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"Among other things, Google Voice makes it obvious that the services carriers charge for are worthless, and that bandwidth is their only real product." Amen.......
Commented on Time for obscure Finnish acid house performed with hacked synths!
If people are into this kind of music I highly recommend the AFX album "Analord". Unless you like hunting down limited vinyl only releases (it is a set of 10 discs), I recommend hitting up your favorite torrent site and...
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I must have sent my apple remote control through the wash about 5 times now. Silly me. Lucky the thing keeps working! Right out of the wash!...
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Commented on Chris Anderson on managing tech for abundance
Until society rids itself of the underlying mechanisms that promote scarcity (largely relating to the use of money) will abundance be suppressed. You cant make much money off of abundance and therefore abundance is not well rewarded. Im all for...
Commented on Chris Anderson on managing tech for abundance
Until society rids itself of the underlying mechanisms that promote scarcity (largely relating to the use of money) will abundance be suppressed. You cant make much money off of abundance and therefore abundance is not well rewarded....
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Wow. All of their apps are awsome. Even Unison which has not seen an update in months. They also pretty much nailed the uses of Unison (their usenet client) head on....
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And its right next to hipster park!...
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Like seriously, just sit the fuck down if you are worried about splashes. I I use a toilet that I personally clean or is shared with women, I sit down. My dick hasn't fallen off yet....
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Everybody google Pony Play....
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I wonder what the back looks like with all the zipper pulls...
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slideguy commented on Time for obscure Finnish acid house performed with hacked synths!
Glad to see everybody's up on their Roland sync. When these things first came out, I saw a demo at a Vancouver music store and was blown away when they synced up a TR-303, and a TB-303, and had them playing "Day Tripper". The guitarist in me immediately saw the possibilities in a rhythm section that would do exactly as told and would be getting into my stash, so I bought a pair. Damn, they were expensive, but they got me into electronica. And I actually made money on them when I sold them in the 90s. Really good money,...
Antinous / Moderator commented on Time for obscure Finnish acid house performed with hacked synths!
skeletoncityrepeater, Is this your first time ever visiting a blog? Blog editors post what they find interesting....
RingMod76 commented on Time for obscure Finnish acid house performed with hacked synths!
Hmm, I have to agree that this is underwhelming, given the simultaneous(?) use of 10 TB-303's. @Nosehat - thanks for pointing out the Prelude in 303 Major track. I went to the Ceephax site, they have all kinds of free trax to check out: http://www.ceephax.co.uk/Music.htm Guess I know how I'm spending the rest of my workday!...
dragonfrog commented on Time for obscure Finnish acid house performed with hacked synths!
Incidentally, if anyone wants to get into modding a TB-303 equivalent, there's the x0xb0x. A few of the published mods can give the thing all sorts of versatility of sound......
llamatron commented on Time for obscure Finnish acid house performed with hacked synths!
Obviously these guys didn't mod theirs, but while modding a 303 (or any synth) can yield pretty extraordinary results, I'd want to make sure the thing was fully reversible. In the 1900's various luthiers decided that a lot of Cremonese stringed instruments (Stradivari, Guarneri Del Gesu etc) needed to be re-graduated to match the tonal requirements of modern playing. They were basically butchered to suit a fashion and we have lost the original qualities of those instruments with a few exceptions (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Il_Cannone_Guarnerius). Mod responsibly or clone, then mod the clone. Leave the factory instruments alone, your great grandchildren will thank...

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