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Bob And Ray

Archive.org has become the central archive for several Old Time Radio groups. Over the lasst few weeks hundreds of shows have been posted up. In the next year or so I figure the bulk of many collectors archives will be up online for anyone to listen to or grab. One newer entry is the amazing collection of about 230 Bob and Ray shows. The humor is dharp, dry and dead on. They skewer the media of their time (radio, tv and the movies) as well as the culture in general. If Matt Neffer, Boy Spot-Welder is not some one you know then warm up your harddrive and grab these shows.

Timeless

"This instrument can teach, it can illuminate; yes, and it can even inspire. But it can do so only to the extent that humans are determined to use it to those ends. Otherwise it is merely wires and lights in a box. There is a great and perhaps decisive battle to be fought against ignorance, intolerance and indifference. This weapon of television could be useful." Edward R. Murrow Add the computer to that and you got one great quote for today.

Public Access Hollywood

(found on greylodge) "With this minor complaint aside, Public Access Hollywood is still a fun and interesting look into downtown Hollyweird. From David Hart’s twisted religious puppet show to the Threee Geniuses’ psychotic TV freak out, there’s a lot to discover here for cult film enthusiasts. While there isn’t necessarily an easy way to get the film right now if you don’t live in L.A." Download Torrent

YouTube videos ripper/converter Bash script

This is a damn sweet bit of code. It will rip and convert to mpg any piece of YouTube video. Now to make it handle batches of requests:)- #!/bin/bash bu='http://youtube.com/get_video.php?';mkdir -p ~/YouTube;cd ~/YouTube;read -p 'YouTube url? ' ur;read -p 'Name? ' nv wget ${ur} -O /tmp/y1;uf=${bu}`grep player2.swf /tmp/y1 | cut -d? -f2 | cut -d\' -f1`;wget '${uf}' -O /tmp/y.flv ffmpeg -i /tmp/y.flv -ab 56 -ar 22050 -b 500 -s 320x240 ${nv}.mpg;rm /tmp/y.flv; rm /tmp/y1;rm gmon.out; exit"

Tour de Crepes in the WillyWeek

Brenda gets a good write up in the WillyWeek. If your in Portland and want crepes give her place a visit.

GO

It started a year ago when my youngest son was born. A friend of the family gave me a copy of Shoen Jump to pass the time. For the most part it was swords and skirts; one story though caught my interest. Hikaru No Go is the story of a young kid who comes to have the ghost of a one time Go master live in his head. The ghost guides the kid into playing Go and the kid in turn gets hooked. Which in turn gets me hooked on Go. Sure, I have played Go a few times in my life but this is a more studied affair. You can find me on the IGS servers getting schooled by anyone 22kyu and above.

Aside from learning the games depth , more so than I do now at least, I have got it in my head I need to build a good goban of my own.

The Pinball Hall Of Fame

Jason Scott has posted about his finding of Pinball Mecca. Lets hope some of this shows up on the Arcade documentary he is currently shooting. "The Pinball Hall of Fame in Las Vegas has only come into the world this year. It is the work of a number of people but primarily Tim Arnold, a fervent collector of pinball machines who has been credited with having nearly 1,000 in various states, but with over 400 in good shape. He's had this collection for decades, having been an arcade operator or involved with them about as long as I've been alive. His dream was to have a place loaded with pinball machines, a museum where you could both see these artifacts of the latter half of the 20th century but also be able to play them. And not just play them, play them at the original prices and have a great time. Currently, that dream has come true"

Bob Is Everywhere

Freedom River (1971)

35 years down the road and what shape is Freedom River in?

Thank You Masked Man

Thank you YouTube!

Radio McGuyver

Need to make an AM radio on the fly?NEODUX breaks it down in the simplest possible terms. Some wire, a razor blade, a saftey pin and your well on your way to listening in on AM Number Repeater Stations.