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Digital Music For the Future says so, asking, "is the record industry ready to face the music?" Interesting essay—and one that says , "the record industry is stuck in a time warp, always several years behind. That would mean 2006 is the new 1999. The Internet boom and music sales have reached their climax, anything is possible, and the digital entertainment world was ready for something to pop."
"More common than you'd think," says National Geographic. Makes sense—they can run 60mph over broken ground and, if Huckleberry is anything to judge by, a cat in full jetpack mode pays scant heed to obstructions—even walls.
Why are we just figuring this out? Cheetahs have radio collars now, so we have statistics.
How long do CD-Rs last? Not long, says IBM's Kurt Gerecke. Two years on average—five, if you keep it in a cool dark place. Phew that's where I keep mine . . . wait a minute, I just remembered I don't.
Initially, I thought it'd be a good idea for Kristina to create a weekly blog entry, to be posted each Friday. Kristina, however, has already written two entries, too good to be held onto. And, I think to myself: "Why hold her back?"
So, I'll post her first entry — written Monday, the 19th — now. In this entry, KR takes us inside a typical day of working with audio components (as opposed to making quilts). It's a day marked by Lucky Charms, Excel spreadsheets, and the hustle and bustle of Grand Central.
–SM
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Stephen has suggested that I write a weekly…
The Oxford University Press announces the top 100 nouns in the English language. Guess what's first? Heck, guess what the first 10 are.
I'm sorry Mr. Angus Stevenson, but I refuse to believe that "time" and "man" made it into the top 10 because of the popularity of the phrase "time waits for no man."
Time to open a can of whup-ass on the OUP.
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Chuck Berry's got a dark side.
Oh yeah and there's steroids in baseball, Britney Spears has given new meaning to the phrase "white trash" and the blood and treasure maw that is the war in Iraq isn’t going to work out for the best.
Please.
This illuminating fact was highlighted by Taylor Hackford, the director of Hail!, Hail! Rock 'n' Roll, the biopic about Berry that’s seeing a 20th anniversary re-release. One of a handful of music films that can truly be called great, Hail!, Hail! was hell, hell to make, thanks to its subject, for whom the term "dark…
Kelli's never been too happy with my orange Ikea couch. After all, she has her opinions on what a couch should be. First and foremost, obviously, a couch should be comfortable. Aiding in the comfort of a couch, Kelli tells me, are things like arms and backrests and cushions made of soft fabric. All of these things work together to provide a soothing place for resting one's head and supporting one's legs after a long, tiring day in the office. My couch, however, lacks these things. To a certain degree, I'm proud of my couch for maintaining its individuality — its unwillingness to conform…
Scientists in Malta are excited about what they're learning from a mummified duck-billed brachylophosauruses. The pictures are fabulous.
The Archimedes Palimpsest suggests that the canny philosopher understood infinity not just as heuristics and mystics, but refined and defined down to the last line. Nearly two millennia before the Calculus—eureka indeed.