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Rock Band 2020?

face — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:13:49 +0000

Wrong Cookie

face — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 11:33:04 +0000

Newport Folk Festival Live From NPR Music

face — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:46:42 +0000

Hear archived concerts and see photos from George Wein’s annual showcase of the best in folk music from beautiful Newport, R.I.

via Newport Folk Festival Live From NPR Music : NPR.

Lots of performers. Looks like I will be spending the weekend listening to the festival.

There are set lists along with photos for each act.

This is a vendor who cares!

face — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:41:09 +0000

short snippet from an email I received today

Vuvuzela Filter EyeTV 3.4 Special Edition For a limited time only A special edition of EyeTV 3.4 software is available during the 2010 FIFA World Cup that offers a new feature called the “Vuvuzela Filter”. This filter gives you the option to dampen the buzz of vuvuzela horns in the stadium during live TV broadcasts; it can be quickly switched on and off at any time during the game. To use the filter, control click to bring up the contextual menu in EyeTV. Click here for a quick demonstration of the Vuvuzela Filter in action. http://downloads2.elgato.com/elgatonews/EyeTVWithVuvuzelaFilter.mov

They need to add a second bandpass filter to kill the harmonics. The video only gets rid of the lower frequencies (to my ears).

From the internets ;-)

Use the EQ as a bandpass filter to get rid of the annoying frequency around 233 Hz and the corresponding harmonics (466Hz, 932Hz, and 1864 Hz)

Stanford Laptop Orchestra makes music with Macs

face — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 17:56:20 +0000

In a practice room on the Stanford campus last week, an ensemble of more than a dozen performing musicians gathered to rehearse for an upcoming chamber concert of student work. One young composer after another stepped to the front of the room, distributed scores, and started cueing entrances and ironing out details of coordination.

via Stanford Laptop Orchestra makes music with Macs.

Whitespace

face — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 01:37:03 +0000

Most modern programming languages do not consider white space characters (spaces, tabs and newlines) syntax, ignoring them, as if they weren’t there. We consider this to be a gross injustice to these perfectly friendly members of the character set. Should they be ignored, just because they are invisible? Whitespace is a language that seeks to redress the balance. Any non whitespace characters are ignored; only spaces, tabs and newlines are considered syntax.

via Whitespace.

The 4th Annual “Copper on Dirt”

face — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 07:15:28 +0000

The vision will be carried on as Arizona will host the 4th Annual “Copper on Dirt”. USAC Silver Crown, USAC National/CRA Sprint Cars and USAC National/Western States Midgets will all take part in a sensational racing spectacle at Tucsons USA Raceways for two nights on February 19th and 20th marking USA Raceway as one of only two dirt track venues to host USACs Triple Crown all in one event.

via The 4th Annual “Copper on Dirt” – Auto Racing Forum | Big West Racing Forum.

Orchestra Hero – The Score Blog

face — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:40:12 +0000

What is the hottest thing in music right now? A pair of video games ? Guitar Hero and Rock Band. Anyone can play. The games allow you to become a member of the band. Each game offers a range of pop music hits on game controllers that look and feel like guitars and drums. What makes these video games so much more impressive than “air guitar” is that through the use of something called the instrument game controller the player actually experiences the visceral feeling of performing music. You can even improve if you practice.

via Orchestra Hero – The Score Blog – NYTimes.com.

The Official Simon’s Cat Website

face — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:09:18 +0000

The Official Simon’s Cat Website.

xkcd – Tech Support Cheat Sheet

face — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:59:50 +0000

xkcd – A Webcomic – Tech Support Cheat Sheet.

This is the flowchart you should use after reading about technology ;-)

No More Rice Krispies

face — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 15:50:09 +0000

via YouTube – Vesti.

Fill-in-the-blank Correspondence

face — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:18:16 +0000

The Bureau of Communication – Fill-in-the-blank Correspondence.

Now that’s amusing.

Bourne Into Oblivion

face — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:10:23 +0000

Cleaning Up From a high level, the Bourne script would essentially ssh into each target machine, do its thing, and then exit. As part of its “thing”, the designer of the framework wanted to make sure the script cleaned up after itself so subsequent runs of the framework would not re-process old data. To accomplish this, one of the enhancements after the initial release was to add two cryptic variables that redundantly contained the project name and the version being tested. Utilizing an unpatched flaw in sudos setup to gain real root access, the script would then do the following as part of the clean up: rm -rf $var1/$var2 Ordinarily, this worked just fine, but the co-op student was unaware these SPECIFIC variables needed to be set. With them being left blank, the following was the end result upon execution of the script: rm -rf / With the script running as root on a setup with NFS which, in turn, granted access to everything on the entire UNIX/Linux network and a few Windows Servers via SAMBA, the script had a chance to do a good bit of damage… and it did. Home directories, file repositories, customer data, test results, all seemingly evaporated into nothingness.

via Bourne Into Oblivion – The Daily WTF.

My favorite shell commands

Amusing Database Videos – Big Database List

face — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:53:40 +0000

This page contains a selection of funny database video’s, humor for DBA’s and database developers.

via Amusing Database Videos – Big Database List:

YouTube – A Boy and His Tuba–Episode 1: The Brass Ceiling

face — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:17:42 +0000

YouTube – A Boy and His Tuba–Episode 1: The Brass Ceiling.

RetroLoop Tuba Man

O’Grady’s PowerPage – Your Mobile Technology Destination

face — Fri, 08 May 2009 18:30:05 +0000

Late Thursday, Bare Bones Software released version 9.2 of BBEdit, its popular text and HTML editor. The software retails for US$125 for new users. The new version, a 15.4 megabyte download, features the following fixes and improvements:

via O’Grady’s PowerPage – Your Mobile Technology Destination.

YouTube – St Francis de la Sissies

face — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:59:15 +0000

YouTube – St Francis de la Sissies. Mute Monks Bring Chorus Chops

C, E-flat and G go into a bar

face — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:07:11 +0000

C, E-flat and G go into a bar. The bartender says, “Sorry, but we don’t serve minors.” So E-flat leaves, and C and G have an open fifth between them. After a few drinks, the fifth is diminished and G is out flat. F comes in and tries to augment the situation, but is not sharp enough. D comes in and heads for the bathroom saying, “Excuse me. Â I’ll just be a second.” Then A comes in, but the bartender is not convinced that this relative of C is not a minor. Â Then the bartender notices B-flat hiding at the end of the bar and says, “Get out! You’re the seventh minor I’ve found in this bar tonight.”

E-Flat comes back the next night in a three-piece suit with nicely shined shoes. The bartender says, “You’re looking sharp tonight. Come on in, this could be a major development.”

Sure enough, E-flat soon takes off his suit and everything else, and is au natural.

Eventually C sobers up and realizes in horror that he’s under a rest. C is brought to trial, found guilty of contributing to the diminution of a minor, and is sentenced to 10 years of D.S. without Coda at an upscale correctional facility.

Tool Dictionary

face — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 14:32:30 +0000

TABLE SAW A large stationary power tool commonly used to launch wood projectiles for testing wall integrity.

DRILL PRESS: A tall upright machine useful for suddenly snatching flat metal bar stock out of your hands so that it smacks you in the chest and flings your beer across the room, denting the freshly-painted part which you had carefully set in the corner where nothing could get to it.
WIRE WHEEL: Cleans paint off bolts and then throws them somewhere under the workbench with the speed of light. Also removes fingerprints and hard-earned calluses from fingers in about the time it takes you to say, ”What the…??”
ELECTRIC HAND DRILL: Normally used for spinning pop rivets in their holes until you die of old age.
SKILL SAW: A portable cutting tool used to make studs too short.
PLIERS: Used to round off bolt heads. Sometimes used in the creation of blood blisters.
BELT SANDER: An electric sanding tool commonly used to convert minor touch-up jobs into major refinishing jobs.
HACKSAW: One of a family of cutting tools built on the Ouija board principle. It transforms human energy into a crooked, unpredictable motion, and the more you attempt to influence its course, the more dismal your future becomes.
VISE-GRIPS: Generally used after pliers to completely round off bolt heads. If nothing else is available, they can also be used to transfer intense welding heat to the palm of your hand.
WELDING GLOVES: Heavy duty leather gloves used to prolong the conduction of intense welding heat to the palm of your hand.
OXYACETYLENE TORCH: Used almost entirely for lighting various flammable objects in your shop on fire. Also handy for igniting the grease inside the wheel hub you want the bearing race out of.
TABLE SAW: A large stationary power tool commonly used to launch wood projectiles for testing wall integrity.
HYDRAULIC FLOOR JACK: Used for lowering an automobile to the ground after you have installed your new brake shoes, trapping the jack handle firmly under the bumper.
EIGHT-FOOT LONG YELLOW PINE 2X4: Used for levering an automobile upward off of a trapped hydraulic jack handle.
E-Z OUT BOLT AND STUD EXTRACTOR: A tool ten times harder than any known drill bit that snaps neatly off in bolt holes thereby ending any possible future use.
BAND SAW: A large stationary power saw primarily used by most shops to cut good aluminum sheet into smaller pieces that more easily fit into the trash can after you cut on the inside of the line instead of the outside edge.
TWO-TON ENGINE HOIST: A tool for testing the maximum tensile strength of everything you forgot to disconnect.
CRAFTSMAN 1/2 x 24-INCH SCREWDRIVER: A very large pry bar that inexplicably has an accurately machined screwdriver tip on the end opposite the handle.
AVIATION METAL SNIPS: See hacksaw.
PHILLIPS SCREWDRIVER: Normally used to stab the vacuum seals under lids and for opening old-style paper-and-tin oil cans and splashing oil on your shirt; but can also be used, as the name implies, to strip out Phillips screw heads.
STRAIGHT SCREWDRIVER: A tool for opening paint cans. Sometimes used to convert common slotted screws into non-removable screws.
PRY BAR: A tool used to crumple the metal surrounding that clip or bracket you needed to remove in order to replace a 50 cent part.
HOSE CUTTER: A tool used to make hoses too short.
HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.
MECHANIC’S KNIFE: Used to open and slice through the contents of cardboard cartons delivered to your front door; works particularly well on contents such as seats, vinyl records, liquids in plastic bottles, collector magazines, refund checks, and rubber or plastic parts. Especially useful for slicing work clothes, but only while wearing them.
DAMMIT TOOL: Any handy tool that you grab and throw across the garage while yelling ”DAMMIT” at the top of your lungs. It is also, most often, the next tool that you will need.

Everything Is Just A Few Hundred Clicks Away

face — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:13:03 +0000

Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard

How Do You Spell Namely?

face — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 13:00:44 +0000

viz. |viz| or said as |ËˆnÄmlÄ“| adverb

namely; in other words (used esp. to introduce a gloss or explanation) : the first music reproducing media, viz., the music box and the player piano.

ORIGIN abbreviation of videlicet , z being a medieval Latin symbol for -et.

From the New Oxford American Dictionary.

Ants Crawling Around the Globe

face — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:30:11 +0000

xkcd – A Webcomic – Flow Charts

face — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:27:33 +0000

xkcd – A Webcomic – Flow Charts.

How to read a flowchart.

I agree ;-)

Carols for the Psychiatrically Challenged

face — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:36:24 +0000

Carols for the Psychiatrically Challenged

SCHIZOPHRENIA: Do You Hear What I Hear? MULTIPLE PERSONALITY DISORDER: We Three Kings Disoriented Are

DEMENTIA: I Think I’ll Be Home For Christmas

NARCISSISTIC: Hark, the Herald Angels Sing About Me

MANIC: Deck the Halls and Walls and House and Lawn and Streets and Stores and Office and Town and Cars and Busses and Trucks and Trees and Fire Hydrants and . . .

PARANOID: Santa Claus Is Coming To Get Me

PERSONALITY DISORDER: You Better Watch Out, I’m Gonna Cry, I’m Gonna Pout, Maybe I’ll Tell You Why

DEPRESSION: Silent Anhedonia, Holy Anhedonia, All Is Flat, All Is Lonely

OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER: Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock, …….. (better start again)

PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE PERSONALITY: On The First Day of Christmas My True Love Gave To Me (and then took it all away)

BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER: Thoughts of Roasting on an Open Fire.

Nice Translator – The fast, easy to use online translator

face — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:09:39 +0000

Nice Translator – The fast, easy to use online translator.