Jan 12, 2011 3:37 PM

Musica Globalista: Lez Zeppelin as German architecture and interior design critics

*With vernacular video, everyone's an expert.

*"My disciplinary silos... they're... They're MELTING!"

*You might want the Augmented Reality tour of this Berlin "music hotel," while you're at it.

*Lotta Karim Rashid.

http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/8/view/12840/karim-rashid-nhow-hotel-berlin.html

This Preamp Costs More Than a Fancy Sports Car

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Simon Lucas

Sony Is Giving You a Reason to Party With $100 Off One of Our Favorite Speakers

The Sony ULT Tower 7 is one of our top party speaker picks and is at its lowest-ever price. Grab this or one of its sibling models before your next fete.

Les Shu

We Linked 150 of Ikea’s $10 Speakers to Make a Wall of Sound

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Bose Is Buying Skullcandy. It’s Not as Weird as It Sounds

By keeping Skullcandy in Park City, Utah, Bose is betting that skate cred and budget pricing will reach listeners it’s been missing.

Harry Rabinowitz

Instagram Is a Streaming Service Now

Instagram’s long-form video update is more than a swipe at YouTube. It’s an attempt to capture the clip economy.

Reece Rogers

WIRED Ghost Stories

Five hauntings from the other side of technology.

Jensen Huang’s Vision for Europe Runs on Plug-In Data Centers

At Nvidia’s GTC in Berlin, Huang unveiled the company’s new plug-in data center—the DSX Pod—as the key to unlocking Europe’s AI infrastructure lag. Oh, and autonomous humanoid robotics.

Tom Bristow

Godzilla Minus Zero’s Filmmakers Terrified Bystanders With Their Monster Sounds

The team behind director Takashi Yamazaki’s new film created their kaiju roars by setting up speakers on top of an outdoor dam. The people walking by weren’t prepared for what they heard.

Max Evry

Demi Adejuyigbe Thinks You Should Only Post 3 Times a Day

The comedian sees being online as similar to visiting the zoo. “I don’t need to interact with that,” he says. “It’s just a thing that I enjoy, and then I walk away.”

Miles Klee