Melodyne software demo

This is one of the moments when you realise how far technology has come (or had come in Nov’01). Listen to the sounds at the bottom of this page: when you record a voice and speed it up to raise the pitch, you get the “munchkin” effect, yet this software is changing the pitch of notes from raw audio, preserving the natural sound and getting the note transitions right. Surely a creative lease of life if you can only sing one note (*cough* Dan).

This post by: Martin_P

The Day My Butt Went Psycho

http://www.scholastic.ca/titles/butt/flashgame.htm

Arse-related games seem to be very popular, so here is a variation on the classic game “Frogger” but in 3D and with your arse instead of a frog.

This post by: Martin_P

What you’ve always wanted to know:

Just exactly how many calories do you burn during sex?

http://members.iweb.net.au/~jspry/passiton.html

&

http://members.iweb.net.au/~jspry/passiton2.html

It’s just a shame they don’t show their working out

PS. this is reasonably safe (for work or elsewhere), unless mention of rude bits or bodily secretions offends you, or the simple thought of the act itself fills you with a cold cold dread. In which case, maybe you need help…

This post by: Craig_D

Is there anyone more annoying than Mick Hucknall?

This is a question I’ve often asked myself…. Completely by chance a Google search turned up a page entitled “Is Henrik Larsson More Annoying Than Mick Hucknall?” and everything spiraled from there. (archived link on archive.org) Enjoy.

This post by: Kieren_P

futurefeedforward

http://www.futurefeedforward.com/
“Better than the Onion”, according to this month’s Wired.

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PuppetTool

http://www.lecielestbleu.com/media/puppettoolframe.htm

This is one of the most strange, wonderful and slightly frightening things I’ve seen on the net. Choose a creature, alter its proportions and choose or create a repetitive animated movement. It is programmed to a worryingly professional standard. Why? Why? WHY?

This post by: Martin_P

The Game Room

http://www.makaimedia.com/sc/gamemain.html

Discus, garage-wall tennis and lots of other simple but addictive sporty things that require no exercise but mere respiration and mouse clicking. Via The Friday Thing.

This post by: Martin_P

Pitch some poultry today

A mindless diversion which begs just one more play:

http://www.poulagachallenge.com/

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We Love the Iraqi Information Minister

Wonderful site dedicated to the “lunatic counterfactual art” of Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf, the Iraqi Minister of Information

http://www.welovetheiraqiinformationminister.com/

This post by: Craig_D

Cheese Racing

Some time ago I mentioned the white-knuckle sport that is Cheese Racing. I think this site was sent to me by Ian originally but it’s clearly an Olympic exhibition sport of the future:

http://www.cheeseracing.org/

This post by: Kieren_P