In cased you missed it in comments, music-with-bikes resources continue to pour in. If you haven’t found yourself inspired to make music with bikes yet, this should do the trick. If you’re thinking of doing this yourself, here are some great thoughts on using the bike as a music controller: Discussion: Bicycle as a Max/MSP […]

Previously mentioned After Effects turbocharger Gridiron Nucleo Pro has been discounted from $495 to $395. Still a little steep for the indie, but considerably less a little steep, which is nice.

SCART doesn’t seem to be utilized widely in Australia. I’m not sure about the rest of the world, but in Europe it’s the king of interconnects. Maybe that’s the reason that Spreadshirt don’t ship to Australia (or the US), they think that because our cultures haven’t embraced SCART we just won’t get their cool iconography. […]

I haven’t seen the World of Warcraft South Park yet, but I did manage to catch the recent stopmotion/claymation episode of My Name is Earl before I left Australia. DV.com has an interview with the production leads for the segment, containing plenty of background, logistical information on how a special episode like this takes place, […]

I haven’t seen the World of Warcraft South Park yet, but I did manage to catch the recent stopmotion/claymation episode of My Name is Earl before I left Australia. DV.com has an interview with the production leads for the segment, containing plenty of background, logistical information on how a special episode like this takes place, […]

Greetings from Vietnam! Yes, the rumours are true, I have taken a holiday. However, the initial phase of do as much stuff as possible even if it kills us hardcore travelling has passed, and I’m now in the cool, relaxed, clean and incidentally wifi-infested Hanoi. I’ve caught up on my bloglines subscriptions and wow, lots […]

DIY hardware isn’t just for abstract and noise musicians any more: visualists are getting in on the act. While on the subject of glitchy visuals from bent gaming hardware, GetLoFi reports this week on several new DIY projects to delight the eyes. The EX PMX is a homemade analog video synth that … does … […]

Thought every twist on Tchaikovsky had been exhausted in holiday seasons past? Think again: San Francisco-based composer Flip Baber (aka johnnyrandom, pictured) writes to tell us about a compositional challenge that made him turn bike parts into instruments: I was recently approached by award winning advertising agency, Goodby, Silverstein & Partners to do a composition […]