No Masters, No Mirrors

I am hanging out in Austin recovering from Fun Fun Fun Fest (day 1 was incredible, day 2 was too wet for me to fully appreciate). Regular blog posting will resume tomorrow. In the meantime...

Paige has posted a new mix over at Flux-Rad for your consumption and I have to say, I'm a fan. There are one or two songs I'm not keen on but the rest are all artists I plan on finding out more about. That's a healthy ratio of goodness in my opinion. Go download it.

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Friday Videos - Nov 6th, 2009

I dunno how it happened but I came across a ton of stuff this week without even trying. Here's the Playlist and the breakdown...

• We Are Douchebags. - NSFW language. It's pretty well done and I'd be easily convinced these guys really are douchebags.
• Different Kinds of Strangers - adults are terrifying!
• Toasty! - this is so ridiculous that I had to share.
• Trouble with your Neti Pot? - forget that Neti Pot, get a Nasopure! It's hard to believe this video is legit.
• VentriloChoir on Hungarian TV - There is nothing creepier than a ventriloquist.. except maybe a choir of them.
• Seduction Scene - Gary Busey. Sax on the Beach. Nuff said.
• Sittin on tha Toilet - this is what YouTube does best.
• Germans trying to say Massachusetts - I think Paul told me about this. So good.

Bonus

I Love You, Mr. Star Wars - actually, just a great compilation of movie titles as spoken by characters in the film. Pretty much fantastic. That's it! Have a great weekend everyone. I'm off to Texas this weekend to nerd out big time and partake in some Fun Fun Fun.

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Sita Sings the Creative Commons

Way back in May of 2008 I was fortunate enough to see this fantastic animated film Sita Sings the Blues and was always a little bummed that it never got a wider release so my friends could partake in its goodness. Well, it appears that creator Nina Paley has released the film with a full-on Creative commons Attribution-Share Alike License; which means you can download the whole thing with the full blessing of the creator.

I suggest you snag it, view it this weekend and then consider donating a few dollars if you enjoy it as much as I think you will.

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CoverSutra

Stumbled across CoverSutra yesterday; an application that runs in your dock or menubar as an easier way to navigate your iTunes. On the whole it looks pretty intriguing but I'm curious if anyone has some first hand experience with it?

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Nerd Alert

• Google releases Closure, the tools behind the JS geniuses - Personally I think it's safe to say that the web is moving in a more javascript powered application direction and Flash will become more of a desktop application language. That being said, it's rad to see these tools that Google has developed to enhance Javascript.
• Page Speed - an open source Firefox plugin that you can use to evaluate the performance of your site - includes insight on how to improve things. I'm certainly going to look into this one.
• CodeIgniter from Scratch - a series of tutorials on how to use CodeIgniter; a PHP platform that I'm absolutely curious about for using as a platform for a new yewknee.

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Downloads. Worthwhile Downloads.

• Local Lixx: Austin: Episode 1 - Paige has started posting an Austin-centric podcast over at WOXY and it's off to a great start. Very enjoyable listen.
• Jeremy Davis Mix: Things Change - Jeremy and I overlap in musical enjoyment in many departments.. Awesomely, we don't always listen to the same things so I get exposed to great new music that's right up my alley but new to me. You should get it too.

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