Chris’s Digital Detritus

My face is twitching now in sympathy. From BoingBoing.

Kutiman mixes up a selection of amateur performances, music lessons and simply miscellaneous bits of sound and music into a funk jam masterpiece called Thru You. More than a simple mashup, this has shades of DJ Shadow, Amon Tobin and other masters of sample manipulation. Check it out.

I just finished my first day as a Geophysical Research Associate with UNLV. I’ll be assisting their research on the Earthquakes in Southern Nevada project as well as maintaining the seismic and other research equipment. It seems like an ideal position for me, a combination of lab work, fieldwork and a great opportunity to learn something new.

Diebold is suing the State of Massachusetts because they picked a competitors product. I wish I could get away with this with my business!