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Entries from LAist tagged with 'newscientist'

January 23, 2008

A group of enterprising young researchers in UCLA's graduate Computer Science department have discovered a fun new way of using your iPod playlist: Wi-Fi enabled software sends your music preferences to whatever computer is nearby. Then music tailored to your preferences pumps out of the speakers -- can you imagine walking into a coffee shop, and the Carrie Underwood track playing shuts off, and a Matthew Good album slides into the rotation instead? How......

Continue Reading "Hey Mr. DJ: A Wi-Fi Playlist Tailored to You"

January 8, 2007

#25 Our Tigger doesn't slap the tourists around - KOMO #26 "Red Tide" of algal blooms totally fuck with asthma sufferers along the FLA coast - New Scientist #27 Miami cops mistake sprinkler parts for a bomb, and blow it up - WWNC #28 Boynton Beach woman claims she believed the Capri Sun juice pack when it said "All Natural", now suing - AP #29 Charlotte County step-father charged 3 1/2 years probation after......

Continue Reading "1001 Reasons LA is Better Than Florida"

November 28, 2006

- UCLA Hoops is #1... wait it's nowhere near March - SI - LA Fire Department's Hottest Holiday Gifts - LAFD Blog - Hey Pervy High School Teachers: Here's a List of the Age of Consent around the World - Avert.org - Hey Now... it's TV Land's 100 Greatest TV Quotes - PR Newswire - Tony Soprano hurt while getting head-butted - ContactMusic - Sometimes you want to sign up for something on the......

Continue Reading "AM Randomness (Because We've Got Insomnia)"

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