MIT’s Eigenradio (eigen means “own” in Dutch and several other languages) “makes its optimal music by analyzing in real time dozens of radio stations at once. When our bank of computers has heard enough music, it will go to work on making more just like it.” Here’s a picture for people who like pictures: update…
Ja és clixé dir que ha començat el període més important en la política catalana en els últims 25 anys. La posició del PSOE sembla cada dia més feble, i John Chappell (2003/9/2 11:29) té alguna especulació interessant sobre la possibilitat d’eleccions primerenques.
Something’s happening as a consequence of Wednesday’s missive from La Vanguardia’s ombudsman, Josep Maria Casasús re my original Rafael Ramos post, but I’m not sure exactly what: either they really are going after him, or they’re going to try to discredit me; given that they don’t seem to have done anything in three months, I…
Sorry to break my normal Dutch–Catalan–English flow, but this is important: we’ve got a winner for the cowbike drawing competition! The winning artist, Jan-Willem de Bruijn (7) from Rotterdam, notes in his entry that “The Netherlands seems to be the country with the highest density of roadsigns in the world. We have signs for everything.…
Dat is echt hoe dit stukje suburban sprawl heet, maar het ligt in Catalunya, niet Flevoland. Trouwens, kan iemand mij uitleggen waarom Turbotaz als een gek Kaleboel aandelen aan het kopen is? Als ze Rafael Ramos eruit schoppen, zal de prijs inderdaad omhoog gaan, of heeft-ie een andere strategie? Hij gaat me toch niet dumpen?!…
Those of you with a memory longer than those interesting socks your boss is wearing this morning may remember that I pointed out in May that Rafael Ramos, La Vanguardia’s correspondent in London, appeared to be semi-literate, prone to invention, and a plagiarist. When I complained to the paper’s ombudsman, Josep Maria Casasús, he emailed…
Barcelona’s dog racing stadium, the Canódromo, is an architectonic miracle–in the sense that it hasn’t yet fallen down–but the whole neighbourhood is worth a visit. For one thing it’s full of good local bars which, at this time of year, are principally inhabited by Peruvians and Ecuadorians who haven’t got a masia up in the…