23 January 2006
330 MPG Uber Hybrid?
(via)The Aptera prototype, which is halfway to completion, will go for up to 330 miles on a gallon of gas thanks to an aerodynamic design and the lightweight composites that make up the chassis.
Free Synths from Krakli
A variety of excellent free synth plugins
AutoGam - Automatic Midi Music Generator
AutoGam allows the composition of music without knowledge of musical theory and without the need to be able to play an instrument.
!Slow Me Down - DSP plugin for Winamp
This Winamp 2 plugin lets you slow down or even speed up the music by stretching it between -50% to 100%. Without changing the pitch!
CHACHACHA
CHACHACHA is a software that helps you "play" video. You'll be able to mix and modify four video sources.
VIDEOzilla Video Converter - Convert video AVI, MPEG, RM, MOV, ASF, WMV, Flash SWF or FLV
Videozilla is a complete video conversion tool for video files AVI, MPEG, RM, MOV, ASF, WMV, SWF or FLV via a right-click menu on the selected video files. With as simple as a click, videozilla offers a simple and clean solution to converting video files into other format.
Sony Media Software - ACID XPress 5.0
ACID® XPress software is a free version of Sony's award-winning music creation tool. Create your own original music using a pick, paint and play interface.
dmiflute
dmiflute is a physical modelled flute synthesizer. It features a vibrato LFO and a multimode resonant filter. It's not particularily flutey but makes some pretty strange and interesting sounds anyway.
Wizard Master Control Program: The strangest tiny MIDI sequencer available!
The Wizard Master Control Program lets you trigger external MIDI devices or your computer's awesomely simplex internal MIDI instruments with 128 separate beat configurations
20 January 2006
Counterfeiters send jammed printer for repair | The Register
Arizona authorities this week charged suspected members of a criminal ring thought responsible for 10 per cent of all fake money in the state after some members sent a printer, jammed with counterfeit bills, out for repair.
ultra violent light
with the knowledge that the shrapnel was numerous and fast, we looked around for better shielding. eric pulled out a wok lid, made from fairly thick aluminum, and placed it over the burner.
The top 20 IT mistakes to avoid | InfoWorld | Analysis | 2004-11-19 | By Chad Dickerson
by 1 otherAs it turns out, our many contributors to this article had a lot to say -- but precious little to say on record. Names may be withheld, but the lessons are still potent.
Log by BadAndy for Schism Spelunker (Traditional Cache)
Got skunked on this cache. Why am I logging it with a yellow smiley face if I got skunked you ask? It's a long sad and sorted tale, so grab some popcorn and settle in.
Sweetwater Octaviser
If your band anguishes over being unable to perform the songs of Journey, Iron Maiden, Rush, Mariah Carey and other high-range singing legends, Sweetwater is proud to introduce the Octaviser, a shocking new hardware solution that takes upper register falsetto, singing and screaming to a whole new level!
VictorySiren.com - Internet Home for the Chrysler Air Raid Siren
What you see pictured above is a Chrysler Air Raid Siren, the most powerful siren in the world. It's the size of a car, measuring near 12-feet in length and standing more than 6-feet tall.
Schneier on Security: Anonym.OS
(via)In everything from the way it actively reports itself to other computers, to matters of technical minutia such as TCP packet length, the system is designed to look like Windows XP SP1.
A Coder's Guide To Coffee
(via)As most software and creative professionals know, coffee is an important technology for boosting mental acuity and maintaining peak on-the-job performance. But did you also know that coffee can be a damn tasty beverage? It's true. All you need is the appropriate amount of disrespect for the mainstream coffee industry and a desire to enjoy a better beverage. So read on, and learn the secrets to great coffee.
Brilliant Button Maker by LucaZappa.com
by 161 others (via)This is a web interface to create "80x15 brilliant buttons"
Introduction - In search of the One True Layout
by 25 others (via)Pure CSS-based layouts have come a long way but they still have shortcomings that fail to address certain design goals without compromising the true separation of content and presentation.
19 January 2006
How to Do What You Love
by 8 others (via)To do something well you have to like it. That idea is not exactly novel. We've got it down to four words: "Do what you love." But it's not enough just to tell people that. Doing what you love is complicated.
What Languages Fix
(via)Kevin Kelleher suggested an interesting way to compare programming languages: to describe each in terms of the problem it fixes. The surprising thing is how many, and how well, languages can be described this way.
Erratic Wisdom: 5 Tips for Organizing Your CSS
by 12 others (via)Working with CSS on my own site’s redesign, freelance work, and my job made me start thinking about the best way to standardize and organize the way I write my CSS.
A Work In Progress: Everything You Thought You Knew About Grilling Is Wrong
by 1 other (via)I stink at grilling - maybe this will help...
Web 2.0
by 7 others (via)Ajax, democracy, and not dissing users. What do they all have in common? I didn't realize they had anything in common till recently, which is one of the reasons I disliked the term "Web 2.0" so much. It seemed that it was being used as a label for whatever happened to be new-- that it didn't predict anything. But there is a common thread. Web 2.0 means using the web the way it's meant to be used.
