The mental_floss Blogs (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
... to help write and format it. Drake, Sagan, and others developed a message to be broadcast by the Arecibo radio telescope , using a mathematical scheme they hoped could be decoded by an alien civilization. The message itself consisted of just 1,679 binary digits (1’s and 0’s). The digits were broadcast one per second, on November 16, 1974. The telescope was pointed at the M13 cluster, some...
New Musical Express (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
is set to put out her first US release.The hotly-tipped Blackpool-based electro star releases the 'Arecibo EP' through IAMSOUND on November 18.The four-track EP features 'Stuck On Repeat' and a Fake Blood remix of the same track, along with 'Meddle' and an Ebola remix.The US-only release will be available on 12-inch vinyl and digital formats.
Cheese Shop recent updates (Free subscription) | 09/25/2008
Connector from Plone to Arecibo
Hate Something Beautiful (Free subscription) | 09/26/2008
With what may be one of the more epic covers I've seen in a long time (not counting any over-the-top metal covers), Little Boots is releasing her Arecibo EP mid-November, her debut American release. The songs were co-written by Greg Kurstin (of Bird And The Bee) and Joe Goddard (of Hot Chip). Also, [...]
Big Stereo (Free subscription) | 09/25/2008
Little Boots + Designer Drugs = blog bro party? Little Boots and Designer Drugs may both be the current blog darlings — so no doubt this remix will be everywhere. Like it should be… LITTLE BOOTS - “MEDDLE” (DESIGNER DRUGS 80’s COKE JAM REMIX) Little Boot’s debut USA release comes out in November!! This remix won’t be on it. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t buy it. Arecibo EP Tracklisting...
MSNBC.com: Americas (Free subscription) | 09/22/2008
... southern coast was hardest hit by flooding. Several rivers, including the Rio Grande de Arecibo and Rio de La Plata, surged over their banks.Scores of roadways were flooded and two major highways were partly closed because of mudslides.The storm comes on the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Georges, which caused over $2 billion in damage in Puerto Rico. Click for related contentTropical storm...
BBQ Chicken Robot (Free subscription) | 08/29/2008
Little Boots aka Victoria Hesketh has rolled out a rad new mixtape called Computer Fairyland and it's filled with electro dancey new wave 80s chub chub. Also she's got her American debut EP coming out called Arecibo. It drops near Novemberish. You can catch he at Nocturnal Fest here in LA in 2 weeks DJing it up with 100's of others! Also check out that Hand Piano demo song on her myspace...I'm...
Discobelle.net (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
Little Boots sent this out on her mailing list yesterday, a short but sweet mixtape for you to enjoy. Her debut American release will come in the form of the Arecibo EP (produced by Joe from Hot Chip and Greg from Bird And The Bee) out mid-November through IAMSOUND Records. Also, she just released a [...]
Slashdot (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008
... know.It could just as easily have been this Pamela woman.()by Yet, upon further examination by the Arecibo radio telescope, an excerpt of audio in a continous loop is being transmitted from the area. It contains the following messsage: "What's the word? Thunderbird!"(, Funny)by on Monday September 01, @10:40AM () So it gets drunk on dark energy , trips over a neutrino and falls down a black...
The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal (Free subscription) | 08/20/2008
St. Jude Medical Inc. was granted approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on a new facility that will manufacture pacemakers and cardiac leads in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. (STJ)
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 08/20/2008
ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE: STJ) today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of the company’s new
