Halloween Dubstep Mix 2009

I did a pre-Halloween dubstep special on my radio show this week.
I have prepared a trimmed down mix, without the backsells, PSAs and station IDs. Instead of a rambling 2 hour program, I have condensed things to about 40 minutes.
Hope you enjoy it. Tracklisting after …

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Google Reader Beautification: Helvetireader

So crisp and clean!
I have been a Google Reader for a good while now and I think it is a very fine web application. It does what I expect it to do and it does it well. It is utilitarian. It is useful. I use it daily.
But now, I find it even more enjoyable to use. Two …

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Found It!

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AA meltdown

Let this be a lesson to you. Do not store electronics with the battery inside.
My minidisc recorder had a battery leak and now it is broken.
If you plan on storing something for a while, remove the battery before placing in storage.
RTFM, my friends. RTFM. And, also, …

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Dub radio show this evening

My radio show Mumblings will feature 70s dub masterpieces from King Tubby, Scientist, Prince Jammy and others...

Mumblings on KANM
5-6pm Central time
on-the-air: 1580AM in College Station, TX
streaming: http://kanm.tamu.edu
facebook: …

DJ support

Bronta Scorpio, from dubstepforum.com, has included my track “Worldwide” in a mix!
Dubstepforum Underground Producers Mix by Bronta Scorpio http://dubstepforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=1221461&highlight=#1221461

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PNG-8 with alpha transparency

I learned a new web trick today.
Apparently, Photoshop’s inability to save PNG-8 with alpha transparency is not a limitation of PNG-8 but a limitation in Photoshop.
For years, I have been operating under the assumption that I need to use PNG-24 to achieve …

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Internet Explorer image resizing tip

Who knew?
Though it’s not best practice to resize images in the browser this could really be useful in the right situation:
 
img { -ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic; }
 
This little snippet will vastly improve the image resizing abilities of ie — bringing it …

TivoSlimserverClient support forum

Even though it has been a very, very long time since I updated TivoSlimserverClient it seems that there are people who are still discovering it and using it.
Though I am usually happy to respond to email or blog comment questions, I think it may be more beneficial to …

dj mumbler on-the-air

Starting this Sunday, I will be hosting a radio show on KANM - "the college station of College Station." It is an AM station, as well as cable FM on Suddenlink Communications. There is a stream available at http://kanm.tamu.edu, which seems like the most normal way to …

Kings of Leon?

Here's another band who I successfully ignored for a long time. Now I can't get this song out of my head…

Kings Of Leon - New Music - More Music Videos

Ed's Music Picks for 2008 (where did the year go?)

It is hard to believe that it is December already almost January. It is even harder to believe that I had to scrape sleet off my windshield today last week in the middle of Texas.
This year saw some big changes:
1. I now live in TX.
2. I now have a regular job. I am …

Election Day!

Want some pro-bama songs to keep you going while waiting for returns?
An old favorite music blog ¿Revolución, No? has risen again to share some tunes.
My favorites:
Cocoa Tea - Barak Obama

Mariachi Aguilas de Mexico - Viva …

Obama.

I am still trying to wrap my head around this amazing development. Through the numbing fog of cynicism and despite a generalized suspicion of politics, I was genuinely moved when Barack Obama gave his acceptance speech. It really does feel monumental and historic.
What …

my song got played on rinse fm!

I forgot to post this before.
My dubstep tune "worldwide" got played on DJ Distance's new talent section of his Rinse FM show on 6 May 2008. Unfortunately, he credited me as dj number instead of dj mumbler, but I was excited anyway.
The podcast can be grabbed …

2007 Music Rewind

Ah, it's that time of the year again. "Best of" list time. While 2007 has been a pretty active year for new releases, I found that I kept going back to the same albums -- which were not necessarily the ones whose releases I anticipated the most.
By the way, a lot of …

Why I closed my Facebook account

The NY Times has published a column in its Bits Blog that summarizes the evolution of Facebook's Beacon advertising program.
I think that it is more revealing than focusing on the backlash or petitions to actually examine the program itself, along with the supposed …

Egypt photos

Photos of a 10-day whirlwind of sightseeing along the Nile River are now online:
View photos

Off to Egypt!

image uploaded to latimes.com by Irvine resident
The hills around my office are on fire. Part of a huge firestorm in Southern California. The air is filled with smoke, and close to half a million people have been evacuated from their homes in surrounding areas, but …

5-foot Nintendo controller

Possibly the coolest pointless project I've ever heard of...

This 83-pound, 5-foot long NES controller actually works. You can play games, but it takes the coordination of at least two people to manage it.

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