same as it ever was

“When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.” [Motivational Quotes of the Day]

Griffin Technology has released Final Vinyl 1.0.1, the latest version of the company’s utility that allows the recording of vinyl records using just the Griffin iMic or PowerWave and a turntable… [MacMinute.com: Up-to-the-Minute Apple Mac News]

A group of underground music enthusiasts have come up with an ingenious hack to the FCC’s rules on low-power FM radio. It’s legal to broadcast very low-power FM radio signals that can be received in a 200-foot radius. By encouraging Internet users spaced at 200′ intervals around your hometown to download the same Internet radio […]

Ashcroft Wants More Power to Abuse.
Never mind the fact that the guy is abusing the powers he already has… he wants more! Despite a recent report from within the Justice Department itself detailing abuses of power and mishandling of detainees, Attorney General John Ashcroft wants even more power, including death penalty powers. His justification […]

This summer, Marvin The Martian and Daffy Duck will appear on official First Space Launch Squadron patches for two NASA Mars Rover Missions. “Ooooo Oooooo, you Earthlings make me very aaaangrrrrry!!”Link, Discuss (thanks, JP) [Boing Boing Blog]

6 Jun 2003: linmagau.org takes a look atGramofile.”And this is where Gramofile comes in: it’s designed to make the job of transferring music from vinyl to CD easier. Tools that can take the audio output from a turntable and record it as a .wav file are common, and are often installed by default with […]

kraksmoka writes “MSNBC is reporting that yet another active worm is taking over computers in 115 countries today. ‘Antivirus companies were on high alert … [Slashdot]

It’s true, and it’s in a magazine, Kung Fu magazine to be exact. Apparently Lou has been studying Tai Chi since the early 80s, and he’s hooked up with a pretty major league master, Ren Guangyi. It appears Master Ren may be touring with Lou this summer, which means I’ll get to see him in […]