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Happy Birthday MIDI

The MIDI Revolution: Synthesizing Music For The Masses on Npr

You can't hear it, not exactly, but it's in almost every song on the radio. It's a 30-year-old technology that hasn't changed much over the years but is now used in ways that its creators likely never imagined. In contemporary music, there's nothing closer to a universal translator than MIDI.

Simply put, MIDI is a way for computers to understand musical instruments. Until 1983, when the technology was first demonstrated in a presentation to the National Association of Music Merchants, synthesizers were stand-alone electronic instruments, incapable of linking up with computers. But the idea for MIDI goes back to 1978, when engineer and synthesizer designer Dave Smith put out the Prophet 5, one of the earliest musical instruments to include a microprocessor. ...


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Copan
( Map ) 39.3% english, 22.2% pidgin, 19.7% german
I had a Prophet 5. Always out of tune. Yeah, it had a microprocessor, but I think it had an analog frequency multiplier/divider, and an octave wasn't quite an octave. It got worse when it got warm. Two octaves was so far off that you didn't dare play notes that far apart - people would grimace and give you funny looks. Finally sold it for $10 and was lucky to get that.
29.1% english, 20.4% pidgin, 15.4% danish
@Runner

Ich war es ein wenig leid meine Runden immer mit Smartphone zu laufen, nur wegen einer Laufapp. Zuviel Gewicht, zuviel Ablenkung, ich hasse den Armgurt (ein "Laufgürtel" kommt schon überhaupt nicht in Frage), also trag ich das Ding die ganze Zeit in der Hand ... geht auf Dauer gar nicht und macht bei längeren Strecken wirklich kein Spaß.
Also musste was anderes her...
Mein neues Spielzeug, der Garmin Forerunner 110:
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Ich hab mich für die Version mit Herzfrequenz-Messung entschieden, kann nicht schaden ab und zu den Puls zu prüfen, auch wenn ich den Brustgurt mit Sicherheit nicht jedes mal verwenden werde.
Der FR 110 ist vom Aufbau völlig simpel und schnell zu kapieren, wie eine stinknormale Pulsuhr eben. Der Satellit wird superschnell gefunden und arbeitet recht zuverlässig. Die Streckenmessung hat jedenfalls wunderbar geklappt:
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Motul de San Jose 38.2% german, 23.9% dutch, 23.7% danish
Reports: Facebook Is Buying Social Mapping/Traffic App Waze For Up To $1B To Court Mobile Users by Ingrid Lunden on TechCrunch

Facebook appears to be close to making another billion-dollar acquisition to once again ramp up its mobile efforts: according to three reports in the Israeli press at Calcalist and sister publication Ynet and The Marker (all in Hebrew), Facebook has approached Waze, the social mapping and traf..


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Altar de Sacrificios 26.7% english, 17.9% pidgin, 16.7% french
Hmm, I really like Waze though. Use it every day.
31% english, 30.2% pidgin, 15.9% norwegian
Ugh! That would really be a pity. Hmpf. :-(
40.3% english, 17.3% pidgin, 15.3% romanian
... this is my color-reduced theme (it's redbasic in gray, simple)
https://github.com/23n/red-themes/tree/master/pluto
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Seibal
( Map ) 26% english, 16.9% pidgin, 16.1% french
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15.4% portuguese, 13.9% lithuanian, 13.3% indonesian
16.6% english, 16.4% pidgin, 15.5% danish
@Runner

Well, that was fun today. Light rain, no wind, around 14°C. Perfect.

Laufen 08.Mai 2013/19:00
Distance 10,48 km
Time 48:09
ø Pace 4:36 min/km
ø Speed 13,1 km/h
El Peru 28.2% english, 26% pidgin, 19.4% german
Ixkun 20.1% german, 16.3% english, 15.9% pidgin

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Mermaids by Nick Cave on YouTube

Live from the La Fonda Theatre in LA
From the new album, Push The Sky Away
Altun Ha' 21.7% english, 19.8% pidgin, 16.4% italian
@Runner

yesterday I did a very relaxed 4 km "natural run" (barefoot) ... Great fun, no time tracking and I was pretty slow. And I still have sore muscles :-)
I think once a week "natural running" could be a good training, but I will buy some minimalistic shoes. Vibram Five Fingers are no option, I don't like to press my toes into neoprene. The NB Minimus Trail are looking good, will try these this weekend.

my run today (with sore muscles):
Distance: 10,51 km
Time: 52:19
ø Speed: 4:59/km (12,1 km/h)
Comalcalco
( Map ) 27.4% english, 19.9% pidgin, 16.3% italian
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Running barefoot on short cutted grass is very nice, even for city slickers ;-)
26.6% english, 20.3% norwegian, 18.3% dutch
ok ... grass would certainly help :-)
18.3% english, 8.7% lithuanian, 8.3% icelandic
Lauryn Hill - Verschuldet on Visions

Lauryn Hill muss über 500.000 US-Dollar Steuern nachzahlen. Um einer Gefängnisstrafe zu entgehen, hat sie nun einen Deal mit Sony abgeschlossen. Für fünf neue Songs und ein folgendes Album hat sie vom Label genug Geld bekommen, um ihre Schulden zu tilgen.



Ms Lauryn Hill- Neurotic Society by JoycelynnTV2 on YouTube

@Music Forum
Motul de San Jose 26.6% german, 16.8% danish, 16.6% swedish
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hm... sagt mir nix... wenn ich's tatsächlich in D'dorf gesehen haben sollte, dann muss es irgendwo... achso... Karte... link... ich Schnellmerker *lach*. Naja, es ist spät ;-)
29.1% german, 18.7% dutch, 16.3% norwegian
44% finnish, 42.4% estonian, 40.7% latvian
@Runner

After ~750 km total distance, my Mizuno Wave Riders are kind of sloppy ...
Time for some new shoes, I don't want to damage my knees again. I changed from Wave Rider to the Mizuno Wave Aero 9, never used these before, but apparently they fit perfect.
Will do a long run today ...

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Los Higos 27.2% english, 24.7% pidgin, 16.9% danish
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31.8% english, 20.8% vietnamese, 15.4% estonian
17.4% hausa, 15.5% norwegian, 14.9% danish
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More details: this is a cherry tree in our road. Usually we have really early these wonderful blossoms, but not this year. Until this weekend :-) The cherry tree declares: winter is officially over. Yes.
33.8% english, 18.9% french, 18.7% danish
Very nice. I don't think cherry trees did well where I grew up, never saw them around.
30.8% english, 22.7% pidgin, 20% german
Legendary Pink Dots on Bandcamp

The Singles Remastered by Edward Ka-Spel
Taos Hum by Legendary Pink Dots
Finisterre by The Silverman
Fire Island by Edward Ka-Spel
Absence of Evidence (2013 Remaster) by Edward Ka-Spel
Nature of Illusion by The Silverman
An Unlikely Event (2013 Remaster) by Edward Ka-Spel & Friends
Come Out from the Shadows Volume 2 by Legendary Pink Dots
Come out from the Shadows by Legendary Pink Dots
Human Radio (2013 remaster) by Legendary Pink Dots
Live at Cafe de la Danse (2013 Remaster) by Legendary Pink Dots
Time on Thin Ice by The Silverman
This Saturated Land by Edward Ka-Spel
Alchemical Playschool by Legendary Pink Dots
Chemical Playschool Volumes 11,12 & 13 (2013 remaster) by Legendary Pink Dots
The Creature that Tasted Sound by Legendary Pink Dots
Caste o'Graye Skreeens (2013 Remaster) by Edward Ka-Spel
Ulkomaalaiset by Ulkomaalais
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Caracol
( Map ) 30% english, 23.5% pidgin, 19.9% danish
Slayer: Jeff Hanneman, May He Rest In Peace (1964 - 2013)
Slayer is devastated to inform that their bandmate and brother, Jeff Hanneman, passed away at about 11AM this morning near his Southern California home. Hanneman was in an area hospital when he suffered liver failure. He is survived by his wife Kathy, his sister Kathy and his brothers Michael and Larry, and will be sorely missed.
Itzan
( Map ) 33.2% english, 20.2% pidgin, 18.8% danish
Uaxactun
( Map ) 15.9% english, 14.3% french, 12.5% pidgin
Institut für Internet-Sicherheit übt scharfe Kritik an neuer Telekom-Tarifstruktur - Institut für Internet Sicherheit on Internet-sicherheit

Gelsenkirchen, 01.05.2013. In einem mehrseitigen Papier kritisiert das Institut für Internet-Sicherheit die geplante Drosselung der Telekom-Anschlüsse, die der Konzern Ende April bekannt gegeben hat. Die Autoren des Dokuments, Barchnicki, Sparenberg und Pohlmann, rügten die Pläne der Telekom als „Entwicklungsbremse“ und „Innovationsblockade“ für den Internetstandort Deutschland. ...
Bonampak
( Map ) 28.1% german, 19.4% danish, 18.8% swedish
Who Has Your Back? 2013 on Eff

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Executive Summary

When you use the Internet, you entrust your conversations, thoughts, experiences, locations, photos, and more to companies like Google, AT&T and Facebook. But what do these companies do when the government demands your private information? Do they stand with you? Do they let you know what’s going on?

In this annual report, the Electronic Frontier Foundation examined the policies of major Internet companies — including ISPs, email providers, cloud storage providers, location-based services, blogging platforms, and social networking sites — to assess whether they publicly commit to standing with users when the government seeks access to user data. The purpose of this report is to incentivize companies to be transparent about how dat
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Ch'a Chaan 38.9% english, 25.3% pidgin, 19.7% portuguese
Yahoo! acquires Astrid | Astrid on Astrid

We are thrilled to announce that we have been acquired by Yahoo!. When we set out to build Astrid, we sought to help as many people as possible become happier, healthier and more productive. We’re really excited to join the mobile team and continue this work with Yahoo!’s goal of “making the world’s daily habits more inspiring and entertaining.”

Over the next 90 days, Astrid will continue to work as is, and we will no longer be accepting new premium subscriptions. To make future changes as easy as possible, we’ll be in touch with users shortly to share how to download data. ...
Peten
( Map ) 29.4% english, 24% pidgin, 16.6% italian
Prima, dass ich noch rechtzeitig auf eigene Systeme - in diesem Fall SOGo - umgestiegen bin.
35.7% german, 22.1% dutch, 19.1% portuguese
@Runner

I love this route along the riverbank, but unfortunately the part between my home and the rhine river is full with traffic lights, a lot of short stops and slowdowns.

Laufen 01.Mai 2013/16:05
Distance 14,20 km
Time 01:08:46
ø Pace 4:51 min/km
ø Speed 12,4 km/h

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Copan
( Map ) 28.7% english, 18.7% pidgin, 17% danish
Twitter-Konto des Guardian gehackt | ZDNet.de on Zdnet

Die britische Zeitung ist das nächste Opfer der Syrian Electronic Army. Zuvor knackte die Gruppe Twitter-Konten von AP, BBC und CBS. In der Redaktion gehen nach wie vor Spear-Phishing-Versuche ein. Ein Mitarbeiter muss darauf hereingefallen sein.
B'ital 34.5% german, 23.8% dutch, 21.1% danish
Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum 20. Geburtstag liebes Internet!!

Cern on Cern



Twenty years of a free, open web

On 30 April 1993 CERN published a statement that made World Wide Web technology available on a royalty free basis, allowing the web to flourish


Und dies war die erste Internetseite:
http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html on Cern
B'ital 21.8% english, 18.4% dutch, 18.3% german
Eigentlich unglaublich dass die Frau bzw das Album hierzulande immer noch als Geheimtipp gehandelt wird ...
Emeli Sandé bricht Rekord der Beatles

Emeli Sandé schreibt Musikgeschichte: Die 26-jährige Schottin hat mit ihrem Debütalbum den seit knapp 50 Jahren bestehenden UK-Chartrekord der Beatles gebrochen! ++ „Our Version Of Events“ hat sich länger ohne Unterbrechung in den UK-Top-10 gehalten als jedes andere Album!

„Our Version Of Events“ heißt ihr Debütalbum, doch in diesem Fall gibt es nur eine einzige, offizielle Version der Geschichte: Emeli Sandé ist es gelungen, besagtes Debüt länger als jedes andere Debütalbum in der Geschichte der britischen Official Charts Company in den Top-10 zu platzieren!

Die schottische Musikerin hat damit nun sogar die Beatles vom Thron verdrängt: „Our Version Of Events“, das Debütalbum der Gewinnerin des „Critics’ Choice Award“ bei den BRIT-Awards 2012, en
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Naranjo
( Map ) 42.4% german, 25.4% dutch, 22.8% danish
@Runner

I was down by flu the last 12 days.
Today I did my first relaxed run after the offtime:
Distance 11,25 km
Time 49:34
ø Pace 4:24 min/km
ø Speed 13,6 km/h

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Yokib' 22.4% english, 17.1% pidgin, 15.9% italian
First Listen: She & Him, 'Volume 3' : NPR by Stephen Thompson on Npr

Playful, soft, sunnily melancholy and springlike, Zooey Deschanel's songs with M. Ward once again subsist on the strength of their own agreeability. Timelessness has long been key to the duo's charm, and indeed, Volume 3 seems to be floating through AM speakers at all times.

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Itzan
( Map ) 25.5% english, 19.9% pidgin, 15.6% german
25.6% italian, 22% slovak, 21% french
Offener Brief von Telekom-Obermann an FDP-Rösler.
Antwort auf Philipp Rösler by Philipp Blank on Telekom

In die sehr emotional geführte Debatte um die zukünftigen Volumentarife der Telekom hatte sich auch Wirtschaftsminister Philipp Rösler eingeschaltet. Telekom-Chef René Obermann hat ihm geantwortet - hier der Brief an den Minister: Brief_Rösler 25.04.2013
Altun Ha' 29.3% german, 20.6% norwegian, 20.3% danish
Uaxactun
( Map ) 13.5% pidgin, 13.4% dutch, 11% croatian
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Hell, what are you doing? play trick or treat? Helloween is already over.

Do you wanne build a second
http://bitcoin-24.com
?
Take care about money laundering laws.

Which position do you have in the identification queue at MtGox?

In my first attempt (started in queue at pos 16000) I made something wrong.
Corrected the scanning and were requeued at 25000. After a week I'm now again in position 5900.
29.9% english, 20.3% pidgin, 18.6% danish
Hell, what are you doing?

Who?
39.4% english, 28.9% pidgin, 24.1% danish

Savages - No Face (Radio Rip)

[audio]http://soundcloud.com/bestfitmusic/savages-no-face-radio-rip[/audio]
Ucanal
( Map ) 16.9% pidgin, 14.7% portuguese, 14.7% italian
LNP062 Zerebrale Flatulenz - Telekom-Drossel; eGovernemnt-Gesetz und DE-Mail; Funkzellenabfrage; Facebook vs. ULG by Linus Neumann on Logbuch-netzpolitik


Wie zuletzt schon angesprochen hat die Telekom nun Ernst gemacht und eine umfangreiche Drosselung der DSL-Anschlüsse in Deutschland angekündigt. Wir haben daher Clemens Schrimpe zu Gast, mit dem wir noch mal ausführlich besprechen, warum die Telekom unmöglich ein Bandbreiten-Problem haben kann und wo es sonst noch hakt im Ausbau des Internets i...
Chi'chen Izta 25.7% german, 18.5% dutch, 18.4% danish
Motul de San Jose 17.1% turkish, 15.2% azeri, 13.2% welsh
Thanks! sorry, haven't checked in for a while...
39.3% english, 22.7% norwegian, 22.2% danish

Various Artists "No Sleep x Spring 13" // Free download

Download our new Spring 2013 Sampler now here. Featuring 22 tracks for your listening pleasure, all for the price of NOTHING.

Various Artists "No Sleep x Spring 13" | No Sleep Records on Nosleeprecords

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01. Adventures - Reach Out To You
02. Allison Weiss - Making It Up
03. Balance and Composure - Say
04. Braid - Lux
05. Broadway Calls - Zombie World
06. The Casket Lottery - In the Branches
07. Departures - 21
08. Drug Church - Mohawk
09. Early Graves - Red Horse
10. Grey Gordon - 500 Miles
11. Hundredth - Free Mind / Open Spirit
12. In Between - Second Person
13. Into It. Over It. - P R O P E R
14. La Dispute - King Park
15. Long Lost - You Can Always Come Home
16. Lowtalker - Like Minnows
17. Major League - Homewrecker
18. Mixtapes - Elevator Days
19. No Trigger - Dried Piss
20. Touche Amore - Whale Belly
21. TRC - #TEAMUK
22. Xerxes - Funeral Home
Yaxchilan
( Map ) 27.3% english, 20.5% pidgin, 18.1% italian
check crossposting red -> friendica
(please ignore)
Copan
( Map ) 22.9% english, 17.2% danish, 16.6% norwegian
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A few months ago I had a forum here doing a limited auth for Red users.

I could add the forum in Red as a channel and then if I clicked the forum's avatar link it would open the forum in the iframe in Red.
A few seconds later I would see the Friendica welcome message and was able to post.

It only did auth for the user to be able to post on the forum.
I didn't get as far as federating actual posts or anything happening outside that iframe. (the iframe link had some extra info which could tell it where to go to start the authentication)

It was an experiment to learn about Zot.

managed to do a few test posts on a test forum here. (using my Red account) but thats as far as i got at the time.
The Red instance was not modified - that one is pulled from git.

I doesn't work now (not surprising - a lot of stuff was moved around here since then (moving stuff over from the old server, changes related to nginx, and other urgent changes needed just to keep the site online - still not really back to normal here yet)
- and Red has probably changed a fair bit since then too.
40.5% english, 22.7% pidgin, 19.3% italian
Yeah, it has changed a fair amount. Zot has only been functional since about January, but it's now mostly complete. Red has a long way to go before it is "mostly complete". But it's only me and Thomas and it's really a job for a few hundred developers who want to change the world. Not enough of those around here.
34.2% english, 25.4% pidgin, 14.9% norwegian

LOOP To Reform!

Wooohoo!
... I saw them decades ago ... it was the most "guitar-feedbacked" show in my life :-)

The Quietus | News | LOOP To Reform! Oh Frabjous Day! All Evil & Snideness Is Vanquished! on Thequietus



Robert Hampson announces reunion of band via Facebook
B'ital 19% english, 16% pidgin, 15.1% french
Definitely the noisy end of the spectrum. The most feedbacked show I ever saw was very early Jesus & Mary Chain (pre-Psychocandy) in early 1985 at Liverpool Uni. They did four tunes in about eleven minutes -- absolute pandemonium on the stage and in the crowd. One of the most exhilarating eleven minutes of my life.
29.7% english, 17.8% pidgin, 17.2% danish
Seibal
( Map ) 13.7% pidgin, 13.3% english, 9.9% french
17.3% finnish, 16.7% latin, 16.2% pidgin
Schleswig-Holstein - Das Oberverwaltungsgericht - - OVG Schleswig weist Beschwerden des Unabhängigen Landeszentrums für Datenschutz (ULD) im Facebook-Klarnamenstreit zurück on Schleswig-holstein

Das soziale Netzwerk Facebook darf vorerst auch weiterhin die Konten von Nutzern, die nicht ihre Echtdaten („Klarnamen“) angeben, sperren. Das Oberverwaltungsgericht Schleswig hat gestern in zwei Beschlüssen die Beschwerden des Unabhängigen Landeszentrums für Datenschutz gegen die Mitte Februar zugunsten von Facebook USA und Facebook Irland ...
Comalcalco
( Map ) 31.8% german, 20.7% dutch, 17.4% danish
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Das sehen zb die involvierten Daten Broker ganz anders ;-)
http://chp.me/efforg (How Facebook Teams Up With Data Brokers)
25.4% german, 20.9% dutch, 20.8% english
Danke für den Link. War zwar viel zu lesen, aber es ist gut aufgeführt, wie die Dienste funktionieren. Das mit den Tracking Cookies über Facebook war mir neu und gibt doch sehr zu denken.
32.3% german, 20.8% dutch, 19.7% danish
Die fetten Brote und Rummelsnuff :-) Fein!

Laxtunich 19% german, 15.3% french, 13.8% english
Ich lösche gelegentlich Beiträge in meinem Stream. Der Großteil davon kommt aus dem Diaspora-Universum...
Altar de Sacrificios 33.1% german, 21.4% latin, 21.3% danish
Maasal
( Map ) 14.8% pidgin, 13.5% french, 13.2% latin
jaaa, schon gesehen: großartig!
33% german, 17.1% dutch, 14.6% pidgin
@Runner

Meine "Laufregeln":
1. Vernünftige Schuhe
2. Keine Musik
3. Vorher ein Ziel setzen und das dann übertreffen
4. Kein Gequatsche (falls jemand mitkommt)

... eigentlich ganz einfach :-)
Ox Tun-Nal 34.4% german, 17.7% danish, 16.2% dutch
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Zu viel Ablenkung ... und ich versuche dann immer unbewusst im Takt zu laufen :-/
34.2% german, 22.7% danish, 17.2% dutch
vielleicht fängt mann an zu tanzen :-)
28.1% german, 23.3% danish, 23.3% swedish
Die #taz von morgen hab ich immer schon heute. #epub
#taz #epub
Pipa'
( Map ) 35.2% german, 27.6% dutch, 20% danish
Low: Every Note In Its Right Place on Npr

Low's Alan Sparhawk, Mimi Parker and Steve Garrington recently put on a special show for their fellow Minnesotans at St. Paul's Fitzgerald Theater. Watch them perform "Plastic Cup" and "So Blue," from The Invisible Way, with assistance from their hometown friends in Trampled by Turtles.


Xibalba 24.7% english, 17.7% pidgin, 16.9% norwegian
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