CV of failures, by @jhaushofer https://www.princeton.edu/~joha/Johannes_Haushofer_CV_of_Failures.pdf Funny anti-version of the real thing – but more successful at attracting attention
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CV of failures
August 27, 2017Unscramble Words
August 27, 201721khz: The Art of Money In Music
December 31, 2015Some quick thoughts after listening to first 9 episodes
“Will Musicians Survive in the Age of Free When the “Bottle” is worth more than the wine” – a great line & an observation that the spotify platform is worth more than its music . See also:
http://unsoundthemovie.com/
“Intent, Licenses and “Sweat of the Brow” – helpful discussion of copyright but it would have been nice to hear about copyleft & re-combining of artworks
“two letters and a number” – MP3.com was originally someone’s name. Robertson’s story how on how to be sued & wooed simultaneously
“so… Why does Liza Minnelli get paid when the Sex Pistols Stream?” – how to weight things (downloads or listeners) & various frauds based on this…
Can you Sell Something that Doesn’t Exist? – Superfans: would you rather collect unemployment or by the latest Doors album?
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/21khz-the-art-of-money-in-music/id987160981
Optical illusion: The bulging checkerboard illusion.
December 24, 2015An #Illusion That’ll Make Your Eyes
Bulgehttp://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2015/01/08/optical_illusion_the_bulging_checkboard_illusion.html Describes how dots on a checkerboard appear to distort its parallel lines
Manhattan’s M66 Bus Gets ‘Pokey Award’ – WSJ
December 22, 2015M66 Bus Gets Pokey Award http://www.wsj.com/articles/manhattans-m66-bus-gets-pokey-award-1450193429 Averages 3.1 mph, which is the most "preferred" human walking speed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preferred_walking_speed
Just how wealthy is Don Draper? Something I’ve…
December 6, 2015The Elephant’s Toothpaste Experiment – ScienceBob.com
November 22, 2015The Man Who Broke the Music Business – The New Yorker
May 17, 2015The Man Who Broke the #Music Business http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/04/27/the-man-who-broke-the-music-business An original conduit for the #MP3 & Napster boom, the dawn of digital piracy
Annals of Technology APRIL 27, 2015 ISSUE
The Man Who Broke the Music Business
The dawn of online piracy.
BY STEPHEN WITT
