Oh dear: The iPod is given a Shonky Award by CHOICE magazine
October 19, 2006
I need to first explain that "shonky" in Aussie slang means "dubious, failure, bomb, dud, underhand". So, when the Australian CHOICE magazine have issued their Shonky Awards for 2006, and the iPod is on the list, it is not a good thing! And what’s more, they have given the iPod the "CHOICE iSHONK for Dual-level Shonkyness", for the hardware failures, and for the difficulty in getting repairs under warranty. Oh dear.
Chord change in 639-year long concert performance
January 10, 2006
John Cage created a work called organ2/ASLSP (or As SLow aS Possible), and concert organizers in Germany are taking slow to an extreme. The performance began in 2001, and the next chord is scheduled to begun on Thursday. Special weights have been designed to hold down the keys in the chord until the next notes are scheduled to be played. The work is scheduled to end in 2639.
From http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,17744226-13762,00.html
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