Month: October 2005

The “TurntablistPC” is a funky mashup of a standard turntable with an outdated PC. Embedded servo and stepper motors along with gears in the case control the record’s spin while the CPU varies the project’s abilities. For instance, one version includes an embedded webserver that allows visitors to “scratch” the record from a web-based interface. Another version sniffs packets off a local LAN and converts the data into rotations per second. For the touring DJ this might be the perfect way to compose your set from home while your equipment goes on the road.

Turntablist PC [Project Page]

Originally from Gizmodo

By John Tintle
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews

Today it is being reported that Internet start-up company, Digg (digg.com)has received 2.8 million dollars in venture capital from some big-name investors, including Omidyar Network, the outfit led by eBay co-founder Pierre Omidyar, Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen, and Greylock partners.

Digg.com is a site that allows members to vote on News […]

Originally posted by JTintle from Real Tech News – Independent Tech

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Enterprise

According to ZDNet, an increasing number of companies are preventing Mac browsers from accessing their online job listings and/or shutting them out of the online application process because the underlying software on their website only works with Windows. American Express, Target and Sears are just a few of the companies that use BrassRing‘s software to manage their online job sites and it’s not Mac-friendly at all. "However, we are seeing a gradual increase in demand," said BrassRing spokesman Doug Jensen. "Therefore, BrassRing Enterprise 8, which is coming out in December, will be Firefox-compatible to support Mac users." Now… was that really so hard?

It’s inexcusable in my book for any company, especially a Fortune 100 company like Amex, to make essential online resources off-limits to an only-growing population of Mac users. Sure, there are ways around the "no Macs allowed" barriers, but there shouldn’t have to be. An online job bank should be barrier-free to anyone and everyone who wants to access it and it’s probably just lazy, stubborn or inexperienced programmers that are responsible for this problem to begin with. Perhaps if more Mac users could access those job boards they could apply for those programmers’ jobs and rectify these problems a lot faster!
 

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Originally posted by Laurie A. Duncan from The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)

Mark Frauenfelder:
A soundboard is a collection of dialog snippets from a movie that you can use to make prank calls. This Napoleon Dynamite soundboard is especially good. Check out the recordings of prank calls made with this sound board and other soundboards. Link (Thanks Robin)

Reader comment:

Fred Benenson says: “Saw the Napolean Dynamite soundboard, and figured I’d post one that I made with Avery Brooks using clips of the David Brent character from the BBC’s The Office. His blabbering makes for some very funy conversations. Enjoy!”
Originally posted by Mark Frauenfelder from Boing Boing

A couple of bloggers I read regularly have linked to this video today. It’s from the TV show “Scare Tactics,” where people are subjected to rather disturbing practical jokes designed to terrify the hell out of them.

In this episode, a PETA activist is hired to clean up a medical lab. He’s told that the previous occupants had performed genetic experiments, and… well, see for yourself — if it’s working, that is.

It’s still a pretty funny video (if you can get it to work). But don’t for an instant think it’s real.

Originally posted by Jay Tea from Wizbang