once you’ve heard this beat, you know you’ve heard it before. nate harrison gives a brief history of the beat and the impact of sampling technology on underground and mainstream music, pop culture and copyright law. fascinating.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=5SaFTm2bcac
the first woman in history has won the prestigious turning award: frances e. allen. it only took them 60 years. what do you wanna bet the judging panel consisted of all men?
also, what’s wrong with the image this ad sends out?
“drawing from memory is one of the most intensive prefrontal-cortex tasks you can accomplish.”
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the aussies have the right idea: australia switches off incadescent bulbs.
not anna nicole smith. but that’s not the point really. the more important question is, when did science become the enemy?
this image is real. i had a friend in high school who would make posters that looked like this, the sort of ideal vision of space. but this one is real. did anyone see this [...]
a bit of advice… if you’re thinking of purchasing a new car stereo and/or speakers and you’re not competent enough to install it yourself, let the pros do it for you. and by pros i mean the legit mobile audio houses, not the local retail electronics chain.
i just had my front speakers and stereo replaced [...]
anyone who does any sort of ‘professional’ design work will appreciate this little animation: make a website for me, since we are friends.
umm… how about, no. need further explanation?
this morning i launched a realigned version of the jackson community college home page. it features rotating designs with a student in the foreground and a classroom image in the background, not unlike msu’s home page, which took it’s design directly from cornell. this seems to be a trend in college web marketing and thus [...]
from the article on wired.com: bush budget funds nasa, cuts epa
the president’s budget proposal, explained.
after the announcement that humankind certainly is responsible for at least part of the recent rise in global temperature, you’ve got to be asking yourself, what can i do? stop driving my car? use candles instead of electric light? recycle my fecal matter for use as natural gas?
well, yes. you could do that. but you [...]
