The greatest love of all

Version 1.0

Hey all, I decided to get a webcam and start posting stuff on youtube. My first posting is of me practicing Whitney Houston's "The greatest love of all". As you may or may not know, I'm a musician, and among other things I play the piano and sing. This is one of my favorite warm-up songs :P I'm not a 100% happy with the way this version came out but what the hell :)
I hope you enjoy it !

All is full of love and Hunter

I wanted to share two songs from Bjork, an artist that never ceases to surprise. The first one is for "All is full of love". The song and the video combine to give a fused aesthetic, namely a glimpse into the future, a surgical, cold, environment, and the relation between man, machine, and love.




The second one is from the song "Hunter". In this video, technology is also a present topic as in most of Bjork's cosmogony, but in addition we find this primal element. Both of these aspects are represented as duals, in the video as naked Bjork morphs into a digital polar bear, and in the music, the orchestration combines electronic beats with strings from afar and chant-like sounds.

Ladies and gentlemen, we have a whistler

In singing you always hear of women using the whistle register (Mariah Carey is a notable example of this technique). But today for the first time I came across Adam Lopez, an Australian singer who holds the World Guiness Record for highest male vocal note. He used to have it for holding a D7, until in 2005 he broke his own record by attaining a C#8. For those of you not musically trained, that's very high. If you don't believe me, check out this video.

Adam Lopez - Guinness World Record attempt 2005

He claims to have a 7 octave range...that's unheard of

The female holder of the record for highest note is Georgia Brown, a Brazilian singer. Here's a video of a live performance, the host of the TV show cannot believe her ears. She gives a G10 !!

Animation vs. Animator


Another example of art imitating life imitating art imitating...

Animator vs. Animation by *alanbecker on deviantART
From the artist's website:

Artist's Comments

An animator faces his own animation in deadly combat. The battlefield? The Flash interface itself.
A stick figure is created by an animator with the intent to torture. The stick figure drawn by the animator will be using everything he can find - the brush tool, the eraser tool - to get back at his tormentor. It's resourcefulness versus power. Who will win? You can find out yourself.

-- This took three long months.. i think it's worth it.

YouOS

There has been a lot of buzz lately about this new trend where operating systems shift to now be included within the confines of a web browser...I'm not 100% convinced this is a good idea...but...whatever.
I came upon one of the many websites that provide this kind of online OS service, and I must admit it's pretty cool the things that can be done with some javascript :) One might dare to say, javascript has become an OS-creation language !! (Heresy!!)
Anywho, here's a snapshot of some of the content on the website (www.youos.com)

Do the Robot Dance!!

Check out the third guy...he's amazing.

Wireless Energy is a reality !!


A group of researchers from MIT have successfully tested an experimental system to deliver power to devices without the need for wires.

From the article:
The setup, reported in the journal Science, made a 60W light bulb glow from a distance of 2m (7ft).

WiTricity, as it is called, exploits simple physics and could be adapted to charge other devices such as laptops.

"There is nothing in this that would have prevented them inventing this 10 or even 20 years ago," commented Professor Sir John Pendry of Imperial College London who has seen the experiments.

"But I think there is an issue of time. In the last few years we have seen an exponential growth of mobile devices that need power. The power cable is the last wire to be cut in a wireless connection."
Professor Moti Segev of the Israel Institute of Technology described the work as "truly pioneering".

Source - BBC News


Take that, Tesla ! :)

The Online Communities Map

I got this pic somewhere in the web...

Bjork - Hyperballad

I think Björk must be one of the most original artists to have risen in the last decade. Her sound is completely uncommon, that's why people tend to be torn about her, either loving or hating her music. To me, she has a very interesting feel for music, and while vocally she isn't a powerhouse as Mariah or Whitney, she delivers a lot of emotion in her performance.
Here's a clip of one of my favorite songs, Hyperballad. I love the contrast between the electronic ambience of the song and the string section, very eclectic. The drummer in this performance is amazing too.

Microsoft Surface

Ok, now...this is some awesome technology. I love it. I love it. I love it.
The possibilities are actually endless, from everything they show here, to playing foosball or...whatever ! Props to Microsoft for this.