CapsGetPeeledRepresent fo the Westside!Buy Me Kraftwerk's Prototype Vocoder- June 27, 2006 Musicthing pointed out this awesome eBay auction. "The mother of all transistorized vocoders, prototype of early 70s custom built for german electronic duo of that period: documented by back cover photo of KW's album "Ralf & Florian" and in some part in the artwork on inside sleeve. The device was used for two studio productions, title "Ananas Symphonie" including synthetic vocals and rhythm track in conjunction with lapsteel guitar and rhythm machine , as well for..http://www.capsgetpeeled.com/blog/archives/000546.html Wikimapia- June 21, 2006 Wikimapia (WARNING: CRASHES SAFARI) is a really cool Google Maps mash-up. In true wiki fashion, anyone who wants can selectcreateedit points of interest anywhere on the planet. It sounds kind of simple, but it's hours of entertainment. -CGP fo Life-...http://www.capsgetpeeled.com/blog/archives/000545.html Name This Schmuck- June 21, 2006 Aaron Schwarz (one of the people behind TShirthell.com) wants a new name. Not only does he want you to pick it, he will pay you $25,000 for it! "My name is Aaron Schwarz and I've decided to change my name. I figured, rather than dealing with the boredom of researching mythological deities or wasting my precious time looking through popular books of names, I would just get the entire population of the world to do the job for me. Oh yeah, I'm going to give $25,000 to whoever suggests the...http://www.capsgetpeeled.com/blog/archives/000544.html Backlit Keyboard Disco- June 21, 2006 If your like me, your easily entertained by blinking lights, and semi-obsessed with iTunes visuals. Well some guy named Stefan is too, so he wrote an iTunes plug-in that makes your backlit keyboard react to the music. Backlight Visualizer for iTunes on MacOS X After seeing info on hacking the keyboard backlight of newer Apple portables and someone posting a CPU meter using the backlight, I decided that it would be time to put this into an iTunes plugin. new and improved: now it can optionally...http://www.capsgetpeeled.com/blog/archives/000543.html |