’s not so bad’ or ‘You’re seeing things’ or ‘You’re an alarmist.’</p>
<p>"And you <i>are</i> an alarmist. You are saying that <i>this</i> must lead to <i>this</i>, and you can’t prove it. These are the beginnings, yes; but how do you know for sure when you don’t know the end, and how do you know, or even surmise, the end? On the one hand, your enemies, the law, the regime, the Party, intimidate you. On the other, your colleagues pooh-pooh you as pessimistic or even neurotic. You are left with your close friends, who are, naturally, people who have always thought as you have.</p>
<p>"But your friends are fewer now. Some have drifted off somewhere or submerged themselves in their work. You no longer see as many as you did at meetings or gatherings. Informal groups become smaller; attendance drops off in little organizations, and the organizations themselves wither. Now, in small gatherings of your oldest friends, you feel that you are talking to yourselves, that you are isolated from the reality of things. This weakens your confidence still further and serves as a further deterrent to—to what? It is clearer all the time that, if you are going to do anything, you must <i>make</i> an occasion to do it, and then you are obviously a troublemaker. So you wait, and you wait.</p>
<p>"But the one great shocking occasion, when tens or hundreds or thousands will join with you, never comes. <i>That’s</i> the difficulty. If the last and worst act of the whole regime had come immediately after the first and smallest, thousands, yes, millions would have been sufficiently shocked—if, let us say, the gassing of the Jews in ’43 had come immediately after the ‘German Firm’ stickers on the windows of non-Jewish shops in ’33. But of course this isn’t the way it happens. In between come all the hundreds of little steps, some of them imperceptible, each of them preparing you not to be shocked by the next. Step C is not so much worse than Step B, and, if you did not make a stand at Step B, why should you at Step C? And so on to Step D.</p>
<p>"And one day, too late, your principles, if you were ever sensible of them, all rush in upon you. The burden of self-deception has grown too heavy, and some minor incident, in my case my little boy, hardly more than a baby, saying ‘Jewish swine,’ collapses it all at once, and you see that everything, everything, has changed and changed completely under your nose. The world you live in—your nation, your people—is not the world you were born in at all. The forms are all there, all untouched, all reassuring, the houses, the shops, the jobs, the mealtimes, the visits, the concerts, the cinema, the holidays. But the spirit, which you never noticed because you made the lifelong mistake of identifying it with the forms, is changed. Now you live in a world of hate and fear, and the people who hate and fear do not even know it themselves; when everyone is transformed, no one is transformed. Now you live in a system which rules without responsibility even to God. The system itself could not have intended this in the beginning, but in order to sustain itself it was compelled to go all the way.</p>
<p>"You have gone almost all the way yourself. Life is a continuing process, a flow, not a succession of acts and events at all. It has flowed to a new level, carrying you with it, without any effort on your part. On this new level you live, you have been living more comfortably every day, with new morals, new principles. You have accepted things you would not have accepted five years ago, a year ago, things that your father, even in Germany, could not have imagined.</p>
<p>"Suddenly it all comes down, all at once. You see what you are, what you have done, or, more accurately, what you haven’t done (for that was all that was required of most of us: that we do nothing). You remember those early meetings of your department in the university when, if one had stood, others would have stood, perhaps, but no one stood. A small matter, a matter of hiring this man or that, and you hired this one rather than that. You remember everything now, and your heart breaks. Too late. You are compromised beyond repair.</p>
<p>"What then? You must then shoot yourself. A few did. Or ‘adjust’ your principles. Many tried, and some, I suppose, succeeded; not I, however. Or learn to live the rest of your life with your shame. This last is the nearest there is, under the circumstances, to heroism: shame. Many Germans became this poor kind of hero, many more, I think, than the world knows or cares to know."</p>
<p>I said nothing. I thought of nothing to say.</p>
<p>"I can tell you," my colleague went on, "of a man in Leipzig, a judge. He was not a Nazi, except nominally, but he certainly wasn’t an anti-Nazi. He was just—a judge. In ’42 or ’43, early ’43, I think it was, a Jew was tried before him in a case involving, but only incidentally, relations with an ‘Aryan’ woman. This was ‘race injury,’ something the Party was especially anxious to punish. In the case at bar, however, the judge had the power to convict the man of a ‘nonracial’ offense and send him to an ordinary prison for a very long term, thus saving him from Party ‘processing’ which would have meant concentration camp or, more probably, deportation and death. But the man was innocent of the ‘nonracial’ charge, in the judge’s opinion, and so, as an honorable judge, he acquitted him. Of course, the Party seized the Jew as soon as he left the courtroom."</p>
<p>"And the judge?"</p>
<p>"Yes, the judge. He could not get the case off his conscience—a case, mind you, in which he had acquitted an innocent man. He thought that he should have convicted him and saved him from the Party, but how could he have convicted an innocent man? The thing preyed on him more and more, and he had to talk about it, first to his family, then to his friends, and then to acquaintances. (That’s how I heard about it.) After the ’44 <i>Putsch</i> they arrested him. After that, I don’t know."</p>
<p>I said nothing.</p>
<p>"Once the war began," my colleague continued, "resistance, protest, criticism, complaint, all carried with them a multiplied likelihood of the greatest punishment. Mere lack of enthusiasm, or failure to show it in public, was ‘defeatism.’ You assumed that there were lists of those who would be ‘dealt with’ later, after the victory. Goebbels was very clever here, too. He continually promised a ‘victory orgy’ to ‘take care of’ those who thought that their ‘treasonable attitude’ had escaped notice. And he meant it; <i>that</i> was not just propaganda. And that was enough to put an end to all uncertainty.</p>
<p>"Once the war began, the government could do anything ‘necessary’ to win it; so it was with the ‘final solution of the Jewish problem,’ which the Nazis always talked about but never dared undertake, not even the Nazis, until war and its ‘necessities’ gave them the knowledge that they could get away with it. The people abroad who thought that war against Hitler would help the Jews were wrong. And the people in Germany who, once the war had begun, still thought of complaining, protesting, resisting, were betting on Germany’s losing the war. It was a long bet. Not many made it."</p>
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<p>Had a conversation in Toronto with an old friend about apathy. This is a good example why it's wrong.</p></div>
New Girl W/ Dragon Tattoo Soundtrack by Trent Reznor/Atticus Ross w/ Karen O #zeppelincover
2011-12-03T00:00:00-08:00
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Blizamin'. <p /> <object height="81" width="500"><param name="movie" value="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F29514614&" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><embed src="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F29514614&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" width="500"></embed></object><span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/user4807689/immigrant-song-karen-o-with-1">Immigrant Song - Karen O with Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/user4807689">Fluke Hawkins</a></span>
Android is far behind iOS for music production - spoiler: #latency
2011-12-03T00:00:00-08:00
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<p><a href="http://www.android.com" target="_blank">Google’s multitouch operating system</a> is far behind <a href="http://www.apple.com/ios" target="_blank">Apple’s iOS</a> regarding musical creation possibilities. The lag is measurable: about 350 milliseconds. It seems insignificant but it is not. This latency problem on Android stops developers from writing musical apps that could compete with <a href="http://clk.tradedoubler.com/click?p=23753&a=1970866&url=http%3A%2F%2Fitunes.apple.com%2FWebObjects%2FMZStore.woa%2Fwa%2FviewMultiRoom%3FfcId%3D475874675%26s%3D143442%26partnerId%3D2003 " target="_blank">those available</a> on iPhone or iPad.<span></span></p>
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<p>When we started this blog, most recording or synth apps were on iOS. At the time Android’s rise was so overwhelming that we expected things to evolve. We even believed that WebOS or Windows would compete. That was in theory. In practice, iOS is still the king of the castle and will be in the foreseeable future, and as long as Google does not decide to provide development tools that are more powerful, as <a href="http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=3434" target="_blank">developers have been asking for</a>.</p>
<p>We interviewed Kevin Chartier, developer for <a href="http://www.wizdommusic.com/" target="_blank">Wizdom music</a>. He is in charge of <a href="http://clk.tradedoubler.com/click?p=23753&a=1970866&url=http%3A%2F%2Fitunes.apple.com%2Ffr%2Fapp%2Fmorphwiz%2Fid377345348%3Fmt%3D8%26partnerId%3D2003 " target="_blank">MorphWiz</a>, <a href="http://clk.tradedoubler.com/click?p=23753&a=1970866&url=http%3A%2F%2Fitunes.apple.com%2Ffr%2Fapp%2Fsamplewiz%2Fid431031166%3Fmt%3D8%26partnerId%3D2003 " target="_blank">SampleWiz</a>, and <a href="http://clk.tradedoubler.com/click?p=23753&a=1970866&url=http%3A%2F%2Fitunes.apple.com%2Ffr%2Fapp%2Fgeo-synthesizer%2Fid465224352%3Fmt%3D8%26partnerId%3D2003 " target="_blank">Geo Synthesizer</a>, real time touch instruments for iPad and iPhone. The live functionality is crucial for these apps as Jordan Rudess, Dream Theater’s keyboardist, uses them in front of thousands of persons during his concerts. In spite of his will to port these apps to Android he can’t because of one main problem: audio latency.</p>
<blockquote><p>The system mixing buffer is where the differences between iOS and Android are most apparent. On iOS, you have the ability to request any buffer size you want, and the OS will give it to you, if the processor is fast enough to handle it. (…) At a 44.1kHz sampling rate, a 256-sample buffer is about 5.8 milliseconds (…) On our latest Android devices, the minimum buffer size is 16384 samples long, which is about 371.5 milliseconds long.</p></blockquote>
<p>The best Android phones have a latency of 108.8 ms. What does it mean? It is best understood with a practical example. These four audio files illustrate the lag called latency. In the first the click and the piano are synched : latency zero. In the second we hear latency for iOS, it is so little that one can hardly hear time between which the finger touches the screen and the note is heard. The two last show that it is not possible to play music with an Android phone.<br />
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<p>That’s why musicians choose Apple rather Google. For the time being, iOS is for creatives while Android is for content consumption. This will remain the case until Google starts to listen to what audio developers have been asking for more than two years. Then, Android features would be equivalent to those of the first generation iPhone.</p>
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Pauk Remixed Album Out
2011-12-02T00:00:00-08:00
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<div>Fellow monomers put together an incredible album remixing some of Pauk's greatest stuff. It's incredible.</div><p /><div><a href="http://discontinurecords.bandcamp.com/album/pauk-remixed">Buy it. Buy it twice.</a></div><p /><div><iframe src="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/album=3635480259/size=grande3/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/vis=strata/" frameborder="0" height="410" style="display: block; height: 410px;" width="300"><a href="http://discontinurecords.bandcamp.com/album/pauk-remixed">Pauk Remixed by Pauk</a></iframe></div>
Music for the Shower: brought to you by Brite Lite Brite #bassdesign
2011-12-02T00:00:00-08:00
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Art With Energy Exhibition: Now With More Vincent!
2011-12-02T00:00:00-08:00
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<div>Come play with my log and listen to my jams!</div>
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Fliers Still Must Turn Off Devices, but It's Not Clear Why
2011-11-28T00:00:00-08:00
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<p>Millions of Americans who got on a plane over the Thanksgiving holiday heard the admonition: “Please power down your electronic devices for takeoff.”</p>
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And absolutely everyone obeyed. I know they did because no planes fell from the sky. No planes had to make an emergency landing because the avionics went haywire. No planes headed for Miami ended up in Anchorage. We were all made safe because we all turned off all our Kindles, iPads, iPhones, BlackBerrys and laptops, just as the Federal Aviation Administration told us to. Realistically speaking, I’m going to bet that a handful of people on each flight could not be bothered, or forgot to comply.</p>
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According to the F.A.A., 712 million passengers flew within the United States in 2010. Let’s assume that just 1 percent of those passengers — about two people per Boeing 737, a conservative number — left a cellphone, e-reader or laptop turned on during takeoff or landing. That would mean seven million people on 11 million flights endangered the lives of their fellow passengers.
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Yet, in 2010, no crashes were attributed to people using technology on a plane. None were in 2009. Or 2008, 2007 and so on. You get the point.
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Surely if electronic gadgets could bring down an airplane, you can be sure that the Department of Homeland Security and the Transportation Security Administration, which has a consuming fear of 3.5 ounces of hand lotion and gel shoe inserts, wouldn’t allow passengers to board a plane with an iPad or Kindle, for fear that they would be used by terrorists.
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New technologies are often greeted with fear and that is certainly true of a disruptive technology like cellphones. Yet rules that are decades old persist without evidence to support the idea that someone reading an e-book or playing a video game during takeoff or landing is jeopardizing safety.
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Nevertheless, Les Dorr, a spokesman for the F.A.A., said the agency would rather err on the side of caution when it comes to digital devices on planes.
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He cited a 2006 study by the Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics, a nonprofit group that tests and reports on technical travel and communications issues. The group was asked by the F.A.A. to test the effects of cellphones, Wi-Fi and portable electronic devices on planes.
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Its finding? “Insufficient information to support changing the policies,” Mr. Dorr said. “There was no evidence saying these devices can’t interfere with a plane, and there was no evidence saying that they can.” I’m not arguing that passengers should be allowed to make phone calls while the plane zooms up into the sky. But, why can’t I read my Kindle or iPad during takeoff and landing? E-readers and cellphones can be easily put into “Airplane Mode” which disables the device’s radio signals.
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The government might be causing more unnecessary interference on planes by asking people to shut their devices down for take-off and landing and then giving them permission to restart all at the same time. According to electrical engineers, when the electronic device starts, electric current passes through every part of the gadget, including GPS, Wi-Fi, cellular radio and microprocessor.
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It’s the equivalent of waking someone up with a dozen people yelling into bullhorns.
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As more and more people transition from paper products to digital ones, maybe it’s time to change these rules.
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Michael Altschul, senior vice president and legal counsel for CTIA, the wireless industry association, said a study that it conducted more than a decade ago found no interference from mobile devices.
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“The fact is, the radio frequencies that are assigned for aviation use are separate from commercial use,” Mr. Altschul said. “Plus, the wiring and instruments for aircraft are shielded to protect them from interference from commercial wireless devices.”
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Mr. Dorr reluctantly agreed. “There have never been any reported accidents from these kinds of devices on planes,” he said.
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<p>Well, yeah.</p></div>
I didn't even… congrats to notch and team!
2011-11-24T00:00:00-08:00
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The Four Phases of Bicycle Commuting
2011-11-19T00:00:00-08:00
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Been a while
2011-11-15T00:00:00-08:00
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Just met my wonderful cousin @hff001 for the first time tonight!
2011-11-07T00:00:00-08:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/11/07/just-met-my-wonderful-cousin-hff001-for-the-first-time-tonight-
<p>[[posterous-content:kajFzEtcdchCwktGmHuB]]</p>
<p> </p>
<p>I love my family! </p>
Four Tet: Sing #video
2011-11-06T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/11/06/four-tet-sing-video
<div><div><div>[[posterous-content:fTZgoQhOgSfYzZho7qyN]]</div></div></div><p /><p />Gorgeous fan video for a gorgeous song:<p /><div><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/27223162?portrait=0" frameborder="0" height="283" width="500"></iframe></div>
Kitty City
2011-11-05T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/11/05/kitty-city
<iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/jX3iLfcMDCw#!?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe><p /> twisted!
How Did Holland Get Their Bike Infrastructure? They #occupied
2011-10-31T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/10/31/how-did-holland-get-their-bike-infrastructure-they-occupied
Great insight on how protest aided in creating change in Dutch transportation infrastructure. Reminds me of something closer to home… <p /> <iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/XuBdf9jYj7o?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe>
Game of Life Inside Game of Life #INCEPTION
2011-10-31T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/10/31/game-of-life-inside-game-of-life-inception
<iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/QtJ77qsLrpw?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe><p /> INCEPTION!
Yowza! Synthesista Suzanne Ciani on 3-2-1 Contact
2011-10-27T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/10/27/yowza-synthesista-suzanne-ciani-on-3-2-1-contact
<div>[[posterous-content:olp7tFNpXzbQvZ1IP4hY]]</div><p />I dont know what's sexier, Suzanne Ciani or her Prophet 5/modular synth rack. I think all of the above do me quite well.<p /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/4593D44Lid4?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe>
New Monome Sickness By Edison
2011-10-27T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/10/27/new-monome-sickness-by-edison
Remember kids, no loops, all one take. Bring a change of pants. <p /> <iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/31212506?portrait=0" frameborder="0" height="283" width="500"></iframe>
My New Music Setup
2011-10-27T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/10/27/my-new-music-setup
[[posterous-content:L1ZSAuYuzitrCGJafegW]]<p /><div>Just kidding! But I do want to show you my real one. It's kind of awesome. Hopefully I'll be super creative and record a video or something. </div><p /><div>We'll see, we'll see.</div>
Apple Finally Fixes Video Card Driver Issue for Mid 2010 MacBook Pros
2011-10-27T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/10/27/apple-finally-fixes-video-card-driver-issue-for-mid-2010-macbook-pros
Did you ever have this problem after installing OS 10.7 Lion? <p /><p /><div>[[posterous-content:nmmHhKt1CGXDo9iHeol7]]</div><p /><p /><div>Yeah <a href="https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3191083?start=120&tstart=0">so did everyone else</a> who had a mid-2010 MacBook Pro with NVIDIA GeFroce GT's including me. As a VJ, I cant tell you how nervous I was every time I had to project some stuff using my now unreliable laptop. Fortunately, Apple has released a long overdue video driver fix! [[posterous-content:dVHvy8dZVomEIjPmoULp]]</div><p /><div>Thanks Computer gods!</div>
Yowza! Synthesista Suzanne Ciani on 3-2-1 Contact
2011-10-26T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/10/26/yowza-synthesista-suzanne-ciani-on-3-2-1-contact
I dont know what's sexier, Suzanne Ciani or her Prophet 5. I think both combined do me quite well. <p /> <iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/4593D44Lid4?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe>
Cycling 74 Max 6 Release is Out!
2011-10-26T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/10/26/cycling-74-max-6-release-is-out-
<div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry">
[[posterous-content:oHtervoehFfpmbsBHgru]]
<div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://cycling74.com/products/max/">cycling74.com</a></div>
<p>It's hereeee!</p></div>
WHAT NEVER TO DO… in Hungarian Dance #bubblesort
2011-10-24T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/10/24/what-never-to-do-in-hungarian-dance-bubblesort
Warning, it's pretty long. Hyuk. <p /> <iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/lyZQPjUT5B4#t=47s?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe>
Rutt/Etra Technique by Bridge Is Done Right - ala Gantz Graf 2.0
2011-10-23T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/10/23/rutt-etra-technique-by-bridge-is-done-right-ala-gantz-graf-2-0
<div>This shit-your-pants video is using a sound responsive rutt etra video synth created in Max/MSP/Jitter by <a href="http://bridge.tokyomax.jp/">bridge</a> collective in Tokyo. </div><p /><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/30279391?portrait=0" frameborder="0" height="283" width="500"></iframe><p /><div>Compounded with the music, this video is gorgeous. Reminds me of Autechre's Gantz Graf (biggest compliment ever):</div><p /><div><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/AyJfHU4GoOQ?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe></div>
mm-cc
2011-10-22T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/10/22/mm-cc
<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/29196645?portrait=0" frameborder="0" height="283" width="500"></iframe>
This Guy:
2011-10-21T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/10/21/this-guy-
<p>[[posterous-content:DdsgkfmmkvgbAHbGFuni]]</p>
Daleks in Book Titles | The Mary Sue
2011-10-21T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/10/21/daleks-in-book-titles-the-mary-sue
<div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry">
[[posterous-content:JHnBiDjrtclIBljCkegv]]<div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.themarysue.com/daleks-in-literature/">themarysue.com</a></div>
<p>Make sure to check the site, so many good ones!</p></div>
weev: #iamthe99percent
2011-10-20T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/10/20/weev-iamthe99percent
<p><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/b9nKaU1LJxw?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe></p>
#Occupy @DunlevySnackbar
2011-10-20T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/10/20/-occupy-dunlevysnackbar
[[posterous-content:AKOokn4lhmbXO1iYocmF]]<p /><div><a href="http://scoutmagazine.ca/2011/10/20/seen-in-vancouver-321-a-sign-of-the-times-outside-the-dtes-dunlevy-snackbar/">source</a></div>
How Dubstep Began
2011-10-19T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/10/19/how-dubstep-began
[[posterous-content:3Dq5tH87MyghBuh6O9jh]]
Thirteen Observations Made By Lemony Snicket watching Occupy Wall Street from a Discreet Distance
2011-10-18T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/10/18/thirteen-observations-made-by-lemony-snicket-watching-occupy-wall-street-from-a-discreet-distance
<div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry">
<blockquote><div><p><strong>Thirteen Observations made by Lemony Snicket while watching Occupy Wall Street from a Discreet Distance </strong></p>
<p>1. If you work hard, and become successful, it does not necessarily mean you are successful because you worked hard, just as if you are tall with long hair it doesn’t mean you would be a midget if you were bald.</p>
<p>2. “Fortune” is a word for having a lot of money and for having a lot of luck, but that does not mean the word has two definitions.</p>
<p>3. Money is like a child—rarely unaccompanied. When it disappears, look to those who were supposed to be keeping an eye on it while you were at the grocery store. You might also look for someone who has a lot of extra children sitting around, with long, suspicious explanations for how they got there.</p>
<p>4. People who say money doesn’t matter are like people who say cake doesn’t matter—it’s probably because they’ve already had a few slices.</p>
<p>5. There may not be a reason to share your cake. It is, after all, yours. You probably baked it yourself, in an oven of your own construction with ingredients you harvested yourself. It may be possible to keep your entire cake while explaining to any nearby hungry people just how reasonable you are.</p>
<p>6. Nobody wants to fall into a safety net, because it means the structure in which they’ve been living is in a state of collapse and they have no choice but to tumble downwards. However, it beats the alternative.</p>
<p>7. Someone feeling wronged is like someone feeling thirsty. Don’t tell them they aren’t. Sit with them and have a drink.</p>
<p>8. Don’t ask yourself if something is fair. Ask someone else—a stranger in the street, for example.</p>
<p>9. People gathering in the streets feeling wronged tend to be loud, as it is difficult to make oneself heard on the other side of an impressive edifice.</p>
<p>10. It is not always the job of people shouting outside impressive buildings to solve problems. It is often the job of the people inside, who have paper, pens, desks, and an impressive view.</p>
<p>11. Historically, a story about people inside impressive buildings ignoring or even taunting people standing outside shouting at them turns out to be a story with an unhappy ending.</p>
<p>12. If you have a large crowd shouting outside your building, there might not be room for a safety net if you’re the one tumbling down when it collapses.</p>
<p>13. 99 percent is a very large percentage. For instance, easily 99 percent of people want a roof over their heads, food on their tables, and the occasional slice of cake for dessert. Surely an arrangement can be made with that niggling 1 percent who disagree.</p>
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<div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://occupywriters.com/by-lemony-snicket">occupywriters.com</a></div>
<p>Absolutely amazing and gorgeous.</p></div>
Not Sure If Instrument is Panned
2011-10-18T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/10/18/not-sure-if-instrument-is-panned
<div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry">
[[posterous-content:qJHhffvzztwAhtrbnsqE]]
<div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://i.imgur.com/rIXTV.jpg">i.imgur.com</a></div>
<p>Happens every time.</p></div>
Balmer. Gates. Night at the Roxbury.
2011-10-18T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/10/18/balmer-gates-night-at-the-roxbury-
<iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/IY2j_GPIqRA?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe>
What Happen When a Whale Dies?
2011-10-17T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/10/17/what-happen-when-a-whale-dies-
<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/29987934?portrait=0" frameborder="0" height="283" width="500"></iframe>
Happy 15th Anniversary Native Instruments
2011-10-17T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/10/17/happy-15th-anniversary-native-instruments
<table border="0" style="" width="600"><tr><td align="left" colspan="3"><table border="0" style="" width="600"><tr><td height="10"></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td align="center" colspan="3"><a href="http://newsletter.native-instruments.com/go/2/GP32HBQ-1V3D3MD-1V3D3M2-YF7MLP.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=15+Years+of+NI+EN"><br /></a></td></tr><tr><td width="50"><br /></td><td align="left" width="500"><br /></td></tr></table><div>[[posterous-content:0YtBrWlX8KeuVgSHdKoF]]</div><p /><div><p /><div>Native Instruments turned 15 this year and to celebrate, they are launching a 15-day streak of cool shit! From October 17 to 31, you can enter the 15 Years of NI Giveaway every day for the chance to win valuable NI products. </div><p /></div><div>Blizam! </div><p /><div>Thanks for giving me tools that I wrote the majority of my music for the last 10 years.</div>
CsoundForLive
2011-10-15T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/10/15/csoundforlive
<div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry">[[posterous-content:kJHlzaCDCfwdjmgqCqjC]]
<div class="posterous_quote_citation"><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/30576925?portrait=0" frameborder="0" height="283" width="500"></iframe></div>
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<div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.csoundforlive.com/">csoundforlive.com</a></div>
<p>Yespls kthx.</p>
</div>
Max 6 Beta is Out! #maxmsp
2011-10-14T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/10/14/max-6-beta-is-out-maxmsp
So many new features, I don't even know what to do with them!<p /><div><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/rrzwTyECsmI?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe><br /><div><br /><p /><p /><p /><div><p /><p /><p /><div>Get her while its hot!</div><p /><div><a href="http://cycling74.com/downloads/max-6-public-beta/">http://cycling74.com/downloads/max-6-public-beta/</a></div></div></div></div><p>[[posterous-content:3qoYk2DZAOAwTq9XC3Us]]</p>
Thank You Dennis Ritchie
2011-10-12T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/10/12/thank-you-dennis-ritchie
<div>Thank you for pairing up and meeting Ken Thompson at Bell Labs, for writing C, the most important programming language in modern computing history. </div>
<div>Thank you for giving wings to UNIX, the most influential operating system in the history of modern computing, and Ken Thompson's new child. </div>
<div>Without you, as C++ designer Bjarne Stoustrup says:</div>
<p />
<blockquote>
<div><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">“If Dennis had decided to spend that decade on esoteric math, Unix would have been stillborn.”</span></div>
</blockquote>
<p />
<div>Thank you for changing my life. </div>
<div>Rest in peace.</div>
<p> </p>
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<p>[[posterous-content:CY4kstkS5mUHjepOERMS]]</p>
#octopiwallstreet
2011-10-12T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/10/12/-octopiwallstreet
[[posterous-content:xSX6SLYmV9CxrLGC4aYp]]
The Prodigy: More Than Meets The Ear - Documentary
2011-10-11T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/10/11/the-prodigy-more-than-meets-the-ear-documentary
Great doc on the creative methods, ideology, and subliminal communication and media strategies of The Prodigy. <p /> <iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/hBGPDHTzu08?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe><p /> <iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/d1P8tr5kHb4?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe><p /> <iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/10A1meEHZ-Y?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe><p /> <iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/wU5vh5Onqec?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe>
Web Developer With a Job, Web Developer Without a Job
2011-10-10T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/10/10/web-developer-with-a-job-web-developer-without-a-job
<p>[[posterous-content:zNJSQdNGNpeSCuMZyjdL]]</p>
<p />
<div>I think this actually applies to all Software Developers.</div>
Giant kraken lair discovered
2011-10-10T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/10/10/giant-kraken-lair-discovered
<div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry">
<blockquote><div>
<span>
<img src="http://cdn.physorg.com/newman/gfx/news/2011/giantkrakenl.jpg" align="left" height="195" alt="Giant kraken lair discovered" style="padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px;" width="260" /></span><p><a href="http://cdn.physorg.com/newman/gfx/news/hires/2011/giantkrakenl.jpg" title=""Specimen U" illustrates a fossil bed showing shonisaur vertebral disks arranged in curious linear patterns with almost geometric regularity. The arranged vertebrae resemble the pattern of sucker discs on a cephalopod tentacle, with each vertebra strongly resembling a coleoid sucker. Used with permission of Mark McMenamin." rel="lightbox">Enlarge</a></p>
<p>"Specimen U" illustrates a fossil bed showing shonisaur vertebral disks arranged in curious linear patterns with almost geometric regularity. The arranged vertebrae resemble the pattern of sucker discs on a cephalopod tentacle, with each vertebra strongly resembling a coleoid sucker. Used with permission of Mark McMenamin.</p>
<p>
<strong>Long before whales, the oceans of Earth were roamed by a very different kind of air-breathing leviathan. Snaggle-toothed ichthyosaurs larger than school buses swam at the top of the Triassic Period ocean food chain, or so it seemed before Mount Holyoke College paleontologist Mark McMenamin took a look at some of their remains in Nevada. Now he thinks there was an even larger and more cunning sea monster that preyed on ichthyosaurs: a kraken of such mythological proportions it would have sent Captain Nemo running for dry land. McMenamin will be presenting the results of his work on Monday, 10 October at the Annual Meeting of The Geological Society of America in Minneapolis.</strong>
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<p>The evidence is at Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park in Nevada, where McMenamin and his daughter spent a few days this summer. It's a site where the remains of nine 45-foot (14-meter) ichthyosaurs, of the species Shonisaurus popularis can be found. These were the Triassic's counterpart to today's predatory giant squid-eating <a href="http://www.physorg.com/tags/sperm+whales/" rel="tag">sperm whales</a>. But the fossils at the Nevada site have a long history of perplexing researchers, including the world's expert on the site: the late Charles Lewis Camp of U.C. Berkeley.</p>
<p>"Charles Camp puzzled over these fossils in the 1950s," said McMenamin. "In his papers he keeps referring to how peculiar this site is. We agree, it is peculiar."</p>
<p>Camp's interpretation was that the fossils probably represented death by an accidental stranding or from a toxic plankton bloom. But no one had ever been able to prove that the beasts died in shallow water. In fact more recent work on the rocks around the fossils suggest it was a deep water environment, which makes neatly arranged <a href="http://www.physorg.com/tags/carcasses/" rel="tag">carcasses</a> even more mysterious.</p>
<p>This question -- shallow or <a href="http://www.physorg.com/tags/deep+ocean/" rel="tag">deep ocean</a> death -- is what attracted McMenamin to the site.</p>
<p>"I was aware that anytime there is controversy about depth, there is probably something interesting going on," McMenamin said. And when they arrived at the remote state park and started looking at the fossils, McMenamin was struck by their strangeness.</p>
<p>"It became very clear that something very odd was going on there," said McMenamin. "It was a very odd configuration of bones."</p>
<p>First of all, the different degrees of etching on the bones suggested that the shonisaurs were not all killed and buried at the same time. It also looked like the bones had been purposefully rearranged. That it got him thinking about a particular modern predator that is known for just this sort of intelligent manipulation of bones.</p>
<p>"Modern octopus will do this," McMenamin said. What if there was an ancient, very large sort of octopus, like the kraken of mythology. "I think that these things were captured by the kraken and taken to the midden and the cephalopod would take them apart."
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<p>In the fossil bed, some of the shonisaur vertebral disks are arranged in curious linear patterns with almost geometric regularity, McMenamin explained.The proposed Triassic kraken, which could have been the most intelligent invertebrate ever, arranged the vertebral discs in double line patterns, with individual pieces nesting in a fitted fashion as if they were part of a puzzle.</p>
<p>Even more creepy: The arranged vertebrae resemble the pattern of sucker discs on a cephalopod tentacle, with each vertebra strongly resembling a coleoid sucker. In other words, the vertebral disc "pavement" seen at the state park may represent the earliest known self portrait.</p>
<p>But could an octopus really have taken out such huge swimming predatory reptiles? No one would have believed such a tale until the staff of the Seattle Aquarium set up a video camera at night a few years ago to find out what was killing the sharks in one of their large tanks. What they were shocked to discover was that a large octopus they had in the same tank was the culprit. The video of one of these attacks is available on the web to anyone who uses the search terms "shark vs octopus."</p>
<p>"We think that this cephalopod in the Triassic was doing the same thing," said McMenamin. Among the evidences of the kraken attacks are many more ribs broken in the shonisaur fossils than would seem accidental and the twisted necks of the ichthyosaurs. "It was either drowning them or breaking their necks."</p>
<p>Of course, it's the perfect Triassic crime because octopuses are mostly soft-bodied and don't fossilize well. Only their beaks, or mouth parts, are hard and the chances of those being preserved nearby are very low. That means the evidence for the murderous Kraken is circumstantial, which may leave some scientists rather skeptical. But McMenamin is not worried.</p>
<p>"We're ready for this," he said. "We have a very good case."<br /></p>
<p><b> More information:</b> <a href="http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2011AM/finalprogram/abstract_197227.htm" target="_blank">http://gsa.confex. … t_197227.htm</a><br /></p>
<p>Provided by Geological Society of America</p>
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</div></blockquote><div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-10-giant-kraken-lair.html">physorg.com</a></div>
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Ryan Bates #rails
2011-10-09T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/10/09/ryan-bates-rails
[[posterous-content:1zrx1dqD0LxfSLo1cXdI]]
An Interview with Bjork's Technical and Music Director Damian Taylor
2011-10-09T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/10/09/an-interview-with-bjork-s-technical-and-music-director-damian-taylor
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<p><img src="http://1cyjknyddcx62agyb002-web-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/interviews/damian_taylor/intro.png" height="100" align="left" width="166" />
</p><p>In a highly publicized new <a href="http://entertainment.salon.com/2011/10/01/david_mitchell_brian_eno/" target="_blank">interview on Salon.com</a>, Brian Eno asserted that ‘success ruins artists.’ I beg to differ, especially after hearing the new Björk album <em>Biophila</em> and interviewing her engineer and Music Director Damian Taylor. Björk has used her success to collaborate, push boundaries and reach new heights in experimentation. Among other things, Damian employed Max to create alternative creative environments for Björk to conjure within. Damian was nice enough to <a href="http://cycling74.com/toolbox/woodpecker/">share one of his Max patches, <em>Woodpecker</em></a>, with everyone. Hats off to Björk and her team.
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<p><em><strong>So, you seem to be a man of many countries. You’re living in Montreal now?</strong></em></p>
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Yeah. We’ve been here for about a year and a half.
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Prior to that, we lived in this tiny little fishing village in British Columbia for a couple of years, but basically I built my career up over ten years in London. I’ve got three passports which is handy; a British, a New Zealand and a Canadian. I was born in Canada, lived in New Zealand in my teens for a bit before heading to London. But I moved around a lot in each country, so I don’t really have a hometown. It gets a bit confusing!
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<p><em><strong>Are you enjoying Montreal?</strong></em></p>
<p>
I love it here, yeah. It’s fantastic. Awesome people, killer food, and the city is beautiful.
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<p><em><strong>And they have a great music scene…<br />
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<p>
Yeah, exactly, I really like how it’s very creative, but not too heavily dominated by the music industry, it feels like a more freely creative place. On the flip-side it’s an easy commute to New York, L.A. and London, nicely in the middle. I’ve built my own studio in 1,000 square feet of the corner of a warehouse in a great part of town. You couldn’t really do that in New York or London — unless you’re just doing like hard-ass pop music. [Laughs.]
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<p><em><strong>You’ve been working with audio from a young age. Are you trained as a musician?</strong></em></p>
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I did the more traditional thing when I was young, between age 6 and 13. This gave me a good grounding in both playing and theory but I didn’t go to a super-high level. When I was 15 I started playing bass in guitar-type bands with friends in high school. After a year of that I bought a cheap second hand 4-track and got really into recording. My tastes evolved a lot over the next couple of years and I started getting heavily into electronic and sample-based music which led to my move to London when I was 19.
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<p><em><strong>Do you think that experience helps in your work?</strong></em></p>
<p>
Oh yeah. I’ve got a musical background, a good understanding of music, and I’ve got a musical ear, however I’m not at all a genius player. I’ve played quite a lot of different instruments in different environments though, so this allows me to understand artists I’m working with far more than if I hadn’t had that experience.
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</p><p><em><strong>So, were keyboards your weapon of choice back then?</strong></em></p>
<p>
I did piano for a few years, then trumpet, and then played bass in bands and then bought a guitar and drum kit and played those once I focused on recording. So I’ve kind of done a little bunch of everything — but if you wanted me to do a guitar solo, there’s no way I could pull it off, you know? [Laughs.]
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I was Björk’s musical director on her last tour, so I did live electronics with her. Actually it was amazing to perform with that stuff, I’m far better with that than a traditional instrument. I had a crazy amount of gear and that was insanely fun, so I’d say taking a musical approach to technology is my thing, really.
</p>
<p>
I’m a young record producer though, essentially. I was getting gigs engineering and programming all through my twenties and now I’m getting a lot more production gigs — production and mixing. Production had always been my goal.
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<p>
To clarify though: with Björk’s projects I work as her engineer – or you could say I’m her technical enabler based on whatever situation she’s in. She produces herself. This has kept me busy pretty much full time with her for six years, though now that her new project is wrapped up I’m able to work on other stuff again.
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<p><em><strong>Is she based in New York these days?</strong></em></p>
<p>
She has many bases but mainly goes between New York and Iceland. I first worked with her in 1999 on <em>Vespertine</em>. I worked on the early stages of that record, which is how we had the foundation for our relationship.
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<p><em><strong>How did that come about?</strong></em></p>
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The first really good situation I found as an engineer was when I was 21 and linked up with the producer/writer Guy Sigsworth. He was Björk’s MD [Music Director] for the first two tours for her first two albums then later co-wrote stuff with her on <em>Vespertine</em> and on <em>Homogenic</em>. He asked me to work with him on all his projects and one of them was Björk.
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<p>
That was a brilliant time with Guy because we had one of the first Pro Tools Mix Plus systems in London — this was in like ’97, ’98 — we were the first people we knew doing everything in the box. People kind of freaked out when they came to our studio and there was almost no gear! My engineering background, even though I was young, was with tape and mixing consoles and outboard gear, but I got in very early on with the whole next level of computer processing that opened up a whole bunch of creative stuff.
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<p>
People’s iBooks now have a lot more power than we had back then [laughs], but it was a really exciting time. <em>Vespertine</em> was technically about taking any sound and slicing it into a million pieces, just doing crazy editing, drawing waveforms and pops and clicks with the pencil tools and all that kind of stuff. Guy was really into hyper-tight ultra detail (I think he still is!) and <em>Vespertine</em> was a perfect match for that. For me that album is a high-water mark in terms of the intricacy of programming and all that kind of stuff.
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<p>
In terms of what Björk and I did on the new record though, we wanted to try to take a different approach where you still had the ethos of electronics but re-contextualized; presented it in a different way. Essentially we wanted to create an acoustic event that was controlled electronically. Does that make sense? I could bang on about that for hours! [Laughs.] That’s the abridged version.
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The previous record I did with her, <em>Volta</em>, we were just kind of ‘let’s just keep it super raw and not be too clever’, basically. Energetically, I think she just wanted to make a bit of an extroverted album that would be fun to go play festivals, while for this new one her concept was a lot more in-depth. She had a lot of musicological concepts that she was really keen to explore.
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<p><em><strong>It must be really rewarding to work with an artist who’s so creative, and also has budgets.</strong></em></p>
<p>
[Laughs.] You hit the nail on the head, there. </p>
</div></blockquote><div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://cycling74.com/2011/10/06/an-interview-with-damian-taylor/">cycling74.com</a></div>
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Sol: A Sexy New Live Music Interface
2011-10-08T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/10/08/sol-a-sexy-new-live-music-interface
<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/24894367?portrait=0" frameborder="0" height="283" width="500"></iframe><p /><div>From the <a href="http://wearedesigngoat.com/sol.html">site</a>:</div><p /><p /><blockquote type="cite"><div><div>[[posterous-content:faNk5m39NLQ3jixsawky]]</div></div></blockquote><p /><blockquote type="cite"><p /><p /></blockquote><div><blockquote type="cite"><h1 style="margin-top: 0px; padding-right: 15px; padding-left: 15px; font-size: 10px;">Sol:</h1><p style="margin-top: 0px; padding-right: 15px; padding-left: 15px; font-size: 10px;">Sol is a musical interface that allows its user to sample audio from a microphone or another sound source and manipulate it through various types of effects and editing. For example, a sample of audio can be recorded, shortened, reversed or layered with other samples and then treated with audio effects such as reverb or delay.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; padding-right: 15px; padding-left: 15px; font-size: 10px;">The device was inspired by a desire to disengage the electronic musician from the screen and allow a more direct physical interaction with their sound. By replacing the screen found on most electronic music devices with a ring of sixty four bright LEDs, visual feedback from the device is reduced to low resolution animations that can be quickly recognised by the user and provide an intriguing visual display for an audience.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; padding-right: 15px; padding-left: 15px; font-size: 10px;">The controls have been reduced to very few buttons and a large rotating platter. The size of the platter allows the player to change parameters expressively and manipulate audio using big gestures, consequently communicating their musical intentions with the audience or other musicians that may also be playing. The effects and functions available have been designed to allow a seamless flow of synchronised audio from the device and permit the player to construct a whole song using short samples of audio. This style of musical creation lends itself quite well to any spontaneous musical situation.</p></blockquote><p /></div><div>I have to say, this is pretty hot, but if you're interested in building something similar yourself and are okay with it being tethered to a computer, I recommend looking into the open source project <a href="http://www.essej.net/sooperlooper/">SooperLooper</a>. Whether or not Sol requires a machine (I'll bet that it does).</div><p /><div>I look forward to a future of more music hardware design initiatives like this.</div>
Challenge Accepted
2011-10-08T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/10/08/challenge-accepted
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90s Nerd, 2011 Hipster
2011-10-08T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/10/08/90s-nerd-2011-hipster
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Everything Is a Remix: The Matrix
2011-10-07T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/10/07/everything-is-a-remix-the-matrix
<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/29996808?portrait=0" frameborder="0" height="283" width="500"></iframe><p /> Great series on how almost all culture draws inspiration from the past. Don't be ashamed of it, embrace it, and make it awesome.
Y Combinator Front Page Snapshot From Last Night
2011-10-06T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/10/06/y-combinator-front-page-snapshot-from-last-night
[[posterous-content:FoctdwhYNqgXaUsUpI0N]]<p /><div><a href="http://hhn.domador.net/2011/10/05/23/">source</a></div>
Apple's 1987 Knowledge Navigator, Only One Month Late
2011-10-06T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/10/06/apple-s-1987-knowledge-navigator-only-one-month-late
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<p>In 1987, Apple released this concept video for <strong>Knowledge Navigator</strong>, a voice-based assistant combined with a touchscreen tablet computer. </p>
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<p>Based on the dates mentioned in the Knowledge Navigator video, it takes place on <strong>September 16, 2011</strong>. The date on the professor's calendar is September 16, and he's looking for a 2006 paper written "about five years ago," setting the year as 2011. </p>
<p>And this morning, at the iPhone keynote, Apple announced <a href="http://thenextweb.com/apple/2011/10/04/apple-announces-voice-activated-siri-assistant-feature-for-ios-5/">Siri</a>, a natural language-based voice assistant, would be built into iOS 5 and a core part of the new iPhone 4S.</p>
<p>So, <em>24 years ago</em>, Apple predicted a complex natural-language voice assistant built into a touchscreen Apple device, and was <em>less than a month off</em>.</p>
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(Thanks to Hugh Dubberly for the video, who <a href="http://www.dubberly.com/articles/the-making-of-knowledge-navigator.html">helped create it</a> for ex-CEO John Sculley's <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/title/educom-87-keynote-address/oclc/027878535">EDUCOM 1987 keynote</a> in six weeks on a $60,000 budget.)</p>
</div></blockquote><div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://waxy.org/2011/10/apples_1987_knowledge_navigator_only_one_month_late/">waxy.org</a></div>
<p>Man! A month off! I do have to say though that Bill Nuy The Science Guy > Siri.</p></div>
How To Prank Call Starbucks
2011-10-06T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/10/06/-how-to-prank-call-starbucks
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The Apple Homepage is Perfect
2011-10-05T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/10/05/the-apple-homepage-is-perfect
… the rest of the industry should follow this example.<p /><div>[[posterous-content:DwY9abknVQNBKaFLN2Q9]]</div>
MAKE | Makers CAN Change the World
2011-10-05T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/10/05/make-makers-can-change-the-world
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<p><img title="theSteves" src="http://blog.makezine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/theSteves.jpg" height="690" alt="" width="500" /><img title="Apple_I_Computer" src="http://blog.makezine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Apple_I_Computer.jpg" height="280" alt="" width="500" /></p>
<p>RIP Steve Jobs. You, and your <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homebrew_Computer_Club">Homebrew Computer</a> cohort and Apple Computer, fundamentally changed our lives, through technology. Multiple times. You and Apple made magic with gadgets. I literally gasped the first time I picked up the current MacBook Air. Not a lot of consumer technology makes me gasp. </p>
<p>When I got my pre-ordered iPad 1, the FedEx driver who brought it to my door was itching with curiosity as I signed for it. We had never exchanged more than a “hello” and “thanks.” I finished and she turned to leave. But then she blurted out: “What is that!?” (like she was breaking some sort of company policy about asking people what was in their boxes). When I told her, she totally let down her guard and gushed: “OMG! How cool! I SO want one of those!” She was completely lit up like a kid at Christmas. “Please tell what you think about it. So exciting.” She was still smiling as she walked away. As I, equally excited, went back into the house to open it, I wondered: “Do you think Microsoft or Dell or even Sony products generate this kind of excitement where delivery people can’t help but ask what’s in the box?” Rarely, if ever, I bet.</p>
<p><em>Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.</em> -Arthur C. Clarke</p>
<p><em>Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do…</em> -Steve Jobs 1955-2011</p>
<p>Thanks for the magic and for showing us how far a group of makers can take their inspired ideas. </p>
<a href="http://twitter.com/make" class="twitter-follow-button">Follow @make</a>
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</blockquote><div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2011/10/makers-can-change-the-world.html">blog.makezine.com</a></div>
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Google Remembers
2011-10-05T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/10/05/google-remembers
[[posterous-content:VxNLLYoyPaeOpA375766]]<p /><div>Kind works from Larry Page: </div><div><blockquote type="cite"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">"I am very, very sad to hear the news about Steve. He was a great man with incredible achievements and amazing brilliance. He always seemed to be able to say in very few words what you actually should have been thinking before you thought it. His focus on the user experience above all else has always been an inspiration to me. He was very kind to reach out to me as I became CEO of Google and spend time offering his advice and knowledge even though he was not at all well. My thoughts and Google's are with his family and the whole Apple family"</span></blockquote><br /></div><div><a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/106189723444098348646/posts/4wkYwTCCgAc">source</a></div>
"Death Is The Single Best\uFEFF Invention of Life"
2011-10-05T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/10/05/-death-is-the-single-best-invention-of-life-
<iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/UF8uR6Z6KLc?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe><p /> We love you.
: A Bicycle For Our Minds
2011-10-05T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/10/05/-a-bicycle-for-our-minds
<div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px;">"I read a study that measured the efficiency of locomotion for various species on the planet. The condor used the least energy to move a kilometer. Humans came in with a rather unimpressive showing about a third of the way down the list....That didn't look so good, but then someone at Scientific American had the insight to test the efficiency of lomotion for a man on a bicycle and a man on a bicycle blew the condor away.<p />That's what a computer is to me: the computer is the most remarkable tool that we've ever come up with. It's the equivalent of a bicycle for our minds."</span></div><p /><p /><p /><p /><p /><p /><p /><p /><p>[[posterous-content:GKYxTdCqhFVTuAkp1wFx]]</p>
2011-10-05T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/10/05/-
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<div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.apple.com/stevejobs/">apple.com</a></div>
<p>Can't stop crying.</p></div>
iOS Siri
2011-10-04T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/10/04/ios-siri
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Robert Hodgin @ FITC 2011 Toronto
2011-10-03T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/10/03/robert-hodgin-fitc-2011-toronto
<div>Amazing talk by a big hero of mine <a href="http://flying404.com/">Robert Hodgin</a> at FITC Toronto this year. This talk reminds me how important it is to keep playing. Some of my favourite works of his grew out of his playful approach to experimentation. Oh, also, Cinder, <a href="http://libcinder.org/">download it</a>, thank me later.</div><p /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/uJcraRfeHWc?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe><p /><div><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/llT7X4evOlw?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe></div><p /><div><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/jyGnFlixQ2E?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe></div><p /><div><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/p1qL27ICEa8?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe></div>
Rarely seen 1974 promo for Sparks ‘This Town Ain’t Big Enough For The Both Of Us’
2011-10-03T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/10/03/rarely-seen-1974-promo-for-sparks-this-town-ain-t-big-enough-for-the-both-of-us-
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<div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.dangerousminds.net/comments/rarely_seen_1974_promo_for_sparks_this_town_aint_big_enough/">dangerousminds.net</a></div>
<p>Amazing.</p></div>
Ode to Tron
2011-10-03T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/10/03/ode-to-tron
<iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/6hTqjQo9zAA?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe><p /> Me too. Me too.
Inspiration
2011-10-03T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/10/03/inspiration
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Chopin'
2011-10-03T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/10/03/chopin-
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Adobe buys PhoneGap, TypeKit for "better Web tools" Kind of like what they did with Macromedia, Bahahaha
2011-10-03T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/10/03/adobe-buys-phonegap-typekit-for-better-web-tools-kind-of-like-what-they-did-with-macromedia-bahahaha
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<p>Using a tried and true method to make up for lost time, Adobe is acquiring two companies, Nitobi and TypeKit, to give it more strength in a fast-moving area where it's playing catch-up.</p>
<p>For years Adobe advocated its Flash Player technology for advanced Web design, but now it's wholeheartedly on board with the biggest alternative, Web standards including HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Today, in conjunction with its Adobe Max developer and designer conference populated with the very people wrestling with that transition, the company announced the two acquisitions.</p>
<p>Overall, both acquisitions make sense strategically. Each gives Adobe a solid new starting point for aspects of new-age technology. Terms weren't disclosed, though, so it's not clear whether Adobe had to pay a premium for the companies. The TypeKit acquisition is complete, but the Nitobi buy is subject to closing conditions that should be met this month, Adobe said.</p>
<p>Nitobi makes PhoneGap, an open-source programming tool for creating Web apps that run on a variety of mobile phones. That aligns well with the cross-platform approach Adobe has favored with Flash: give programmers the ability to create what they want, and let the tools worry about the differences from one system to another.</p>
<p>Danny Winokur, Adobe's platform general manager, had this statement about Nitobi:</p>
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<p>In a similar vein, <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20114857-264/adobe-buys-phonegap-typekit-for-better-web-tools#">Adobe released a new preview version of Edge</a>, an in-house tool the company is creating to help designers create animated, interactive Web sites using Web standards. Edge is set to be finished in 2012.</p>
<p>TypeKit is in a different arena, Web-based typography. It offers subscriptions to those who want to use sophisticated fonts on the Web with new abilities in CSS (Cascading Style Sheets). Adobe is among those that distributes its fonts in this way.</p>
<p>Adobe already licenses fonts to those who would use them in magazines and the like, but that business must adjust to the online era, where companies don't necessarily have the rights to distribute digital versions of the fonts. CSS and the related WOFF (Web Open Font Format) technology distribute digital fonts for rendering in a browser, an approach that can save download times and improve flexibility for display on everything from smartphones to big-screen TVs when compared to baking words into graphical PNG or JPEG images.</p>
<p>Among TypeKit's 250,000 customers are The New York Times and Condé Nast. Prices are higher for Web sites that have big audiences.</p>
<p>Lea Hickman, vice president. of product management at Adobe, had this to offer in a statement:</p>
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<p>Next up will be the task of integrating the new brands into Adobe's software and services and trying to expand from their early-adopter customers to Adobe's more mainstream buyers.</p>
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<p>Shit, we're boned.</p>
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Delia Derbyshire - Sculptress of Sound Documentary
2011-10-01T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/10/01/delia-derbyshire-sculptress-of-sound-documentary
<p>Between, Delia Derbyshire, Raymond Scott, and Wendy Carlos, I had formed a lot of respect for technological experimentation and exploration in music. I feel like the work Delia Derbyshire did with the Radiophonic Workshop is one of the best examples of representing this movement, and man did she have a good ear. <p /> She is a great inspiration of mine and I hope you enjoy this documentary: <p /> <iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/MA6Fb0nuAYw?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe><p /> <iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/t7McCU7oNwQ?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe><p /> <iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/lvxeSE_4Obo?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe><p /> <iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/I-e_TCqb4qQ?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe><p /> <iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/YFTMYjBHt8o?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe><p /> <iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Qwj5x9PukhU?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe><p /> <iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ZVY8LFSHpiE?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe></p>
Is Skrillex the most hated man in dubstep? Either way, he's here to stay
2011-09-29T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/09/29/is-skrillex-the-most-hated-man-in-dubstep-either-way-he-s-here-to-stay
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<p>Sonny Moore is one happy dude. Sitting on the roof of his UK record label's office with a mid-afternoon Jack Daniel's and Diet Coke in one hand, and a scuffed BlackBerry in the other, he's full of the joys of life. Moore is glad to be catching up with friends in London, excited about the festival he's playing the next day, and stoked about unveiling a new video he hopes "is going to blow some minds". This isn't in a manic way, either – he's relaxed and lucid. He just seems happy.</p><p>Which is encouraging, but perhaps a little incongruous given that, as <a href="http://www.skrillex.com" title="">Skrillex</a>, Moore has become <a href="http://dubstepforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=167606" title="">dubstep's most hated producer</a> in certain quarters of the internet. <a href="http://www.coachella.com/forum/showthread.php?t=44368&page=50" title="">One thread</a> on the messageboard for Coachella festival, entitled "I never realised how horrible Skrillex was until now" managed to accumulate 1,485 posts. Evidently, many fans of an underground UK genre have not taken kindly to a Los Angeleno Korn fan who dresses like an emo kid, and who used to be the singer for the screamo band <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahS1Fa_axMk&feature=fvst" title="">From First to Last</a>, taking <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/dubstep" title="More from guardian.co.uk on Dubstep">dubstep</a> to daytime radio and the pop charts.</p><p>Nevertheless, Moore is riding a spectacular wave of success. And for all those who hate him, there are many more who adore his music. Barely three years since he reinvented himself as Skrillex, he is the figurehead for the current unprecedented explosion of electronic <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/dance-music" title="More from guardian.co.uk on Dance music">dance music</a> – including a high-sugar, hyperactive version of dubstep – into the middle American mainstream.</p><p>His <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSeNSzJ2-Jw" title="">fidgety sound</a>, which veers from turbocharged disco in the Justice/Daft Punk mould to noises that take dubstep's "wobble" to an extreme that suggests Satan belching, has defined a generational moment. He plays to vast, demented crowds on a daily basis, remixes the likes of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ugS1nQqKeY" title="">Bruno Mars</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=854MvpXWwb8&feature=fvst" title="">Lady Gaga</a>, is around 50 times more searched for on the popular online DJ store <a href="http://www.beatport.com" title="">Beatport</a> than any other producer, and parties with <a href="http://tommylee.com" title="">Tommy Lee</a>. It would take some staggering self-absorption to be miserable in his shoes.</p><p>The current standard narrative of fame, especially for US stars, would have him explain how the "haters" make him stronger, how he overcame this or that crippling disadvantage and was now showing all those who doubted him how strong he really is. Moore, however, doesn't see it that way. "I never really even hear these views, mainly because I don't have much time for the internet," he says. "I go to shows and all I see is love. I didn't even know people had an issue until someone said: 'Oh, this and that forum seem to have a real problem with you.'" Since he averages more than a show a day, with more than 300 under his belt this year, perhaps his tendency to notice screaming glowstick-flinging ravers over griping keyboard warriors isn't surprising.</p><p>He was "emo with good reason" as a teenager, he says: "I discovered I was adopted when I was 16. But not only that, I found out that everyone – my parents' friends, my own friends, my friends' parents, everyone – had known except me. I've made up with my parents now, but I wasn't too happy at the time." Indeed, he took off with From First to Last to start a life of touring that hasn't stopped "for more than a month or so" in the intervening seven years.</p><p>But Moore is free from self-pity. And he doesn't suggest that the episode was some kind of dramatic epiphany. Rather, it just made him act on his desire to pursue music. At 13 he started going to punk gigs in "mainly Mexican parts of town". Later came illegal warehouse raves and sneaking underage into clubs. Like most rock kids of his generation, from an early age he had a working knowledge of <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/electronicmusic" title="More from guardian.co.uk on Electronic music">electronic music</a> through listening to industrial bands such as <a href="http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=guardian+nine+inche+nails&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a" title="">Nine Inch Nails</a>, and an obsession with "IDM" ("intelligent dance music"), in particular "anything on <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/apr/17/warp-records-20-years" title="">Warp Records</a>".</p><p>The other thing his leap into a life on the road revealed was a Stakhanovite work ethic. Asked where he fits sleep alongside gigging and making music (much of which is recorded on the tour bus), he replies: "I don't. But I don't do hard drugs all the time either. People always say it must be some cocaine lifestyle, but nobody could sustain that and do all the shows I do."</p><p></p><p>There doesn't seem to be a material goal, just a desire – naive, maybe, or even old-fashioned – to be part of music scenes and to connect with crowds. "I don't even try to make 'dubstep'," he says, lifting his hands to make air-quotes. "It's just another tempo and rhythm that I work in, because it makes people go wild." This might sound like a line from Spinal Tap, but his sincerity is endearing.</p><p>Moore's self-image tallies with the view of British dubstep star <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/aug/05/skream-outside-the-box-cd-review" title="">Skream</a>, who has stood up for Skrillex against more-underground-than-thou snobs. "His production is so fucking clean but twisted," Skream says, "but the real thing is how he's shaken everything up without even knowing it. He's almost done to dubstep what me and <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/jun/26/skream-benga-glastonbury-2009" title="">Benga</a> did to garage."</p><p>Whether or not Moore takes credit, his electro house and amped-up dubstep sound has found its way into the fabric of American subculture in a way no other rave genre has before. It's the demented flipside of <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/david-guetta" title="">David Guetta</a> bringing Euro house into the mainstream. And while metropolitan hipsters sneer at dweebs, rednecks and "bros" donning UV facepaint and throwing shapes at commercial festivals, Moore is overjoyed to witness their thrill of discovery.</p><p>"I love that people find their own way to react," he says. "It doesn't matter if it's some place with lots of clubs where people are used to dancing. It might be some place in Arkansas where they're only used to rock clubs, and they react in this very different physical way – but it's all good, it's still sexy!" Skream backs this up: "It doesn't matter where you go, LA or Colorado, the energy out there at the moment is insane, thousands of people go absolutely crazy at every show."</p><p>Perhaps current American dance culture is a bit preposterous, related to "real" house and techno only in the same way as the heavy metal of the 70s and 80s was to the blues. But it is also a hugely celebratory collective insanity, a world away from the portentousness and individualism of much current hip-hop and rock. Anything that can make a superstar of a lank-haired, slighly gauche enthusiast such as Moore has to have some cultural interest.</p><p>He seems to appreciate the ridiculousness of the situation. "We party on tour, of course we do," he smiles, "and there is nothing better, than once in a while being with my friends, wasted, in a suite that's almost bigger than the houses any of us grew up in, and thinking back to the little festivals we would do in LA, or the punk shows we would go to, and thinking, 'Holy shit, this music that I never even meant to be released got us here.'" Is it any wonder he's happy?</p>
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<p>This is super true in regards to whats coming next to electronic popular music, and you shouldn't hate it. I mean, I'm only now beginning not to hate it. ;)</p></div>
Don Draper pitches Facebook Timeline – Boing Boing
2011-09-27T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/09/27/don-draper-pitches-facebook-timeline-boing-boing
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<p>Heh.</p></div>
How To Peel Garlic In Less Than 10 Seconds :-O
2011-09-26T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/09/26/how-to-peel-garlic-in-less-than-10-seconds-o
<div><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/29605182?portrait=0" frameborder="0" height="283" width="500"></iframe></div><p /><div><i>Thanks Christian!</i></div>
Don’t dismiss the Wall Street occupation | Anthony DeRosa: Reuters Editor
2011-09-26T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/09/26/don-t-dismiss-the-wall-street-occupation-anthony-derosa-reuters-editor
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<blockquote><div><p>It would seem that a populist uprising against corporate greed would find a widely approving audience, yet the current occupation of Wall Street has mostly been received with a mix of <a href="https://plus.google.com/106532684826293540578/posts/M66vYWBrRwZ">muted support</a> and <a href="http://storify.com/neighborhoodrny/reactions-to-occupywallst">mockery</a>. The now week old protest, which has been <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/24/us-protests-wallstreet-idUSTRE78N2ZZ20110924">reported to have attracted several hundred activists</a> this past weekend, is struggling to be understood.</p>
<p>There is no leader, by design, and the demands are still being formed by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRnUeWBU8YQ">General Assemblies</a>, a loose group of protesters who gather to discuss their grievances with what they see as a system that takes from the middle class and poor and protects the rich. They represent what they call “the 99%,” the population outside of top 1% of income earners.</p>
<p>Protesters complained early on that they were not receiving attention from mainstream media, so they took to social media, using the hashtag <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23occupywallst">#occupywallst</a> (and apparently spreading to <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23occupyboston" title="#occupyboston" rel="nofollow">#<strong>occupyboston</strong></a> <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23occupyLA" title="#occupyLA" rel="nofollow"><strong>#</strong><strong><strong>occupyLA</strong></strong></a> <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23occupydenver" title="#occupydenver" rel="nofollow">#<strong>occupydenver</strong></a> <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23occupytexas" title="#occupytexas" rel="nofollow">#<strong>occupytexas</strong></a> <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23occupynola" title="#occupynola" rel="nofollow">#<strong>occupynola</strong></a> <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23occupychi" title="#occupychi" rel="nofollow">#<strong>occupychi</strong></a> <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23occupyphoenix" title="#occupyphoenix" rel="nofollow">#<strong>occupyphoenix</strong></a> as well,) sharing <a href="http://twitter.com/neighborhoodr/occupywallst">minute by minute accounts on Twitter</a>, posting <a href="http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=%23occupywallst">photos</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=occupy+wall+st&suggested_categories=25%2C29&nfpr=0">video</a>, and <a href="http://www.livestream.com/globalrevolution">live streaming nearly the entire time</a>.</p>
<p>The claims that there is a lack of mainstream coverage doesn’t seem to hold water, and could simply be a ploy to encourage even more coverage. The protests have been covered by <a href="http://bitly.com/ruAInz">Reuters</a>, <a href="http://bitly.com/ngCwGO">The New York Times</a>, and <a href="http://bitly.com/mZbh1v">major networks</a>. <a href="http://blogs.reuters.com/anthony-derosa/2011/09/07/who-is-anonymous/">Anonymous</a> and <a href="http://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/occupywallstreet">Ad Busters</a> are major promoters and loose organizers of the protests but the movement doesn’t appear to be born directly from the groups.</p>
<p>Are they a mob of over-privileged, unemployed trustafarians? Many of them likely are. Does it matter? Dismiss them if you will, they’re motivated and mobilized. An apathetic population asked to foot the bill for the fallout from credit default swaps is exactly what the 1% ordered. The last few years the country has been told to fear an economic collapse if the masses fail to fork over what amounts to corporate welfare, and more recently, that more jobs will be lost if we close tax loopholes. Many claim that these protesters are anti-capitalist, but most are simply disillusioned by a form of capitalism they suggest is so far out of whack that the opportunity for bootstrap pulling is nearly non-existent. They propose that the current environment unapologetically favors the richest of the rich.</p>
<p>There is concern, by people like <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/25/nyregion/protesters-are-gunning-for-wall-street-with-faulty-aim.html?_r=2">Ginia Bellafonte the New York Times</a>, that these protesters are simply flakes. These are a “noble but fractured and airy movement of rightly frustrated young people.” She refers to the gathering as a “carnival” and uses quotes of ridiculous demands, to “get rid of the combustion engine” and their muddled unfocused kaleidoscope of “liberal” causes: “concerns about the death penalty, the drug war, the environment.”</p>
<p>Bellafonte paints the picture so it can be easy for the comfortable Times readers to dismiss these seemingly misguided youth. Where have I heard this before? If you’re someone of my age, a thirty-something, ask your parents. Chances are they were once young and “misguided” and maybe even motivated by the likes of merry pranksters like Abbie Hoffman. Many of them likely would easily have identified with these so-called court jesters. Every movements starts somewhere and often it begins with very lofty ideas and few well-defined tactics. A week in, their goal was simply to do exactly what their namesake describes: occupy and control the public space in or near Wall Street, to have their presence felt and voices heard, even while they haven’t yet found the words.</p>
<p>To give Bellafonte the benefit of the doubt, even a supporter, in the form of successful tech entrepreneur Tim O’Reilly, <a href="https://plus.google.com/107033731246200681024/posts/Sy8Z2uWy655?hl=en">was disheartened by the attire and approach of the protesters, if not the cause.</a> If only the protesters dressed more formally, acted like grownups and came with a power-point presentation outlining their demands, maybe they’d be taken more seriously.</p>
<p>This weekend, the police, who up until then had been relatively docile, began to flex their muscles. Photos and videos documented alleged incidents of police brutality:</p>
<p>(links via <a href="http://pantslessprogressive.com/post/10661028066/occupy-wall-street-news-roundup-sept-24-25#notes">Pantless Progressive</a>)</p>
<p><a href="http://www.rawstory.com/rawreplay/2011/09/police-pen-up-and-mace-female-occupy-wall-street-protesters/" target="_blank">Police pen up and mace female protesters</a> [Raw Story]</p>
<p><a href="http://laurasthinkingwithportals.tumblr.com/post/10618514765" target="_blank">Young man arrested simply for walking down the street</a> [laurasthinkingwithportals]</p>
<p><a href="http://evanfleischer.com/post/10619602740/from-earlier-today-a-protester-is-thrown-over-a" target="_blank">Protester thrown over barricade by police</a> [evanfleischer]</p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rbXfelyIoM">Protester shouts, “Is this what you’re about?”, gets cuffed</a> [@LibertyPlazaRev]</p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYMvwhNIaWc">Officer pushes sitting protester, man stands up, cops arrest him</a> [@LilKing420s]</p>
<p><a href="http://gawker.com/5843574/cop-throws-wall-st-protester-to-the-ground-for-no-obvious-reason?popular=true" target="_blank">Cops Tackle, Mace Wall St. Protesters for No Obvious Reason</a> [Gawker]</p>
<p>The movement has been steadfast in imploring members <a href="http://twitter.com/AACina/statuses/118135233282449408">to remain</a> non-violent, in response to apparent police violence.</p>
<p>For every Ginia Bellafonte, they have a <a href="http://www.rawstory.com/rawreplay/2011/09/chris-hedges-occupy-wall-street-is-where-the-hope-of-america-lies/">Chris Hedges</a>, a <a href="http://bit.ly/pXH00K">Noam Chomksy</a> and an <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/sep/21/occupy-wall-street-amy-goodman">Amy Goodman</a>. While Bellafonte found the silliest in the crowd to quote, Goodman found David Graeber who teaches at the University of London.</p>
<blockquote><p>“For the last 30 years, we’ve seen a political battle being waged by the super-rich against everyone else, and this is the latest move in the shadow dance, which is completely dysfunctional economically and politically. It’s the reason why young people have just abandoned any thought of appealing to politicians. We all know what’s going to happen. The tax proposals are a sort of mock populist gesture, which everyone knows will be shot down. What will actually probably happen would be more cuts to social services.”</p></blockquote>
<p>Perhaps that kind of quote doesn’t fit into the neat narrative of misguided, yet noble, cast of characters wasting their wealthy parents money at a sleepover in the park that Bellafonte was looking to portray. I’m not naive enough to think Graeber is representative of the crowd as a whole, but I also haven’t had the last ounce of idealism beaten out of me to think the inmates are completely running the asylum. The answer, I think, lies somewhere in between and if successful and given time to evolve, could inspire others in America to find the will and motivation to finally stop allowing themselves to be taken advantage of.</p>
</div></blockquote><div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://blogs.reuters.com/anthony-derosa/2011/09/26/dont-dismiss-the-wall-street-occupation/">blogs.reuters.com</a></div>
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"The Market is Driven By Fear and Goldman Sachs"
2011-09-26T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/09/26/-the-market-is-driven-by-fear-and-goldman-sachs-
"The government doesn't rule the world. Goldman Sachs rules the world." <p /> Oh man this is a good interview. If this didn't remind you, you have less than 12 months before the U.S. economy collapses. No, not downturn or recession, COLLAPSE. Maybe then will people actually start paying attention to #OccupyWallStreet. <p /> <iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/lqN3amj6AcE?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe><p /> Again. Called it.
How To Dance To Dubstep
2011-09-25T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/09/25/how-to-dance-to-dubstep
Amazing. <p /> <iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/LXO-jKksQkM?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe>
Dow Jones Industrial Average: "Apple Stock is Just Too Damned High"
2011-09-22T00:00:00-07:00
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<h3>Apple Stock Price Is Too High for Dow Industrials</h3>
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<p>Apple, trading at about $420, would have the largest weighting in the 30-company measure because Dow companies are ranked by stock price, not market value.</p>
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<p>Apple, trading at about $420, would have the largest weighting in the 30-company measure because Dow companies are ranked by stock price, not market value. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg</p>
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<p>Putting <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=AAPL:US" title="Get Quote">Apple Inc. (AAPL)</a> in the <a href="http://topics.bloomberg.com/dow-jones-industrial-average/">Dow Jones Industrial Average</a> would mean the benchmark gauge would get 22 percent of its value from the iPhone maker, too much influence even for the world’s largest company, according to Bespoke Investment Group LLC.</p>
<p>Apple, trading at about $420, would have the largest weighting in the 30-company measure because Dow companies are ranked by stock price, not market value. Replacing Kraft Foods Inc. with the Cupertino, California-based company would drive <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=IBM:US" title="Get Quote">International Business Machines Corp. (IBM)</a> down to 9.2 percent from 11.6 percent of the Dow, Bespoke said in a report today. IBM closed at $173.13 yesterday.</p>
<p>“Don’t hold your breath,” Bespoke, based in Harrison, <a href="http://topics.bloomberg.com/new-york/">New York</a>, wrote in a note to clients, citing speculation today that Apple may enter the Dow. “If the stock were added to the index without a split in the shares, it would have a disproportionate weight in the index, making it more like the Dow Jones Industrial Apple.”</p>
<p>Richard Silverman, a spokesman for Dow Jones Indexes, declined to comment.</p>
<p>Apple had its weighting in another benchmark measure, the Nasdaq-100 Index, reduced this year. Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. cut the company’s share of the Nasdaq-100 Index to about 12.33 percent from 20.49 percent. While the exchange imposed rules in 1998 preventing the biggest corporations in the index from having too much sway, Apple’s market capitalization was too small to qualify for a curb at the time.</p>
<p>Shares of Apple jumped 91-fold between 1997, when the San Francisco Chronicle said <a href="http://topics.bloomberg.com/steve-jobs/">Steve Jobs</a> would be appointed interim chief executive officer, and his resignation in August. The company’s market value has surged to about $384 billion.</p>
<p>To contact the reporter on this story: Rita Nazareth in New York at <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-20/apple-s-stock-price-is-too-high-for-inclusion-in-dow-average-bespoke-says.html#" title="Send E-mail"></a><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-20/apple-s-stock-price-is-too-high-for-inclusion-in-dow-average-bespoke-says.html/mailto:rnazareth@bloomberg.net">rnazareth@bloomberg.net</a></p>
<p>To contact the editor responsible for this story: Nick Baker at <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-20/apple-s-stock-price-is-too-high-for-inclusion-in-dow-average-bespoke-says.html#" title="Send E-mail"></a><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-20/apple-s-stock-price-is-too-high-for-inclusion-in-dow-average-bespoke-says.html/mailto:nbaker7@bloomberg.net">nbaker7@bloomberg.net</a></p>
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<p>Sounds like a Job for Jimmy McMillan!</p>
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A Bicycle Built By the Wright Brothers #fixie
2011-09-20T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/09/20/a-bicycle-built-by-the-wright-brothers-fixie
Somebody tighten that chain!<p /><div>[[posterous-content:DAUZypR6L66oQW1ORMUL]]</div>
Erm, Fixed Gear Bicycle Action Movie, Done Wrong of Course
2011-09-17T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/09/17/erm-fixed-gear-bicycle-action-movie-done-wrong-of-course
Oh god. <p /> <iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Vgm518_COWw?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe><p /> I've always imagined a bicycle action movie to be way cooler than this. Damn you Hollywood for forcing me to pay for such crap.
Burning Man Waste
2011-09-16T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/09/16/burning-man-waste
You should all be ashamed.<p /><div>[[posterous-content:XUDcsJzswFWLbJFLJjpM]]</div>
A Fully Functional Android
2011-09-06T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/09/06/a-fully-functional-android
… that is all.<br /><p /><div>[[posterous-content:VwtdgXs5Gs9C1cFmi0H4]]</div>
Why Music Should Use 31 Tones Per Octave (with a monome focus)
2011-09-04T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/09/04/why-music-should-use-31-tones-per-octave-with-a-monome-focus-
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<h4>Why music should use 31 tones per octave -- and how to get started</h4>
<p>Almost all music in the world uses a system called Twelve Tone Equal Temperament (12ET), which divides the octave into 12 equally sized pieces. Thirty-One Tone Equal Temperament (31ET) would be preferable, as various people have tried to explain to the world's reluctant musicians. 12ET represents a historical compromise between harmonic justice, key-changing convenience, and mechanical feasibility. 31ET offers greater harmonic justice: it allows musicians to come closer to the harmonic "truth" that motivated 12ET in the first place. Changing key in 31ET is no more difficult than doing so in 12ET, and the variety of harmonic structures 31ET offers is immensely greater. 31ET has been available for a long time for stringed instruments. With the recent advent of two-dimensional grid controllers, keyboardists can now use it too.</p><p />
<p>The first section, Harmonic Justice, explains the origins of 12ET, and why 31ET outdoes it. The argument relies largely on simple audio comparisons -- no mathematical understanding is required. (Numbers will appear, but most of them can be safely ignored.) After justifying the switch, the second second, Getting Started, offers suggestions I think will be helpful for musicians trying out this new environment: appropriate hardware and software, how to hack a conventional synth so that it works in 31ET, and how to translate the music you already know in 12ET into the 31ET system.</p><p />
<p>Someday I mgiht address the second argument in favor of 31ET, that it offers a variety of melodic and harmonic possibilities vastly wider than 12ET, is one I can only begin to make. It's a space I only started exploring a couple years ago, and doing a thorough job would occupy several lifetimes. If I write something along those lines, it will appear in the last section, Music Theory for 31ET.</p><p />
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Read the full document at <a href="https://www.msu.edu/~brown202/31et/">msu.edu</a></div>
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Skrillex - First of the Year
2011-09-04T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/09/04/skrillex-first-of-the-year
<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/27911262?portrait=0" frameborder="0" height="283" width="500"></iframe>
Remember This?
2011-09-04T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/09/04/remember-this-
Yeah, me too… <br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/rXEBDCX_O6M?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe>
hrm, native instruments Komplete updater d/ls all of it's installer files onto my desktop. #yesipaidover1000forthis
2011-09-04T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/09/04/hrm-native-instruments-komplete-updater-d-ls-all-of-it-s-installer-files-onto-my-desktop-yesipaidover1000forthis
<p>[[posterous-content:rhtqdwGoBbdhHahuecfb]]</p>
"Life" Performed on a Tuscan Hillside
2011-09-04T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/09/04/-life-performed-on-a-tuscan-hillside
Beautiful and emotional performance with an iPad and an OP-1. <p /> <iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/cc30ibKBIAc?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe>
Blender vs Access Virus
2011-09-03T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/09/03/blender-vs-access-virus
<iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/QztYiikQMf8?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe><p /> Sidechain that bitch and you get The New WubWub.
Twentieth Century Fox Theme on a Flute
2011-09-02T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/09/02/twentieth-century-fox-theme-on-a-flute
O GOD THE LULZ<p /><div><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/VUm8wtDQgTU?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe></div><p /><div><i>thanks Mike!</i></div>
New VDMX5 Release, Now With Native SWF Support
2011-09-02T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/09/02/new-vdmx5-release-now-with-native-swf-support
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New release has just added native swf playback support in 10.6 (f*cking sh*t), but this is huge!</p>
<p>WHAT NOW RESOLUME?!</p>
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added full support for playing back flash files (10.6 only for now). interactive flash files are supported; performance is damn good for flash, but flash is still painfully slow and incapable of scaling as elegantly as other media types.
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LFO plugin can record from data sources
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The Syntheshredder
2011-08-27T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/08/27/the-syntheshredder
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<div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jessechorng/the-syntheshredder?ref=NewsAug2611&utm_campaign=Aug26&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter">kickstarter.com</a></div>
<p>Give them your money. Now.</p></div>
Happy 20th Birthday Linux
2011-08-25T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/08/25/happy-20th-birthday-linux
<div>[[posterous-content:7SjPiBdqs4hQKcBGrGh7]]</div>
<p>Today, Linux has been in existence for 7,305 days. Today, Linus Benedict Torvalds posted the following message in the <em>comp.os.minix </em> thread:</p>
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<div><span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /> From: <a href="mailto:torvalds@klaava.Helsinki.FI">torvalds@klaava.Helsinki.FI</a>(Linus Benedict Torvalds) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: What would you like to see most in minix? Summary: small poll for my new operating system Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:1991Aug25.205708.9541@klaava.Helsinki.FI">1991Aug25.205708.9541@klaava.Helsinki.FI</a>> Date: 25 Aug 91 20:57:08 GMT Organization: University of Helsinki Hello everybody out there using minix - I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones. This has been brewing since april, and is starting to get ready. I'd like any feedback on things people like/dislike in minix, as my OS resembles it somewhat (same physical layout of the file-system (due to practical reasons) among other things). I've currently ported bash(1.08) and gcc(1.40), and things seem to work. This implies that I'll get something practical within a few months, and I'd like to know what features most people would want. Any suggestions are welcome, but I won't promise I'll implement them :-) Linus (<a href="mailto:torvalds@kruuna.helsinki.fi">torvalds@kruuna.helsinki.fi</a>) PS. Yes - it's free of any minix code, and it has a multi-threaded fs. It is NOT protable (uses 386 task switching etc), and it probably never will support anything other than AT-harddisks, as that's all I have :-(. </span></div>
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<div>Be in awe, because this was the day that the world changed. Happy anniversary to one of the greatest technical communities of all time. And thanks for all the fish.</div>
Steve Jobs Resigns From Apple
2011-08-24T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/08/24/steve-jobs-resigns-from-apple
[[posterous-content:bNFpoQwyggqzo9qpHbj3]]<p /><p /><div>The sky is falling!! What's next, an earthquake on the east coast? Oh wait.</div>
8bit Zardoz
2011-08-23T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/08/23/8bit-zardoz
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The Next Station Is, Main Street, Science World
2011-08-21T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/08/21/the-next-station-is-main-street-science-world
<div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"><img src="http://buzzer.translink.ca/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/laureen.jpg" alt="" />
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<div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://buzzer.translink.ca/index.php/2008/10/buzzer-podcast-voice-of-the-skytrain/">buzzer.translink.ca</a></div>
Meet Laureen Regan, you know her as the voice of Vancouver's Skytrain. Apparently she's also the voice of the BART. This is awesome.
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Strathcona Movie Night #1 Success!
2011-08-21T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/08/21/strathcona-movie-night-1-success-
<div>A full house tonight at our debut Double Feature presenting Gina Davis Movie Night Bonanza! You should come to the next one… ;)</div>
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Trees are Bikehuggers
2011-08-19T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/08/19/trees-are-bikehuggers
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[[posterous-content:mEIBlzoCAaBscriCHwcg]]
<div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/201109/lastwords.aspx?sf2016225=1">sierraclub.org</a></div>
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<br />"The bicycle is the most civilized conveyance known to man. Other forms of transport grow daily more nightmarish. Only the bicycle remains pure in heart."
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<br />—Iris Murdoch, The Green and the Red
<p>Just sayin'</p></div>
David Bowie has 'retired', claims biographer
2011-08-18T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/08/18/david-bowie-has-retired-claims-biographer
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[[posterous-content:jqfvkFepzFHdnxhGhHif]]<div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.nme.com/news/david-bowie/58668">nme.com</a></div>
<p>He hasn't released an album since 2003, and probably won't again. This is the end of an era. Thank you David.</p></div>
Led-Array Wheel-Mounted Bike Lights
2011-08-17T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/08/17/led-array-wheel-mounted-bike-lights
… and people question me for mounting my lights on my wheel axels. Sheesh.<p /><br /><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/27280439?portrait=0" frameborder="0" height="283" width="500"></iframe>
Fuck Grass
2011-08-17T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/08/17/fuck-grass
<div>Four billion gallons of potable water used EVERY DAY… </div><p /><div><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/-enGOMQgdvg?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe></div>
Devo Coming to Vancouver!@#!@
2011-08-17T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/08/17/devo-coming-to-vancouver-
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<img src="http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/211101_163786663696806_4343073_n.jpg" /><p></p><div><div>Okay, who's coming with me?</div> <div>They're playing on September 18, at the Vogue Theatre. <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=163786663696806">facebook.com</a></div></div></div>
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PocoPoco: The Best Part of Siggraph 2011 (Other Than Me Of Course ^_^)
2011-08-16T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/08/16/pocopoco-the-best-part-of-siggraph-2011-other-than-me-of-course-
<div>My favourite part of Siggraph 2011 just emailed me, glad we're staying in touch. My <a href="http://monome.org">Monome</a> demo was not the only grid of buttons in The Studio, in fact, the other buttons were also knobs. Fucking genius.</div><p /><div><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/6bXkqFeYZas?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe></div><p /><div>Note that they designed the solenoid valves for the height attenuation themselves from scratch. Oh and it's an atmega 328 in there.</div>
Detroit: The Birthplace of Techno
2011-08-16T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/08/16/detroit-the-birthplace-of-techno
<div>Mmhm.</div><p /><div><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/27476225?portrait=0" frameborder="0" height="283" width="500"></iframe></div>
Swing The Heartache - Bauhaus
2011-08-14T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/08/14/swing-the-heartache-bauhaus
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Someday…
2011-08-14T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/08/14/someday-
<p>[[posterous-content:sHhzqcbwxniHvHFqqjks]]</p>
Hackers target San Francisco's rapid transit system BART
2011-08-14T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/08/14/hackers-target-san-francisco-s-rapid-transit-system-bart
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[[posterous-content:xDtuCicJCcGExqaAezFj]]
<div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/08/14/california.transit.hack/index.html">cnn.com</a></div>
<p>Anonymous 1, BART -1.
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Science. Motherfucking Science.
2011-08-13T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/08/13/science-motherfucking-science-
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Mother bear kills cub and then itself
2011-08-12T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/08/12/mother-bear-kills-cub-and-then-itself
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<p>The Chinese media has reported on an extraordinary account of a mother bear saving her cub from a life of torture by strangling it and then killing itself.</p>
<p>The bears were kept in a farm located in a remote area in the North-West of China. The bears on the farm had their gall bladders milked daily for 'bear bile,' which is used as a remedy in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM).</p>
<p>It was reported that the bears are kept in tiny cages known as 'crush cages', as the bears have no room to manoeuvre and are literally crushed.</p>
<p>The bile is harvested by making a permanent hole or fistula in the bears' abdomen and gall bladder.</p>
<p>As the hole is never closed, the animals are suspect to various infections and diseases including tumours, cancers and death from peritonitis.</p>
<p>The bears are fitted with an iron vest, as they often try to kill themselves by hitting their stomach as they are unable to bear the pain.</p>
<p>A person who was on the farm in place of a friend witnessed the procedures and told Reminbao.com that they were inhumane.</p>
<p>The witness also claimed that a mother bear broke out its cage when it heard its cub howl in fear before a worker punctured its stomach to milk the bile.</p>
<p>The workers ran away in fear when they saw the mother bear rushing to its cub's side.</p>
<p>Unable to free the cub from its restraints, the mother hugged the cub and eventually strangled it.</p>
<p>It then dropped the cub and ran head-first into a wall, killing itself.</p>
<p>Many TCM practitioners have denounced the use of bear bile in their treatment as there are cheaper herbs and synthetics that can be used in its place.</p>
<p>Bear bile is traditionally used to remove 'heat' from the body as well as treat high fever, liver ailments and sore eyes.</p>
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</div></blockquote><div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest+News/Asia/Story/A1Story20110805-292947.html">news.asiaone.com</a></div>
<p>This made me gag. I've never heard of this happening before.</p></div>
"The Future' Table Interface Using Max/MSP and Reactivision
2011-08-12T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/08/12/-the-future-table-interface-using-max-msp-and-reactivision
<div><span><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/27548906?portrait=0" frameborder="0" height="283" width="500"></iframe></span></div><p /><div>Pretty fun, but the name irked me.<span> It honestly reminds me more like the future from five years ago, but then again, that <i>could</i> mean that today is the day and that it time to build a Reactable'd Settler's Board at <a href="http://vancouver.hackspace.ca">VHS</a>.</span></div>
You Should Come See Me Demo at @Siggraph
2011-08-08T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/08/08/you-should-come-see-me-demo-at-siggraph
<div>Come see me demo some Computer Vision and Kinect hacking with the <a href="http://hackspace.ca">Vancouver Hackspace</a> this week at <a href="http://www.siggraph.org/s2011/">Siggraph 2011</a>. Why? Because it's going to be awesome. There will also be free soldering and 3d printing workshops as well. Don't miss out!</div><div>[[posterous-content:1ZsKrErfRqCtVSjbGyKB]]</div><div><i>photo demonstrating face tracking => midi in openFrameworks you know you want to come see that.</i></div>
The Top 1%
2011-08-06T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/08/06/the-top-1-
<div><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/XdVODFombco?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe></div><p /><div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><blockquote type="cite">The richest 1% of US Americans earn nearly a quarter of the country's income and control an astonishing 40% of its wealth. Inequality in the US is more extreme than it's been in almost a century — and the gap between the super rich and the poor and middle class people has widened drastically over the last 30 years.<p />Meanwhile, in Washington, a bitter partisan debate over how to cut deficit spending and reduce the US' 14.3 trillion dollar debt is underway. As low and middle class wages stagnate and unemployment remains above 9%, Republicans and Democrats are tussling over whether to slash funding for the medical and retirement programs that are the backbone of the US's social safety net, and whether to raise taxes — or to cut them further.<p />The budget debate and the economy are the battleground on which the 2012 presidential election race will be fought. And the United States has never seemed so divided — both politically and economically.<p />How did the gap grow so wide, and so quickly? And how are the convictions, campaign contributions and charitable donations of the top 1% impacting the other 99% of Americans? Fault Lines investigates the gap between the rich and the rest.</blockquote><p /><div>Al Jezeera wins again. </div></div></div>
Roughin' It
2011-08-03T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/08/03/roughin-it
<div>And I thought cottage country meant that I'd have to bury my poo.</div><p /><p /><p /><p /><p /><p /> <p>[[posterous-content:Z1F7msQg6yl2ObUrgnZd]]</p>
Want to Multiplex 8 Video Cards on your MacBook Pro?
2011-07-29T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/07/29/want-to-multiplex-8-video-cards-on-your-macbook-pro-
<div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry">[[posterous-content:yqjEunozDHDDcEEzrcac]]
<div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.magma.com/thunderbolt.asp">magma.com</a></div>
<p>Well now you can thanks to the <a href="http://www.magma.com/thunderbolt.asp" target="_blank">Thunderbolt Expansion Chassis</a> from Magma. If this is true, then there is no reason for me to own a MacBook Pro at all now.</p>
<p>I would buy a new MacBook Air with a Thunderbolt port, I would then pimp my Magma enclosure out with an array of NVidia cards and additional firewire 800 and usb ports, and maybe some storage. And thats just my setup.</p>
<p>I also envision a day where a Mac Mini could be used for installations, which was impossible before due to the Mini's weak graphics cards. This is going to be awesome guys. Frickin' awesome.</p>
<p>Now all Apple needs is to implement a BIOS…</p>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">Update</span>: The Mac Mini <a href="http://www.apple.com/macmini/specs.html" target="_blank">already has Thunderbolt</a> (<em>thanks konobi!</em>). I think I have a nerd boner.</p>
</div>
Mr. Clippy in Vim
2011-07-29T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/07/29/mr-clippy-in-vim
<p>[[posterous-content:KDJM7ZUCZpQPp9lTUJyt]]</p>
<p>Click the image to view the animation.</p>
<p>Oh the lulz.</p>
Happy Sys Admin Day Everybody!
2011-07-29T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/07/29/happy-sys-admin-day-everybody-
[[posterous-content:X0HmgmMUAjq7fdPJ0md0]]<p> </p><div>Because, we love you.</div>
Don’t Upgrade Your Music Computer To OS X Lion
2011-07-27T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/07/27/don-t-upgrade-your-music-computer-to-os-x-lion
<p><span style="color: #333333;">
<div>Here's why:</div>
<ul>
<li><strong>Ableton</strong> – don’t update or kitties will suffer; an update is <a href="http://www.ableton.com/news/osx-10-7-lion-compatibility-live-update-coming-soon" style="text-decoration: none; color: #0000ff;">on the way</a>.</li>
<li><strong>Algoriddim</strong> – djay updated with some <a href="http://www.algoriddim.com/news/193-djay-for-mac-enhanced-for-os-x-lion" style="text-decoration: none; color: #0000ff;">sweet features</a>.</li>
<li><strong>Apogee</strong> – still testing its products.</li>
<li><strong>Apple Garage Band</strong> – latest version should work.</li>
<li><strong>Apple Logic Pro</strong> – use 9.1.4 or later.</li>
<li><strong>Avid Pro Tools</strong> – more kitties will suffer; “As of this writing Pro Tools 9 and all earlier versions of Pro Tools software are not compatible and will not work with OS X Lion.”</li>
<li><strong>Cockos Reaper</strong> – appear to be only minor compatibility issues, based on<a href="http://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=75726" style="text-decoration: none; color: #0000ff;">forum reports</a>.</li>
<li><strong>Cakewalk Sonar</strong> – keep dreaming.</li>
<li><strong>Focusrite</strong> – still testing their product line.</li>
<li><strong>Madrona Labs</strong> – <a href="http://madronalabs.com/news/35" style="text-decoration: none; color: #0000ff;">waiting</a> on DAWs to be updated to test Aalto.</li>
<li><strong>M-Audio</strong> – many devices have been qualified, but see their site for <a href="http://www.m-audio.com/index.php?do=support.faq&ID=ff75451a78356963c9117b7e9e2977df" style="text-decoration: none; color: #0000ff;">details</a>:
<ul>
<li>Axiom Pro 25/49/61 Firmware Updater</li>
<li>Conectiv*</li>
<li>Fast Track</li>
<li>Fast Track Pro</li>
<li>Fast Track Ultra</li>
<li>Fast Track Ultra 8R</li>
<li>Fast Track USB</li>
<li>KeyStudio 49i</li>
<li>M-Audio Black Box</li>
<li>Micro USB</li>
<li>MobilePre MKII</li>
<li>MobilePre USB</li>
<li>Producer USB</li>
<li>ProFire 610</li>
<li>ProFire 2626</li>
<li>ProKeys Sono 61</li>
<li>ProKeys Sono 88</li>
<li>Pro Tools SE 8.0.3 – Patch 003 required</li>
<li>Transit USB</li>
<li>Venom</li>
<li>Xponent*</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>MOTU</strong> – current versions of MOTU software and hardware drivers appear to be compatible with Lion, although final compatibility testing is still on-going. Digital Performer 7.2.3 is currently not compatible with Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion). Wait for an upcoming release of Digital Performer (7.2.4) before you upgrade. Updates <a href="http://www.motu.com/newsitems/motu-products-and-mac-os-x-10-7-lion" style="text-decoration: none; color: #0000ff;">here</a>.</li>
<li><strong>Native Instruments </strong>- kittens will suffer; “refrain from updating to Mac OS X 10.7 for the time being’, Battery 3.2.2 has been qualified, updates <a href="http://www.native-instruments.com/en/support/compatibility/mac-os-x-compatibility/" style="text-decoration: none; color: #0000ff;">here</a>.</li>
<li><strong>Propellerhead</strong> – Reason & Record fully compatible; Recycle not compatible and update is in the works. Info <a href="http://www.propellerheads.se/support_area/index.cfm?fuseaction=get_article&article=lion-info" style="text-decoration: none; color: #0000ff;">here</a>.</li>
<li><strong>Focusrite</strong> – issues with Saffire PRO 14, Saffire PRO 24, Saffire PRO 24 DSP, Saffire PRO 40, Liquid Saffire 56, Liquid Mix HD, Forté Suite & Scarlett Plug-In Suite.</li>
<li><strong>Novation</strong> – known issues with Automap, Nio.</li>
<li><strong>Sibelius</strong> – 6.2 or higher should work</li>
<li><strong>Steinberg</strong> – they’ve <a href="https://www.steinberg.net/en/support/knowledgebase_new/free_articles/kb_show/mac-os-x-107-lion-information-on-compatibility-with-steinberg-products.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: #0000ff;">published</a> a compatibility chart; known issues with Cubase, Groove Agent, Halion, Nuendo.</li>
</ul>
</span></p>
björk: crystalline
2011-07-26T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/07/26/björk-crystalline
<div>Directed by Michel Gondry.</div><div><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/wZhkfwrxNOc?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe></div><p /><div>Very awesome.</div>
Rupert Murcoch
2011-07-23T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/07/23/rupert-murcoch
<div>… terrifies me.</div><p /><div>[[posterous-content:uLkAf9yVPQ1vh0IQcUA5]]</div>
Maybe You Touched Your Genitals
2011-07-22T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/07/22/maybe-you-touched-your-genitals-
<p>[[posterous-content:ytwFxfqvgrnieeCCDeFt]]</p>
This is For You Atlantis
2011-07-21T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/07/21/this-is-for-you-atlantis
<div><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/D67kmFzSh_o?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe></div><p /><div>We should have all put on gorilla masks and greeted it's landing. ( ^_^) Except that the orbiter landed at Kennedy Space Center and not Edwards Airforce Base like I thought. That would have been embarrassing.</div>
Detroit Bike City
2011-07-18T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/07/18/detroit-bike-city
<div>I am so excited for Detroit right now. Looks like their mono-industry is composting quite nicely. Don't forget to check out <a href="http://makerfaire.com/detroit/2011/">The Detroit Maker Faire</a> this July 30th & 31st @ The Henry Ford!</div>
<div><span><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/25805461?portrait=0" frameborder="0" height="283" width="500"></iframe></span></div>
<div>Thanks <a href="https://plus.google.com/113705498603180280627/about">Paige</a>!</div>
Dubstep Miming
2011-07-17T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/07/17/dubstep-miming
<div>Good morning Internet!</div><div><span><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/JEcj2xi9Ctc?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe></span> </div>
Cambrian Explosion + Oh Canada Song Sung @ UBC: Awesome Video
2011-07-15T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/07/15/cambrian-explosion-oh-canada-song-sung-ubc-awesome-video
<div>By a lower mainland primary school teacher:</div><div> <span> <iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/EMwxwRA9Xr8?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe></span></div>
"Big Heart" by John Lurie and the Lounge Lizards
2011-07-15T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/07/15/-big-heart-by-john-lurie-and-the-lounge-lizards
<div><span>Remember Fishing With John? Yeah, me too.</span></div><p /><div><span><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/jRzDG5B1NBg?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe></span> </div>
who gave me this album? it's awesome, and the song title is hilarious! /cc @pgib
2011-07-14T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/07/14/who-gave-me-this-album-it-s-awesome-and-the-song-title-is-hilarious-cc-pgib-
<p>[[posterous-content:wGcbwmujabGrAEnxrHlw]]</p>
EL Wire On American Mainstream Media
2011-07-13T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/07/13/el-wire-on-american-mainstream-media
<div>Almost as cool as THIS:</div><div><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/vincentpants/5299120982/"><img class="posterous_download_image" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5165/5299120982_163c9e9889.jpg" border="0" height="334" width="500" /></a></div><div>My bike wrapped in <a href="http://vancouver.hackspace.ca/wp/cycel/">cycEL</a>.</div><p /><div>Found on America's Got Talent:</div><div><span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhNPTbbINxs"><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/uhNPTbbINxs?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe></a></span> </div>
Dale Dougherty Meets Vancouver @ World Future's Society
2011-07-13T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/07/13/dale-dougherty-meets-vancouver-world-future-s-society
<div><span>This past weekend, Vancouver was fortunate enough to be graced by the presence of</span> Dale Dougherty, <span>one of the co-founders of O'Reilly Media and the founder and publisher of </span>O'Reilly's Make Magazine. He is an awesome guy, and I have to say that the talk he gave at the World Future's Society inspired me so much, my optimism for our future has been revitalized to Pre-space-shuttle-retirement levels. He reminded me that the future is what you make of it, so hurry up an start Making!@#!</div><p /><div><span><object height="375" width="500"> <param name="flashvars" value="offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fvincentpants%2Fsets%2F72157627187090510%2F%2Fshow%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fvincentpants%2Fsets%2F72157627187090510%2F&set_id=72157627187090510&jump_to=" /></param> <param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=71649" /></param> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /></param><embed src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=71649" allowFullScreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="375" flashvars="offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fvincentpants%2Fsets%2F72157627187090510%2F%2Fshow%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fvincentpants%2Fsets%2F72157627187090510%2F&set_id=72157627187090510&jump_to=" width="500"></embed></object></span></div>
Max/MSP 6 To Have New Pricing Model
2011-07-12T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/07/12/max-msp-6-to-have-new-pricing-model
<div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry">
<blockquote><div>
<p><img src="http://1cyjknyddcx62agyb002-web-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/posts/max6_announce/max6-icon.png" height="75" align="left" alt="" width="75" />I want to share some news about the next major Max upgrade, version 6, arriving this fall.</p>
<p>For us, Max 6 is about four things: accessibility, performance, quality, and workflow.</p>
<h3>Accessibility</h3>
<p>For some of you reading this, getting into Max was no big deal. Maybe you learned it while in school. Maybe it just clicked for you right away. Maybe the purchase was a no-brainer. However, for a lot of people who would love Max, obtaining and learning the software is too much of a challenge, and we’re committed to changing that. Max 6 is the next step in our ongoing effort to increase the accessibility of our software. Let me review a few of the things we’ve already done in this area:</p>
<ul>
<li>We offer <a href="http://cycling74.com/shop/discounts/">Max to students for $59 for nine months</a>. Starting this fall, we are extending that to a full 12 months.</li>
<li> We have an entire team focused entirely on user education and support. I hope you’ve seen some of their recent efforts including <a href="http://cycling74.com/2011/07/12/announcing-max-6#">tutorials</a>, <a href="http://cycling74.com/2011/07/12/announcing-max-6#">how-to videos</a>, and the <a href="http://cycling74.com/2011/07/12/announcing-max-6#">Vizzie modular video toolkit</a>. You’ll see an expansion of user education efforts for Max 6 and beyond.</li>
<li>Our web site is increasingly devoted to our users, with <a href="http://cycling74.com/2011/07/12/announcing-max-6#">projects to inspire you</a> and a <a href="http://cycling74.com/2011/07/12/announcing-max-6#">toolbox of programming resources</a> to help you realize your goals.</li>
<li><a href="http://cycling74.com/2011/07/12/announcing-max-6#">Max for Live</a>, our joint venture with Ableton, has introduced the power of Max to a new audience.</li>
<li>Last but not least, <a href="http://cycling74.com/2011/07/12/announcing-max-6#">our Expo ’74 conference</a>, taking place this October in Brooklyn, will be a great way to expand your Max knowledge and be inspired by the work of artists from all over the world. And now you know Max 6 will be a major focus!</li>
</ul>
<p>But we’re not stopping there.</p>
<ul>
<li>Effective immediately, we’re lowering the <a href="http://cycling74.com/2011/07/12/announcing-max-6#">retail price of Max/MSP/Jitter to $399</a>. We’re also lowering the price of some of our upgrade and academic options. And starting today, if you purchase Max 5, you’ll get an upgrade to Max 6 for free.</li>
<li>We’re introducing a subscription plan for universities that will make it possible for our academic customers to serve to more students at a lower cost. For more details, <a href="http://cycling74.com/2011/07/12/announcing-max-6#">click here</a>.</li>
<li>With Max 6, we’ll be supporting a user-driven, machine-assisted cross-platform translation project for both the software and the documentation, so we can better serve the majority of the world’s population that doesn’t speak English fluently.</li>
</ul>
<p>Now, I suspect you’re curious as to what will be new in the software. Accessibility is a major theme here too. In Max 6, we’ve focused on improving the experience for both new and accomplished users. When we add a new feature, we think carefully about how you’ll learn about it, even if no one tells you it’s there. You might have seen our <a href="http://cycling74.com/2011/07/12/announcing-max-6#">series of Did you Know videos</a>. Even though I think these are great, I would love to get to the point where no one needs to make another one, because Max holds no secrets.</p>
<h3>Performance</h3>
<p>The area of performance is where Max 6 will be truly exciting for a lot of you. The big news is a completely new patching domain, which we refer to as code generation. Code generation technology will be available as an inexpensive add-on to Max 6. It focuses on areas where traditional patching has not been able to deliver the combination of performance and programmability that we wanted, namely DSP and GPU programming. What do we mean by “code generation”? Essentially, we translate the patch you make into text-based source code, and compile it on the spot. With code generation, we can optimize the entire patch, something that’s impossible with existing Max-like approaches.</p>
<p>In the DSP realm, our new gen~ object is a new domain of low-level signal processing operators that let you build recursive filters, delays, spectral processors, and sound generators, all using 64-bit floating-point internal precision. Not only do these things sound great, but the performance gains over equivalent Max patches are simply stunning. Where you could actually implement the same algorithm with MSP objects, a gen~ version will be up to 15 times faster. And in many cases, there is simply no way to implement the same kinds of DSP algorithms with MSP objects, you’d have to write C code. Not only is gen~ cross-platform, unlike C code, but in our tests, gen~ operators are nearly as fast as equivalent MSP objects written in C.</p>
<p>The code generation approach is equally suited to GPU programming for Jitter. For several years, we’ve offered the ability to write your own shader programs in Jitter for high-performance pixel processing, but text-based shader languages are not easy to learn and never felt completely integrated within the Max environment. Now you’ll be able to create high-performance image processing algorithms graphically, and our code generation technology will write the shader program for you. But the power of code generation extends beyond processing images — you can also use it to generate materials for shading interactive 3-D objects. In this application, the code generation technology is automatic — you just specify the parameters of the materials and we generate the shader program.</p>
<p>There’s much more to say about code generation, but at this point all I want to say is this: <em>stay tuned</em> — we’ll be showing you much more in the coming weeks.</p>
<p>Code generation hasn’t been our only performance focus. Another major area has been Javascript, where we’ve integrated the latest Mozilla runtime engine for significant performance gains. We’ve also exposed an efficient new 2D graphics API in Javascript that can be used to port existing HTML5 Canvas code to Max. We now run the audio of every top-level patcher in its own thread for effortless multicore processing. Performance improvements have taken place in many other areas as well.</p>
<h3>Quality</h3>
<p>Another focus of Max 6 has been quality. We think of quality in two ways: first, the quality of the output and second, the quality of the experience you have while using the software. In the former category, we put a major focus on audio quality in Max 6. The cycle~ object now uses a 16K wavetable for far better signal-to-noise performance. You’ll be able to use any sampling rate you wish, thanks to high-quality resampling filters. And, to eliminate errors with large numbers, long envelopes, and recursive algorithms, MSP processes all audio with 64-bit precision. Older 32-bit third-party objects are still compatible however.</p>
<p>And those resampling filters I mentioned? We used MSP to develop them, using a suite of new filter design and audio analysis tools.</p>
<p>Beyond looking at audio quality, we wanted to help make your time with Max more enjoyable. To do this means paying attention to every detail. I think you’ll generally see more clarity and refinement in the interface. For example, we’ve introduced curved patch cords, which make an unexpectedly dramatic improvement in understanding how a patch works.</p>
<p>One feature I’m particularly fond of improves the experience of editing an audio patch with the audio turned on. Whenever you make a change to your patch, we intelligently crossfade between the old and new versions, so you never hear a gap in the output. And if you have other top-level patchers playing audio, they’re completely unaffected by your edits. This is just one of the benefits of our new audio mixing engine. Another is that every audio patcher has controls in the toolbar for muting or adjusting gain without the need to add any objects.</p>
<p>In the Jitter domain, quality means the ability to achieve visual complexity more easily. One way you can do that is with the new materials system — an advanced toolset for high quality rendering of 3-D objects. Other ways we hope to enrich your Jitter work is though better support for 3-D model and animation files, better support for cameras and lighting, a new physics engine, and hierarchical animation and rendering tools.</p>
<h3>Workflow</h3>
<p>As part of the Max 6 development process, we’ve observed and interviewed users, from those who’ve never seen the software before to those who’ve been using it for decades. On the basis of these studies, we identified areas for improving patching workflow and usability, and you’ll see the results vividly in Max 6. Just to focus on one area: The act of making a new object has been dramatically enhanced, with access to documentation at every step of the process. It begins with the object box, which now offers you a way to make objects even if you can’t remember their names. Then there’s the message box, which tells you about the messages understood by nearby objects as you begin typing. Arguments and attributes of objects and messages are also displayed as you type.</p>
<p>A new object called attrui integrates attribute monitoring and editing, eliminating the need for a lot of patching. Attrui knows the best way to edit any object attribute. For example, if you want to change a color, attrui lets you edit it as a color, not four numbers.</p>
<p>We’ve also reorganized Max 6 to show the most common information first. Every help file now has a simplified initial presentation of the five or so most basic things you need to know. Advanced features are shown in a tabbed interface grouped by functional area. We’ve done the same with our redesigned inspector and object palette.</p>
<p>A common request from educators and more experienced users was the ability to manage patches that encompassed many files. Max 6 has a new Project feature, where you can see all the patchers, code, and media files you’re using. Projects enable you to maintain multiple versions of files as well as archive and share your work more easily.</p>
<h3>The Path to Max 6</h3>
<p>Over the next few weeks, we’ll be telling you more about Max 6. I promise, I’ve only scratched the surface of what we’re up to. If you’d like to be notified when we release new information about the software, keep your eye on our website, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/cycling74">Facebook</a>, and <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/cycling74/">Twitter</a>.</p>
<p>One of the things that really inspires me is when I get a new piece of software that is both cheaper than what I’ve been using and better in every conceivable way. My co-workers and I are driven to do that with Max. You’ll ultimately be the judge of whether we’ve succeeded with this new version, but now you know what we’re trying to achieve. Our friends in the Max community creating extraordinary work deserve nothing less.</p>
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<div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://cycling74.com/2011/07/12/announcing-max-6/">cycling74.com</a></div>
<p>This is huge. In fact, it might make me move to Max/MSP/Jitter for visuals too. I mean, it might take some time to phase out. But with the optimized gen~ object, and Jitter's graphical shader editor, and a html code converter for 2d code! Huzzah! This is going to be a big deal. Note that the price for their full suite has been dropped to $399. Now you have no excuse.</p></div>
Great Explanation of the Difference Between HST and PST/GST and Why You Should Love HST
2011-07-12T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/07/12/great-explanation-of-the-difference-between-hst-and-pst-gst-and-why-you-should-love-hst
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<div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://colinfraser.tumblr.com/post/7527248386/hst">colinfraser.tumblr.com</a></div>
<p>Hey British Columbia, you should read <a href="http://colinfraser.tumblr.com/post/7527248386/hst">this</a>.</p>
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<p>Edit: Here's a spoiler: </p>
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Tin Tin: The Secret Of The Unicorn Movie Trailer
2011-07-11T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/07/11/tin-tin-the-secret-of-the-unicorn-movie-trailer
<div><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/YEj3UsAl0K8?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe></div><p /><div>SQUEEEE!! SQUEEEE!!</div>
Spaaaacceee
2011-07-11T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/07/11/spaaaacceee
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Nyan Cat - Smooth Jazz Cover
2011-07-11T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/07/11/nyan-cat-smooth-jazz-cover
<span> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaEmCFiNqP0&feature=player_embedded"><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/AaEmCFiNqP0?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe></a></span>
What We Get When Going to Space
2011-07-09T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/07/09/what-we-get-when-going-to-space
<div>Brought to you by Carl Sagan:</div><p /><div><span><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/3wJYpRJQVbo?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe></span> </div>
Vancouver Hackspace Stickers are coming!
2011-07-07T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/07/07/vancouver-hackspace-stickers-are-coming-
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MOAR Maker Faire
2011-07-07T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/07/07/moar-maker-faire
<div>Scary music is scary. But Vancouver Mini Maker Faire was anything but mini.</div>
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Does Michelle Obama Know About This? | The Agitator
2011-07-07T00:00:00-07:00
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<p><a href="http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/dpp/news/local/julie-bass-of-oak-park-faces-misdemeanor-charge-for-vegetable-garden-20110630-wpms">Oak Park, Michigan</a>:</p>
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<p>Their front yard was torn up after replacing a sewer line, so instead of replacing the dirt with grass, one Oak Park woman put in a vegetable garden and now the city is seeing green.</p>
<p>The list goes on: fresh basil, cabbage, carrots, tomatoes, cumbers and more all filling five large planter boxes that fill the Bass family’s front yard.</p>
<p>Julie Bass says, “We thought we’re minding our own business, doing something not ostentatious and certainly not obnoxious or nothing that is a blight on the neighborhood, so we didn’t think people would care very much.”</p>
<p>But some cared very much and called the city. The city then sent out code enforcement.</p>
<p>“They warned us at first that we had to move the vegetables from the front, that no vegetables were allowed in the front yard. We didn’t move them because we didn’t think we were doing anything wrong, even according to city code we didn’t think we were doing anything wrong. So they ticketed us and charged me with a misdemeanor,” Bass said . . .</p>
<p>City code says that all unpaved portions of the site shall be planted with grass or ground cover or shrubbery or other suitable live plant material. Tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers are what Basses see as suitable.</p>
<p>However, Oak Park’s Planning and Technology Director Kevin Rulkowski says the city disagrees. He says, “If you look at the dictionary, suitable means common. You can look all throughout the city and you’ll never find another vegetable garden that consumes the entire front yard.”</p>
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<p>So what <em>is</em> suitable? From <a href="http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/dpp/news/local/julie-bass-of-oak-park-faces-misdemeanor-charge-for-vegetable-garden-20110630-wpms">another local news report</a>:</p>
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<p> . . . we asked Rulkowski why it’s not suitable.</p>
<p>“If you look at the definition of what suitable is in Webster’s dictionary, it will say common. So, if you look around and you look in any other community, what’s common to a front yard is a nice, grass yard with beautiful trees and bushes and flowers,” he said.</p>
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<p>God forbid your yard doesn’t include beautiful trees, bushes and flowers. It’s your job, Oak Park citizens, to give Kevin Rulkowski pretty things to look at. <a href="http://oakparkhatesveggies.wordpress.com/">According to Bass’s blog</a>, she’s demanding her right to a jury trial. So the city plans to throw the book at her.</p>
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<p>our attorney spoke to the prosecutor today. (for the record, my crush on him is totally finished after today.)</p>
<p>his position: they are going to take this all the way.</p>
<p>officially, this means i am facing 93 days in jail if they win.</p>
<p>no joke.</p>
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<p><small> This entry was posted on Thursday, July 7th, 2011 at 4:17 pm by <a href="http://theagitator.com">Radley Balko</a> and is filed under <a href="http://www.theagitator.com/category/there-oughtta-be-a-law/" title="View all posts in There Oughtta Be a Law" rel="category tag">There Oughtta Be a Law</a>. You can follow any responses to this entry through the <a href="http://www.theagitator.com/2011/07/07/does-michelle-obama-know-about-this/feed/">RSS 2.0</a> feed. You can <a href="http://www.theagitator.com/2011/07/07/does-michelle-obama-know-about-this#respond">leave a response</a>, or <a href="http://www.theagitator.com/2011/07/07/does-michelle-obama-know-about-this/trackback/" rel="trackback">trackback</a> from your own site. </small></p>
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<div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.theagitator.com/2011/07/07/does-michelle-obama-know-about-this/">theagitator.com</a></div>
<p>This is fucking terrible.</p>
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Oingo Boingo on The Gong Show and The Residents on Pee Wee's Playhouse
2011-07-06T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/07/06/oingo-boingo-on-the-gong-show-and-the-residents-on-pee-wee-s-playhouse
<div>One of my favourite moments in television history: </div><p /><div><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/vTRd1a5MVMw?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe></div><p /><div>Probably one of the most impactful on me as well (outside of Pee Wee's Playhouse and The Residents, see below).</div><p /><div><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Nz8tVlw-Gj4?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe></div><p /><p /><div>Where did all of the quality TV go? Oh yeah.</div>
Should We Buy It?
2011-07-03T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/07/03/should-we-buy-it-
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Mandelbröt
2011-07-01T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/07/01/mandelbröt-
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Kraftwerk's SpaceLab + SuperCollider + Vim
2011-06-30T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/06/30/kraftwerk-s-spacelab-supercollider-vim
<div>oldie but a goodie:</div><p /><div> <span> <iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/wOjOpht5B7I?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe></span><span><br /></span> </div><p /><div>In the future, my vim comments will not be impossible to read. That is all.</div>
Vancouver Mini Maker Faire 2011
2011-06-29T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/06/29/vancouver-mini-maker-faire-2011
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<div><br />Probably one of the most phenomenal successes to hit the Vancouver Maker Community, the <a href="http://vancouver.makerfaire.ca">Vancouver Mini Maker Faire</a> tore through last weekend leaving all of us who were involved with a big, giant smile. With almost one hundred Maker applicants and thousands of curious <del>Vancouver</del> Cascadia-ans (you can safely triple that # for the turnout and maker presence ^_^ ), we took over Great Northern Way's Centre For Digital Media building last weekend. Thanks to the <a href="http://vancouver.hackspace.ca">Vancouver Hackspace</a>, <a href="http://www.vancommunitylab.com/">Vancover Community Lab</a>, and <a href="http://eatart.org"></a><a href="http://thehackery.ca">Many</a>, <a href="http://eatart.org">Many</a> <a href="http://vancouver.makerfaire.ca/sponsorship/">Others</a>, we are here to stay.</div>
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<div>Here is the official Vancouver Mini Maker Faire flickr group: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/makerfairevan/pool/">link</a></div>
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<div>and here is some #makerfaire_van ephemera: <a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=makerfaire_van" target="_blank">link</a></div>
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<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">Update</span>: <a href="http://www.twitter.com/allisonko" title="Allison" target="_blank">Allison Koberstein</a> wrote an amazing first person account on her experience on Vancouver Mini Maker Faire Day on her <a href="http://www.allisonkoberstein.com/blog/2011/06/creativity-vancouver-mini-maker-faire-real-giant-robots-drawing-parties/" title="Creativity, Vancouver Mini Maker Faire, Real Giant Robots, Drawing Parties" target="_blank">blog</a>. And she probably took the coolest picture I have seen of my projection art @ VMMF. </p>
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<div>Thanks Allison!</div>
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<div><span style="color: #ff0000;">Update</span>: <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/primaldivine" target="_blank">Jamie Griffiths</a> also made this great <a href="http://www.jamiegriffiths.com/vancovuers-maker-faire--co-lab/" target="_blank">post</a> and vlog of VMMF. I'm interviewed about 2 minutes in. Thanks Jamie!</div>
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How to Be A Big Deal
2011-06-29T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/06/29/how-to-be-a-big-deal
<div>Two words: chest sensors.</div><p /><div> <span> <iframe allowfullscreen src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/_zFpdJcJ10M?wmode=transparent" frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe></span></div>
Everyone Wants a GoPro These Days
2011-06-29T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/06/29/everyone-wants-a-gopro-these-days
<div> <span> <iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/rIu5B3Fsstg?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe></span><span><br /></span> </div><p /><div>Oh the lulz.</div>
Speaker Series « Maker Faire Vancouver
2011-06-23T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/06/23/speaker-series-maker-faire-vancouver
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<p><strong>1:00 PM – Vincent Van Haaff</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Talk Synopsis</strong></p>
<p>Vincent will be discussing what music, video/installation art, hackspaces, and the maker movement all have in common. He will explore the parallels between connecting ‘software libraries & hardware’ and connecting ‘people and communities’ and how these points can benefit and accelerate every piece involved. He will also offer examples of how tribes can help you progress your field of multi-media work in both utilizing other fields and by offering to help for others that want to grow as well.</p>
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<p><strong>Speaker’s Bio <br /></strong></p>
<p>Vincent van Haaff (flyingoctopus.net) is a multi-disciplinary multi-media artist working with computer code to explore virtual spaces defined by rule-based systems. Originally from Southern California, he went from a record label co-founder and audio hacker in Los Angeles to a rock climbing/chard-growing hippie in Santa Barbara before moving to Vancouver to become a video game software developer and media artist. His expertise spans from data and music visualization to computer vision and user centred design.</p>
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<p>Come see me talk at <a href="http://vancouver.makerfaire.ca">The Vancouver Mini Maker Faire</a> <a href="http://vancouver.makerfaire.ca/mini-maker-faire-vancouver-speaker-series-brought-to-you-by-gen-why/">Gen Why Speaker Series</a> Saturday @ 1pm. I'll give you my wisdom, a monome demo, and a hug!</p>
<p>Here's <a href="http://makerfaire.ca/speaker-series/">the full lineup</a>.</p>
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Vancouver Mini Maker Faire on Make: Magazine!!@#!
2011-06-21T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/06/21/vancouver-mini-maker-faire-on-make-magazine-
<div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry">[[posterous-content:oADfICGHcEhEwBJdAzmq]]
<div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2011/06/vancouver-mini-maker-faire.html">blog.makezine.com</a></div>
<p><br />So awesome! Guess who's bike is on the top right there? I'll give you a hint, he also wrote the blurb they used ;).</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2011/06/vancouver-mini-maker-faire.html">Link</a></p>
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Awesome train!
2011-06-21T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/06/21/awesome-train-
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@emilysmith2000 to be interviewed on CBC Radio 3 in 10 minutes!
2011-06-21T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/06/21/-emilysmith2000-to-be-interviewed-on-cbc-radio-3-in-10-minutes-
[[posterous-content:XZR8AADiQByNLCKaVtAC]]<p></p><div> <div><a href="http://bluemollusc.com">Emily Smith</a> is the lead organizer of the 1st annual <a href="http://vancouver.makerfaire.ca">Vancouver Mini Maker Faire</a> being hosted next weekend at the Centre For Digital Media. She's also my girlfriend. </div><p /><div>Naner naner.</div><div><br /><span>Listen here: <a href="http://radio3.cbc.ca/">http://radio3.cbc.ca/</a></span> </div> </div>
My Dad
2011-06-19T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/06/19/my-dad
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Air Conditioning the Military Costs More Than NASA's Entire Budget
2011-06-19T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/06/19/air-conditioning-the-military-costs-more-than-nasa-s-entire-budget-
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<div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5813257/air-conditioning-our-military-costs-more-than-nasas-entire-budget">gizmodo.com</a></div>
<p>I would normally never <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5813257/air-conditioning-our-military-costs-more-than-nasas-entire-budget" title="damn" target="_blank">link to Gizmodo</a> but this is pretty absurd…</p>
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East Van Love
2011-06-18T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/06/18/east-van-love
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<p>Thank you for the love Vancouver.
</p><p>(ballpoint pen on boarded windows at The Bay)</p></div>
My work's 21 year old co-op left this week. Found this on my desk this morning. This kid's as wise as Deepak Chopra:
2011-06-15T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/06/15/my-work-s-21-year-old-co-op-left-this-week-found-this-on-my-desk-this-morning-this-kid-s-as-wise-as-deepak-chopra-
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Tron Sound Design With The Fairlight CMI
2011-06-11T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/06/11/tron-sound-design-with-the-fairlight-cmi
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Fractal Tom Selleck
2011-06-11T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/06/11/fractal-tom-selleck
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Bre Pettis, co-founder of MakerBot Industries, on The Colbert Report
2011-06-09T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/06/09/bre-pettis-co-founder-of-makerbot-industries-on-the-colbert-report
<div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry">[[posterous-content:cyowGpgwJzCHgEFcikua]]
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<p>And they scanned his head and put it on <a href="http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:9104">Thingiverse</a>!</p>
<p>Here's the full episode: <a href="http://www.hulu.com/watch/248181/the-colbert-report-wed-jun-8-2011#s-p1-so-i0">hulu link</a>, and a <a href="http://colbertreport.thecomedynetwork.ca/">canada friendly link</a></p>
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Embedding SuperCollider in Max/MSP
2011-06-05T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/06/05/embedding-supercollider-in-max-msp
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<div>Had a really great day today outside and was actually a great day for inspiration on some ideas that have been floating around my head. For one, I was really missing SuperCollider, and how after using it for over 10 years now, it is no longer part of my new monome/osc driven setup and workflow. So I ended up doing <a href="http://lmgtfy.com/?q=supercollider+3+max%2Fmsp">something</a> I have never done before, and what I found blew my mind:</div>
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<div>A <a href="http://music.columbia.edu/~brad/sc3~/">Supercollider external</a> for embedding in max patches! OMG! Now I can use SuperCollider in tandem with mlr and a whole slew of other monome patches! And on top of that I can embed it inside of a Max4Live patch and get it running in Ableton! So here's a little one-liner I tested out, look forward to posting more!</div>
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God hates bags.
2011-06-03T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/06/03/god-hates-bags-
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Amazing Projection-Mapped Zoetrope Thingy
2011-05-30T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/05/30/amazing-projection-mapped-zoetrope-thingy
<div><span>IPT2 by Battles visualized on a projection mapped Zoetrope by video artist <a href="http://www.retchy.com/">retchy</a>. I am still in awe in how beautiful and simple this idea is: </span></div><p /><div><span><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/20916484?portrait=0" frameborder="0" height="283" width="500"></iframe></span></div>
Datamoshing
2011-05-24T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/05/24/datamoshing
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<p>" Shout out to David O Reilly</p>
<p>I'm on my datamosh</p>
<p>I'm moshing data</p>
<p>I got a Max beat behind me</p>
<p>I'm doing me making gifs</p>
<p>On the web rider ritz</p>
<p>It's cool cause it's nerdy</p>
<p>Yeah Datamoshing cool</p>
<p>Datamosing great</p>
<p>Justin beiber, I move him with my face</p>
<p>I use it for an art show</p>
<p>I use it for a piece</p>
<p>Project it on an apple</p>
<p>Project it on a peach</p>
<p>Find me on on the internet</p>
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<p>Amazing, absolutely amazing.</p>
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Monome and Arduino/Dangershield in Max4Live
2011-05-22T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/05/22/monome-and-arduino-dangershield-in-max4live
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I Love Seeing Projects I Worked On In The Wild
2011-05-20T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/05/20/i-love-seeing-projects-i-worked-on-in-the-wild
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<p>She was having serious fun too.</p>
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On AOL Instant Messenger Bots
2011-05-13T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/05/13/on-aol-instant-messenger-bots
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3D printing in wood flour
2011-04-06T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/04/06/3d-printing-in-wood-flour
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<p>Woah, apparently you can 3D print in wood, using wood flour. Wood flour is a fine sawdust like powder made from pulverized wood. A year ago Open3D student Meghan Trainor started doing tests on 3D printing in wood. Later on students Juliana Meira do Valle and Kate Lien took over the experiments and worked to improve the results. The team now 3D print in black walnut shell flour, pecan shell flour, wood bark flour & wood flour. The team uses a powder based 3D printer which is basically a hacked version of a commercial system. In this case the team has used UF glue as a binder. The recipe for 3D printing in wood is to use 4 to 5 parts wood or nut flour and 1 part UF glue. The initial results are intriguing and prove once again that the Open3DP team is really pushing the envelope on hacking and improving 3D printers and 3D printing materials. The team is working on the<a href="http://open3dp.me.washington.edu/2011/03/adderfab-some-history/"> AdderFab open source powder based 3D printer</a>, <a href="http://open3dp.me.washington.edu/2011/03/tttt-tttttttt-iced-tea-printing/">3D printing ice tea</a>, <a href="http://i.materialise.com/blog/entry/3d-printing-in-bone-now-possible">3D printing bone</a> and now this.</p>
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<p>A mask 3D printed in wood by artist Charlie Wyman.</p>
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<p>A test print of 3D printed bones in wood. Photograph by Juliana Meira do Valle.</p>
<p>Via <a href="http://open3dp.me.washington.edu/">Open3DP</a>.</p>
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You Know This is True
2011-04-01T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/04/01/you-know-this-is-true
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What pi sounds like
2011-03-25T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/03/25/what-pi-sounds-like
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<p>Great job on this. I did something similar with pi and the fibbonacci sequence using granular synthesis. This is just ace though. Straight up ace. Thanks Carina!</p></div>
Skeleton Tracking with Kinect and Processing | Ideas For Dozens
2011-03-25T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/03/25/skeleton-tracking-with-kinect-and-processing-ideas-for-dozens
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Ever since <a href="http://www.openni.org/">PrimeSense open sourced the Kinect middleware</a>, it’s been clear that body tracking interfaces were going to rapidly come within reach of hobbyists and artists.
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The PrimeSense middleware takes the depth data coming from the Kinect camera and performs a process called “skeletonization”. It detects individual users who are within view of the camera and then tracks the positions of their bodies. All of a sudden, as a programmer, rather than having access to the pixels of a flat image, or even the depth information from the raw Kinect data, you now have a description of your users as a series of joints in space. For many applications, especially gesture-based interfaces and motion capture, this is exactly the data you need to get started.
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Unfortunately, when the PrimeSense middleware was released the software reference implementation that went along with it was Windows only. Slowly but surely since then, this situation has improved. PrimeSense has released packages for Linux and OSX and the open source community has started to work towards integrating them into more accessible environments like <a href="http://www.processing.org/">Processing</a> and <a href="http://openframeworks.cc">Open Frameworks</a>. This process is not yet complete, but it has gotten to the point where and adventurous person can get started. This post documents my first successes doing just that.
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The first step is getting all of the dependencies installed. A bit of a challenge at this point, but possible. (Note: this post is based on my experiences of doing this on OS X and will be specific to that.) <a href="http://tohmjudson.com/?p=30">Tohm Judson’s OpenNI to Max/MSP via OSC</a> tutorial is the best place to start. If you have never installed MacPorts before his directions will go rather smoothly (though there are a lot of steps). If you are unfortunate enough to have installed MacPorts before upgrading to Snow Leopard, you’re in for a bit of a struggle as the MacPorts automatic upgrade path seems to have gotten badly broken with that change. After much frustration I managed to uninstall all the ports that were affected by the upgrade problem (<a href="http://trac.macports.org/wiki/Migration">the MacPorts migration page</a> is a good place to start if you’re in a similar situation) and then proceeded through the rest of the steps outlined in Judson’s tutorial.
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Judson’s tutorial is based around <a href="https://github.com/Sensebloom/OSCeleton">OSCeleton</a>, a proxy that broadcasts the skeleton data from the Kinect middleware as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Sound_Control">OSC</a> messages. OSC is a standard format for real time messaging similar to midi and is supported in many languages and platforms, including Processing and Open Frameworks. Once you’ve successfully gotten to the end of Judson’s tutorial, you’ll have OSC messages representing the skeleton data being transmitted and then you can start writing your own code that receives those messages and does whatever you want with the information.
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Once I’d gotten everything successfully installed, I ran <a href="https://github.com/Sensebloom/OSCeleton-examples/tree/master/processing/Stickmanetic">the OSCeleton Stickmanetic</a> example just to make sure things were working:
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This sketch simply uses the skeleton position information in 2D as an obstacle to some particles falling out of the sky with <a href="http://www.box2d.org/">Box 2D</a> for physics. It’s relatively silly, especially the choice of connecting the shoulder joints directly to the head rather than to the neck as seems a lot more intuitive, but it did prove to me that everything was installed and working successfully.
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Then, as a basis for my own code I started with <a href="https://github.com/Sensebloom/OSCeleton-examples/tree/master/processing/MotionCapture3D">the OSCeleton Processing MotionCapture3D</a> example. This is a Processing sketch that reads the incoming OSC messages from OSCeleton, converts them into points in 3D space representing each of the joints of the body and draws a series of spheres at those points.
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I wanted to also add lines between each of the joints so, after some experimentation, I used Processing’s beginShape() function and treated each adjacent pair of joints as vertices for lines. In working through this exercise I constructed the following map of how OSCeleton names each joint:
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Obviously, I’m only going into detail on the right side of the body, but equivalent nodes are available for the left arm and leg as well. In addition, it’s worth noting that for whatever reason I wasn’t actually seeing any collar, finger, or ankle joints. I don’t know what causes these to not come across, but in my setup they were not appearing in the OSC messages sent by OSCeleton.
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Once I’d successfully finished drawing the vertices, I tried my sketch out with my roommate. Lo and behold, you can track two completely separate users no problem.
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A couple of notes about this video. Its sluggishness was caused by the screen capture software I used to record it, not the code itself. When not recording, it ran smoothly at a much higher frame rate on my machine. Also, many of the glitches here are caused by the constrained space of my room. The Kinect can obviously only process the parts of your body that it can see. My room is cramped enough that the two of us could barely fit within the Kinect’s field of view simultaneously. Some of the weird glitches you’re seeing here are when individual joints disappear from view and my code draws them as if they were at the top left corner of the screen.
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But now that I’ve gotten the skeleton data into a form that I can use, what to do with it? The first thing I thought of was to use it to change the view of this skeleton itself. After all, even though I’m gathering this data in 3D, you’d barely know it from the display you’re seeing here. And most 3D browsing interfaces are incredibly unintuitive and hard to learn, maybe that’s an area of design where full-body gestures could actually be useful.
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I added the <a href="http://www.gdsstudios.com/processing/libraries/ocd/">Obsessive Camera Direction library</a> to my Processing sketch. OCD is the best Processing camera library I know for intuitive control of the viewport. It has slightly more controls than the commonly used PeasyCam, but is less surprising in my experience.
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After I had OCD installed, I configured it to always aim at the joint representing the right hand of the detected figure. Then I calculated the distance between the right and left hand and made it so that controlled the zoom. Moving your hands closer together would cause the camera to zoom in, moving them further apart would zoom out. Finally I made it so that raising both hands above your head would rotate the camera around the figure and moving both hands below the hips would rotate the camera around the opposite way.
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The code for this is available here: <a href="https://gist.github.com/828630">controlling a 3d camera via gestures with kinect in Processing</a>. This video is dramatically improved from the one above because, in the interim, I discovered <a href="http://www.processing.org/reference/libraries/video/MovieMaker.html">MovieMaker</a>, a built-in class that makes it incredibly easy to record movie files of a sketch from directly within Processing.
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A next obvious experiment to conduct along this path would be to use this interface to navigate around more interesting 3D data, like a pre-existing 3D model. It would be especially cool to use your head to determine the location and angle of a camera within a 3D space to provide navigation and recording of a virtual environment. And then to use the position of your hands to fast forward or rewind various 3D motions being played back within the virtuality.
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Another interesting area that I plan to explore soon is creating 3D “hot spots” for interfaces. In other words, mapping particular parts of 3D space to various application controls that can then be triggered by moving different parts of your body into them. Matching these hot spots to actual physical objects or locations within a real room is particularly interesting. Imagine: bringing your left hand near the top of your bookcase turns on a light, putting your right hand there turns it back off, etc. The possibilities are endless.</p>
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<p>It's so on. Thanks PrimeSense!</p></div>
Say Jesus Backwards
2011-03-25T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/03/25/say-jesus-backwards
[[posterous-content:jY5lCcGl476C55ePMfcH]]<p>Coincidence?</p>
Native Instruments Absynth, FM8, Massive Now Mac OS X 64-Bit Compatible
2011-03-25T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/03/25/native-instruments-absynth-fm8-massive-now-mac-os-x-64-bit-compatible
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<blockquote><div><p><img title="native-instruments-logo" src="http://www.synthtopia.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/native-instruments-logo.gif" height="200" alt="Native Instruments logo" width="200" /><strong>Native Instruments</strong> has updated <strong>Massive</strong>,<strong>FM8</strong> and <strong>Absynth</strong> with Mac OS X 64-bit compatibility (AU, VST & Standalone).</p><p>64-bit support will provide performance benefits for users with more than 4 GB of RAM on their systems.</p><p>This is a free update. Check the <a href="https://www.native-instruments.com/?id=updates">NI Updates page</a>.</p><p>Here’s what’s new in each app:<span></span></p><p><strong>Absynth V5.0.3</strong></p><ul><li>Mac OS X 64-bit compatibility (AU, VST & Standalone).</li><li>Modified template folder location.</li><li>Morph Edit page crash fixed.</li><li>Program Change crash fixed.</li><li>Renaming Macro Controls fixed.</li><li>Several graphic glitches and lots of smaller bugs fixed.</li></ul><p><strong>FM8 V1.1.1</strong></p><ul><li>Mac OS X 64-bit compatibility (AU, VST & Standalone).</li><li>Several smaller bug fixes.</li></ul><p><strong>Massive V1.2.1</strong></p><ul><li>Mac OS X 64-bit compatibility (AU, VST & Standalone).</li><li>CoreAudioDevice crash fixed.</li><li>Several smaller bug fixes.</li></ul><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p></p></div></blockquote><div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2011/03/25/native-instruments-absynth-fm8-massive-now-mac-os-x-64-bit-compatible/">synthtopia.com</a></div>
<p>But where's Reaktor 64-bit?</p></div>
Jack Layton - Star Trek Convention
2011-03-25T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/03/25/jack-layton-star-trek-convention
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<p>Who's the boss?</p>
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Two Harvard Design Students Win Award for Amazing Water Visualization
2011-03-22T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/03/22/two-harvard-design-students-win-award-for-amazing-water-visualization
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<div><p>Folks at Visualizing.org announced the winner of their <a href="http://www.visualizing.org/stories/visualizing-world-water-day-challenge">Visualizing Urban Water Challenge</a>. Here's some more info about the fantastic "<a href="http://www.josephbergen.com/viz/water/">What Is Your Water Footprint</a>" visualization by <a href="http://www.josephbergen.com/" target="blank">Joseph Bergen</a> and Nickie Huang, both students at the Harvard Graduate School of Design.</p><p> Of the contest, <a href="http://www.visualizing.org/users/maywa-montenegro" title="View user profile.">Maywa Montenegro</a> of Visualizing.org writes:</p><blockquote> <p> In anticipation of <a href="http://www.unwater.org/worldwaterday/campaign.html">"World Water Day 2011"</a>, we recently joined forces with the folks at <a href="http://www.circleofblue.org/waternews/visualizing/">Circle of Blue</a> to shine a spotlight on these challenging urban water issues. We invited the design community to visualize urban water data, and help us draw connections and insights from across the spectrum of health, economic, environmental, and policy perspectives.</p></blockquote><p> The winning visualization had a couple of components. First, the cartographic screen invites users to scroll over different countries and compare the details like:</p><ul> <li> water supply</li> <li> water usage</li> <li> total and urban population</li> <li> water available per person</li> <li> population without access to water</li></ul><p> <a href="http://www.josephbergen.com/viz/water/"><img src="http://pre.cloudfront.goodinc.com/posts/full_1300822208waterfootprint.jpg" alt="data visualization, dataviz, water footrpint, visualizing.org, water, world water day, infographics" /></a></p><a href="http://www.josephbergen.com/viz/water/"></a><p></p><p> If you click over to the product profile page, you can hover over different goods and learn the water volume "embedded" in each. You can check the water footprint of beer, juice, a laptop, beef, bread, eggs, a T-shirt, and so on. Here's a cup of coffee compared to a cup of tea, for instance:</p><p> <a href="http://www.josephbergen.com/viz/water/"><img src="http://pre.cloudfront.goodinc.com/posts/full_1300822570coffee-vs-tea.jpg" alt="data visualization, dataviz, water footrpint, visualizing.org, water, world water day, infographics" /></a></p><a href="http://www.josephbergen.com/viz/water/"></a><p><br /> This is how the organizers <a href="http://www.visualizing.org/visualizations/what-your-water-footprint#">describe</a> their tool:</p><blockquote> <p> How much water do you consume based on where you are from? How much water do you consume based on what food, beverages, and products you purchase? This data visualization reveals the hidden water content in your nationality and your consumer goods. Label your lunch, your drink, your friends, yourself, even the whole world with its water footprint.</p> <ol> <li> Explore - Move your mouse around the map to see the wide range of water information.</li> <li> Compare - Click on a country or item to keep its data in the tray as you continue to explore other countries and items.</li> <li> Label - Click on the 'Print Label' button to bring up a simple label that shows exactly how much water your selection uses.</li> </ol></blockquote><p> Go to <a href="http://www.visualizing.org/stories/visualizing-world-water-day-challenge">Visualizing.org</a> to read the whole winning announcement, and to see the runners-up, both of which are awfully cool as well. And then set aside a good 15 minutes at least to play around with <a href="http://www.josephbergen.com/viz/water/">Bergen and Huang's fantastic project</a>, and learn a whole lot on this World Water Day.</p></div>
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Please Mr. Motorist…
2011-03-16T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2011/03/16/please-mr-motorist-
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<p>I wish that worked.</p></div>
Konkreet Performer
2011-02-12T00:00:00-08:00
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<p>Découverte de cette nouvelle application produite par <a href="http://www.konkreetlabs.com/">Konkreet Labs</a>, permettant aux musiciens de contrôler leurs instruments en manipulant des formes géométriques en temps réel. Une interface intuitive et multi-touch sur iPad afin de créer de la musique de manière différente.</p>
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Best Coathook Graffiti Ever
2010-12-21T00:00:00-08:00
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Why I Have Boycotted Black Friday
2010-12-05T00:00:00-08:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2010/12/05/why-i-have-boycotted-black-friday
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Hedge Funds Bet Against Clean Energy, Hope
2010-12-05T00:00:00-08:00
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<blockquote><div><p> <img src="http://pre.cloudfront.goodinc.com/posts/full_1291425127wallstreet460.jpg" alt="" /><br /> Uh-oh. The fancy analysts at Goldman Sachs and BlackRock are <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-01/hedge-funds-short-clean-power-as-goldman-reduces-superconductor.html">betting against clean energy now</a>.</p><blockquote> <p> Hedge funds increased short selling in U.S. renewable energy stocks to the highest level in a year, boosting bets against First Solar Inc. and Tesla Motors Inc. as government support for low-polluting technologies faltered.</p></blockquote><p> Short selling, as you may know, is a way for investors to profit when a certain stock falls in value. It works like this: An investor borrows Tesla stock and promises to give it back. Then it sells that stock for its current price—say, $10 a share. If the bet pays off, by the time the investor has to give the stock back to the lender, the price has fallen well below that $10 mark, and the investor can buy it for considerably less than the sum he got when he sold it. </p><p> Republican gains in the midterm elections have put the future of clean energy subsidies (and carbon regulations) in peril and that has made these businesses look shakier. And because they look shakier, investors are shorting them, and thereby <em>making them shakier</em>.</p><p> I, for one, would feel pretty weird if my paycheck depended on the failure of some promising solar technology innovator. But that's why I didn't go to Goldman Sachs like a huge percentage of my Harvard classmates. I would have made a terrible investment banker.</p></div></blockquote>
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<p>Am not surprised.</p></div>
WikiLeaks.ca is Live!
2010-12-03T00:00:00-08:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2010/12/03/wikileaks-ca-is-live-
Let's show uhmerica how it's done people. <p /> <blockquote class="posterous_short_quote"> <br /><a href="http://wikileaks.ca">http://wikileaks.ca</a></blockquote>
Christmas Tree Powered by an Electric Eel
2010-12-03T00:00:00-08:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2010/12/03/christmas-tree-powered-by-an-electric-eel
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Why the World Needs WikiLeaks: TED Talk
2010-12-01T00:00:00-08:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2010/12/01/why-the-world-needs-wikileaks-ted-talk
<iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/bVGqE726OAo?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe><p /> Don't forget how important it is to keep this organization alive. They open governments.
Momento mori, New Orleans
2010-11-30T00:00:00-08:00
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Food Safety, At Last? Not!
2010-11-30T00:00:00-08:00
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<blockquote><div><p> <img src="http://pre.cloudfront.goodinc.com/posts/full_1291156897514784072_a13346f354_b.jpg" alt="mouldy, food, food safety act" /><br /> This morning, the lame-duck Senate did something remarkable. It passed <a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:S.510:">S. 510</a>, the Food Safety Modernization Act, with a whopping 73-25 bipartisan majority. It may sound like a snooze, but don’t fall asleep. This bill could crush backyard gardeners, seed savers, and raw milk dairy farmers under the blunt heels of the new food Gestapo. Or it could just introduce more oversight for shoddy corporate producers, which could slow future outbreaks of <em>E. coli</em>and <em>Salmonella </em>in peanuts, spinach, and hamburgers. Either way, it's been called the most aggressive overhaul of food safety laws in 72 years.</p><p> “Everyone who eats will benefit from this historic legislation,” Michael F. Jacobson of the Center for Science in the Public Interest <a href="http://cspinet.org/new/201011301.html">said</a> in a press release. Chris Waldrop, the director of the Food Policy Institute at the Consumer Federation of America, told the <em><a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/la-naw-food-safety-20101201,0,1500489.story">Chicago Tribune</a></em>, “It's really a paradigm shift. It moves [Food and Drug Administration] from reacting to outbreaks and recalls to preventing them.”</p><p> Maybe it’s really only remarkable since the Senate has accomplished <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/08/09/100809fa_fact_packer?currentPage=all">so little</a> on immigration and comprehensive energy reform. The food safety bill hardly sounds revolutionary. It’s a list of powers you’d expect the nation’s food safety regulators to have already. The FDA will have the power to issue recalls rather than leaving them up to individual food producers to recall food suspected of contamination voluntarily. It requires food safety plans and a food tracking system to make it easier to find sources of contamination. The bill is also intended to hold imported foods to the same safety standards as domestic foods.</p><p> The legislation still has to be reconciled with H.R. 2749, the House bill of food safety (see <em>USA Today’s </em><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/yourlife/food/safety/2010-11-29-foodsafety29_VA_N.htm">comparison of the two</a> bills). But since controversial restrictions on Bisphenol-A (<a href="http://feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=NewsRoom.PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=5c134f04-5056-8059-769d-19c4f9d4aa47">introduced</a> by Sen. Diane Feinstein, D-California) and a moratorium on earmarks (<a href="http://coburn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases?ContentRecord_id=7bed9b48-9d13-418e-8998-0621299a998f&ContentType_id=d741b7a7-7863-4223-9904-8cb9378aa03a&Group_id=7a55cb96-4639-4dac-8c0c-99a4a227bd3a">introduced</a> by Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Oklahoma) were dropped, it’s expected to be resolved and head to Obama’s desk before the end of the year. In short, there’s still a chance it could fail because of concerns about where the estimate $1.6 billion to fund the bill will come. Then, we’ll have to wait another two months for another thousand people to die from food-borne illnesses.</p><p> That’s what it took Congress in 1938 with the Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics Act, which passed after a protracted legislative battle—and only passed after the 1937 “<a href="http://www.annals.org/content/122/6/456.abstract">Elixir Sulfanilamide tragedy</a>,” wherein a Tennessee company sold a badly manufactured medicine that was essentially antifreeze and caused more than 100 deaths.</p><p> So it’s hardly the first time the sweeping food safety legislation has stalled for years. The Pure Food and Drugs Act was introduced in 1889, and languished for 17 years until the publication of Upton Sinclair’s <em>The Jungle </em>pushed forward the Meat Inspection Act in 1906. While the earlier food safety act might be remembered as the hallmark legislation that ushered in a wave of large-scale, federal food industry regulation, it shuttered small food processing facilities, writes historian Andrew F. Smith in <em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0231140924?ie=UTF8&tag=borborygmi-20">Eating History</a></em>. “Typically, it was the large processors who opposed the regulation, but then had a much easier time carrying it its requirements, which is still true today.” </p><p> And that’s one issue that contemporary critics have coalesced around, creating an unlikely alliance of Tea Party survivalists and crunchy hippy farmers. They say the bill will "makes it illegal to grow, share, trade, or sell homegrown food." It’s like the <a href="http://www.teapartypatriots.org/BlogPostView.aspx?id=64ac9ebd-9a76-43dc-a3d4-efecffd6327c">Patriot Act of food</a>, “<a href="http://www.naturalnews.com/030418_Food_Safety_Modernization_Act_seeds.html">the most dangerous bill in the history of the United States</a>.” Soon the TSA will be touching our tangelos.</p><p> “The granolas come at it from a standpoint that they want to eat all natural foods, and drink raw milk because they believe it cures everything from autism to erectile dysfunction,” Bill Marler, an outspoken food safety lawyer who’s been involved in drafting S. 510 told <em><a href="http://motherjones.com/politics/2010/11/tea-party-food-safety-modernization-act">Mother Jones</a></em>. “Then you have the tea party involved not because they drink raw milk but because they don't want the government involved in any aspect of their lives.”</p><p> While opponents continue to assert that the bill imposes a one-size-fits all, the Senate passed a version bill with an <a href="http://tester.senate.gov/Legislation/upload/tester_amendment_agreement_summary.pdf">amendment</a> from organic farmer Jon Tester (D-Montana) that exempts small farmers, who, Tester said, can’t afford and don’t need the regulation. Food guru Michael Pollan agreed, <a href="http://tester.senate.gov/Legislation/foodsafety.cfm">saying</a>: "S. 510 is the most important food safety legislation in a generation. The Tester amendment will make it even more effective, strengthening food safety rules while protecting small farmers and producers.”</p><p> Small may be beautiful and small may eventually lead to a paradigm shift, but the most important thing to remember about any food safety bill is that it should reduce levels of illness and death. To do that, we’ve got to take on the 99 percent of farms and food producers that are causing illnesses and right now, unfortunately, they are not on the fringe. They're consistently the country’s largest food producers. </p><p> <em><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/maisonbisson/514784072/">Image</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en">cc</a>) by Flickr user <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/maisonbisson/">misterbisson</a>.</em></p></div></blockquote>
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<p>I am terrified by this. I mentioned this earlier on my twitter, and was quickly given a snopes.com mythbuster link. I guess snopes was wrong.</p></div>
Sweet $1 Find
2010-11-28T00:00:00-08:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2010/11/28/sweet-1-find
<p>[[posterous-content:lwEJijDnFBIyyHEAExEk]]</p>Found this at the second hand sale during pierogi lunch at the Ukranian Hall down the street from my house. Couldn't help myself!
Four-star Living at Burning Man: The Dome and Why It never took off
2010-11-26T00:00:00-08:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2010/11/26/four-star-living-at-burning-man-the-dome-and-why-it-never-took-off
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<blockquote><div><h3> <img src="http://pre.cloudfront.goodinc.com/posts/full_1290804671IMG_02821.jpg" alt="burning man dome" /><br /> Why didn't Buckminster Fuller's dome—a brilliant innovation of design—ever take off?</h3><p> <strong>A few months</strong> ago, I spent a wonderful week living in a dome. For a total investment of about $250, I acquired over a 100 sturdy, shaded, weather-proof square feet of residential real estate. At Burning Man, this was four-star living.</p><p> My circular pad was not the only one in the Nevada desert that week. The dome is as characteristic of Burning Man’s Black Rock City as the Brownstown is in Brooklyn. Parts of the festival can take on the look of a moon base. This wouldn’t surprise <a href="http://www.good.is/post/good-guide-r-buckminster-fuller/">Buckminster Fuller</a> or any of the many boosters and designers of domes who had their heyday in the middle of the last century. What would surprise them is the sheer number of domes in one place at one time.</p><p> Domes were supposed to be the houses of tomorrow. Judging by their virtues—they are structurally strong, with the efficient ratio of surface to volume making them cheap to build and easy to heat and cool—a dome should still be on our list of building options. Shouldn’t domes have become a disruptive innovation in housing, displacing old-fashioned gables over the last 50 years? Perhaps, but they haven't.</p><p> Housing’s environmental impact is huge. The land claimed, the construction materials, the energy and water and chemicals used over the life of a home, and the activities humans undertake (such as driving) in order to access their housing add up to one of the most important drivers of environmental damage in the world, and in any one person’s lifestyle.</p><p> If conventional housing, especially single-family suburban housing, is negatively impacting climate change and biodiversity, what innovations will disrupt this and bring to market a new dominant, sustainable housing form? Understanding why domes failed in that regard might point us to the right solution.</p><p> Domes represent a whole new way of building, with an outcome that looks completely different from a conventional home. Their low cost should—despite the trade-offs of an awkward shape for furnishing, and weird acoustics—make them classic low-end alternatives to the norm. Would you be as likely to find a buyer for your dome as you would a conventional home? When making a purchase that will become your biggest expense over the coming years, taking a risk on the resale value seems imprudent. Further, in many places, neighbors or home owners associations might fight the development of a dome-next-door in order to protect the character of their neighborhood, which has something to do with their daily aesthetic experience but much more to do with their property values. Though domes have great disruptive potential, it appears that they are not disrupting the right thing, or, to use the language of disruptive-innovation theory: They are competing on the wrong terms.</p><p> According to Harvard Business School Professor Clayton Christensen’s theory of “disruptive innovation,” we should ask what “job” does a house do for you? The answer is that housing does much more than put a roof over your head, give you nice neighbors, and locate you in a good school district or near your job. Since the creation of the Federal Housing Administration, Fannie Mae, and other means of boosting ownership, it has also been, in some cases primarily, making you money. So while Fuller thought he was shaping the future with his geodesic architecture, the government and the financial services industry were implementing a more compelling design.</p><p> <strong>Fast forward to</strong> the recent housing crisis, which shows us that the guarantee of getting rich from borrowing all you can to buy a home may have reached its limit. House prices will still rise in many places, eventually, but some of the brightest minds in the country created the financial engineering techniques to keep those home “values” rising fast, and the slope got too steep for us to keep climbing. That these techniques were predicated on the construction of fairly standard homes that could be easily valued, mortgaged, securitized, tranched, and sold as something very different from a place to live shows us that the present unsustainable construction techniques that dominate in America today were as much a product of an investment strategy as they were of mainstream tastes and of trade union influence on building codes.</p><p> Now that the housing bubble has popped, will we allow ourselves to build homes that break the mold, both in terms of aesthetics and sustainability? That are more habitat than they are investment? This is not an armchair question. With the US housing market in crisis and receiving billions in subsidies, and China and India being reshaped by urbanization and rising middle classes who are building millions of new homes, this is the moment to change course. We could:</p><ul> <li> Reform the national building code to allow for passivhaus and pre-fab’s efficiencies in factory-built components, rapid on-site construction and energy efficiency in any state in the country. </li> <li> Allow people to deduct the mortgage interest on an RV that is their primary residence, allowing them to live where they drive, eliminating one commute and vehicle per household and reducing land use.</li> <li> Legalize AirBnB to make it possible for people to move from apartment to apartment without ever needing a rental agreement</li> <li> Improve urban schools to attract more people back to cities with their efficient and multifamily residences.</li> <li> Prohibit neighbors from blocking innovative construction in their midst, in order to spur new ideas and experimentation in how we build and live.</li></ul><p> The money pay for these ideas could be found by eliminating billions of mortgage interest tax deductions on luxury housing and second homes that promote waste and only benefit the rich. And all of these ideas have the potential to disrupt conventional housing forms and reduce housing’s environmental impact significantly, but only if housing is seen first as a home, not as a stock pick.</p><p> <em>Note: This is the fourth and final post in a series I have contributed to irregularly over the past year. The goal of the series was to get people to think critically, using one of the most important theories of technological change, about how important it is to know the difference between what is “greener” and what is really “green”. I will continue to blog on this and related topics at <a href="http://michaelburnskeating.net">http://michaelburnskeating.net</a>.</em></p></div></blockquote>
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<p>The issue this raises parallels some of the work the people at <a href="http://public.resource.org">public.resource.org</a>. Their noble efforts pursue open sourcing our "life code" like building codes, etc. The law "industry" is a multi-billion dollar industry is a sure way of inhibiting change. Here's a great video they released, and hopefully this can get a conversation going. If we can make our law system parallel our internet infrastructure, we can maybe see these domes in our not-too-distant-future.
</p><p>Here's a video of what I'm talking about:
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Top Court backs police use of power records to spot pot farms
2010-11-25T00:00:00-08:00
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<p>The right to privacy in one's home is not absolute, the Supreme Court of Canada said Wednesday in a ruling that allowed police to conscript a Calgary power company to collect details of a customer's electricity use to determine if he was growing marijuana.</p>
<p>In a sharply divided decision, the court split into three camps on whether it violates a consumer's constitutional right to privacy to force commercial service providers to help out police when they do not have search warrants.</p>
<p>"The Constitution does not cloak the home in an impenetrable veil of privacy," Justice Marie Deschamps wrote in the lead opinion.</p>
<p>"To expect such protection would not only be impractical, it would also be unreasonable."</p>
<p>In a strong dissent, Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin and Justice Morris Fish warned the court against taking an "incremental but ominous step toward the erosion of the right to privacy."</p>
<p>The two judges, describing the home "as the most private of dwellings," concluded that "a reasonable person" would not expect that details of electricity use, which can detect such things as when a person routinely goes to bed and does chores, should be handed over to police without a judge's prior approval.</p>
<p>"When we subscribe for cable services, we do not surrender our expectation of privacy in respect of what we access on the Internet, what we watch on our television sets, what we listen to on our radios, or what we send and receive by e-mail on our computers," wrote the dissenting judges.</p>
<p>"Likewise, when we subscribe for public services, we do not authorize the police to conscript the utilities concerned to enter our homes, physically or electronically, for the purpose of pursuing their criminal investigations without prior judicial authorization."</p>
<p>The latest decision overturns an Alberta Court of Appeal victory for Daniel Gomboc and restores his earlier convictions for growing and selling marijuana.</p>
<p>Calgary police, while investigating another matter in Gomboc's neighbourhood in 2004, detected the smell of a marijuana grow operation and noticed condensation on his windows and moisture pouring from ice-caked vents. Unlike other homes nearby, there was no snow on his roof.</p>
<p>The police then asked Enmax, Gomboc's power supplier, to install a "digital recording ammeter" (DRA) to obtain a detailed graph printout of five days of power consumption at his home. The officers used the revealing information to obtain a search warrant.</p>
<p>Police seized 165 kilograms of bulk marijuana and another 206 grams of processed, bagged marijuana, and Gomboc was later convicted of growing and trafficking pot.</p>
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<p>"The Constitution does not cloak the home in an impenetrable veil of privacy" does not sound awesome. Maybe I've been watching too much Max Headroom.</p>
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Ship mills
2010-11-25T00:00:00-08:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2010/11/25/ship-mills
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<p><a href="http://krisdedecker.typepad.com/.a/6a00e0099229e888330133f5f66873970b-pi" style="display: inline;"><img title="CHARPENTE45" src="http://krisdedecker.typepad.com/.a/6a00e0099229e888330133f5f66873970b-700wi" alt="CHARPENTE45" /></a></p>
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<p>Above: Boat mill, Encyclopédie Diderot, 1751</p>
<p><a href="http://krisdedecker.typepad.com/.a/6a00e0099229e88833013489162c01970c-pi" style="display: inline;"><img title="Fausto veranzio 1617 MRM" src="http://krisdedecker.typepad.com/.a/6a00e0099229e88833013489162c01970c-700wi" alt="Fausto veranzio 1617 MRM" /></a></p>
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<p>Above: boat mill, Fausto Veranzio, 1617</p>
<p><a href="http://krisdedecker.typepad.com/.a/6a00e0099229e88833013489163022970c-pi" style="display: inline;"><img title="Fausto veranzio 1617 RMR" src="http://krisdedecker.typepad.com/.a/6a00e0099229e88833013489163022970c-700wi" alt="Fausto veranzio 1617 RMR" /></a></p>
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<p>Above: boat mill, Fausto Veranzio, 1617</p>
<p><a href="http://krisdedecker.typepad.com/.a/6a00e0099229e8883301348916348a970c-pi" style="display: inline;"><img title="Miniature boat mill" src="http://krisdedecker.typepad.com/.a/6a00e0099229e8883301348916348a970c-700wi" alt="Miniature boat mill" /></a></p>
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<p>Above: miniature of a boat mill</p>
<p><a href="http://krisdedecker.typepad.com/.a/6a00e0099229e888330133f5f6874b970b-pi" style="display: inline;"><img title="German ship mill 1840" src="http://krisdedecker.typepad.com/.a/6a00e0099229e888330133f5f6874b970b-700wi" alt="German ship mill 1840" /></a></p>
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<p>Above: german ship mill, 1840</p>
<p><a href="http://krisdedecker.typepad.com/.a/6a00e0099229e888330133f5f689c5970b-pi" style="display: inline;"><img title="Last authentic ship mills in France" src="http://krisdedecker.typepad.com/.a/6a00e0099229e888330133f5f689c5970b-700wi" alt="Last authentic ship mills in France" /></a></p>
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<p>One of the last authentic boat mills in France, around 1914</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://krisdedecker.typepad.com/.a/6a00e0099229e88833013488f06206970c-pi" style="display: inline;"><img title="Last ship mill on the rhone" src="http://krisdedecker.typepad.com/.a/6a00e0099229e88833013488f06206970c-700wi" alt="Last ship mill on the rhone" /></a></p>
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<p>Above: the last ship mill on the Rhône in Lyon, France, 1894</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><em><a href="http://krisdedecker.typepad.com/.a/6a00e0099229e888330133f5def0af970b-pi" style="display: inline;"><img title="Ship mill on the tisza hungary ton meesters" src="http://krisdedecker.typepad.com/.a/6a00e0099229e888330133f5def0af970b-700wi" alt="Ship mill on the tisza hungary ton meesters" /></a></em></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><em> </em>Above: ship mill on the Tisza, Hungary (from the postcard collection of Ton Meesters)</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><em><a href="http://krisdedecker.typepad.com/.a/6a00e0099229e88833013488ff9761970c-pi" style="display: inline;"><img title="Escanear0008" src="http://krisdedecker.typepad.com/.a/6a00e0099229e88833013488ff9761970c-700wi" alt="Escanear0008" /></a></em></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><em> </em>Above: reconstruction of a ship mill in repair (1990s). Photo: Karel Broes.</p>
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<div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.notechmagazine.com/2010/11/ship-mills.html">notechmagazine.com</a></div>
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<div class="posterous_quote_citation"><span style="font-size: small;">Note that these are are not grain mills but energy mills. The name should be referenced from the same perspective as 'wind mill'.</span></div>
Pedal Revolutionary Radio With Bicycle Chat
2010-11-25T00:00:00-08:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2010/11/25/pedal-revolutionary-radio-with-bicycle-chat
<div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry">[[posterous-content:vbjerkChhGjssmtsofCr]]
<div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.pedalrevolutionary.org/p/bicycle-chat.html">pedalrevolutionary.org</a></div>
<p>Hey Vancouver, be sure to check out Pedal Revolutionary Radio 10.30am tomorrow on 102.7fm Vancouver Coop Radio, <a href="http://coopradio.org/content/listen">or streaming live online</a>. It's hosted on the last Fiday of every month from 10.30 - noon. And be sure to join in on Bicycle Chat on irc.freenode.net in ##bicycle or go <a href="http://www.pedalrevolutionary.org/p/bicycle-chat.html">here</a>. It'll be awesome!</p>
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4th Amendment Wear
2010-11-25T00:00:00-08:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2010/11/25/4th-amendment-wear
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<p>Une initiative osée avec le concept 4th Amendment Wear, une <a href="http://cargocollective.com/4thamendment">collection</a> de vêtements et de sous-vêtements afin de protester et de mettre en avant les droits constitutionnels aux Etats-Unis. Le sens est résumé avec cette phrase : “Faites valoir vos droits sans dire un mot”.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.fubiz.net/2010/11/25/4th-amendment-wear/"><img title="" src="http://www.fubiz.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/c-scan-t-sh-new-550x290.gif" height="263" alt="" width="500" /></a></p><p><br />
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<p><a href="http://www.fubiz.net/2010/11/25/4th-amendment-wear/cargo-scan-new-und/" rel="attachment wp-att-118794"><img title="cargo-scan-new-und" src="http://www.fubiz.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/cargo-scan-new-und-550x290.gif" height="263" alt="cargo-scan-new-und" width="500" /></a></p><p></p>
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<p><a href="http://www.fubiz.net/2010/11/25/4th-amendment-wear/c-und-tsa/" rel="attachment wp-att-118795"><img title="c-und-tsa" src="http://www.fubiz.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/c-und-tsa-550x290.gif" height="263" alt="c-und-tsa" width="500" /></a></p><p></p>
<p><a href="http://www.fubiz.net/2010/11/25/4th-amendment-wear/c-scan-sock2/" rel="attachment wp-att-118785"><img title="c-scan-sock2" src="http://www.fubiz.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/c-scan-sock2-550x290.gif" height="263" alt="c-scan-sock2" width="500" /></a></p><p></p>
<p><a href="http://www.fubiz.net/2010/11/25/4th-amendment-wear/c-scan-socks/" rel="attachment wp-att-118784"><img title="c-scan-socks" src="http://www.fubiz.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/c-scan-socks-550x290.gif" height="263" alt="c-scan-socks" width="500" /></a></p><p></p>
<p><a href="http://www.fubiz.net/2010/11/25/4th-amendment-wear/cscan-t-big/" rel="attachment wp-att-118793"><img title="cscan-t-big" src="http://www.fubiz.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/cscan-t-big-550x290.gif" height="263" alt="cscan-t-big" width="500" /></a></p><p></p>
<p><a href="http://www.fubiz.net/2010/11/25/4th-amendment-wear/c-scan-und-big/" rel="attachment wp-att-118792"><img title="c-scan-und-big" src="http://www.fubiz.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/c-scan-und-big-550x290.gif" height="263" alt="c-scan-und-big" width="500" /></a></p><p></p>
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<p><a href="http://www.fubiz.net/2010/11/25/4th-amendment-wear/c-scan-s/" rel="attachment wp-att-118783"><img title="c-scan-s" src="http://www.fubiz.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/c-scan-s-550x290.gif" height="263" alt="c-scan-s" width="500" /></a></p><p></p>
<p><a href="http://www.fubiz.net/2010/11/25/4th-amendment-wear/c-scan-undiesw-big/" rel="attachment wp-att-118786"><img title="c-scan-undiesw-big" src="http://www.fubiz.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/c-scan-undiesw-big-550x290.gif" height="263" alt="c-scan-undiesw-big" width="500" /></a></p><p></p>
<p><a href="http://www.fubiz.net/2010/11/25/4th-amendment-wear/cargo4th-image2/" rel="attachment wp-att-118800"><img title="cargo4th-image2" src="http://www.fubiz.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/cargo4th-image2-550x290.gif" height="263" alt="cargo4th-image2" width="500" /></a></p><p></p>
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<p>You know you want these America</p></div>
Tandem Cargo Tricycle (1940) and More Vintage Dutch Carrier Bikes
2010-11-23T00:00:00-08:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2010/11/23/tandem-cargo-tricycle-1940-more-vintage-dutch-carrier-bikes
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<p><a href="http://www.notechmagazine.com/2010/06/the-wonders-of-industry-louis-figuier-1873.html">« The Wonders of Industry (1873-1877)</a> | <a href="http://www.notechmagazine.com/">Main</a> | <a href="http://www.notechmagazine.com/2010/06/water-batteries-for-trees.html">Water Batteries for Trees »</a></p>
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<h3>Tandem Cargo Tricycle (1940) & More Vintage Dutch Carrier Bikes</h3>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"> <a href="http://krisdedecker.typepad.com/.a/6a00e0099229e88833013484a5fe76970c-pi" style="display: inline;"><img src="http://krisdedecker.typepad.com/.a/6a00e0099229e88833013484a5fe76970c-500wi" alt="Tandem cargo bike" /></a></span></p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"> </span>Mechanics from the Dutch telecom department PTT (1940). Found at <a href="http://www.transportfiets.net/2010/01/01/tandembakfiets/" target="_blank">Transportfiets</a>. The blog has <a href="http://www.transportfiets.net/category/oude-afbeeldingen/" target="_blank">more pictures</a> of old Dutch carrier bikes, some of them <a href="http://www.notechmagazine.com/2010/06/tandem-cargo-tricycle-1940.html#more">below</a>.</p>
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<p><a href="http://krisdedecker.typepad.com/.a/6a00e0099229e888330133f17e471b970b-pi" style="display: inline;"><img src="http://krisdedecker.typepad.com/.a/6a00e0099229e888330133f17e471b970b-500wi" alt="PTT cargo bikes" /></a></p>
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<p><a href="http://krisdedecker.typepad.com/.a/6a00e0099229e88833013484a60a92970c-pi" style="display: inline;"><img src="http://krisdedecker.typepad.com/.a/6a00e0099229e88833013484a60a92970c-500wi" alt="Old dutch carrier bike" /></a></p>
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<p><a href="http://krisdedecker.typepad.com/.a/6a00e0099229e88833013484a60dc7970c-pi" style="display: inline;"><img src="http://krisdedecker.typepad.com/.a/6a00e0099229e88833013484a60dc7970c-500wi" alt="Dutch carrier bikes 2" /></a></p>
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<p><a href="http://krisdedecker.typepad.com/.a/6a00e0099229e888330133f17e44ed970b-pi" style="display: inline;"><img src="http://krisdedecker.typepad.com/.a/6a00e0099229e888330133f17e44ed970b-500wi" alt="Cargo bike bakery" /></a></p>
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<p><a href="http://krisdedecker.typepad.com/.a/6a00e0099229e88833013484a61d50970c-pi" style="display: inline;"><img src="http://krisdedecker.typepad.com/.a/6a00e0099229e88833013484a61d50970c-500wi" alt="Cargo bikes with baskets amsterdam" /></a></p>
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<p><a href="http://krisdedecker.typepad.com/.a/6a00e0099229e888330133f17e4ab8970b-pi" style="display: inline;"><img src="http://krisdedecker.typepad.com/.a/6a00e0099229e888330133f17e4ab8970b-500wi" alt="Komeet cargo bike 1929" /></a></p>
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<p><a href="http://krisdedecker.typepad.com/.a/6a00e0099229e888330133f17e4bf7970b-pi" style="display: inline;"><img title="Loaded cargo trike grocery store" src="http://krisdedecker.typepad.com/.a/6a00e0099229e888330133f17e4bf7970b-500wi" alt="Loaded cargo trike grocery store" /></a></p>
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<p>The Dutch also held <a href="http://www.transportfiets.net/2007/07/01/transportfietsenraces/" target="_blank">cargo bike races</a>. Picture below from 1949.</p>
<p><a href="http://krisdedecker.typepad.com/.a/6a00e0099229e888330133f17e4045970b-pi" style="display: inline;"><img src="http://krisdedecker.typepad.com/.a/6a00e0099229e888330133f17e4045970b-500wi" alt="Cargo bike race" /></a></p>
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<div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.notechmagazine.com/2010/06/tandem-cargo-tricycle-1940.html">notechmagazine.com</a></div>
<p>I can't believe this only happened in Holland.</p>
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Intellectual Property Donors: Sharing Ideas Like Organs
2010-11-23T00:00:00-08:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2010/11/23/intellectual-property-donors-sharing-ideas-like-organs
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<blockquote><div><p> <img src="http://pre.cloudfront.goodinc.com/posts/full_1290455780evanroth.jpg" alt="Evan Roth" /><br /> Evan Roth proposes that we become <a href="http://evan-roth.com/public_domain_donor.php">Intellectual Property Donors</a>:</p><blockquote> <p> Why let all of your ideas die with you? Current Copyright law prevents anyone from building upon your creativity for 70 years after your death. Live on in collaboration with others. Make an intellectual property donation. By donating your IP into the public domain you will "promote the progress of science and useful arts" (U.S. Constitution). Ensure that your creativity will live on after you are gone, make a donation today. </p></blockquote><p> We're happy to share our salvageable organs with those who need them, so why not our ideas?</p><p> <img src="http://pre.cloudfront.goodinc.com/posts/full_1290455757licence_scan.jpg" alt="Intellectual Property Donor" /></p><br /><p> You can download and print your own labels <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/good/lbvp/~3/zBYWO6QZd_A#">here</a>. </p></div></blockquote>
<div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/good/lbvp/~3/zBYWO6QZd_A/">feedproxy.google.com</a></div>
<p>Part of me wishes this was mandatory. Okay, almost most of me.</p></div>
A Modern Day Classic
2010-11-23T00:00:00-08:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2010/11/23/a-modern-day-classic
<div>Check out this email I found today in my self hosted mail accounts. A modern day classic.</div><br /><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div style="">Dear Friend,</div><p /><div style="">My name is Tony and I am a trader in the foreign exchange market</div><div style="">(Forex.) Every trade I make involves selling one currency and buying</div><div style="">another. For example, if I believe the euro will gain against the</div><div style="">dollar, I will sell dollars and buy euros.</div><p /><div style="">After years of study and practice, I am now able to consistently make</div><div style="">a profit. I am now confident enough to accept funds from friends and</div><div style="">family and provide them with good returns.</div><p /><div style="">My goal is to make enough profit from their initial investment that I</div><div style="">can pay the entire investment amount plus 10% back to them in monthly</div><div style="">payments each year – for as long as I am able. I feel confident that</div><div style="">I can provide these levels of return for at least three years – and</div><div style="">hopefully many more.</div><p /><div style="">For example, if you invest $10,000, you would receive twelve monthly</div><div style="">payments the first year totaling $11,000. The second year I’ll</div><div style="">increase the payments an additional 10% to account for cost of living</div><div style="">increases. In year two you would receive twelve monthly payments</div><div style="">totaling $12,100. In year three you would receive twelve monthly</div><div style="">payments totaling $13,310.</div><p /><div style="">In the above example, on your initial $10,000 investment, you would</div><div style="">have been paid $36,410 over three years. This level of return is</div><div style="">virtually impossible to get from any other investment available to the</div><div style="">average person.</div><p /><div style="">I will make every effort to provide you with the above return on your</div><div style="">money indefinitely, even beyond three years. Because my investments</div><div style="">have a level of risk, which I keep minimized, I cannot guarantee that</div><div style="">you I will be able to provide these high returns.</div><p /><div style="">I do take the responsibility though of making sure you do not lose any</div><div style="">money. That makes this a safe investment for you. You may request</div><div style="">your initial investment back in full at any time!</div><p /><div style="">I know of individuals who have taken loans out from retirement savings</div><div style="">or their house and have invested the money and made much higher</div><div style="">returns than they could find anywhere else.</div><p /><div style="">If you are interested, I accept funds for investment via PayPal only</div><div style="">at this time. Using PayPal protects both of us. My PayPal e-mail</div><div style="">address for accepting funds is <a href="mailto:forexweatherman@gmail.com"><span style="text-decoration: underline ; color: #063ff4;">forexweatherman@gmail.com</span></a> I ask that</div><div style="">the minimum investment amount be $1,000 as it is difficult for me to</div><div style="">make good profits on lesser amounts.</div><p /><div style="">Sincerely Yours,</div><p /><div style="">Tony C.</div></blockquote>
"Craft-O-Rama-O-Rama Presents: ¡¡Papercrafts!! " at Vancouver Hackspace Next Monday
2010-11-23T00:00:00-08:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2010/11/23/-craft-o-rama-o-rama-presents-papercrafts-at-vancouver-hackspace-next-monday
<p>Come one! Come all! Next Monday night at <a href="http://vancouver.hackspace.ca/wp/">VHS</a> I will be teaching you all you need to know about papercraft!</p>
<div>Dont know about papercraft? Here's a little intro: </div>
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<div>Papercraft classically refers to the general category of crafting with paper, which includes origami and card modeling, but lately, the culture of pop (or sub-pop, you can decide for yourself what boingboing&friends is) has been using the term papercraft to describe the craft of card modelling. Card modelling differentiates from origami in the sense that you start out with printed (or not) card that you can cut, punch, and glue (which is stictly forbidden in origami).</div>
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<div>I will discuss more about the history and culture of papercraft and techniques on how to build your own models using free, mostly-cross-platform software and a printer. Oh yeah, and bring paper (I can bring a sub-awesome printer, will check ink levels, might be a small charge for the ink). Anyways, here are some examples of the awesome things you can do with this skill:</div>
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<div>Papercraft heart of rotating gears:</div>
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<div><a href="http://tubbypaws.blogspot.com/2008/03/meow-you-can-has-lolcats.html">Ceiling Cat</a>:</div>
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<p><a href="http://www.instructables.com/id/Project-Paper-clone/">Yourself</a>:</p>
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<div><a href="http://creativetechs.com/tipsblog/papercraft-turkey-dinner/">Just in Time for Amurhican Thanksgiving!</a>:</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.nudemagazine.co.uk/cctvcamerapage.htm">Your Very Own CCTV Camera</a>:</div>
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Poon's
2010-11-21T00:00:00-08:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2010/11/21/poon-s
[[posterous-content:GNjXZZuSlTpzGvxKHdUH]]<p>I lol'd.</p>
The most cinematic moment NASA has ever produced
2010-08-19T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2010/08/19/the-most-cinematic-moment-nasa-has-ever-produced
<iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/3uk_viH4Unw?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe><p />I felt like I was watching a Stanley Kubrick film but better.
Dolf Lundgren is officially the most badass person alive
2010-08-13T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2010/08/13/dolf-lundgren-is-officially-the-most-badass-person-alive
I think he, for me, has officially surpassed John Muir and David Bowie's genetically grafted baby in bad assness.<p>[[posterous-content:zzDVA15fqC6R67yRwBQ4]]</p><p>vincent.vanhaaff.com</p>
why does steve jobs always wear turtlenecks?
2010-08-08T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2010/08/08/why-does-steve-jobs-always-wear-turtlenecks-
Because suits have too many buttons! Zing!
Brought a Bit of Los Angeles to Vancouver This Weekend
2010-08-08T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2010/08/08/brought-a-bit-of-los-angeles-to-vancouver-this-weekend
<p>My mama and grandmama came to visit me this weekend! </p>
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<div>We went to North Van:</div>
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<div> and ate at the Cheshire Cheese:
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<div style="text-align: left;">I think they liked it:</div>
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<div>The next day we walked from my house to <a href="http://www.aupetitchavignol.com/" class="l">Au Petit Chavignol</a> and had fondu and a really good local BC wine! So awesome!</div>
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<div>What a wonderful surprise! Oh, and my grandmother is badass if you didn't already know. I mean, look at her juggle!:
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<div style="text-align: left;">All in all, it was a great time, and I'm so incredibly happy that they made an impromptu visit. Hopefully they can do it again soon, I think they had a good time, and being from California, they loved the rainy weekend. </div>
<div style="text-align: left;">K, now time to catch up on my coding, so much to do! Next post == reliving the demoscene with <a href="http://js1k.com/home">1kjs</a></div>
Steve Jobs Speech at Stanford 2005 Graduation
2010-08-05T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2010/08/05/steve-jobs-speech-at-stanford-2005-graduation
<div><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/UF8uR6Z6KLc?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe></div><p /><div>I was glad to hear one of the planet's most important and successful people talk about <span style="font-size: 12px;">looking at life as a journey, and not just as a career.</span></div><div>And when it got to the the following quote, I cried. </div><p /><div>"Stay hungry. Stay foolish" - Steve Jobs quoting The Whole Earth Catalogue</div>
A Wonderful List of Games Bundled with Operating Systems
2010-08-03T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2010/08/03/a-wonderful-list-of-games-bundled-with-operating-systems
<div>Memories!</div><p /><div><a href="http://technologizer.com/2010/08/01/the-great-operating-system-games/">http://technologizer.com/2010/08/01/the-great-operating-system-games/</a></div><p /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://technologizer.com/2010/08/01/the-great-operating-system-games/msdos_gorilla/" rel="attachment wp-att-30515"><img title="msdos_gorilla" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-30515" src="http://technologizer.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/msdos_gorilla.png?w=578&h=400" height="400" alt="" width="578" style="margin-left: 8px; margin-right: 8px;" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Above: Gorrilas for msdos 5.0</div>
new blog
2010-08-02T00:00:00-07:00
hhttp://flyingoctopus.github.com/2010/08/02/new-blog
<p>Hello internet! If you followed my now defunct blog, you would know that I havent posted in over a year, and even when I did, over the last three years those posts were few and far between. This has been for a few reasons: </p>
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<div>1) I work for Microsoft, and anything I do there I cant talk about, and right now, most of my life consists of doing lots of things for them. </div>
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<div>2) The 'blog' isn't quick enough. I tweet like a maniac, but thats because I have many windows of time that can spare 140 characters or less. But what about '140 characters or more'?</div>
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<div> Thats what I see this fulfilling. Slightly more meat that twitter, but it isnt the classically verbose blog that I once maintained. This is the perfect balance between brainfarts and insights. Enjoy!</div>
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<div>p.s. - here's a sneak peek of whats to come:</div>
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