Whoops, didn’t manage to get this posted before skipping town, but here we go a bit late…
I believe I am settling in to using “Conference of the Birds” as the name of the show, although as I mentioned on air, it still feels a little bit like a costume. Speaking of “on air,” this week [...]
Through the Wire
"Hey, I'm just happy to be here…"
April 28th, 2008
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The Lexicographer’s Rules: Jinx and padiddle: games we play
‘The rituals for getting unjinxed – being permitted to speak again—are complicated and can vary even within a single school. They usually involve the recitation of a lot of nonsense words like “jinkle pink pickle jinx, I love you.”’
(tags: language games ritual)
Looney Tunes .WAV Files
(tags: audio humor [...]
April 27th, 2008
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Post No Bills: Death never goes out of style
“People Take Warning! Murder Ballads & Disaster Songs, 1913-1938 is a survey of early American folk styles–country, old-timey, blues, gospel, Cajun–that consists entirely of tunes chronicling acts of violence and destruction.”
(tags: music)
The New York Times – Jimmy Giuffre, Jazz Musician, Is Dead at 86
“[A 1992 reissue was [...]
April 26th, 2008
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YouTube – Stern Pinball Factory Tour
2:33 video
(tags: chicago pinball video)
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April 25th, 2008
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He Wrote 200,000 Books (but Computers Did Some of the Work) – New York Times
‘He has extended his technique to crossword puzzles, rudimentary poetry and even to scripts for animated game shows. He is laying the groundwork for romance novels generated by new algorithms. “I’ve already set it up. There are only so many body [...]
April 24th, 2008
BlogMeme: Page 123
Levi has called me out:
1 Pick up the nearest book.
2 Open to page 123.
3 Find the fifth sentence.
4 Post the next three sentences.
5 Tag five people, and acknowledge who tagged you.
Honestly, I don’t think I’ve ever followed through with one of these things. Years ago Enrique tagged me with something about [...]
April 24th, 2008
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Where’s Waldo? Try Using Google Earth : NPR
“Melanie Coles recently made a 2,300-square-foot Waldo and put him on a roof in Vancouver. Now she’s waiting for Google Earth satellites to pick him up.”
(tags: radio google geo)
World-music compilations widen sonic horizons – The Boston Globe
“Psychedelic cumbias from Peru. The folk music of Myanmar. Sugary Thai pop [...]
April 22nd, 2008
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Wired.com: April 21, 1878: Thinking Fast, Firefighter Slides Down a Pole
“Engine 21, which was staffed entirely by black firefighters, soon got a reputation for being the first responder among first responders. The fire chief wound up ordering poles installed for every firehouse in Chicago.”
(tags: chicago fire history via:gapersblock)
Gapers Block: Detour – Marx & Michael Scott
“I’m [...]
April 21st, 2008
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Tastybeat
“Your source for interesting, top-quality food in the Chicago metro area. We sift through the abundant world of Chicagoland food to hunt down distinctive gems. We look for what’s authentic over what’s trendy—freshness and excellence above all.”
(tags: chicago food blog)
XML.com: Should Python and XML Coexist?
“When migrating from languages such as Java to dynamic languages such [...]
April 19th, 2008
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Self-service, Prorated Super Computing Fun! – Open – Code – New York Times Blog
How the New York Times used Amazon’s commodity computing (EC2) and storage (S3) systems and Apache Hadoop to generate 11 million PDFs of archival articles.
(tags: mapreduce nytimes amazon ec2 s3 hadoop)
NPR: AP FactCheck: Obama’s Connections to Ayers Tenuous
Mayor Daley: “I don’t condone [...]