THE DOLLPORT TIMES

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Letter To The Editor

August 24, 2014

Citizens! Wake up! Ukraine's danger is real.! The United Nations Security Council must immediately pass a resolution abolishing Vladimir Putin! NATO needs to provide funding for the Gazan rocket builders to work for NASA so that their skills do not fall into the hands of terrorists! We need properly equipped SWAT teams to kill flies! Vote for me! I will unite us to disunity.

- Ned Simn, Pi Acres

Global Radio is a Tap Away with 3G

August 24, 2014

One of the very fun things about smartphone technologies and wire-less broadband is the ability to be a globe-trotter from your own living room and even on your morning commute, and one fine way to do this is through internet radio. It's all waiting for you: news from the BBC world service, eclectic Greek music from a station on Cyprus, love songs from Hungary, and classical music from Chile. That favorite station from your old hometown is probably there too, and you don't even need to know the names of the stations you're looking for. The online service and app TuneIn catalogs the web streams of thousands of radio stations from around the world and allows you to browse by location or genre and take a listen. Others do likewise. ¶

Human Guitarists Play Humanitar

August 24, 2014

SINGING HILL - Luthier Fred Carlson has built and exhibited what is, as far as he knows, the only world's only anthropomorphic harp-guitar, and it (or he) is an amazing fellow. The Humanitar has 40 strings including the everyday sort, harp strings, strings that can be individually bowed, and strings strung like a Japanese koto, where one can create a sort of vibrato by plucking on one side of the bridge and pushing on the string on the other side. It is shaped like a person standing on one leg (which as a sneaker), and the peg head has a nose, eyes, and a mouth, which Fred says all peg heads should have. Fred has had the idea for the Humanitar for about ten years and spent about 6-8 months building it. It was designed for one player but proved fun for team playing. The instrument has yet to be sold. ¶