Dark Blade - The Most Amazing Computer Ever Built - A guy in Italy, who apparently works in a professional CNC shop, makes this ultimate computer case out of metal. All metal. All custom computer designed and machined. It’s almost done. Follow new developments here.
More “Making Ring from Coin” Stuff - This one seems easier than the last one I posted.
Dear Iron and Wine,
Vis a vis your cover of The Postal Service’s “Such Great Heights,” I’d like to say that, I get it. When you strip away the (albeit magnificent) electronic(a) going on in the background of the original, your acoustic version cuts closer to the heart … it has fewer things to get in the way as it slices into one’s inner sanctum. And yes, I know you guys licensed the song to Mars, Inc. for an M&M commercial, and you know what? That’s ok. Fine by me. The song is still great, even with the goofy kaleidescopic imagery that goes along with it in the commercial (which, in and of itself is not bad; the constrast between music and video is striking). In fact, that delectable clip on the commercial is what reminded me again of your cover, which I had only given 10 seconds of playing time in the past. The track of which I speak is spinning right now: I think I understand what you were thinking when you sang this, and what Ben Gibbard of the Postal Service was thinking when he, surely in a moment of inspired poetry, penned the words.
Also, I am sure you are proud to have Dntel in your company, as musicians who work closely with Mr. Gibbard on the scene. Incidentally, Dntel is responsible for a truly magnificent song called “Umbrella.” (Listen to it On Amazon.com, though the sample doesn’t quite do it justice). Anyhow, I’d like to thank you all for writing music that blows one’s socks off, but only if one lets it. Incidentally, are you aware of this little factoid about Dntel?
Dntel is pronounced din-tell. Tamborello admitted that the name was not intended to mean anything. When asked to create a meaning for it, he quoted it as a shortened version of “Don’t Tell.” He admits that this meaning is a bit of a stretch.
And that’s where I end my letter. Poor Iron and Wine, they will never receive it. Anyhow, I was just thinking how much I would like to play like the pianist Benny Green. His pure technical skill has been described as “busy,” though I hear it as an intesely focussed jazz attack. Plus, he certainly is capable of slower ballads. All in all, his command of jazz styles is quite breathtaking. Care for a musical sample? “No, thanks,” I hear you say. Well, you’re in luck because the album “The Place to Be” of which I speak is massively out of print and audio samples are available absolutely nowhere … but here’s a rather entertaining link where you can buy the CD for nigh seventy-five crappin’ dollars.
Record label: Found - Sometimes, and quite surprisingly, it’s hard to track down information about things. So, I’ve done it for you. Here’s Feist’s record label!
Also, if you can spend any time napping in a field on a summer day when you are younger — do so. That can be the place you visit in your mind when you’re standing on a crowded subway, stooped with back pain, sweating like your pores are water-piks, while a beggar in stained and drooping sweatpants yells in your ear.
— Paul Ford
Brilliant Way to Preserve Snowflakes - Cold runny superglue and some microscope slides will preserve snowflakes indefinitely. This is so cool. Will try next winter. Remind me.
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