Month: April 2015
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Mahler’s Symphony for 12 Spectrums
In 1982 the ZX Spectrum BASIC Manual had a chapter on the BEEP command* and set this challenge: Rewrite the Mahler program so that it uses FOR loops to repeat the bars. Program the computer so that it plays not only the funeral march, but also the rest of Mahler’s first symphony. Now 33 years…
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Irish marriage equality
It’s strange, Ireland seems so ahead in many ways, like Scotland. But like Scotland it lags in the marriage equality front – in fact Scotland now has same-sex marriage but Ireland is still debating it, with a vote on May 22nd. Now that Northern Ireland has rejected same-sex marriage for the fourth time, I do…
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Not The Usual 4 Bar Loop Crap
Brilliant mix from Squarepusher looking back at the criminally ignored Shut Up And Dance / Ragga Twins et al. You can or could get many of these tunes on their website but this FACT mag mix is a lot quicker. Still have lots of love for Lamborghini, Green Man, Spliffhead, Death Is Not The End,…
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Conscientious Objectors: Hitch and Rushdie discuss religion and censorship
A timely and prophetic discussion from 5 years ago between Christopher Hitchens and Salman Rushdie. Again as now it was just before the UK election, discussions about cartoons in newspapers – then Jyllands Posten, now Charlie Hebdo, the whole #NotAllMuslims No True Scotsman fallacy, rise of China, Hitch predicts the mess in an Orthodox-powered Russia,…
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Fly Through the Gum Nebula
I love this jaw-dropping yet far too short video flying through Gum Nebula, made from pictures taken by NASA’s Hubble Telescope. I could watch something like this for years, an endless Powers Of Ten zoom across the Universe. (from PimpDaddySupreme) Isn’t science AMAZING? EDIT: We really need an Oculus VR with realtime data from the…