Tag Archives: music
What’s the value of a song? Jammie Thomas-Rasset has spent the last few years in court debating that question. The Minnesota mother of four is being penalized for illegally downloading and sharing 24 songs on the peer-to-peer file-sharing network Kazaa in 2006, but how much she owes the record labels has been in question. The jury in her third trial has just ruled that Thomas-Rasset should pay Capitol Records $1.5 million, CNET reports, which breaks down to $62,500 per song. … Continue reading
I like my ipod touch enough that I have neglected posting any of the random stories that I like to post. So, with that, here is a random post. The song in the commercial, while catchy-cute, is a little creepy. thanks to @powerfm for posting the tweet/facebook status for the idea for the post. 89.7 PowerFM in Dallas is a great Christian Rock Station!
I am not so much a KEI$HA fan – in fact, I can’t say I’ve heard much of her music; Personally, I only listen to Power FM, CDs, or Talk Radio (KLIF or KSKY). But I do say that I enjoy the geeky side in me that enjoy the classic Back to the Future movies. I don’t know, but watching this video just made me happy. Enjoy! “Ke$ha’s annoyingly catchy ‘Tik Tok’ won’t die, thanks in part to clever mash-ups … Continue reading
Old audio file, from sonic foundry. I made this years ago with my friend Evan Stout. I was testing playing and uploading audio to my blog and was using this file to test it with. So, I thought that I would go ahead and make a post out of it. Enjoy the retro flash back oh-mine! [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
In high school, I took a physics class where we did a Rube Goldberg experiment. Everyone in the class did this by splitting up into groups and coming up with ideas for our projects. In simple terms, a rube goldberg project is something that takes many actions, to come out with one final action. Often the many actions use simple machines/tools (such as a wheel, wedge, weight, levy, etc.) to help produce your final end result. (Our group, by the … Continue reading
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