Recent articles (page 45 of 50)

1. Feb 23, 2006 C'wealth Games Require Windows Fix

2. Feb 22, 2006 The Amen Break

   This video reproduction of Nate Harrison's installation, Can I Get An Amen? is a fascinating listen if you're at all interested in music, copyright or the cultural aspects of creativity. The project charts the life so far of a six-second drum beat known as the Amen Break, which originated in the 1969 soul song Amen Brother by The Winstons, and has gone on to be used as a sample in hundreds of musical reincarnations, from the early UK dance scene to present day car ads.

3. Feb 20, 2006 Students Fined for Mailing Hamster

4. Feb 10, 2006 Burglar Stops to Check his Email

5. Feb 6, 2006 Metrosexual Failure

   For a number of years, I have gotten used to people assigning me the badge of metrosexual. I've even come to take some small amount of pride in the label—if only because they didn't think I was gay (not that there's anything wrong with that!). As of today, I have admitted defeat in my metrosexual career. We have hired a cleaner.