March 31, 2004
Sound of Magic, tribute to Disney theme park music
— amazing site with tons of interesting MP3 downloads #
Ashcroft creates task force for copyright violations
— I'm hoping this is an early April Fool's joke #
Toronto court rules music sharing legal under Canadian copyright law
— plus, the Canadian RIAA can't subpoena ISPs for names #
Historical relationship of height to success
— a society's height is a biological shorthand for well-being (via) #
Shirky on micro-social software tailored to small groups
— not all software should be built to scale (via) #
Technorati hits 2 million blogs
— I noticed it this morning, but was waiting from comments by Dave #
Disney's New York World's Fair Box Set
At the 1964/65 New York World’s Fair, Walt Disney and his team of technicians debuted several new attractions, each with a corporate sponsor: Ford’s Magic Skyway, General Electric’s Progressland, Pepsi’s It’s A Small World, and the State of Illinois’ Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln.
I’ve posted a four-disc, 46-song collection of unreleased and rare audio from all four attractions, including outtakes and demos from the original recording sessions. The entire box set can be downloaded via BitTorrent from my new tracker.
Update – March 10, 2009: Disney’s going to be rereleasing this classic as a box set, so I’ve taken this download offline. Go buy it on Amazon!
According to one Disney fansite, the album was partially developed by Disney but never released because of conflicts with the outsourced record label. (Personally, I found it in alt.binaries.multimedia.disney on Usenet.) If anyone has more information about this collection, I’d love to hear it.
The complete track list is below.
Frequency chart of "blog" and "weblog" in daily newspapers
— "blog" is much more commonplace than "weblog" now (via) #
Socialight, wireless social networks
— use your cell phone to gesture to people or annotate physical places (via) #
Aaron's technical description of iTunes Music Store and DRM
— with a link back to my original thread about their encryption (via) #
Create your own iPod adventure games
— more like "choose your own adventure" stories than interactive fiction (via) #
Blogger gets a big icon on Google's new Options page
— here's a list of all the new Google changes #
After Celebrity, the bizarre world of Livejournal celebrity role-playing
— they even have their own set of rules #
Guardian UK on Citizen Kubrick
— amazing glimpse into Kubrick's personal archives and library (via) #
Nintendo confirms NES GBA reissues
— the $20 games are a rip-off, but I must have the NES-style GBA (via) #
Sippey on the layout of the big three travel sites
— homepage maps of Expedia, Orbitz, and Travelocity #