Musical Generation By Grid

I found this site via stumbleupon and I think its very neat and different.  Basically it synthesizes music based on what squares of a grid are populated.  I’ve toyed with it for awhile and think its pretty neat.  Check it out here: http://lab.andre-michelle.com/tonematrix

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Tesla Model S

I happened upon an article featuring the Tesla Model S.  From the videos, it looks like a very impressive electric car. Its not scheduled for delivery until 2012, but these first glimpses are pretty telling. Continue reading →

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MonoDevelop 2.0

I heard about this today.  I’m really impressed that they’ve brought it this far.  I’m going to have it install it on one of my virtualized linux installs and try it out.

The MonoDevelop team is proud to announce the release of MonoDevelop 2.0.

MonoDevelop is a GNOME IDE primarily designed for C# and other .NET languages. MonoDevelop enables developers to quickly write desktop and ASP.NET Web applications on Linux. MonoDevelop makes it easy for developers to port .NET applications created with Visual Studio to Linux and to maintain a single code base for all platforms.

via MonoDevelop 2.0 Released – MonoDevelop.

Posted by Chad Dotson in Programming, Technology, 0 comments

Today’s Storms

I snapped these pictures of the severe storms today.  We were under a tornado warning for a little while.  I don’t know if one ever formed though.

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John Payne Dotson and Family

I received this picture from another descendant of John Payne Dotson last week.  I was very glad to receive such a piece of family history since I don’t have any pictures that far back.  This picture was taken either late 1800s or very early 1900s since John Payne, pictured sitting right, died in 1910.  I am a descendant of Archabald Lefftridge Dotson and Martha Rebecca Baker.  Archabald is the son of John Payne Dotson and Martha Crownover.  I’m in the process of seeing if I can clean it up any.

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Back row: left to right William Zachariah, John Spencer, Rufus Solomon, Joseph Madison, Goel Franklin, Archabald Lefftridge.
Front row: Nancy Almeta, Martha Rebecca Baker (Wife of Archabald), Sara Jane, Samantha Jane, Martha Crownover Dotson and John Payne Dotson

I know there is also some pictures of John Payne Dotson in his civil war uniform.  I’d really appreciate scans if you have anything of John Payne, Archabald, or Zackariah (John’s father).  You can send them to dotsonfamilytreetn@gmail.com.

Posted by Chad Dotson in Family History, 4 comments

Casting Underway for the Star Wars Live Action Series

I hear today via http://www.aintitcool.com and MTV that casting has started on George Lucas’s Star Wars live-action series.  This series will cover the events between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope.  For me this is great news.  I’ve never really cared for the animated ones being produced recently.  I’m really hoping the TV series is realized and has a chance to air.

Sources:
http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2009/03/09/exclusive-star-wars-live-action-tv-series-casting-underway/
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/40384

Posted by Chad Dotson in TV/Movies, 0 comments

Programmable Matter

Wow, it sounds like something out of Star Trek (see Hologram/Holodeck or maybe changeling might be more accurate), but Intel is claiming that “Programmable Matter” is 5 years away.  Whats more, from the commets they are making, these aren’t Holograms, these are actual objects with shapeshifting abilities.  See the next page for a video from CNN.

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