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The wisdom that the interface is the bottleneck.
http://blog.centopeia.com/2007/03/21/jeff-hans-multitouch-demo-ii/
‘formal training might be a good idea after they saw that their son had strung rubber bands across his dresser drawers and was replicating classical tunes by ear, moving drawers in and out to vary the pitch.’
Not anything to do with the article, but a nice quote.
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Ever heard of Jury Nullification?
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Your Rights As A Juror
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As any one of us may be called to be on a jury at a criminal trial, it is important to know this fundamental right:
The jury has the right and duty to judge THE LAW as well as the facts of the case.
In other words, even if the facts show that the defendant is guilty of the charges, if the jury believes the so-called crime is not a crime in reality (e.g. most traffic, drug, tax statutes), then the jury can simply find the defendant NOT GUILTY.
This is judging the law and the jury has that right. It is our last protection against tyrannical government.
Why is this being spread on the internet? Because the judge WILL NOT tell you about this right, and the defense attorney will be reprimanded if he tries to tell the jury.
MESSAGE OR REPOST THIS TO 5 FRIENDS IN 15 MINUTES
OR
YOU WILL
FIND YOURSELF
IN FRONT OF
A JURY AND
WISH THEY
KNEW
ABOUT JURY NULLIFICATION!
No wonder they pick suits, ties and little old lady’s when they pick a jury. Still, the above is a valid thing and worth keeping in mind, me thinks.
Heya All
well as some of you know the hip-hop genius EL-P released a much anticipated 2nd solo album last week … and its good …. very good.
It has occupied the vast majority of my listening time and is growing on me like any seriously good musical project will … ran across this interview with him … check it out…
http://elp.imeem.com/video/bZ02_UnC/elp_interview_on_the_drum_with_dj_kevy_kev/
“ant”
So the Winstons with their classic Amen Brother. Have you ever used Amen? I wouldn’t even know if one of the regurgitated loops i’ve used is the Amen.
Anyway, interesting stuff about the rights to this killer dnb and hip hop driving force.
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Phenomenal.
The visual with the aural… and some that are independent of each other.
This is proof that artificial intelligence will create better art than us humans, if they use this world and it’s creations, including us and our creations, as source materials. Whether or not they will do so without these inputs, well, we will find out too.
There ain’t no nut who’s gonna get some sense into a nuts head like this nut.
Chopper’s anti-violence against women commercial
Chopper’s Drink driving commercial
You have to make with the clicky for this one. Unlike the last video I posted here it’s not actually my day job to promote this record, but El-P‘s I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead is my most anticipated album for 2007. It also features Cat Power, The Mars Volta and a bunch of rap dudes. Before I heard the song, I was skeptical about this collaboration. Judge for yourself..
EDIT: Be sure to click Sound: Off above the menu on the right so that you’re not listening to the audio stream and video sound at once.
Already posted the infinity one under a comment for 10 dimensions post since I used samples from that video, but… Got 2 new tracks underway. Neither are 100% complete, but was after some outside opinions… Both are 145 bpm, but totally different in groove, with a dubbed up number and some cushy morning trance.
Need some samples in mechanical advantage, where can I get samples about engine repairs or other mechanics? Something about levers would be sweet…
## links removed, back to the studio…
Hex4 – Mechanical Advantage
Hex4 – More Than Infinity
Critisicm please, mention Mins:Sex…
The two paranoids posting below should really stay off the Opal. Or maybe it’s the Parepin in the water?
There’s always another version of the truth.
Here’s a really useful formula for calculating where your cue marker is. After writing some music 2 days ago, and leaving the play button on, I wondered just how far to the right my cue marker was… so:
speed = 145 bpm
145 bpm / 4 beats/bar = 36.25 bars/min
1 bar = 58 pixels (at current zoom level)
58 px/bar * 36.25 bars/min= 2102.5 px/min
screen resolution = 72 dpi
2102.5 px/min / 72 dpi = 29.2 inch/min
inch to cm convertion = 2.54 cm/inch
29.2 inch/min * 2.54 cm/inch = 74.17 cm/min
time = 2 days = 2880 min
distance = speed * time = 74.17 * 2880 = 213,609.6 cm = 2.13 km
My cue point is 2.13 km off to the right… hope no one runs into it.
So here’s a handy formula for when you need to work this out
distance in km = bpm / (beats/bar) * (pixels/bar) / dpi * (cm/inch) * time / (cm/km)
If someone feels like it, I would like to know the formula for the following situation: If a Vinyl record is infinitely large, and you are playing it backwards from the end of the record on a turntable with a infinitely long telescopic arm, how far from the centre is the needle at time x. That would be a very useful formula too!
Clever. Wasn’t surprised to see this guy is a regular at flash conferences, and other similar presentations of high geek value.
Sure, some of these things maybe reinventing the wheel, but the fact that they are done in flash (and some done in older versions of flash) is pretty astounding. Keep in mind that these will run in a webpage better than most java or other applets.
Probably more interesting to flash or web developers, but his mode7 experiment, for example, allowed me to figure out what mode7 is. Not that I can ever remember trying to figure out before, but…
Synthesizing in flash? Eqing in flash? The sound byte gets closer to the visual byte. I have been dreaming of this… let alone the bitmap transitions…
There are heaps of little things on this lab, and they’re all cool to some degree.
Bouncing balls dropping from the ceiling create an audio experience when you place reflectors in their way. Pitch is relative to ball speed. You can tweak a few of the environment variables, and mess around.
Since the balls drop at regular intervals, a metronome is formed, and this rhythm leads to music…
www.balldroppings.com/
He’s not a shameless self promoter … so I better do it for him
Our man Danck delivers the goods…
http://www.sendspace.com/file/q6vsh1
grab it … hear it … get some fucking sleep…
Video for my favourite track of 2006 – bringing politics back to hip hop. From the album Panorama by Braintax on Low Life Records.
Cake Song
Lyrics:
I’ll pile on the candy,
It’s such a pretty sight
It makes the food taste dandy
But my tummy hurts all night
I’ll put in some ingredients
But keep the rest for me
I’m not just disobedient
I’m careful, can’t you see?
It’s a piece of cake to bake a pretty cake
If the way is hazy,
You gotta do the cooking by the book
You know you can’t be lazy
Never use a messy recipe,
The cake will end up crazy
If you do the cooking by the book,
Then you’ll have a cake
We gotta have it made,
You know that I love cake
Finally, it’s time to make a cake
Making food is just like science,
With tools that blend and baste
And every fun appliance
Gives the food a different taste
It’s a piece of cake to bake a pretty cake
If the way is hazy,
You gotta do the cooking by the book
You know you can’t be lazy
Never use a messy recipe,
The cake will end up crazy
If you do the cooking by the book,
Then you’ll have a cake
We gotta have it made,
You know that I love cake
Finally, it’s time to make a cake
We gotta have it made,
You know that I love cake
Finally, it’s time to make a –
‘You gotta do the cooking by the book!’
Cake!
Parodies:
“pretty much sex on toast… ”
Similar to the Drums, Piano post… here’s one that i made a while ago… music and graphics done in flash. The idea was that every sound had a unique or Visual to boot… So perfectly synchronised. Unlike audio>visual plugins and some VJ tricks that use the shape of the audio wave and the frequencies within to convert the audio to visual, this is a true representation of each sound having a visual. Perhaps the visuals aren’t purely representing the aural, but that is up for your semiotic analysis.
Not just eternity, but infinity… Speech sample is from Waking Life.