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As part of my plan to make regular column posts, I’ve decided to start New Music Sunday’s (NMS). I tend to spend most sunday’s just surfing the net and discovering new music, so I’m going to create a playlist and put it here for everyone’s enjoyment!
To bring you NMS, I’m using a cool new website, Imeem. That allows me to build playlists of streaming music, so all the links are going to this website (don’t worry… its not evil… its like YouTube, except they have music too).
This week’s main focus is on The Decemberists, mainly because I’ve been listening to a lot of them over the past week so I’ve bookended this week’s playlist with two Decemberist tracks. These aren’t necessarily new however it’s a couple of my favorite tracks from them. And I’ve thrown in a track by Colin Meloy (The Decemberists’ lead singer) off his acoustic EP “Colin Meloy Sings Morissey”.
Oh and let me know in the comments if there’s anything I should check out and include in next week’s edition.
Click here to check out New Music Sunday – Vol 1
This weeks playlist:
- 16 Military Wives by The Decemberists (The Crane Wife)
- Dying Breed by Melissa Nadler (Songs III: Bird on the Water)
- 23 by Blonde Redhead (23)
- Hunting for Witches by Bloc Pary (A Weekend in the City)
- Jack the Ripper by Colin Meloy (Colin Meloy Sings Morissey EP)
- Bushels by Frog Eyes (Tears of the Valedictorian)
- Freedom by Amos Lee (Supply and Demand)
- Keep the Car Running by Arcade Fire (Neon Bible)
- The Mariners Revenge Song by The Decemberists (Picaresque)
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Hey everyone. So I kind of deserted my blog for the last five months or so. But I’m hoping to get back to updating it again. I’m hoping to add a few new regular posts that will hopefully keep everyone coming back… if not… oh well… i don’t really care 
I’m just doing this to pass the time, and hopefully give people something interesting to read/listen too while their bored.
Cheers
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A funny thing happened to me today when I opened my email… I was greated by THE DEVIL!! Thought you guys might get a kick outta this too
Alright, this is a little bit of a rant post. Just recently Google (in their infinate wisdom) decided to add their Google Suggest feature to every search box on their main google site. This didn’t sound like a bad idea to me, until I started using the search fields on the website (as opposed to my searchbox in Firefox). Google Suggest does not JUST suggest something for you…. it FORCES you to use their suggestions as you type! For example… i was trying to use their built in conversion calculator and by typing “3MBps to Kbps” it felt that the capitals were not needed and changed it to “3mbps to kbps”, which is COMPLETELY different (and in fact didn’t work). This is completely unacceptable behavior Google! You don’t even provide a check box in your preferences to turn it off!
So I’m going to throw this out to the internet in the hopes that SOMEONE out there knows how to turn this abomination OFF! If you do PLEASE let me know in the comments.
Thank you and good night
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The fun folks over at Instructables have a great post on how to create a sort of parabolic dish for wifi! It includes a USB wifi adapter, some length of usb cable, and a metal strainer of some sort If your looking for a way to extend your wifi signal and have some spare time, check it out!
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Hey everyone… sorry I haven’t posted here. Its been over two months since my last update. To be honest I kinda forgot I had a blog But i’m back… hopefully I will remember to post some new things for you guys.
The scary thing is, even without updating this site, im STILL getting tons of hits for the post I did about the bouncing boob simulator!
I got 350 hits in the last 30 days! People really do love boobs i guess
Peace.
After seeing this guys workstation, I REALLY want this desk. Although for $950 bucks from Ikea Canada, im sure I could figure out better uses for that money. But when I get a computer system worthy enough (and have some "extra" cash) I'm definately going to use this desk to adorn my workspace.
Whats so special about this desk? Well nothing (at first glance) but it has electrical height adjustment at the touch of a button! Basically if you want to work sitting or standing, the choice is truely yours. Awsome.
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Hey everyone. I'm back. Sorry about the lack of posting for the last month or so. But anyway im back. Hopefully updating on a regular basis again. Anyway, I came across this ingenious way to make use of all those useless CD's that you have piling up all over the place (really now… do you REALLY need that 5 year old copy of Red Hat?!). This dude made a lamp out of all his used CD's. Absolutely brilliant. Head over to his site to find out how he did it.
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Hey all! So I’m just writing this as I stumble out of bed on my way to Ottawa for the weekend (after 3 hrs sleep no less). But hey, every trip to Ottawa is worth it. Going up to get fitted for my kilt for Rob & Steph’s wedding. Should be a lotta fun!
Please note that my regularly scheduled meanderings should resume when i get back on sunday! Ciao!
