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Time-stretching makes everything awesome

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 21:49:33 +1000

It seems that time-stretching may be poised to be the next Auto-tune.

Stefan Anion - HamsterDance Stretched to 800%

If this turns out to be true I predict Kanye’s next album to be a very long one.

bbook: thedailywhat: Mashup(s) of the Day: The Dallas Observer...

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 04:00:06 +1000

thedailywhat:

Mashup(s) of the Day: The Dallas Observer has some fun switching out songs from a handful of “the greatest moments in movie-music matchmaking history” with Cee-Lo’s “Fuck You.”

Above: The Shawshank Redemption’s “opera scene.”

[dallasobserver.]

Cee-Lo clearly would have been much better off if he had promptly issued take down notices to anyone who began to post content using this song.

Wouldn’t have hurt if his video had just shown up as “this video is not available in your country” to most of the world either.

I was sick of “Kinetic Tyopgraphy” or whatever you...

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 21:56:43 +1000

I was sick of “Kinetic Tyopgraphy” or whatever you call it, but this song has the lyrics to carry it. Great song too.

Fuck You by Cee-Lo via Kottke

Music is not a limited resource

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 23:37:00 +1000

Most of my newer finished tracks get a Creative Commons license, as the primary issue I’m struggling with isn’t exploitation, it is obscurity. I don’t know why unknown artists are so conditioned against exploitation of their work. That’s like the best thing that can happen to you. How many times have you seen a YouTube video and the comments are all people saying “who did the music? what music is this?” It is impossible to hide who made the music these days. Your music isn’t a limited resource. You’ll make more. That’s the easy part. Finding an audience is the hard part.

Stretta on the Soundcloud blog

I always find Stretta’s commentary on sharing insightful.

swissmiss | stripes

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 21:59:18 +1000

swissmiss | stripes

The trick didn’t just work with food. Vintage Tokyo subway...

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:25:32 +1000

The trick didn’t just work with food.

Vintage Tokyo subway manner posters ::: Pink Tentacle

Build it. Build it. Build it. choi + shine architects: the land...

Sun, 15 Aug 2010 21:09:29 +1000

Build it. Build it. Build it.

choi + shine architects: the land of giants

Elegant loading

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 23:28:44 +1000

clientsfromhell:

Can you make the site loader slower? We want it to feel more elegant.

No.

"I’m not Pro-Gay Marriage, I’m Pro-Equality. I’m not Pro-Gay Rights, I’m Pro-Common Sense. I’m..."

Tue, 10 Aug 2010 01:58:51 +1000

“I’m not Pro-Gay Marriage, I’m Pro-Equality. I’m not Pro-Gay Rights, I’m Pro-Common Sense. I’m Anti-Discrimination. I’m Anti-Enshrining Your Queasiness About Buttsex In My Constitution. I’m Pro-When The Constitution Says We’re All Equal, It Means We’re All Equal.”

- Derek Powazek - Hi, I’m Derek.

“Mad Men” Furniture: Don Draper’s Office « The Mid-Century Modernist

Mon, 09 Aug 2010 02:56:03 +1000

“Mad Men” Furniture: Don Draper’s Office « The Mid-Century Modernist

Earth going around the sun was hard to swallow too

Sun, 08 Aug 2010 22:45:20 +1000

Asked why conservatives and Republicans have demonized the issue of climate change and clean energy, Inglis replies, “I wish I knew; then maybe I wouldn’t have lost my election.” He points out that some conservatives believe that any issue affecting the Earth is “the province of God and will not be affected by human activity. If you talk about the challenge of sustainability of the Earth’s systems, it’s an affront to that theological view.”

David Corn, The Economist

For some reason I hadn’t taken it into account that religion may be a massive factor in climate change skepticism. I’m not sure why because now it seems completely obvious.

These guys could teach us a thing or two about...

Sat, 07 Aug 2010 18:13:27 +1000

These guys could teach us a thing or two about marketing.

Teenage Engineering - OP-1 - Live demo

via Matrixsynth

Glass? Much better for cigarette ash and spilled...

Sat, 07 Aug 2010 02:46:09 +1000

Glass? Much better for cigarette ash and spilled drinks…

Token multitouch screen shows us the future of DJing, today (video) — Engadget

Bending over backwards, not forwards.

Fri, 06 Aug 2010 16:57:11 +1000

There are many ways to enjoy your drink, but there is one big No-No when ordering it. Put simply, DO feel entitled to tell a bartender how you’d like your Sidecar. DON’T feel entitled to tell a bartender how to make a Sidecar. The distinction might be subtle, but later, when you’re wondering why your Manhattan tastes like somebody rubbed a dog penis on it, it’ll hit you that it wasn’t so subtle to the person who does this for a living. A good bartender should bend over backward to make you happy. But there are very few for whom “bending over backward” means “letting you question my basic job skills.”

American Drink

I’m quite happy to apply this to design. You’re entitled to tell me what you want and what you like, but you don’t get to tell me how to do it.

In return I shouldn’t be a purist dick about it.

I would go straight to this pool room. Chris Glass »...

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 22:20:53 +1000

I would go straight to this pool room.

Chris Glass » Graceland

Coyote Tracks: The Emperor's New Antenna

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:14:56 +1000

Coyote Tracks: The Emperor's New Antenna:

marco:

Every recent consumer electronics product from Apple—definitely the iPad, but all iterations of the iPhone including the initial one—has been greeted with rounds of articles crowing about what an arrogant, foolhardy mistake it is and how this will finally, finally, be the moment the emperor is revealed to have no clothes. And ultimately this is what’s so infuriating about Apple: that’s not what happens. Ever.

Yep.

Seems like a great idea. Now if someone could just turn my email...

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 22:04:45 +1000

Seems like a great idea. Now if someone could just turn my email client into a 1st-person-shooter I’d be set.

EPICWIN

It’s 37 degrees in Berlin and I miss the ocean. Not that I...

Sun, 11 Jul 2010 20:17:35 +1000

It’s 37 degrees in Berlin and I miss the ocean. Not that I actually went to the beach that much in Sydney but it was handy to have it right there, whenever you needed it.

via 29.media.tumblr.com

bbook: meredithbklyn: a montage of every Mad Men pick-up line....

Wed, 07 Jul 2010 21:38:02 +1000

bbook:

meredithbklyn:

a montage of every Mad Men pick-up line. surely the best thing you’ll watch all day.

(via NY Mag)

Gold

American Drink

Tue, 06 Jul 2010 21:59:29 +1000

American Drink:

Great new(ish) Tumblr. Not just for alcoholics either.