Past Lessons, Future Theories
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Housewatch, episode 4.1
I've decided to start explaining (or trying to) episodes of House, M.D. I like the show, medicine and Hugh Laurie.
Now, last night's episode was a case of mistaken identity. Not very medical.
Perhaps the most interesting medical hypothesis was crush syndrome, which I had never heard of. Basically, you get crushed by a building or other heavy object and unsurprisingly, it's not very good for you. It's common after earthquakes, but was first described during the Blitz, in London, (Bywaters EGL, Beall D. Crush injuries with impairment of renal function. BMJ 1941; 1: 427-32.) when buildings were falling left and right.
During crush syndrome, the large muscles of the body get compressed. Cutting off the blood supply causes cells to weaken, since they don't have the energy to maintain themselves, and they release potassium, phosphate, enzymes and the muscle protein myoglobin into the bloodstream. Ultimately, it's bad for the kidneys. But the brain and muscles can suffer too, often leading to amputation of a limb.
The patient also had acute respiratory distress syndrome. It's a little less interesting. When you have lots of other problems, it's not very surprising that the lungs get a little stressed and can fail when they fill with fluid.
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Now playing: Face (Extended Demo Edit) - G.R.R.L.
via FoxyTunes
Now, last night's episode was a case of mistaken identity. Not very medical.
Perhaps the most interesting medical hypothesis was crush syndrome, which I had never heard of. Basically, you get crushed by a building or other heavy object and unsurprisingly, it's not very good for you. It's common after earthquakes, but was first described during the Blitz, in London, (Bywaters EGL, Beall D. Crush injuries with impairment of renal function. BMJ 1941; 1: 427-32.) when buildings were falling left and right.
During crush syndrome, the large muscles of the body get compressed. Cutting off the blood supply causes cells to weaken, since they don't have the energy to maintain themselves, and they release potassium, phosphate, enzymes and the muscle protein myoglobin into the bloodstream. Ultimately, it's bad for the kidneys. But the brain and muscles can suffer too, often leading to amputation of a limb.
The patient also had acute respiratory distress syndrome. It's a little less interesting. When you have lots of other problems, it's not very surprising that the lungs get a little stressed and can fail when they fill with fluid.
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Now playing: Face (Extended Demo Edit) - G.R.R.L.
via FoxyTunes
Labels: biology, HouseMD, medicine, science, televisio
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Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Moon composite
A composite image of the moon. Two images stitched together. Taken with a Meade black and white DSI ccd camera, and my 85mm Stellarvue refractor.
Labels: astronomy, photography, science
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M57
Took this photo the Ring Nebula, M57, Saturday night. Surprisingly good! Meade black & white DSI, and my 85mm Stellarvue refractor.
Took this photo the Ring Nebula, M57, Saturday night. Surprisingly good! Meade black & white DSI, and my 85mm Stellarvue refractor.
Labels: astronomy, photography, science
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M13
I am surprised by how well this picture of globular cluster M13 turned out. Took it Saturday night, with a black and white Meade DSI and my 85mm Stellarvue.
I am surprised by how well this picture of globular cluster M13 turned out. Took it Saturday night, with a black and white Meade DSI and my 85mm Stellarvue.
Labels: astronomy, photography, science
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Swoon 205 - September 24, 2007
Acid Eiffel - Choice
Minilogue - Space (Traum)
Canvas - The Cat (RebelOne)
Cristian Vogel - DD Engine (Station 55)
Bola - Diamortem (Skam)
Pheek - De Begg Degg
Citywide Vacuum - Interlude (Eleven37)
Trentemoller - Klodsmajor
Trentemoller - Snowflake
Trentemoller - Dangerous Global Warming
HRSTA - Tomorrow Winter Comes (Constellation)
Cobblestone Jazz - Change Your Apesuit (Wagon Repair)
Goldfrapp - Ride A White Horse (Ewan Pearson's Disco Odyssey)
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Now playing: Luciano - 7.Petre Inspirescu - Galantar
via FoxyTunes
Minilogue - Space (Traum)
Canvas - The Cat (RebelOne)
Cristian Vogel - DD Engine (Station 55)
Bola - Diamortem (Skam)
Pheek - De Begg Degg
Citywide Vacuum - Interlude (Eleven37)
Trentemoller - Klodsmajor
Trentemoller - Snowflake
Trentemoller - Dangerous Global Warming
HRSTA - Tomorrow Winter Comes (Constellation)
Cobblestone Jazz - Change Your Apesuit (Wagon Repair)
Goldfrapp - Ride A White Horse (Ewan Pearson's Disco Odyssey)
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Now playing: Luciano - 7.Petre Inspirescu - Galantar
via FoxyTunes
Labels: ambient, dance, dj, minimal, Music, Swoon, Tech-house, Tracklist
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Lee Burridge - Balance 012
Lee Burridge is the latest dj to do a mix for the Balance series, which is one of the premier mix series for progressive house and techno fans. Burridge's mix spans three cds, which can be classified as melodic techno, amelodic techno and chugging techno. In short, it's a fine mix of the modern techno scene. (Needless to say, it's mixed very well. Burridge has always had fine technique.)
Disc one covers the melodic tracks, with numbers from Ripperton and Lazy Fat People, The Viewers, Kollektive Turmstrasse and others. If you like those bands, you'll like the disc.
I first thought disc two was all minimal, but I was wrong. It's techno with any melodies replaced by noises. So there's no thing, reedy sounds, it's still chunky and funky, but it's all bleeps and bloops, not strings and bass. The best tracks are Reynold's "Bumper" and Spider & Bird's "Paris", which bump and clank around.
Finally, disc three is chugging techno. It's probably the fastest of the three discs. Here, it's mostly about the beats. There are great tracks from Tomas Andersson, Alexi Delano & Xpansul, and Gabriel Ananda.
Each week, I find I have a different favourite disc. They're all good, I guess it's my mood that's making me prefer one or another. But if you're interested in modern techno, this is highly recommended
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Now playing: Luciano - 6.Rhadoo - Woa Ovuls
via FoxyTunes .
Disc one covers the melodic tracks, with numbers from Ripperton and Lazy Fat People, The Viewers, Kollektive Turmstrasse and others. If you like those bands, you'll like the disc.
I first thought disc two was all minimal, but I was wrong. It's techno with any melodies replaced by noises. So there's no thing, reedy sounds, it's still chunky and funky, but it's all bleeps and bloops, not strings and bass. The best tracks are Reynold's "Bumper" and Spider & Bird's "Paris", which bump and clank around.
Finally, disc three is chugging techno. It's probably the fastest of the three discs. Here, it's mostly about the beats. There are great tracks from Tomas Andersson, Alexi Delano & Xpansul, and Gabriel Ananda.
Each week, I find I have a different favourite disc. They're all good, I guess it's my mood that's making me prefer one or another. But if you're interested in modern techno, this is highly recommended
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Now playing: Luciano - 6.Rhadoo - Woa Ovuls
via FoxyTunes .
Labels: dance, dj, Music, Techno
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Thursday, September 20, 2007
The price of diamonds
I was reading this story on a very popular evangelistic American preacher who may have been assaulted by her husband, which mentioned in her wedding a few years back she was given a 7.66-carat diamond.
I was curious as to how much a diamond like that costs. A quick search of bluenile.com gave me a range of $93,774 to $775,832. (They actually didn't have a 7.66-carat diamond, they peaked at 7.63.) That's a lot of cash for a preacher. Even a double income preacher household. ¶ 2:42 PM 0 Comments Links to this post
I was curious as to how much a diamond like that costs. A quick search of bluenile.com gave me a range of $93,774 to $775,832. (They actually didn't have a 7.66-carat diamond, they peaked at 7.63.) That's a lot of cash for a preacher. Even a double income preacher household. ¶ 2:42 PM 0 Comments Links to this post
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Swoon 204 - September 17, 2007
Terre Thaemlitz Shes Hard (Archive of Silence 2007) (Mule)
Jochem Paap mbnt-plng (Fax)
Paul Kalkbrenner Altes Kamueffel (Bpitchcontrol)
Peace Division Voodoo (Its In The Walls)
Shinedoe and Innersphere Phunk (Ricardo Villalobos mix)
Gurtz Sum
RQM & Filewile Damn (Jahcoozi remix)
Deadmau5 Not Exactly (Mau5trap)
Cobblestone Jazz Hired Touch (Wagon Repair)
Maxime Dangles Love Water (K2)
Daniel Briegert Belten Wummler (Oscar remix)
Luka and Lazo Dust no. 4 (Barem remix)
Einmusik (Italic)
DJ Remy Wink (Armed)
Crowdpleaser and St. Plomb 18 Years (One Day in Boston mix) (Mental Groove)
Tiefschwarz Blow (Radio Slave mix)
Robag Wruhme Dopamin (Musik Krause)
X-press2 Kill 100 (Carl Craig mix) (Skint)
Trentemoller, Buda Gamma (Minilogue remix)
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Jochem Paap mbnt-plng (Fax)
Paul Kalkbrenner Altes Kamueffel (Bpitchcontrol)
Peace Division Voodoo (Its In The Walls)
Shinedoe and Innersphere Phunk (Ricardo Villalobos mix)
Gurtz Sum
RQM & Filewile Damn (Jahcoozi remix)
Deadmau5 Not Exactly (Mau5trap)
Cobblestone Jazz Hired Touch (Wagon Repair)
Maxime Dangles Love Water (K2)
Daniel Briegert Belten Wummler (Oscar remix)
Luka and Lazo Dust no. 4 (Barem remix)
Einmusik (Italic)
DJ Remy Wink (Armed)
Crowdpleaser and St. Plomb 18 Years (One Day in Boston mix) (Mental Groove)
Tiefschwarz Blow (Radio Slave mix)
Robag Wruhme Dopamin (Musik Krause)
X-press2 Kill 100 (Carl Craig mix) (Skint)
Trentemoller, Buda Gamma (Minilogue remix)
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Labels: dance, dj, Music, Swoon, Tech-house, Techno, Tracklist
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Bleep.com sale of all Warp albums
Bleep.com is having a sale. Every album from Warp is $6.99 US during September. This is quite a deal. So, here's ten Warp classics to get you started.
LFO - Frequencies (1991) It's why the site's called bleep.
Polygon Window - Surfing On Sine Waves (1993) excellent early Aphex Twin.
Autechre - Amber (1994) Melodic, quirky, and deeply moving. It's their best album.
The Black Dog - Spanners (1995) Huge variety of tracks, and it all fits together.
Aphex Twin - I Care Because You Do (1995) Of all the Aphex Twin albums, this one fits together best as an album.
Various: Blech II Blechsdottir (1996) Megamix of Warp tracks.
Vincent Gallo: Recordings of Music For Film (2002) A collection of short, often beautiful tracks.
Squarepusher - Do You Know Squarepusher (2002) A very mature album. Though short, it's great.
Boards of Canada: The Campfire Headphase (2005) It all comes together for BoC.
Jamie Lidell: Multiply (2005) Soul, from an unexpected source.
LFO - Frequencies (1991) It's why the site's called bleep.
Polygon Window - Surfing On Sine Waves (1993) excellent early Aphex Twin.
Autechre - Amber (1994) Melodic, quirky, and deeply moving. It's their best album.
The Black Dog - Spanners (1995) Huge variety of tracks, and it all fits together.
Aphex Twin - I Care Because You Do (1995) Of all the Aphex Twin albums, this one fits together best as an album.
Various: Blech II Blechsdottir (1996) Megamix of Warp tracks.
Vincent Gallo: Recordings of Music For Film (2002) A collection of short, often beautiful tracks.
Squarepusher - Do You Know Squarepusher (2002) A very mature album. Though short, it's great.
Boards of Canada: The Campfire Headphase (2005) It all comes together for BoC.
Jamie Lidell: Multiply (2005) Soul, from an unexpected source.
Labels: acid, breaks, dance, electro, Music, Techno
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Monday, September 10, 2007
Swoon 203 - September 10, 2007
Cristian Vogel - FloPo (Station 55)
Luciano - Afghan Birds (Cadenza)
NAW - 3 (Noise Factory)
Plastikman - In Side (M-nus)
Wechsel Garland - Swim (Kosi edit) (Kalk pets)
Lazy Fat People - Big City (Mirko's Tool) (Border Community)
The Black Dog - Mr. Burroughs To the Curiosity Phone (Dust Science)
Intus - Absolut (K2)
Extrawelt - Soopertrack (Sooperfool Tool) (Border Community)
Cobblestone Jazz - 23 Seconds (Wagon Repair)
Patrice Baumel - Fantomas (Trapez)
Paul Kalkbrenner - Der Senat (bpitchcontrol)
Easy Changes - Caviar (Foundsound)
Deetron - Life Soundtrack (rejected interpretation)
Kollektiv Turnstrasse - Tristesse (Connaisseur)
Supermayer - Two Of Us (Kompakt)
DJ Yellow - No More Enemie
Pete Heller - Simpler (New Mix) (Phela)
Maxime Dangles - Agujas (K2)
Max Cavallera - Luck n Love
Paranoid Jack - Last Daze (Stickman)
Lawrence - Rabbit Tube (Mule Electroniq)
Luciano - Afghan Birds (Cadenza)
NAW - 3 (Noise Factory)
Plastikman - In Side (M-nus)
Wechsel Garland - Swim (Kosi edit) (Kalk pets)
Lazy Fat People - Big City (Mirko's Tool) (Border Community)
The Black Dog - Mr. Burroughs To the Curiosity Phone (Dust Science)
Intus - Absolut (K2)
Extrawelt - Soopertrack (Sooperfool Tool) (Border Community)
Cobblestone Jazz - 23 Seconds (Wagon Repair)
Patrice Baumel - Fantomas (Trapez)
Paul Kalkbrenner - Der Senat (bpitchcontrol)
Easy Changes - Caviar (Foundsound)
Deetron - Life Soundtrack (rejected interpretation)
Kollektiv Turnstrasse - Tristesse (Connaisseur)
Supermayer - Two Of Us (Kompakt)
DJ Yellow - No More Enemie
Pete Heller - Simpler (New Mix) (Phela)
Maxime Dangles - Agujas (K2)
Max Cavallera - Luck n Love
Paranoid Jack - Last Daze (Stickman)
Lawrence - Rabbit Tube (Mule Electroniq)
Labels: dance, dj, Music, Swoon, Tech-house, Techno, Tracklist
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Wednesday, September 05, 2007
Swoon 202 - September 3, 2007 Labour Day Party
Toni Rios - Psycho Circus (Kompakt)
D. Ramirez - Colombian Soul (Toolroom)
Chris Lake - Carry Me Away (Sebastien Leger mix) (Rising)
Armand van Helden - This Ain't Hollywood (Radioslave mix) (Southern Fried)
DJ Remy - Scrap (Armed)
Spooky - New Light (Strobelight mix) (spooky.uk.com)
Cobblestone Jazz - W (Wagon Repair)
Gui Boratto - Beautiful Life (Sascha Funke remix) (Kompakt)
Lee van Dowski - The Strike Pandemonium (Soma)
Trentemoller - Always Something Better (Trentemoller mix) (Poker Flat)
Perc und Fractal - Up (Kompakt)
Audion - Noiser (Spectral)
Cagedbaby - Hello There (Radioslave mix) (Southern Fried)
Ace of Clubs - Acidream (First Cask)
Philip Sherburne - Lumberjacking (Exercise One mix) (LAN)
Fairmont - Pavilion (bpitchcontrol)
Seelenluft - Manila (Ewan Pearson mix) (K7)
Chemical Brothers - Do It Again (Astralwerks)
Digitalism - Pogo (EMI)
Elektrochemie - Mucky Star (Get Physical)
Noze - Remember Love (My Best Friend)
Reinhard Voigt - Follow the DJ (Kompakt)
One+One - Rover (Renaissance)
Pryda - Ironman (Pryda)
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D. Ramirez - Colombian Soul (Toolroom)
Chris Lake - Carry Me Away (Sebastien Leger mix) (Rising)
Armand van Helden - This Ain't Hollywood (Radioslave mix) (Southern Fried)
DJ Remy - Scrap (Armed)
Spooky - New Light (Strobelight mix) (spooky.uk.com)
Cobblestone Jazz - W (Wagon Repair)
Gui Boratto - Beautiful Life (Sascha Funke remix) (Kompakt)
Lee van Dowski - The Strike Pandemonium (Soma)
Trentemoller - Always Something Better (Trentemoller mix) (Poker Flat)
Perc und Fractal - Up (Kompakt)
Audion - Noiser (Spectral)
Cagedbaby - Hello There (Radioslave mix) (Southern Fried)
Ace of Clubs - Acidream (First Cask)
Philip Sherburne - Lumberjacking (Exercise One mix) (LAN)
Fairmont - Pavilion (bpitchcontrol)
Seelenluft - Manila (Ewan Pearson mix) (K7)
Chemical Brothers - Do It Again (Astralwerks)
Digitalism - Pogo (EMI)
Elektrochemie - Mucky Star (Get Physical)
Noze - Remember Love (My Best Friend)
Reinhard Voigt - Follow the DJ (Kompakt)
One+One - Rover (Renaissance)
Pryda - Ironman (Pryda)
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Labels: acid, dance, dj, House, Music, Swoon, Tech-house, Techno
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