Links for 13-12-2007
Augmented reality; local marketing resources; weird Martian landscaping; more music reviews and interviews …
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“Whatever their talents or genetic gifts, most everyone who earned the label genius was dedicated to their work: the list of lazy geniuses is short.” Damn.
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2 – Reality, only better (Augmented reality)
Good article at The Economist.
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3 – 30 local resources you can’t live without
“Everyone is pushing “how to make money online” these days and people tend to forget exactly how much advertising and resources there are OFFLINE.”
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4 – Strange Shapes Seen on Mars
“New observations from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter … bolster theories that the intricate patterns may be sculpted by springtime outbursts of carbon dioxide gas from underneath the frozen-carbon dioxide polar ice cap.”
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5 – MIND MELD: How Have Online Book Reviews Affected the Publishing World?
Kinda online kaffeklatch type gig, featuring a response from yours truly among other (far more erudite and qualified) persons.
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6 – Interview: Qui – David Yow (vocals) & Matt Cronk (guitar, vocals)
“I mean, you’re no doubt familiar with my previous work … to me, the difference between The Jesus Lizard and Qui is like the difference between Bobby Brown and James Brown, y’know what I’m saying?”
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7 – Album review: The Violets – The Lost Pages
“… generalisation is risky, especially with an album like this, where every song is subtly different. Some are rabidly punky, some are closer to the vanilla indie disco of the moment, and some venture off into … well, almost acid cabaret territory, to
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8 – Album review: Laguna Meth – Laguna The Puma
“… as weird as it is, it’s really quite awesome too. If by awesome you mean “wilfully drug-addled and carefree like a Venice Beach tramp who knew Owsley back in the sixties and hasn’t come down since”, that is.”
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9 – Amateur Time Hackers Play With Atomic Clocks at Home
“If you have one clock … you are peaceful and have no worries,” says Van Baak, fingering a length of cable connecting two of his machines. “If you have two clocks … you start asking, ‘What time is it, really?’”

December 13th, 2007 at 3:27 am
Thanks for the link