a snow of butterflies shifts restlessly.

A Little Prayer

Offsite: Fred Frith and Evelyn Glennie, performing a gorgeous piece for marimba and guitar:
A Little Prayer

I recently stumbled across this inspiring talk given by Glennie at the TED conference (about 30 minutes, and well worth it): Evelyn Glennie Shows How to Listen.

Posted by Mike on January 3, 2009 3:44 PM

The Mouth of the Whale

A special treat from Tomorrow’s Man: not a soundbite, but a 41-minute Fomalhaut suite:
  1. Fomalhaut B 12:20 16.7M
  2. Iris Red 12:26 12.3M
  3. Luminous 3:38 2.7M
  4. Silver Histories (Vacuum) 10:48 17.9M
  5. Silver Histories (Breathless) 1:52 3.0M

Posted by Mike on December 2, 2008 10:37 PM

Helveticesque

Offsite: A lovely dissection of Helvetica-like fonts. Typophiles will bask in the subtleties; the rest will just think we’re bonkers. My favorites: Univers, Heldustry (for their slight squareness) and, of course, Neue Helvetica.

Posted by Mike on October 18, 2008 8:02 PM

Tarragon

Charlie Hoistman adds some spice with Tarragon. Bonus track included to give it that extra something.

Posted by Mike on October 16, 2008 6:33 PM

Another ripple, bartender...

If you geek out on astronomical stuff like I do, you'll love this:
Saturn's moonlet Prometheus sends ripples through the F ring by the force of its gravity in this series of 9 shots taken last week.
http://www.ridingwithrobots.org/blog/?p=293

Thanks to Caleb for pointing out this terrific site.

Posted by Mike on September 11, 2008 8:35 AM

Quality Amish Sheds

A new techno soundbite from Tomorrow’s Man, title apparently inspired by wayward Google ad targeting...

Posted by Mike on September 9, 2008 10:54 PM

A Pretty Pair

Two new ones from Charlie Hoistman: Tiny Plastic Swords #23 and Rives 1.

Sorry for the scarcity of updates lately. There's a lot of material in the archives (and upcoming). We’re working on a system to make these updates quick and painless--i.e., once there’s something ready, it'll be a drag & drop away from being published. More to come.

Posted by Mike on August 24, 2008 8:01 PM

Cardamom oil misunderstands journeymen; Film at 11.

TextBlender has received a long-overdue vocabulary upgrade. Its vocabulary is now refreshed from a pool of 200,000+ words and phrases. Expect it to be a little more...esoteric...than in the past. Still working out the kinks, though, so me if you have any problems.

Posted by Mike on July 22, 2008 11:20 PM

Flibbertigibbet

Today, a new soundbite from Tomorrow's Man: Flibbertigibbet

Posted by Mike on July 20, 2008 10:28 PM

Seduction vs. Coercion

I took these two home page screenshots today, without clicking anything after loading the page:

Screenshot of apple.com on July 16, 2008:

Screenshot of microsoft.com on July 16, 2008:

I’m just sayin’...

Posted by Mike on July 16, 2008 9:53 PM