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Neato

Gigapan

A friend is on this project to use a regular digital camera, a tilting base, and stitching software to make gigapixel cameras.

BlinkyBug is neat.

Saw Ken Murphy, Chief Bugmaker at Maker Faire and an Open Dork. :-)

I had a little discussion with someone at my new job a few days ago. We were talking about how “obviously successful” the Got Milk ads have been. I recalled mention that they generated a lot of recognition but not so much in the get-people-to-drink-milk category. I did some homework and was amazed to find out how true that is.

It would appear that the $20 million+ per year Got Milk ad campaign has pretty solidly failed. It is called the “Milkpep” program and it started in 1995. Take a look at the chart to the right to see how effective the program has been. There was a blip the year after the program started but per-capita and total sales of fluid milk have continued to fall pretty much continuously since it’s inception. Notably, the rate of change of per-capita consumption hasn’t changed. In other words, it’s very hard for them to say “Well, people would have been drinking even less milk if it weren’t for the ads.”

I found this information in the Dairy Facts Book 2006, put out by the International Dairy Foods Association. (local copy)

A Serpent Mother Fundraiser  

Be there

Trav pointed out DM of the Rings. It’s right-on.

This scene had me laugh so unexpectedly, I sputtered out a laugh and spit all over my monitor. I suppose it isn’t really the funniest of them, but it hit a chord.

We started getting spam on a Mediawiki based project I belong to, SWARM. I installed the ConfirmEdit extension and haven’t had another spam yet.

• Wiki first launched March 2007.
• First spam May 2007.
• Last Spam… that same day. :-)

Update 4-4-08: eventually, I started getting spam through this. So I had to lock down the wiki. I disabled registration and made it so only logged-in users can edit. No more problems.

Here’s a follow up to Where to buy art supplies and Burning Man supplies
Originally from The Jack Rabbit Speaks RESOURCE ISSUE #2 Volume 11, Issue #13 JULY 5, 2007.

Here are more resources for buying art and other supplies for Burning Man.

Continue reading ‘Where to buy art supplies and Burning Man supplies: Part 2’ »

GPS Orb Tracks On The Playa
I would love to have gone to the playa to do the orb test!

Lulacruza has an incredible sound. They build off a blend of completely natural earth-sounds, Alejandra’s freaky dynamic range and Luis’ masterful digital modifications and looping of the aforementioned in real-time. Pensar Bonito is one of my favorite energetic songs, listen to it on their website.

Lulacruza will be playing in New York City July 14th and 17th. You should go hear them play live. Here is the announcement:

Hello beautiful family! We hope this email finds you happy, peaceful and expanding.

We’ve been very busy here in California (working on new Lulacruza music as well as a collaboration EP to be released in the Fall). We have some upcoming shows in different cities and would love to see you there! We’ll be starting the summer with 2 shows in the NYC area. Come listen to songs from Do Pretty! as well as various unreleased gems.

Lulacruza in NYC!

Saturday July 14th -11pm-
@ Piano’s
$ 8. with Teletextile (CD RELEASE)
58 Ludlow at Stanton
Manhattan, NY
www.pianosnyc.com

Tuesday July 17th -8 pm SHARP-
@ Zebulon Cafe Concert
no cover with Charles Gayle trio
258 Wythe Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
www.zebuloncafeconcert.com
Accompanied by the gorgeous visuals of Lady firefly ( www.fireflylab.com ).

We’ll also be playing other shows in the area -DC and Philadelphia-. And then in a few cities in Mexico after that. Go to our website for more info.
FEEL FREE TO FORWARD THIS INFO TO FRIENDS IN THOSE CITIES!

thank you.


light resounding))) )))

luis & alejandra



www.lulacruza.com
Rooted luminous songs unfolding in sonic landscapes

I think it’s pretty amazing that the first time I heard them play I didn’t realize that every song was in Spanish until -after- the concert had ended. It is a testament to the universal ability of music to touch one’s soul directly, knowing no borders or boundaries.