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Dan Kaminsky has mapped 568,200 servers that have received DNS queries related to Sony's root kit incursion. Check the maps of the USA, Europe, and Asia to see how quickly this "virus" has invaded the World Wide Web. Scary pictures indeed.
They're very handsome, by the way. I've been meaning to mention that.
I like looking at them. I like looking up and seeing them there, even when I'm not listening to music. Even silent, I like them. They speak action, importance. Even silent, they speak. Action, importance, symmetry, balance. They look good. I was concerned that my place would be too small for them. I was concerned that my living space would be devoured by audio gear, consumed by cardboard boxes, Styrofoam padding, ugly cables. But this is not the case at all.
I get up easily, walk over, give them a…
But this seems to be a legit product for "situational awareness in small unmanned platforms."
I've been listening for fun. With fun in mind, I mean. And it has been fun. I find myself, sitting there, chasing the sounds across the space in between the speakers. My eyes racing, images forming left and right, too much for me to keep up with.
"Like at a live show," I told John DeVore.
I find myself watching for what the guitarist over here is doing, then letting my eyes dart across the stage to see what the guitarist over there is doing, then back to the center to watch the drummer move from hi-hat to ride to crash. Drummers are always my favorites to watch.
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The Institute of Museum and Library Services has digitized over 5000 early recordings and posted some of them, including the Edison Blue Amberol of "The Teddy Bears' Picnic."
The story that just won't stop. Over at Boing-Boing, they've posted a timeline of just this week's developments—and it's only Thursday.