We’ve just put up a great database of 1.8GB of mp3 samples. It includes mp3 samples of movie clips, video game clips, historical speeches and quotes, sound effects, animal sounds, classic radio shows and famous scientific quotes.

It’s the end of the year, and DJ Earworm has made a mashup of the top 25 hits of the year according to Billboard magazine.

Thelonious Sphere Monk was born in 1917 and died on February 17, 1982. He was a pianist and composer from the US, but above all was considered to be one of the most important musicians in jazz.

In physics research, keeping atoms at a standstill is a very difficult proposition, but it  produces a state which is extremely handy for research into atomic physics. If an atom is moving when particles are shot at it, it becomes difficult to get insight into the collision as the movement leads to Doppler effects that make the results very hard to interpret.

Grace Jones is not really at the top of my music list, however I could never say that she wasn’t creative, especially on the visual front. Her new Album “Hurricane” has some sort-of interesting artwork on the cover, but it’s inside the sleeve that you see the magic.
There is obviously a hint of self-importance in most of Grace Jones’ works (to put it mildly), and designer Tom Hingston works this concept beautifully – the inside artwork depicts life-sized models of Grace Jones made entirely out of chocolate.