From the public domain to Wikimedia Commons to a song performed by an acapella group in Cambridge. Awesome.
I hung out with this guys a ton in Ethiopia. Amazing that they're all in the states now!
Alright... So I should get around to seeing a Noam Elkies lecture some time.
Interesting. But speculation that a report may have existed that implied these things seems like pretty week ammution.
I went to this event last night where a bunch of musicians did live improvisational recordings of new audio tracks for YouTube video's whose audio has been removed due to copyright infringement. Putting things right!
Is making children's number-speaking toys more hardcore, like, a thing? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZeciX-3wfs
Music video by a friend of a friend.
Looks pretty fun. And pretty hippy.
Intense music video by Jean Grae about sexual abuse and cycles of violence.
Must be shopped. In any case, I had a similar (Star Wars themed) punk jacket once.
This would have been really useful at DebConf a few years ago when we were looking for a new pump for a pipe organ!
via Nadav: "Azerbaijani authorities used SMS eavesdropping to see who their citizens voted for in the Eurovision song contest. They then interrogated the 43 people who voted for "rival" country Armenia..."
"This Complete Guide features complete coverage of the 25 major moustache groups, enabling you to instantly identify any moustache you spot without even putting down your ukulele."
A whole country (albeit not a very big one) goes in for compulsory licenses for music.
Watch the whole series. This is awesome.
Racist war-song I heard in college.
I didn't realize Kraftwerk were the bad guys.
Great description of Jonathan Coulton and his compelling alternative model for supporting himself.
Great old article on the failure of DRM.
