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Dear Evil Nine...

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:03:06 +0000

You were the guys that told us ‘You Can be Special Too’, hooking up with the likes of Aesop Rock and creating music with an authentic punk/hip-hop vibe. ‘They Live’ showed us that you could progress but still keep your musical roots.

What the Hell happened?!? Your latest EP, No Manners, sounds like something that would be included as part of a Ministry of Sound fitness DVD… and I am a really big fan of Evil Nine.

It was painful enough when Adam Freeland went electro (‘Silverlake Pills’ was a great track, but it just doesn’t compare to some of his earlier work like ‘Mindkiller’ or even the White Stripes bootleg ‘Seven Nation Freeland’) Please don’t make the same mistake.

If this is what Marine Parade are aiming for, I’m off to the pier and I’m going to jump.

Zuckerberg hacked user accounts? No...

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:39:08 +0000

Business Insider is running a story that Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, hacked into the Facebook accounts of 2 Harvard Crimson reporters, back when it was known as Thefacebook. I especially like the sentence below…

“Then he examined a log of failed logins to see if any of the Crimson members had ever entered an incorrect password into TheFacebook.com”

Seriously? Kevin Rose raised an interesting point on TWiT the other day. In order for him to obtain the failed logins, not only would he have had to develop the site to log *every* single thing typed into the password box, but it would also mean the data was being used in clear text. I’m not a MySQL expert in any respect, but passwords stored on a server for user info are usually encrypted with an md5 hash. This not only means passwords are secure, but someone who has direct access to the MySQL database cannot simply look at user info and see the passwords.

I smell bullshit, and plenty of it.

unhappyhipsters: For weeks the lamp had been creeping closer...

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:52:22 +0000

unhappyhipsters:

For weeks the lamp had been creeping closer to the sofa, ready to engulf the man with its black lampshade of doom.

(Photo: Hertha Hernaus; Dwell, June 2007)

My Top 5 Artists Last Week

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:34:10 +0000

My Top 5 Artists Last Week:

Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

Inglourious Basterds 3D!

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:06:48 +0000

Inglourious Basterds 3D!

Ackbar’s Clinic

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:02:24 +0000

Ackbar’s Clinic

lomoemulsion: How can he see he’s got flies in his eyes if he’s...

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:08:20 +0000

lomoemulsion:

How can he see he’s got flies in his eyes if he’s got flies in his eyes?

16 Gorgeous Web Safe Fonts To Use With CSS

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:37:04 +0000

16 Gorgeous Web Safe Fonts To Use With CSS:

A great list of web safe fonts to use that are common between Mac and Windows. Great for standardisation.

My Top 5 Artists Last Week

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:21:12 +0000

My Top 5 Artists Last Week:

Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

Facebook

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:17:00 +0000

Facebook

"Combustion ∝ 1/emo"

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:06:00 +0000

“Combustion ∝ 1/emo”

- My mathematical equation to explain why proper vampires catch fire but those from Twilight just sparkle when exposed to daylight. Combustion is inversely proportional to the ‘emotional fragility’ of the vampire. The more emo the vampire, the less likely they are to combust.

hard graft

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:09:53 +0000

hard graft:

Some of the finest iPhone, MacBook and e-reader cases created. I bought one of their cases when I had my original iPhone and I still use it today.

YouTube Drops IE6 Support on March 13th

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:06:53 +0000

YouTube Drops IE6 Support on March 13th:

Videos will still work but future development will no longer be tested for IE6 compatibility. I’ve got a sneaking suspicion that there’ll probably be some updates soon-after that will mean IE6 is going to have serious issues.

unhappyhipsters: Rosebud’s patience wore thin. Was the door...

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:18:57 +0000

unhappyhipsters:

Rosebud’s patience wore thin. Was the door open or closed? She refused to suffer the humiliation of guessing.

(Photo: Jason Schmidt; Dwell, February 2010)

Two and a half men without the laughter track.

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:17:28 +0000

Two and a half men without the laughter track.

Best Tech Guy caller EVER with Leo Laporte The caller wondered...

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 19:55:59 +0000

Best Tech Guy caller EVER with Leo Laporte

The caller wondered why the network ‘linksys’ disappeared. She doesn’t have her own internet connection. Hilarity ensues.

Add an Alpha-Numeric Passcode to Your iPhone or iPod touch

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 22:55:05 +0000

Add an Alpha-Numeric Passcode to Your iPhone or iPod touch:

Very useful if you feel a 4 digit PIN isn’t enough to protect your iPhone.

"Funny, isn’t it? It’s a running joke that Google labels many of its services as beta (meaning in..."

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:51:13 +0000

“Funny, isn’t it? It’s a running joke that Google labels many of its services as beta (meaning in testing) and leaves that label in place for years. And here’s Buzz, a truly beta product that isn’t labeled that way.”

- David Pogue in State of the Art - Buzzing, Tweeting and Carping, a NYT post on Google Buzz. (via chrisbowler) (via nikf)

Microsoft offers web browser choice for IE users, beginning 1st March

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:50:41 +0000

Microsoft offers web browser choice for IE users, beginning 1st March:

This could be a huge deal. From 1st March, Microsoft will be offering Windows XP, Vista and 7 users the option of downloading and changing their default browser, rather than having IE as their default.

Hypothetically, if the message was to appear on 5 million European machines, and only 10% even make a change, that’s still 500,000 IE users switching to another browser.

Xbox 360 Controller driver for Mac

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:50:04 +0000

Xbox 360 Controller driver for Mac:

Use your wired 360 controller with your Mac. Even supports Force Feedback.