Archive for June, 2008
Affordable Global Real Estate according to BusinessWeek
I saw an article from BusinessWeek yesterday about “affordable global real estate” and I thought I’d share the link and my observations here.
In The Worlds Most Affordable Housing Markets, writer Maya Roney lays out where the smart money chooses to live based on an index of home prices, cost of goods and services, local stability [...]
Mashup: Nietzsche Family Circus
The Nietzsche Family Circus pairs a randomized Family Circus cartoon with a randomized Friedrich Nietzsche quote.
Finally, the Family Circus is funny.
Whoever battles with monsters had better see that it does not turn him into a monster. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.
Visit it here: Nietschze [...]
Photography: Time Standing Still
I found this site recently and have been transfixed. He uses long exposure times and turns human existence into ghostly motion. Visit the photographer’s web site here:
Some of my favorites:
Video: The last Lecture from a Dieing Professor
I was visiting a blog site of someone I admire earlier today and was reminded of this video again. I watched this video when it first came out, transfixed by someone who is dieing of pancreatic cancer give one of the most powerful and moving speeches of my life. He gave the speech for his [...]
Moog unveils new guitar with infinite sustain
6500.00 dollars means I won’t be buying this anytime soon, but it sounds cool. I have a monophonic analog Moog source synthesizer that I love.
The special sauce: strings that have “a specific metallurgy designed to work with the Moog pickups.” Marketing manager Chris Stack told Listening Post, “the pickups are simultaneously listening to the strings [...]
Rock Band, “Big Rock Ending”
Not all songs will have a big rock ending. some do, and when you see fat colored long notes, randomly hit everything. Normally, there are notes at the end, that you have to hit, otherwise you just wasted it all. just chose tutorials and go to basic drums or intermediate drums. it will teach you [...]
