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December 20 to 31, 2005
Mash-ups, or combinations of songs, are going mainstream and making big bucks for some: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.01/
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.html?pg=...
April 25 to May 1, 2005
Here's a comprehensive technical overview of Tiger, and why its software architecture for recording, composing, and
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ing images, movies, music and generally any kind of media is light years ahea...
I just want to make a phone call - the new Nokia N91 has a 4GB hard drive, camera, Wi-Fi/Bluetooth, mp3
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er, headphone jack, USB connector, FM radio, Web browser, and records video...
April 18 to 24, 2005
ClearChannel will be tagging its music with color codes that reflect "indecent" content. Blue songs are OK, while orange songs can only be
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ed after 10pm...
April 11 to 17, 2005
There's something about the TV/DVD
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er/beer fridge that is strangely compelling...
Here's the lightest, smallest portable sound system any world traveler could want...
March 28 to April 3, 2005
Very cool drag-and-drop sortable lists with CSS and JavaScript. Let's see a music
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list interface...
March 21 to 27, 2005
No doubt the movie has star attraction (Dustin Hoffman, Barbara Streisand), but I like to think that people enjoy plots in which uptight conservative people (in this case, a paranoid ex-CIA operative...
Rock group Franz Ferdinand's music video "Take Me Out" won the "Breakthrough Video" award at the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards. It uses high-tech techniques to create dense living collages patterne...
A lot of people commented this week on Tom Waits' top 20 albums of all time, a great list worth hearing. Why isn't there an iTunes Music Store
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list of this stuff...
March 14 to 20, 2005
TV shows for modern kids - this children's show features music by a hip roster of post-punk acts. http://demandmedia.net//?op=dis
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story;sid=2005/3/14/17510/103...
Some songs sung in Simlish are being groomed for mainstream radio
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in English, like this one...
And the story behind the "rare wildflower dis
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"...
March 7 to 13, 2005
Changing Hawaii http://kgmb9.com/kgmb/dis
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.cfm?storyID=380...
Philips says we're getting paper-like dis
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s in 2007...
February 28 to March 6, 2005
Howard Stringer becomes Sony's first non-Japanese CEO, after five years of stock declines and poor business decisions. The beginning of the end was circa 1998, when the mp3 community (then a loos...
Yeah, an FM transmitter for the iPod shuffle! http://www.xtrememac.com/adapters/air
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_shuffle.shtm...
February 21 to 27, 2005
To those electronics manufacturers who have been talking trash about the iPod, I would counter: stop burdening your devices with needless features and design bling bling - usable elegance is the ne...
Top tennis stars Andre Agassi and Roger Federer
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on the world's highest tennis court in Dubai, about 1,000 feet up...
This quality photoshop contest shows real life, cubed: http://www.worth1000.com/cache/contest/contestcache.asp?contest_id=5014&dis
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Add a little mp3
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er to your Web site...
February 14 to 20, 2005
The 21-inch Wacom touch-screen flat-planel dis
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You can now order pizza directly from the online multi
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er game Everquest, which has over 400,000 global subscribers...
February 7 to 13, 2005
Alongside the Super Bowl, the Discovery Channel ran the "Puppy Bowl", twelve hours of puppies
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ing on a football mat. It was a huge hit with viewers, who found it strangely addicting. You can bu...
Allan Schiffman offers a few quick numbers on federal debt, spending, etc.: http://webpages.charter.net/allanms/2005/02/lets-
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-whats-real-problem.htm...
Consumer Reports offers a report on condom effectiveness: http://www.consumerreports.org/main/content/dis
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_report.jsp?FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=551075&ASSORTMENT%3C%3East_id=333141&bmUID=110783165299...
This technique was in the Super Bowl ad for the m:robe, a new wannabe iPod mp3
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er from Olympus...
Writing a screen
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? Here's why movies go bad, written by an industry insider - too many writers...
A transcript of Gene Simmon's very funny interview with Terry Gross on NPR, which was re
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ed last week...
January 31 to February 6, 2005
It's sad how behind the times car stereo manufacturers are when it comes to portable digital music. All I want is a cheap $50 preamp with a minijack line-in and perhaps a USB port to stick my shuffl...
Information on the effort to free the seminal civil rights documentary "Eyes On The Prize" from intellectual property limbo: http://demandmedia.net//?op=dis
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story;sid=2005/2/3/21647/3004...
January 24 to 30, 2005
Finally, an MP3
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er with a swappable 2.5-inch hard drive...
Bio-nanofibers and bio-luminescent transistors are allowing the development of transparent, flexible dis
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s...
January 17 to 23, 2005
I had the pleasure of listening to XM Satellite Radio all week (which was bundled with my Alamo rental car) while working in Mountain View, CA. It sounds great and the music choices are wonderful...
I went to the Palo Alto Apple Store, which until 1995 used to be Swain's House of Music, where the Grateful Dead
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ed a few times and where it's rumored that Jerry Garcia bought one of his firs...
January 10 to 16, 2005
The big news in Kev's world this week was the introduction of the Mac mini - it's a small yet powerful box not much wider than a CD that supports pretty much any dis
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, keyboard, and mouse for $500...
A new book, "Collapse", explores the reasons behind the fall of once-great civilizations. It outlines five causes: environmental damage, climate change, hostile neighbors, loss of trade partners, an...
Some avid video game
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ers are having difficulty separating reality from the game, thanks to the increasing quality of such technology...
January 1 to 9, 2005
"Meritocracy in America - Whatever happened to the belief that any American could get to the top?" http://economist.com/world/na/dis
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Story.cfm?story_id=351856...
The story of 21 year-old Matt Leto, possibly the greatest video-game
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er ever. He likely holds over 800 world records and is set to make six digits in competitions this year...
December 13 to 19, 2004
New airship satellites can provide cheaper wireless coverage: http://www.economist.com/science/tq/dis
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Story.cfm?story_id=342302...
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twenty questions against this program. You may be surprised at how often it wins...
Technology that helps fight "griefers", or people in online multi
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er games that do nothing but kill and loot, frustrating everyone else. Implications for social systems...
"The disappearing dollar", by the Economist: http://economist.com/opinion/dis
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Story.cfm?story_id=344624...
Punk rock flyers from 1982 to 1984: http://www.sil.si.edu/ondis
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/czechbooks/explore.ht...
November 29 to December 5, 2004
"Israel shocked by image of soldiers forcing violinist to
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at roadblock...
November 22 to 28, 2004
Here's an excerpt from "Checkpoint", a documentary on the West Bank/Gaza Strip checkpoints that was readapted by the Israeli military for training purposes. This clip highlights the everyday tensio...
Build your own gramophone with these Japanese kits - etch grooves on CDs and plastic cups and
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them back...
November 8 to 14, 2004
"Biodiesel fuel attracts loyal following in Islands": http://www.upress
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.com/media/usubmit/191.mo...
October 25 to 31, 2004
An update on virtual retina dis
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s...
Who
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s Osama...
Planning a Critical Mass bike ride? Here's strategies you can use to help stop police harrassment: http://nyc.indymedia.org/feature/dis
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/129189/index.ph...
October 18 to 24, 2004
Indymedia is still no closer to figuring out who seized their servers via subpoena two weeks ago: http://michiganimc.org/feature/dis
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/7246/index.ph...
October 11 to 17, 2004
Wal-Mart is battling the biggest labels over CD prices. This is basically a lose-lose-lose-lose situation here... Wal-Mart drives the music industry, labels get squeezed, consumers get less choice...
October 4 to 10, 2004
New nanoswitches could revolutionize data storage: http://www.bu.edu/phpbin/news/releases/dis
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.php?id=78...
The RadioSHARK does for radio what Re
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TV and Tivo did for television. Here's a rave review...
September 27 to October 3, 2004
"What a Top Reporter in Baghdad Really Thinks About the War": http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/columns/pressingissues_dis
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.jsp?vnu_content_id=100065055...
The latest, greatest singer/songwriters
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the Hotel Cafe. Check out the CD...
August 22 to 29, 2004
A Rolling Stone report on Clear Channel, which owns 70% of live events in the U.S.: http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story?id=6432174&rnd=1093030170593&has-
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er=true&version=6.0.12.85...
August 8 to 14, 2004
The first(?) chip to use ultrawideband technology: http://economist.com/science/dis
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Story.cfm?story_id=308447...
August 2 to 8, 2004
The state will be left with no other mid-sized downtown venue for locals with a stage layout that can pull in 300 to 500 (restaurants don't count), meaning that small local acts and events won't b...
A 11.7 foot high-resolution screen is dis
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ed at a homeland security conference...
July 19 to 25, 2004
Canada's music industry is trying to bill dentists who
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music in waiting rooms...
July 5 to 11, 2004
How Fahrenheit 9/11
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s to Republican audiences in Washington and Texas...
Spider-Man 2, done with legos: http://
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list.yahoo.com/make
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list.dll?id=1277883&sdm=web&qtw=640&qth=40...
A new club in the UK invites people to
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their iPod
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list for 15 minutes...
June 28 to July 4, 2004
A teen's heart stops while
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ing the video game Dance Dance Revolution...
June 21 to 27, 2004
Now here's a secondary BigChampagne report that indicates that "artists receiving little or no radio
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are still gaining very significant activity on file sharing networks". Meaning...
June 7 to 13, 2004
Although this is not new, SubEthaEdit is likely the best application for collaborative text editing. Imagine multiple people collaborating on meeting notes, screen
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s, and class lectures! Sorry, Ma...
The newest way in which labels pay to get songs
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ed on radio - paid ads...
May 31 to June 6, 2004
This week: unconscious passwords, isolation epidemics, and video grid time-shifting! "Future of Visual Gadgets Rolled Out" A nice summary of the Society for Information Dis
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's internationa...
"Facing critical shortage of musicians for military funerals, the Pentagon has approved the use of a push-button bugle that
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s taps by itself as the
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er holds it to his lips....
"For the second straight year, an Internet unknown won the famed World Series of Poker on Friday, ravaging a field of professional
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ers on his way to glory and riches....
May 24 to 30, 2004
An S.F. gallery closes after its owner is assaulted for dis
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ing a painting depicting the abuse of Iraqi soldiers by American troops. And this in the typically "counterculture" North Beach area too...
A growing trend - Dance Dance Revolution (DDR)! I first saw this video game in a mall about eight months ago and was mesmerized by the dance moves of the teenager
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ing it. Basically, you have t...
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video games to reduce obesity! "Video game fans dance off extra pounds"...
Also on the same page - condoms can leak carcinogens! I guess from now on I'm chugging coffee and beer,
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ing video games, and avoiding condoms for my health's sake! "Investment in environmenta...
May 17 to 23, 2004
The first 40-inch organic LED dis
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May 10 to 16, 2004
In 18 months Kaufmann designed six versions of her prefab "Glidehouse", making use of recyclable, energy-efficient materials. It's designed to accommodate solar panels and looks and feels like ...
A high school prom committee falls under legal fire from the RIAA when it distributes a song
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ed at the prom to students as a souvenir...
May 3 to 9, 2004
A high-level report from the 2004 Flexible Dis
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s & Electronics Conference...
April 26 to May 2, 2004
The Bose L1 is a revolutionary new PA system that points the way to new amplification technology - it eliminates poles, monitors, and bulky equipment, and is causing a stir in the music industry...
Laser-based retinal imaging technology is finally maturing, with over 100 such dis
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s now in use by the Army's Stryker Brigade...
April 12 to 18, 2004
A study shows that the most dangerous music to
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while driving is "Ride of the Valkyries". Also, go light on the techno...
The Pixies
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ed together in public for the first time in about 12 years...
April 5 to 11, 2004
Kids can now pretend they're hunting shoe bombers with the
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mobil Security Check-In set...
"Easy-to-use unit converts scrap wood to electricity" http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&dis
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=rednews/2004/04/09/build/business/30-wood2electric.in...
March 31, 2004
"Co-housing brings neighbors closer" http://www.collegian.com/vnews/dis
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.v/ART/2004/03/10/404ebc2d7e6e...
March 22 to 28, 2004
The first device ever with an electronic paper dis
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, a reading device, hits the shelves next month, with a 170dpi screen...
Here's info on the motor and anecdotes from 1997. Mr. Minato got his inspiration for the motor while
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ing piano. It's not hard to see why, the magnets are arranged like black keys on a keyboard...
March 8 to 14, 2004
Writing a screen
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? Here's a catalog of "narrative tropes and idioms". Learn about character archtypes such as the Anti Hero, the Evil Twin, and the Green Skinned Space Babe...
February 16 to 22, 2004
(Also, if you have an iPod, note that a hack is likely forthcoming that will allow them to
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Windows Media files)...
And get a flat panel dis
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too! They're more environmentally friendly... Flat panels to outpace CRTs in 200...
February 9 to 15, 2004
For Valentine's Day, another fascinating "science and love" article - "Scientists are finding that, after all, love really is down to a chemical addiction between people"...
February 2 to 8, 2004
Let's start with some fun stuff this week! This French performer attaches dozens of horns to his jumpsuit and proceeds to
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classical music...
January 26 to February 1, 2004
Yet another serious flaw in Microsoft software that may not even be fixable: http://www.techworld.com/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=dis
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news&NewsID=94...
"Philips unit unveils "rollable" dis
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s"...
December 8 to 14, 2003
You should use Windows Media
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er to view this, available at...
Alexi has become popular on the strength of his self-made year-old 4-song album on cdbaby, two songs off which have already been featured on national TV shows. Many college/independent DJs and majo...
November 17 to 23, 2003
Organic Light-Emitting Diodes, the Next Big Thing in dis
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technology (a nice overview if you're not familiar)...
November 10 to 16, 2003
"
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listism...
October 27 to November 2, 2003
In honor, here is every
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boy centerfold averaged out over four decades...
October 27, 2003
"How I Met My Wife" - a mind-blowing
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on words...
October 20, 2003
* The iPod is the #1 music (MP3)
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er, with 31% market share...
Today's modern kids comment on vintage video games - Pong, Donkey Kong, Handheld Football, Tetris, Space Invaders, and more... Niko: Hey—Pong. My parents
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ed this game. Brian: It takes this whol...
October 6, 2003
* The soundtrack was mixed by Moby and features the music of Radiohead, U2, Cold
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, Queens of the Stone Age, David Bowie, The Flaming Lips, Stereolab, Fischerspooner, and Boards of Canada...
September 22, 2003
Howard Levy, harmonica
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er extrordinaire...
About Stefanie Nagorka, who makes spontaneous sculptures in Home Depot aisles wihout permission: http://www.npr.org/dis
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July 16, 2003
"Why," you may wonder, "are you sending me email like this, Kev?" you may ask. I say: because you have a committed interest in keeping the world from being absolutely mediocre. Therefore an...