Monthly Archives: October 2008

links for 2008-10-28

Posted on 28 October 2008 by Chris Barrus

Multicolr Search Lab – Idée Inc. Search Flickr by color values (tags: flickr color visualization)

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ExDetectives at The Derby Oct. 29

Posted on 23 October 2008 by Chris Barrus

We’re playing at The Derby on Wednesday October 29. Come celebrate Halloween a couple days early. And yes, as far as I know the 8-9pm open bar is legitimate. In other news, exdetectives.com is open and live right now. Pretty … Continue reading →

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links for 2008-10-22

Posted on 22 October 2008 by Chris Barrus

Mad sound for My Bloody Valentine | Pro Audio The audio engineering behind the recent My Bloody Valentine tour. (tags: my.bloody.valentine audio)

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A Bite of Stars, A Slug of Time, and Thou

Posted on 15 October 2008 by Chris Barrus

Freaky Trigger is podcasting ResonanceFM’s A Bite of Stars, A Slug of Time, and Thou, an astoundingly great show on pulp and avant-garde science fiction short stories from 1935 to 1975. Recommended for anyone who’s annoyed at how SF is … Continue reading →

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Brain Surgery Banjo

Posted on 15 October 2008 by Chris Barrus

Bluegrass musician Eddie Adcock has been afflicted with tremors that affect his banjo playing. Brain surgery is the logical treatment, but you want to be able to check to see if you’re working in the areas causing the tremors without … Continue reading →

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links for 2008-10-14

Posted on 14 October 2008 by Chris Barrus

Number of Devil's Hole pupfish increasing Some good environmental news for once. The Devil's Hole pupfish in Death Valley is slowly coming back (bet you didn't know Death Valley had a native fish) (tags: death.valley desert fish)

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Some economic advice that’s actually helpful

Posted on 10 October 2008 by Chris Barrus

[via The Big Picture]

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links for 2008-10-09

Posted on 9 October 2008 by Chris Barrus

Feature Car: Newman's Own Recipe SwedeSpeed on the full details on Paul Newman and David Letterman's Volvo 960 supercharged Q-ships. (tags: volvo)

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links for 2008-10-05

Posted on 5 October 2008 by Chris Barrus

That Vangelis bladerunner sound… How to get the Vangelis Blade Runner synth sound on a Yamaha CS70 (tags: synthesizer blade.runner)

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Separated At Birth, Part VIII

Posted on 3 October 2008 by Chris Barrus

Audience at last night’s My Bloody Valentine show. UFO watchers from Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (MBV photo via Ned) In his blog Ned alludes to how this show (especially the combo of Spectrum & My Bloody Valentine together) … Continue reading →

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