MusicLens

For finding music on the web, normally you’d type in, ‘artist, genre or title’. Granted, this search paradigm can be pretty effective if you have some notion of what you’re looking for. But what if your search is more vague? You’d probably want to search describing criteria, such as loudness (perceived volume), mood or purpose. Musiclens enables users to find pieces of music by adjusting navigation control sliders that correspond to such criteria. It works pretty well and effectively.  If there are others like this that’s worth mentioning, take a trip to the comment box.

According to: www.lefthandside.com

1. Left-handers adjust more readily to seeing underwater
2. Lefthanders usually draw profiles facing to the right.
3. Lefthanders seem to be more susceptible to the effects of drugs and alcohol, and 3 times more susceptible than righhanders to become alcoholics.
4. Only about 4% of the population are women who are left-handed (I find this hard to believe)
5. The Incas thought left-handedness was lucky. One of their great chiefs was Lloque Yupanqui, which means left-handed
6. 4 of the 5 original designers of the Macintosh computer were left-handed
7. Polar bears are left-handed
8. Lefties see the forest rather than the trees. Their right brain orientation means they tend to see the whole picture rather than one piece at a time.
9. Left-handers are likely to have some language problems as stutter and dyslexia

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Note: I myself am a righty along with the greater half of the population. But it’s always fun scouting out these little facts.

I’m fascinated with street art and the effect it has in its environment and the media. I’ve collected some sites that I wanted to share:

This is a Columbian website putting their name on the streets. They’re known for delivering freakshow imagery:
http://www.visualgore.tv/site.html

Base-V. They’re a group of experimental graphic artists in Brazil:
Base-V

Quien es el Dr Hofmann? Find out at:
www.drhofmann.org

Check out trips section. He’s like a traveling gnome with a spraycan.

Zune, the music player; Zune the service; Zune, the software; Zune the lifestyle brand; Zune, the cellphone? The iPod beat Microsoft to the portable music device market by what, five years, so don’t be surprised that it doesn’t look like they’re going to let Apple off so easily on a cellphone — especially not while they’ve got a fighting chance. At a press conference today, Chris Stephenson, GM for Zune, told the press, “A Zune phone is definitely part of the future of this brand.” Microsoft was working toward setting up an MVNO- a built-in WiFi so you can not only download content directly to the phone, but actually participate in an Xbox Live-like social network that will help you connect with other people with similar taste and interests. They’re pitching tagline for the device is “Connected Entertainment.”

Hmm… I myself am sorta looking forward to the iPhone but the ubiquitous sharing feature of the zune is pretty neat.

To end this post and to share my feelings about the hardships of obtaining a Mac product… here’s a music video: