Boogie Woogie #Coop
The creator of the MP3-compression algorithm used a Suzanne Vega-song to tune his research:
"To create MP3, Brandenburg had to appreciate how the human ear perceives sound. A key assist in this effort came from folk singer Suzanne Vega."
From the old Commodore 64 and Amiga days, we knew that Jeff Minter was a crazy Llama-loving games- and psychedelic-stuff-programmer. Well, he's still doing his thing - now on DVD!
People like to make fun of Microsoft for some reason... Microsith is one such parody-site, complete with death-stars and a Darth Paperclip-type...
W3Schools Online Web Tutorials seem to want to teach us everything about the web and the standards behind. When my right thumb comes 'round, I'll take a look at it.
Microsith is a Temple ov thee Lemur-project, I think, and they have a bunch of other strange (some even revolting) projects on their site.
Oh, and while we are on the subject...
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