August 2008
41 posts
(Of Montreal 7" * 3) + MP3 album = $10! →
This is a sweet deal. You get 3 copies of the new Of Montreal 7” single (in blue, gold, and purple vinyl), along with a digital download of the entire album, for only $10!
You can also listen to the single at Pitchfork.
July 2008
53 posts
Blitzen Trapper - Furr
Another find from the UO...
King Khan & The Shrines - Outta Harms Way
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My Thought for the Day
Hallelujah!
whitneymcn:
If you find yourself starting your criticism of a product or service with the words “how hard can it be to…” you should really stop yourself. You’re about to say something really stupid.
You just acknowledged that you can’t offer an informed opinion, so why not just take a breath and start again? Perhaps you could offer something constructive instead?
Urban Outfitters has a free mix up to download and... →
UO does this every few months, and I’m always surprised at how good their track selection actually is.
(via ericamay)
50 Bands, 50 States →
The Boston Phoenix chooses the Best Band, Best Solo Artist, and Best New Artist from each of the 50 states. Quite a few I don’t agree with, but some great finds too.
(from today’s VSL)
Grateful Dead - Dire Wolf
This song was playing...
“It’s Like XML But From Google, Therefore It’s Awesomer”
– Ted Dziuba, Google releases serialization scheme
Speaking of Covers... →
20 Album Covers Recreated in LEGO.
DNS Attack Code Has Been Published →
The latest DNS cache poisoning attack has been published. If you run a DNS server, and haven’t patched yet, you should really think about doing that ASAP. If your ISP hasn’t patched their DNS server, consider using OpenDNS.
Top 10 Concepts That Every Software Engineer... →
An excellent post by Alex Iskold that points out what most experienced technologists already know: the most important part of being a good software engineer (or anything for that matter) is having a solid grasp and understanding of the fundamental concepts involved.
Tumblr Bookmarklets
Now *THIS* is really interesting. I could picture a whole set of bookmarklet-based tumblr-viewing tools (slideshow, link aggregator, etc…) for the power reader.
I’m a little torn because I know people put a lot of effort into their themes and having their tumblelogs viewed in the way they’ve specified, but I’m also excited to be able to flip through peoples’ photos...
Tumblr MP3 Player →
Very cool, this looks great!
It also reminds me that I never posted instructions for *my* now ancient tumblr mp3 widget (seen in my left sidebar), so here they are if you want to use it. It’s especially handy if you want to embed the music from your tumblelog on another site, like your blog or myspace profile.
Also, for the techies out there, you can also use any XSPF-compliant audio...
Instructions for Daryn's Tumblr MP3 Widget
Update: Now it’s even easier! Get this widget from Widgetbox
If you like the tumblr MP3 widget seen on this blog and want one for your very own use, just copy & paste the following code wherever you want it to appear. This can be tumblr, iGoogle, your other blog, or anywhere JavaScript and Flash widgets are accepted.
<script>var dn_tmblr="http://blog.daryn.net";</script>...
I'm giving away 1 pair of tickets to Capitol Hill... →
Alas, I’ll be out of town this weekend, but maybe one of my Seattle friends is interested…
gtmcknight:
Go see Girl Talk, Les Savy Fav, Vampire Weekend, Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head, The Dodos, Kimya Dawson, The Hold Steady and more for free
The Dutchess & The Duke - Back To Me
I posted...
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Free Idea for TipJoy
If you haven’t seen TipJoy, it is essentially a web 2.0 ( easy-to-use! social! micropayments! ) version of Amazon’s old school Honor System. I love the idea, but still feel like there to is too much effort/thought required to tip someone. So here’s my free idea for the day:
Allow me to make automated payments of a specified amount (say $0.10), whenever I visit a TipJoy-enabled...
The Great S3 Outage of July 2008
When S3 launched less than 2.5 years ago, it was clear that it was a game-changer as far as storage infrastructure was concerned. Today’s outage, however, really reveals just how dependent many webapps have become on the service.
I use S3 for personal storage, as well as for static resources like my tumblr music widget (which does ~500k hits per month). For roughly $2/mo, I get performance...
The Morning Benders - Mother and Child Reunion
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Social Distortion - Story of My Life
Thought this...
Taking Control of Your Online Persona
continuations:
I am therefore surprised to see how many people are not in control of their online persona. The only information that google turns up is what others have written about them
David made the same point the other day, with his quote “The cat is out of the bag, and the only way to take back that control is to get out there and have a presence, have an identity that you feel...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-7-13) →
The Dutchess & The Duke
Neutral Milk Hotel
Rilo Kiley
Beck
Belle and Sebastian
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Jimi Hendrix - Red House
This week’s Amazon...
Met a fellow tumblr tonight
I met Zach Hale at the Mashable SummerMash event tonight. It’s cool to make a real-world connection with someone I follow online (and to introduce myself with “I follow you!”) — even if he doesn’t follow me! Turns out that I know Zach’s roommate, Adam, too.
Also in attendance were a bunch of the Seattle tech scenesters, and it’s always great catching up...
Tumblr audio to XSPF
Yesterday, I was contemplating building a new widget to play all of the songs tagged with specific themes in TheMusic (theme+music), a tumblr group that I’m part of. The more I thought about it, and thought about my limited flash & design skills, I figured I should take a look at existing players than spending the time on building my own.
XSPF (“spiff”) is an open-source XML...
Burning Beast →
On Sunday, July 13th, Burning Beast will host ticketed guests at Smoke Farm for a feast of medieval proportions. As many as eight cooking teams have been challenged to master one of six specified animals, whole or in parts, using fire, earth, steel and little else. Participating are many of Seattle’s most notable chefs, including; Dylan Giordan (Serafina), Maria Hines (Tilth) Angie Roberts...
Death Cab For Cutie - World Shut Your Mouth
This...
Colin Meloy - King of Carrot Flowers Pt. 1 (Live...
“Mr. Boh represented the blue-collar town, and that’s one thing I am, a...”
– If Boh were a real guy, “I would sit and drink a beer with him,” says Ben Donovan, a Baltimore City firefighter and avid collector of Natty Boh memorabilia
Well, it’s a nice sentiment at least.
Baltimore natives love to take pride in drinking Natty Boh. There’s nothing...
Culinary Delights of Baltimore →
The Baltimore Sun does a good job of reminiscing over all the foods that I miss from growing up there. Crabs, Natty Boh, and Pit Beef were givens, but I was impressed that they even mentioned Berger Cookies.
The Dutchess & The Duke - Reservoir Park
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Grand Archives - Sundown
This is one of those...
Google's Protocol Buffers opensourced →
johan:
Kinda like Thrift
Good stuff! I’ve got to find a way to start playing with these things…
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-7-6) →
Rilo Kiley
Ryan Adams
The Killers
Ben Gibbard
Vampire Weekend
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr
Seattle Meetup in 3 hours...
Hope you can make it to King’s!
Jenny Lewis - Fernando
I’ve found, and...