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Audio versions of this year's Hugo-nominated stories

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:15:24 GMT

Link: http://www.boingboing.net/2008/08/10/this-years-hugonomin-1.html

What did Apple BASIC sound like?

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:44:57 GMT

Extracting the ancient software from its audio cassette.

Link: http://www.pagetable.com/?p=32

The Shape of Music

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:04:14 GMT

Link: http://www.seedmagazine.com/news/2008/07/the_shape_of_music.php

Test your visual musical intelligence

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Sun, 25 May 2008 15:07:26 GMT

It’s an odd sort of test that looks at how well you can translate sounds into shapes, I managed to score 90%.

Link: http://jakemandell.com/amvi/

The iPod habits of CNet readers

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Wed, 07 May 2008 01:14:22 GMT

Link: http://www.news.com/8301-13579_3-9936670-37.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5

How to synchronize five metronomes

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Fri, 02 May 2008 02:07:50 GMT

Vintage microphones are pretty

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 00:31:34 GMT

Link: http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/true_industrial_design_vintage_mics_9367.asp

Vintage Christmas wax

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 11:49:51 GMT

Recordings from the first quarter of the last century.

Link: http://paulfucito.blogspot.com/2007/12/vintage-christmas-wax-revisited.html

Old time radio Christmas

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 09:31:35 GMT

Downloadable MP3s of shows from the first half of the last century.

Link: http://www.oldradiofun.com/main/?page_id=18

Name that theme song

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:24:08 GMT

I could play this game for hours. Seriously. It’s a problem.

Link: http://www.televisiontunes.com/game.html

A homemade speaker using a plastic cup, business card, wire, magnet and some Lego blocks

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 12:58:31 GMT

Link: http://www.josepino.com/circuits/index.php?howto-speaker.jpc

Move your iTunes music while preserving library data

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Thu, 10 May 2007 19:11:20 GMT

Great if you, say, want to move your library to a network drive but don’t want to lose your ratings, playlists, and other such nonsense. It’s a time-consuming process though.

Link: http://hifiblog.com/past/2006/05/11/howto-move-your-itunes-music-while-preserving-library-data-when-you-dont-let-itunes-manage-your-music-library/

The Podcasting Legal Guide

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:10 GMT

So sad the world needs one of these

Link: http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Welcome_To_The_Podcasting_Legal_Guide

Recasting the concept of podcasting

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:28 GMT

Apparently 80% of all downloaded podcasts never make it to a portable media player — makes sense to me, I listen to them while I’m working at my desk and never saw much reason to port them over to my iPod

Link: http://news.designtechnica.com/talkback109.html