Topic: LEGO - on March 3, 2007 at 1:54:00 PM CET
Lego Toilet Paper Folder & Dispenser
Made using Lego Mindstorms, scissors, and some scrap metal as a project by two friends studing at UC Berkeley. It would be a perfect accessory for your high-tech bathroom as this little device folds the paper for you and then cuts it, for added convinience.
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Topic: LEGO - on March 3, 2007 at 1:52:00 PM CET
Geeky LEGO Creations You Never Knew About
Not all LEGO blocks are boring, as these five geeky creations will prove. Highlights include the fully-automatic book scanner, computer case, and more.
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Topic: DRUGS - on March 3, 2007 at 1:50:00 PM CET
Marijuana, the wonder drug
A new study in the journal Neurology is being hailed as unassailable proof that marijuana is a valuable medicine. It is a sad commentary on the state of modern medicine that we still need "proof" of something that medicine has known for 5,000 years.
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Topic: MUSIK - on March 3, 2007 at 1:35:00 PM CET
The Stax Site
The year 2007 will see the beginning of the 50th anniversary celebrations of Stax. This site will only report the events, CD and DVD issues and reissues dealing with the actual 1957-1974 recordings and artists. See the music and general sites and Concord Records for news and infos about the new Stax artists and recordings.
Stax Records, a name which is synonymous with Southern soul music, began as Satellite Records in Memphis in 1959. Founded by Jim Stewart, a former country fiddler, and Estelle Axton, whose son Charles "Packy" Axton was a saxophonist with the original Mar-Keys, the company had its first Top Ten hit in 1961 with "Gee Whiz" by Carla Thomas (below right with William Bell and Johnny Taylor). During the next few years Stax developed a brand of music which was to have worldwide repercussions. With its house rhythm section, better known as Booker T. & the MGs, its tight horn section, which later became the Memphis Horns, and its gospel-rooted recording artists--Otis Redding, Sam and Dave--Stax virtually created contemporary soul music, both on its own records and as a Southern base of operations for Atlantic artists such as Don Covay and Wilson Pickett.
The death of Otis Redding in 1967, following a triumphant European tour and a virtually cataclysmic appearance at the Monterey Pop Festival, signaled the end of the first Stax era. Sam and Dave disbanded around the same time, and although they continued to record as a unit, the members of Booker T. & the MGs did more administrative work than session playing. It was left to a new generation of artists and producers to carry on the Stax legacy, and the company did not find itself wanting in either department.
The most innovative and successful of the new breed of Stax artists was Isaac Hayes (left with David Porter), who had been an important songwriter, producer, and session pianist during the company's earlier period; with David Porter, he was responsible for writing and producing Sam and Dave's "Hold On, I'm Coming" and "Soul Man." On his own, Hayes developed a unique blend, part jazz, part soul, part easy listening. He talked on his records in a mellow, bantering manner, and he used an orchestra to provide instrumental cushioning. In many ways Hayes was a founding father of the sweet soul of the 1970s.
But Stax's roster ran the gamut of black popular music. Albert King did his own funky thing, playing his flying-V guitar with bluesy urgency. The Staple Singers were at their artistic peak when they recorded for Stax during the late 1960s and early 1970s, turning out records that blended a utopian social vision with rhythmic excitement. The great Johnnie Taylor was in his prime, testifying on the ins and outs of falling in and out of love with intense passion. Then there were the groups--the Soul Children, who said what was on their minds and attracted a fanatical following in England as well as a large black following in the States, and the smoother but still gritty Emotions. The music behind these singers was more varied than in the early days, and some of it was recorded outside Memphis.
staxrecords Laid Back ShowCrate Soul Brothers Radio Show (hungarian site - downloads & streaming)
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Topic: Bastard pop - on March 3, 2007 at 1:31:00 PM CET
Black Eyed Peas, 3 Doors Down, RHCP & Gary Jules
I n my recent blog i mentioned that i wanted to do a remake of my first horrible mash-up which contained samples from "Where Is The Love" by Black Eyed Peas. Well, here is the result! And i am far more satisfied with this. It's always funny to mash songs from different genres. It this case i have taken songs from hip hop, alt.rock, and singer/songwriter.
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Topic: Bastard pop - on March 3, 2007 at 1:29:00 PM CET
DJ Sunderland - Supermassive Mandy
Supermassive Mandy" - a mash up between Mandy by the Spinto Band and Supermassive Black Hole by Muse (2 bands I love by the way.) When 2 songs go well together its MAGIC - DJ Sunderland.
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Topic: NEWS english - on March 3, 2007 at 1:21:00 PM CET
Topless wife photo ends man's pole protest
A German man who spent 10 days in a self-made box atop a 72-foot-tall pole to protest a looming jail term was lured off his perch by his wife -- who sent up a topless picture of herself in his lunch box.
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Topic: e-bay - on March 3, 2007 at 12:56:00 PM CET
eBay plugs hole in sign-on page
A week or more after it was brought to its attention, eBay has plugged a hole in its sign-on page that was being exploited by phishers.
The vulnerability was noteworthy because it led users to eBay's official login page first, unlike most phishing attacks, which direct victims to a spoofed URL. Once a user entered a valid user name and password on the eBay site, however, the exploit redirected the person to a third-party site of an attacker's choosing.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on March 3, 2007 at 11:55:00 AM CET
Vista activation cracked by brute force
IT LOOKS LIKE Microsoft's unhackable OS activation malware has been hacked.
There is an active thread at the Keznews forums (account needed), and a summary on its main page about the crack.
It is a simple brute force attack, dumb as a rock that just tries keys. If it gets one, you manually have to check it and try activation. Is is ugly, takes hours, is far from point and click, but it is said to work. I don't have any Vista installs because of the anti-user licensing so I have not tested it personally.
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