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“Neue Leichtigkeit” – “New Airiness”

December 29th, 2011 No comments

The yearly hacker congress (28C3) was hacked again, this year with an orchestrated Gala together with the band “new airiness”.

Event 4832 at 28C3

Recording 28C3 (by FEM)

Jesus lebt!

December 24th, 2011 No comments

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Ethical Oil …. Ouch!!!

December 21st, 2011 No comments

Facepalm!

… or (alternatively): while getting a fuel refill, bend over and get a full load by EXXON and/or whatever Oil corp. up your ass. – This will ensure sustaining your ethical values…

Exterminate all the Brutes v.4

December 14th, 2011 No comments

Exterminate All The Brutes memeThe Software Libre project “Exterminate alle the brutes” in Malawi, Central Africa, goes into round four.

This time it’s less of a “Niggaz project” than a “Womanz project”! – Meow!

Stay tuned by subscribing to the projects website.

Recording “The Politics of Copyright and the New Cultural Economy”

December 8th, 2011 No comments

Cory Doctorow talked about “The Politics of Copyright and the New Cultural Economy” last Tuesday. Here’s the recording.

Direct link:
Cory Doctorow – The Politics of Copyright and the New Cultural Economy MP4 (469 MB)
Cory Doctorow – The Politics of Copyright and the New Cultural Economy OGV (409 MB)

Hardware Orchestra

December 3rd, 2011 2 comments


Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody (Old School Computer Remix)

Hardware:
Atari 800xl and Floppy Drive 0$ (no joke found it sitting on a garbage pile near Queen and Coxwell)
3.5 Inch Hard Drive 0$ (old defective drive)
Adaptec 2940UW SCSI Card $5 (craigslist)
TI-99/4A and Tape Drive $15 (e-bay)
8 Inch Floppy Drive $20 (a1 electronics)
HP ScanJet 3C $25 (craigslist)
Eico Oscilloscope $28 (the best deal i ever got on e-bay)


The Animals – House of the Rising Sun (Old School Computer Remix)

Hardware:
a. HP Scanjet 3P, Adaptec SCSI card and a computer powered by Ubuntu v9.10 OS as the Vocals. (hey, the scanner is old)
b. Atari 800XL with an EiCO Oscilloscope as the Organ
c. Texas instrument Ti-99/4A with a Tektronix Oscilloscope as the Guitar
d. Hard-drive powered by a PiC16F84A microcontroller as the bass drum and cymbal


Bit-52 Robot playing “Rock Lobster”


EOL Robot Band covers “The Beautiful People” by Marilyn Manson


“Funkytown” by Lipps Inc. Remix with Old Computer Equipment (Junky Town)