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The Shape of Music

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:04:14 GMT

Link: http://www.seedmagazine.com/news/2008/07/the_shape_of_music.php

I Will Derive

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Tue, 27 May 2008 14:34:17 GMT

I laughed — which doesn’t say much about me.

Link: http://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/26/i-will-derive/

Test your visual musical intelligence

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Sun, 25 May 2008 15:07:26 GMT

It’s an odd sort of test that looks at how well you can translate sounds into shapes, I managed to score 90%.

Link: http://jakemandell.com/amvi/

Señor Coconut

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Wed, 21 May 2008 17:16:19 GMT

The making of a music video.

Link: http://pingmag.jp/2008/05/21/senor-coconut/

The iPod habits of CNet readers

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Wed, 07 May 2008 01:14:22 GMT

Link: http://www.news.com/8301-13579_3-9936670-37.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5

How to synchronize five metronomes

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Fri, 02 May 2008 02:07:50 GMT

More proof only one pop song has ever actually been composed in the last 50 years

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 03:09:19 GMT

This time from the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain.

I am quite envious of the Rockband team

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 20:36:29 GMT

If only all software projects glorified their engineers with credits like these.

Trent Reznor is doing some very cool things with immersive games

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:48:22 GMT

Link: http://www.wired.com/entertainment/music/magazine/16-01/ff_args#

Otis Redding's Respect

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 13:32:14 GMT

Today marks the 40th anniversary of Otis Redding’s death.

The Final Countdown, with cellos

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 07:54:54 GMT

Warning: massive, mostly-unnecessary headbanging ahead.

Moody

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 13:20:29 GMT

An app to help you tag your iTunes library and generate mood-based playlists.

Link: http://www.crayonroom.com/moody.php#

Philip Glass's Sesame Street animations

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 13:21:57 GMT

I remember seeing these on Sesame Street as a kid. I hated them and was mesmerized by them. They’re pure geometry, mixed with color theory wrapped up and set to an exceedingly eerie score — particularly for a children’s program.

Name that theme song

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:24:08 GMT

I could play this game for hours. Seriously. It’s a problem.

Link: http://www.televisiontunes.com/game.html

One hit wonders of the 1960's

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:36:07 GMT

In video form.

Link: http://www.metafilter.com/66434/One-hit-wonders-of-the-1960s

A homemade speaker using a plastic cup, business card, wire, magnet and some Lego blocks

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 12:58:31 GMT

Link: http://www.josepino.com/circuits/index.php?howto-speaker.jpc

The 50 essential classical music albums

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 19:25:09 GMT

Link: http://www.npr.org/programs/pt/features/pt50.html

Top 100 Jazz CDs

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 19:24:58 GMT

Link: http://home.austarnet.com.au/petersykes/jazz100/top100.html

No direction, period.

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 19:44:00 GMT

Posted specifically for my brother, who never misses an opportunity to educate me on the prolific Bob Dylan’s cultural importance.

Move your iTunes music while preserving library data

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Thu, 10 May 2007 19:11:20 GMT

Great if you, say, want to move your library to a network drive but don’t want to lose your ratings, playlists, and other such nonsense. It’s a time-consuming process though.

Link: http://hifiblog.com/past/2006/05/11/howto-move-your-itunes-music-while-preserving-library-data-when-you-dont-let-itunes-manage-your-music-library/

Rob Paravonian hates Pachelbel

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 18:40:23 GMT

... and so do I.

The Go! Team

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 14:13:46 GMT

I bought The Go! Team’s Thunder, Lightning, Strike immediately when I heard it (and I admit I’m one of those people who rarely buys whole albums). Here, it’s just fun to see them set their music to ghosties chasing Ms. Pacman through the streets of Manhattan.