air america’s maiden flight

today, air america, a radio station styled as a liberal counterbalance to the conservative radio shows that have dominated the airwaves of late goes live. at noon al franken’s “o’franken factor” airs. some other host’s include chuck d and janeane garofalo. in new york the broadcast can be heard on WLIB 1190AM. the broadcasts can also be streamed though the website.

posted by jmorrison on 03/31 | news & views | | permalink
waka waka waka

no that’s not a fossie bear punch line, that’s the pacman sound! found a nice piece at gamespot documenting the history of video game sound design and music. interesting if your into that sort of thing. they provide some sound files to take you back to that simpler time of painfully repetitive midi bleeps. they did leave out one of my favorites though: “valkyrie is about to die” (which i could not find, but found these gauntlet runners up 1, 2). enjoy.

posted by jmorrison on 03/30 | sights & sounds | | permalink
the new atlantis

named after a francis bacon fable about a society living with the benefits and challenges of advanced science and technology, this new journal of science is really worth a look. lots of great articles centering on technology and society. one in particular was of great interest to the nonist in me. it’s about the clash of the scientist and the poet as pillars of wisdom. or if you take it one step further the clash between the romantic and practical within us. in any case, LOTS of good reading here.

posted by jmorrison on 03/30 | tech & science | | permalink
killing time with fantasy

as mentioned in my earlier post been having a tough time finding anything interesting to share lately. one thing that did catch my eye was the trailer for the japanese live action anime casshern. looks pretty cool. hardly seems post worthy by itself though does it? so i’ve decided to just post a bunch of trailers today, some of which, alas, are for flicks that will most likely not see american distribution, like casshern.

posted by jmorrison on 03/28 | sights & sounds - film | | permalink
art of the title screen

came across this site which collects thousands of title screens from films. not sure what use this is, perhaps typographers looking for inspiration, but, truth be told i’ve been having a hell of a time finding anything remotely interesting to post of late. so… movie title screens galore.

posted by jmorrison on 03/28 | sights & sounds - film | | permalink
from the horse’s mouth

there has been a lot of hubbub these past weeks about richard clarke, beginning with his 60 minutes interview and culminating wednesday with his testimony before the 9/11 commission, and rightly so.

posted by jmorrison on 03/27 | news & views - op ed | | permalink
the apparat

or gwb’s back door political machine and how it’s chugging along to create a one party state. don’t let the alarmist description fool you, this is a very thorough and provocative piece from the good folks over at cursor. give it a read.

posted by jmorrison on 03/26 | news & views | | permalink
faux city sounds

walk this virtual city and record some of the sounds you hear in your travels, then return home and mix a track from all the sounds. kind of cool. tried doing this in real life a while back and got a lot of muddled jumbled crap, then promptly lost my mini-disc player.

posted by jmorrison on 03/26 | sights & sounds | | permalink
a good relationship is all about communication!

well, the world is getting smaller right? world wide web, imperialism, export of jobs, globalization, et-cetera ad vomitum… as such it would be in our best interests to start expanding our communication skills, right? right. begin by learning some valuable foreign phrases. then, brush up on your simple international gestures (with more here). then move on to more complex gestures. happy communicating.

posted by jmorrison on 03/24 | lost & found | | permalink
the difference engine

charles babbage was smarter than you. check out this incredibly thorough look at his difference engine, the beautiful great grand dad in some ways of the little plastic box your running right now. lot’s of original drawings too.

the particle adventure

what is the world made of? what is matter? are atomic nuclei fundamental? what is antimatter? quarks? neutrinos? dark matter?  and what the hell are baryons, mesons, and leptons?!  find out the answer to all your particle related questions at the lawrence berkley national laboratory’s particle adventure website. or not, whatever.

posted by jmorrison on 03/24 | tech & science | | permalink
piercing

a quiet, beautifully executed story of the familiar. loneliness- casual attraction- the hunt- the dance- repulsion- alienation. very nice, by david gaddis

posted by jmorrison on 03/20 | sights & sounds | | permalink
explosive decompression for dummies

well, dearest reader, with a brave new world of moon bases and space tourism bearing down on us like a possessed paraplegic turtle i thought i’d try to assuage some of your fears about your new life in the vacuum of space. now, don’t you feel better?

posted by jmorrison on 03/20 | tech & science | | permalink
puking properly, with panache

identifying the salad fork and balancing books on your head is so 18th century. we as modern folk need a different skill set to maneuver through our social landscape. hence: the etiquette of vomiting, courtesy of the modern drunkard. study well young jedi.

posted by jmorrison on 03/20 | lost & found | | permalink
iraq’s bathroom walls

piss and vinnegar straight from the horse’s mouth. the sentiments of today’s iraqi as glimpsed in their graffiti. check out this very long list of transcribed scrawl (scroll down). fascinating.

posted by jmorrison on 03/19 | news & views | | permalink
the last word

new scientist has a nice question and answer section called the last word which seeks to clear up all those little mysteries which i know gnaw at you endlessly, like how long will astronauts’ footprints on the moon’s surface remain there or why do atomic bombs make mushroom-shaped clouds or does getting beheaded hurt as well as other more practical questions. it’s like the straight dope but more scieneriffic. if your particular itch isn’t scratched in the archives ask your own question.

posted by jmorrison on 03/19 | tech & science | | permalink
the rasterbator

fantastique web tool. upload any image and get HUGE, tiled, printable, rasterized version in return. perfect for d.i.y. political activists with sandwich boards to fill and soho “missed the boat” bill posters alike. possibly a great source of hipster wallpaper as well. cool.

posted by jmorrison on 03/19 | sights & sounds | | permalink
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