sixtyPercent: Cochlear Implants, Aviation, Technlology, and Philosophy 2005/07
The Grey Album
I got ahold of The Grey Album by DJ Dangermouse, and I think it's very good. This album is a mashup of the Beatles "The White Album" and Jay-Z's "The Black Album". I already own the former and will now buy the latter.
What makes this music even more interesting is that it's apparently illegal to distribute, as the source music is used without permission. This is understandable but unfortuante -- it's a new, creative work of art that deserves to be appreciated (IMHO). Ironically, EMI's supression of the work has of course made it more popular -- I would probably not have heard of it if it wasn't for the controversy. (The so-called Streisand Effect).
by David Creemer : 2005/07/15 : Categories music (permalink)
Experimental website online
I've brought online a new python-based experimental business directory and local coupons website working with some friends. The database is mostly empty now, but it does contain data for some of
Palo Alto, CA, San Francisco, CA, Renton, WA, Chicago, IL, Fairhope, AL, Germantown, TN, and Dallas, TX.
This site is using technologies like:
- squid for reverse proxy caching
- pound for load balancing
- cherrypy is the python-based web application server
- cheetah provides the python-based XHTML page template generation
- sqlobject is the python-based database Object-Relational Mapper
- postgresql handles the database duties
- lighttpd handles the front end web interface
all on linux. In other words, it's all free software. Pretty amazing stuff all around.
by David Creemer : 2005/07/13 : Categories technology python : 0 trackbacks : 0 comments (permalink)
