links for 2008-02-29

• Diana Deutsch’s Audio Illusions : Musical Illusions and Paradoxes
  some interesting musical anomolies – no audio files (they’re flogging off a CD of the sounds here), but the scors of a few are online – worth playing around with
  (tags: audio illusions music psychology sound acoustics musical paradox)
• 2-Step DVD-to-PC or iPod Video Conversion using Free Software | MakeUseOf.com
  1 – Install and use DVDFab HD Decrypter (will run under Linux with wine)
  2 – Install and Launch Handbrake (linux version available)
  (tags: dvd conversion video howto rip decrypter handbrake)
• Encyclopedia of Life
  attempting to catalog the 1.8 million species known to science. 30,000 up, 1,770,000 to go. CC license, currently being slashdotted to death.
  (tags: science encyclopedia biology reference nature life earth)
• Extension:SocialProfile – MediaWiki
  a social media extension for mediawiki sites. Features for profile creation, avatar upload, friending (and “foeing”), and a Facebook-”Wall” style messaging system for individual and group friend messaging called the Board
  (tags: socialnetworking wiki mediawiki development software social socialsoftware socialprofile)
• Etsy :: Your place to buy and sell all things handmade
  ebay for craft workers and artists – one to keep an eye on (and show the art department?)
  (tags: shopping handmade crafts art design diy inspriation ecommerce etsy)