Posts by standard13
The fifth member of Deerhoof
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No longer forgotten music
If you've got a soft spot for noise, punk, avant garde and Jim O'Rourke, John Cage, Merzbow rings the bell, then bookmark this gem! It's an ongoing catalogue of rare tapes, 7"s and LPs for sale. You can download and listen before you buy - Eureka!
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Polaroid abandons its heritage
Since Polaroid filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2001, I watched their pitiful downsizing of their instant line. And when the Petters Group Worldwide came into the picture in 2005, they have done nothing smart, only damage. So it was not surprising to hear this unfortunate news. My fingers are crossed for a saviour whom is clever enough to realise the dynamic niche market out there for
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Nerds: Who they are and why we need more of them?
"AND then, just to show them, I'll sail to Ka-Troo, and bring back an It-Kutch, a Preep, and a Proo, a Nerkle, a Nerd, and a Seersucker, too!" That typically nifty passage comes from Dr Seuss's "If I Ran the Zoo". The book was published in 1950 and contains the first use of the word "nerd". How very unfortunate that Dr Seuss, whose verbal pyrotechnics have given so much pleasure to so many childre
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The first robin of spring
A new 11-year cycle of heightened solar activity poses risks for power grids, critical military, civilian and airline communications, GPS signals, cell phones and ATM transactions.This cycle, Solar Cycle 24, predicts to gradually build a number of sunspots and solar storms reaching a peak by 2011 or 2012."Our growing dependence on sophisticated space-based technologies makes us far more vulnerable
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Music, language and thought
When I was breezing past London late last year, there were a couple of stunners that caught my eye at the bookshop and it happened to be two of my favourite academics, still alive and kicking.The Stuff of Thought by Steven Pinker has been in the works for a couple of years. It analyses how our words relate to thoughts and how this reflects on ourselves. Also, The Language Instinct has been repu...
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