Kompato http://www.kompato.com The blog of Matt Kaufman posterous.com Fri, 16 Dec 2011 08:53:00 -0800 Wide Awake http://www.kompato.com/wide-awake http://www.kompato.com/wide-awake

A very silly song that I created with my friend Sue:

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/23119/white_lotus_photo_Jin_Neoh.jpg http://posterous.com/users/KIK3Em0FQR Matt Kaufman Matt Matt Kaufman - Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:37:00 -0800 In the Distance http://www.kompato.com/in-the-distance http://www.kompato.com/in-the-distance

Wrote a new song this weekend.  It's a hard topic for some, but it's about dying.  Since it's an experience we all must one day face, I don't shy away from it.  In fact, I consider this song uplifting.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/23119/white_lotus_photo_Jin_Neoh.jpg http://posterous.com/users/KIK3Em0FQR Matt Kaufman Matt Matt Kaufman - Fri, 02 Sep 2011 13:04:00 -0700 Chill-out song idea http://www.kompato.com/chill-out-song-idea http://www.kompato.com/chill-out-song-idea

Another song idea I put together recently, with liberal help from the Motif's performance mode.  This is one I'd like to finish.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/23119/white_lotus_photo_Jin_Neoh.jpg http://posterous.com/users/KIK3Em0FQR Matt Kaufman Matt Matt Kaufman - Wed, 31 Aug 2011 10:46:00 -0700 Short piano piece http://www.kompato.com/short-piano-piece http://www.kompato.com/short-piano-piece

Wrote this recently.  It needs better transitions and a more interesting lead, but it's a start.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/23119/white_lotus_photo_Jin_Neoh.jpg http://posterous.com/users/KIK3Em0FQR Matt Kaufman Matt Matt Kaufman - Sat, 05 Mar 2011 06:30:31 -0800 The worst moments are your best opportunity http://www.kompato.com/the-worst-moments-are-your-best-opportunity http://www.kompato.com/the-worst-moments-are-your-best-opportunity An excellent reminder from Seth Godin:
http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2011/03/the-worst-moments-are-your-be...

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/23119/white_lotus_photo_Jin_Neoh.jpg http://posterous.com/users/KIK3Em0FQR Matt Kaufman Matt Matt Kaufman Fri, 04 Mar 2011 19:35:00 -0800 Camera Capture http://www.kompato.com/camera-capture http://www.kompato.com/camera-capture

(source: http://www.likecool.com/ )

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/23119/white_lotus_photo_Jin_Neoh.jpg http://posterous.com/users/KIK3Em0FQR Matt Kaufman Matt Matt Kaufman Wed, 22 Sep 2010 14:01:00 -0700 E-Z Fynd is ingenious! http://www.kompato.com/e-z-fynd-is-ingenious http://www.kompato.com/e-z-fynd-is-ingenious

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/23119/white_lotus_photo_Jin_Neoh.jpg http://posterous.com/users/KIK3Em0FQR Matt Kaufman Matt Matt Kaufman Tue, 10 Aug 2010 05:25:00 -0700 Did Google sell out tech companies? http://www.kompato.com/did-google-sell-out-tech-companies http://www.kompato.com/did-google-sell-out-tech-companies

From what I've read so far, it sure seems like Google can't use their "don't be evil" slogan with a straight face.

http://gigaom.com/2010/08/09/tech-companies-google-sold-you-out/

(via Daring Fireball)

UPDATE: More commentary: "Google-Verizon plan: Why you should worry" and "There's Only One Internet".  I highly recommend staying on top of Daring Fireball's site -- John Gruber is following this story very closely and linking to posts like these.

2010-08-12 UPDATE: There's a lot more commentary available on this issue -- almost exclusively with a negative view of Google's actions.  Here are a few: Wired's article (calls Google a "carrier-humping, net neutrality surrender monkey"), Betanews' article (calls the plan "worse than evil"), an EFF article breaking down the components of the plan, and a PC World article noting the objections to the plan.  There's also this MacWorld article noting that AT&T has endorsed the plan (surprise!).

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/23119/white_lotus_photo_Jin_Neoh.jpg http://posterous.com/users/KIK3Em0FQR Matt Kaufman Matt Matt Kaufman Mon, 09 Aug 2010 18:28:17 -0700 Gorgeous macro photography http://www.kompato.com/gorgeous-macro-photography http://www.kompato.com/gorgeous-macro-photography
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via photographyserved.com

(via Daring Fireball)

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/23119/white_lotus_photo_Jin_Neoh.jpg http://posterous.com/users/KIK3Em0FQR Matt Kaufman Matt Matt Kaufman Sat, 10 Jul 2010 11:24:02 -0700 Biocentrism http://www.kompato.com/biocentrism http://www.kompato.com/biocentrism If you haven't read up on biocentrism, I recommend at least reading the Wikipedia article for an interesting theory about the nature of reality.  

Robert Lanza, the scientist who proposed this theory in 2007, has a book of the same title, which I've just started reading.  He also recently penned an article on The Huffington Post which gives a brief overview of the theory.

Another book that is somewhat related is "Quantum Enigma: Physics Encounters Consciousness", which I read not too long ago and highly recommend.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/23119/white_lotus_photo_Jin_Neoh.jpg http://posterous.com/users/KIK3Em0FQR Matt Kaufman Matt Matt Kaufman Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:32:00 -0700 "Apple of My Eye" - an iPhone 4 film http://www.kompato.com/apple-of-my-eye-an-iphone-4-film-2 http://www.kompato.com/apple-of-my-eye-an-iphone-4-film-2 Short film shot and edited on the iPhone 4:


Direct link.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/23119/white_lotus_photo_Jin_Neoh.jpg http://posterous.com/users/KIK3Em0FQR Matt Kaufman Matt Matt Kaufman Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:47:44 -0700 Stem cells restore sight to eyes damaged by burns http://www.kompato.com/stem-cells-restore-sight-to-eyes-damaged-by-b http://www.kompato.com/stem-cells-restore-sight-to-eyes-damaged-by-b
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Read the article at popsci.com

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/23119/white_lotus_photo_Jin_Neoh.jpg http://posterous.com/users/KIK3Em0FQR Matt Kaufman Matt Matt Kaufman Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:43:47 -0700 Earth - The Pale Blue Dot http://www.kompato.com/earth-the-pale-blue-dot-2 http://www.kompato.com/earth-the-pale-blue-dot-2

Short film by Michael Marantz, based on Carl Sagan's "The Pale Blue Dot".

via Daring Fireball

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/23119/white_lotus_photo_Jin_Neoh.jpg http://posterous.com/users/KIK3Em0FQR Matt Kaufman Matt Matt Kaufman Sat, 19 Jun 2010 07:06:49 -0700 Blind dog plays fetch http://www.kompato.com/blind-dog-plays-fetch http://www.kompato.com/blind-dog-plays-fetch
via arbroath.blogspot.com

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/23119/white_lotus_photo_Jin_Neoh.jpg http://posterous.com/users/KIK3Em0FQR Matt Kaufman Matt Matt Kaufman Sat, 12 Jun 2010 05:31:30 -0700 Best RSS reader on the iPad http://www.kompato.com/best-rss-reader-on-the-ipad http://www.kompato.com/best-rss-reader-on-the-ipad If you have an iPad, go out and grab Reeder right away.

http://reederapp.com/

On iTunes:

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/reeder-for-ipad/id375661689?mt=8

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/23119/white_lotus_photo_Jin_Neoh.jpg http://posterous.com/users/KIK3Em0FQR Matt Kaufman Matt Matt Kaufman Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:06:06 -0700 Venture Capitalists Lobby Against Software Patents http://www.kompato.com/venture-capitalists-lobby-against-software-pa http://www.kompato.com/venture-capitalists-lobby-against-software-pa http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/06/07/1930220/Venture-Capitalists-Lobby-Agai...

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/23119/white_lotus_photo_Jin_Neoh.jpg http://posterous.com/users/KIK3Em0FQR Matt Kaufman Matt Matt Kaufman Mon, 12 Apr 2010 08:28:48 -0700 This is broken http://www.kompato.com/this-is-broken-12 http://www.kompato.com/this-is-broken-12 I think they need to check their own ingredients.

Side1 Side2
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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/23119/white_lotus_photo_Jin_Neoh.jpg http://posterous.com/users/KIK3Em0FQR Matt Kaufman Matt Matt Kaufman Sun, 28 Feb 2010 07:30:00 -0800 Inexpensive, highly efficient solar cells may be on the way http://www.kompato.com/inexpensive-highly-efficient-solar-cells-may http://www.kompato.com/inexpensive-highly-efficient-solar-cells-may

"Using arrays of long, thin silicon wires embedded in a polymer substrate, a team of scientists from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has created a new type of flexible solar cell that enhances the absorption of sunlight and efficiently converts its photons into electrons. The solar cell does all this using only a fraction of the expensive semiconductor materials required by conventional solar cells."

Read more at http://media.caltech.edu/press_releases/13325

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/28/caltech-gurus-whip-up-highly-efficient-low...

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/23119/white_lotus_photo_Jin_Neoh.jpg http://posterous.com/users/KIK3Em0FQR Matt Kaufman Matt Matt Kaufman Sat, 27 Feb 2010 15:18:21 -0800 Get a Mac version of Google's Superbowl ad http://www.kompato.com/get-a-mac-version-of-googles-superbowl-ad http://www.kompato.com/get-a-mac-version-of-googles-superbowl-ad

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