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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.
The Mouth of the Whale
A special treat from Tomorrow’s Man: not a soundbite, but a 41-minute Fomalhaut suite:- Fomalhaut B 12:20 16.7M
- Iris Red 12:26 12.3M
- Luminous 3:38 2.7M
- Silver Histories (Vacuum) 10:48 17.9M
- Silver Histories (Breathless) 1:52 3.0M
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.
Tarragon
Charlie Hoistman adds some spice with Tarragon. Bonus track included to give it that extra something.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.
Quality Amish Sheds
A new techno soundbite from Tomorrow’s Man, title apparently inspired by wayward Google ad targeting...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.
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.
Flibbertigibbet
Today, a new soundbite from Tomorrow's Man: Flibbertigibbet
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’...