http://www.jasoco.net think of horses, not zebras Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:38:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Rest in peace you brilliant number 6. http://www.jasoco.net/2008/06/23/rip-george-carlin/ From Gizmodo: "Most people just create amusing videos to fit their favorite songs, but James Houston went one step further and synchronized a bunch of obsolete gadget noises to recreate Radiohead's "Nude." A Sinclair ZX Spectrum 8-bit PC was used for rhythm and lead guitars, an HP Scanjet 3c was ... http://www.jasoco.net/2008/06/11/radioheads-nude-as-performed-by-old-technology/ For details, click the image. Any details on the Widget at the bottom will be posted there. http://www.jasoco.net/2008/06/06/screenshot-for-june-4th-2008/ Fantastic Plastic Machine is the stage name of a J-Pop/DJ named Tomoyuki Tanaka. He is considered to be part of the Shibuya-kei movement, drawing heavily from bossa nova, lounge music, house music, and '60s movie soundtracks, but he also incorporates many other types of music. Below are three of my favorite ... http://www.jasoco.net/2008/05/20/fantastic-plastic-machine/ Pretty sure this took a while to put together... http://www.jasoco.net/2008/05/10/again-and-again/ From Wikipedia: "The Kings Park Psychiatric Center is a former state-run psychiatric hospital located in Kings Park, New York. It operated from 1885 until 1996, when the State of New York closed the facility down, either releasing its few remaining patients or transferring them to the still-operational Pilgrim Psychiatric Center." Saturday ... http://www.jasoco.net/2008/05/05/kings-park-psychiatric-center/ I just can't go back to Safari. For all FireFox's quirks, its lack of suckage makes up for it. To celebrate, let's all have some porcupine pie! http://www.jasoco.net/2008/05/03/im-sticking-with-firefox/ I've decided to switch to FireFox 3 Beta for a week. I have been a solid Safari user and supporter since it came out, but the latest versions have all been horrible. Terrible even. Always beachballing and freezing up causing slowdown and making the OS run sluggish. In the half hour ... http://www.jasoco.net/2008/04/26/switching-to-firefox-for-a-week/ Watching Back to the Future (The whole thing) again a thought crosses my mind, as it does every time I watch the movies. Why in all those years could they not afford to save the clock tower? Replacing a clock can't be that expensive. Not only had they been raising ... http://www.jasoco.net/2008/04/17/save-the-clock-tower/ Okay, stupid title. Who cares? Apparently the MacBooks have a well known design flaw that causes part of the thin plastic around the edges of the palm rests to crack and break off. Thankfully this is covered by AppleCare and their warranty. Unfortunately early last week my poor MacBook got the crack ... http://www.jasoco.net/2008/04/14/jason-and-his-magnificent-crackbook/