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Visiting Jigsaw Renaissance – a maker space in Seattle

I had been planning to do this for a while and finally got around to visiting Jigsaw Renaissance which is a maker space in Seattle. They have recently moved into a really cool historical building and Lion gave us a fun tour of all the spaces and the very interesting basement. The building owners areContinue reading “Visiting Jigsaw Renaissance – a maker space in Seattle”

Posted bysameerOctober 13, 2011Posted inUncategorizedTags:hackerspace, make, seattle, SocialLeave a comment on Visiting Jigsaw Renaissance – a maker space in Seattle

Republic Day of India

India got it’s freedom on 15th August, 1947. It is referred to as the Independance Day. The constitution of India was formed on 26th January, 1950. It is referred to as the Republic Day. Both days are national holidays in India. 26th January 1950 is one of the most important days in Indian history asContinue reading “Republic Day of India”

Posted bysameerJanuary 26, 2007Posted inUncategorizedTags:Social1 Comment on Republic Day of India

The sanctity of a complete album

Does having playlists of mp3s in random order mask the “full album” experience that we used to have a not so long time ago? Back in the tape days, I would have complete albums which I would play and get used to – discovering more songs, hearing the artists’ (or music label’s) version of whatContinue reading “The sanctity of a complete album”

Posted bysameerDecember 11, 2006Posted inUncategorizedTags:Gumption, Music, NewAge, SocialLeave a comment on The sanctity of a complete album

Wikipedia asking for what content should be freed

Jimmy Wales is asking people to come up with ideas and suggestions about what premium content they would like to be freed up and made available in the public domain if they had the money to do it. Dream big. Imagine there existed a budget of $100 million to purchase copyrights to be made availableContinue reading “Wikipedia asking for what content should be freed”