| Hand painted tilt-a-mouse does China proud
Seriously, we Americans could learn a thing or two from the Russians, Chinese, and Japanese, as they all know exactly how to ugly up a mouse better than anyone. As expected, the "hand painted" Daruma tilt-a-mouse proves no different, as its vivid color scheme and less-than-ergonomic grip make for a critter that only a mother (or indebted manufacturer) could love to point with. Of course, you could make a case that the tilting interface that intelligently moves your cursor about the screen is worth a few marks, but considering the entirely more sexy innovations we've seen in mice of late, we're not sure this is going to lift off as anything but technochotchke. But hey, who are we to judge the beauty of your next spherical mouse? It's all yours for a steep ¥9,700 ($82).[Via Spluch] .
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Anyone who has launched an e-mail client to discover a glut of offers for dubious nostrums, bogus diplomas, and indelicate physical congress is well aware that spam - the junk mail that fills our inboxes in ever increasing amounts - is a huge problem. .
Fretboard Festival draws 1700 In its second year, crowds pack ...
There was a whole lot of pickin' and grinnin' around the Kalamazoo Valley Museum on Saturday. And a whole lot of people enjoying the art of the fret. The second annual Kalamazoo Fretboard Festival brought in around 1,770 people Saturday, more than twice the crowd they had at the first festival last year. ``Our biggest problem has been too many people, not enough space,'' event coordinator Ian Gorman said. Pickers were literally overflowing from the museum, forming impromptu stringbands of mandolins, banjos and guitars in the sun outside and just inside the museum lobby. Upstairs Rendal Wall and Friends demonstrated the products of Heritage Guitar, playing sweet electric country and western. Down in the main gallery Great Lakes Grass were trying to get more attention from the crowd packed around them by playing ``Foggy Mountain Breakdown'' with instruments held above their heads.
MATH CATS MATH CHAT
In springtime, you and your students might like to explore math in the great outdoors. Here are some ideas. OUTDOOR ESTIMATION ACTIVITIES Look at a tree and try to estimate its circumference and its diameter, and then figure out how to measure it. .
Dimebag Darrell’s Black Tooth Bash Announced
Six String Masterpieces is presenting the Dimebag Darrell Art Tribute Auction to benefit The Little Kids Rock Foundation at the House of Blues Hollywood. This event is held after the induction of Dimebag Darrell Abbott to the Hollywood Guitar Center Rock Walk on May 17th. The night will start out with ring-master Jamey Jasta of Hatebreed and Headbanger's Ball leading us into the 3-ring circus in honor of Dimebag Darrell Abbott and his induction. Jasta opens the night with introducing to the masses the L.A Chapter of the Little Kids Rock. The kids will rock out and show you how a little love from us can help change the lives of these gifted kids that would not normally have the chance to learn and play instruments. Jasta will then head up the now famed Black Tooth Bash. This nights Black Tooth Band will comprise of performances by Vinnie Paul Abbott (HellYeah, ex-Pantera), Scott Ian (Anthrax), Tim "Ripper" Owens (Iced Earth, Beyond Fear), John 5 (Rob Zombie), David Draiman (Disturbed), Bob Zilla (HellYeah, ex-Damageplan), Aaron Lewis (Staind), Ace Frehley, Brent Smith and Jasin Todd (Shinedown), Dave Navarro, Stephen Perkins, Matt Byrne (Hatebreed), Chester Bennington (Linkin Park) and many more surprise artists! Six-String Masterpieces: The Dimebag Darrell Art Tribute is a collection of over 60 Dean ML guitars that have been hand-painted by world-famous Rock Stars and internationally known Tattoo & Visionary Artists in a memorial tribute to one of the greatest guitarists of all time, Dimebag Darrell Abbott.
Greatness that's hard to find
Six seconds of drum roll, a saxophone's shriek, a fast-thumping bass, and the trio is off. Charles Gayle is blowing mad phrases out of his little white alto saxophone, Gerald Benson is walking up and down the neck of his bass, and Michael Wimberly is letting loose on his kit at breakneck speed. Someone is moaning along with the notes. There's just the hint of melody, but the music invigorates and lifts the soul. This is "Cherokee" like you've never heard it -- 5 minutes and 47 seconds of tension, anguish, and adrenaline. Before the hour is up, the trio will have turned the lovely standard "Softly as in a Morning Sunrise" into 14 minutes of free jazz, ruminated beautifully on the old standby "What's New," conjured a hurricane out of John Coltrane's "Giant Steps," brought out a few of Gayle's own fire-and-brimstone compositions, and ended it all with Albert Ayler's "Ghosts," as if to remind us who the group's forebears are.
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