I’m generally against tracking and monitoring of innocent people, and I support the 1st amendment (and the rest of the amendments, and the constitution) so I’ll probably argue with myself about this one, but….
It would be so easy … Read the rest
Current Events
Hucka Please
Republican candidate Mike Huckabee tweeting during the Dem debate last night:
Racism exists because we have a sin problem in America, not a skin problem. #DemDebate
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) October 14, 2015
OK. Republican candidate’s very next tweet … Read the rest
The Power of Rhythm
Stroke made it so that you can’t walk? Turn to music.
Not just music, but rhythm.
Rhythm helps the brain re-learn how to walk. It is proving to be much more successful than previous methods of physical therapy.
Social Media?
= listening to music with other humans.
= watching movies with other humans.
= watching television with other humans.
= discussing the news with other humans.
These are social exercises. Sorry internet, you really aren’t social. You are anti-social in … Read the rest
Feared By The People
Rub This For The Seed You Seek
Jon Oliver set up a real fake church on his show in an attempt to expose the evils of televangelism and and he got a little more than he bargained for. Too funny.
We Will See What The Digital Age Has In Store For Us
Records, record stores, record sales … it’s all gone.
It’s up to the young musicians to try an’ figure it out.
There’s no money in it. There’s no record companies.
It’s free! You can download it. Nobody gets paid, so … Read the rest
Happy Birthday Enters Public Domain
One of the funnier/sadder stories of licensing and copyright folly involves the beloved song “Happy Birthday”. It’s origin is a 1890’s kids song with different lyrics, but somehow it was copyrighted in 1935 and that copyright was eventually acquired by … Read the rest
Making Records In The Age of Pono
Great blog post covering Pono and the trends in music from a well known music producer. There is a lot of work to still be done in ending the era of bad sound quality but I like how he acknowledges … Read the rest
The Danger of Perceptual Coding
Perceptual coding is responsible for data loss that is greatly misunderstood and perhaps even dangerous to society.
What is perceptual coding ? It’s a data compression concept used in audio, video, and streaming technologies.
Why does perceptual … Read the rest
Healing Senses By Depriving Them
Interesting theory here that a lazy eye can be cured or corrected with several days of absolute darkness. The lazy eye is a function of the brain not being able to control and process the eye properly, not a function … Read the rest
Goodbye To The Alien From The Planet Lovetron
There’s only 1 Darryl Dawkins. The man that brought funk to the NBA, naming dunks, funky dunks that broke backboards and got rules changed. RIP the greatest showman power forward to ever live.… Read the rest
Spotify Wants Your Profile For The Highest Bidder
While Pono makes news with their righteous promise to give you free content upgrades for life, Spotify is making news with an update to their privacy policy that informs the users of their service – particularly the free subscription tier … Read the rest
How Not To Be A Corporate Pitchman
Ouch, Jared, we loved you so much! If we could eat our meatball subs and stay get skinny anything was possible!
You dirty bastard. Prosecutors claim you found out the president of your foundation (to fight childhood obesity) was banging … Read the rest
Trump Tweets
Sing it, sing it!
… Read the restSurviving At The Top With Donald Trump
Ouch. The Washington Post does a bit of simple journalism to nail the donald on his obvious bullshittery.
He is making it up as he goes like a reality TV star does. He’s playing this game well, bullying … Read the rest
Redstate Ridiculousness
The republican blog RedState made news the other day when they rescinded their invitation to Donald Trump to speak at their event meeting the Republican hopefuls.
RedState did this based on his exchange with Meghan Kelly about women, and more … Read the rest
Trump Trump Trump Trumps Your Trump
This is priceless. I hope Donald Trump stays in the Republican race as long as possible!
This is a pretty despicable man, famous for his wealth, his bombast, his ridiculous hair, and his inability to stop self-promoting.
He is the … Read the rest