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    Hah.

    What is the difference between a spider and a fly?

    You can’t zip up a spider.

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    Devo Launches a Reality Show

    Devo wants to make you happy. The band’s newest project will have America up in arms, going Dome crazy.

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    Clothing as speakers and microphones

    Here’s a neat idea. Leave it to them smart MIT researchers to develop a new textile fiber that can “hear” and produce sound. They’ve published their latest breakthroughs in the scientific journal Nature Materials. 

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    And what of Pekar's unpublished work?

    Fans of Harvey Pekar are mourning the artist’s loss and wondering what will become of his many unfinished and unpublished projects.

    What I’d like to know is:

    What happens to all them jazz records?  Ibuyem! 

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    Central District bar will buy you dinner for quitting Chase Bank

    CHS advertiser Twilight Exit has decided it’s had enough of global financial behemoth Chase Bank’s shenanigans. The Capitol Hill expatriate dive bar announced via Facebook that it will buy you a steak if you bring in proof that you’ve closed your account with the banking institution.

    A good deal if you ask me! I am tempted to open up a new account and close it for the sake of some free food. Always hungry …

  • Permalink The man bent over his guitar,A shearsman of sorts. The day was green.They said, “You have a blue guitar,You do not play things as they are.”The man replied, “Things as they areAre changed upon the blue guitar.”And they said then, “But play, you cant,A tune beyond us, yet ourselves,A tune upon the blue guitarOf things exactly as they are.”

    The man bent over his guitar,
    A shearsman of sorts. The day was green.

    They said, “You have a blue guitar,
    You do not play things as they are.”

    The man replied, “Things as they are
    Are changed upon the blue guitar.”

    And they said then, “But play, you cant,
    A tune beyond us, yet ourselves,

    A tune upon the blue guitar
    Of things exactly as they are.”

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    MySpace Music May Cease Free Streaming

    Oh say it ain’t so!

    Here’s the lowdown from Side-Line Music Magazine.

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    The risk instinct

    Why do people bet?

    Some people take risks, others prefer to stay at home. What is at the core of these risk preference differences? Click the title to read the Economist’s take, as they explore the underworld of gambling.

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    iPhone 4 gets outfitted with vintage SLR lens

    Hey mommy, git me one of these! *Snap*

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    Motivation.

    Genes may impact who we are.Who we are is a dynamic interaction between genes and their immediate environment. Hormones can be affected by nutrition, stress, activity, even thoughts. Intelligence is an accumulation of skills.Everything about talent is a process.Abilities develop according to what you demand of yourself.

  • Permalink Awww snap!

    Awww snap!

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    Flowchart shows the startup business cycle

    HackFwd describes what it’s like to work with them in a flowchart. In a nutshell: start with inspiration, work hard, impress people, work hard, and reap the rewards!

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    Efterklang and Oh No Ono (filmed by Kristian Sidelmann and Andreas Munksgaard

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    LITA Reissues Gabor Szabo's Jazz Raga

    In June, Seattle label Light in the Attic reissued masterly Hungarian guitarist Gábor Szabó’s 1967 LP, Jazz Raga. The premise promises a stunning fusion of Indian classical music and hip,…