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Well you should. Because this Sunday on UPFM nsu & Disha are interviewing Mike from Pitch Black – NZT 3pm – 6pm.

Tune in via:
http://www.upfm.dj (online worldwide stream – send us a message on air for free!)
107.5 FM Akl
88.1 FM Wgtn

Details from nsu:

“Joining nsu & Disha in the studio will be Mike, one half of the legendary duo making up Pitch Black – considered by many to be the Godfathers of live electronic music in New Zealand. We will be featuring some new numbers off the recently released remix LP “Rhythm, Sound & Movement” and throwing in the usual questions. The second half of the feature will have Mike spinning and talking about some of the more influential tracks.

As a giveaway, we have a copy of Pitch Black’s new Rude Mechanicals Remixes CD up for grabs.

Sunday 4pm NZST = 2pm AEST = 6am CET (D.S.) = 5am GMT (D.S.) = 12am EDT = Saturday 9pm PDT”

Flatmate David & I were talking today about his university paper & through that discussion the Petals Around the Rose game came up. I thought I’d link to it here as I famously never found out the answer to this game but refused to look it up online. As a test of lateral thinking, I wanted to see whether in time I could crack it on my own.

Well, I actually had forgotten about it until I was reminded today. But unfortunately when googling the game to find the URL to send to David a very strong clue to how to unlock the answer to the game was in the search results. So armed with that I gave the game another try & found I now knew the key to it. Oh well! Have a go & see if you can work it out. If you’re feeling charitable leave a comment here letting me know how many total rolls it took before you were confident you had cracked it.

URL: http://www.borrett.id.au/computing/petals-j.htm

There is actually a famous story about the time Bill Gates was first introduced to the Petals Around the Rose game. It is a fascinating story but I link to it with this caution, it does have the ability to send you down the wrong track when trying to figure out the game. Ok, that said, Bill Gates and
Petals Around the Rose.