Tag: Elon Musk
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Design Under Late Capitalism Destroys Safety and Usability
Been thinking a lot about design and engineering – I come from a design background (initially more product and design realisation/design technology at school, then moved into graphic design later as it used my art skills more). My dad was an engineer also, so was brought up tinkering with things. The Titan sub is a…
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RC 382: Enjoy Your Life?
As we gear up for the Coronation (NOT MY KING! Unless he is getting into the swing) here’s a mix for your Corona Nation Party. This is partly a twin of 381, but more of a reflective/dancefloor meditation on enjoying life and growing older. It’s a lot more fun than that sounds, with creepy blackbirds,…
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RC 381: This Is My Church / 50th
Recorded on my 50th birthday, this is the church where I heal my hurt. It’s a speed garage special for punk rockers with flowers in their hair (in the pouring rain or buying them for yourself). We also have a tribute to Ryuichi Sakamoto, a middle finger to complaining neighbours, various mashups new and old,…
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RC 374: Midnights Are The New Afternoons / Black Sheep
BAH says the Black Sheep! Many midnights to (re)create this podcast…This podcast went wrong many times – first all but the last 2 1/2 songs were distorted on the recording so had to remix everything. I also had problems losing all my iZotope RX presets and plugins cos I uninstalled some software and it took…
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Sowndhaus needs your help!
Please help Sowndhaus! I am on a total expenditure freeze atm but it’s an important site for finding mashups for the podcast, and is very much a centre of the modern mashup community. Bummed at the timing. As PomDeter says: We’re trying to fund a much needed move to bigger faster servers, and finally rebrand…
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The Problem with NFTs
It’s the video version of a long read at 2 hours but this highly researched myth and hype-busing video by Dan Olsen on cryptocurrency and NFTs is well worth watching. It starts with the last recession – the 2008 sub prime scandal – and the anarcho-capitalist fall out that begat cryptobros and all that. I…