http://www.kilobitspersecond.com A blog about Destroyer, foobar2000, and Last.fm. Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:20:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en "In 1976, Cosmonaut Nikolai Peckmann was sent alone to an orbiting space station for what would be called Mission Six- to study the radiation levels and strange circumstances that killed all four crewmen of the last research mission." That "Malwebolence" article: The original article; at least 1, 2, 3 seemingly authentic ... http://www.kilobitspersecond.com/2008/08/17/sunday-linkdump-august-18-2008/ Almost everyone must have noticed by now that Google has a new favicon for its search/news/maps/etc. pages. I personally hate it, I think aside from being drab, it actually doesn't immediately evoke "Google." That lower-case 'g' is not as recognizable as they seem to be hoping. It's unfortunate ... http://www.kilobitspersecond.com/2008/08/13/google-favicons/ According to WordPress developer Ryan Boren, the most requested WordPress feature is tentatively slated for the as-yet unscheduled 2.7 release. This already exists in the form of a third-party plugin, which I've actually used successfully before on another blog. I've always found upgrading manually to be easy and problem-free, though ... http://www.kilobitspersecond.com/2008/08/11/wordpress-27-automatic-upgrade-in-core/ I know it's almost two years old now, but on the occasions that I'm reminded of this photo I'm still fascinated by it. Somehow it is the perfect album to have photoshopped into Paris' hand: the cover is iconic and immediately recognizable, it may be the last thing she'd ... http://www.kilobitspersecond.com/2008/08/08/that-paris-hilton-captain-beefheart-photoshop-thing/ Everyone's experienced that thing where you're listening to something, and you think to yourself, "Holy shit does this remind me of fall 2004." How strongly certain music is correlated with certain periods of your life depends on many things, including but probably not limited to when you first heard ... http://www.kilobitspersecond.com/2008/07/31/lastfm-seasonal-impact-indices/ Just as two friends are flying over Louisiana to arrive here in Boston four hours later, I find out there's a MGMT show tonight. It's sold out. I need four tickets. I write my usual contact and ask if I can make it onto the guest list. That'll ... http://www.kilobitspersecond.com/2008/07/29/i-bet-you-forgot-that-you-remember-this-song/ Lately rain is being predicted at about 50% probability 24 hours a day, resulting in reality in about 45 minutes and two inches of rain anywhere between 3 and 7 pm, after which the sun cleaves the clouds and I'm sure produces a rainbow somewhere outside the visibility of my ... http://www.kilobitspersecond.com/2008/07/22/oops/ Since January, there have been several distinct motifs that make it into most of my remembered dreams. These are my brother, Europe/air travel (and its frustrations), subways, villains, school, and a large, sometimes labyrinthine house. Last night, for instance, I was in Paris with my brother, and we were both ... http://www.kilobitspersecond.com/2008/07/17/recurring-dreams/ Wikipedia's article on alphabetization explains: Advantages of sorted lists include: one can easily find the first n elements (e.g. the 5 smallest countries) and the last n elements (e.g. the 3 largest countries) one can easily find the elements in a given range (e.g. countries with an area between .. and .. square ... http://www.kilobitspersecond.com/2008/06/16/alphabetization-is-not-fit-for-music-libraries/ http://www.kilobitspersecond.com/2008/06/03/there-is-a-dj/