I was browsing through Japanese youtube, and found out the #9 most subscribed channel all time is:
A Japanese girl wearing a dress playing metal. Her face is not visible, only her legs (thing), dress and guitar.
Interesting!
Channel and a sample:
Ganbare Nippon
The 2008 Olympics will start soon, and this is the official Japanese Olympics song.
Waratte Misete Kure – Show my your smile.
Not bad.
And a link to Yahoo Olympics web site
Stilll here
It has been a while since my last post, and I hope to start writing again.
Sonic Youth perform in a fashion show
Can’t really believe it, but it did happen.
Sonic Youth performed live music during a Marc Jacobs Fashion Show.
Video is available through Sonic Youth Homepage
Guitar Heronoid
A robot playing Guitar Hero. A project conceived and executed by GarageGeeks.
Link to blog , photos and videos – Guitar Heronoid.
TEDBlog – Leonardo Da Vinci's face
A video showing the analysis and research done by Siegfried Woldhek to construct the face of Leonardo Da Vinci.
Sumo – Final Results
I predicted that Hakuho will win the March tournament.
Well, I was wrong, and Yokozuna Asashoryu won.
Electric Guitar + Amp
Just bought a Yamaha RGX A2 + A Marshall Amplifier – the AVT20X.
Can’t really play, but at least I have the equipment to pretend I do.
Will try to post actual photos of my gear later this week.
FCC 700 MHz winners update
AT&T and Verizon won the 700 MHz auction. It was quite obvious it is not going to remain a secret for long.
Google is obviously not on the list, and for a long time there were discussions that Google was not really interested in the license, but played the game to make sure the FCC apply “open-access” rules to this spectrum.
For more, read Unstrung
FCC end 700 MHz Auction
As reported in Unstrung, the FCC ended the 700 MHz Auction at 19.592$ Billions. The Dollar is not what it used be, but this is still a hefty sum.
Now, the big questions are:
1) Who won?
2) Will it be used for WiMAX?