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Moog Guitar

By alex | Published: 6/10/2008
I’m interested in this new guitar from Moog for a few reasons. First, I’m curious as to how it will affect music: will we be hearing this instrument to a much greater extent? Given that similar music could be produced in post-production or digitally, why is it that this will happen? Is it a question […]
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“Cognitive surplus” and the big change

By alex | Published: 4/30/2008
Brilliant talk by Clay Shirky:
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Man v. Shark

By alex | Published: 7/31/2007
OK, this is just too cool. Sharkrunners is a game set up by the Discovery Channel for people to learn more about sharks. Human players take on the role of captains of virtual research ships, tooling around coastal waters looking to collect data on sharks. The sharks are controlled by–sharks! Yeah, the wii controller is […]
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Cerebral enema

By alex | Published: 12/23/2006
Checking out movies for tomorrow, and run across Fandango’s description of The Tiger and the Snow, the Benigni film that has been getting lukewarm (at best) reviews. What’s it about, I wondered. Aparently, the lead’s girlfriend is suffering from a terminal cerebral enema. There could be worse ailments, I suppose.
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