From Wikipedia:
Reginald Fessenden:
The Ghost of Radio Past
On the evening of December 24, 1906 (Christmas Eve), [Reginald] Fessenden used the alternator-transmitter to send out a short program from Brant Rock, which included his playing the song “O Holy Night” on the violin and reading a passage from the Bible. On December 31, New Year’s Eve, a second short program was broadcast. The main audience for both these transmissions was an unknown number of shipboard radio operators along the Atlantic Coast. Although now seen as a landmark, these two broadcasts were barely noticed at the time and soon forgotten—the only first-hand account appears to be a letter Fessenden wrote on January 29, 1932 to his former associate, Samuel M. Kinter. There are no known accounts in any ships radio logs, nor any contemporary literature, of the reported holiday demonstrations. In addition, Fessenden does not appear to have made any additional broadcasts intended for a general audience, and was actually promoting the alternator-transmitter as ideal for point-to-point wireless telephone service. Still, in retrospect, it was an important glimpse of the future of radio.
BEHOLD! THE GHOST OF RADIO FUTURE:
Oh, Ryan Seacrest. What will it take to wipe that glassy grin off your faux-tanned California mug?
Originally reported by Slashdot.
After many months (and even more all-nighters), That Other Paper has finally launched.
That’s right — Austin finally has a paper to call its own. Don’t believe me? Check out this highly accurate timeline of publishing in Austin.
In an interview with UT-Austin’s alumni magazine the Alcalde, I discuss the inspiration for Four Kitchen Studios and the process of working creatively without a rigid hierarchy or division of labor. Here’s an excerpt from the introduction (penned by assistant editor Tim Taliaferro):
Four Kitchen Studios operates as a hub for quirky people with specific skill sets, a one-stop shop for companies desperately in need of talent. Between the four founding members there’s a freelance writer, a computer scientist/political campaigner, a cartoonist, and a graphic designer/Webmaster/writer. Then there’s the talent pool — a small army of freelance writers, editors, designers, comics, ninjas, and artists with other full-time jobs but on whom the founders can call when a project requires their expertise.
Read more about Four Kitchen Studios’ creative mission »
Some background info: Four Kitchen Studios is a creative solutions firm I co-founded with some colleagues from the Texas Travesty. Four Kitchens specializes in design and publishing for print and the web in Austin, Texas, and throughout the country.
As if UT football recruiting needed any help this year:
Annual Princeton Review ranking of top colleges for partying, sobriety
by The Associated Press
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Here are the nation’s top party schools and the most “Stone Cold Sober” schools as they will appear in the Princeton Review’s 2007 edition of “The Best 361 Colleges,” which goes on sale Tuesday:
Top 10 Party Schools
- University of Texas at Austin
- Penn State University
- West Virginia University
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
- University of Mississippi
- Ohio University
- University of Massachusetts-Amherst
- Louisiana State University
- University of Iowa
- University of California, Santa Barbara
It’s true. I used to study upside-down to practice my kegstand. And now the BORING part:
Top 10 “Stone Cold Sober” Schools
- Brigham Young University
- Wheaton College
- College of the Ozarks
- Grove City College
- U.S. Naval Academy
- U.S. Coast Guard Academy
- U.S. Air Force Academy
- Queens College
- Wellesley College
- Calvin College
Source: The Princeton Review (Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
Looks like the Bad Breath Dragon is at it again. This time he’s (she’s? they’re?) going after Senator Ted “the Internet is a series of tubes” Stevens.
At Send Me an Internet, you can send Senator Stevens your very own Internet (that is, email). Stick it to the Old Man and get your parody on.
From Yahoo! News:
Yanni Arrested in Alleged Domestic Dispute
[…] Yanni asked his girlfriend, Silvia Barthes, to leave his beachfront home in Manalapan on Thursday night, the police report said. Barthes, 33, told police she attempted to pack her clothing but the 51-year-old musician threw it on the ground.
She told officers he then grabbed her arms and shook her, throwing her on the bed, and jumped on top of her, according to the report.
Yanni told police Barthes kicked him, and he believed he injured his finger during the incident, the report said. […]
Y’know, taken out of context, this sounds less like a domestic dispute than some kinky, throw-you-down-and-choke-you fight-sex—all to the soothing, ephemeral whisperings of New Age piano spiraling from the heavens like rainbows made of butterflies. Erotic novel time!
As Silvia lay pinned to the bed, delirious with ecstasy, Yanni pressed his forearm against her larynx. A drop of sweat rolled off his majestic nose and into her panting mouth.
“I want you to sing for me,” he grunted as the salt spread across her tongue. “Sing for Yanni.”
“Sing!” he shouted, pressing harder against her throat with his rippling arm. “Sing for Daddy!”
Well, regardless of the cause for Yanni’s arrest, those dicks at the Betting Pool of Most Unlikely and Otherworldly Shit Imaginable owe me some serious cash.
From Yahoo! News:
DETROIT - Kid Rock has won an initial victory in his attempt to stop a California company from releasing an explicit sex video featuring the rap-rocker, former Creed singer Scott Stapp and four women. [Link: Kid Rock Sues to Stop Sale of Sex Video]
Oh, how the pious have fallen. Poor Scott Stapp, arrested earlier this month for public intoxication, can’t seem to get a break! If you listen carefully, you can hear the world’s Youth Group leaders dejectedly shaking their heads as millions of awkward preteen girls clutch their Build-A-Bears ever tighter.
Luckily, I have his number in my Cellular Telephone, so I gave him a ring. Here’s an Exclusive World’s Only Blog Interview with Someone Famous™:
STAPP: I’m Torn! What’s This Life For when My Sacrifice fails to take me Higher? I’ve Weathered so much temptation, often With Arms Wide Open to God, but I see now that I’ve built My Own Prison. Sins are like Bullets—it only takes One to bring you down. Since my sinful behavior has come to light, I’ve been forced to draw One Last Breath and wonder, What If I had been strong enough to endure in the face of temptation?
WOB: That’s fascinating. I really respect you as a Christian and an artist. How will the revelation of this sex tape affect your career?
STAPP: Don’t Stop Dancing.
WOB: Pardon?
STAPP: Oh, I’m sorry. I was talking to Luna.
WOB: Who?
STAPP: Luna. She’s my, uh, girlfriend. Hey, hold on.
WOB: Okay.
STAPP: [Muffled] Are You Ready to receive the body of Scott Stapp?
FEMALE VOICE: [Unintelligible]
STAPP: Don’t chew it. Just let it dissolve on your tongue before swallowing.
WOB: What incredibly witty sexual innuendo!
I love to make New Year’s resolutions, don’t you? What are yours? Oooh, really? Hey now! Woah—I’m impressed.
Geez, I’m sorry. We’re derailing this very important blog entry. Let’s continue this conversation at a later time, okay? Oh, cut it out, you!
Man, that guy’s a card. Anyway—back to me. This year, I’ve decided to focus on becoming a better person. To that end, I’ve devised this Resolutions for the Year Two-Thousand and Six:
- Make other people lose weight.
- Stop spitting. This includes watermelon seeds and mouthwash.
- Spend less money on lap dances.
- Start cutting coupons for lap dances.
- Attain spiritual enlightenment through religious devotion to lap dances.
- Help protect the environment of my lap for dancing.
- Stop pretending to be a woman for attention and pity.
What are your New Year’s resolutions?
