Remembering Pluto
My friends over at Handsome Donkey have released a new video about the decline of everyones favorite junior planet. Clyde Tombaugh must be rolling in his grave.
-CGP fo Life-
August 29, 2006
June 27, 2006
Buy Me Kraftwerk's Prototype Vocoder
Musicthing pointed out this awesome eBay auction.
"The mother of all transistorized vocoders, prototype of early 70´s custom built for german electronic duo of that period:documented by back cover photo of KW's album "Ralf & Florian" and in some part in the artwork on inside sleeve.
The device was used for two studio productions, title "Ananas Symphonie" including synthetic vocals and rhythm track in conjunction with lapsteel guitar and rhythm machine , as well for "Kristallo" with rhythm machine and EMS-Synth.
Later used to sound the KW's intro for "Autobahn"
The vocoder contains 12 analysis and synthesis filter channels, 2 compressors for speech or carrier signal and excitation signal inputs, voiced /unvoiced detector and switch board for filter-matrix.
It was conceived , built and constructed by electronic engineers in the area of Physikalisch-Technische BundesAnstalt (PTB) Braunschweig, Dipl.Ing P.Leunig and Dipl.Ing. K.Obermayer.
Later the well known german music studio engineering and supplier company R.Barth K.G.,Hamburg, Germany, boiled down the know-how gained from this project into so called MUSICODER which was produced in small quantities. "
A great peice of music history. Damn I want it!
-CGP fo Life-
May 10, 2006
Blown up G4
So this guy scammed whined on the internet for a year until people donated enough money for him to buy a G5, then blew up his G4 with a few redneck friends.
-CGP fo Life-
December 1, 2005
Oprah luvs the Pr0n
When I stopped laughing I had to snap a cameraphone shot of this billboard.
-CGP fo Life-
August 10, 2005
DTV - Like Podcasts for Video
The Copyfight Ninjas at DownHillBattle have released a beta of DTV for the Mac
"Internet TV is Open and Independent
DTV is a new, free and open-source platform for internet television and video. An intuitive interface lets users subscribe to channels, watch video, and build a video library. Our publishing software lets you broadcast full-screen video to thousands of people at virtually no cost. The project is non-profit, free and open source, and built on open standards......"
Download it and join the revolution.
-CGP fo Life-
July 2, 2005
j-cap 0wns u!
j-cap hollas out to all you biatches. 105 mutha @#$! the gauntlet has been thrown down.
when it comes to high skorin; i look at all yall and i'm all like boost mobile, "where you at?!?!"
- CGPFL -
February 17, 2005
Theif Caught by WebCam
After getting robbed once, this crafty Britt setup a webcam with motion detection software, and caught the thief when he returned to rob the guy again. The thief took the PC, but since the images were being uploaded online, police were able to use the photo's to prosecute and convict the criminal.
"This man's name is Ben Park. He broke in to my flat in the South of Cambridge on Friday 4th February 2005. I had a video camera with motion detection software set up on my computer. It captured these images of him.
The police identified him from the photos, and on 15th February 2005, he was sentenced to 11 months in prison by Cambridge Magistrates' Court. The police tell me that he is a career burglar, and has been in prison for burglary twice before. He should have been dealt with by the Crown Court, and received a much longer sentence. There is something very wrong with a justice system that permits a repeat offender like this to get away with such a light sentence. "
-CGP fo Life-
August 6, 2004
Rick James is Dead Biatch
Superfreak Rick James is dead at age 56. No autopsy has yet been performed but his publicist is claiming natural causes. WHAT?!@# Decades of drug abuse, women abuse (including burning a woman's genitals with a crack pipe), and living the life of a superfreak is hardley natural. Dave Chappelle has yet to comment.
Now come here and show Charlie Murphy your titties!
-CGP fo Life-
July 18, 2004
Thank God Ike didn't think this one up...
It can cause anger. The lack of beer in one's home can make you go a bit nutty. Then again, so can living in Florida. Mix the two and you get this kind of wack job.
"A man in the US state of Florida was arrested after he allegedly used his pet alligator to hit his girlfriend".
Wow. Florida. Living up to its title of "America's Wang".
