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99 Reasons Why 2016 Was a Good Year

onsdag, 14 december, 2016

2016 har varit ett skitår i många bemärkelser. Men också ett toppenår.

99 Reasons Why 2016 Was a Good Year

Our media feeds are echo chambers. And those echo chambers don’t just reflect our political beliefs; they reflect our feelings about human…

Dangerous Minds

onsdag, 14 december, 2016

Retro-sf

Dangerous Minds

Science fiction in its infancy: Fantastic illustrations for ‘The War of the Worlds’ from 1906

Dangerous Minds

onsdag, 14 december, 2016

Retro-sf

Dangerous Minds

Science fiction in its infancy: Fantastic illustrations for ‘The War of the Worlds’ from 1906

Dangerous Minds

onsdag, 14 december, 2016

Retro-sf

Dangerous Minds

Science fiction in its infancy: Fantastic illustrations for ‘The War of the Worlds’ from 1906

Kenyans.co.ke

måndag, 12 december, 2016

Språk med klickljud är något av de svåraste att lära sig för de som inte har de som modersmål. Här är ett litet exempel på Xhosa.

Kenyans.co.ke

Get Ready To Learn (Xhosa) The Hard South African Click Language

The LAD Bible

fredag, 9 december, 2016

Plink plink

The LAD Bible

He must have been really bored ?

Vetenskapens Värld – Intro 1971

fredag, 9 december, 2016

Vetenskapens Värld – Intro 1971

Intro till Vetenskapens Värld från 1971 med Bo G Erikson

Boing Boing

torsdag, 8 december, 2016

Lots and lots of christmas.

Boing Boing

An AI wrote a Christmas song, and it’s not bad. In fact, this is a triumph.

SBS News

torsdag, 8 december, 2016

Kvinnliga cyklister i Afghanistan.

SBS News

“I feel like I am flying”: Afghanistan’s freestyle cycling club offers an escape for teens in Kabul.

BBC Archive

tisdag, 6 december, 2016

Verkar vara så att Kaleidophon har använts som namn på elektriskt intrument vid fler tillfällen, exempelvis konstruerade Jörg Mager en 1939. Men det som tycks vara det intrument som framförallt förknippas med Kaleidophon är ett elektroniskt strängintrument konstruerat av David Vorhaus.
“First off, can you talk a bit about the kaleidophon, the instrument you invented? It seems to combine the merits of a guitar and a synthesizer.

David Vorhaus: It started out as [an instrument] modelled on the bass guitar. It’s got four strings. It’s not a guitar synthesizer, it’s totally different. If you pick it up and try to play it like a guitar, or a bass, you’ll find it very disappointing. For one thing, you’re playing one note at a time, unlike on a guitar. But you can bend notes on it. You can sequence the chords that accompany you.”

Dock hittar jag inget (ännu) om filmens mystiske Matt…

Som en liten sidemote var Kaleidophon även David Vorhaus studio.

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BBC Archive

#OTD 1976: BBC Archive’s rock band is now auditioning for a Kaleidophon player. You must be this good, and have your own Kaleidophon.

You know – a Kaleidophon? “The mixed marriage between a violin and a plastic drainpipe”