David Emery OnlineAC/DC Music Video Distributed as Excel Spreadsheet
They decided on this unusual format because they wanted the video to penetrate even the most Draconian corporate firewalls. After all, who can’t receive an Excel spreadsheet?
Obviously a gimmick, but quite an amusing one.
Visit ➔Arrows of Eros by The Golden Silvers
Very promising... From http://www.goldensilvers.co.uk/mp3/
Arrows of Eros by The Golden Silvers
Visit ➔4ad Audio Player
To match the Rough Trade audio player, we’ve just launched one for the 4ad site. It’s currently got 3 of the best tracks released this year on it, all available as MP3s and all well worth listening to:
Visit ➔Passion Pit - Sleepyhead
The current big blog buzz band - definitely worth a listen. From http://pastaprima.net/?p=979 via hypem.comPassion Pit - Sleepyhead Visit ➔
Foals - Super Unuit (Holy Fuck Cover)
From http://www.likesounds.com/2008/10/13/foals-holy-fuck-covers/ (via hypem.com)Foals - Super Unuit (Holy Fuck Cover) Visit ➔
Huffduffer
Using the service is pretty straightforward. First of all, you have to sign up. No, I haven’t implemented OpenID support. Sorry. I hope to get around to it at some stage.
Secondly, you find MP3 files out there on the web. Using either a bookmarklet, or a form on the site itself, you “huffduff” the file: give it a title, description, and tags.
That’s pretty much it. People can subscribe to your podcast and you can subscribe to other people’s podcasts. You can also subscribe to a podcast of files with a certain tag or a combination of files from a particular person with a particular tag. Basically, if there’s a page for it on the site, there’s probably a corresponding podcast you can subscribe to.
Very nice way of automatically creating a podcast feed out of MP3s you find on the web – think Delicious but just for audio. Perfect for micro-mp3 blogging – I think I’ll integrate my Huffduffer feed into this main blog feed when I get a chance…
More info on Jeremy’s Blog.
Visit ➔Reflections on the new MacBook Pro
I love almost everything about the new MacBook Pros. The new “unibody” case, carved out of a single piece of aluminum, is a stunning achievement, making the device feel both light and solid. The new “no button” trackpad is brilliant. Use it once and you’ll wonder how you ever lived without it. The machine, from top to bottom, is the most elegant, powerful, perfect laptop I’ve ever touched.
And then they ruined the whole thing by hiding the display behind a mirror.
People seem to be up in arms* about the lack of a matte display option on the new MacBooks (which look great, in my opinion), citing all sorts of things like ‘colour reproduction’ and reflections meaning you couldn’t ever possibly use these computers for professional work. (As an aside, this is a commendable debating tactic: “Oh, you don’t mind the new displays? You obviously aren’t as professional and skilled as me, then”.)
How, then, did we survive all those years using CRT displays – which I’m still told are better for colour reproduction – which are all glossy? We didn’t seem to have a problem with it then…
* As in ‘people on the internet’, which means about 10 people in reality…
Visit ➔But It's Not Flash...
So… We’re launched, and starting to make the blog rounds and the site is receiving a tremendous amount of criticism for being in Flash. This post is to address the comments we are hearing. I’ll try to make them a running list, updated as we hear feedback.
I love the way they have a big list of standard html features that the plan to develop for their flash-based blog; way to make the point for us, guys…
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