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Radio Online

So one of my big projects for 2005 is to create an adequate website for art-audio-open source and other stuff in my web of interests (cough! Linux cough! pc games cough!). Well, I talked to Gustavo back in December and he gave me the ok for this project. The site will be a Drupal site; so I need to know about PHP, MySQL and Apache. It might also feature a blog, so WordPress will be my first choice--sorry Blogger. And of course, internet radio will be featured. Now tonight I stumbled upon aacPLUS (via Fimoculous and more specifically via The Current) a relative new codec for streaming audio, I am current listen to Mingus in stereo, CD quality at 32 kps. If this stream was being webcast as a mp3, 32 kps bitrate sounds scratchy and poppy, like an old used record. But I am a believer in this new codec. Now I am not sure who owns it, what is its accompanying license and what software I need to brodcast in it but I will find out soon and I'll report again.

PS: Paul Boutin already wrote about this sweet audio thing at Slate. The developer of this technology is Coding Technologies. Tuner2 has listing of some great radio station--Eric Dolphy is genius!

Art Basel Week

so much to do, so little time. here is some highlights:

December 1

Art Basel Miami Beach Video Lounge. a pdf.

December 2

sitesmiami at Lummus Park.

December 3

Wendy Wischer at Diana Lowenstein

About a year ago, i starting to think about Harlem, Haiti, theatre/film. And so, Emperor Jones became part of my study. Anyway, this is an imagefor a button. Paul Robeson as the fictional Jones very Empereur Christophe-like. 

I am dummy! I just lost this post. Anyway this is the gist of my earlier post. Upgraded my computer, which has been out since march, to Athlon XP 2400. Looking forward to pc gaming--Ages of Mythology, Diablo Battle Chest, and maybe Doom3. I am not sure my video card is adequate for Doom3.
This is suposed to be my working machine, for photoshop, video and sound editing. I got a firewire card. I probably should of gotten a video capture card instead. I still need a 80G or more hard drive, and DSl.

On other notes, E likes to play Chinese Checkers.

i am back!


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