MTVMusic.com

By jeremy | 28 October, 2008 - 8:50 pm | internets, media, memories

Harkening back to the legendary days of old, i present to you… MTVMusic.com

RuBot II- Rubik’s Cube solving robot

By jeremy | 13 October, 2006 - 9:41 am | internets, memories, uncategorized

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YouTube has an amazing video of RuBot II – The Rubik’s cube solving robot. I so want one. My birthday’s coming up, but ~~the creator’s website isn’t, so~~ I have no idea if they have a Wishlist feature. [UPDATE] I was typing in the wrong address; it’s http://mechatrons.com/.

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This is the new version of RuBot by Pete Redmond from Dublin, Ireland. It’s very different to the prototype but it has to be the coolest looking robot solver ever. There are cameras in the eyes of the head that scan the cube before the pneumatic arms solve it. It usually solves the Cube in a max of about 50 seconds (not including the scan) no matter how much it is mixed up.

The solving algorithm is taken care of by Herbert Kociemba’s Cube Explorer software and usually solves the cube in a maximum of about 20 moves. In this video, the cube wasn’t mixed up too hard so RuBot was able to find the optimum solution.

Thanks to all of those who think it is too good to be true. That is a real compliment!

Grooves

By jeremy | 12 October, 2006 - 9:20 am | CDs, media, memories, uncategorized

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Here’s one thing that I actually miss about vinyl records: you could actually look at the record itself and know instantly* which tracks were the interludes and which were the opuses. When will files on a computer be able to do that?

* yes, I know you can see it on CD, but you have to look really hard and close and squint a lot. That’s no fun!

R.I.P. Billy Preston

By jeremy | 7 June, 2006 - 2:43 am | current events, life, memories

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Billy Preston has left the studio at the tender age of 59.

A kinder, sweeter man i have never met. He had tons of heart. He saved the Beatles in their last year. Rock music wouldn’t have been so good without this wonderful man. Here’s just a partial list of credits. He also played with Earth Wind and Fire during the group’s heyday.

(1970) Let It Be — including “Get Back”
(1970) All Things Must Pass (George Harrison)
(1971) Sticky Fingers (Rolling Stones)
(1971) The Concert for Bangladesh (George Harrison And Friends)
(1971) There’s a Riot Goin’ On (Sly & the Family Stone)
(1972) Exile on Main Street (Rolling Stones)
(1973) Goats Head Soup (Rolling Stones)
(1974) It’s Only Rock’n Roll (Rolling Stones)
(1975) Blood on the Tracks (Bob Dylan)
(1975) “You Are So Beautiful” (Joe Cocker’s biggest hit)
(1976) Black and Blue (Rolling Stones)