Impossibible
In my ongoing attempts to coin at least ONE WORD which makes it into the dictionary, I tonight stumbled upon “impossibible” which I define as “any claim found in a religious book which is obviously impossible”. Here’s how you use it:
“Jesus rising from the dead is obviously impossibible.”
Drunk History rocks!
Just when I was congratulating myself that my Napoleon podcast was the greatest thing to happen to teaching history since the Christians realized that if they killed their enemies and burned all their books then they had total control over “the truth”… Bron introduces me to DRUNK HISTORY. Totally brilliant. I’m sick with jealousy.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqzUI1ihfpk&hl=en&fs=1]
video review of vodafone’s musicstation
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlrwZ2nH-xg&hl=en&fs=1]
This is the follow up review to the interview I did a few days ago with Karen Paterson, Head of live! Services at Vodafone Australia and David Loiterton, Managing Director, Australia, Omnifone.
Best Birthday Gifts… so far…
This being week three of “The Season Of Cam” – which, as you all know, runs from Sept 10 through my birthday on Oct 10 (a public holiday in many countries) through to Nov 10 – the presents are coming thick and fast from Camalista’s all over the world.
Best gifts so far received:
Magnetic Finger Puppets of Napoleon and Che from Bron:
Lunch at Belle Epoque with Tim O’Dwyer (note the absinthe fountain):
A dvd full of 51 genuine revolutionary songs from Marcelo Castro:
And the Season of Cam is still young! This year, instead of pointing you to a list of gift suggestions, I expect you all to demonstrate your intimate knowledge of me by picking gifts you know I’ll love. Can you out-do the current winners?
The Frankenstein Clarinet
I’m at the MediaConnect Influence event again this year (they must have forgotten what happened last time I was here) and the opening keynote is by the CEO of NICTA. Dr John Judge from NICTA is also here showing off their robot-controlled clarinet which won first place in the ARTEMIS Orchestra competition in Athens a couple of months ago.
The robot’s “mouth†uses two servomotors that apply force to the clarinet reed to make a sound. The smaller servomotor mimics the action of the human tongue, while the second applies a damping force to the reed, copying the action of the human lip. Force is applied to the clarinet keys by brass plungers with rubber or nylon feet depending on the key. “It is conceivable that in the near future, we could see an entire orchestra made up of computer-driven instruments like this clarinet,†said NICTA Chief Technology Officer Dr Chris Nicol, “They will interpret a musical score and follow a conductor.â€
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EACXPzyI9dE&hl=en&fs=1]
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