Tuesday, March 22, 2005

From Canton's Electronic Noizums "Big Chord, Word to Your Mother" - Editor canton-bigchord.mp3. (2002) Atmospheric / rolling drum 'n' bass with a thick jazz feel. Swelling pads using Absynth, my new favorite software synth. [Mediaburn Podstation 2408 on GigaDial Public] 10:15:07 PM

Podcasting with Userland's Manila Software No excuse for me not to podcast now. No excuse for me not to podcast now:  Since I've just learned that Manila, the blogging platform on which I manage the rexblog (geeky note: I'm a customer of Userland's hosted Manila service) is now "the easiest to use Podcasting software on the planet" (according to the totally objective and unbiased source, Scott Young, Userland CEO), I guess I have no reason not to start adding MP3 files to posts here. Now, if I can just figure out how to use the device I believe provides the most frustrating user experience of all time, the Sony minidisc recorder (is it just me, or is this the least intuitive to operate consumer electronic product ever?), I'll start by doing some sound-catching at the Nashville blogger 'event' tomorrow night. (I understand from some music friends that the minidisc recorder is great if you can operate it.) By the way, I'm also a user of the Mac OS newsreader, NetNewsWire, which I've decided has to be the easiest way on the planet to subscribe to and download podcasts that automagically synch with iTunes. Maybe someone can add a comment with a link to a "how-to" about this but I figured it out with no instructions and, frankly, without even knowing the feature existed, which means it has to be very, very intuitive. Helpful link: Lawrence Lee's "Instructions on Creating a Podcast on Manila" (via: Steve Kirks, this weblog's official hero) [rexblog: Rex Hammock's Weblog] 7:51:06 PM

More Bubble Energy Please: Acoustic Cavitation Reblogged sonoluminescence. No, not the return of Cold Fusion ... but they aren't ruling out any hopes or claims of tripping fusion either: Ken Suslick and David Flannigan have been looking closely at the energy by-products when a sulfuric acid and argon martini is ultrasonically shaken and not stirred ... "Nobody has been able to measure the temperature inside a single collapsing bubble before," says Suslick. The bubbles reached more than 15,000ï¿[product]C he says, which is four times hotter than the surface of the Sun. [ nature.com ] [TeledyN - :: have blog - will travel ::] 6:42:28 PM

Moving Towards a New Music Idea Global Music Sales Down in 2004 for Fifth Year. Numbers released today indicate that global music sales were down 1.3 percent in 2004, the fifth straight declining year, but U.S. sales gained over 2003. The IFPI site reports that if authorized digital downloads and ringtone sales were computed, global sales would be flat against 2003. France and Spain suffered double-digit declines. Usher, Norah Jones, Green Day, and Eminem are all cited for great sales in 2004, asnd there will probably always be a market for blockbuster content. But the real healing of the recording industry, in my opinion, will come from exploiting the long tail, separating hits from secondary tracks, and distributing easily accessible files that play back across all devices. The business is a long, long way from these ideals. [The Digital Music Weblog] 6:21:01 PM

Martin and His Infamous Volkswagen Beetle Today is Photo-Day. [6]. Martin and his infamous Volkswagen Beetle. This was the only car that could actually fly. Thanks to Wolf for the pic. [The Cartoonist] 6:03:37 PM

Driveway Driveway. johndan posted a photo: Yeah, I know there are light leaks. It's a Holga. That's the point. By (johndan). [johndan's Photos] 5:57:21 PM