TRON  LEGACY

H.C.  Speir---Man of Vision---

By Robert Jackson

When H.C. Speir of Jackson, MS. opened his furniture store at 225 north Farrish St. in 1925, he had no idea that he would make such an impact on music history.  His interest in music had begun in the Victrola assembly plant in New Orleans after being discharged from the Navy.  He later returned there to take a course in Victrola repair, in order to have the ability to "service what he sold" this gave him the distinction of being the only Victrola repairman in the county.  Victrolas had gotten their name from the manufacture name. Originally called the "Victor Talking Machine Company", it was later changed to the "Victor Phonograph machine Company " until 1929, when RCA purchased the company and changed the name to RCA Victor. He sold several styles of victrolas and (Columbia) graphonolas in his store. Even though the electric models were offered, many of the poorer black customers he catered to bought the crank model, as electricity was still an unaffordable or unavailable luxury. The crank models were priced between $9.95 and $14.95.

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Minority Report apps

'Minority Report' style apps are becoming increasingly more prevalent in todays cell phones. Although there are limits, the concept is there all the same, point your phone at someones face and get instant information on who they are, their social networks, phone number, address etc..

These apps are able to match 3D models of faces captured with the phone's camera to those stored in a database on remote servers. This matching technique, which captures the shape of the face and other distinctive features like the contour of the eyes, the nose, and the chin, is one of the three methodologies for performing facial recognition. See videos below:

TAT augmented ID

Recognizr

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Return Of The Portable Record Player USB style

Preserving vinyl albums and a return to the portable record player...

There are a variety of products on the market right now that will allow you to take your old vinyls and convert them to CD.

One such product is the Crosley Keepsake. It allows those old albums to be recorded in a digital audio format for high quality sound on a smaller, more modern compact disc. It easily interfaces with the USB port on any computer by utilizing the supplied software suite. However, if you still want to enjoy your albums old style, then Crosley's Keepsake offers a 3 speed turntable.

Let me tell you a story. Recently, I went on a road trip up and down the west coast. In a small city known as San Francisco, I came across a record store, alas, it was the famous Rasputin! Marvelous music abounded everywhere, the earthly delights, it was paradise of rare form.

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The ArtistLaunch Radio Show

Latest episode of the ArtistLaunch Radio Show out now...

With guest DJ Paul Laginess, featuring artists:

Wilton Said, Corinne Lucy, Jen Porter, Cling, Sintetico Ministerio, Carlo Filippo, Dan and Leland, The End Corporation, Blue Bang Theory and Marci Geller...

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