December 2008
We all die. The goal isn’t to live forever, the goal is to create something that...
– Chuck Palahniuk
(found on letsbehonest) (via dontbelievethehype) (via radarchive) (via mikehudack)
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-12-21) →
Vampire Weekend
Bob Dylan (pictured)
Ray LaMontagne
Arcade Fire
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
photo: Bob Dylan street art uploaded by clickykbd
How Sony Can Boost PS3 Sales →
As this holiday’s video game sales are tallied up, one thing is already clear: Sony’s PlayStation 3 remains in a fairly distant third place, still eclipsed by Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and…
Happy Quote →
“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” —Andre Gide
Mufin Brings Better Music Recommendations to... →
When we first reviewed Mufin, a music recommendation service that is entirely based around algorithms that can automatically detect the similarities between different songs, we only gave it a
Service worth paying for →
Let’s say you’re stuck in the airport and you need to figure out if you can transfer your seat from your airline to another. Would you pay $20 to talk to a competent, empowered agent who answered on…
Best of '08: albums
My favourite albums this year:
Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs
Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
Kings of Leon - Only By The Night
Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
Jenny Lewis - Acid Tongue
Matt Mays & El Torpedo - Terminal Romance
The Ting Tings - We Started Nothing
The Constantines - Kensington Heights
Honourable...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-12-21) →
Vampire Weekend
Bob Dylan
Ray LaMontagne
Arcade Fire (pictured)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Mixwit calls it quits
According to an email sent to registered users from Radley & Mike at Mixwit,
“Mixwit will cease to exist at the end of the year. The website and profiles will be turned off around Dec 27th and all embedded widgets will stop playing before the end of December.
We’ve put a year of work into Mixwit so this choice wasn’t taken lightly. I won’t go into the details of our situation but...
» the popurls® blog | britpop: popurls voted by... →
Say Hello to the Easiest Way to Buy and Use Domain...
Announcing Hover, a hassle-free domain management service that makes it easy for anyone to buy a domain name, set up a personalized email address and connect a domain name to all of their web services.
Hover is the latest innovation from Tucows. Check it out if you’re thinking of buying a domain name, or if you want to move your name to the sweetest domain name service on the planet.
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-12-14) →
Belle and Sebastian
Katy Perry
Stereophonics
Radiohead
TV on the Radio
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
How Coby Electronics Battled a False Internet... →
Meetup's Dead Simple User Testing →
Shared by Leona Mark Hurst, the user experience expert, talks about Tesla — “time elapsed since labs attended” — a measure of how long it’s been since a company’s decision-makers (not help desk)…
To me, the future of music is really simple. It’s cloud-based servers that...
– MediaShift . Nettwerk CEO Terry McBride Puts Fans in Charge of Bands | PBS
Video Game Review - Left 4 Dead - Traditions of... →
Gift 4: Christmas Stories (While You Work)
I’m regifting this wicked gift from Taylor McKnight:
gtmcknight:
Every day of December I’m going to try and give you guys something new and exciting. Could be music, could be me sending you something in the mail. Stay tuned and enjoy my favorite season of the year.
So yesterday’s contest was a bust. Only 1 entry and 1 winner. I guess people only like to compete for things they win...
Miyamoto Unplugged | Edge Online →
Donair - Allrecipes →
maybe i should whip up a batch of these over the holidays?
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-12-7) →
The Shins
The Decemberists
Spoon (pictured)
Stereophonics
Bright Eyes
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Top 10 International Products of 2008 →
Shared by Leona
Nice hit for Freshbooks.
We live in a technologically rich and increasingly Web-savvy world. In this post, we celebrate the World Wide Web by selecting our top 10 international…
On Wednesday, companies and organizations can register Web addresses with a new...
– .Tel Them Where to Find You - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com
Check out my very own .TEL at http://leonahobbs.vip.tel
Only one man in a thousand is a leader of men — the other 999 follow...
– Groucho Marx