Roger Bourland
writes about music and life

Here is a four minute reminder as to why we don’t want nuclear or nucyoolar bombs.

I hold onto old software, especially when I used it to create music. I have on old IBM PC-AT with tons of Sequence Plus files on it that I am holding onto until I can figure out how to get them off that old hard drive. As a publisher, I have many files that […]

Barry Fox unearthed a patent application from Apple that has amazing implications:
We could soon see a new kind of display screen from computer maker Apple – one that simultaneously takes pictures while showing images.
The clever idea is to insert thousands of microscopic image sensors in-between the liquid crystal display cells in the screen. Each sensor […]

A new device called the Monome features an 8 X 8 matrix of buttons. It reminds me of the analog sequencer modules from the early days of Moog where one can get a maximum of eight notes on one grid. It would repeat over and over (remember Donna Summer’s “I Feel Love”?) like a loop. […]

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My partner, Daniel Shiplacoff, tells all of his friends and clients: BACK UP YOUR COMPUTER! Last weekend, he decided to back up a hard drive, one that he had not backed up for quite some time. It failed the next day. Daniel’s maxim is that ALL HARD DRIVES WILL FAIL, IT’S ONLY […]

Some people find the veins in hands to be sexy. A bank in Japan is now using a scan of your veins for identification. I guess it’s better than an implant chip. What a hoot!

Sick of flying? Train is out of the question? Car? you’ve gotta be kidding…
Have you been wondering about the status of teleportation? To be honest, I have, and stumbled across this PDF in a Wired News post. The language is beyond my comprehension. I did see Uri Geller’s name at the end. If anyone can […]