Saturday, December 4, 2004

Mediaburn Breakbeat Breakfast Electronic Music Podcasting From Canton Becker: canton-chinese-theater.mp3. ~ Breakbeat Breakfast ~ (2002) Deep ambient-breakbeat, lots of swirling melodies. I recorded the basic riffs for this track on my laptop while waiting in line to see Harry Potter at the Chinese Theater in hollywood. The vocal sample is from a Japanese newscast. [Mediaburn Podstation 2408 on GigaDial Public] Canton's Electronic Noizums Podcasting Feed: http://www.ontology.com/canton/music/subscription.php 10:30:47 PM

DMB Samsung Portable DMB Video Player. Samsung is releasing a Digital Multimedia Broadcasting device in Korea that we'll certainly not get here, but not for lack of need. The Unit is a 6-inch player that reminds me a lot of the DVX-Pod in form-factor (although with a joystick on the side) and is also capable of playing back MP3s and operating as a GPS device (I'm not 100% positive, as all my translation tools are choking for some reason). Now obviously, we don't have DMB broadcasts here in America, but wouldn't it be handy if some of these portable video players started dropping in TV tuners? I hadn't really considered it until a reader sent me a very impassioned email describing how much he'd enjoy being able to switch back and forth from pre-recorded content to live streams. [unmediated] 5:50:26 PM

Indy 4 Indiana Jones 4 IS Moving Ahead. It's nice to read news like this. I've been having my doubts about weather or not Indiana Jones 4 would actually get made. But Coming Soon has put many of those fears to rest with this: Frank Darabont had written a draft, but that did not receive the green light. Instead, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg hired Jeff Nathanson to do a rewrite and things are looking good. Asked whether or not Indy 4 will still be made, Ford answered, "No doubt about it." And while he says this next film is his, he wouldn't mind a younger actor playing Indy in possible future films. The site added that George Lucas, who rejected Darabont's script, is happy with the new draft from Nathanson. I don't know how I feel about a younger guy taking over the role of Indiana Jones. Yeah, it works for Bond... but I just can't picture someone else wearing the hat and cracking the whip. I guess I'll wait and see. Putting the character of Indiana Jones aside for a moment, I'd just love to see Steven Spielberg and George Lucas make another film together! [The Movie Blog] 12:30:20 PM

5 min. Chinese Proverb. "He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever." [Quotes of the Day] 10:54:41 AM

Fixed Wireless Internet Service Perhaps Adam Curry will find a fixed wireless provider in the U.K. - similar to what is available in Phoenix. Phoenix Internet, an ISP, uses the Motorola Canopy System to deliver high speed service to places that do not have cable or DSL. - G.S. Adam Curry, our fearless, broadband-lacking podcaster, may have found a wireless service provider to SOA. (Save Our Ass.) Does it reach his house in Gilford? [Scripting News] 10:49:54 AM