Results for Pac Man

Some interesting things I bookmarked on del.icio.us on February 28th, 2008:

• Syntrax – a free mobile music studio – a sample editor, synthesizer and sequencer for Windows mobile and Symbian smartphones.

• Charting a song – Chris Glass charts Take a chance on me by Abba.
• Free DIY Pac-Man Sampler-Step Sequencer Game (PC) – Hayden Bursk aka CDMer ohtravioso, has built a brilliant free game-slash-step sequencer for Windows, downloadable free.
• Tin 1 – DIY tin can speakers. They actually look quite classy.
• How to add multiple samples into one piano roll in FL Studio – Lovely FL Studio tips & tricks at The Fruit Tree website. This post is about using the layer channel to play multiple samples from one piano roll, just what I was trying to figure out!

Some interesting things I bookmarked on del.icio.us on January 23rd, 2008:

• the SiimpleSynth – Wiimote synthesizer from the Wii Loop Machine guy

• Comparison of upcoming digital audio recorders – Brad Linder put together a little chart showing how the upcoming digital audio recorders from Tascam, Yamaha and Olympus stack up against one another.
• MPAA Admits Mistake on Downloading Study – Hollywood laid much of the blame for illegal movie downloading on college students. Now, it says its math was wrong. Duh!
• McDonald’s Pulls Ads From Florida Report Cards – How did this manage to get approved anyhow?
• hello_naomi: Cupcakes and Cookies! – Cool cupcakes with Super Mario and Pac-Man theme.
• Cotton Monster – Jennifer Strunge – Lovely stuffed monsters made from recycled clothes and linnen.

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.

Wellcome Trust scientists have identified for the first time how our brain’s response changes the closer a threat gets.

From the article:

When faced with a threat – such as a large bear – humans, like other animals, alter their behaviour depending on whether the threat is close or distant. This is because different defence mechanisms are needed depending on whether, for example, the bear is fifty feet away, when being aware of its presence may be enough, or five feet away, when we might need to fight or run away.

To investigate what happens in the brain in such a situation, researchers at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging at University College London created a game where subjects were chased through a maze by an artificial predator – if caught, they would receive a mild electric shock. The researchers then measured their brain activity using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).

In short, the closer the threat, the more we rely on primitive behaviour for quick-response survival mechanisms (fight, flee, etc) instead of planning our response strategies to the threat.

Check Science Magazine for more on this.

Link via Boing Boing