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Trust me…just check this out!

beat_machine

It’s called the Storitel Beat Machine and it’s a new spin on an old idea about randomizing ideas. I’m not sure how useful it is, but as far as the implementation this thing ROCKS! CLICK HERE to check it out.

UPDATE (March 30, 2009) — Looks like the Storitel Beat Machine has been taken down. I saw something about “legal action” being threatened! I’d love to find out what happened, and if I do I’ll do another update. Stay tuned…

This entry was posted on Monday, January 19th, 2009 at 1:29 pm and is filed under Cool Stuff. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

4 Responses to “Trust me…just check this out!”

Richard Cray says:

March 30, 2009 at 3:29 pm

Jeffrey,
I believe this link no longer works!
alex says:

November 18, 2009 at 2:32 am

actually…it’s back online at:
http://www.storitel.com/bm/

enjoy!
Paul Sherwood says:

November 18, 2009 at 6:27 am

it’s back, by popular demand
Nick says:

July 7, 2010 at 11:07 am

Yup! Back online.

http://www.storitel.co.uk/beatmachine/

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