Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Bizzarre Records: odd album art

Bizzarre Records: Images of strange and unusual vinyl records! A collection of thrift store and other junk records. Most of these are records that mainstream collectors consider too insignificant to bother with. You be the judge.

Tagging your music? Discogs can help

At Discogs you can search for information about music, and help build the database by submitting information that is not here yet. With a Discogs Account you can personalize parts of the site, and track your collection and wantlist of music. Discogs also offers forums for discussing music.

Monday, September 29, 2008

Recycled Record Sculptures


Records were melted and sculpted to form a cascading wave that is dotted with bursts of colorful labels. Sound Wave is an eco-friendly...more

The TOMY Rockstar hot for xmas


The TOMY Rockstar, a neckless virtual guitar, may be one to watch if available in the states for Christmas 2008




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Sara Bareilles Twitter. Coming home?

Is Sara Bareilles on her way back to Humboldt?

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Hijacked Micro-Blogging - Twitter is Penis

Twitter is Penis: We take innocent tweets, replace certain words with penis, and republish it for your entertainment. We find it funny.

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Fitbit Tracker

The Fitbit Tracker contains a motion sensor like the ones found in the Nintendo Wii. The Tracker senses your motion in three dimensions and converts this into useful information about your daily activities. The Tracker measures the intensity and duration of your physical activities, calories burned, steps taken, distance traveled, how long it took you to fall asleep, the number of times you woke up throughout the night and how long you were actually asleep vs just lying in bed. You can wear the Tracker loosely in your pocket or clipped to your clothing, even bras.

Monday, September 15, 2008

Tumbltape: Inspired by muxtape

Tumbltape: Inspired by muxtape, each tumbltape is created from the latest songs on a users tumblelog. As new songs are uploaded, they automatically update your tumbltape playlist.




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very cool Solar Cell Tree Charger


The Solar Cell Tree Charger, or PhotonSynthese, is constructed with branches that are made out of a series of jacks which eventually blossom into the 54 solar cell leaves, and the whole arrangement is interchangeable so that the tree can be reconstructed to better suit your sunlight situation or your aesthetic needs

Humboldt County Massacre by Frank Black

I found this video about the Humboldt County Massacre by Frank Black. I had never seen it before. I found it using VideoSurf. Basing its search on visual identification it grabbed a pile of videos I've never seen. It's in beta but I have some invites if your interested.




VideoSurf: Using a unique combination of new computer vision and fast computation methods  VideoSurf
VideoSurf has taught computers to see inside videos to find content in a fast, efficient, and scalable way. Basing its search on visual identification, rather than text only, VideoSurf’s computer vision video search engine provides more relevant results and a better experience to let users find and discover the videos they really want to watch.

Friday, September 12, 2008

Hurricane IKE links


Hurricane IKE links: 
Twitter
National Weather Service www.nhc.noaa.gov

Monday, September 1, 2008

Get breaking News With Flex and Google Maps

Breaking News With Flex and Google Maps
Breaking News Map

link: http://fo.reca.st/BreakingNewsMap