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Codeorgan

The Codeorgan analyses the 'body' content of any web page and translates that content into music. The Codeorgan uses a complex algorithm to define the key, synth style and drum pattern most appropriate to the page content. It firsts scans the page contents and removes all characters not found in the musical scale (A to G), and then analyses the remaining characters to find the most commonly used note. If this is an even number the page is translated into the major pentatonic scale of that particular note. It becomes minor if there is an uneven number. Second, it defines which synthesizer to use. This is based upon the total number characters used on the webpage - there are 10 synthesizer effects and the one chosen is picked based upon the percentage of content. Finally, it selects a drum loop based upon the ratio of characters on the page versus the number of characters that are actually musical notes - there are 10 different drum loops to pick from.

Go to the mechanical codeorgan and make music.

How to Slice a Bagel into Two Linked Halves

Bagels and Möbius strips have way more in common than you thought. Here's the proof and how to make a mathematically correct breakfast.

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60 Second Recap

"The 60second Recap wants to make the great works of literature accessible, relevant, and, frankly, irresistible to today's teens. Through our 60second Recap video albums, we seek to help teens engage with the best books out there ... not just to help them get better grades, but to help them build better lives."

Check out these books in 60 seconds:

Animal Farm
Fahrenheit 451
Frankenstein
Great Expectations
Hamlet
Jane Eyre
Lord of the Flies
Of Mice and Men
Pride and Prejudice
Romeo and Juliet

Learn about these books in sixty seconds.

Trademark Search

Trademarkia claims to be the "largest, most accurate, and most complete free search engine for U.S. federally registered trademarks... ...[with] contextual information about the current use of interesting business names, slogans, and logos through pictures, commercials, and conversations from Flickr, Google, Youtube, and Twitter for each U.S. trademark filed in with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) since the year 1870."

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10 Ways to Look Good in Photos

How to put your best face forward and pose like a model.

By Karen Lee, former model handler at the Elite modeling agency and head of the Karen Lee Group.

From Reader's Digest

1. Focus your eyes just slightly above the camera lens, move your face forward a bit, and tip down your chin.

2. Put your tongue behind your teeth and smile, which will relax your face.

3. Keep your arms by your side—but not glued there. To look natural, they should be a little away from your body.

4. Test-drive clothing against a white wall, with an indirect, natural light source (under a tree, indoors near a window)—it will show whether blue really is your best color.

5. As a rule, avoid patterns.

6. Photos exaggerate everything, so go easy on the makeup. For women under 30, a little mascara and lip gloss; over 30, add a touch of concealer.

7. Practice the classic model pose: Turn your body three quarters of the way toward the camera, with one foot in front of the other and one shoulder closer to the photographer. When you face forward, your body tends to look wider.

8. For standing photos, belly in, buttocks tight, shoulders back, spine straight.

9. Study photogenic people as well as photos in which you think you looked best. Look at your best angle. You’ll probably see that you were laughing or having a good time. Capturing someone when they’re relaxed or most animated usually makes for the best results.

10. To feel at ease, try closing your eyes, then opening them slowly just before the photo is taken.

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Shadow Art Created From Junk

"British-born and -based artists Tim Noble and Sue Webster skilfully skirt the boundaries between beauty and the shadowier aspects of humanity, playing with our perceptions as well as our notions of taste. Many of their most notable pieces are made from piles of rubbish, with light projected against them to create a shadow image entirely different to that seen when looking directly at the deliberately disguised pile."

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Your Logo Makes Me Barf

"YourLogoMakesMeBarf.com is intended to be a humorous look at what can go wrong when an unskilled person (your neighbor’s brother’s uncle’s friend anyone?!) designs a logo. Good logos require time and involve great forethought. A good logo should be a financial investment but also something that will benefit the long term growth of a company.

So leave the designing to the designers and browse through some of these fine examples of what not to look for in a logo. Barf bags recommended."

View more barf here...

Best Airplane Seats

The best seat on the plane is what you'll find here. Seat Guru has a database of thousands of seat reviews submitted by flyers like you. They also conduct independent research.

Please Take a Seat

Convert Files - free online file converter

"... free and easy to use online file converter that supports a wide range of file types. It can convert almost any type of documents, archives, spreadsheets, audio and video files from one format to another. This service is absolutely free, and there's no need to download any software! Just click on BROWSE then select your file and upload it. When the file has been converted, you'll receive an e-mail message in the mailbox address, provided by you in the conversion request form."


Try it out.