DIY DJ cassette decks

DIY DJ cassette decks: "Score one for lovers of all things audio and retro: DJ Aptem has cooked up a pair of DJ decks any analog fiend would wet themselves over. These are varispeed tape decks with jog wheel, EQ and motor off switches to cover your mixing needs whilst rifling through those old dubs you made long before DRM was even a gleam in the RIAA's eye."

Fight against file sharers heads to the courts

Fight against file sharers heads to the courts: "The BRITISH PHONOGRAPHIC INDUSTRY (BPI) have said their fight against illegal file-sharers is likely to end up in the courts."

Lessig on the World Social Forum

Lessig on the World Social Forum: "'Lawrence Lessig has a great article up on Technology Review about the World Social Forum held this past January in Brazil. In addition to telling an engaging story, it covers topics ranging from GNU and DRM to Brazil's interesting stance on the rights of foreign copyright holders, and is a good introduction to the permission culture/remix culture debate. It also makes me want to live in Brazil.'"

Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger for x86 Leaked?

Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger for x86 Leaked?: "'Mac Daily News is reporting that Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger for x86 processors has been leaked to the internet already. Apparently the version running on the development kit machines is easily transfered to run on any x86 machine. Conspiracy theorists unite: an Apple marketing scheme?'"

Week of Music

what a week! pixies, 6 feet from kim in the pit!!! kraftwork, robots, no more need be said!!! and kasabian, madchester is alive and well, and living in 2005!!!

iTunes More Popular Than Most P2P Sites

iTunes More Popular Than Most P2P Sites: "A study by NPD Group shows that iTunes ranks #2 in popularity of music downloads, rivaling services like Limewire, Kazaa, and iMesh. The #1 service was still WinMX, but NPD believes this proves to the music industry that legal downloads can work, and that iTunes provides an economically viable alternative.' From the article: 'According to NPD, about 4 percent of Internet-enabled households in the nation used a paid music download store in March."

In medical marijuana case, Supreme Court says everything is interstate commerce

In medical marijuana case, Supreme Court says everything is interstate commerce: "On politech, Declan McCullagh writes: Today's decision in Gonzales v. Raich hints at how the Supreme Court would rule on other cases dealing with federalism. It also shows the lack of respect that six of the current Supreme Court justices have for the plain text of the Constitution. GMU law professor David Bernstein's take: another way to say it is that we live during a time of rule by men and women on the bench and in Congress, each governed by personal whims and predilections and fears. The rule of law, with a federal government properly limited by constitutional dictates, no longer exists."

US Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Lexmark Case

US Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Lexmark Case: "The US Supreme Court has rejected Lexmark's petition for certiorari in its long and bitter battle against North Carolina-based Static Control Components (SCC). For those out of the loop on this one, Lexmark tried to lock in consumers and lock out competition by adding code to their printers and toner cartridges so that only Lexmark toners would work. SSC defeated their monopolist technology and began selling the off-brand chips to aftermarket toner cartridge makers. As discussed here earlier, in mid-February Lexmark was dealt a defeat by the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, who denied Lexmark's request for a rehearing. Other related threads here, here, here, here, and here.' The story is on the AP Newswire as well."

Extending Pop Music Copyrights

Extending Pop Music Copyrights: "'According to TimesOnLine, the UK is considering doubling the copyright term for popular music to 100 years. That means the Beatles' 'Love Me Do' and 'Please Please Me,' scheduled to to go into the public domain in 2013, would earn royalties for record companies until 2063.'"

Live from WWDC: Steve Jobs keynote

Live from WWDC: Steve Jobs keynote : "Apple's moving Macs to Intel, Microsoft's moving Xbox360 to PPC... Everything you know is wrong, man."

quote of the day!!!

Baby punk tee

Baby punk tee: "This baby punk tee sports age-appropriate nihilistic slogans such as ANTI-CRIB and BEDTIME SUCKS."

word my future little people are getting these!!! actually on second thought my little people will screen their own!!!

Slashdot | Judge Rules Offering != Distributing

Slashdot | Judge Rules Offering != Distributing: "'From the EFF's website: 'Judge Marilyn Patel issued a ruling (PDF) Wednesday that settles an important question in the ongoing Napster case -- whether under the law, simply offering copyrighted material to others means you're distributing it. Copyright holders have to prove that someone actually downloaded the file from you before you can be found liable for distributing. The simple act of offering isn't enough. It clarifies the law, providing a safeguard against the over-reach that the ART Act threatened.' Ernie Miller and Techdirt have more on this decision.'"

comments later!!!

Think you know the Apple Newton's History? Think again

Think you know the Apple Newton's History? Think again: an interesting storuy of the apple newton and its sorted history. most interesting i found this quote... "Apple ... decided to stop developing its own handwriting recognition software in favor of Calligrapher (now sold as a Pocket PC app) from a small Muscovite software publisher." WOW! who knew!!!

Free conference calling

Free conference calling: "Web site FreeConference.com lets you conduct conference calls using your regular phone with up to 25 participants for free.
Schedule a conference call on the FreeConference.com site and you%u2019ll receive a call-in number and access code for participants to join in. The call-in number is not toll-free, so regular long distance charges can apply. (The Premium version costs the organizer 10 cents a minute per participant, but callers get a toll-free number to join in.) Fantastic for coordinating with groups of friends or remote co-workers."

Bush Wants Right to ISP Customer Data

Bush Wants Right to ISP Customer Data: "'Wired is reporting that the Bush administration wants back the ability to make ISPs turn over information on their customers. The U.S. Court of Appeals is handling the case and of course the feds want to hide details of it from the public. The law giving the government the power to seize communications records from 1986 was strengthened in 2001 by the Patriot Act and struck down after the ACLU challenged it.'"

Platinum record sonograms compared

Platinum record sonograms compared: "This site has turned the tracks off dozens of platinum albums into sonograms, then analyzed the sonogram similarities between different hits, trying to peg the mathematics of a hit."

perfect pop structure!!!

2005 Risks In Global Filmmaking Map

2005 Risks In Global Filmmaking Map: "The 2005 Risks in Global Filmmaking Map measures crime, corruption, kidnap and ransom, disease and medical care risks, and references terrorism and political risks."

Asimo takes its dog for a walk

or is Abio walks his human?!?!?

How to back up and restore your important Mac OS X 10.4 files

How to back up and restore your important Mac OS X 10.4 files: tips from apple!!!

Strike Looms Against Game Makers

Strike Looms Against Game Makers : "I filed this report for Wired News today on labor conflict between the game industry and two Hollywood unions representing voiceover talent. The most contentious issue at hand: whether actors should be entitled to a share of the profits from video games that feature their voices. 'Nine of the top 10 selling games in 2004 were produced with union contracts, using union voice talent -- and because of that, the quality of those games becomes exponentially higher,' said Seth Ostrom, a representative of SAG and AFTRA. Under one of several models proposed by the two unions, actors would receive additional compensation when a game in which their voice is used sells 400,000 units. When sales reach additional 100,000-unit thresholds, the actors would receive additional payments. 'Every other sector of the entertainment industry provides some residual profit-sharing model to performers whose talents make the product come alive,' Ostrom told Wired News. 'The video-game business is the only exception, and that's unfair.'
Bob Finlayson, of the game industry's Publishers Interactive Bargaining Group, disagrees.'People buy games for gameplay, not to hear voices,' counters Finlayson. 'And technology creates gameplay, not actors. People who play these games understand that, and in fact, some gamers turn the volume down because (they) find those voices distracting. In film or television, the actor's performance makes the experience. In video games, it does not.'"

Bob Geldof gives 'Live Aid 2' the go-ahead

Bob Geldof gives 'Live Aid 2' the go-ahead: "BOB GELDOF has confirmed that he and MIDGE URE are planning a huge gig to coincide with the G8 summit in July, although it will not be called LIVE AID 2. “What started 20 years ago is coming to a political point in a few weeks," said Geldof. "There's more than a chance that the boys and girls with guitars will finally get to turn the world on its axis.""

Closing windows make exhibs hot

Closing windows make exhibs hot: "If Mark Cuban has his way, theatrical distribution may never be the same. 2929 Entertainment, the company Cuban founded with partner Todd Wagner, is determined to collapse the traditional distribution windows by simultaneously releasing films across theatrical, home video and cable. But even though the experiment has barely begun, it already is running into steely opposition from theater owners across the country who are up in arms."

people get ready and pick a side cause war is coming! do you know who your friends are, cause i don't do windows?!?!

Indie 103.1

Indie 103.1; if your not listening you really should be! within 10mins this morn, pil - public image limited, the fall - victoria, and dk - holiday in cambodia! thanks dicky!!!

oh yeah and later, age of consent! still up jonesy!!!

Decriminalizing File Swapping

Decriminalizing File Swapping: "'Wired reports that judicial activism is taking hold in France, much to the dismay of the recording industry, as judges are beginning to suspend the sentences of convicted file swappers. Further, they believe they are starting a revolution against the draconian laws at the base of the industry's legal agenda, and that sometimes laws need to be changed. Says Judge Dominique Barella of the laws against file swapping in today's society: 'It is similar to the sociological consequences of the Prohibition period in the U.S. (during the 1920s). Certain laws can have unexpected consequences on society.''"

Official BitTorrent Search Opens

Official BitTorrent Search Opens: "'The official BitTorrent search has debuted. The search engine was built by BT inventor Bram Cohen. The question? Will he get sued? The BT search seems to be down right now. (It'll really be down after this story is posted...) Spiegel has more (En): 'Naturally other sites such as Bitoogle, Isohunt, SuprNova or Torrentspy have tried before, but either they became fast a goal of legal attacks on the part of the industry or they furnished rather durchwachsene [??] results. BitTorrent search however proves with first tests [that it is] as...Google...fast. The results come from a large number [of] more well-known and unknown... sites, and...permits sufficient restricting to the inquiry, in order to obtain really relevant results.''"

Feds Shut Down Elite Torrents

Feds Shut Down Elite Torrents: "Cnn Money reports, 'Government agents said the onslaught included 10 search warrants and the shut down of a central Web site used to coordinate all file-sharing activity on the Elite Torrents network. That Web site, Elitetorrents.org, had a selection of copyrighted works that government officials described as virtually unlimited."

Cory's Broadcast Flag talk as streaming video

Cory's Broadcast Flag talk as streaming video: "On Wednesday, I gave a talk at the London campus of Florida State University on the American Broadcast Flag and the coming European Broadcast Flag. A friend of Alfie's brought down a couple of camcorders and filmed the whole thing and now it's up as a pair of streaming Quicktimes."

PGP Ruled as Relevant For Criminal Case

PGP Ruled as Relevant For Criminal Case: "'A Minnesota appeals unamimously ruled in a child porn case that 'the existence of an encryption program' on the defendants computer could be admitted as evidence of criminal intent. The article doesn't mention if this can be taken into account for sentencing too.'"

this sounds very creepy and if i wasn't so tired i'd probably write at length about the federal rules of evidence the first amendment and the reasoning behind the fourth. but for now we'll stick with its creepy!!!

The Stone Roses to reform?

The Stone Roses to reform?: "JOHN SQUIRE has said that he wants to reform THE STONE ROSES."

Limited edition Stone Roses prints set for release

Limited edition Stone Roses prints set for release: "STONE ROSES guitarist JOHN SQUIRE's original artwork for the band's legendary SPIKE ISLAND concert is being issued in 150 limited edition prints. To commemorate the 15th anniversary of the event, johnsquireart.com is offering the exclusive digital prints for a price of ?250. Prints will be available for order from this Friday (May 27). The original image was created by Squire as artwork for the event and subsequently used for T-shirts and posters. Touted as the Woodstock for the E generation, 28,000 people gathered together in May 1990 at Spike Island to celebrate the fusion of dance and rock."

Vestax VRX-2000

Vestax VRX-2000: "Burning CDs is so April 2005. Why play around with CDs when you can burn vinyl! Let the Vestax VRX-2000 be your vinyl solution, turning content from any audio source tapes to MP3s to sound cards into hot wax for DJs and sentimentalists alike. Vestax claims the sound quality and durability [is] similar to that of commercially pressed vinyl. There you go."

MPAA Blames BitTorrent for Star Wars Distribution

MPAA Blames BitTorrent for Star Wars Distribution: "Slyck News reports on
the MPAA's press release (.doc) blaming the BitTorrent protocol for the leak of Episode III. MPAA President and CEO Dan Glickman: 'There is no better example of how theft dims the magic of the movies for everyone than this report today regarding BitTorrent providing users with illegal copies of Revenge of the Sith. The unfortunate fact is this type of theft happens on a regular basis on peer to peer networks all over the world.'"

if i were an mpaa member, i couldn't work fast enough to eject glickman from his post. what kind of an idiot makes a comment about the dangers of p2p, using as an example a movie currently holding the title for biggest single day in cinematic history. fuking joke. and not being a member of the mpaa, dan shut up stop wasting electrons and bandwidth, i'm trying to watch the movie!!!

Noel Gallagher: "It's only a matter of time until Stone Roses reform"

Noel Gallagher: "It's only a matter of time until Stone Roses reform": "It's only a matter of time until STONE ROSES reform, NOEL GALLAGHER has claimed. Speaking in the current issue of City Life magazine in Manchester, Gallagher, who is friends with Ian Brown, claimed the four original members of the Roses would be idiots if they didn't play together again. He said: "They've got unfinished business, and they'd have to do new tunes, but they'd be idiots if they didn't; Mani would at the drop of a hat; Ian (Brown) and John (Squire) have got issues, but they can be worked out.' The three original members of the band, except Brown were recently spotted at a gig together in Manchester."

Stem Cells Derived from Human Clones

Stem Cells Derived from Human Clones: "'Wired News reports that South Korean scientists have made a dramatic breakthrough by deriving stem cells from cloned embryos of patients with spinal cord injuries. It shouldn't be long before we can expect have a set of replacement parts ready when our own wear out.' From the article: 'Researchers must test the cells in animals before they can try the therapy in humans. But embryonic stem-cell researchers were shocked and delighted by the advance, which many had referred to as a distant possibility until they saw this study by Woo Suk Hwang and his colleagues at Seoul National University, which appears in the May 20 issue of Science.'"

Teacher Fired for P2P Lecture

Teacher Fired for P2P Lecture: "'A teacher at the Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain, was forced to resign after a talk about P2P networks. You can read his side of the story on his blog.' From the article: 'The day before the conference, the Dean (pressured by the Spanish Recording Industry Association 'Promusicae' as I found out later, and he recognized himself in a quote to the national newspaper El Pais, and even the Motion Picture Association of America, as another newspaper quotes) tried to stop it by denying permission to use the scheduled venue. So I scheduled a second one, and that was denied again. And a third time. Finally I gave the conference on the university cafeteria, for 5 hours, in front of 150 people.' Commentary on this story at BoingBoing as well."

Happy Mondays return to Manchester

Happy Mondays return to Manchester: "HAPPY MONDAYS have confirmed their first MANCHESTER date in five years. The band will play at the Manchester Evening News Arena on October 29, with support from The Farm and Stereo MCs."

Nintendo promises a console that will run anyone's code?

Nintendo promises a console that will run anyone's code?: "Hidden in a fluffy press release for Nintendo's new Revolution console device is this notice:

Freedom of design: A dynamic development architecture equally accommodates both big-budget, high-profile game 'masterpieces' as well as indie games conceived by individual developers equipped with only a big idea.

Not much detail, but if Nintendo makes good on that promise, they're poised to kick the competition's ass: a world of consoles that only ran signed code was a nice racket while it lasted, but at the end of the day, needing to get permission to run software on your own device sucks and devices that let anyone write software for them get more valuable as more people write more code for them"

Star Wars III online, all studio countermeasures futile, Lucas still rich

Star Wars III online, all studio countermeasures futile, Lucas still rich: "There's a workprint of Star Wars Episode III on the Internet already. It's got some timecode and watermarks, but judging from the 19 second XVID sample that Waxy has posted, it seems like it's eminently watchable. Workprints leak from studios. The studios are trying to lock down what customers do with DVDs and cable TV and PCs, but they can't even keep their own house in order. They've got laws that allow them to get your name from your ISP and to sue you into bankruptcy for file-sharing. They've got laws to criminalize the math to defeat DRM. They're after laws to let them design TVs and camcorders"

Netflix takes over Wal-Mart DVD rental business

Netflix takes over Wal-Mart DVD rental business: "Well, it looks like Wal-Mart%u2019s master plan to bankrupt Netflix didn%u2019t quite turn out %u2014 the world%u2019s largest retailer is now essentially surrenduring to the much smaller internet startup and turning over their DVD rental business. The agreement specifies that Wal-Mart will offer its existing online rental customers the chance to continue their subscriptions under Netflix at their current price for the next year, and begin promoting the Netflix service in its website. In turn, Netflix will remind its customers that they can purchase DVDs from Walmart.com %u2014 awww, isn%u2019t that nice? Of course, Netflix still has Blockbuster to contend with, but it%u2019s a major victory to have at least knocked Wal-Mart out of the running."

its good when the good guys win!!!

Happy Mondays to headline another summer festival

Happy Mondays to headline another summer festival: "The baggy veterans, now well into their second reunion after shows in London over the past year, will appear at the surf and rock party on July 23."

rave on bez!!!

The Beeb Shall Inherit the Earth

The Beeb Shall Inherit the Earth: "While Hollywood locks down American culture with draconian copyright restrictions, across the pond one of the world's leading broadcasters is embracing the digital future. Blogger and sci-fi author Cory Doctorow sings the praises of the BBC."

informative and well argued, but what else would one expect from mr. doctorow! now someone in hollywood hire him before you all go down with the ship!!!

Washington State Outlaws Spyware

Washington State Outlaws Spyware: "'Today, the Governor of Washington signs a a bill outlawing spyware (bill history) which imposes penalties of $100,000 per violation. Spyware is broadly defined. It includes everything from changing a browser's bookmarks or homepage settings, 'Opening multiple, sequential, stand-alone advertisements in the owner or operator's internet browser', keystroke-logging, taking over control of the computer, modify its security settings, and even 'Falsely representing that computer software has been disabled.' But here is my favorite: 'Prevent, through intentionally deceptive means, an owner or operator's reasonable efforts to block the installation or execution of, or to disable, computer software by causing the software that the owner or operator has properly removed or disabled automatically to reinstall or reactivate on the computer.' Microsoft and Ebay both testified in support of the bill. On May 10th, a similar law banning Internet and email phishing was also passed.'"

now those who know me, know i am super free speech guy, so i think any limits on code are not a good thing. however that said, it seems to me i remember something about unauthorized use of computers being illegal, and using instrumentalities of interstate commerce (the net) to do so seems like it would make it a federal crime. assuming those two points, and again i am a bit rusty here, but seems like its already probably illegal. if you use the net to mess with my machine with out my permission (or some fraudulently obtained assent) seems like i should either get to beat you ass or the feds should!!!

Dave Matthews's new CD DRM crashes PCs

Dave Matthews's new CD DRM crashes PCs: "Dave Matthews has released a new CD with Windows DRM that crashes your PC when you put it into your drive. And the music industry can't figure out why we'd rather download music than buy CDs."

thanks dave!!!

Ibiza announces mini rock festivals

Ibiza announces mini rock festivals: "The KAISER CHIEFS, FISCHERSPOONER, THE BRAVERY, MAXIMO PARKBABYSHAMBLES will be playing at IBIZA nightclub MANUMISSION. The Ibiza Rocks festival will kick off at the club%u2019s Manumission Music Box venue, which will also feature DJ slots from Zane Lowe. %u201CRight now, it feels like there is a lessening division between rock %u2018n%u2019 roll and clubs,%u201D said Lowe of the event which is been organised in conjunction with the Barfly. %u201CThere is desire for rock kids to dance and dance kids to rock. This summer, Ibiza will become a breeding ground for both. Let's see how their kids turn out.%u201D"

Excursions at the Speed of Light

Excursions at the Speed of Light: "'S/F fans can finally find out what you really get to see at relativistic velocity, and tourists are one step closer to 'doing Europe in a day' in these amazing Space Time Travel simulations of the Theoretical Astrophysics & Computational Physics department at the Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics Tubingen. They put you in a driver's seat that both Armstrong the Astronaut and Armstrong the Cyclist would equally enjoy, in simulators built to ride a bike at the speed of light.'"

How Battlestar Galactica Killed TV

How Battlestar Galactica Killed TV: "'Following up on the MPAA going after torrent sites, you may be interested in Mindjack's latest feature - Piracy is Good? How Battlestar Galactica Killed Broadcast TV by Mark Pesce. It includes a post-script written in reponse to the recent Torrent site shutdowns.' From the article: 'While you might assume the SciFi Channel saw a significant drop-off in viewership as a result of this piracy, it appears to have had the reverse effect: the series is so good that the few tens of thousands of people who watched downloaded versions told their friends to tune in on January 14th, and see for themselves. From its premiere, Battlestar Galactica has been the most popular program ever to air on the SciFi Channel, and its audiences have only grown throughout the first series. Piracy made it possible for 'word-of-mouth' to spread about Battlestar Galactica.'"

L.A. Derby Dolls Official Website

L.A. Derby Dolls Official Website: "Here's where to get all the latest news on L.A's premiere all-girl banked track roller derby league!!!"

Hilary Rosen Gripes About iPod, iTMS

Hilary Rosen Gripes About iPod, iTMS: "'Hilary Rosen, the former RIAA CEO and chairwoman, has spoken out against Apple's 'lock-in' with iPod and the iTunes Music Store.' From the article: 'The problem is that the iPod only works with either songs that you buy from the on-line Apple iTunes store or songs that you rip from your own CD's.' Ironically, she appeals to consumer rights and anti-monopoly tactics.'"

glad she' s got my back!!!

Google Acquires Dodgeball

Google Acquires Dodgeball: "'Dodgeball.com, a service that uses mobile phones to help people meet up with friends who are in the same location, said on its website on Wednesday that it has been bought by Web search leader Google Inc. Also available on the official site is a Q&A about the deal.' From the article: 'As a two-person team, Alex and I have taken dodgeball about a far as we can alone. Since we finished grad school, we've been trying to figure out how to grow dodgeball and make it a better service along the way. We talked to a lot of different angel investors and venture capitalists, but no one really 'got' what we were doing - that is until we met Google.'"

fuk yeah! dodgeball is one of the coolest things i have heard about in a while, superfuture!!!

Self-Replicating Robots

Self-Replicating Robots: "ABC News is running a story that self-replicating robots are no longer the stuff of science fiction. Scientists at Cornell University have created small robots that can build copies of themselves. Here is a movie demonstrating the self-replication process. And the paper that will be published in Thursdays issue of Nature."

no joke here we go!!!

Real-ID Passes U.S. Senate 100-0

Real-ID Passes U.S. Senate 100-0: "'The U.S. Senate has passed the $82 billion Iraq Supplemental Spending Bill (approved by the House last week), which includes the Real ID act driver's license reform (previously reported here.) The National Governors Association has indicated at the possibility of a lawsuit to challenge the constitutionality of the Real ID provisions, which would create national driver's license standards, and a federal database of information from all 50 states."

don't look now but here comes your big bro!!!

Court Nixes 'Broadcast Flag'

Court Nixes 'Broadcast Flag': "In a blow to the entertainment industry, a federal appeals court on Friday found that federal regulators overstepped their authority by requiring consumer-electronics manufacturers to help restrict digital home recording."

Soderbergh, Cuban, Wagner's 2929: Break all the windows.

Soderbergh, Cuban, Wagner's 2929: Break all the windows.: "When I interviewed Mark Cuban earlier this year for a Wired Magazine feature on digital cinema (link), he mentioned plans to change the way movies are released. Here's how it works in Hollywood now: new releases are made available on DVD and pay-TV some time after they've left theaters. That 'window' of time has been shrinking in recent decades. Cuban said that his distribution company 2929 Entertainment, which he runs with business partner Todd Wagner, saw no point in this delay. 'Let's release everything all at once, and let the consumer decide,' their argument goes. Several months later, they're making good on those plans. Earlier this week, news broke that 2929 is doing just that, with Steven Soderbergh. The director will release six films through 2929 so that theater release, DVD and pay-TV all occur on the same day."

i've been saying this for years now. had some interesting conversations about it to, but looks like its gona get a go! can't wait to see if it works! i'm a believer!!!

Orphan Works

Orphan Works: "The US Copyright Office recently asked for public comment on the 'orphan works' problem."

please comment by may 9th, its important!!!

List of Good Wireless Internet Sites

List of Good Wireless Internet Sites: "No more waiting for a complex site to load up while you get bombarded with charges by your carrier! Use a portal made for you mobile device. These portals collect sites, which are made to be used on small screens. They keep a controlled amount of images in order to have the site load quickly on your personal device. After looking over a bunch of sites I found Web On Your Cell to be the most useful. It combines the needs of users and displays it in a usable format. This site loads extremely fast and has the best sites available for mobile devices. Through this site you have fast easy access to email, sports scores, news, TV guide, movie times, yellow pages, and much more."

Google-Yahoo Traffic Maps

Google-Yahoo Traffic Maps: more google map craziness this time combining traffic info from yahoo!!!

Indy.TV

Indy.TV: "Indy is a music discovery program that learns what you like, and plays more of it. And it's free. Indy makes it easy for you to find great new independent music. Just download Indy and double-click: as it plays songs, you rate what you hear. Indy quickly learns what you like and gets really smart about sending you more music you'll like. Let Indy help you find your place in the collective conciousness as you help other people find theirs."

from ian clarke and downhill battle, nice!!! review to come....

Austin City Limits - 2005 Festival

Austin City Limits - 2005 Festival: "the 2005 Festival bill. Coldplay
Widespread Panic
Oasis
The Black Crowes
Wilco
Jet
Thievery Corporation
Arcade Fire
Death Cab for Cutie
Bob Mould
Built to Spill
Bloc Party
Franz Ferdinand
Sleater-Kinney
Kasabian
The Doves
The Walkmen
Rilo Kiley
The Secret Machines
The Decemberists
The Bravery
Mates of State"

and about a gazillion others!!! hope its on the show!!!

PSP UMD Game Format Cracked

PSP UMD Game Format Cracked: "Well, the hits just keep on coming. Paradox has released ISO files of several PSP games.
So far, the following titles are reported to have been ripped:Vampire_Chronicle_The_Chaos_Tower_JAP_PSP-PARADOX [407.4MB in 29 files].
Wipeout_Pure_USA_PSP-PARADOX [132.9MB in 10 files].
Ridge_Racers_JAP_PSP-PARADOX [491.4MB in 35 files]."

seems umd is not as secure as its claimed to be. bummer. could have save sony r&d and everyone elses' hassle by just using cd!!!

Nike and Bausch & Lomb’s MaxSight performance-enhancing lenses

Nike and Bausch & Lomb's MaxSight performance-enhancing lenses: "Ok, performance enhancing drugs, bad; but once we start getting into the realm of installable body mods things get a little sticky. We’ve got a feeling the jury’s still out on MaxSight lenses though; codeveloped by Nike (who else?) and Bausch & Lomb and just about ready to market, they’re designed to help players better track the objects and movement, increase contrast, and reduce glare (we're trying to avoid the obvious 28 Days Later/zombie jokes here). And they’re apparently already making their way into MLB by way of the Orioles' second baseman Brian Roberts. But you know, it's all fun and games until somebody’s down in the outfield on all fours screaming, 'My contact, my contact!'"

for thoes who don't no me well, i am not the sports guy (other than, transition, mountains and waves). but i am very interested in the idea of performance enhancement in sport. it became quite a hot topic for me over the summer when at cambridge i butted heads with almost everyone in my class over the idea.

anyway one of my arguments was that drugs are not the only methods of performance enhancement. here is just another in a long list!!! (i may come back and get cites for a few of the other examples, or fee free to google: "plato drugs and sports easy jet magazine", "nike golf balls", "nike house runners presurized wired magazine", "arm ligament surgery pitchers wired magazine") and a big up to all cambridge crew that made me think hard about the issue!!!

iPod shuffle share jumps to 58 percent

iPod shuffle share jumps to 58 percent: "Apple's share of the US flash-player MP3 market grew from 43 percent in February to 58 percent in March, according to research firm NPD. Apple's share of the US hard-disk player market was also at 90 percent, while the iTunes Music Store marketshare was above 70 percent in April."

i'm sorry 90% of the hard-disk market! and 58% of flash in 3 months! thats insane! if the products weren't so good i'd worry about monopoly issues!!!

Azureus Decentralizes Bittorrent

Azureus Decentralizes Bittorrent: "'While the eXeem project to decentralize Bittorrent remains in open beta, the Azureus Java Bittorrent project has recently released a major update that, among other things offers 'a distributed, decentralised database that can be used to track decentralised torrents. This permits both 'trackerless' torrents and the maintenance of swarms where the tracker has become unavailable or where the torrent was removed from the tracker.' It doesn't contain the search functionality of eXeem, but it's also not a beta product and is licensed under the GPL. Could this and compatible clients be the replacement to SuprNova and Lokitorrents, or does the lack of search negate its effectiveness?'"

this one could be the perfect p2p to avoid closure!!! this is gona be interesting!!!

Near Perfect "Einstein Ring" Discovered

Near Perfect "Einstein Ring" Discovered: "Gravitational lensing happens when the gravity of a relatively close galaxy acts as a telescope lens to focus the light from a more distant galaxy. It allows astronomers to see distant objects they could never have a hope of observing with current instruments, essentially looking back to moments after the Big Bang (cosmically speaking). The galaxies are never perfectly lined up, though, and the 'natural telescope' is a bit blurry. But now astronomer Remi Cabanac has found one of the most complete lenses ever discovered: a near perfect Einstein Ring, magnifying a distant galaxy with incredible clarity."

Comic Art Effect

Comic Art Effect: "Use this baby to convert your digital pictures and scans into comic book style illustrations."

Tim Burgess fronts Starsailor

Tim Burgess fronts Starsailor: "TIM BURGESS celebrated the US release of his solo album in LOS ANGELES last night by performing a gig with members of STARSAILOR as his band. Burgess' set at the Viper Room club drew an all-star crowd that included Robbie Williams as well as Queens Of The Stone Age guitarist Troy Van Leeuwan and Snow Patrol frontman Gary Lightbody. Performing for almost an hour, Burgess used members of Starsailor, who are in LA recording their third album, as his backing band. The tiny club was jam packed with fans from the UK and the US, in town for this weekend's Coachella music festival. 'I think of this as a pre-Coachella gig, with me at the top of the bill,' the singer joked during his set. In addition to performing tracks "Oh My Corazon" and "I Believe in the Sprit" off his new record, Burgess performed three Charlatans tunes including "North Country Boy", which he dedicated to his bandmates in Britain."

i kind of thought something was going on...just didn't know what! but wow robbie williams!!! crazy!!!

Bush Signs Law Targeting P2P Pirates

Bush Signs Law Targeting P2P Pirates: "'CNet is reporting that President Bush signed into law the Family Entertainment and Copyright Act (previously-reported). A lawbreaker can land in jail for up to three years for distributing a single copy of a prerelease movie on the Internet. The MPAA's president Dan Glickman applauded the move, stating he wanted to 'thank the congressional sponsors of this legislation for their strong advocacy for intellectual property rights.''"

Apex AD-1250X supports DivX, WMA

Apex AD-1250X supports DivX, WMA: "This probably won%u2019t impress fans of the Pioneer
DV-588A-S or the now-discontinued Philips DVP-642, but Apex has released the AD-1250X, a DVD player that handles
multiple formats, including MP3, WMA and DivX. At an SRP of $69, however, it severely undercuts the Pioneer (which goes
for about $189 street). Apex also says all of its new DVD players will be DivX-certified, which should be good news to
anyone with tons of movies on their PC looking for a cheap way to get them over to the TV."

The Weekend Adventure

The Weekend Adventure: its that time of year again boys and girls!!!

Amazon directory of free MP3 downloads

Amazon directory of free MP3 downloads: "Amazon has put together a single page listing all the free, no-DRM MP3s you can download from their site, as promos for CDs."

Watch Free, Live Internet Television - The ManiaTV! Network

Watch Free, Live Internet Television - The ManiaTV! Network new on web mtv like thingy....jurys out!!!

update, its wak!!!

Streaming Audio 10 Years Old

Streaming Audio 10 Years Old: "'This month, streaming audio turns 10. Though first introduced by Real, streaming multimedia is so commonplace today it's hard to believe that it didn't even exist 10 years ago. In line with one of their previous press releases, RealNetworks has released a mysterious website and letter from CEO Rob Glaser celebrating 10 years of Internet streaming audio, as well as announcing a yet-to-be-revealed 'revolution' in digital media. 'On April 26, we are changing the rules of the Internet again, and digital music will never be the same.' Here is their press release from 1995 (when they were still Progressive Networks) announcing the first streaming Internet multimedia.'"

The Revenge of The *Beeeep*

TROTSS.COM - The Revenge of The *Beeeep*: "Welcome to TROTSS. This site is truly dedicated to the newly established The Revenge Of The *Bleep* group. To be reminded that this is not the official site for TROTSS, yet .. im dedicating this site for updates and stuff relating to TROTSS. We miss you guys on the show and hope one day you all will be have your own proper show again."

Personal Coverage Check

Personal Coverage Check: T-Mobile Digital Coverage map, down to street address!!!

Screen Savers gang do a podcast

Screen Savers gang do a podcast: "The Screen Savers was a terrific show on the grand old TechTV. When the network was bought out by G4, they killed the show and turned it into something cool (but different) called Attack of the Show. The original Screen Savers gang are now doing a Skype-based podcast called Revenge of the Screen Savers. The first podcast is a fun bullshit session between old friends, talking about their phones, their lives, and the demise of Screen Savers."

French court bans DRM for DVDs

French court bans DRM for DVDs: "'A French appeal court just issued a ruling preventing the inclusion of anti-copying measure on DVD. This is after a man who was not able to copy a DVD he purchase to a VHS cassette so he can watch it at his mother's place. Which is considered private copying and is a consumer right in France. He got the help of a consumer protection group to sue the Film Studio that produced the DVD. Film studios have one month to unprotect DVDs (I assume it is not for DVD that you already own).'"

Fabchannel.Com

Fabchannel.Com: Live and on demand concerts from Paradiso Amsterdam in broadband streaming video!!!

big up to rob for the tip, thanks man. bummer though doesn't function in safari, so bust out yer ie.

Digital Copyright

Digital Copyright: "The Future of Copyrighting Cultural Expression, Will Digital Media Create the Most Oppressive Copyright Laws in History? April 14, 2005: The Politics of Digital Copyright debate at Cornell University"

My summer home

My summer home: Cambridge CB3 0DG, the Fitz!!!

AN EVENING WITH BRIAN ENO AND DANNY HILLIS: THINKING AFTER EINSTEIN

AN EVENING WITH BRIAN ENO AND DANNY HILLIS: THINKING AFTER EINSTEIN:
Monday, April 25, 8:00 p.m.
$30 General, $25 Members, $20 Students
Advance tickets: (866) 468-3399 or (service charges apply)
Listen in on a conversation between two of the most innovative thinkers of our times. Legendary musician, producer, and visual artist Brian Eno sits down with scientist and technical wizard Danny Hillis to discuss their inventive careers and explore the theme of creativity. Both Eno and Hillis are board members of the Long Now Foundation, an organization that aims to promote "slower/better" thinking.

Canadians May Face 25% Download Tariff

Canadians May Face 25% Download Tariff: "'While Canadians have battled against an iPod tariff for more than a year, now comes news that Canada's copyright collectives are seeking a tariff on iTunes as well. Professor Michael Geist (who last week dismantled music industry claims about peer-to-peer) reports that one collective is demanding an incredible 25% of the gross revenue of music download services as well as 15% of webcasters' gross revenue and 10% of gamers gross revenue (free version of report or Toronto Star reg. version). When combined with other tariff proposals, it would appear that Canada's collectives want to the kill the download industry, demanding at least 40% of everything iTunes, Napster, and other new services earn.'"

can you imagine a retail store asking for a 25% tax on gas to cover shrinkage since cars might be used to drive to and from a store in which theft occurs?!?!? wtf!!!

InPhase announces 300GB holographic discs

InPhase announces 300GB holographic discs: "Forget about perpendicular recording; that’s so last week. If Colorado- based InPhase Technologies has its way, the next big advance in data storage will be holographic media. The company — which rolled out a prototype holographic drive earlier this year — announced today that it has produced a holographic disc that can hold 300GB on a single disc. InPhase says that the discs (which will be write-once media) and compatible drives should ship next year, with terabyte discs available by 2009. According to the company, its holographic technology records “through the full depth” of the storage media, and can record data a million bits at a time. We figure it should be able to hold our whole movie collection, with room left over for some lossless music as well."

STAR WARS REVELATIONS

STAR WARS REVELATIONS: just before the final installment, a bonus!!!

NIN's Trent Reznor releases song as GarageBand file

NIN's Trent Reznor releases song as GarageBand file: "On nin.com, Trent Reznor is offering a complete mix of a song from the forthcoming Nine Inch Nails album as a Garageband 2.0 file. The CD/vinyl is due out on May 3. Snip from the README:
'For quite some time I've been interested in the idea of allowing you the ability to tinker around with my tracks - to create remixes, experiment, embellish or destroy what's there. I tried a few years ago to do this in shockwave with very limited results. After spending some quality time sitting in hotel rooms on a press tour, it dawned on me that the technology now exists and is already in the hands of some of you. I got to work experimenting and came up with something I think you'll enjoy. What I'm giving you in this file is the actual multi-track audio session for 'the hand that feeds' in GarageBand format. This is the entire thing bounced over from the actual Pro Tools session we recorded it into. I imported and converted the tracks into AppleLoop format so the size would be reasonable and the tempo flexible.'"

big up trent!!!

Hollywood Looks to BitTorrent for Distribution

Hollywood Looks to BitTorrent for Distribution: "'Vinton Cerf, who wrote the original TCP/IP protocol and is currently chairman of ICANN, said this week he had recently discussed BitTorrent with at least two interested movie producers. 'I know personally for a fact that various members of the movie industry are really getting interested in how to use the Internet--even BitTorrent--as a distributed method for distributing content,' Cerf said. 'I've spoken with several movie producers in the last month.''"

Peak oil article in Rolling Stone

Peak oil article in Rolling Stone: "Peak Oil, refers to the year at which oil production hits the peak of a bell curve, and after which oil production goes down, tapering to zero...."

Google Readies Platform for Video Distribution

Google Readies Platform for Video Distribution: "'According to BetaNews, 'Google is preparing a video distribution platform that provides a complete ecosystem of services for content producers, publishers and end-users.' The first phase of its video upload program rolled out today, and 'content owners will be able to control distribution rights themselves, even setting a price for their video clips. Eventually, users will be able to search, preview, purchase and play videos directly from within Google.''"

if played right, this could be what ifilm should have been. a totally workable commercial solution for independent video distribution, a place where indie film/tv makers can distribute there wares and make a modest profit!!!

Michael Weiss Interview

Michael Weiss Interview: "'Zeropaid has an interview with Michael Weiss, CEO of StreamCast Networks, maker of Morpheus. Michael has been involved in MGM v Grokster since the beginning, and provides a clear, thorough timeline of events since then. He also details interesting insights of his own into the future of the p2p space, including some new ad models.'"

Apple Q2 Financial Results Conference Call

Apple Q2 Financial Results Conference Call:
question: what is the future of music?

answer: iTunes profits a little above break even, Hard Drive based marketshare 90%, Flash based 43% (0% to 43% in the month of availability), 70% overall market share for Feb. Up from December Quarter.

not sure how this ends but year over year revenue is up 500%. during a recession!!!

**Joy Division @ Bowdon Vale 1979 **

**Joy Division @ Bowdon Vale 1979 **: an exhibit of fotos from 3 months prior to the Unknown Pleasures release.

Surprises Lurk in Satellite Snaps

Surprises Lurk in Satellite Snaps: "the unexpected appearance of the pre-event Burning Man construction is hardly the only surprise in Google's database of satellite images. And other satellite imagery companies say that they, too, are often startled by what they find when they analyze the hundreds of shots they take daily."

Music Industry P2P Claims Dismantled

Music Industry P2P Claims Dismantled: "'First Monday runs a great article this month from Canadian law professor Michael Geist that dismantles the recording industry's claims about the peer-to-peer. Using actual data from Canada, Piercing the P2P Myths, demonstrates that the loss claims are greatly exaggerated and that P2P has had little, if any impact on the income of the artists themselves.' From the article: 'The Canadian government has been the target of intense lobbying for stronger copyright legislation in recent months. Led by the music industry, which claims that it has experienced significant financial losses due to music downloading, the campaign culminated in November 2004 with a lobby day on Parliament Hill.'"

Grokster Oral Arguments.pdf

Grokster Oral Arguments.pdf an extremely interesting read. kind of scary though. so much is at stake and so little seems understood. bummer!!!

US govt uses BitTorrent

US govt uses BitTorrent: "'First Bittorrent hosted off a .gov domain. Tracks the releases of World Wind since it was saturating the bandwidth of the direct download.'"

sounds capable of non-infringing use!!!

Congress Debates Forced Music Compatibility

Congress Debates Forced Music Compatibility:The download music industry is fighting a proposal by US Congress to force them to make all downloaded music compatible.

probably a great step for consumers. interestingly though is that this is an issue for congress when one company has a 60-70% marketshare. in the past these problems were swept under the rug when some suggested it would be nice if there were software or file compatibility ensured by congress. it that later one unnamed company has somewhere near 90% market share. hummm wonder whose paying for the next election cycle? probably not the consumers!!!

Sony Patents Matrix-Like Game Technology

Sony Patents Matrix-Like Game Technology: "'Reuters is reporting that Sony has been granted 2 patents, both describing 'Method and system for generating sensory data onto the human neural cortex'. These are patents 6,729,337 and 6,536,440. The patents go on to 'describe a technique for aiming ultrasonic pulses at specific areas of the brain to induce sensory experiences such as smells, sounds and images'. The story was first broken by New Scientist magazine.' Commentary also available via Ars Technica."

jack me in!!!

Court rules common law protects recordings

Court rules common law protects recordings: "New York's highest court ruled Tuesday that common law protects a record company's copyright on recordings made prior to 1972 -- a decision that could have industrywide ramifications for everything from Bach to the Beatles. That lawsuit involved Franklin, Tenn.-based Naxos of America Inc., which restored and marketed 1930s classical records made in England by another company, The Gramaphone Co. Limited, after the 50-year British copyright had expired. Hollywood, Calif.-based Capitol Records Inc., which currently holds the rights to those recordings, sued. A federal court dismissed Capitol's suit, saying federal copyright law only protected recordings since 1972, and Capitol had no common-law protections under New York state law. Capitol appealed the common-law finding to the New York Court of Appeals, which ruled in its favor. A federal appeals court will now rule on the company's lawsuit using the state court's decision."

supremes here we come again! wow is there no end to the extension of copyright? btw this post is posted under the cc except for the INFRINGING QUOTE ABOVE, I STOLE!!!

Universal Amphitheatre gets new name

Universal Amphitheatre gets new name: "The Universal Amphitheatre is being rechristened the Gibson Amphitheatre at Universal CityWalk as part of a joint partnership among instrument maker Gibson Guitar Corp., Universal Studios Partnerships and House of Blues Concerts. The 10-year pact with the Nashville-based instrument maker -- which markets Gibson, Epiphone and Dobro guitars, Steinberger basses, Slingerland drums and Baldwin pianos -- also will entail a partnership with House of Blues on a select number of special events at the Universal City venue. HOB operates the amphitheater and books more than 100 shows per year there. Gibson also will be afforded new production and product-placement opportunities via its association with NBC Universal. USP and Gibson executives declined to put a dollar value on the agreement, but sources indicate the deal is worth $10 million-$15 million. The target for an official opening for the Gibson Amphitheatre is late summer"

as much as i respect gibson, this is bull shit!!!

Glastonbury sells out

Glastonbury sells out: "All 112,000 tickets for June’s festival – which went on sale at 9am this morning – have sold out in under three hours"

Its All Gone Pete Tong Redux

To whom ever from Matson Films invited me to the New York shows, thank you very much! I wish I could attend, but unfortunately I am in California. However if you have a screening out here I'd love to go. Thanks again for the invitation, it is sincerely appreciated.

Modified Prius gets up to 180 Miles Per Gallon

Modified Prius gets up to 180 Miles Per Gallon: "'The NY Times (free reg. required) reports in that some folks are not content with the no-plug-in rule that both Honda and Toyota endorse. By modifying a Prius so that it can be plugged in, Ron Gremban of CalCars states 'I've gotten anywhere from 65 to over 100 miles per gallon'. The article also reports that 'EnergyCS, a small company that has collaborated with CalCars, has modified another Prius with more sophisticated batteries; they claim their Prius gets up to 180 mpg, and can travel more than 30 miles on battery power.''"