“I see at least one technological (or maybe I should say, design) advantage to vinyl, and that is it’s non-portability. When you put a record on, you pretty much have to sit down and listen to it.”
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i’ve been thinking of doing this for a while now. after i saw this floating around, i wanted to make my own version to hang on my wall. and knowing me, well, i had to make it all ~shnazzy~ so i made this 11x17 poster. i made it so you can download yourself one too, if you like. it’s a nice PDF file so you can take that to Kinko’s and blow it up and hang it nicely in your room or whateva.
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Visualizing Classical Music as a Roller Coaster Ride
This ingenious promotional video for the Zurich Chamber Orchestra transforms the musical notes played by the first violinist in a symphony by Ferdinand Ries into a roller coaster track in real time.
The video was created by the production studio Virtual Republic. On their Vimeo page, they explain, “The notes and bars were exactly synchronised with the progression in the animation so that the typical movements of a rollercoaster ride match the dramatic composition of the music.”
Kasia Cieplak-Mayr von Baldegg is an associate editor at The Atlantic. She curates the Video channel. 
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Coyote in Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park 1997 © Teresa Rolfe Kravtin
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Another reason to stop supporting Amazon.
Between this and the nasty pre-Xmas “comparison shopping” boondoggle, and their current pressuring publishers for more co-op and better terms, it’s almost as though Amazon is starting to act like a monopoly! Huh.
Brilliance Audio, owned by Amazon, has made the decision to stop allowing libraries to purchase and circulate their downloadable audiobooks. Gee, thanks Amazon!
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