Test run of my (d)iskette (O)rgan doing Toccata & Fugue. People have made floppy drives sing before, but this is my personal take on it. Features two 3 1/2" drives and two 5 1/4" drives connected to a PIC18f14k50 microcontroller. It interfaces to any MIDI source via MIDI over USB. Straight MIDI would also be possible with an additional small circuit and some minor … [Read more...]
Dot Coms Make Quite An Impression With Super Bowl Commercials
Yesterday gave us a pretty good game between the Packers and the Steelers with some entertaining commercials to go along with it. Pepsi returned from a one year hiatus with some good commercials and other classics like Doritos, Bud Light, and Coca-Cola were also there. A few summer blockbuster movies like Cowboys & Aliens, Captain America, Thor, and Pirates of the Caribbean … [Read more...]
For the end of IPv4, a song: The Day The Routers Died…
The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) has handed out its last IPv4 addresses, leaving the remaining blocks to regional registries that in some cases may exhaust them within a few months. The end of IPv4 (Internet Protocol version 4) addresses was announced in a ceremony in Miami on Thursday morning. Each of the five Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) was allocated … [Read more...]
Hands-On With OnLive: The Console For Gaming In The Cloud
OnLive is a relatively new contender to the game distribution hub. Other vendors like Steam will likely pop into your head far more readily than OnLive. OnLive isn't just trying to repeat what other digital distributors are doing; it's changing the game by including the hardware needed to connect to its service. Actually, it's removing the hardware needed to game. At the end of … [Read more...]
Watch the World Premiere of Google’s Life In A Day Tonight On YouTube
As you may recall, last July, Google asked anybody and everybody around the world to film a day in their life. July 24th was specifically to be the day and then the video was to be uploaded to YouTube. After lots of editing, the video is to be premiered at the Sundance Film Festival tonight. Just like yesterday's questions for Obama, the YouTube logo has changed to represent … [Read more...]