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Eliss

Just like me, Eliss has been celebrated as of late.  However, unlike me, this extraordinary quasi-music puzzle game wasn’t the object of ridicule by relatives at his own birthday party because it gained a couple of pounds and added some gray hair.  No, instead, Stephane Thirion’s micro masterpiece has gained worldwide accolades for its originality, accurate touch-sensitive control, and addictiveness.  Proclaimed by some as the ‘killer [...]

iLike Challenge

When I was 10 years old, I had this great idea of putting condiments like mayo, ketchup and mustard in squeezable bottles.  Inspired by NASA astronauts, I figured if they can put peanut butter in a toothpaste tube why not condiments in squeezable plastic bottles.  Nothing became of it obviously or I wouldn’t be here [...]

SomaFM Player

It has been an obvious trend: music television not playing any videos, radio stations with a music format that spins more dupes in an hour than a 32MB Rio Diamond, and the slow adoption of satellite radio in every day life.  So where do you go to hear something new, something fresh other than college radio [...]

Slow Down Music Trainer

We’ve written before about how we aren’t musicians over here.  However, Slow Down Music Trainer is a very useful application, which can slow down or speed up your favorite song, all the while maintaining the pitch.  This enables aspiring musicians to pinpoint the note, beat, chord or lyric to play or sing a song correctly.  [...]

Pianofly Pro Synth

The problem was I couldn’t put the damn thing down.