This is an answer to WizBang’s question ‘What’s The Oldest Item On Your TiVo?’ Like Kevin, I also have an upgraded TiVo. Mine has a capacity of 150 hours (at the worst recording quality). And believe it or not, I’m in a never ending battle to keep from filling up the drives. Anyway, the oldest… Continue reading My Backlogged TiVo
Month: July 2003
New Technorati Features
I just noticed that Technorati is now listing outbound links in addition to the inbound link cosmos from a blog. There are also some other new features: Technorati Profiles A new feature you may have noticed at Technorati is Member Profiles. They’re an easy way to find out more information about the people behind the… Continue reading New Technorati Features
Ghostwriting & Hip-Hop
Yesterday I was having a discussion about whether or not Dr. Dre can be considered a rapper. The discussion quickly digressed into the topic of ghostwriting. For those that don’t know, here’s a definition of a ghostwriter — ‘One who writes for and gives credit of authorship to another’. The practice of ghostwriting in hip-hop… Continue reading Ghostwriting & Hip-Hop
Try On Some Naked Music
If you’re like me, you’ve grown tired of listening to the same old stuff on the radio and the various video channels. Through the years as I’ve turned less and less to my beloved Hip-Hop, I’ve ventured into the Acid-Jazz, Drum & Bass, and 2 Step arenas. But my latest discovery quickly became one of… Continue reading Try On Some Naked Music
Link Dump
Here’s some stuff I came across while surfing: All of you wannabe human beat boxes can learn to beatbox via this article and tutorials. Trying to find that special gift for your wife/girlfriend/concubine? Get her some Nipple Huggers. 🙂 This is a spider. This is a spider on drugs. Check out this narcoleptic dog. The… Continue reading Link Dump
What It’ll Take for Sharpton to Win
India Debates ‘Racist’ Skin Cream Ads
Maybe the people using these products would like to sign up for LightSkinPeople.com — A recent row over a television advertisement for a skin-lightening cream has fuelled a debate in India over why fairer skin should be considered more beautiful. And I thought we African-Americans had issues. 🙂 Via Anil (of course) and TurbanHead.com
Our Great Melting Pot… Not!
There’s an interesting article on Corante about a comparison of Xanga and LiveJournal communities. It shows that “a LiveJournal user picked at random is overwhelmingly likely to be white, while a random Xangan is much more likely to be Asian or Asian-American”, as you can see clearly by the graph. A large part of the… Continue reading Our Great Melting Pot… Not!
Caveat Emptor – BuyMusic.com
If you’re contemplating downloading music from BuyMusic.com do yourself a favor and read this horror story first. Don’t say that you weren’t warned.
Noah’s (Basketball Shot) Arc
OK, I know I’m mad late on this, but what the hell, I just found it. I was catching up on my reading when I came across an invention to improve a person’s basketball shot. It’s called Noah, and it uses a video camera and machine vision to analyze the trajectory of the ball. Here’s… Continue reading Noah’s (Basketball Shot) Arc