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Author Archives: jasmine
Corruption
Here’s something I knocked up in ten minutes. I quite like it. Corruption Made from http://datacent.com/hard_drive_sounds.php
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Fermi’s Non-Paradox
I’ve been thinking about the detection of alien lifeforms. As our search for exoplanets continues, it seems like we’re finding that planets are really quite common around stars; this should not be surprising since our star is really rather ordinary … Continue reading
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Track of the Week
My pick for this week is Squarepusher, Venus No.17 from the album Square Window. A surprisingly melodic combination of electronic bleepiness with D&B samples becomes a red alert in your brain. Mmmmmm. And if electronic noise at 160bpm isn’t your … Continue reading
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Standing in line for the ride…
The world is like a ride at an amusement park. And when you choose to go on it, you think that it’s real, because that’s how powerful our minds are. And the ride goes up and down and round and … Continue reading
The Last Eight Thousand Years
Some people don’t seem to get why I’m so touchy about this Proposition 8 thing. Allow me to explain. I had an argument with someone the other day who seems to believe that people had the right to vote according … Continue reading
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Civil Rights
I don’t understand what’s wrong with some of you people out there. Congratulations, you got yourselves a shiny new president. He’s very nice. I bet you’re all patting yourselves on the back for “looking beyond the limitations of race” and … Continue reading
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If I should gaze
If eyes could see by infra-red The sky would shine with dusty fronds The remnants of tremendous stars So beautiful to poets sent But my heart would still and I would frown For with such eyes I could not … Continue reading
To Determine Simultaneously the Position and Momentum of a Coy Mistress
this is dedicated to you-know-who Is that adoration sparkling in your eyes Or is it just photons Not knowing where to put their faces Embarrassed to enjoy Shedding light upon your situation? Are you smirking because it’s funny? Or does … Continue reading
The Big Secret
When people hear what I do for a living, they always say the same thing. “Oh really? I’m terrible with computers.” Here’s the secret: we’re all terrible with computers. Most people don’t realize it, but bumbling around trying to work … Continue reading
Visible from my apartment
San Francisco’s wifi situation is hopeless. There just aren’t enough channels. This is why metro wifi will always fail. Access Points SSID BSSID Channel RSSI Type Beacon Capability DTIM Encryption Rates “Dev” “00:18:4D:08:41:26″ 1 -89 AP 100 1041 1 WPA … Continue reading
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Teachings
Surely the one true teaching we can derive from the Second World War is that one should never fuck with physicists. Seriously.
Last Gas Before the Singularity
(this is dedicated to Laurie Anderson) I’ve seen enough of Propane and Nomex Glycerine and sound effects Accomplished with insects Sequins and excess They leave me cold There’s no meaning anyway I express my individuality By looking just the same … Continue reading
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Track of the Day (with linky-fu)
Siesta – Real Time – Real Time Mellifluous beats react with a flowing, trickling bassline to get into your underwear. Not a dance experience, but a more relaxed thing, insisting on dancing on that hypothalamic thing that keeps you all … Continue reading
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Question
How would it be to look at the sky and just see light dots on black? How would it be to stand on a mountain and see only a horizon? How would it be to look at the moon and … Continue reading
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Track of the Day (special linky-fu edition)
Tsar Bomba – Function Creep – Conelrad. Yes, you read it right, this album is available gratis from that there link. This is soundscape ambient, intense and broad, reaching from the lowest lows to the highest highs. You don’t need … Continue reading
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Track of the Day
Lucky Man – Urban Hymns – The Verve. Okay, so the Verve were awful, and Urban Hymns had aspirations way beyond its rather staid rock means, but this song is well constructed, solid Nineties stuff. I like it, anyway, and … Continue reading
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Track of the day
Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick – Ian Dury and the Blockheads. Solid rock complements silly lyrics in a wide range of languages for a track no collection should be without. And after all, isn’t music the one thing that … Continue reading
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Track of the Day
Weak – Paranoid & Sunburnt – Skunk Anansie. Is it punk? No. The close-harmony singing from amazing front-being Skin isn’t punk, it’s classic hair-metal (though, of course, Skin doesn’t have any hair, and may in fact be from another planet). … Continue reading
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Track of the Day
Woops, I was busy on Sunday so I didn’t write a pick. In penance, please allow me to reward your auditory senses with this Monday morning pick: Dry The Rain – The 3 EPs – The Beta Band. Masterful multi-part … Continue reading
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