“The My Book Your Book website does not go live until Monday evening, but has already received 750 applications. […] The website asks its members to add a list of 10 books they own to its online catalogue. The listed books can then be exchanged between members for the cost of postage and packing.”
BBC
some links added
"Digital Needle – A Virtual Gramophone"
Or, “how to turn LP album recordings into MP3 files using a scanner and a piece of home-made software” (via net.nyt).
Another retro hardware hack was linked to from (and thus killed by) Slashdot: an old floppy drive turned into a turntable. The mirrordot mirror unfortunately apparently only has the first page, and the original is gone for now.
NINJAM – Novel Intervallic Network Jamming Architecture for Music
“NINJAM is a program to allow people to make real music together via the Internet. Every participant can hear every other participant. Each user can also tweak their personal mix to his or her liking. NINJAM is cross-platform, with clients available for Mac OS X and Windows.”
Some samples are available, all CC-licenced.