Prince, forgets who the artist is.
Prince recently played a cover of the Radiohead song “Creep” at the huge concert festival “Coachella.” Since Radiohead won’t play the song anymore, it’s good to see that somebody is still playing the song as it’s such a great one. Well… after the concert Prince talks to his people and starts having them take the video off the internet. Flagging it as copyrighted by the owners of the content.
The problem with this, is that Radiohead owns the song since they wrote it, even though Prince performed it. Radiohead’s lead singer Tom Yorke wants to see the video and he wants the video to be spread around the internet. So in a funny, or forward thinking artist, twist Radiohead is telling Prince’s people to stop blocking the video and to let it live online and let people see it.
Funny that the person who owns the copyright wants it distributed, and that the person who doesn’t have the rights to pull it off the series of tubes that is the internet is trying to get it yanked.
You can’t find the videon on YouTube, but there are a few versions floating around. Hopefully the video embedded above will continue to work.
My new power cord.
My new, makeshift, power cord… for tonight at least.
I came home a little early today after picking up my car from the shop. After working for awhile on my laptop it was time to grab my power cord as the battery was low. After realizing I forgot the key piece to connect my Apple power supply to the wall I was a little worried I would be without my laptop for the rest of the night (Not a problem if I wasn’t downloading something, but well, you know).
Luckily I was able to remember a post I saw on Gizmodo a few months ago and was able to take another power cord, shave off a little plastic and use it for a makeshift extension cord for my macbook pro. Yes, the ground is a good safety, but when you’re in a pinch this works.
For the full instructions check out this blog post by Brian Lam.
This is Ridiculous.
Watched So You Think You Can dance last week and caught this guy who is just crazy. Check out the video and enjoy.
Working NES Controler table!
Basically the coolest coffee table ever.
I saw some pictures of this table earlier in the night, but figured it was just a table that let you push the buttons. I was wrong, this table is an actual working NES controller! Pretty amazing.
To bad it won’t work with my newest videogame obsession, Mario Kart Wii!
via: BoingBoing
Stanford offering free tuition
Some great news coming out of Stanford the last few days in regards to tuition for potential students from less affluent families. Yes, they’re offering free tuition, and in some cases free room and board on top of that. The requirements are pretty simple, if the student’s family makes less than $100,000 annually then you get free tuition. If the family is a low income family (don’t know what the price point is there) the student will get free room and board on top of free tuition.
That’s a value of $36,000 to $47,000 to help open doors for more students to attend Stanford. Yes, it’s a tough school to get into, but knowing that there is an attainable goal seems like it could have a huge impact on kids that are worried about even being able to pay for school if they do make the grades.
Nice work Stanford! I’m really looking forward to seeing how this changes other school’s policies on tuition and how that affects how hard students start working in high school. I know that many high schools are trying to motivate kids from less affluent areas to work towards getting into good colleges. Knowing that school could possibly be free seems like the perfect incentive.
About Otis
I live in Seattle, Washington. I am passionate about working with and interacting with others. My work experience includes marketing, account management, and sales.
I am a huge sports fan who on top of cheering for my favorite teams (Go Beavs!) also appreciates coaching strategy, as well as the marketing behind teams, players, and events.
Personally, I enjoys exploring new cities and areas (particularly small towns) and getting outside and playing.