Barry Foy

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• Commented on Media players, digital art galleries, and pirate TV
  I did some editorial work for Gates's Interactive Home Systems. The specific project was a set of computer terminals allowing visitors to the Seattle Art Museum to navigate the collections electronically, but my understanding at the time was that it...
• Commented on What will you miss about newspapers?
  I hardly know where to begin in addressing this bleak prospect. Perhaps by noting the iciness of some of the comments posted here. This is a hallmark of this mode of communication, as opposed to newspapers, which, except for a...
• Commented on Voice Box - electronic harmonizer
  Is this actually impressive, or is it impressive like an electric toothbrush is impressive? Is it anything more than--once again--simply substituting money for music?...
• Commented on DIY biohackers in the news
  I for one do not trust these random people, however well-meaning, to know what "the good of humanity" may actually be. Nor would I bank on their ability to discern when their work crosses the threshold from the banal to...
• Commented on Police blotter: baby or burrito?
  ONLY a burrito?! Which would you rather have?...
• Commented on Day With No News -- brilliant BBC news-footage remix
  Tenderly, delicately lovely. Perfect, very precise, choice of music....
• Commented on Excellent 60s underground internet radio station
  I look forward to giving BBG a listen. In the meantime, anyone interested in '60s music ought to investigate WFMU, either live or archived (check out their Random Archive Generator). Start with "Music to Spazz By," with host Dave the...
• Commented on Lawsuit about risk of CERN and parallel universe
  I suppose it was inevitable that halfway through yesterday's New York Times front-page story they would spell it the "Large Hardon Collider." Accident or conspiracy?!?...
• Commented on Horseradish smell fire-alarm for waking up deaf people
  Note: Wasabi is not horseradish. Wasabi is wasabi. Horseradish, likewise, is horseradish. They are not related....
• Commented on Snow-causing bacteria
  Even as an animist from way back, it strikes me as a bit much to refer to bacteria as "who" (see intro sentence). With all due respect to our micro-friends, "that" is probably more appropriate....
• Commented on New typography term: Keming (improper kerning)
  This is unutterably brilliant. Which is not to be confused with "unuHerably brilliant."...