CALCIUM-RICH DIETIS ESSENTIAL AS MINERAL TAKES TIME TO ABSORB

Calcium is a fussy mineral and does not get absorbed easily.It needs the right environment to get absorbed.Only about 20 to 30 per cent of the ingested calcium is absorbed .In women after menopause,the absorption even falls down to as low as seven per cent of the total ingested calcium.

Most of the unabsorbed calcium gets excerted in the urine,some in the stools and the rest in the sweet.For better absorption calcium must be accompanied by magnesium and phosphorous,vitamin A,C and D.Some foods prevent calcium from being efecitvely absorbed and eventually promote bone loss.

HAIRY AFFAIR

Contradicting the myth that it is only the women in kollywood who are consious of their hairstyles are these men from the industry,who are getting themselves new hairdos.Be it the clean shaven or the cool dude look,Kollywood men are going out and experimenting with different hairstyles and makeovers.It seems like a great for the stylists in the city!

Actor Ashwin Shekher been sporting a scarf,which pretty much became his trademark look until recently when he let go of the it and came out wiht a new hairdo.The new style not only makes the young actor look smarter,buit also puts an end to the rumors that he is losing hair.

Srikanth who had been sporting long hairstyle for a year now,got a close crop last month. The hairdo not only makes him look much younger,but also thinner.Wonder if it is the magic of marriage or the new look he has adopted for his 'comeback'.

Arturia's Analog Factory keyboard controller with little Moogy knobs

Arturia, maker of quality retro soft synths, are planning a dedicated controller for their Analog Factory software. This is the prototype from AES - 2.5 octaves, 11 knobs, four sliders, metal case, really nice chunky WOODEN END PANELS. Outputs MIDI and USB. Looks like $349/£229, shipping in January. It's being built by CME in China, unlike the rather more exepensive Origin and, for extra hotness Origin Keyboard

R.I.P Phil Dodds, synth guy from Close Encounters

Yann writes: "I don't know if you know about Philip Dodds...he was the guy who played the ARP 2500 in Close Encounters of the Third Kind. He was VP of Engineering at ARP, he wrote all of the service manuals and
schematics and helped design and build many ARP synths, from the 2600 to the Chroma. He then went on to work for Kurzweil, developing the digital pianos. He was even involved in the creation of the MIDI standard. He also happened to be my uncle. I thought you might be interested to know that he died last weekend." Phil is the young, nervous looking chap who says 'What are we saying to each other?' at 1:05 in the clip above. Read more at the AICC blog and Wikipedia.

Sequencer controlled by Rubik's Cube - playable online

American/Frenchman Douglas Edric Stanley is professor of digital arts at Aix-en-Provence school of art, where he gets to build things like this sequencer controlled by a rubiks cube. It's an installation thing, not very clearly illustrated in this video. More excitingly, there's a playable online version (instructions here). This is Douglas' point: Most electronic instruments have a more-or-less obscure interface (lots of knobs and buttons), which can be intimidating. However, once you know what the knobs do, they're often very simple to use, with limited possibilities. With this thing, the interface is very immediate (everyone knows how to manipulate a rubiks cube) but it's phenomenally difficult and complicated to actually play - because every move messes up another side.

HOW VIDEO GAMES EVOLVED?????????????

VIdeo games were born 40 years ago;today's games run on small computers thousands of times more powerful than the first games.

1967-Ralph Baer,German-born engineer, built the first two-player TV-based game system.

1972-Magnavox Odyssey,Plastic TV screen overlays.

1975-Atari's Pong,Home version of arcade game.

1977-Atari 2600,First multi-game system.

1979-Mattel Intellivision,Keyboard and sounds.

1982-Colecovision,Donkey Kong game.

1986-Nintendo Entertainment system,8-bit computer;Super Mario Bros. game.

1989-Nintendo Gameboy,Popular hand-held player.
Sega Genesis,16-bit,CD-ROM drive.

1995-Sony Playstation,32-bit,CD-ROM system.

1996-Nintendo 64,64-bit;last with game catridges.

1999-Sega Dreamcast,Built-in modem.

2000-Playstation 2,DVD drive and internet connection.

2001-Microsoft Xbox,CD-ROM system.

2005-Sony Playstation Portable,Hand-held system with CD-ROM.

2006-Nintendo Wii,Motion-sensing system.

2007,Player stands on Wii Fit board and moves body,imitating character on screen.

How to: Turn a pizza box into a laptop DJ controller in two minutes

Dave sends this excellent instructional video, showing how to turn an optical mouse, a greasy pizza box, a pair of scissors and some sticky tape into a reasonably functional DJ scratch controller. That said, I don't think it will be replacing the awesome new Livid Ohm Controller which Peter reports on at CDM.

Yamaha Tenori On review: Many good things, many bad

I've had the Yamaha Tenori On for about five days now, so these are first thoughts. Summary version: It's awesome that this thing exists, that Toshio Iwai got a chance to make it. It's intuitive (in the pic on the right, Alex isn't just jabbing buttons, he's holding down a function key and selecting sounds). Does that mean you'll want to spend £599 buying one for yourself? Well, I can think of better ways to spend the money. Epic list of pros and cons after the jump. I'd also recommend Sonic State's video review.

Racing Game Downloads

Awesome rally car racing and tons of upgrades for your car.

Xpand Rally

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SEASON 2 PREMIERES TOMORROW NIGHT

Here’s a few pictures taken by Steve Agee and Matthew Freund. Some of them are a glimpse into what you can expect from Season 2, others are just to show you how much fun we had making the show.

Jennifer Lopez - Do It Well

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Awesome East German electromechanical keytar found in New Zealand

Regular readers might remember the Weltmeister Basset, an extraordinary kind-of-strap-on-Fender-Rhodes thing. Well, Nick found one in Wellington, NZ for $250, and generously made this not entirely conclusive video to show off it's charms.

Tiny Music - the radio show

Nice to see this series of blog posts from two years ago er.. 'inspiring' 'The most valuable notes in history', a 15 minute show on Radio 4 last night (more). (Thanks, Jon)

Yuri Landman builds incredible guitars for noisy bands

Pitchfork has a fantastic interview with Yuri Landman, Sonic Youth fan turned guitar maker, who builds multi-stringed, multi-bridged instruments for Lee Renaldo and a bunch of other bands I've never heard of. The interview is full of treats like this: "It's basically a two-string guitar with a built-in thumb piano. The strings of the guitar can be bent by a brake cable from a moped, which is connected to a foot pedal. When amplified, the thumb piano, which is mounted to the guitar body, has a very low and impressive sound, almost like a vibraphone.". There's a fantastically in-depth explanation of one of Yuri's guitars here on Wikipedia, and this clip of Yuri's band Avec-A is also very cool. PS: Was anyone in Amsterdam for the the Output Festival to see the Instrument Expo? (Thanks, Ben)