Get Your Tenori-On

I just discovered, while strip mining the web, this unique instrument called the Tenori-On. It's made by Yamaha and is quite something else. It consists of a 16 x 16 matrix of LED switches that allow the musician to create a range of sounds on different levels and BPM.

Search Tenori-On on YouTube and see what it can do.

The downside???

It costs $999. That's puts in the hands of only very serious musicians.

"There has to be an alternative" - I said to no one in particular. "What about a software version?"

Well what do you think.

Drumroll please..............................

May I introduce you to the Weepr (Not sure which name is worse...)

It costs $999 less than the Tenori-On - Which makes it free!!!!!

I down loaded it and Aaliyah and I sat in bed trying to get some beats going. Great fun. Worth a try!!!!

Show Me Your Billy

The ubiquitous BILLY bookcase, the most versatile of IKEA bookcases, is turning 30 years old this month! Over 41 million BILLYs have been sold worldwide since its introduction in 1979 - enough to circle the globe twice. Now, THAT’s a lot of bookcases!

To celebrate, IKEA has introduced limited editions of the BILLY bookcase, BILLY BJÄSTA and BILLY JÄDER.

But the real action is over atwww.votrebilly.fr where BILLY fans upload their hacks

I like this one where the rear hardboard panels have been replaced with translucent colored panels of acrylic.

Google Street View - Canada

Wednesday, the 7th of October, saw Google Street View being rolled out in select cities in Canada. I was fortunate to recognize the cars as they passed by our neighborhood earlier in the year. I did not catch the car as it zoomed past our house, but later as we took the girls out cycling to Clark Park, we saw the car again as it imaged Balmoral Drive.

Me: "Hey Lynda, Girls - The Google Maps Car again!!"

Lynda: "So there's this pair of shoes that I need"

Me: "This is big. We're going to be immortalized on Street View"

Lynda: "It's Tan. Can we go to Anthropologie later"

Me: "Smile & wave, girls - Smile & wave."

Me: "OK - I'LL smile & wave"

Lynda: "Who the hell are you waving at??"

(pause)

"Long Sigh"