Tuesday, April 27, 2004

gravitomagnetism The Smooth Spheres of Gravity Probe B (2004 April 28) [Astronomy Picture of The Day] 10:18:31 PM

John Seely Brown, Education, Knowledge JSB on Education Explicit Versus Tacit Knowldge. Logan, my neighbour Eddie's son has been helping Eddie build our new kitchen. Logan has been working with his Dad for several years and now is about 10. A visitor asked him the other day if he wanted to be... [Robert Paterson's Weblog] 9:35:22 PM

John Seely Brown Website John Seely Brown - The St, Paul of IT and Culture. JSB has a website - well worth a look... [Robert Paterson's Weblog] 9:30:48 PM

Clearance and Copyright For Indie Moviemakers END OF THE CENTURY: no rights to the music!. The sad, dumb story of END OF THE CENTURY, a highly-praised documentary about The Ramones made by Michael Gramaglia and Jim Fields. The problem is entirely of their own making: they made a movie about a band without getting rights or releases for the interviews, performances, footage, or music. A rule of thumb: Get and use Michael Donaldson's Clearance & Copyright: Everything the Independent Filmmaker Needs to Know. [greg.org] [Cinema Minima] 9:09:52 PM

Global Bowie Mash-Ups Bowie Supports Remixing. David Bowie, in one of his trademark (pun intended) canny marketing moves, is urging listeners to become producers by remixing Bowie tracks and submitting the results to a contest hosted at Bowie’s official site The story is spreading the word,... [datacloud] 8:23:40 PM

From Jon Schull In December 2002 I created a book about numbers for little children (and grownups). I'm no mathematician, but I tried to introduce some non-trivial mathematical concepts in a way that might be interesting and entertaining and silly!  I've now put it online at  http://it.rit.edu/~jis/gallery/numbers [Jon Schull's Weblog] 6:29:17 AM

Theremin Vibes The Theremin. Besides looking like no other instrument, the theremin is unique in that it is played without being touched. Two antennas protrude from the theremin - one controlling pitch, and the other controlling volume. As a hand approaches the vertical antenna, the pitch gets higher. Approaching the horizontal antenna makes the volume softer. Because there is no physical contact with the instrument, playing the theremin requires precise skill and perfect pitch. [The Cartoonist] 6:21:34 AM

Tiki Vibes Critiki. Critiki is a marvelous new compendium of links, photos, maps, addresses, and reviews of tiki-related locations around the globe. But there's a catch: you have to register and answer a short quiz to fully utilize the site, and to do that you must own a copy of James Teitelbaum's book, Tiki Road Trip (owning this should be a no-brainer if you're already an aficionado). [Eye of the Goof] 6:17:38 AM