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Some interesting things I bookmarked on del.icio.us on April 10th, 2008:

# Scientists ask: Can you sing death metal without ruining you voice? – Dr Julian McGlashan from Queens Medical Center in Nottingham asks whether the non-melodic bits of singing – the grunting and growling that ranges from Bryan Adams gentle grit to the full death growl – can be performed safely without knackering your voice.

# Cube3 – A tiny (1"x1"x1") digital audio player with OLED color display. In addition to listening to music, you can now view digital images and watch video clips (magnifying glass sold separately…)
Cube3 features

• Supports MP3, WMA, and “Protected” WMA (DRM)
• PlaysForSure™ Certified – Compatible with music download and subscription-based sites.
• Podcast Ready™ -enabled
• View Digital Images and Watch Video Clips
• Available in 2GB
• Full Color OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) Display
• Rechargeable Lithium Polymer Battery – 10 Hour Playtime
• FM Tuner, FM Recording, and Voice Recording
• SRS WOW HD (High Definition) and TruBass Sound Enhancement
• High Quality SRS Designed Earbuds
• Single Connector for Headphone, File Downloads, and Charging

# Build Your Own Electric Guitar! – Gbuilder writes: I have built several electric guitars over the years and through trial and error have learned many helpful tips that anyone who might want to tackle this sort of project needs to know before starting out.

# Psychosynth – a free software synthesizer inspired by the ideas of the Reactable.

# Teaser: ammoBox Project Digitally Scratches … What? – Nathan Ramella (co-creator of the Unofficial Ableton Live API) put Live and turntables together in a way you haven't seen before.

# Arduino and Silvia: Two Italians, One Tangled Affair – In this precisely hot affair, the Italian born microcontroller board, Arduino, has won the heart of a sensuous piece of Italian engineering named Silvia, an espresso machine by Rancilio.

Veer is selling a cool Helvetica Coffee Mug, a convergence of good taste.

From the product page:

Coffee, like Helvetica, is an acquired taste. To satisfy both habits, this white ceramic mug features four weights of the timeless font – in corresponding caffeinated shades – and a sensibly squared handle. Holds 15 ounces of your favorite beverage but, like the typeface that adorns it, has bottomless potential.

The mug costs $18 USD (only available in North America).

Link via Geek With Laptop

Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories has teamed up with Because We Can to create two interactive LED coffee tables.

Windell writes:

What’s an interactive LED coffee table? (Funny you should ask….) It’s a coffee table that has hundreds of LEDs in the top surface that respond to motion above the table. We have (finally) put together a movie to give you a better idea of how they respond to their environment.

There are presently two models, The Ripple (left) and The Wave (right)

The complete tables are for sale from Because We Can.

Link via Make:Blog

Some interesting things I bookmarked on del.icio.us on August 30th, 2007:

• Pac-Man carpet – Hand woven carpet in 100% wool. One of two made (from Portugal).
• Coffee Drinks Illustrated – Side-by-side diagrams of a few common espresso drinks
• AutoPatcher shut down – Microsoft requested the immediate take-down of the download page.

Some interesting things I bookmarked on del.icio.us on August 23rd, 2007:

• Vacation, All I Never Wanted – United States citizens annually have 0 days legally required paid annual leave.
• Ultimate Flash Face – Construct faces from a comprehensive list of face features like hair, head, eyebrows, glasses, eyes, nose, moustache, mouth, jaw and beard.
• Disposable Coffee Cup Lids – The innovative lid alerts consumers their coffee/tea may be too hot by changing from a dark coffee bean color to a bright red when the lid is applied.
• Lily – Lily is a browser-based, visual programming environment that lets people create programs graphically, without writing code, by drawing connections between data, images, sounds, text and graphics.
• Web OS rundown – 45+ Web Operating Systems
• Digg redesign – Home page improvements coming, paving the way for digg images.
• Recap of the WYYC’s Yo-Yo Modifying Contest – From all accounts, Shinobu Konmoto’s “Nostalgia” was the clear winner and perhaps one of the most amazing entries the contest has ever seen. Shinobu’s creation was a scratch built recreation of a vintage car wheel.