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Short Wave Receiver

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An almost limitless fun of shortwave radio listening. Listen and control a short-wave receiver located at the amateur radio club  ETGD  at the  University of Twente . In contrast to other web-controlled receivers, this receiver can be tuned by multiple users simultaneously, thanks to the use of Software-Defined Radio.  The cherry on the top...a record button.   Visit here:  Wide-Band WebSDR .  

Sarah Belle Reid

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  Sarah Belle Reid  is a latest youtube discovery while searching reviews about the Make Noise Strega synthesiser. I watched a really good review by her and then started to browse her channel to find reviews for many other interesting audio topics.  She is also a good performer-composer who plays trumpet, modular synthesizer and an ever-growing collection of handcrafted electronic instruments. Her unique musical voice explores the intersections between contemporary classical, experimental and interactive electronics, noise music, and improvisation.  Here is a no input mixing board small performance in her channel:  Sarah Belle Reid  Search there for more...

Javascript & Music

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Here is a collection of music experiments with Javascript running on a browser. They use the tone.js library and many of them are quite remarkable. Have a go:  tone.js

Old and new philosophies about Life & Death

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This is one of my best shows on Lex Fridman podcast on YouTube.  For those who doesn't know about this podcast, you should check it out as it is probably one of the most forward-thinking shows on the Internet. I have learned about Solomon, a  social psychologist,   through this channel and I was instantly hooked by the clarity and the deep content of his thoughts. Sheldon Solomon: Death and Meaning

Beeple & NFTs

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  Beeple aka Mike Winkelmann is a graphics designer based in US. His NFT ( Non-fungible token ) ' Everydays the first 5000 days' artwork sold for 69.000.000 million dollars from Christies and became the third most expensive artwork that has ever been sold. The unknown buyer actually receive in exchange just a .jpg file. So, what are NFTs? They are basically digital works of art based on the Ethereum blockchain network. Contrary to common tokens which they could be exchanged with others, NFTs are unique and cannot be replaced with something else. Check Beeple website for more info about the artwork:  Beeple-crap.com  and search the ethereum network for more general info.