Yes folks, I have a new job. I'm now the "Internet Sales Co-ordinator" at Computerbank Victoria

What does this mean? It means I rummage through piles of odd IT and multimedia gear, research specifications online, and then list them on ebay. For a day a week of this and a couple of hours from home, they pay me $23.50 an hour ( Read more... )

OK, sorry for the ultra-creepy killbot just now. To remedy, here's the cyyyyuuuutest robot ever - the little Yellow Drum Machine.


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Here's Robert Henke of Monolake fame demoing his custom, hand-built MIDI control surface for performing live in, well, Live. It's a 90 minute video, so I'll just post a link that you can peruse at your leisure.

Meanwhile DON'T LOOK AT THE SCARY ROBOT

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Jean Michel Jarre walks you through the gear he used to record his seminal album Oxygene.

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The URL says it all in this case.

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Vince-Clarke-Studio-For-Sale

So, who's up for a quick bank job?

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ReacTable? Lemur? Pfeh! How about off the shelf hardware and some F/OSS love?

WARNING: CONTAINS BAD RAPPING

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From Music Thing, whence links to how to build it in the comments.

Calling all dorks, geeks, nerds, weenies, video/audio artists, AV clubbers, roboticists, tinkerers, hackers, modders and benders.

Dorkbot Melbourne are having a get together with talks, demos and an "open mike" in Fitzroy, 4pm Sunday 29th.

Ubuntu Studio. A Multimedia editing derivative of Ubuntu, currently being planned. [although I have heard from someone using it already]

Ubuntu Studio is aimed at the linux audio, video and graphic enthusiast as well as professional.

Create Digital Music has an entry on music apps for the Playstation Portable, the Nintendo DS, and the GP2X. It's a couple of months old, so click through to the relevant sites for updates. There are also a couple more apps linked in the comments ( Read more... )