links for 2005-11-19

• The 11-Year Quest to Create Disappearing Colored Bubbles - Popular Science
  "Chemical burns, ruined clothes, 11 years, half a million dollars—it's not easy to improve the world's most popular toy. Yet the success of one inventor's quest to dye a simple soap bubble may change the way the world uses color."
  (tags: via:jjg science invention engineering toys bubbles kids)
• College Radio - What's changed—and what hasn't. By Douglas Wolk
  "Sleater-Kinney, Stephen Malkmus, Bright Eyes, the Decemberists, the New Pornographers, Tortoise, and Sufjan Stevens are all major stars on college radio and solidly popular as touring artists—but you'll almost never hear them on a Z100."
  (tags: collegeradio radio indierock culture musicindustry)
• Is taking photos at rock concerts the new clapping between symphonic movements?
  (tags: photography concerts behavior culture hipsters indierock trendspotting nyc annoyances)
• NPR : Chicago Violinist, Singer-Songwriter Andrew Bird
  "Musician Andrew Bird defies easy categorization, mixing violin, guitar, glockenspiel and whistling with witty lyrics."
  (tags: andrewbird)
• NewYorkology: Wired Store in Soho
  "Wired leaves shoppers wanting: you can only place orders at the Wired Store; shipping comes later."
  (tags: soho nyc shopping xmas wired gadgets)
• Eugene Mirman versus the Dish Network
  "You charge a fee for perpetuating violence?"
  (tags: eugenemirman cable satellite phonecalls mp3s comedy humor)

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