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  • Richard Dreyfuss reads the iTunes EULA
    Academy-award winner Richard Dreyfuss is here to help you understand your rights and obligations as an iTunes customer; at CNet's behest, he's read 2,000 or so words that comprise the iTunes EULA.

    c. Termination. The license is effective until terminated by You or Application Provider. Your rights under this license will terminate automatically without notice from the Application Provider if You fail to comply with any term(s) of this license. Upon termination of the license, You shall cease all use of the Licensed Application, and destroy all copies, full or partial, of the Licensed Application.

    Richard Dreyfuss reads the iTunes EULA

    (Thanks, Alice!)


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  • Our Favorite YouTube Videos This Week: The Unexpected Rapper Edition

    This week, we asked YouTube NextUp participant Josh Sundquist to curate our YouTube Roundup, the theme of which is: Unexpected Rappers.

    Sundquist is a 26-year-old motivational speaker. At age 9, he was diagnosed with cancer, and doctors told him that he had a 50% chance to live. He lost his leg, but beat the cancer and started ski racing. In March 2006, he joined the U.S. Paralympic Ski Team. In addition to being a YouTube celeb, he’s also the author of national bestseller Just Don’t Fall: How I Grew Up, Conquered Illness, and Made It Down the Mountain.

    Check out our Q&A with Sundquist below, and then scroll on down to our rap-filled roundup.

    How and why did you get started on YouTube?
    About three years ago I started posting video samples of my motivational speeches on YouTube. Then last year I made a video called “The Amputee Rap” [see above] that went viral, and ever since then I’ve been pretty much addicted to creating video blogs and music videos.

    What effect has YouTube had on your life?
    I’ve always enjoyed being on camera and connecting with people through videos, and for a long time I had this dream of someday hosting a television show. But thanks to YouTube, I’ve realized that I don’t need television to live my dream of being a broadcaster. YouTube gives me total creative control and an instantly available worldwide audience to watch my videos. That’s pretty cool.

    What does this theme mean, personally, to you?
    I love YouTube videos that take the attitude and swagger of mainstream hip-hop videos and combine it with a topic that’s totally unexpected, like a disability or an illness. I think that juxtaposition is not only a comic gold mine, it’s also a way to make a fresh statement about your topic.

    "Life in Quarantine," The Fully Sick Rapper

    This is Josh's pick.

    Rapping Flight Attendant

    Amy-Mae Elliott: This video went viral -- what great PR for the airline.

    "Arlington: The Rap"

    Brian Dresher: Mashable DC Bureau representing! This local musician created "Arlington - The Rap" in the style of "Lazy Sunday" poking fun at the suburban lifestyle (yes, where I live!). If nothing else, I believe you'll greatly enjoy his Starbucks montage beginning at the 3:35 mark.

    Jeff Goldblum, Jimmy Fallon, Biz Markie

    Todd Wasserman: Jeff Goldlum & Biz Markie: Together again for the first time!

    7 Year Old Raps Ke$ha

    Brian Hernandez: It's 8-year-old Matty B, yo! The boy rapper, who has nearly 65,000 Twitter followers, was 7 when he remixed Ke$ha's "We R Who We R" (above). He has also covered or parodied songs from rap heavyweights Diddy and Eminem as well as pop divas Britney Spears, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga and Rihanna.

    Vanilla Ice Ninja Rap

    Radhika Marya: One word: Why?

    "I Don't Wanna be a Crappy Housewife," Tonje Langeteig

    Brenna Ehrlich: It's insane how much I relate to this song.

    More About: favorite-youtube-videos, Josh Sundquist, video, viral video, youtube, YouTube NextUp

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  • The Transfinite Will Blow Your Mind [Video]

    A warehouse size exhibit by Japanese artist Ryoki Ikeda projects a dizzying stream of scientific data and abstract images on a gigantic, folded screen. Combined with pulsing electronic sounds, the show will literally melt your mind. More »


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  • Robot Orchestra Built From Junkyard Scrap [VIDEOS]

    Music and technology mingle in the most fascinating ways these days, and music-playing robots are certainly fascinating enough for us.

    The KarmetiK Machine Orchestra was built by students at California Institute of the Arts near Los Angeles, California. The students used junkyard salvage and traditional instruments to create the bots.

    In addition to vinyl decks and mixing boards, the ensemble also features three entirely new musical instruments, including NotomotoN, a dual-head drum with twelve beaters and a mallet orchestra.

    “Combining intriguing high-tech entertainment with practical applications of cutting-edge research, the orchestra brings together one-of-kind robotic instruments with human performers using modified instruments and unique human computer interfaces,” reads a CalArts site on the project.

    We’ve covered futuristic musical instruments in the past. How do you think the KarmetiK Machine Orchestra measures up? Does music still need a human touch?

    Check out this behind-the-scenes look at how the orchestra was conceived and built, then check out a few performance clips in the gallery below.

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    The KarmetiK Machine Orchestra lab at CalArts.

    Calif. Students Build Musical Robots, Then Jam

    Students at the California Institute of the Arts have built an orchestra of interactive musical robots. Musicians use specialized computer programs to play the robotic instruments. The AP sat in on a rehearsal for an upcoming concert. (May 13)

    Instruments from The Machine Orchestra :: Karmetik

    CalArts, graduation 2010: Two instruments were hooked up to a keyboard so visitors could try them out. www.themachineorchestra.com

    CalArts KarmetiK Machine Orchestra | Jan. 2010

    KarmetiK Machine Orchestra, directed by CalArts Director of Music Technology Ajay Kapur, preparing for their debut performance at CalArts REDCAT January 27th, 2010. Video by Scott Groller http://www.calarts.edu http://www.redcat.org

    image courtesy of Flickr, saschapohflepp

    More About: music, Orchestra, Robot, robot orchestra, robots

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  • Pakistani Starfleet Explorers
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    Allow me, please, to introduce you to The Pakistani Starfleet Explorers, a project by Kenny "Hassan" Irwin, an artist based in Palm Springs, CA:

    [M]illions of courageous men and women heroes that span the cosmos who know no bounds, no limits and explore in a bold way as far as their Bedford Truck Starships will take them to the very ends of galaxies we know so little about to learn more about & in turn learn more about ourselves. There is literally 1000s of stories to be told about these adventurous heros who comprise the flagship of Earth based Starfleets under direction of UNIPASA [United National Inter Planetary Space and Air Association], A galactic village of federal star-travel achievers represented by countless 10,000s of intelligent species which include humans. Yes, indeed.............we must not forget the Pakistani Starfleet have saved more lives than you can imagine from fate less than kind to sowing the seeds of new emergency civilizations to making new friends they knew they never had with life never seen before. They are true bold achievers where others may ask "what is out there?" and the people of the Pakistani Starfleet say......."we shall see".

    View the massive Flickr set here. I think this one is my favorite so far.

    You can purchase prints of his work here.

    (via Tim Bailey)

    The epic photoshopper behind this project is also the guy behind the awesome "outsider news" YouTube channel Dovetastic Microwave Theater (via this BB comment).

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  • Help identify this vintage electronics component

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    [Windell] over at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories has reached out in order to help them identify a mystery piece of electronics equipment they came across a few years ago. Discovered at an electronics surplus store, the mystery component looks like a cross between an over-sized chess board and a breadboard. Failing to identify it they eventually disposed of the board, snapping a couple of pictures for good measure before it was gone for good.

    Recently while visiting a local electronics flea market, they came across what looked to be a similar, though much smaller board. This piqued their curiosity and compelled them to dig out the pictures of the mystery board in hopes of finally discovering what it was. Using markings on the new board they found, the team at EMSL located some images of a patchboard cartridge that looked quite similar to their mystery object. Upon closer inspection however, they think that the two pieces might be related, but are not quite the same item.

    Swing by their site and chime in if you happen to have any good leads – we’re sure they will appreciate it.

    Filed under: misc hacks

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