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Oblivion Score by M83

March 6th, 2013

Ive posted about the new Tom Cruise film Oblivion before - really excited about it. First track of the movie’s score was released as a teaser. Enjoy!
While you’re at it, check out the new trailer here.

How Music Recommendation Works

Important read: How music recommendation engines work (or dont work). A good read, especially since we’re building our own recommendation system for the next-gen FRISKY website, in which we learn what our users like to listen to, and suggest other DJs and shows they might also like.

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3D Printed Records

I predict this will be huge in 2013: Converting your MP3s into 3D-printed records.

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State of the Music Industry

This could’nt be more true. Ive always said, if you give people an easy way to pay for your stuff, 6 out of 10 people will pay.

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Why We Don’t Buy Stuff Anymore

A good insight into the younger generation and why they don’t want to buy stuff. Whilst Im not young enough to be called a Millennial, who are the main subject of this article, I always strive for a less-is-more approach to everything. I dont buy a lot of stuff, but what I do […]

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Record Trick Shots

May 22nd, 2012

Another use for those old reckids.

SKYFALL

May 21st, 2012




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    A pair of scientists looked at the rate at which the complexity of life increases and then extrapolated back to a point of zero complexity. Its around 10 billion years. Turns out life might be even older than Earth itself.

    However, if life takes 10 billion years to evolve to the level of complexity associated with humans, then we may be among the first, if not the first, intelligent civilisation in our galaxy. And this is the reason why when we gaze into space, we do not yet see signs of other intelligent species.

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    Andrew Hyde released a new service today called 15 things and its making the rounds on social media. Simply put, its a list of things that you absolutely need when traveling.

    I created my 15 Things list but I should point out that it doesnt include life’s basic necessities like vitamins, food, underwear, socks and such…

    Check out 15 Things list here.

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    BMC Lamborghini edition. Yours for a cool EUR 25,000.

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    A great collection of movie stills before visual effects were inserted into the frame.

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    The White House was completely gutted and refurbished in 1950. Great photo essay!

    Experts called the third floor of the White House “an outstanding example of a firetrap.” The result of a federally commissioned report found the mansion’s plumbing “makeshift and unsanitary,” while “the structural deterioration [was] in ‘appalling degree,’ and threatening complete collapse.” The congressional commission on the matter was considering the option of abandoning the structure altogether in favor of a built-from-scratch mansion, but President Truman lobbied for the restoration.

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    The area looked different than where we trained because we’re in Pakistan now. There are the lights, the city. There’s a golf course. And we’re, This is some serious Navy SEAL shit we’re going to do. This is so badass. My foot hit the ground and I was still running [the Bush quote] in my head. I don’t care if I die right now. This is so awesome. There was concern, but no fear.

    An extra-ordinary piece of journalism in the March issue of esquire on the man that pulled the trigger on Bin Laden. This is riveting, must-read!

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    Replace the name Obama with Bush and you could imagine the uproar.

    - New York Times editorial, on how Obama’s use of drones has been largely ignored by the liberals. Something Ive been saying for years.

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    How would planes fly in other planets and moons in our solar system?

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    Imagine at some point that you go to the doctor for a physical, they do a blood draw but also a cheek swab and a few days later, you get a link to a site that shows you everything that is right and wrong with you, and can then help figure out how to make things better. Syapse is trying to do just that. Sign me up!

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    So while Obama was telling the world that “a decade of war is ending” and that “all souls on Earth shall have equal access to happiness” he was busy waging war and killing… Esquire takes a look at Obama’s double standards on war and how he is the first president in history to target individuals with no regard for the rule of law and UN conventions.

    Sure, we as a nation have always killed people. A lot of people. But no president has ever waged war by killing enemies one by one, targeting them individually for execution, wherever they are. The Obama administration has taken pains to tell us, over and over again, that they are careful, scrupulous of our laws, and determined to avoid the loss of collateral, innocent lives. They’re careful because when it comes to waging war on individuals, the distinction between war and murder becomes a fine one. Especially when, on occasion, the individuals we target are Americans and when, in one instance, the collateral damage was an American boy.

    Lets not kid ourselves here. The problem isnt Obama, or Bush, or even a “President Romney.” The problem is American society and economy that lives and thrives on war and killing.

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    Amazing “trick” that Japanese kids are taught in school on how to multiply.

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    46 places to travel to in 2013. I really want to go to Mongolia.

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    A great lesson for those of you who want to learn more about how focal length affects your subjects and perception in photography. Ive always found the “sweet spot” to be around 5 feet and 35mm, but of course it all depends on the subject and the environment. But anything less than 35mm will make your subjects look weird.

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    Celebrities reading mean tweets hurled toward them.

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    Jalopnik got its hands on an actual flight manual of a U2 spy plane. Amazing.

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    How come I never thought of this: In the future, we will all get our mail and packages from drones. The author explains it thusly:

    Here’s a simplified version of what I’m talking about:

    I put package onto a landing pad at my home.
    Drone arrives, takes package and flies away.
    Drone delivers package to landing pad at delivery location.

    Great idea, and I do think this can / will happen probably within the next 25 years. With the advent of self-driving cars, there’s nothing stopping UPS to deliver mail using those self-driving vehicles, or drones.

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    Amazing work here. The 2012 NatGeo Photographs of the Year.

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