12
Jul 10

Harvey Pekar dies at 70

Harvey_Pekar 

Harvey Pekar, ‘American Splendor’ Creator, Dead at 70. The great comic book artist Harvey Pekar died early this morning.

The cause of death is unknown, but he was diagnosed with lymphatic cancer in 1990.

Pekar is most known for his "American Splendor" comic books; a biopic movie of the same name starring Paul Giamatti was released in 2003. Although comic lovers were rabid followers of "American Splendor," Pekar grabbed national attention in the late 1980s.

About American Splendor:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Splendor

The movie:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0305206/


01
Jul 10

How Google Works

Infographic from PPCBlog gives us tons of info on exactly happens when you launch a Google search query. Google powers the web, through and through, here’s how…

How Does Google Work?

Check out the full size graphic to see all the gory details.


26
Jun 10

The History of the iPhone

Looking back since the first iPhone in 2007 and its many iterations, and the cultural and economic contexts in which the various devices were introduced. Yes they changed the way we use mobile devices just in four years.

iPhone Era

The iPhone Era


03
Jun 10

Korg iElectribe

I just want one! A very good excuse to buy an iPad, jezz it’s simply right to the point as the original Electribe SX is a sampler and cost +$400.00 let’s see if some hacker just add a MIDI interface and more applications for sequencing for example. see the video:


01
May 10

ReBirth Is Back!


Turns Your iPhone, iPad Into A Techno Studio!

ReBirth, the Roland groovebox emulation that helped launch the popularity of soft synths, is now on Apple’s mobile devices for US$6.99. (I woke up to a note from Propellerheads’ CEO Ernst left in my inbox overnight, so thanks, Ernst, for the tip!)

This is not the native iPad version MusicRadar predicted after an interview with Ernst. For now, iPads scale up the iPhone interface. But a version with “native” resolution for the tablet seems a no-brainer down the road.

Feature list:

  • 2 x TB-303 Bassline synths
  • TR-808 Drum Machine
  • TR-909 Drum Machine
  • Pattern Controlled Filter
  • Distortion unit
  • Compressor
  • Mixer
  • 5 user mods
  • Pattern sequencing
  • Full automation
  • Combine patterns to build songs
  • Share songs with other ReBirth users

Full details: http://rebirthapp.com/


18
Apr 10

Infected Mushroom

Infected Mushroom interview regarding the Record Store Day 2010… Enjoy


15
Mar 10

Rita!

This is Dominican Music, but! A satire and a burlesque version of our genre “Merengue Violento” very clever… This song is very cool and easy to listen. Don’t try to translate it!


15
Mar 10

iamamiwhoami’s b

This is very strange, vocoder included, very cool at the same time and weird on top. B side I guess.


11
Mar 10

Cute Smiling Dog

Cute ahh? The expression of the dog looks like it’s smiling considering he is tied to some bar or something God knows why the dog is “smiling” sure it brings an smile and surprise to us – humans – happy life for this dog that is not necessarily feeling something that make it smile… smile.