Toast Radio Toast Radio is a streaming music server that plays a freeform radio format weighted towards power pop, melodic rock and alternative music. There’s also a healthy dose of folk and big band with ska, rockabilly, jazz, alt-country and others filling out the (tags: music streaming) Issuu: Turn PDF files into online flip books When you upload a [...]

When I went to the iTunes Store today to download the free single of the week, I decided to check the “just for you” selections. One of the albums it suggested several times was Vampire Weekend. I listened to one song and bought the album immediately. This may replace Neon Bible as my favorite album. Like [...]

Via Slashdot: On February 5, 1897, 111 years ago today, the Indiana legislature very nearly passed a bill ‘introducing a new mathematical truth,’ that would have erroneously established pi as the ratio ‘five-fourths to four’ or 3.2. The story explaining the rationale behind the bill and how they were prevented from legislating it when a [...]

I got a Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 lens for my D40x, which I ordered a few days ago from Amazon. It takes amazingly sharp pictures, especially in low light, since it’s a lot faster than the kit lens. Unfortunately it doesn’t support auto-focus on the D40x, since it doesn’t have an internal AF motor. Even with [...]

Henry Rollins takes on evolution & (un)intelligent design. Share This