August 2008
63 posts
Tinariwen - Matadjem Yinmixan
According to...
July 2008
61 posts
Convert Youtube and Myspace Videos to MP3 →
If you ever wanted an MP3 of a music video you watched on YouTube, this tool might come in handy. Just copy the URL for any YouTube or MySpace video, paste it into this tool, and it will generate an MP3 that you can download.
Jackie Greene - Honey I Been Thinking About You
I...
StumbleRead →
This site turns your FriendFeed dashboard into a StumbleUpon-like browser tool. Navigate through full page views of the sites your friends link to. Clever.
Everything That Happens Will Happen Today →
David Byrne and Brian Eno announce a new record and an upcoming tour (via twitter.com/iancr).
Jason Collett - Charlyn, Angel of Kensington
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WatchStanley Kubrick’s Boxes, by Jon Ronson
I watched this amazing documentary last night. Two years after Stanley Kubrick’s death, Jon Ronson was invited to the Kubrick estate to sort through more than a thousand boxes of notes, photographs, and other material that the famous director collected over the years while researching his films. Kubrick had an obsessive attention to detail. ...
“all the qquuallitty wwattcchhees are here in that sstore. rrollexs, ccarttieer,...”
– qquuallitty email spam from my inbox
Beck - True Love Will Find You In The End
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The Whigs - Right Hand On My Heart
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The Be Good Tanyas - The Lakes of Pontchartrain
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What happened to my Last.fm Tumblr Feed?
Several people emailed me asking why they didn’t get an update for their Last.fm Tumblr Top Artist feed this week. As per my standard protocol for customer service emails, I blamed it on someone else. In this case, that seems to actually be true. Last.fm launched a new site this week. I use an old version of their API for the top artists data. Both the old API and the new API...
Favtape.com →
A Muxtape inspired site that automatically creates a playlist of your favorite songs from Last.fm or Pandora without the need to upload MP3’s. Here are my latest Last.fm favorites. Interestingly, this site is not only easier to update than Muxtape, but it’s also less likely to come under legal scrutiny since they don’t host music files.
Soul Coughing - The Idiot Kings
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iPhone App Builder, a Business Idea
Here’s a free business idea for a budding iPhone entrepreneur. Develop a graphical iPhone App Builder that lets non-technical people like me make simple iPhone apps through a drag & drop interface. I’m picturing something like Yahoo! Pipes or Microsoft Access for the iPhone SDK. The iPhone is ideally suited for simple, single-purpose apps like the ones people build today with...
Lettuce - Need To Understand
I went to see...
WatchThe Juggler, by Alberto+Cerriteño
Startup Ideas We'd Like to Fund →
A list of some ideas for startups from Paul Graham and his Y Combinator early-stage VC fund.
Albert Hammond, Jr. - GfC
Photo by djenvert
WatchTriumph The Insult Comic Dog - Star Wars
I’m off to see the new Batman this afternoon, which I hear is awesome. Expecting a scene something like this at the theatre.
Chuck Prophet - Dreaming My Dreams With You
For...
Breakestra - Show and Prove
Some funky horns to...
iPhone 2.0 Pro Tips
Screenshots: To take a screen shot from your iPhone, hold down the home button, then click the power button. The screenshot will be in your phone’s camera roll. From there, you can email it to yourself, to Flickr, to your blog, wherever.
Save Images: From the web browser, hold your finger on any photo on the page. In a second or two, a message pops up asking if you want to save the...
Flickr Blow Up →
Giant full-screen slide shows for Flickr photos. Hover your mouse on the right side of the screen to flip through the photos. Make your own Blow Up.
via Catbird on Twitter.
Stripes →
This is an interesting little optical illusion / visualization thing. I can’t really explain it well. Go see for yourself.
Zapp & Roger - More Bounce To The Ounce
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-7-13) →
Beirut
Beck
Lykke Li
Jason Anderson
Joan as Police Woman
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Tumblr iPhone App Wishlist
I want a Tumblr iPhone app that lets me…
View the Dashboard in an iPhone-optimized layout. Unfortunately, I think only Tumblr staff can create this feature since they don’t expose Dashboard data through the API (which is a big mistake and the reason the Tumblr API hasn’t really taken off like Twitter’s in my opinion)
Post photos directly from the iPhone camera or camera...
Frightened Rabbit - Old Old Fashioned
I love this...
Favorite iPhone Apps?
What are your favorite iPhone apps so far? Mine are:
Yelp: Reviews of local businesses. Search near you without having to enter an address. Filter search results by price, distance, cuisine, and other criteria. Super useful.
Pandora: Music discovery on the go. Enter an artist you like and Pandora suggests similar music. Pretty much all the features from their site - powerful concept when...
WatchSnail, by Heather
Vetiver - I Must Be In A Good Place Now
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Favthumbs →
Browse your del.icio.us bookmarks visually with thumbnail images. Slick.
Bright Eyes - Amy In The White Coat
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Multicolr Search Lab - Idée Inc. →
Search Flickr for photos that contain multiple colors of your choosing. I doubt I have a need for this, but it’s a fun toy.
50 Things to Do Before You Die →
Pretty good bucket list. I feel fortunate for the travel I’ve done, but there are still so many places I want to go in the world.
Kay Kay and His Weathered Underground - Hey Momma
Apple Store: "We'll Be Back Soon" →
As of this evening (Monday 11PM PST), Apple’s online store is offline with a “we’ll be back soon” message, which is typical right before they launch new products. Looks like we’re in store for some new stuff tomorrow morning. The 3G phones aren’t supposed to go on sale till Friday. Is the iPhone App store about to go live? I’m really curious to see the...
Lykke Li - Breaking It Up
Photo by Luderbrus