Tune your brain? Reaaaallly?

Last night I downloaded the Iphone app called Tune your Brain. It is said to tune your brain activity. It says the software works by sending a base tone to one ear, and then a slightly different tone to you other ear, which causes your brain to resonate as the tones go in and out of phase. The program allows you to set the tone anywhere from 4.0 Hz-40.0 Hz. 40 is for activating your brain, say before an exam and 4 is used to put your brain in relaxation for deep sleep. This process is called binaural beats and here is an informative Wikipedia page explaining the phenomenon.

Internet and Laundry

I am at the Levee Laundry and Tan doing laundry and using the internet! Almost like an internet cafe right?? Last night our cable went out and the power in all of the houses across the street (grant st.) went out. Today the cable works but our internet is not working. It doesn't bother me much because I am used to just using the 3g on my phone with or without wi-fi, but my roomate is pretty vocal with complaints. It did put a damper on my good old blog updating session I had planned for this afternoon. I thought voilà, kill two birds in one stone! I even get to watch the news here, hey Indy- it sounds like you need more police!! remind me to never go there again haha

Moon Landing

I was standing outside the VBS the other night( and by that I mean weeks ago) and realized that it looked like I was standing on the moon. I took a picture and uploaded it to my twitter feed. Funny yes? I thought so too! Anyways, this is leading into the topic of NASA's new back-to-the-moon program. Today, a rocket was successfully launched as a test flight for the re exploration of the moon. It is called the Ares I-X rocket.

Sweet Home Chicago

Saturday Night I went to Chicago with some old friends I hadn't seen since summer and before. I stayed at the W lakefront hotel and it was really cool in there. It was the first time I had ever even been inside the W. Not only was there a bar right when I walked in, the whole first floor practically looked like a dance club. I think there was actually another bar on one of the upper floors but that would have most definitely been out of my price range I'm guessing. My friends and I had a room on the 23rd floor and the east side of the hallway was a glass lookout window complete with telescope. Pretty sweet if you ask me. What was really cool was the cab ride uptown. Our cab was complete with credit card machine! I had not been in a cab since I was in NYC a few years back so this technology was new to me. I had cash on me but I was just so eager to try it out. I found a stock photo of one on a NYC cab website so this technology is apparently spreading throughout the country. I would also like to take the time to complain about AT&T 3g service in the city of Chicago...It is absolutely terrible. Not only will street maps not load but it is even hard to send a text message!!

Look at the Pretty Lights

Last Sunday I went to Bloomington to see Pretty Lights at the Bluebird. The Pretty Lights LED board that is usually behind the stage could not be used because the Bluebird did not have enough power for it! It was still pretty crazy in there and much more personal then when I saw Pretty Lights at Bonnaroo. I did a little research and found out what kind of equipment producer Derek Vincent Smith uses. Abelton Live 7 is used to produce the loop and I read that unlike other software sequencers, Live 7 is designed to use for live preformances and for composing and design. Pretty Lights preform live with a drummer which makes the sound so intense, it is awesome.
Pretty Lights releases all of their albums on their website for free to download. It has been said that their first two albums were downloaded 300,000 times which is 6.15 million track downloads. And all out of Ft. Collins, Co! Here is a video from one of their shows last May.

What

i hate people that take facebook quizzes and ask me to take them

I have neglected this

I do not spend enough time with my computer to update this but I am going to sit here until I think of something to write about. I'm still one of those people that spends more time with TV than with internet. I am excitedly waiting it's always sunny tonight and after that who knowwwws what will happen. I can't say I know much about technology but I have tried using an electronic cigarette finally! It was pretty cool but I still will probably not buy one. well my life is pretty boring. I'm going to see pretty lights in bloomington sunday night. I'm pretty excited I havent seen a dj in a long time, and I'm sure he is using a lot of technology! much of which I do not know about though... haha