Do it again

Thursday, October 21st, 2010


Easy Going :: Do It Again

So two Italian sailors walk into the local discotech, upon which the first sailor says to the second, “¡Ay, caramba!” — Ten White Russians later, this song is written and performed by “Boogie Man” and the seamen.

The stars that move

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

The stars that move

From Project Gutenberg, a completely free (and legal) eBook, The Outline of Science, features some 1920s awesome. The book is basically an overview of the natural science, but has some neat retro illustrations of the solar system, biology and molecules and such. And now, from the 1910s, The Planets.

Quick man

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

Who has the fastest hands — the pianist or the typist? — For any given interval, is it possible to hit more keystrokes on a computer keyboard than musical notes on a piano? If so, has anyone ever tried mapping a computer keyboard to a piano’s keys so that they could play the piano on their computer keyboard, and thus becoming the de-facto fastest piano player ever?

I’ve done some searching around, but so far the internet has yet to yield me an answer. So for now, the best we can do is watch these two videos, simultaneously.