(T+A #31) Technology and the Arts: 3/19/2008

(T+A #31) Technology and the Arts: 3/19/2008

In this installment of the Technology and the Arts podcast, we share some interesting news, web sites and online resources we have come across recently, including Google’s Picasa Web Albums, MacForge.net — a resource for open-source projects for MacOS, an MIT startup called DropBox that provides online storage and synchronization, Improv Everywhere’s “Food Court Musical,” and the Haiku project — an open-source revivial of the Be Operating System. Plus, we discuss Trent Reznor’s seemingly successful — and money-making — online distribution experiment for the latest project from Nine Inch Nails. Hosts: Brian Kelley and John LeMasney. File size: 13.0 MB. Time: 27 min.

Show Notes for Technology and the Arts Podcast #31

In this installment of the Technology and the Arts podcast, we share some interesting news, web sites and online resources we have come across recently, including Google’s Picasa Web Albums, MacForge.net — a resource for open-source projects for MacOS, an MIT startup called DropBox that provides online storage and synchronization, Improv Everywhere’s “Food Court Musical,” and the Haiku project — an open-source revivial of the Be Operating System. Plus, we discuss Trent Reznor’s seemingly successful — and money-making — online distribution experiment for the latest project from Nine Inch Nails. Hosts: Brian Kelley and John LeMasney. File size: 13.0 MB. Time: 27 min.

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NOTE: (3/20) Finally got around to completing the show notes. Sorry for the delay…enjoy. – Brian

• crumb.tumblr.com – John LeMasney’s tumble log.
• lemasney.com – John LeMasney’s Web site.
• bktandem.tumblr.com – Brian Kelley’s tumble log.
• John (pictured above) talks about some of his recent and upcoming speaking engagements for…
  • 55 Plus
  • Ewing SeniorNet
  • LUG/IP (Linux Users Group In Princeton)
  • BCUG (Brookdale Computer Users Group)
  • Princeton Public Library – Tech Talk Tuesdays
  • Trenton Computer Festival
• Brian talks about his upcoming gig with his friend Christian Beach, who will be playing a four-song set at The Brighton Bar in Long Branch, NJ (Google Maps) on Friday, March 28, 2008. The performance is part of a CD release party for “Hero: The Main Man Records Tribute to David Bowie,” on which Christian’s version of “Five Years” (featuring Brian on organ) appears.
• In anticipation of Yahoo’s likely takeover by Microsoft, John has moved his images from Yahoo-owned Flickr to Google’s Picasa Web albums.
• ReadWriteWeb offers a comparison of Microsoft’s Office Live Workspace vs. Google Docs.
• MacForge.net is your one-stop shop for open-source software for MacOS.
• John likes what he sees so far from DropBox, an online file storage and synchronization service currently in beta.
• Somebody took two Linkin Park songs, put one in the left channel and the other in the right…and guess what? The resulting MP3 proves that most Linkin Park songs sound exactly the same.
• John updates us on his activity on ratebeer.com.
• Improv Everywhere strikes again…this time with “Food Court Musical.”
• Hulu.com, an online video service that is a joint venture between NBC Universal and News Corp. (FOX), has come out of beta.
• Trent Reznor tries his hand with another online music distribution experiment for the latest Nine Inch Nails project. This one looks rather successful.
• The Haiku project is an open-source revival of BeOS, the media-rich operating system produced by Be, Inc. in the late 1990s/early 2000s.
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Technology and the Arts podcast update

Due to a busy schedule the past few days, today’s Technology and the Arts podcast will probably be up just before midnight tonight. Sorry about the delay. I will do my best to get it online as soon as possible.

- Brian

(T+A #30) Technology and the Arts: 3/5/2008

(T+A #30) Technology and the Arts: 3/5/2008

In this installment of the Technology and the Arts podcast, we’ll share some interesting news, web sites and online resources we have come across recently, including Google’s group workspace solution, Google Sites; educational uses for YouTube; and a Tennessee bill that would require universities to crack down on media piracy or face losing state funding. Plus, we’ll talk about the demise of an early Web icon, the Netscape browser. Recorded at the Crystal Diner in Lawrenceville, N.J. Hosts: Brian Kelley and John LeMasney. File size: 16.0 MB. Time: 34 min., 06 sec.

Show Notes for Technology and the Arts Podcast #30

In this installment of the Technology and the Arts podcast, we’ll share some interesting news, web sites and online resources we have come across recently, including Google’s group workspace solution, Google Sites; educational uses for YouTube; and a Tennessee bill that would require universities to crack down on media piracy or face losing state funding. Plus, we’ll talk about the demise of an early Web icon, the Netscape browser. Recorded at Crystal Diner in Lawrenceville, N.J. Hosts: Brian Kelley and John LeMasney. File size: 16.0 MB. Time: 34 min., 06 sec.

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• crumb.tumblr.com – John LeMasney’s tumble log.
• bktandem.tumblr.com – Brian Kelley’s tumble log.
• Thank you, Crystal Diner in Lawrenceville, N.J., for hosting our recording session for this podcast!
• John also promotes some future talks he has coming up (as well as some that just recently took place): Brookdale Computer Users Group talk on open source software (especially GIMP, Inkscape and Scribus) and server technologies in March, Trenton Computer Festival in April, and Princeton Public Library Tuesday Tech Talk on using technology to lose weight.
• John will also be a panelist in a Rider University presentation on identity theft in April.
• John also reminds us that he and his wife are expecting their second son in May.
• In addition, John has become associated as a technology consultant for the New Jersey State Museum.
• Brian discusses a flurry of newly added Old Time Radio shows to the iTunes Store.
• Speaking of the iTunes Store, Ars Technica reports on a patent filing that may show some plans Apple has for podcasts available through the iTunes Store.
• Somewhere in England, artist Richard Box has “planted” 1,301 florescent light bulbs (pictured above; photo courtesy of Box’s project site) in a field…and they are all glowing…powered by the magnetic field generated by the power lines overhead.
• A bill proposed in the Tennessee state senate would require universities to crack down on media piracy or risk losing their state funding.
• After being the dominant Web browser in the mid-1990s, it’s time to say farewell to the Netscape browser.
• Check out the Technology and the Arts Events page.

Finally, here is a YouTube video of Christian Beach peforming “Open Spaces” at Paul’s Tavern in Lake Como, NJ, on Feb. 2, 2008. I appear from about the :35 mark to about 1:04 playing accordion (although you can only really hear it in the second verse of the song). Enjoy! – Brian