Here’s a test. I’ve got my Beige 233 mhz Power Macintosh whipped into shape. All it needs is a processor upgrade and a usb card and maybe more memory. Hopefully this will post, I seem to have a hard time remembering passwords anymore.
David Byrne interviewed by Charles Amirkanian at the Exploritorium’s Speaking of Music Series, October 8 1991. Charles Amirkhanian speaks with David Byrne about his new album, Uh-Oh–which was to be released in February, 1992–and the heavy Brazilian and Afro-Cuban influences he brought to the music…. This item belongs to: audio/other_minds. This item has files of the following types: VBR ZIP, 64Kbps M3U, VBR M3U, Flac ZIP, 64Kbps MP3 ZIP, Flac, 64Kbps MP3, WAVE, VBR MP3, Ogg Vorbis [Internet Archive]
I couldn’t find any downloads, only a couple of streams. Sounds great, I’ll need to record this for later Podcast, or is it Podlisten?
News outlets in the Pacific Northwest are abuzz with reports from Mt. St. Helens today, after scientists warned that the lava dome at the center of the volcano’s crater is growing at a rate of roughly 1.5 inches over the last day [Mac Net Journal]
I remember the last one. This could be interesting.
There may actually be some changes here this month. Stay tuned.
David Byrne loves PowerPoint (from BoingBoing). David Byrne is giving a performance called “I {heart} PowerPoint” this Thursday at the LACMA Institute of Art and Culture in LA. It’s sold out.
Another seal of the apocalypse is opened… [Sean Gallagher’s Rant Central]
It’s a legal showdown waiting to happen. Major League Baseball sees money in Web-based, real-time accounts of games, and it wants a piece of the action. By Mark McClusky. [Wired News]
It’s rare that I recommend music, but I’ve recently decided that Brian Eno’s Music For Airports is some of the best background music for writing. I’ve owned this particular CD for at least 4 years but have only recently begun to listen to it with any regularity. A couple weeks ago, I popped it into the CD player while hacking on a book chapter and left it on repeat. Since then I haven’t even thought of taking it out… [Jeremy Zawodny’s blog]
“Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate.” [Motivational Quotes of the Day]
A fantastic article by Brian Eno on The Long Now project:
an we grasp this sense of ourselves as existing in time, part of the beautiful continuum of life? Can we become inspired by the prospect of contributing to the future? Can we shame ourselves into thinking that we really do owe those who follow us some sort of consideration – just as the people of the nineteenth century shamed themselves out of slavery? Can we extend our empathy to the lives beyond ours?I think we can.
Yep. I think so too.