Being the random burblings of one Neil Sharkey: nerd, musician, gentleman adventurer.For music see Superhet Deceiver [rawk] and Looptron [beepy]. Twitter: @looptron Facebook: facebook.com/looptronTumblr (3.0; @sharkeysmachine)http://www.neilsharkey.com/Copyright 2006 Neil SharkeyAudio BlogslooptronnoBeing the random burblings of one Neil Sharkey: nerd, musician, gentleman adventurer.For music see Superhet Deceiver [rawk] and Looptron [beepy]. Twitter: @looptron Facebook: facebook.com/looptronBeing the random burblings of one Neil Sharkey: nerd, musician, gentleman adventurer.For music see Superhet Deceiver [rawk] and Looptron [beepy]. Twitter: @looptron Facebook: facebook.com/looptron(Enter a personal message you would like to have appear at the top of your feed.)<a href="http://www.warrenellis.com/?p=14125">When The Internet Deletes Hype</a>: <p>David Hepworth via Warren Ellis, interesting point about how you can’t lie about popularity in the days of YouTube views, retweets, FB likes and +1s.</p> <p>In other news, I’ve figured out how to add Twitter, Google+ and Facebook buttons to the bottom of these blog posts. </p> <p>Ahem.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NeilSharkey/~4/OJfYrw72OlM" height="1" width="1"/><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/looptron/~4/W_EWdsaj2PM" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/looptron/~3/W_EWdsaj2PM/24051954263http://www.neilsharkey.com/post/24051954263Wed, 30 May 2012 07:52:13 +0100linkssite newshttp://www.neilsharkey.com/post/24051954263looptronhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NeilSharkey/~3/OJfYrw72OlM/24051954263<a href="http://kotaku.com/5913853/this-japanese-cell-phone-will-detect-radiation">The tricorders from Star Trek just don't seem so futuristic any more.</a>: <p>Although in the post-nuclear apocalypse work there will be less ways to charge your radiation detecting mobile phone. (via Kotaku).</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NeilSharkey/~4/D4oFawQILPI" height="1" width="1"/><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/looptron/~4/2CYAP3Hk00g" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/looptron/~3/2CYAP3Hk00g/23996837759http://www.neilsharkey.com/post/23996837759Tue, 29 May 2012 15:08:15 +0100linksfuturistichttp://www.neilsharkey.com/post/23996837759looptronhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NeilSharkey/~3/D4oFawQILPI/23996837759<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4sb7upfZg1rt60d5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Phase II complete. (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NeilSharkey/~4/69JsFkWoeOw" height="1" width="1"/><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/looptron/~4/T_u-wOIBvNI" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/looptron/~3/T_u-wOIBvNI/23993950845http://www.neilsharkey.com/post/23993950845Tue, 29 May 2012 13:40:42 +0100http://www.neilsharkey.com/post/23993950845looptronhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NeilSharkey/~3/69JsFkWoeOw/23993950845<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4r7aaYxAO1rt60d5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Phase I complete. (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NeilSharkey/~4/L7CfMHGVetA" height="1" width="1"/><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/looptron/~4/SnZIIar1pDQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/looptron/~3/SnZIIar1pDQ/23955983356http://www.neilsharkey.com/post/23955983356Mon, 28 May 2012 23:18:09 +0100http://www.neilsharkey.com/post/23955983356looptronhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NeilSharkey/~3/L7CfMHGVetA/23955983356“All novels are sequels; influence is bliss.”<br/><br/> - <em><span>Michael Chabon. (“Fan Fictions: On Sherlock Holmes,” Maps and Legends. San Francisco: McSweeney’s Books, 2008. pp.56-57.)</span></em><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NeilSharkey/~4/KcipkH_B6gE" height="1" width="1"/><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/looptron/~4/Qio5Ei07wNI" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/looptron/~3/Qio5Ei07wNI/23928951232http://www.neilsharkey.com/post/23928951232Mon, 28 May 2012 15:17:38 +0100wise wordshttp://www.neilsharkey.com/post/23928951232looptronhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NeilSharkey/~3/KcipkH_B6gE/23928951232<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4orxwESVQ1rt60d5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Pottering along the Thames. (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NeilSharkey/~4/KO3kQOQstOE" height="1" width="1"/><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/looptron/~4/2dRE9sbz14U" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/looptron/~3/2dRE9sbz14U/23863059306http://www.neilsharkey.com/post/23863059306Sun, 27 May 2012 15:51:32 +0100http://www.neilsharkey.com/post/23863059306looptronhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NeilSharkey/~3/KO3kQOQstOE/23863059306<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4mvy1aru11rt60d5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Red, white and phew wot uh scorch-aaah. (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NeilSharkey/~4/3DYLauL_6Sw" height="1" width="1"/><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/looptron/~4/YxRWqs0pTjg" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/looptron/~3/YxRWqs0pTjg/23796173074http://www.neilsharkey.com/post/23796173074Sat, 26 May 2012 15:22:49 +0100http://www.neilsharkey.com/post/23796173074looptronhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NeilSharkey/~3/3DYLauL_6Sw/23796173074<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Vz58Hw9hldw?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Sorry. Again.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NeilSharkey/~4/qx_yTMSWGAU" height="1" width="1"/><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/looptron/~4/hfXBL7xcRgc" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/looptron/~3/hfXBL7xcRgc/23785889173http://www.neilsharkey.com/post/23785889173Sat, 26 May 2012 08:50:45 +0100tellyFrench lunacyhttp://www.neilsharkey.com/post/23785889173looptronhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NeilSharkey/~3/qx_yTMSWGAU/23785889173<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2012/may/26/eurovision-song-contest-2012">Eurovision 2012: Sebastien Tellier gives his verdict</a>: <p>I was just thinking that there wasn’t enough Sebastian Tellier in this years Eurovision.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NeilSharkey/~4/zEUQfeqqu08" height="1" width="1"/><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/looptron/~4/N4IomxPll6w" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/looptron/~3/N4IomxPll6w/23785729362http://www.neilsharkey.com/post/23785729362Sat, 26 May 2012 08:44:02 +0100http://www.neilsharkey.com/post/23785729362looptronhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NeilSharkey/~3/zEUQfeqqu08/23785729362<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/711bZ_pLusQ?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><a href="http://boingboing.net/2012/05/23/slinky-on-a-treadmill.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20boingboing/iBag%20(Boing%20Boing)&utm_content=Google%20Reader">Slinky on a treadmill - Boing Boing</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NeilSharkey/~4/h7Llyj6ye84" height="1" width="1"/><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/looptron/~4/cWNAK2g5Yk4" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/looptron/~3/cWNAK2g5Yk4/23689590226http://www.neilsharkey.com/post/23689590226Thu, 24 May 2012 22:01:15 +0100crapolahttp://www.neilsharkey.com/post/23689590226looptronhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NeilSharkey/~3/h7Llyj6ye84/23689590226<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4gmsjCOUp1qhcrvvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Wowser.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NeilSharkey/~4/Tg6LVxBLSc4" height="1" width="1"/><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/looptron/~4/FcizW5tqLOg" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/looptron/~3/FcizW5tqLOg/23676426383http://www.neilsharkey.com/post/23676426383Thu, 24 May 2012 17:31:21 +0100http://www.neilsharkey.com/post/23676426383looptronhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NeilSharkey/~3/Tg6LVxBLSc4/23676426383<iframe src="https://embed.spotify.com/?uri=spotify:track:17n1HY5YdaHzhr67QJQY3C&view=coverart" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" style="width:500px;height:580px;"></iframe><br/><br/><p>This is just the most astoundingly beautiful thing ever. Play it REALLY LOUD.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NeilSharkey/~4/lkr_Ekd2qz4" height="1" width="1"/><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/looptron/~4/y8mHxPZJpRI" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/looptron/~3/y8mHxPZJpRI/23671551483http://www.neilsharkey.com/post/23671551483Thu, 24 May 2012 15:21:00 +0100choonhttp://www.neilsharkey.com/post/23671551483looptronhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NeilSharkey/~3/lkr_Ekd2qz4/23671551483<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4inl9gMsE1rt60d5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Watched Batman Begins with my wife and we noticed a thing.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NeilSharkey/~4/4WZrONzaKIw" height="1" width="1"/><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/looptron/~4/hLuHI-d5JRE" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/looptron/~3/hLuHI-d5JRE/23662238731http://www.neilsharkey.com/post/23662238731Thu, 24 May 2012 08:36:08 +0100coinkydinkbatmanhttp://www.neilsharkey.com/post/23662238731looptronhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NeilSharkey/~3/4WZrONzaKIw/23662238731<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/73kQNm14iak?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>I made a pact with myself around my birthday to make a little bit of art every day. Today, unfortunately, was a failure in that regard so I just constructed this THING using only my phone, a song demo I had on said phone and a painting I bought some years ago. And now it’s in the world. Because apparently we can do that now. Even while QUITE drunk. Imagine what we could do sober…</p> <p>Also, Stanley Donwood is awesome.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NeilSharkey/~4/D6PB61KvGs4" height="1" width="1"/><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/looptron/~4/26LTzjfU388" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/looptron/~3/26LTzjfU388/23632159974http://www.neilsharkey.com/post/23632159974Wed, 23 May 2012 23:24:42 +0100http://www.neilsharkey.com/post/23632159974looptronhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NeilSharkey/~3/D6PB61KvGs4/23632159974<a href="http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-05/23/oklahoma-state-university-steak-patent">Oklahoma State University tries to patent a steak (Wired UK)</a>: <p>Surely any half competent butcher/vet/CSI/BodyWorlds employee would be able to look at it and identify the muscle in question?</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NeilSharkey/~4/qA_8PXbjFLw" height="1" width="1"/><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/looptron/~4/FNhlq0y_GA8" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/looptron/~3/FNhlq0y_GA8/23608250756http://www.neilsharkey.com/post/23608250756Wed, 23 May 2012 15:02:04 +0100http://www.neilsharkey.com/post/23608250756looptronhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NeilSharkey/~3/qA_8PXbjFLw/23608250756<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/may/23/robert-moog-interview-google-doodle">Robert Moog: 'I wouldn't call this music' – a classic interview to mark a Google doodle (guardian.co.uk)</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NeilSharkey/~4/HNl3tnFPLS0" height="1" width="1"/><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/looptron/~4/WOUtGfJHNac" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/looptron/~3/WOUtGfJHNac/23604927504http://www.neilsharkey.com/post/23604927504Wed, 23 May 2012 13:01:42 +0100http://www.neilsharkey.com/post/23604927504looptronhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NeilSharkey/~3/HNl3tnFPLS0/23604927504<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18164200">BBC News - TV remote control inventor Eugene Polley dies at 96</a>: <p>My hero.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NeilSharkey/~4/bdfQ2d1uz7A" height="1" width="1"/><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/looptron/~4/sTyHnq-qygk" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/looptron/~3/sTyHnq-qygk/23596768912http://www.neilsharkey.com/post/23596768912Wed, 23 May 2012 07:00:32 +0100http://www.neilsharkey.com/post/23596768912looptronhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NeilSharkey/~3/bdfQ2d1uz7A/23596768912<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4fklw0AkA1rt60d5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>My desk lamp is too bright. :-( (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NeilSharkey/~4/KokN9ATK8Pc" height="1" width="1"/><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/looptron/~4/bh_vU8T8BZM" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/looptron/~3/bh_vU8T8BZM/23546623627http://www.neilsharkey.com/post/23546623627Tue, 22 May 2012 16:34:43 +0100http://www.neilsharkey.com/post/23546623627looptronhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NeilSharkey/~3/KokN9ATK8Pc/23546623627<a href="http://www.reghardware.com/2012/05/22/review_raspberry_pi_arm_pc/">El Reg reviews Raspberry Pi</a>: <p>While my inner nerd pines for my inbound Raspberry Pi, I’m having to content myself for a few weeks by living vicariously through the reviews showing up online.</p> <p>(Just realised I’m lusting after a circuit board.)</p> <p>(Dammit.)</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NeilSharkey/~4/HXUFb1ZqBy4" height="1" width="1"/><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/looptron/~4/8XpOrT99cLw" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/looptron/~3/8XpOrT99cLw/23543692524http://www.neilsharkey.com/post/23543692524Tue, 22 May 2012 14:47:57 +0100raspinerdcorehttp://www.neilsharkey.com/post/23543692524looptronhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NeilSharkey/~3/HXUFb1ZqBy4/23543692524<a href="http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2012/05/trust-me-im-doctor-honorary-of-fine.html">Neil Gaiman's commencement speech at the University of Arts Philadelphia... worth a look.</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NeilSharkey/~4/qngGOBRV-aM" height="1" width="1"/><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/looptron/~4/KbtazG8diQY" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/looptron/~3/KbtazG8diQY/23434531260http://www.neilsharkey.com/post/23434531260Sun, 20 May 2012 21:20:12 +0100http://www.neilsharkey.com/post/23434531260looptronhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NeilSharkey/~3/qngGOBRV-aM/23434531260en-usCopyright 2006 Neil Sharkeylooptronnonadult