http://fourone.org/chris I'm in yur blag, [present participle] your [noun]. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:18:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Chris Supranowitz is a researcher at The Insitute of Optics at the University of Rochester. Along with a number of other spectacular studies (such as quantum optics, trapping of atoms, dark states and entanglement), Chris has decided to look at the relatively boring grooves of a vinyl record using the ... http://fourone.org/chris/2010/03/15/record-grooves-microsope/ But not until December. Can't wait. http://fourone.org/chris/2010/03/10/tron-legacy-trailer/ A Tool to Deceive and Slaughter is a piece of artwork by Caleb Larsen that perpetually attempts to sell itself on eBay. From all outward appearances it's a black acrylic 8"x8"x8" cube with only an Ethernet jack. Includes a legally binding purchase agreement that requires the buyer to keep the ... http://fourone.org/chris/2010/01/21/deceive-and-slaughter/ This is why I like Twitter. http://fourone.org/chris/2010/01/18/man-sized-ball-tearers-bass/ Nice interview with Martyn ahead of the release of fabric 50. http://fourone.org/chris/2010/01/17/martyn-interview-for-on-point/ The fine folks at Threadless have setup a Flickr account for posting video and photos for the next 364 (minus today) days. For the first day they've shot a sped-up video tour of their warehouse. Follow them on Flickr to keep up with their daily, and ... http://fourone.org/chris/2010/01/01/video-tour-threadless/ Liam Cassidy on The Nexus One: Bewildering, however, the press coverage of smartphones — driven to hysteria in 2007 with the launch of the iPhone — is almost entirely focused on finding an iPhone killer. It’s the same false-dichotomy we would ridicule if, say, Nissan’s next family five-door were hailed as ... http://fourone.org/chris/2009/12/15/the-nexus-one-a-non-story/ Much like the fabled mix tape, mix CDs are practically a thing of the past. I can't remember the last time I burned a physical music CD. However, I did find the tracklist for a mix CD I made for my wife, Martha, about 7 years ago when we had just ... http://fourone.org/chris/2009/11/08/in-memory-of-the-mix-tapecd/ So it's finally done. The Portland City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to rename 39th Avenue to Cesar Chávez Boulevard. This closes the door on the 2 year Chávez saga that will no doubt go down in the history books of Portland as contentious and difficult. I don't live on or ... http://fourone.org/chris/2009/07/09/survival-guide-39th-ave/ http://fourone.org/chris/2009/07/05/recently-in-pictures/ For all you geeks waxing nostalgic, I'm now mirroring the Mozilla Archive at http://fourone.org/mcom/. It contains nearly every Mosaic and Netscape release up to version 4.07, for Unix (AIX, Linux, SunOS, Irix, etc), Windows (16- and 32-bit) and Classic Mac OS (68k and PPC). If you are interested in running any ... http://fourone.org/chris/2009/05/04/mcom-archive/ Pop tarts and MacBook repair. http://fourone.org/chris/2009/04/17/just-another-day/ Spotted in the art nook at Jive. http://fourone.org/chris/2009/04/16/hallway-art/ Last Thursday we decorated it in the break room, and the following Sunday a brave team set forth to Canby and sent her towards the black. Although I don't think it made it more than a few hundred feet. That's old PC parts glued to the wing base and the ... http://fourone.org/chris/2009/02/25/the-jive-rocket/ Update 2009-03-04: One of my co-workers also pointed out the Secret Safari 4 Menu, which is also a bit of hackery, but makes it easy to make these tweaks without dipping into the command line (if that's your preference). Before the server was absolutely obliterated this morning, Caius over at Random ... http://fourone.org/chris/2009/02/25/safari-4-hidden-preferences/ Like a lot of people I was surprised and excited to see news about the Safari 4 beta today. I recently had switched back to Safari from Firefox 3 as my primary browser (I tend to do this every 6 months) and so was excited to test drive the new ... http://fourone.org/chris/2009/02/24/safari-4-beta-thoughts/ Last week I picked up a Korg nanoKEY, thinking it would make it easy for me to work on tracks when not sitting at my iMac, and that night threw together this downtempo track. I think I validated my hypothesis. :) Enjoy. [audio:http://raregrooves.org/audio/chris_coda-take_a_walk.mp3] Chris Coda - Take a walk http://fourone.org/chris/2009/02/23/take-a-walk/ Have a jailbroken iPhone or iPhone 3G and want to install your own custom iPhone ringtone? It's easier than you think. Save your $2 and just follow along. 1. Create a sound file that is 40 seconds in length or shorter. In my case I used Audio Hijack Pro to rip ... http://fourone.org/chris/2009/02/04/custom-iphone-ringtones/ Dave 2562 is one of the few dubstep producers that I rate highly. I recently made his acquantance through our mutual friend Craig (aka Monkeytek). Really nice guy and very talented producer. http://fourone.org/chris/2008/12/06/2562-interview-from-rbma-radio/ (Warning: NSFW!) Joe Grand and Zoz Brooks prank Dr. Mike North with the BSODomizer, an inline VGA device that fakes the infamous "Blue Screen of Death" on an unwitting victim, and after a few moments will also display the BGoD, or Blue Goatse of Death, if you set the DIP ... http://fourone.org/chris/2008/11/30/bsodomizer/