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Keeping it geeky since the late 70's!
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Life-Altering Invention of the Day: It took two months and a whole team of MIT mechanical engineers and nano-technologists, but at long last,...
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“Have regrets. They are fuel. On the page they flare into desire.”— Geoff Dyer
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A picture of the eclipse 2012 from the nasa.
beautiful!!
Dear Tumblr Pals,
We’re kind of new around these here Tumblr parts and, well, we feel like it would be rude to show up to a party without a gift.
So, as a gift to you, we’d like to offer you a $2 credit towards MP3s at Amazon MP3.
Here’s what you have to do:
Sure Thing - covered by Jamal
One of my favorite singers. ^_^
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Scientists discover most relaxing tune ever
Sound therapists and Manchester band Marconi Union compiled the song. Scientists played it to 40 women and found it to be more effective at helping them relax than songs by Enya, Mozart and Coldplay.
Weightless works by using specific rhythms, tones, frequencies and intervals to relax the listener. A continuous rhythm of 60 BPM causes the brainwaves and heart rate to synchronise with the rhythm: a process known as ‘entrainment’. Low underlying bass tones relax the listener and a low whooshing sound with a trance-like quality takes the listener into an even deeper state of calm.
Dr David Lewis, one of the UK’s leading stress specialists said: “‘Weightless’ induced the greatest relaxation – higher than any of the other music tested. Brain imaging studies have shown that music works at a very deep level within the brain, stimulating not only those regions responsible for processing sound but also ones associated with emotions.”
The study - commissioned by bubble bath and shower gel firm Radox Spa - found the song was even more relaxing than a massage, walk or cup of tea. So relaxing is the tune, apparently, that people are being Rex advised against listening to it while driving.
The top 10 most relaxing tunes were: 1. Marconi Union - Weightless 2. Airstream - Electra 3. DJ Shah - Mellomaniac (Chill Out Mix) 4. Enya - Watermark 5. Coldplay - Strawberry Swing 6. Barcelona - Please Don’t Go 7. All Saints - Pure Shores 8. AdelevSomeone Like You 9. Mozart - Canzonetta Sull’aria 10. Cafe Del Mar - We Can Fly
(via electricrainbowsmile)
My friend Dee suggested this group. For your dinosaur/heavy metal children’s music needs. It’s in Finnish.
Edit:
The band is called Hevisaurus!
Adorable Adele cover!
Early (Song)Bird Special: Britain’s Got Talent 2007 runner-up Connie Talbot does Adele’s “Someone Like You,” hopefully can’t relate to the lyrics.
[thd.]
Axis of Awesome’s updated version of Four Cords for Red Nose day. <3
Lights Out: 22-year-old Hawaiian virtuoso Taimane Gardner takes an electric ukulele to Bach’s “Toccata.”
Music is a joy. Have fun playing it!
Band Geek of the Day: A George Mason University flautist gets pretty damn pumped while performing a Rage Against the Machine arrangement.
[brobible.]
Love love love Adele’s music. Last song from her new album, 21.
Wow, this is really cool! Mad Men + Nat King Cole!
This Is Lovely, You Should Listen To It of the Day: Brian Williams’s honey-timbred daughter Allison performs Nat King Cole’s “Nature Boy” to the tune of RJD2’s “A Beautiful Mine” (AKA the Mad Men theme music).
According to the video’s description, the entire performance was recorded live — “no cuts, dubbing, lip-syncing or auto-tuning” — and filmed in one shot.
[gawkertv.]
FOTC + lab = fun times. Maybe more funny if you have ever done lab work.
This Is Funny, You Should Listen To It of the Day: The boys of UCSF’s Gartner Lab serenade the most beautiful girl (at that particular lab) to the tune of “The Most Beautiful Girl (In the Room)” by Flight of the Conchords.
[thanks christina!]
(via thedailywhat)
![A musical shower….. I wonder what that sounds like.
thedailywhat:
Life-Altering Musical Shower of the Day: Burger King Japan is attempting to lure customers with hi-tech “sound spot” booths featuring a novel music delivery system called the “Musical Shower,” which is composed of an iPod/iPhone dock and an umbrella-like speaker (allegedly) capable of transmitting targeted sound to the individual/s in the booth, while remaining virtually inaudible to those outside it.
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A musical shower….. I wonder what that sounds like.
Life-Altering Musical Shower of the Day: Burger King Japan is attempting to lure customers with hi-tech “sound spot” booths featuring a novel music delivery system called the “Musical Shower,” which is composed of an iPod/iPhone dock and an umbrella-like speaker (allegedly) capable of transmitting targeted sound to the individual/s in the booth, while remaining virtually inaudible to those outside it.
[ohgizmo!]
Shakira covering The xx’s Islands (via Idolator)
