Google Voice is pretty cool. Even though I had a GrandCentral account, for some reason it just sat there until GoogleVoice took over and it grabbed my attention again. One of the cool new things GoogleVoice does that GrandCentral didn?t is transcribe voicemails into text - and as you listen to it, it highlights the words in the text (only when signed into your own GV account), so it?s almost like a little sing-a-long. Anyway, an Indian ?uncle? recently left us a message, and I couldn?t resist posting this GoogleVoice transcription - to show off GV?s ability to transcribe voicemails to text. Be sure to hit play and read along. ]]>
From the vault - this never made it onto Blip.tv...
ZipZapZop Daily: Tips, News and Entertainment for the Brave New World.
Hosted by Clark Saturn , recorded (mostly) live in New York City.
Today?s ZipZapZop.com topics:
Today?s very special episode of the ZipZapZop.com Morning Show was captured unknowingly while Clark was getting ready to record the show. Yes, this is really what he does. After preparing some of the elements of the show, Clark was messing around to get ready and then finally figured out he had been recording the whole time. We thought you might like to see this behind the scenes look. Therefore, we apologize for the lack of the Tao Te Ching reading today, and it will resume tomorrow.
Grapefruit Makes Women Seem Younger, Men Smell Fruity
Women?s Brains Shutdown during orgasm, faking takes no brains.
New research indicates parts of the brain that govern fear and anxiety are switched off when a woman is having an orgasm but remain active if she is faking? Scientists from the Netherlands also ...
Dancing Caterpillars seem to be a recurring theme here at ZipZapZop... This time, I discover that these little Eastern Tent Caterpillar pests (there were literally thousands upon thousands of them here in May) are quite responsive to sound vibrations. It makes me wonder if perhaps some kind of audio mechanism would keep them away... ]]>
Across the river from Vilnius, Lithuania is a tiny independent state called Uzupis -- The Republic of Angels . Its constitution is engraved in a reflective wall.
Uzupian Constitution
1. Everyone has the right to live by the River Vilnele, and the River Vilnele has the right to flow by everyone.
2. Everyone has the right to hot water, heating in winter and a tiled roof.
3. Everyone has a right to die, but this is not an obligation.
4. Everyone has the right to make mistakes.
5. Everyone has the right to be unique.
6. Everyone has the right to love.
7. Everyone has the right not to be loved, but not necessarily.
8. Everyone has the right to be undistinguished and unknown.
9. Everyone has the right to idle.
10. Everyone has the right to love and take care of the cat.
11. Everyone has the right to look after the dog until one of them dies.
12. A dog has the right to be a dog.
13. A cat is not obliged to love its owner, but must help in times of need.
14. Sometimes everyone has the right to be unaware of their...
Click to Play In honor of the release of Rishi Saturn E.P. from July this year, I've been working on a long video (9 minutes) for "Spaced" Best quality is the Quicktime Version - Microcosm-MusicVinyl from Forced ExposureJuno Records Formats available: Quicktime (.mov), Flash Video (.flv)
Click to Play Music video for Electrode Dingus 2026, Cockroach Messiah from the 1994 cassette ?Nitrogen Jukebox? video contains found footage from tv plus original footage from around Denver and a multimedia performance at The Bug Theater called ?kin tec? Formats available: Quicktime (.mov)
Click to Play Music video for Electrode Dingus 2026, Alien Anchorman from the 1994 cassette ?Nitrogen Jukebox? video contains found footage from tv plus original footage from around Denver and a multimedia performance at The Bug Theater called ?kin tec? Formats available: Quicktime (.mov), Flash Video (.flv)
Click to Play Back in the early 90?s I decided to start recording music with a 4 track cassette recorder, a delay pedal, and whatever instruments and stuff I could get my hands on. This included crates, doors, a guitar, a bass, a 50 foot dragon kite, pipes, tubes, a wooden flute, and tv?s. I called [...]
zipzapzop.com with Clark Saturn:
how to turn your Treo phone into an iPod:
mOcean software from motionapps.com ($20), 2 gig SD card (<$50), plus add a wireless bluetooth stereo headset with microphone: Spider from Nextlink ($100) and Softick's audio gateway software ($20). It's a bit crashy, but pretty nifty. ]]>
This vid was on Rocketboom way back when, but I just realized I only posted the part 2 here on ZipZapZop and now Todd tells me he has put together a site for Bush Bush Revolution, so I'm posting part 1 so he can use it there as well.
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