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Jun 4 2008

This Week in Linktown [May 25 to Jun 01]

DimP - A Direct Manipulation Video Player

Control video playback by dragging the objects in the video.

Raytheon Exoskeleton brings ‘Iron Man’ to life

The “Iron Man” movie is not as far-fetched as it might appear. The Exoskeleton project from Raytheon’s Sarcos team enables soldiers in the U.S. Army to lift and carry 200 pound payloads and more without tiring.

Concert Photography Masterclass

Some good information for the aspiring concert photographers out there (myself included).

Frets On Fire

Open source Guitar Hero for Windows, Mac and Linux

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Russell Crowe as Bill Hicks?
Russell Crowe is apparently involved in a project to bring Bill Hicks' life story to the screen, with himself in the starring role.

Added to Ma.gnolia: 4:48 pm, Wednesday, August 27th
KORG DS-10 Ships on 9/30
KORG is releasing the DS-10, a synthesizer for the Nintendo DS, on Sept. 30. If you have a DS and even a passing interest in music creation, you should check this out.

Added to Ma.gnolia: 11:50 am, Thursday, August 21st
License to Kill the Music: ASCAP & BMI Bullying Local Music Venues
We're members of ASCAP. They pay us royalties for radio, TV and film performances of our music. What they're doing to local music venues makes no sense at all.

Added to Ma.gnolia: 1:56 pm, Friday, August 15th
CD Baby Sold to Discmakers
Independent music retailer CD Baby is now being run by Discmakers. Hopefully this is a good thing for everyone involved.

Added to Ma.gnolia: 11:56 am, Monday, August 11th
Livid Looper
Livid Looper is a new free/open source audio app from Livid Instruments (the company run by the bald guy from Sinch).

Added to Ma.gnolia: 11:42 am, Monday, August 11th
The World is in the Turlet
Tom Scharpling, listeners and Ted Leo write a song live on the radio on The Best Show on WFMU.

Added to Ma.gnolia: 10:57 am, Thursday, July 3rd
All Known Metal Bands
This volume contains the names of over fifty thousand metal bands. If one presumes that each of these bands had an average of four members, and multiplies that by the bands, one might figure that at least a quarter of a million humans have pledged allegiance to one of these groups of wandering beasts.

Added to Ma.gnolia: 12:20 pm, Tuesday, July 1st
Rhapsody Opens DRM-free MP3 Store
Yet another online music store moves away from DRM and launches an MP3 music store.

Added to Ma.gnolia: 10:22 am, Monday, June 30th
House Concerts... in your home
What could be better than talented artists performing for you and your friends in the comfort of your home?

Added to Ma.gnolia: 8:17 am, Monday, June 30th
Paine's Park Project
An ambitious project to build a 2.5 acre skatepark in Center City Philadelphia.

Added to Ma.gnolia: 10:03 am, Tuesday, June 24th