Archive for September, 2009

David Bazan (previously playing with Pedro the Lion) has released a new album.. it’s on repeat in our house at the moment keeping me thinking.
Listen here on Spotify (or three bonus acoustic mp3s: Hard to Be | Curse Your Branches | Bless this Mess)

“Horrifying,” “naïve,” and “flawed” are among the adjectives geneticists and isotope specialists have used to describe the “Human Provenance pilot project,” launched quietly in mid-September by the U.K. Border Agency. Their consensus: The project is not scientifically valid – or even sensible.” – Science Magazine
Boingboing has more on the proposals of trying to test nationality [...]

This is really the first Augmented Reality tool I’ve that that’s functional and easy to use.. although I think it’ll take Royal Mail a while to catch up! (ht)

World Science Festival 2009: Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale from World Science Festival on Vimeo.