September 2007

Friday 28 September

Sine-Wave Speech and Perceptual Insight (11:45) - Sine-wave speech is a form of artificially degraded speech first developed by Robert Remez and Philip Rubin at Haskins Laboratory. In this work, Remez and colleagues demonstrated a dramatic change in the way in which sine-wave speech sentences are perceived,... | 0 Comments

New Report Offers No High-Def Hope (21:28) - Predicts a dual-format market for the future. Screen Digest video analyst Richard Cooper concludes, "Christmas 2007 is going to be critical for the hi-def video business…but with so much at stake on both sides we think it is highly unlikely... | 6 Comments
Fred Goldman pwns OJ (00:23) - First Fred gets the rights to OJ's book If I Did It, then he gets creative with the cover: The "If" in the title is tucked away in the "I" of "I DID IT". ... | 0 Comments

Video of UF Student being Tasered at John Kerry Q&A (16:37) - A University of Florida student was tasered by authorities at a John Kerry Q&A session the other day. The following youtube video captures the entire ordeal. CNN also has a higher quality video that is edited. (you can really hear... | 5 Comments
Hello Dad, I'm in Jail (13:12) - Ahh the good ol' days of Liquid Television. View Other Liquid Television Clips via YouTube.... | 3 Comments

Greg Oden out for his first NBA season (14:42) - PORTLAND, Ore. -- Celebrated Trail Blazers rookie center Greg Oden, the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft, will likely miss the 2007-2008 season after undergoing knee surgery Thursday, the team said. "Greg had an arthroscopy and a microfracture surgery... | 0 Comments

Louis CK and a child (17:01) - | 0 Comments
Air Guitar World Champion (10:58) - Honestly, I was really hoping for more out of this. ... | 1 Comments

Home Decor for Gangsters (22:09) - Be sure to have gold accents on your blinds. Chandeliers are a must. Bonus points for ivy curtain rod accents. And by all means, you need a tweety clock and some brass seagulls.... | 2 Comments
USAF Accidently Transports Nukes over the Midwest (11:38) - WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Six nuclear warheads on air-launched cruise missiles were mistakenly carried on a flight from North Dakota to Louisiana last week, prompting a major investigation, the military officials have confirmed. The plane took the cruise missiles from Minot... | 0 Comments