April 17, 2004

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  Our new AOTM playlist – Cute Invasion! (Lili: Compiled for inflight listening. One of these days we’ll transfer it to CD.)

  Rebirth is a ‘techno micro composer’ program which combines the sounds of  the  303, 808 and 909 analog machines. (Eddie: I like having the actual shiny boxes on my table, not the virtual software version )

  The Stylophone  was a “pocket electronic organ” promoted by the legendary Rolf Harris. We both remember Rolf well from our childhoods.

  Lili: When I was a little girl back in Malaysia, my Dad used to force me to watch the Rolf Harris TV show  – “He’s a genius. See how fast he draws?” And thus I learnt that being a good artist meant being able to draw fast and loose in front of an audience and get it right the first time… (the pressure!!)

  Eddie: Rolf Harris was huge in the UK. When I was a kid I tried to win a stylophone in a contest. You had to draw a caricature of Rolf Harris and send it in. Mine was pretty bad. I didn’t win.

  Well, look here - there’s a Los Angeles Stylophonic Orchestra.

  Some web design links:

• Style vs Design – old article by Jeffery Zeldman.
• Mandarin Design – Tips and Tricks which are useful for blogging too.
• Man In Blue - Technicolor tool – color your webpage!
• Spooky Girlfriend - simple webpage/layout generator