05 Mar 2009 at 19:16
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Virgil Griffith (pictured below), a CalTech grad student, conducted a rather interesting study that links SAT scores with music tastes.
The results are very, very interesting with the brightest students favouring Beethoven, whilst Lil ‘Wayne seemed to be enjoyed by the *less* bright students.
A couple notable things to point out regarding the study though, as noticed [...]
15 Feb 2008 at 14:34
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I love creating a round, long and clear note with some water (or wine!) and a wine glass. This guy takes it to the next level completely by organizing tens of glasses, and then playing a full-blown tune on them! Awesome stuff.
Thanks to Amori for the link!
14 Aug 2007 at 15:22
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Let Them Sing it for You is an interesting new service that allows you to enter text, and have it sung back to you, with the words being taken from popular songs. One or two words are missing (though it’s rare) and it turns into a bit of fun after a while!
Just remember, the player [...]
06 Aug 2007 at 20:18
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They bore into your head. They won’t let go. There’s no known cure. Earworms [songs that get stuck in your head] can attack almost anyone at almost any time.
I know the feeling of having a song stuck in my head. And I can assure you,
it wasn’t a good feeling. You just keep on hearing [...]