Category: Daily Links

‘Calabash is applying the principles of microfinancing to the music industry… We’re using the power of online social networking to deliver start-up capital to aspiring musicians from developing countries around the world.’ Embryonic but intriguing.

‘It sounds gross, but this amazing looking lamp, Ruminant Bloom, is made by artist Julia Lohmann out of preserved sheep stomachs.’

‘A tsuba is the small metal guard at the end of a sword’s grip, which sits between the hand and the blade itself… and that’s it. A humble object basically. Shaped by 14 centuries of Japanese sword culture and metalworking, however, you’d never kno

via Metafilter: ‘Direct Note Access is a technology that makes the impossible possible: for the first time in audio recording history you can identify and edit individual notes within polyphonic audio material.’ These are the days of miracle and wonder.

A measles outbreak in Lewisham. Anti-vaccine campaigners: I hope you all feel proud of yourselves.

‘Moses wen figga, mo betta he stick wit God’s peopo, an suffa plenny wit dem, den he do da bad kine stuff dat feel good, but no last. (Da Letta Fo Da Hebrew Peopo 11:25)’ The bible in Hawaii pidgin. I feel guilty for finding this funny. But only a bit.

Fascinating personal reminiscence about writing the Atari version of Donkey Kong 1982.

‘Ascendant in Pisces makes Steve Jobs very sensitive to his relationships and to his environment. The body easily retains water or weight and is subject to psychosomatic conditions.’ Celebrity horoscopes. Because it amuses me.

The world’s first Dance Your Ph.D. Contest. Via Metafilter.