Monthly Archives: February 2009

links for 2009-02-17

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  • An Effort to Upgrade a Court Archive System to Free and Easy – NYTimes.com
    ‘Mr. Malamud said his years of activism had led him to set a long-shot goal: serving in the Obama administration, perhaps even as head of the Government Printing Office. The thought might seem far-fetched — Mr. Malamud is, by admission, more of an at-the-barricades guy than a behind-the-desk guy. But he noted that he published more pages online last year than the printing office did.
    …
    ‘“If called, I will certainly serve,” he said. “But if not called, I will probably serve anyway.” ‘
    (tags: opengovernment technology archive carl_malamud aaron_swartz)
  • Yellow Arrow – Projects
    “Washington D.C. is known worldwide as the home of the beloved US President, miles of national monuments, and throngs of politicians. But perhaps lesser known is D.C.’s status as an epicenter of essential American musical movements, including the harDCore scene that emerged in the late 70s.

    “View 10 documentary videos online or as a video podcast.

    “Experience 10 text message tours in D.C., guided by a downloadable PDF map.”

    (tags: music documentary washingtonDC punk)
  • WhatTheFont for iPhone: Overview « MyFonts
    “Ever seen a great font in a magazine ad, poster, or on the web and wondered what font it is? Whip out your iPhone and snap a photo, and WhatTheFont for iPhone will identify that font in seconds!”
    (tags: typography iphone free via:delicious=santheo)
    (sources: Delicious user santheo)
  • RESTful Email over HTTP « Web Hooks
    “In my ideal world, you could access mailboxes via web services. The advantage of this would be that you didn’t have to depend on local IMAP library support, nor would you have to deal with its slightly arcane semantics.

    “So I pondered this for a while and would occasionally talk to people about it. One day, while working at CommerceNet, I mentioned it to Lisa Dusseault, an IETF Application Area Director and standards architect. She expressed interest in the idea and we ended up scheduling a few hack dates to simultaneously work on a standard spec and implementation for accessing IMAP via HTTP.

    “The result was this IETF Internet-Draft and a rough implementation of an IMAP to HTTP gateway using this proposed interface. Lisa summarized this project on her blog. It was a very simple, RESTful approach using Atom for mailbox listings.”

    (tags: interesting rest email)

WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2009-02-17

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“Conference of the Birds” is my weekly radio program on WNUR-FM.  It airs on Tuesdays from 5-7:30 am Chicago time (UTC-6). And, of course, when technology cooperates, you can just come here for the archives.

Thanks to Bob Sweet, author of the only published history I’ve seen on the CMS, Music Universe, Music Mind. For folks who got here from his mention on the CMS Update blog, check out past playlists for music that you are more likely to associate with the CMS.

This week’s show celebrates the music of New Orleans, in advance of Mardi Gras, which is next Tuesday…  This is one of my favorite shows of the year, but next week I’ll be doing a theme show on the Creative Music Studio as part of our phoneathon fund raiser.

On the air I mentioned two great music blogs which are worth your time: Funky 16 Corners and Home of the Groove.  Check ‘em out!

complete program (146 MB, 2 hrs 39 min)

Artist: “Track” – Album (Label)

Professor Longhair: “Big Chief” – New Orleans Funk (Soul Jazz)
The Meters: “Hey Pocky Way” – Best of Louisiana Music (Mardi Gras Records)
The Hawketts: “Mardi Gras Mambo” – Doctors, Professors, Kings and Queens (Shout Factory)
Fats Domino: “Jambalaya (On the Road)” – Blueberry Hill (Synergy)
Dr. John: “Iko Iko” – Doctors, Professors, Kings and Queens (Shout Factory)
Soul Rebels: “504” – Vibe This! The Sounds of New Orleans (Friends of WWOZ)
Champion Jack Dupree: “When I’m Drinkin’” – A Portrait of Champion Jack Dupree (Rounder)
The Wild Magnolias: “(My Big Chief has a) Golden Crown” – They Call Us Wild (Universal Music France)
Tim McLaughlin: “King of the Mardi Gras” – Doctors, Professors, Kings and Queens (Shout Factory)
Lee Dorsey: “Yes We Can” – Saturday Night Fish Fry (Soul Jazz)
Sam & Dave: “Shoorah Shoorah” – Back At ‘Cha (United Artists)
Porgy Jones: “Catch Joe Potato” – 7″ (Great Southern)
Louis Armstrong: “Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?” – Doctors, Professors, Kings and Queens (Shout Factory)
Sidney Bechet: “Stompy Jones” – The Legendary Sidney Bechet (Bluebird)
Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys: “Le Danse de Mardi Gras” – Mardi Gras in New Orleans (Rounder)
Sonny Jones: “Sissy Walk Part 1” – 7″ (Scram)
Wild Magnolias, Golden Eagles, and Rebirth Brass Band: “Let’s Go Get ‘Em” – Super Sunday Showdown (Rounder)
The Gaturs: “Gatur Bait” – Wasted (Funky Delicacies)
Joe Liggins and the Honey Drippers: “Goin’ Back to New Orleans” – Creole Kings of New Orleans (Specialty)
Chuck Carbo: “Hey Mardi Gras (Here I Am)” – Mardi Gras in New Orleans (Rounder)
The Meters: “(The World Is a Little Bit Under The Weather) Doodle-oop” – Funkify Your Life (The Meters Anthology) (Rhino)
Clifton Chenier: “Ay-tete Fee” – Creole Kings of New Orleans (Specialty)
Ernie K-Doe: “Mother-in-Law” – Doctors, Professors, Kings and Queens (Shout Factory)
Betty Wright: “Shoorah Shoorah” – 7″ (Alston)
Art Neville: “Cha-Dooky Doo” – His Specialty Recordings: 1956-1958 (Specialty)
Dr. John, the Night Tripper: “I Walk On Guilded Splinters” – Gris-gris (Rhino)
The Wild Tchopitoulas: “Hey Mama (The Wild Tchopitoulas)” – The Wild Tchopitoulas (Mango)
The Neville Brothers: “Wild Injuns” – Yellow Moon (A&M)
Galactic with Bo Dollis: “Second & Dryades” – From the Corner to the Block (Anti)
Lee Dorsey: “Ya Ya” – 7″ (Flashback)
Professor Longhair: “Tipitina” – Doctors, Professors, Kings and Queens (Shout Factory)
Beausoleil: “Zydeco Gris Gris” – Best of Louisiana Music (Mardi Gras Records)
Dave Bartholomew: “Shrimp & Gumbo” – Doctors, Professors, Kings and Queens (Shout Factory)
Ernie & the Top Notes: “Dap Walk” – New Orleans Funk (Soul Jazz)
New Birth Brass Band: “Smoke That Fire” – Doctors, Professors, Kings and Queens (Shout Factory)
Clifton Chenier: “Jambalaya” – Doctors, Professors, Kings and Queens (Shout Factory)
Rebirth Brass Band: “Leave That Pipe Alone” – Feel Like Funkin’ It Up (Rounder)

links for 2008-02-11

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  • KhmerMusic.thecoleranch.com
    Biographies and hundreds of downloadable MP3 files from notable Khmer pop performers of the 60′s
    (tags: music cambodia download)
  • Read ePub ebooks online : Bookworm ePub reader
    “Bookworm allows readers to add ePub books to their online library and read them on their web browser or mobile device. If you have a portable device that supports ePub (such as the Sony Reader or iRex iLiad), you can download your books to put on your e-reader. Bookworm is specially optimized for use in the iPhone and can export directly to Stanza.”
    (tags: books ebook oreilly epub)
  • Sylvia Earle’s Life Aquatic | WBUR and NPR’s On Point with Tom Ashbrook
    “While it may seem daunting, it is really important. If it is what you love, you’ll be good at it. You’ll be good at whatever it is that makes your heart beat fast if you just follow that path. You don’t have to be a scientist, although it’s great to have scientists turn their attention to the sea. We need those who are good at whatever it is that they are good at to use their talents. Is it with numbers or with law, with music? Use your talents to celebrate and do what you can to understand the ocean and bring others along.”
    (tags: science oceanography sylvia_earle google)

WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2009-02-10

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“Conference of the Birds” is my weekly radio program on WNUR-FM.  It airs on Tuesdays from 5-7:30 am Chicago time (UTC-6). And, of course, when technology cooperates, you can just come here for the archives.

Alas, this week technology did not cooperate, and there is no archive.  It turns out that the software I use to archive my shows (Audio Hijack) had an unacknowledged “Update available. Install?” dialog which I hadn’t seen.  My guess is that Audio Hijack was waiting for that to be acknowledged before going back to paying attention to the schedule.  

Ah well.  It was an OK show, but I didn’t leave feeling quite as good about it as I have the last couple of weeks.  No idea why.

Probably the hottest tune on today’s show is Mary Lou Williams’ “Credo” (which happens to be available in a slightly abridged form from the great Funky 16 Corners blog). I just got that Oliver Nelson album from eMusic yesterday and it seems pretty promising so far.

Artist: “Track” – Album (Label)

Oliver Nelson: “Message” – Afro-American Sketches (OJC)
Chico Hamilton: “Blues Medley” – Man from Two Worlds (Impulse)
Cal Tjader: “Soul Sauce” – Soul Sauce (Verve)
Cliff Jordan/John Gilmore: “Billie’s Bounce” – Blowin’ in from Chicago (Blue Note)
Johnny Griffin/Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis: “Well You Needn’t” – Lookin’ at Monk (Jazzland)
Charles Mingus: “Solo Dancer/Stop! Look! And Listen, Sinner Jim Whitney!” – The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady (Impulse)
Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band: “Volcano” – Volcano (Polydor)
Chris McGregor Septet: “Up to Earth” – Up to Earth (Fledg’ling)
Vijay Iyer: “Relativist’s Waltz” – Memorophilia (Asian Improv)
André Jaume Five: “The Coaster” – Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue (CELP)
Elvin Jones: “Whew” – Poly-currents (Capitol)
Misha Mengelberg/Steve Lacy/George Lewis/Ernst Reijseger/Han Bennink: “Reef” – Dutch Masters (Soul Note)
Håvard Wiik Trio: “Revolving” – Postures (Jazzland)
J.J. Johnson: “Neo” – Proof Positive (Impulse)
Mary Lou Williams: “Credo (Instrumental)” – Mary Lou’s Mass (Smithsonian Folkways)
Medeski, Martin and Wood: “Seven Deadlies” – Tonic (Blue Note)
Sarah Vaughan: “Nice Work If You Can Get It” – The Divine Sarah Vaughan: The Columbia Years 1949-1953 (Columbia)
Duke Ellington: “3 J’s Blues” – Blues in Orbit (Columbia)
Yusef Lateef: “Soul’s Bakery” – Part of the Search (Rhino/Atlantic)
Ballin’ the Jack: “Jug (Dexter Digs In)” – The Big Head (Knitting Factory Works)
Malachi Thompson and Africa Brass: “Tales of Ancient Kemet” – Lift Every Voice (Delmark)
Frequency: “Take Refuge” – Frequency (Thrill Jockey)
Barry Altschul Trio: “Con Alma De Noche” – Brahma (Sackville)

links for 2009-02-10

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  • The Unspoken Peril for “Citizen Journalists” Surprise! You Owe the IRS Some Gift Tax!
    ‘With this in mind, StinkyJournalism.org has asked the question: Is the “donation” of a citizen’s content (video, articles, commentaries, images) to for-profit media outlets that exceeds a fair market value of $12,000 in any single year subject to gift tax? Judging from the IRS guidelines, the answer is “yes.”‘
    (tags: journalism taxes citizenjournalism)
  • Coding Horror: The Magpie Developer
    “Don’t feel inadequate if you aren’t lining your nest with the shiniest, newest things possible. Who cares what technology you use, as long as it works, and both you and your users are happy with it?

    “That’s the beauty of new things: there’s always a new one coming along. Don’t let the pursuit of new, shiny things accidentally become your goal. Avoid becoming a magpie developer. Be selective in your pursuit of the shiny and new, and you may find yourself a better developer for it.”

    (tags: programming development via:twitter=smarterware)
    (From Twitter user @smarterware)
  • Why Small Payments Won’t Save Publishers « Clay Shirky
    “Meanwhile, back in the real world, the media business is being turned upside down by our new freedoms and our new roles. We’re not just readers anymore, or listeners or viewers. We’re not customers and we’re certainly not consumers. We’re users. We don’t consume content, we use it, and mostly what we use it for is to support our conversations with one another, because we’re media outlets now too. When I am talking about some event that just happened, whether it’s an earthquake or a basketball game, whether the conversation is in email or Facebook or Twitter, I want to link to what I’m talking about, and I want my friends to be able to read it easily, and to share it with their friends.”
    (tags: economics media micropayments via:twitter=cshirky)
    (From Twitter user @cshirky)
  • Time Banking – Creating Social Change by Weaving Community
    “For every hour you spend doing something for someone in your community, you earn one Time Dollar. Then you have a Time Dollar to spend on having someone do something for you. It’s that simple. Yet it also has profound effects. Time Banks change neighborhoods and whole communities. Time Banking is a social change movement in 22 countries and six continents.”
    (tags: community timebank)
  • MySpace.com Blogs – EXCLUSIVE: Neil Gaiman and Andy Kubert join up for a special BATMAN event! – MySpace Comic Books MySpace Blog
    Images of both covers and the first four pages are in this blog post.
    (tags: neil_gaiman batman comics via:twitter=neilhimself)
    (From Twitter user @neilhimself)
  • The Wallet : Microloan Sites Flourish — And Some Guarantee Good Returns
    “Microfinance investment site MicroPlace.com, a subsidiary of eBay Inc., has another way to attract lenders: steady returns that match, or even beat, the bank. Fixed-income investors looking to use their money for social good are seeing returns on microfinance investments that surpass those of money market funds and certificates of deposit.

    “MicroPlace is a registered brokerage firm — unlike Kiva, which is a not-for-profit organization — so lenders can earn a return ranging from 1.25% to 3% on their loans. (According to company founder Tracey Turner, that’s soon to be up to 5%). Given that the average return on a one-year bank CD is about 2.25%, that’s not too shabby.”

    (tags: microfinance via:twitter=nikkiwallet)
    (From Twitter user @nikkiwallet)
  • Introducing BitterSweets
    “Like the ubiquitous candy conversation hearts, Bittersweets® are made of flavored, chalky-tasting sugar and sport a message on their face. But unlike other candy hearts, ours are stamped with bitter musings and mockeries perfectly suited to the dejected spirits of those who will spend the holiday alone, or wishing they were.

    “Messages recalling an almost forgotten, unbearably painful memory of being dumped. Or perhaps of a dysfunctional, psychotic ex-girlfriend or boyfriend. Or of that cruel-hearted girl (or boy) in elementary school who rejected your valentine solicitations, informing you that Jake (or Holly) was “so totally way hotter.”

    “Now available in THREE unique collections- “Dejected”, “Dysfunctional”, and “Dumped”- with each featuring up to 37 unique sayings each!”

    (tags: funny candy valentine via:twitter=me3dia)
    (From Twitter user @me3dia)
  • Austin Time Exchange
    “The Austin Time Exchange Network (ATEN) is a local program that enables individuals to provide and receive skills and services within a network of people and organizations in Greater Austin. Similar to concepts expressed in bartering and alternative currency systems, this grassroots initiative lets members exchange labor and assistance without using the U.S. Dollar. Launched in April of 2006, ATEN currently has about 150 members and invites new participants to join by attending any of our upcoming introduction meetings.”
    (tags: community austin timebank via:twitter=vielmetti)
    (From Twitter user @vielmetti)
  • Change you can download: a billion in secret Congressional reports – Wikileaks
    ‘Wikileaks has released nearly a billion dollars worth of quasi-secret reports commissioned by the United States Congress.
    …
    ‘CRS reports are highly regarded as non-partisan, in-depth, and timely. The reports top the list of the “10 Most-Wanted Government Documents” compiled by the Washington based Center for Democracy and Technology. The Federation of American Scientists, in pushing for the reports to be made public, stated that the “CRS is Congress’ Brain and it’s useful for the public to be plugged into it,”. While Wired magazine called their concealment “The biggest Congressional scandal of the digital age”.’
    (tags: history politics reference via:twitter=justia)
    (From Twitter user @justia)
  • Announcing the Article Search API – Open Blog – NYTimes.com
    “The Article Search API is a way to find, discover, explore, have fun and build new things. We’ve accumulated quite a few blocks/articles over the last 28 years — all of them tagged and labeled with loving care.”
    (tags: journalism media api development)
  • Stephanie Izard on Twitter, ‘Top Chef,’ and Her New Chicago Restaurant | Serious Eats
    “Why a goat? And why so drunken? So it turns out my last name, Izard, is a type of goat found in the Pyrenees. Since I’m not the type to call my restaurant, “Stephanie’s,” I figured that was personal enough. The drunken part is because I called up my good friend Antonia from the show and was like, “How would you describe me?” And she said, “Uh, drunken?” She was just joking, but I love the Drunken Goat cheese, so it worked.”
    (tags: chicago food restaurant stephanie_izard)

links for 2009-02-07

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