Economy of Scales: iControl for GarageBand:
M-Audio’s new iControl (info in German at M-Audio; English analysis at createdigitalmusic) is hardware for controlling Apple’s GarageBand music software. It’s designed just for GarageBand, down to the fake wood-paneled sides of Apple’s interface. Buttons let you set up playback and recording, a big jog wheel and transport controls lets you move around your song with ease, and physical knobs control track volume. Best of all, you can adjust individual track parameters like effects via custom buttons. It’s all plug-and-play: connect via USB and GarageBand recognizes the device, no drivers required (thanks to USB class-compliance). Control surfaces have been tightly integrated with applications like this before, but usually on high-end boxes: M-Audio scores a first for an entry-level music interface. Expect a US price under $200.
What does this mean for the leaked Asteroid information that launched legal action by Apple? Not much: the Asteroid was an audio interface, whereas this box is just for control, not audio. That said, check the uncanny similarity to a user-created mockup of a GarageBand control surface posted here on Gizmodo during the flurry of Asteroid activity in November.
createdigitalmusic’s Peter Kirn reports this week on hot new gear from Germany’s Musikmesse conference; Europe’s major music technology show.
Update: The English page is up now: Product Page [m-audio]

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i think… that i will try to get one of these.

Save search results in 10.3:
I don’t know if everyone knows this, but it wasn’t documented as a shortcut in the Finder menu bar … pressing Command-T while doing a search from the Finder’s toolbar, or after finishing a search, the Finder will create a f…
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wow… i wish i knew this before.

Craigslist housing + Google Maps = brilliant:

Wow, this is cool. You can choose any city that Craigslist covers, sort by price range and see all of the places for rent in the city. If you click on a bubble, you can see the details including pictures. Sooo soo cool. I wish i would’ve had this when i was surfing for housing. *This* is how visualization becomes excessively useful.

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yes… this is very cool.

Main Page – AoIR Wiki:

I just launched the Association of Internet Researcher’s Wiki. This should be an interesting demonstration of how (or not) distributed academic groups can use wiki technology to their benefit. We’ll see.

Wisconsin State Journal:
Senior John Koskinen, 22, Lechner’s best friend, estimates that eight out of 10 students know Lechner or have heard of him. Last year, Lechner even had a car in the Homecoming parade with the sign, “Been in college for 10 years.”

“He’s one of those people in life who actually has the guts to do what makes him happy,” Koskinen said. “He’s one of the happiest people in the entire world, and if you reach that level of happiness, why not keep doing it?”

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if he pays the money and is happy…. why not?