Music Cylinders Digitized
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."
Wes Phillips
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Only Casual, Maybe
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.
Social Blimps
Self-reconfiguring cubic blimps—you've gotta love 'em.
Not Quite the Jetpack I Had in Mind
But this seems to be a legit product for "situational awareness in small unmanned platforms."
What's Even Better Than Turkey-And-Gravy Soda?
Why smoked salmon flavor, of course.
Make Mine a Venti!
How much caffeine would it take to overdose?
Even Silent
They're very handsome, by the way. I've been meaning to mention that.
I See Paris, I See France, I See Sony's Underpants!
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.
Bush Goes to War
<I>Kate</I> Bush.
iPods Get L and XL Hookups
Hmmm. No prices or availability posted. Probably this is just vaporware, but aren't you glad Geneva Sound is taking us beyond that tired old "multiple components" paradigm?